The Express. — London, England, 1853-12-17 00:00:00

N b.. I;,,ggio te the person in gut r ion ; he lean lonian, 1 of preparation ; and great difficulties have been experi sol has lung carried on business in Naples. I snood by the company in getting in this place requisite . _ , , ad supply of I m ach in e ry , utensils a suitable timber. All IVc bave now a quarantine of ten days on all by thew its th i n gs min aLe tt i l s o o u t s s i len b y y lb. publicor (eft or t i l:ought i tf is coming from Marseilles, though it does not are a ppsir that cholera exists in that port. M. Maupas, have to surmount the difficulties the y y tie n y zo. t But who the French Minister, is therefore again in hot water ceespeny has lust succeeded in overcoming these incipient w ith the Neapolitan government on the subject of troubles, and is now at work in good earnest in a way tin e. Her Britann i cuaran Majesty's cbarge t w e b ut h in ca us si b ho t both tl seen and appreciated. At the Melbourne utoree, as well as the American minister, have h been m u ade lt at " the u t ye t n b i been 0 io t n o e o , w a l o t y b: u g Il The abeginzing as e ach endeavoured t o assist the victims of this sudden will be n ear th e foot of Swanston-street, and the te rm inus bridge bateof quarantine, which has caused some will cross the Yarra in a slanting direction, between the tirty pamieligen to be detained in a miserable lazza- southern ends of bee n c on and Elizabeth streets. The react, perfectly unprovided with the necessaries of work has already been commenced there by the erection of • small office, sad by clearing the ground, ready for life. commencing more active operations. The more immediate N e apolitan Fives, 1091. Sicilian Fives, 1011. object of the work sow beginning at the Melbourne terminus v London, .546. isle , for the•reetion of • handsome stone station there, Eichaors ori GERMANY. .-- 4. - oa prepare i.. and to drive the piles on which the bridge will ran. The elevation or frost of the Melbourne statics will be either in the Roman or Italian order of architectare; which of the two it will be, has sot yet been decided on. Whichever it may he, the plans show that it will be a very handsome building, the most so of any in the city, and it will have a large public turret-clock over its front parapet. The piles and timber for the proposed bridge and station are now here. With this brief account of the doings at the Mel bourne terminus, we will proceed to the other extremity of the line, where a great deal more has been done, and much more is to be seen. The eastern side of the Hobson's Bay station is situated about a quarter of a mile westward of the present pier at Sandridge. Proceeding from there westward, the company's ground has • southern water frontage towards the bay of 330 yards, by a depth of 400 yards from south to sorth. This large piece of ground is intended to be used for the end of the pier, the station house, and other buildings required at that terminus. The pier is already begun.—Australian and New Zealand Go Me. The Dr. Louis Gaj, whose arrest at Agram and umn i e e to Vienna was noticed on Thursday, was one of the molt influential leaders of the Anti- Magyar party in Croatia, in 1848, and u such did great service to the power which now holds him to a severe account. Letters from Vienna state that the Austrian government has discovered a widely ramified organisation, having the promotion of l'aulavism for its object, and basing its opera tions on Servia. Independently of this movement, it is stated that great excitement prevails amongst the Germans at Vienna, and numerous arrests have been made in the Austrian capitaL THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1853 delayed our progress to the north•eut, so that we only ar rived at Point Barrow by the 3rd of September, and Were frozen in on the 24th of the same month. " The approach of the anchorage sought was, contrary to my expectations, shoal and intricate, but when gained it was secure, though difficult of access or egress. 0 The commencement of our intercourse with the natives was attended with many unpleasant circumstances. No single boat's crew could be at any distance from the ship without being pilfered from, and on the most trivial occa sions knives were frequentl y on our men, who, though armed with muskets, had strict orders in no case to make even a show of them, seem obliged by necessity. The ship's decks were at times crowded, and, in one instance, their manner was so suspicious as to induce me to have the crew armed; those en deck going below one at a time for pistols, and returniag with them secreted in their breasts. There was, however, no occasion for their use. Soon after wards, a house built on the Spit for the stowage of our stores was broken into and robbed. The next morning, on the ddef coming on hoard, I got possession of his gun, and threatened to attack the village if the stolen articles were not returned, which had the effect of bringing them in force towards the ship, armed with bows and snows ; but some