The Express. — London, England, 1853-03-26 00:00:00

WSSTNIINSTER FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. Last evening a public meeting of the above society was held at the Mhtatshesf T , Vert-street, Clare. het . Mr. Churchwarden Beet:situ in the chair. The Cit in introducing the object of the meet ing, stated that he had been a member of the society almost pp a sa the beginniag. Ile, like those present might feel. felt "are datrianisnias as to soccer, and how the s - cir y was eaarWted. Ile manacle a committee-man, and soon found that be might very safely leave both his own and his friends' property in the committee's care: if anything, they were too ttaeonneal. The smarty first commenced in 1349 ; t now hey numher d 901 members, with 1,606 shares, 400 of which bare been already allotted. He not only fouoil the poli tical advantage• of it, bet the commercial value also. He ha two shares, OS which be had made a very handsome r at, hasing ,old fur 601. what only cost him 481. The steiety bad received about 20,0001.. and expended 17,0001. la vane in.tarcvs, from 101. to 201. premium had been received in .ingle lute, and he should not think of intrud bi, caneelf cochairmen, if he did not feel convinced that by rag so he. should be assisting in the advancement of b„ nilevitsen. Ile would not detain them longer, but would in-roihre Mr. Haggett, the secretary, who would sore file explain its principles and advantag.s. Mr. lit 1...E1T then came forward and stated the origin of Inehohl Lend Mocietiee, from their commencement at where they were established for a political party purpose, And referred the meeting to the difficulty which t werp man felt in endeavouring to obtaiu the fran chise Mabee boroughs, but in the counties with the Land Society's freehold, a.i each dillkultias exited. The mode 0 1' attainiag it Rai even much speedier and easier than the p:an of the Anti Corn-law League, in e a s4 it be a rent charge. A man wanted Mldattliia; ra , qt tangible than • rent-charge could e gad —le fact, a hit of land of his nen—which could hel far chteper by the society's operations than the Asti Corn-law League could possibly give, the lowest pries with whom Ica lag 501. ; and then it was in the pmperty of w ormr; but the Westminster Freehold Land Society weld give him the same thing for about 231., which would be his and Li. helm' for ever. (Hear, hear.) For th it sum • pea of land worth 40e. • year, giving a vote for the comity. could be had. At the last election large numbers were pieced en the franchise through b ing members of the • ty ; and it was his firm opinion that the greatest changes wouhl toke 'dice in consequence of its operations, owl that Sir Itobert Peel saw these great changes which "said tale place in consequence of the increase of the flirty shilling tresholden, and that it bad a greet power fa causing the repeal of the corn laws much sooner t b a it would otherwise have taken place. The Free hold Land Society's members had succeeded • in re manias there!. for several counties, South Lancashire and part of S•efferilehire, pliers which bad formerly only Mimed the mere nominees of the great landed proprietors. Tie Art estate which bad been purchased was at East 11..elesy. costuming 212 allotment', held by 150 members. Hog.tett then stated that they bad succeeded in piet ies, lity voter. ion the register fur West Surrey ; some of them hail been objected to by the Tories, but through the metics§ of Mr. Dennis', many of those objections had been enemas. Tnea, there were • large number of members at s a iselfoni, who were never on the register it all at the last abettlen, but they would be on it for • future time, and all euuid be done by any frugal man fur one Maiag and Ili:peace a week, and the km of his does so, to benefit himself and family by such fril led', clearly indicated his fitness for the use of Se elective franchise—(hrar, hear)—no matter what were his political opinions, fur this society, be it remembered, in. lettered with no man's politics. They had 21 acre, at liti gate, is East Surrey, in addition to a small plot of five acres in Beikehire. )fr. Ihregett then proceeded to detail the advantages to mechanics in large towns earning weekly wages, sad whose superior intelligence amply fitted them more than any other clam for the use of the elective fran chise. If any class were fitted for it it was the skilled ma cho:des of this country. They were far above tie usual influences of bribery and corruption which the recent die closures before the House of Commons had ie batty ex posed to ii.. In a commercial point, Mr. Cobden had said that of all the banks and other investment. there was no security like the land itself. The speaker then stated the cost of the various estates which the society had puttered, clearly giving in all the eases an actual profit to the subscribing members of never lees than 10 per cent, and frequently double that sum. The estate at East Moelvey had been bought by them at 150 guineas an acre, kt 30 acres; there were 170 acres to choose from; that was two Jeers ago, and now the same land could not be bought for Mi. an acre, and he had seen an engagement to give 1,1001. an acre. A man only gave in reality about 13?. 10s. fee his allotment, although nominally he appeared to give SU. 10s., es it often happened that he was receiving 31. 10e. a year ground rent for an early allotment, being greater than his annual subscription, which might be going on for twelve or thirteen years in his favour. Mr. Hag gett then explained the principle of the allotments, and bow they were conducted, each MAD having his lot in his turn, which was far better than by lottery, a the latter excited hopes which might not be realised. In urging the meeting to make themselves masters of such an im portant privilege as a piece of freehold land, which would be for ever their own, he answered several questions, show ing plans of the various estates, with a portion as a tavern plot, which would not be allotted until the land was built upon, when, from being only worth about 601., it would, probably, fetch from 5001. t, 6001., the profits of which would be equally divided among the members of the society. Shops would he confined to particular portions of the es tate., and private residencies by themselves. This plan had the effect of raising the value of the property, as a man knew who were to be his neighbours, and nut, as at the first Birmingham Society, a caravan on one side, and a pigsty' on the other. A resolution, proposed by Mr. Satatae, and seconded by Mr. Coteau., was unanimously pained, pledging the meting to support the society, and a vote of thanks having been given to the chairman, the promedings terminated. Several shares were immediately taken up and sub scribed for by the parties present. BUILDLNG AND REPAIRING OF CHURCHES. The committee of the society met on Monday lest; his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury took the shut. There were also present his Grass the Archbishop ef York, the Bishop of Chichester. the Rae. Sir Charles Persaby, Bert., Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., H.P., the Hon. mod Rey. A. Dencombe, the Revs. Dr. Spry, Dr. Words web, Robert Tritton, John Jennings, Messrs. Edward Raney, H. J. Banked, William Solt, and A. J. C. Luri. The seethe' granted onsiteseee kownede die *glowing elgeets : Building eberitano B•10_00t. is do perish of St. (pamma ; ikewery_7ll6lll l laiil eg asii, is is d estrPest seer Onreetry, nee inned, step iseWteophn ; eberelise at 111. Mary Megeekne, Coleheeter ; Ceedkereiew, NW New- Lgeeesestlshire, sad Kilrbedis, near Nemo& Zn- Oadialdellialedlaotthhrehen /*Little Hallisghury, seer .lesethed, ash Beim sear Csekeelii i The ow mitts/ she hereseed the gm( made is he not M the easel is the dwelt at li aid of t egetnerp, as ar d r er of the ere. li e lli papakei llimi r • of the district et Bdraost is 1,030, eon =dont estirely ef poor purse, eageged I. miens isereaang, sad *khan as reddest m =lB posed dime ionise I. perfersied is a sew " !be Mooch et Yields, Leeds, is Inhabited by a filletdolorfog araohatrisg 11,254 paean, mss is. et the porn sad labserlsg dams, elnesingeomiulag care sad attendee, sad these gipaikediesseer. At preens se provides is rank SI Me *oil for the religious isatractios of this large V ia. Denng is three Win les the wish demob, MOO is the sweet ahatelt. As elher Anti Is to he Wit la the diarist, at • apt . OilektirllS Mese dim silas helot, the . e p ee el width Mr W. W. Wyse. At nelt gimes a aseklerahle negregatiss eel be mended. T wish tie bealets Melo,. Woodlands, Cal m/Good Teetweee, ale tees sad • half /Nike distant hes the pad* le Lbw The perdition is widely meat iest ; way peones we oldie,* miner em m ot, dad trspssd by hid eirceantswere M hole= to, sad ene ma ineligiess ways of life; sad Sere is great and of Sc o u t Ming made for t h e boogie of *gee peer gad *sorest " Adruelt of St. Way lls dalew, Cektheeem. I. cow so lotalired, owle t ; *gam sod the poverty of the pariah, k not be rebuilt. Mg eauezatige IS this parish of " 1411 1 datr,cte, IS ether perishes, has added IMO leseee IS the minimums needy very _Peet.who, ben beenties been Me hog. parw.o "eh y hielleta,_ rid am be pep* emended Is. ere l e g die nit isedtesed by the society in %Omeotof Chan obtaining the legaey of 5,d001. %sego Cen.. Cu omo o seethed by the Lae John Brown, tietRITTOW, o n i ons is favour of the society ; e itgaey of 250 i. bus home Megsksil, Esq., of Lich add, Ind another of MX It.. A. H. Bradshaw, Esq., of messoot ß rest, St. hoes's. have been paid. Gran the President bar eproiated the 27th of May ' on ter the annual court of the society. STRIKE OF RAILWAY PORTERS AT LP; ER POOL. -- - The strike among the porters of the London and North Western, the East Lancashire, and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways, his assumed • more serious aspect. As wee stared on Thursday, the goods porters at the Wap ping and Great Howard street stations returned to work, on receiving • promise from the superintendent that their demandehould be seceded to, via., that their wages sh ou ld be advanced at the rat e of a bout 6.1. a day. Subsequently, however, a bill was issued, and freely pasted in the town, containing the following annimmeement: " London and North Western Railway.—Wanted, 500 men, able-bodied porters, between the ages of 20 and 3.5 years, who have be en use d t o l oa di ng an d un l oading goods. Permanent wages, at the rate of 21s. per week. Hours, from 6 a.m. to 7 p m., and from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.—BßAtTli• WAITE rooms, Goods Manager." In consequence of this announcement all the porters en. gaged in the goods department of the London and North Western Railway again struck nn Thursday morning. Soon afterward, a notice was posted on the railway gates, stating that " The men who had struck work had not only forfeited their wage*, but were liable to three months' imprisonment for violating their written agreement to •bide by the printed rules and reguletions of the company, which were, that they should not quit the terrier of the company with out giving 14 days' previous notice." This was also signed " Braithwaite Poole." Yesterday morning about fifty strange men were taken on as ports.., and the clerks were requested to assist them in checking the goads. All who refused to do so were dis charged. The hreaksinen employed at the tunnels commu nicating with the stations at Liverpool also struck yesterday morning. This was considered mon serious than even the strike of the porters, as their positions form the key to the traffic They are satisfied with the wages they receive— via., 30s. • week, but have demanded that they shall be paid 2a. 6d fur Sunday work, and shall be furnished with working clothes, as are the breakemen employed at the London and Birmingham stations. An aggregate meeting of the labourers was held at two o'clock on Thursday afternoon, at the King's Pierlicad, for the purviot of hearing the statement of a di put..tion which had been appointed to wait upon Mr. Poole, and to decide upon the steps to be pursued in reference to the strike. The chairman stated that the deputation bed been unable to meet with that gentleman, but they had seen Mr. Cock. seam, the sub manager, to whom they had explained their demands. He had sta ted that the directors would agree to some of them, but not to the most important, such as pay ment for over-hour at the rate of 6.1. per hour, and the dismissal of the men who had been employed in their places during the strike. Resolutions to the following effect were ultimately adopted That the hour of working be from six cm. to 7 p.m., the men to lease off work when the bell rings at the lest-named hour ; that those employed beyond that time be paid at the rate of 62 an hour in ad dition to the weekly wage; that the men taken on i n their places be dismissed ; th at the demands of the breaks men be acceded to, and they be reinstated, and that the invoke clerks who had been discharged for refusing to moist the new hands be reinstated in their places, before they (the porters) go to work again ; and that no man be fitted, suspended, or dismissed on an y charge without an Impartial trial before the director . " These resolutions were adopted with considerable enthusiasm, and • deputa tion was appointed to wait with • copy upon Mr. Braith waite Poole, the meeting deciding to remain until the deputation returned. TM strike is causing the greatest inconvenience to the mercantile community. A very considerable quantity of goods will, its thought, be det-ined at the stations, and • number of weasels will conseauently be unable to take their departure to various foreign parts. The porters engaged et the joint gonds stations of the East Lancashire and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations again struck at one o'clock on Thursday. Their agitation commenced last Thursday, when they forwarded a notice to the superintendent, stating that " They con sidered their wages were insufficient for their labour, and they gave 24 hours' notice that unless the wages of the first-class porters were advanced from 21s. to 245. a week, and the second-elms from 19s. to 23..—the hours of work to be 13 hours a day, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.—they would cease work." This was followed by a general strike on the following day On Saturday • number of new hands from different parts of the country were set to work; but they were found inadequate to the duties, and on Monday the old porters were re called. They returned to work on the promise that their demands should be represented to the directors, and that the new hands should be sent away. For the purpose of seeing that the latter promise had been complied with, the porter employed a man to search the yards, to see if any had been secreted about the premises. They, however, in timated that they should now expect their time to be re duced from 13 to 12 hours a day ; and that if they di 1 not receive a definite answer by one o'clock yesterday with respect to t'.• advance, they should again turn out. At that hour they were informed that the director had agreed to their requests; so that the work at those stations has not been impeded. We understand that Mr. Poole, who advertised for WO hands on Thursday, received application , from nearly double that number. The men have conducted themselves since their turn out very peaceably end quietly, and are to hold another meeting on the King's Pinhead this (Saturday) morning. THE WRECK OE THE QUEEN VICTORIA.—Tha re port of Captain Walker, commissioned by the Naval De partment of the Beard of Trade to institute an inquiry • into the nature, circumstances, and causes of the wreck of the Queen Victoria " in Dublin-bay, on the 15th of Fe bruary, has just been issued, and the conclusions he arrives at entirely coincide with what we stated at the time of the calamity in reference to its mums, namely, that it was mainly, if not entirely, doe to a most culpable want of eau tion on the part of the of eers of the ship, its fatality being also greatly aggravated by the ins tlicicuey of the provisions ow board for the safety of the passengers and crew in cases ' of emergency. Lie states that "the Vittoria was lost through the negligence of the master in not eounding, stopping the engines, or taking t roper precautions when the snow-eliower came on ;" also that the :conduct of the mate was similarly blameable; and that " the boats were noise placed as to be ready for immediate lase." He sum. Rests further the propriety of a fog-bell being placed on the Bailey Light, and states his opinion that the lighihoise was not properly attended to. These latter are matters of local moment; but the rendition of the boa's is one of gene ral importaace, for the state of the boats of the ill fated Queen Victoria is, we fear, the state of the boats of almost every one of our steamships. 113.13E3030, Ross, AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.