shots fired over their heads caused them to retreat without loss of life. The following morning the things were brought back. From this time we appeared to get on better with them, and at length so good an understanding appeared to edit between us that I 'hoped we had succeeded in gaining their confiderce. This desirable state of things was unfor tunately put an end to by a calamity which occurred on the morning of the Bth of June, a gun having gone off by at cideot in the hands of the quartermaster of the watch, and killed a native man alongside the ship; but I am happy in the belief that the nature of the accident was subsequently undentood by them, and that any feelings of oa their part towards us in consequence has subsided "The 20th of September had arrived before the beit . dear of the natives would allow me to turn my attention to the object of the shin being hen, when, in order Mewed unspicooes marks of our position, sad to exists, du eaubilities of Deare's Inlet as a winter station, shed& be desirable to move the Plover eastward. I made a beat incursion, accompanied by Mr. 8. A. Hull, meimi gad found the depth of water at that place invellikaL To examine the comet still further, and to distribute soden of a ship being at Point Barrow with a view of their falling into the . hands of parties retrials( in this direction from teamiming ships, or these engaged in the search for them, I made a journey on the ice, accompanied by Mr. T. D. Weight, midshipman, as far as Point Drew, a distance of SO miles to the eastward, and there deposited a small ache' of preserved meats, in the month of November. This em minion occupied only 13 days, but the temperature wee very low, and some frostbites were the consequence, but eve luable experience in ice travelling was gained as a sot of againstthese evils. Occupying a position which on looking to the chart, seems so available as • point of departure for age ploring parties advancing towards the non east, I had to attain some considerable distance in that direetiong the existence of a water sky visible from the ship throitglie out the winter, and the unexpected break up of the ice ea within a few yards of us, at the solstice, showed that ha. selling on the sea ice in this region is too hal trdous to be contemplated at any season. I was therefore compelled. nloctant.y, to limit myself to a journey along the most ee the eastward. The vicinity of a populous native MO meat, together with a debilitated state of the crew and the absence of travelling equipment, wen serious impedimenta to distant travelling ; yet, it seems ansmary that the Ode tulle River should be visited, not merely with the vague hope that intelligence of our ships might be ohtalned, sad to visit the shores of a bay the boats in 1849 could sea examine ; but, also, in order rightly to nodentand the information given us by the people of Point BeTtOte, by being able to identify the rivers and points of land mentioned by them with those delineated on our charts. Aa attempt was tint made to construct a sledge on the I plan reirammemdsd by Captain M'Clintock, which failed only for went of proper wood for the runners ; but the Alen was ultimately attained with native sledges and dogs. This journey, a detail of which would be necessary to give on this occasion, but may be described in the con cluding remarks of my j rand, was performed between the 4th and 29th of April ; and, although its result has been unsatisfactory from the lowness of the land preventing the boast line being traced, and the want of success in graining information relative to either of the expeditions for whose benefit the Plover is stationed at Point Barrow ; yet, it has had the advantage of enabling us to interpret the native assents of the coast, and to establish the fact of these people being acquainted with the Mackenzie River under themes of Ko-puk, which I hitherto supposed to apply to the Colville. This, if necessary, would determine the position alluded to in the report received by Capt. Moore at this place in 1860 of boats' Clews having arrived at the ! t eat and being murdered. (Vide Parliamentary Papers, 97, 7th March, 1861, page 33) It has also shown no that the coast from Point Barrow to Sir John Franklin's Batresu (Return Reef) contains no winter huts, and, by nagasetiseable native report, there are none to some dis eases hoped Barker Island, so that parties travelling in spring or autumn could receive neither assistance nor hin drance hem the natives for an extent of at least 250 miles fres Point Barrow. From the native accounts hero it seems certain that both the Investigator and Beterprim were boarded at the time of their peer leg along this part of the coast at the distance if 50 and 100 miles east of this place, some 'of them sow rately describing peculiarities about the ships by width they coull be knowa, such as the large ice chocks mid diagonal decks, &c. ; but the onlynctual trace of either ef them we may be said to have discovered is a portion of a paper from the Investigator, dated, " Off Point Drew, Bth Almost, 