— The works on this line, from the junction with the South Wales line a' the Orange to the Lea tunnel, are proceeding so satisfactorily, that in a short time this portion will be opened for trifle. The Lea tunnel is 600 yards in length, and the work has been carried on night aid day, the work Froproving much heavier than was anticipated. There aro our tunseh oa the line, vie., the Lea one 600 yards ; at Fawley, *Jet miles en the Hereford side of Ross, 530 the ; • very heavy one at Ballingbaw, of 1,177 yards ; the last tunas! is at Distedor, of 110 yards ; the whole comprises 2,610 yards in tenth. At the Hereford end of the line the works are being carried on with energy ; bet they will cc espy nearly • twelvemonth from this time. Is the neigh basehood of Ross the line has been formed for several miles on both &et of the Iswa. ENGLISH PAIIIIEL-71611 Wooing patent, Iran sealed the week snag lea Norsk 1853: George Walks, Nicholson, of Pesaro% is tfie otenty of Lancaster, tool and nese List k lesprevinsests is screw bolts, nuts, and wesbees. sad M die machinery or apparatus for making thie same, Dalai ilk October, 1852.—John Balroforth, Dehdardi,, sod Thomas Balinforth, all of Clercs, In eittiftof Lirierster, iroeunasters, for improvements is saw WM% sad is fixing the same. Dated sth Octo ber, 1851—Aim sad John Booth, both of Manchester, in the amity et Lancaster, machine makers, fur improvements in plaiting or leading machines, which machines are appli cable W medlfift webs for making door and other mats. Dated Ilk 1852.—Oeorge Nicholson, of Pendle ton, in dm itaimer of Lancaster, tool and engine fitti r, fee isprimeissette in vices, and in the mesas or method 11111141 for (zing the same. Dated 6th October, 1852. —Samuel lireme of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, suicliiniet, for improvements is ma chinery or apparatus for blowing, *catching, open ing, cleaning, and sorting cotton, wool, and other 'Stress &obstinate, parte of which improvement& are appli cable to other purposes. Dated 9th October, 1852.—John Goodsaen, of Basel Grove, in the county of Cheater, doctor of median*, for an impeoved fountain pen. Dated 19th October, 18.52.—Edward Lawsou of Leeds, in the county of York, machine maker, for improvements in machinery for preparing to be spun hemp, flag, tow, wool, cotton, and other fibroas materials. Dated Ist November, 1832. Peter Fairbairn, of Leeds, in the county of York, machine maker, and Samuel Kenny Mathes, of Leeds aforesaid, fiat spinner, for improvements in machinery for drawing the sliver and rove of hemp, Hu and tow. Dated 18th January, 1853. William Ravine, of Smith Inch Mill,Perth, in the county of Perth, flax spinner, for improvements in reeling yarns or threads. Dated 12:h January, 1843 Thomas Cropper Rylsy, of Haigh Foundry, near Wigan, in the county of Lancaster, engineer, and Edward Evans, of the same place, earliness, for improvements in the coo *traction of wrought-iron wheels to be used upon railways, or for other purposes, and in the machinery or apparatus easseeted therewith. Dated 17th January, 1863.—From, Mr. Joins Davies's Lint. DEATH OF A ILILLIONAIRE.—Thomaa Perry, Esq., of Wolverhampton, died on Sunday last, in hie 8 4 tll year. This path/man is sup dto have a larger amount of pro. party than is by say untitled individual of Staf fordshire. More than a century ago the family became merchants to America, and carrying on a large business al most without competitors, their accumulations were large and rapid. When canal making was first projected, Mr. Perry's father entered largely into the speculation, and his slimes has scarcely been *quilled by any modern instance of railway fortune. The deceased gentleman was a baehe lor, and though not penurious in his habits, yet his expen diture was always weaned to the .lecent necessaries of life. It is but justice to say, be always bore the character of a good landlord. His immense wealth will descend to his nephew, W. Herrick. Esq., of Reaumunor, Leicestershire. Stapedrhire Adeertiaer. STRONG-MINDED WOlllll4 —Tho Cleveland Hened aays that on the Ist inst., some thirty women, well backed by gentlemen, proceeded to the grocery of Anthony Jambs, in Ashland, and asked him to &vocations, the sale of liquor and the use of a bagatelle board, which had enticed many of the youth and some of the married men from their homes. He refused, and the Mies chopped his bagatelle table into kindling wood and emptied his liquors into the street. They then visited another grocery and • t , both of which capitulated. THE SPIILIT RAPPING MANlA.—Yethape the heti lot generally known that the spiritual rapping mania IP . l i n4s to considerable extent in this village, sad that :not 'tightly orgies are held, where pretended mammal "gout, .frem the spirit world are received, add frail, weak `m▪ ug ty deceived. At On of the " Circles," is which r *tits delight to perambulate, Mr. H. Nichols, a mars _▪ _most in the low er v ill age , wee introduced a few weeks Lsissi lad the incantationand nesehinationa which he has isottected to have finally resulted in depriving him of ' l e Mae. The circumstances under which be had been 1644 . Melee. to hie vitiation these spirit meetings, were loth as to give groundwork fur the "mediums " to work Mx sod right well have they used it. We are told by sea who is cognisant of all the facts, that be has no doubt rid the object was to extort money from young Nichols ; their devilish arts have Leen too successful for a favour /Ale extentiue of any such plot -u he, on account of his li tnstioe, will be remised beyond their inEuence. Mach ssti has resulmd from the holding of these " circles " in oar I tlisite, by causing persme to neglect their business ; and in Illif i esteeen families hav e b een l e ft t o a s t a t e of almost istitx s tion from the name ; but the above is the first in of 60 serious a calemity, but who shall say thatt ~7u be the last, unless so nee preventive steps are take n ? sada' a sobjoc; that demands the earnest attention of the fella, mil we would urgs• them to consider the matter sut delay. That in the nineteenth century so shallow should be tol erate d, i s a st i gma upon the intelli '"'" the vie. — Lockport Cowin. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING MARCH 26, 1853 X IN AMERICA. Mr. Thackeray has written a preface to one of the velum* of his works, recterly reprinted in America, is which he speaks of hi. visit, his reception, the popularity of his books, Sic., in terms which lead us to copy it—as follows: Oa coming into this country, I fount th it the pro jectors of this series of little hooks had preceded my arrival by publishing a number of early works, which have ap peered under variuus pseudonymes during the last 15 years. I was not the master to choose what stories of :nine should appear or not: these nilaCtlianiall were all advertised, or in course of publication; nor have I had the good fortune to be able to draw a pen, or alter a blunder of author er printer, except in the case of the accompanying volumes, which contain contributions to Punch, whence I have been enabled to make something like a selection. In the " Let. ten of Mr. Brown," and the succeeding sheet essays and descriptive pieces, something graver and less burlesque was attempted than in other pieces which I here publish. My friend, the " Fat Contributor," accompanied Titmarsh in his "Journey from Curt:drill to Cairo." The prize novels contain imitations, nut malicious I hope, nor unamusing, of the writings of some contemporaries who still live and flourish in the novelist's calling. I my self had scarcely entered on it when these burlesque tales were begun, and 'topped further parody from a sense that this merry task of making fun of the novelists should be left to younger hands than my own ; and in a little book published some four years since, in England, by my fiends, Meson. Heaney and Shirley Brooks, I saw • caricature of myself and writings to the full as ludicrous and faithful as the prize novels of Mr. remelt. Nor was there, had I de sired it, any possibility of preventing the reappearance of these performances. Our publi,hers, besides the Messrs. Appleton, were ready to bring my hidden works to the light. Very many of the other books printed, 1 have not seen since their appearance 19 years ago, and it was with nu small feelings of curiosity (remembering under what sad circumstances the tale had been left unfinished), ' that I bought the incomplete " Shabby Genteel Story," in a railway car, on my first journey hum Bunton hither, from a nay-cheeked, little peripatetic book merchant, who called out " Thackeray's Works" fu such • kind, gay voice, as gave me a feeling of frien•lshia and welcome. Here is en opportunity of being either satiric or senti mental. The careless papers written at an early period, and never seen since the printer's boy carried them away, are brought back and laid at the father's door, and he cannot, if he would, forget or disown his own children. Why were some of the little brats brought out of their obscurity ? I own to a feeling of anything but pleasure in reviewing some of these misshapen juvenile creatures which the publisher has disinterred and resuscitated. There are two performances esp. cially (among the critical and bio graphical winks of the erudite Mr. Yellow-Plush), which I am very sorry to see reproduced, and I ask pardon of the author of the "Crimes" for a lampoon, which I know he himself has forgiven, end which I wish I could rectal I had never seen that eminent writer but once in public when this satire was peened, and wonder at the reckless ness of the young man who could fancy such personality was harmless jocularity, and never calculate that it might give pain. The best experiences of my life have been gained since that time of youth and gaiety and careless laughter. I allude to them, perhaps, because I would not have any kind and friendly American reader judge of me by these wild performances of early years. Such a retro spect as the sight of there old acquaintances perforce occa sioned, cannot, if it would, be gay. The old scenes return, the remembrance - of the by-gone time, the chamber is which these stories were written; the faces that shone round the table. Some biographers in this country have been pleased to depict that homely apartment after a very strange and romantic fashion ; and an author in the direst struggles of poverty waited upon by a family domestic in " all the splendor of his menial decorations." has been circumrantially described t' the reader's amusement as well as the writer's own. I may be per mitted to assure the former that the splendour and the want were alike fanciful, and that the meals were not only sal. cient but houratly paid f o r. That extreme liberality with whieh American publishers have printed the works of English authors has had at least this beneficial result for lii—that our names and writings are known by multitudes using our common mother tongue who had beard of us or our books but for the speeu laton who hare seat them all over this continent. It is, of course, not unnatural for the English writer to hope that some day he may share a portion of the profits which his works bring at present to the persona who vend them in this country ; and I am bound gratefully to say myself that since my arrival here I have met with several publishing houses who are willing to acknowledge our little claim to participate in the advantages arising out of our books ; sad the present writer having long since ascertained that the portion of a loaf is more astrifactory than no bread at all, gratefully accepts and acknowledge. several slices which the book purveyors in this city have proffered to him of their free will. If we are not paid in full and in specie as yet, English writers surely ought to be thankful fur the very great kind ness and friendliness with which the American Republic receives them ; and if we hope some day that measures may par here to legalise our rights to profit a role by the com modities which we invent, and in which we deal, I, for one, can cheerfully say that the good-will towards us from pub lishers and public is undoubted, and wait for still better times with perfect confidence and humour. If I have to complain of any special hardship, it is, not that our favourite works are reproduced, and our children introduced to the American public—children, whom we have educated with care, and in whom we take a little pa ternal pride ; but that ancient magazines are ransacked, and shabby old articles dragged out, which we had gladly left in the wardrobes where they have lain hidden many years. There is no control, however, over a man's thoughts— once uttered and printed, back they may come upon us on any sudden day ; and in this collection, which Messrs. Appletou are publishing, I find two ur three such early 7productions of my own that I gladly would take back, but they have keg since gone out of the paternal guardianship. If not printed in this series, they would have appeared from other presses, having not the slightest need of the author's own imprimatur; and I cannot sufficiently con dole with • literary gentleman of this city, who (in his voyage of professional adventure) acne upon an early per foreman of mine, which shall be nameless, carried the news of the discovery to a publisher of boOks, and had actually done me the favour to sell my book to that liberal man, when, behold, Meters. Appleton announced the book in the press, and my eonfrira had to refund the prize -money which has been paid him. And if he is a little chagrined at finding other intrepid vvoyagersbefore hand with him in taking possession of my island, and the American flag already floating there, he will understand the feelings of the harmless but kindly treated aboriginal native, who makes every sign of peace, who smokes the pipe of submission, and meekly acquiesces in his own an nexation. It is said that them only who win should laugh ; I think, in this cameos, reader* will not grudge the losing side its share of harmless good bumour—if I have contributed to theirs, or provided them with means of amusement, I am glad to think my books have found favour with the Ameri can public, as I am proud to own the great and cordial welcome with which they have received sae. W. M. TRACLULAT. nouns° Jerncs.—General Arsine, the military commandant at Matamoras, puts on airs occasionally, and bones manifestoes, threatening death and destination to his neighboun of Brownsville, if they do not keep quiet. Re cently souse Meets were fired from the Anzeriean side of the Rio Oreadier Mwards his sentinels. On learning the feet, Amass mikaned a note to Justice IPLane, of Brownies; ThsaaM shah U the shots were repeated, he wenbi • hombeci a e r d wn. The following is Judge W r—" .I—B Lsee's reply - rownsville, Jan. 11, 1853. Dear Oeneral,—We received your appreadated note of this date. Let her rip. (Signed) B. J. ll'Leee, Justice of the pewee, Cameron county, Texas."—Ness York Hamad, ARTIFICIAL PRODUCTION OF PISIL—The French government is continuing to net es the discovery of °thin and Remy, fbhersnen of the Vosges, for artificially fecun dating the eggs of fish. It has In particular caused it to be practised on a grand seals at Huninguen ; and the fish I I produced by it there are, on arriving at • certain degree of maturity, to be sent into different rivers and easels. In the southern departments also the same system has been practised with extraordinary enemas. It consists in collecting the spawn of the female fish, instead of allowing them to deposit it in the beds of rivers, and in applying to it the milt of the males hunted of leaving the males to do it themselves. The eggs thus prepared are preserved until they become hatched. The consequence is that many thousand fish are produced from each female's spawn; whereas only very few indeed are obtained when the fish are left to effect the fecundation themselves, owing to the eggs being devoured by other flab, washed away, or injured by dirt. Rivers, streams canals , lakes, and ponds , can thus be made to teem with d ab ; and a new branch of commerce is thereby created, whilst an abundant supply of wholesome food is obtained. The expense of applying the system of Remy and Gehin is very trifling indeed. These men have been recompensed by the government for the great services they have been the means of rendering to the public. Their plan is applicable to all sorts of fish that spawn in rivers. GEORGE 111. AND THE PRINCES IN 1789.—The accounts front Kow this morning are as good as possible, notwihstancting the Princes were with the King bait-an hour yesterday, which is a proof that his miraculous reco very is not to be shaken. Lord Winehelees, who was at Kewljthe whole time, told me that the Prince and Duke of York, though appointed at one, did not arrive till half past three ; and that when they came cut, they told Colonel Digby that they were delighted with the King's being so well, and remarked that two things is the half hour's con ference which they had with him had struck them very forcibly; that he had observed to them h4w much better he played at piquet than Mr. Charles Hawkins, and that sines he had been ill he had rubbed up all his Latin; and these facts. which are &eta, I expect to hear magnified by the Carlton.howie runners into instances of insanity. The Princes entered the King's apartment without any emotion, and came out of it with none visible in their countenances. The Queen only was present, and the con ference lasted half-an-hour. I have not heard as yet ; but conclude 'hey were both rioting, —, and drunk last night at the masquerade, as they were at one a week ago; the truth is, that they are quite desperate, and endeavour to drown their cares, dissppointrnents, and internal chagrin in wine and dissipation. The Duke of York pla • much at tennis, and has a Wore with all the blacklegs ; and in the public court tells them they shall ell be paid as soon as his father can settle with him come Osnabarg money which he owes him.