18.t0," together with the canvas bag that had enclosed it. With reference to the progress these ships may have made to the eastward, it might be expected that the movements in the ice at Point Barrow would give some idea of the set of the current in that part of the polar sea ; but our observations can go no further than confirm the belief in the existence of a current to the north-east to a distance of only a few miles off the land ; beyond that a line of hummocky in, from 10 to 20 feet in height, has ex isted all -he winter, apparently aground in six fathoms. Beyond this line scarcely a day passed through the winter without a water sky being visible between west-south-west and north-east (true). " When easterly winds prevailed a large space of open water was indicated by the extent of water sky, and, when Tilted, the vapour rising from its surface obscured the view beyond a few hundred yards ; but within that distance heavy ice was seen drifting in the direction of the wind. The natives informed us that the ice was set off the coast by the easterly, and packed upon it by westerly winds, and that the greatest cleanses is effected by the south and south-west (true) gales. They point to the north (true) as the direction in which the ice goes; but we have not been able to understand whether they consider this the effect of a prevailing current. While treating on this subject, it seems worthy of being remarked, that the natives state the whales to make their appearaus off Point Hope in April and May, when the ice breaks up into fidds, sad that most of them have disappeared by the time the ships arrive. These animals appear about the same time at Point Barrow, and are pursued by the laden is their ' o-inbaks,' which they carry to the open water for that poepose. In June few ere seen, and in July none, and the people believe they retire northward, to return again in August and September. The masters of whaling vessels have informed me that whales are less abundant in the open water in July and August than in June. The tides have been registered hourly for nine months, and the result is that the flood makes from the west, and the mean rise and fall in Bleoa's Bay is seven inches. The time of high water at full and change is 1 p.m., but great irregularities occur from the wind, the rise being scarcely perceptible with fresh east and north-east breezes, when, with south-west gales, it amounts to 31 feet. Of the latter case a remarkable instances occurred on the 18th of December, when the water rose from the usual depth of 141 feet to 17 feet 10 inches with a gale at south-west (tru e), the force of which was registered for 14 hours at 8 , and 10. The Hummocks which bad been grounded along the horizon and in shore by northerly and north-westerly winds in September were floated by this rise and blown off the Lind, taking with them all the in that had formed outside the spit and islands, together with a large portion of the floe within the anchorage, which brought the open water within 40 yards of the ship. On the following day, Decem ber 19th, at noon, instead of the usual unbroken field of ice to the northward, we had none in right from the masthead, and the view of an own sea was as little agreeable as it was unreasonable. In a few days it was again frozen, and after a time the line of hummocks was again formed, and re mained fast when we maid in the ship, on the evening of the 7th of Aorta. The lateness of the present season, compared with every one since 1848, seems to me to be ac counted for by the winter gales having been heavier than usual this last year, and by raising higher tides, the heavy masses have grounded more firmly along shore, where they impede the current in clearing the shore of the last winter's formation. The months of June and Jaly were remarkable for the absence of strong winds, which Moe* midst in driv ing the ice off shore. The mean temps/stare for the 11 months at Point Barrow was about six degrees higher than that riven as the result of Sir E. Parry's 12 months at Mel ville Island; but the highest and lowest temperatures have had a more limited range, being 50, and 43, or 18 degrees above the fretting point, on the warmest day of July, and 75 deg. below it on :he coldest day in January. The prevailing winds have been east-nortb-east, north-east, and northerly (true) during the winter and spring, inter- ropted occasionally by those from the opposite points, and after May they were moderate, and more variable. " The fall of snow was not reat, and did not exceed elle I foot in depth, but the air throughout was leaded a geed dee' with t clouds and vapours, and daring the summer the dew point was high. The climate may, therefore, be con sidered humid, as might be anticipated from its maritime situation. " During the wiatsr the officers took much interest in making astronomical observations, and by a mean of 390 lunar distances the longitude of Point Barrow was found to agree with that given to it by Mr. Elton, the discoverer. A series of magnetical observations were also made under the