— The Duke of Buckingham's "Cowl of George 111." A SLAVE AMMON IN VIRGINIA. (Pram the New reek Trainee.) A young New-Yorker now on his first southern tour, and not yet cotteaised by the new influences sur rounding him, has written to one of the publishers of The Tribune an account of a slave auction be attended in Rich. mond. Believing that its publication will do good, ant in its ultimate consequences tend strongly to perpetuate and humanise that union which patriots so rrrrrr uce, we give it place in our columns, as follows: Richmond, Va Thumley, March 3, 18.53. Sines I left New York I have seen the original Declare , tion of Independence, and I have seen it " illustrat her* in this place. Oh, my Goal! 011, my country ! I have been an eye-witness this morning to scenes each as never have been described, and never cm You and I hare been told by some of the dough faces of the north that the evils of slavery are exaggerated. But they have not been half told, and I have neither the ability nor the heart to describe the scenes I have this moment come from witnessing. I hove spent two hours at the public Wiese( slaves. There are four of them, and all in the same street, not more than two blocks from the Exchange Hotel, where we are staying. Thew slave depots are in one of the most frequented streets of the place, and the sales are conducted in the building on the first-floor, and within view of the passer* by. There are sm ill screens behind which the women of mature years' are taken for inspection; but the men and the boys are Fpublicly examin e d i n t h e open store, b efore an audience of lull one hundred. Theta examinations are carried on by various persons interested, and are enough to shock the feel logs of the most hardened. You really cannot conceive that men in human form could conduct themselves so brutally ; each scar or mark is dwelt upon with great minuteness—it, cause, its age, its general effect upon the health, &e. &e., are questions asked and readily answered. I saw full 20 men stripped this morning, end not more than three or tour of them bad what they termed " clean backs," and ' some of them-1 should think full one quarter of them— were scarred with the whip to such an extent as to present a frightful appearance ; one in particular wa s so cut that lam sur e you cou ld not lay your finger on any part of his back without coming in contact with a scar. These scars were from the whip and were from two inches to one foot in length. These marks da maged his sale ; although only about 45 to 60 years old he only brought 460 dole but for these marks he w o uld h ave brought 760 dole. to 800 doh. I saw several children sold ; the girls brought the highest price. Girls from 12 to 18 years old brought from 600 dole. to 800 dolt I must say that the slaves did Oct display as much feel ing as I hail expected, as a geuersl thing—but there was one noble exception—God bless her! and save her too ! ! as I hope he will in seine way, for if he does not interpose there were irs mea there that would. Sate was a fine leaking woman about 25 years old, with three beautift.l children. Her children as well as herself were neatly dressed. She attracted my attention at once on entering the room, and I took my stand near her to learn her answers to the various questions put to her by the traders. One of then traden asked her what was the matter with her eyes? Wiping away the tears, she replied, " I epos' I have been crying." " Why do you cry ?' Because I have left my man behind, and his master won't let bins come along." 0 Oh, if I buy yuu, I will furnish you with a better husband, nr man as you call him, than your old one." " I don't want any better, and won't have aay other as lung as he lives." " Oh, but you will though, it I buy you." " No, mama, Ood helping me, 1 1 never will." Did Mrs. Stowe exaggerate the spirit in the slave ? No, no. I saw hassle's " character in this woman fully sod fairly sticking out. Her answers to other inquiries put by another man were quite aa " liberty-loving " us these indi cated. The most indecent questions were put to her, all of which, titer a little heritatiun, she answered. But when asked if she thought she could turn out a child a year, she replied," No, maws, I mere, sad I sorry I got these." Just before she was put up I left the room, for I am sure I could not have stood the scene, and I should have be trayed myself. A seen occurred in this last room which " may yet be heard from." Just before 'MI sale commenced, a young well-dressed gentleman entered the room ; placing himself in one cornerof the room, he began to take • sketch, and had proceeded quite far before he was noticed by any one but myself. At last ha attracted the attention of some of the bystanders, until full twenty or more were looking over his shoulder. They all seemed pleased with what he was doing, so lung as the sketch was a mere outline, but as he began to finish up the picture and form his groups of figures they began to see what he was about, and then some one went up privately to the auctioneer (who had by this time got one or two sold), and informed him what the man was doing. He came down [rem the stand, went and over looked what was doing for a moment, and saw himself " written down for perhaps the first time in his life." He Inquired of the man what he was doing. The reply was, " I do not know that I am bound to answer your inquiry." Mr. Auctioneer took his stand again, but was evidently so enraged that he could not go no, for by this time the whole company was aware of what was being done ; end while some proclaimed with a loud oath that the likeness was " d—d fine," "most splendid," others were for " footing him." The artist took the hint, how ever, without the kick, and left the room. But now we had a specimen of southern b y. They were all sure that he was an abolitionist, and they all wanted to lend " a foot" to kick him, while one small gentleman said he would pay 25 dollars to hire • negro to do it. The excitement soon parsed over; not, however, without leaving on m y mind the truth of the maxim " that he who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day." But I cannot go further. This subject grows on my hands, and if I should only say half what I think and feel just at this time, I should tire your patience. lam chuck full, and shall reserve the overflow until I see you. But think me not untruthful from this unavoidable excitement. I don't tell half the truth. I have said nothing of the bru tality of the audiences I saw at four of these auctions. I tell you for a truth that I saw fall one hundred Legrees, and even worse than be. These auctions are held daily, and they pay each other the courtesy to wait for each other ; so that the second does not begin until the first has concluded, and so on to the last. The auctioneer of the second is on hand at the first auction to announce—" Gentlemen, the sale of a few fine field hands, including the usual assortment of boys, girls, due. 'lc., will now eke place on the corner above, to which your attention is directed," suiting the action to the word, beleaves, followed by the whole audience, myself in chided, to his own store, end so on until boar sales have been held. The usual " Wall street honesty " is observed is the sales; if not sold, the auctioneer announces " with drawn, gentlemen." If t his morning I bad been pnseneed of the wealth of W. B. Astor, I should have laid out some money in " stock." That would have eased my conscience, if it had not paid a good interest. Let this be my conclusion : If God sparse me my reason and my conscience, I vote again for • pro-slavery man. From this time forth I promise and declare that lam bound for the fight. " Free dont or death," shall be the " watchword and the cry." (Of coarse I only adopt the spirit of the quotation, and don't mean to do say such foolish thing se to kill myself or allow slavery to do it, but to rake all reasonable sacrifices in the cause of " truth, right, end humanity.") Keep this de elaration—preeerve it—and when you sus me violate its spirit, like *guardian angel appear to me, reminding me of the vows I now take upon myself. THE SLATE-MA=lff AT MEM Pllls.