superintendence of Mr. Hull, the second muter, who also registered the tides, and whose zeal in these occupa ttons was highly praiseworthy. The departure of a large pinion of inhabitants of ?oust Barrow and Cape Smyth to the eastward in the early part of July, relieved mo of all anxiety about receiving any hindrance to the transport of I the boats to the open water, and on the 9th I accompanied Lieutenant Vernon and Mr. Gordon, mate, with an auxi liary party, to assist in dragging the boats on sledges over the ice, 12 or 13 miles to the southward of Cape Smyth, where I left him with a favourable breeze, confidently trusting in his success. I enclose Lieutenant Vernon's account of the loss of the boats in his charge, and merely remark that I am perfectly satisfied with the manner in which that officer acquitted himself, and to express my feeling of pleasure that he was able to save the lives of all his party, whose conduct on this occasion was most praise worthy. " From the Ist of August I had kept up a dsily comma nication with Cape Smyth by sending an officer across Elson's Bay to report any opening or movement in the ice, and on the 7th, seeing open water round Point Barrow, and a favourable easterly wind blowing, I went in a boat to ex amine the state of the ice. I found the lane of water along shore to terminate a mile north of Cape Smyth ; but since the day previous another had been formed by the easterly wind outside the land floe and first line of hummocks to the S.W., as far as could be seen on a clear day. Return ing on board at 8 p.m., and finding the wind steady at E.B E., with no change indicated by the barometer, I pro ceeded to sea, hoping to keep the breeze well clear of the lee, and to make my way to Cape Lisburne, to receive orders, or make arrangement/ for returning to Point Bar row in the event of being ordered, The wind shifted to S.W. in the night, with heavy rain and dense fogs. To wards the morning of the 9th a N. E. wind gave us every prospect of soon reaching open water ; but the land floe in the depth of Pearl Bay was found to extend nine miles off shore, which, as the weather was still thick, seemed to effer en impediment to the ship's further progress, but by 10 a.m. the open water was gained through close ice, in which some shocka4were sustained, but not more severe than the ship was wl able to sustain without injury. On the following day, at 11 a.m., I communicated with her Majesty's ship Amphitrite, and repaired in company with her to Port Cla• mom to prepare for another winter at Point Barrow. Having been completed to 18 months' provisions and fuel by that ship, and there being a probability of the arrival of her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake, being now ready for sea, I purpose sailing hence at 4 a.m. to. morrow, the 22nd inst., to take up aa7 winter quarters again at Point Barrow, where I shall remain until released from ice in 1854. I shall then return to this place to meet her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake, in pursuance of their lorthhips' instructions. I have the honour to be, sir, Your most obedient servant, ROCII PORT MAGUIRE, Commander." " Her Maj. sty's Oho:leery Ship Plover, Port Clarence, Aug. 23, 1863. " Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, for the infor mation of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that I sailed from the upper anchorage at Port Clarence at 4 a.m. of the 22d of August, and previous to clearing the heads I had the good fortune to meet her Majesty's ship Rattle snake, whose number I was enabled to repeat to her Ma jesty's ship*Ansphitrite. " With Captain Frederick's permission I bare returned to the Rattlesnake the provisions and stores he had pro vided as with, much to him own convenience, and taken in an adequate proportion of the liberal supplies sent from Eng!and. " Having received every assistance from Commander Henry Trollops that could be given, I am now on the point of again taking my departure for Point Barrow, where ' I bops to reach early in September, if not stopped by the lee. I cannot sufficiently express my satisfaction at thus opportunely meeting the Rattlesnake, nor too much ad mire the judgment and expedition with which the passage out has been effected. _ •' I have the honour to be, lir, " Your most obedient servant, •' ROCKPORT MAOUIRR, Commander. '• The Secretary of the Admiralty, London." (Ne. 5.) 