—ArtotTeepondent of the Chimp 0414 Thant gives the following description of some things he saw at Memphis:—" I landed at this place Christmas morning. The fist thing that met my eye, standing on a high bank facing the river, was the following ineeriptics in large letters, upon • fine building, with piazza and pillars in front:—' Bolton, Dickens, and Co., Slave Dealers .' In addition to this I soon found two others on one of the principal streets in the city, litigated nearly opposite to each other. The sign of one reads thus : ' Byrd Hill, Slave Market the other, 'Ben Little, Slave Market and Livery Stable.' I visited them, and was in. eked to 'walk in and lack at the stock.' Ohl how my whole being recoiled at the thought. There were men and women, girls and boys, of almost every shade of complexion, ranging to age from ten to thirty or forty, all well dressed, as you see no other slaves except some &moored body servants. Some of the bat looking young women were attired in beautiful de laine, made in the fashion too. When a stranger goes in, they are quickly arranged upon seats on either si.:e of the room, and they watch with in terest any one they suppose intends to buy. Of C 0.,.,, you east examine teeth, limbo, &c., and call for any exer cises from them you shoos.. They are taken out every day and walked around in a large circle, the men and boys under one leader, and the females under another. I was not permitted to look into their place of confinement for the night, but only saw the grated window. Near by are horses and mules for sale, and they are fat and sleek, be came in the market. For the same reason were them men and women well drained." Has MAJESTY'S THEATRE. —The question about this establishment M now definitively settled. Mr. Frederick Oyer, director in chief of the Royal Italian Open, has be come the lessee. _ _ _ BANKRUPTCY OP Ma. GEORGE HENNETT.— On Wednesday a petition was tiled iu the District Court of -Bankruptcy, at Exeter, against Mr. Hennett, the eminent and well known railway contractor. Although his con tracts extend all over the kingdom, yet the principal part of his property lies at Bridgwater, Teignmonth, and Ply- mouth, which are within the Exeter district. Messengers have been sent by the court to take possession of his pro perty, and the case will shortly come before the Commis sioner for adjudication. MR. COMMISSIONER MAYNE hu cancelled the appointments of the standings for hackney carriages at the places hereinafter mentioned:—Kew-road, Richmond— feur carriages ; to Commence at the lamp poet at railway bridge, and along the curb atone on west side. Uxbridge road—eighteen carriages ; to commence 10 feet west from the iron pump, slung the footway on the south side, to op posite Stanhope-place. Orford-strect—fourteen carriages; to commence opposite No. 199, in centre of street, to No. 218, keeping clear of Nos. 208, 209, and 210. Buckingham- Rate—ten carriages; to commence from Prince's-court, Saoses's-street, along the cut h.etone, to the corner of Staf f..rd-eow, Pimlico. Great William street, Maiden-lane, Islington—thirst carriages, to commence 10 feet from the crossing in Maiden.lanc, in centre of street, towards the Caledonian-road. Piccadilly—l'm-at-en carriages; to etim mem* opposite the west corner of Sockville-street, in centre of street, to the entrunce of Burlington-arcade, keeping clear of the Albany-courtyard. .Strand—nine carriages; to commence opposite No. 333, in centre of street, to No. 342. THE FATE OF A HANDSOME SLAVE. (Pros Key I. Owle Tosees Cabin.) • Among those unfortunates guilty of loving free dom too well, was a beautiful young quadroon girl, named Emily Russell, whose mother is now living in New York. The writer has seen and conversed with her. She is a pious woman, highly esteemed and respected, a member of a Christian church. By the avails of her own industry she parchased her free dom, and also redeemed from bondage some ..f her chil dren. Emily was a resident of Washiugton, I) C. ' a place which b e lon g s no t to any S tate, b ut to the United States; and there, under the laws of the United Static, she was held as a slave. She was of a gentle disposition and &wi sh.. manners; she had been early touched with a sense of. religious things, and was on the very point of uniting her self to the Christian church ; but her heart yearned after her widowed mother and after freedom, and so, on the fatal night when all the other poor victims fought escape by the Pearl, the child Emily went also among them. They were taken. Thesin of the poor girl was inexpiable. • Because she longed for her mother's arms and fur liberty, she could not be forgiven. Nothing would do for stack a sin, but to throw her into the hands of the trader. She also was thrown into Bruin and Hill's goal, in Alexandria. Her poor mother in New York received the following letter from her. Read it, Christian mother, and think , what if your daughter had written it to you! Alexandria, Jan. 22, 1850. " My dear Mother, I take this opportunity of writing you a few lines, to inform you that I sin in Bruin's Jail, awl Aunt Sally, and all of her children, al.d Aunt Ilagar and all her children, and grandmother is almost crazy. My dear mother, will you please to come on as soon as you ran ? I expect to go away very shortly. 0, mother! my dear mother ! come now and *ee your distressed and heart broken daughter one. noire ! Mother, my deur mother ! do not forsake me, fur I feel desolate ! Ph use to tome now. Your daughter, " Emmy itusseLL. " To Mrs. Nancy Csrtwrigbt, New York. P S. If you du nut come as far as Alaatilria, come to Washington, and do what you can." That biter, blotted and tear soiled, was brought by this poor washerwoman to s om e Ch r i st i an f r i en d s i n New York, and *hewn to them. " What do you suppose iliry will ssk for her ?" was her question. All that she had—her little house, her little furniture, her small earnings—all these poor Nancy was willing to throw in ; but all these were but as a drop to the bucket. The first thing to be done, then, was to ascertain what Emily could be redeemed for ; and, as it may be an inte resting item of American trade, we give the reply of the traders in full: "Alexandria, Jen. 31, 1850. "Dear Sir,—When I received your letter I had not bought the negroes you spoke of, but since that tient, I have bought them. All I have to s►y about the matt, r is, that we paid very high for the negroes, and cann.t afford to sell the girl Emily fur less than eighteen hu•.dred doll irs. This I may teem a high price to you, but, cotton being very high, consequently slaves are high. We have two or three offers for Emily from gentlemen from the south. She is said to lie the tiuest•louking woman in this country. As fur Hagar and her seven children, we will take two thousand tire hundred dollars fur them. Sally and her four children, we will take for them two thousand eight honored dollars. You may seem a little surprised at the difference in wices, but • the difference in the negroes makes the uiff, renee in price. We expect to start south with the negroes on the Bib Feb rusry, and if you intend to do anything, you had better do it soon.—Yours respectfully, " ifitUlN & Hut." This letter clime to New York before the case of the Ed mooeuns had called the attention of the community to t►is sulject. The enormous price asked entirely di , cuuraged effort, and before anything of importance was done they heard that the cads had departed, with Emily in it. Hear, 0 heavens! and give ear, 0 earth ! lat t it be known, in all the countries of the earth, that the prier, of a besutiful Christian girl in America, when she is art up to be sold to a life of abauae, is from eighten hundred to two thousand dollars ; and yet, judicatories in the church of Christ have said, in solemn conclave,that American slavery• as it is in no evil ! • From the table of the sacrament and from the sanctuary of the church of Christ this girl was torn away, because her beauty was • saleable article in the dare-market in New Orleans ! Perhaps some northern apologist fur slavery will say she was kindly treated here—not handcuffed by the wrist to • chain, and forced to walk, as articles less choice are ; that a waggon was provided, and that she rode; and that food abundunt was given her to eat, and that her clothing was warm and comfortable, and therefore no harm was done. We have heard it told us, again and again, that there is no harm in slavery, gent is only warm enough, an d f u ll-f e d, and comfortable. It is true that the slave-woman has no protection from the foulest dishonour and the utmost insult that can be offered to womanhood—none whatever in law or gospel; but so long as she has enough to eat and wear, our Christian fathers and mothers tell us it is not so bad Poor Emily could not think so. There was no eye to pity, and none to help. The food of her accursed lot did not nourish her; the wannest clothing could not keep the chill of slavery from her heart. In the middle of the over land passage, sick, weary, heart-broken, the child laid her down and died. By that lone pillow there was no mother ; but there was one Frien d,wbo loveth at all times, who is Omer tt an a brother. Could our eyes be touched by the seal of faith, where others see oily the lonely wil. deem 111 and the dying girl, we, perhap., should see one clothed in celestial beauty, waiting (or that abort agony to Ise over, that He might redeem her from all iniquity, and present her faultless before the presence of his Unice with exceeding joy! Even the hard-hearted trader was touched with hes sad fate, and we are credibly informed that he said he was sorry he had taken her. Bruin and Hill wrote to New York that the girl Emily was dead. The Quaker, Witham Mimed, went with the letter, to break the news to h-r mother. Since she had given up all hope of redeeming her daughter from the dreadful doom to which she had been sold, the helpless mother had drooped like a stricken woman. She no longer lifted ap her head, or seemed to take any interest in life. When Mr. Earned called on her, she asked, eagerly, " Have you heard anything from my daughter t" " Yes, I have," was the reply, " a letter from Bruin and "And what is the news 2" He thought beet to give a direct answer,—" Easily is dead." The poor mother duped her hinds, and looking upwards, said, " The Lord be thanked ! He has heard my prayers at last!" And, now, will it be said this is au exceptional case—it happens one time in a thousand ? Though we know that this is the bulest of falsehoods, and that the case is only a specimen of what is acting every day in the American slave trade, yet, for argument's sake, let us, for muse, admit it to be true. If only once in this nation, under the pro tection of our law, a Christian girl had been torn from the altar and the cornmaniowtable, and cold to foulest shame and dishonour, would that have been a light sill ? • TM words of Qs °sores Assail Costerawse ; Resolved , • nil dowry, so ts abstain •. M Unitad Stales, Is na a moral evil." HAVING ST THE " INSIDERS." When the nn was up and we had changed horses two or three times, under the bright blue sky, breathing the crisp morning air as the coach rolled up and down bill over the white snow, we were all mad with joy, Bleak Monday though it was. Buttons—who got terribly teased and knocked about at school because he was a queer fellow, though we all liked him—Buttons bad his turn at the pea shooter, and after a successful combat with a gips y woman, his shot telling well about her nose and pipe, nothing far ther offered itself. Suddenly Buttons looked mysterious, and bent over to us, whispering " Let's have at the in siders ! " Glorious lateens* dangerous game, we all rushed into enjoyment of the bold suggestion. Buttons, at the end of the seat, had the coach window with a little twist of his body fairly within range ; he charged heavily his wrath-produeing tube, drew a good mouthful of breath, aimed at the open window, and discharged his piece at ran dom. The shot must hive told with terrible effect. In stantly. a head puiple with wrath was thrust out of the window with so much abruptness, that the hat fell out into the snow, and the coach was stopped that the guard might pick it up. There was a volley of words sent back for our volley of peas, among which came often repeated the significant question, " Coachman, what school are those boys going to ?" The coach started again while the coachman made a sound as of answering, but the cold air soon caused the dreaded face to be drawn back. "He has pulled up the window," said Buttons, grinning. " Don't get us into unable," said Phipps to the coachman. The coachman looked stern, but I saw that he meant kindness. " I tell you what," said Buttons, " when we change hones nest tell him I did it, and beg his pardon. I don't care if he cuffs me." We agreed th.t nothing could be fairer than that, and when the coach stopped). at the Robin Hood, the old gentle man g.it out and looked up at us viciously. Buttons—who had thought twice about the cuffing—spoke au apology down to him from his seat on the coach top. " Come down then, you young rascal, and let me punish you," cried the gentleman. Buttons began immediately to get down in a very simple-minded way ; but the old gentle man, when he got down, to the amazement of us all, gave him a shilling and told him to get up again. Pullet cried halves over Buttons's shilling because the pea-shooter had made it, and the pes-shooter was his. Buttons agreed readily to that reasoning, and paid Pullet a s ixp ence .— Dickens's "Household Words." HURRICANE AT HARSElLLEB.—Marseilles on Sun day last was visited by a perfect hurricane. All the ves sels at anchor in the new port sustained damage. One brig drove from her anchors and experienced oon•iderahle injury ; and another vessel, laden with coal, sunk. The English steamer Caradoo also dragged her anchors, and was obliged to get up her steam before she brought up. In the town the damage done was immense ; tiles and chimney pots were flying in alt directions. At the corner of the Rue Canebiere a part of the front of a large print shop was blown in, and the con,ents of the window se it• ' tered to the winds. A large building in wood, constructed with great lightness and elegance as a riding school and circus, was completely levelled to the ground, and a great part of it was thrown into the street. Fortunately the lower part of the pudding, in which were the stables, re mained firm, and nuns of the bursas s. ere injured. Just at the same moment that the circus was tkrown down, the third story of a house building in the Rue St. Nicholas was blown into the street with n tremendous crash, but fortunately no one was passing at the time. A number of persons were blown down in the streets by the violence of the tempest, but no one met with any serious injury. AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCES. The following are extracts from private letter reeeived at Southampton yesterday. The first gives a gra phic picture of a trip to the diggings, and the second an emigrant's impressions on landing at Melbourne, and the state of things there : Melbourne, Dee. 5, 1862. As the mail steam ship Sydney is expected to leave here to-morrow for England, I take the opportunity of sending you a line or two. Since I out the last (by the Australian) 1 have been at the gold digg,nge. We (a party of four) started from Melbourne, on the 26th of beptemitier, for the Bendigo fields and as you may like to h ea r a t a w o f our adventures, I shall briefly describe them. There are two roads from this city to Forest Creek. Mount Alexander, and 13.mdigo ; one through the Black Forest and the other through the township of Kihnore ; the latter route we took, although the farthest, for at the time we started the roads were in a dreadful state, owing to the late winter rains and the vat amount of traffic en the roads. Well, we started with our swags on our backs, fee here was scarcely any- Viing but bullock drays on the roads at the time, and they were charging 1401. per ton for luggage. Sometimes we were up to our knees its mud, at others up to our necks in water; but somehow or other we got through it all very well till we came to the river Cumpassby. And here we were puzzled to know how 4o cross, for there was nothing but a tree, which had fallen across, that we could walk on, and even that hail a bend in tree middle which was about two feet under water. We, however, attempted to cross on this, and two got over; but myself and another of our party went in head and ears. The next day we reached Bendigo. We were obliged to leave one of our party behind at the above river, but he got a lift on a bullock dray, and reached the diggings two days after us Our hest thing was to get • tent, w Inch we gut already erect* if, and also a quantity of tools ready ter use for 161. The next day we commenced operations. After the first two days' work, one of our mates left us, and returned dir. ctly to town, without • peunyweight of gold, and 1 end another that we left be hind, was laid up for six days with sore feet, owing to the state of the roads. After that we three went to work for several days without any success. WO sunk about a dozen holes without getting anything, but after wards we were more successful, taming out neoey two pound weight of gold in a fortnight. We only took out one license, for which the dioger has to nay 30s. per month. About the end of the month' reports were circulated that large quantities of gold ht.! been dis covered near the Oven River, and the diggers Hocked thither from Bendigu by thousands, and your humble ter , rant and party were amongst them ; we took our tent and a few tools with us, on a two horse dray, for which we paid 101. per cert. Tnis journey occupied us right days, a dis tance of nearly 200 miles; we had capital roads, and walked shout 30 miles a day. We had to cries the Compasshy again, but in another direction ; we got over there all right. The neat river we had to cross was the Goulborne, and here a scene presented itself which baffles description ; we reached the river at 4 p.m., on November 7, and were obliged to wait for 24 hours before we could get across. Here they have • miserable punt, hardly tit to take a per son over on; the river is wide and deep ; there were up wards of 100 drays waiting for their turn when we got there. We, however, got over all right, sad encamped for the night. They charged '2s. Gd. for a foot passenger, 10e. fur a horse, and 20s. fur • dray. NV hile we were waiting there, two men and several horses and buhocke were drowned in attempting to swim over. The next morning we started on our juuruey and reached the Sydney-road, near the Broken River, that night. The next day we came near the Oven River, but were disappointed on reaching the diggings, to find that the water wss then so abundant as to hinder the diggers from working to any advantage. These 4iggings are eituated nut far from the NIONy Moun tains, and therefore cannot be worked at certain seasons of the year. We then resolved to return to Melbourne im mediately, which we did, coming down the Sydney-road And here the aspect of affairs was altered much since we lett ; the vast influx of people from all parts has filled all vacant workshops ; and out only that, but numbers of me chanics have returned from the digging., to await the dis covery of some new held. The Great Britain is now at Sydney ; she is expected to leave this port on the Ist of January. The Chuun is daily expected from Singapore, the Cleopatra from England, and about 60 others. Carpenters' wages are from 11. to 11. 6s. per day ; there are upwards of 5,000 people living in tents i at the present time, outside the town; houses are being built in all directions (especially wooden ones). Many of the public works, which had been stopped tor. want of hands, are uuw going a-head rapidly. Homes hate been built ter the newly arrived by the government, the Wes leyan', the Baptists, the Jews, rte. Many of the new an rivals are badly off after they land, fir they sell off all their clothes before they can get off to the diggings. Our wharf is a regular rag fair; we can buy anything there. The 40th Regiment affords some little amusement for the Mel bourne folks, about 20 of them having already deserted. Since we left there has been rather a serious row at the Ovens between the diggers and the authorities. Hobson's Bay, Port Phillip, Nov. 24, 1862. Where to begin the detail of our troubles I scarcely know. We • d here on the 13th November, and for some days were kept at the entrance of the bay, some 40 miles from Melbourne ; at last a pilot came on board, and we dropt anchor about three miles from Hearty's beach and eight miles from the town. The third day after, I went with our party to Melbourne, and the sight it presented of bustle, con fusion, and swearing, approached more to Babel than any scene 1 eye, witnessed. Nu lighters or boats could be procured, except on the most ruinous terms, to convey our things en shore; a single box cost from 3ds. to 21. before it got out aide the wharf, and we calculated that the whole of our common stock would swallow up full 1001. even to get to a store-house. We tried every means to find a cheaper mode, but all was of no avail; if you even presumed to question the price asked, the lowest of abuse was freely given; so to end matters we have resolved to go to Geelong, and there to store our boxes, stc., with a brother of one of our party, an Exonian, son of Mr. Rodier, who is established in that town u a builder, fur which we are to pay 461. per ton for a transit o. only thirty miles. Many, from our ship and others, have, in a few days. expended all their cash in merely living in the town. We have kept on board, and resolved not to leave till our luggage is got out of the hold of the vessel, and in this way we save at least .51. a day. Only fancy what estate of things, with bread at 2e. 9d. the quarters loaf, Is. 6d. a pint for milk, 4d. each egg, beer, very poor staff, 2s. the quart, mutton and beef 6d. per lb., (where it used to be sold at lid. and Pd. the lb.), pork Ir., brandy, knoblen," about sufficient to fill a large tooth, 6d., cabLeges Is. each, water 10s. for nine-gallons, and lodgings, the meet shabby and uncomfortable, 21. per week, or 30s. if four in the same sleeping-room be tolerated. The result of all this is, that in the suburbs of the town, tents are pitched in all direction., where you can see every into. gluts:, character and every rustic style of cooking, hots We iron tripod to the full equipped cooking range. All this while the gold diggers are driving about, fouvin-hand, end spending the money they have made by their hard work in the most riotous manner—thorough roughs, look ing like tall blown navies, with horny hands bedecked with rialto, and wearing chains of every make and size. Pew are said to sews their galas, end hundreds drink themselves to death. Le ws MUM het week, and not the mat 111- emedacted, dstsr diode assumed from delirium frensint, be. sides three nrerhere in the street in which it is situate. True who aro Making large sums of money are the publire. house keepers, wharf-owners, and store-house keepers; 21. per week for keeping safe boxes, he. is a common pile, brides a la. whenever they are opened. Hundreds of per sona may be seen daily, who have reesatly arrived, selling their things in the streets rather than pay the price of stor ing them; and shirts, clothing, ite., may be bought In this way for one-third the original price. Doubtless much ' money is to be made in the colony, but if persons arrive with but little money the whole must go before they min comfortably be lodged. Labour fa very well paid —car penters get from 26e. to 301. per day ; working at the wharves, 124. to 14s. per day, and se on in proportion for all mechanical employment; but clerks, and those who csi.not work like hone., only get abuse and are asked why they left England. I confer, I have had my gloomy mo ments, and have asked myself why I left England. Com plaints are heard en all sides of tee weakness of the autho rities here, and the governor (Charley Latrobe, as he is com monly called) is looked upon in the light of an innocent old woman, and turned by every wind that blows. Soon I expect all authority will be cast to the wiads, especially if the set should pass placing an export duty on gold. The diggers, to a man, threaten to take the upper band, and tarn the gove roar arid his esthete the right-about. We intend, after our goods are stored, to go to Ballarat and try our luck, leaving one or two in the town to make money lay carting goods from the wharves. The climate is certainly a lovely one; but very hot, and every day makes it hotter. Green peas and poaches are very near at hand, and nice prices they will bring if the high prices continue. Much talk we hear of the Ovens diggings, but from what I can gather, and I speak to all I can on the subject, I don't think the yield will be anythi ng lik e M ount Alexander— Forest Creek is declining fit in digging estimation. Geelong, Nov. 27, 18-52. We are all here, and intend within the nest few days to get our cart loaded with provisions, and then to start for thillarat diggings; from thence I will write to you lull par ticulars. In this place there is neither lodgings nor houses to be had, and bread 3s. the 41b. loaf, and everything in proportion. Thu is a most lovely spot, commanding a full view of the bay, and the land in the neighbourhood is most prolific. The copper coinage is quite set aside for the pre sent, and unless the exact money be tendered the article to be bought is refused. I never could suppose such a state of things in nay place under the sway of Queen Victoria. Carpenters, Welder's, and such like trades, can get any money by their narking. CURE FOR YELLOW FEVER.—The following is an extract of a private letter from her Majesty's vice-consul at Cape Bolivar to her Majesty's acting consul-general at Caracas:—" Au old woman, named Mariquita Orfla , hu discovered a perfect remedy for the black vomit and yellow fever, by means of which several persons have been corn• plettly cured after a consultation of doctors had declared that the cases were quite hopeless, and that the patients must die in a few hours. The remedy is the juice of the pounded le sues of the " verbena," gisen in small doses three times a day, and injections of the same evc ty two hours, until the bowels are emptied. The 'verbena' is a wild shrub, to be found growing almost everywhere, and parti cularly in low, moist ground. All our doctors have adopted its use, and now few or none die of those Iste fearful dis eases. There are two kinds of it, male and female; the latter is the one that is moat used."—Lirerpool rinses.