4. arroaTiia " Her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake, Port Clarence, Sept. 1853, received Dec. 16. " flir,-1 I beg to acquaint you, for the information of my Lords, that her Majesty's sloop Rattlesnake, twenty-seven days from Honolulu, has arrived. We last the trade no August 3rd, in lat. 33 deg. 30 min. north, and 163 deg. 24 min. west, entered the Fogs on the 11th in 40 deg. 30 min. and 169 dog., but were, not withstanding, fortunate in getting observations the day before we passed the Aleutians, which we did between Segonam and Amoutka (18th August), without seeing the land. Although the ship's course was not particularly in fluenced by it, and there is said to be no race in this channel, I never saw such a confused tumbling sea, with 'vodkas, tic. It washed one of the gangways away, and broke on board us several times. The fogs still con tinued, with strong westerly breezes. We found we could not weather the Prihyloff Isles, and, therefore, paged between St. George and St. Paul's. The channel is broad and free from danger, but reefs extend off the south-east end of St. Paul's, and a boiling surf breaks on the long low.level island called Morjovi, or Morse Isle. From the appearance of the water, I should say no ship ought to ap proach unnecessarily within five miles. We sighted Cape Rodney at sunset on the 21st. and on the following morning had the satisfaction of seeing her Majesty's ships Plover coming from Grantley. She had just parted company with her Majesty's ship Amphitrite, and was on her way to Point Barrow. Captain Maguire pulled out to us, and arranged that we should both anchor under Poiat Spencer, and transfer the provisions and stores (of which I inclose the lists). We had two bullocks and 16 pigs for him. The former were killed, and would give fresh meat for ter crew for 11 or 12 dr.., ; but of the pigs they would only take four, in addition to four ethers received from the Amphitrite. She was, in fact, terribly crowded. Five of our men vo lunteered for her, and five from her were transferred to the Amphitrite, so that she has left with her crew in good health ; and I believe our arrival, besides the good things we brought them, cheered them up in a manner and to a dege that is better felt than described. "2. The Plover sailed at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, 24th August, with a nice breeze from S.E., which continued for full 36 hours afterwards, so that I have no doubt she got through the straits. and as she is only three days later in starting than she was last year, I anticipate that her arrival at Point Barrow will be equally favourable. "3. After staying another day at Point Spencer to col lect drift wood fur building the house, we went up to Grantley harbour and commenced lightening to enable her to enter the narrow and somewhat intricate channel, in doing which we have Amphitrite fur the most cheerful and valuable assistance. "4. I propose to leave Brantley Harbour about the mid dle of Yely, and then to skirt the ice between Asia end America as far as we can go with safety ; and to lie off Icy Cape, Wainwright Inlet, or Point Franklin, as the case may be and the ice determine, about the tint week in August, there to look out for the Plover, and return with her to Port Clarence. This course has been agreed upon with Captain Maguire, and will, I trust, meet their lord ship.' approval, as the most likely to be of service to the cause. No benefit would be derived from our being off the coast of America until August, it not being possible that the Plover could leave Point Barrow before that time, and the sooner we have some change after being released from winter quarters the better it will be for the health and spirits of the men ; and we may, perhaps, do some good, or obtain seme information by skirting the pack. Besides, the Plover's condition not being particularly good, if anythjng happened to her we should be able wand oar way to Point Barrow and receive her crew, . . " 6. On our falling in with the Plover, or receiving her crew I proposed returning to Port Clarence, to meet the vessel their lordships' orders give me to understand will be despatched from Admiral Moresby's squadron ; or, in the event of our not receiving farther orders, to deposit our spare provisions in the house, and proceed to Honolulu. - . . "6. Sineewritiog the above, I have twice, without sac ems, attempted to take the ship into Orantley Harbour. After sounding and buoying the channel, and finding, as we thought, 17 feet and 16 feet 6 inches throughout, we weighed with the wind at E.N.E., but took the ground in the narrowest part. The tide ebbing an hour afterwards left us with only 14 feet, although we had 17 and 19 feet within a ship's length. We laid two anchors out astern, but could not start her an inch, therefore commenced lightening har. After taking about 80 tons out, being favoured with remarkably fine and calm weather on the following, after having been 20 hours on shore we hove her off without difficulty ; in fact, from the tacit strain there was upon the hawsers, she went off elmost of her own accord. The bottom is soft clay, therefore she sustained no damage ; but I do not think it advisable to take a ship of this class into Grantley Harbour. We might, indeed, lighten her much more, but with great risk of damaging the stores and dry provisions, which must necessarily be much exposed; in fact, aided as we were by the Amplii trite's boats, and during unusually fine weather, I was most anxious about it. The channel is extremely narrow and intricate, and the bottom evidently goes in ridges, so that it might be possible to carry a line of soundings of 17 feet in, and then go over the same ground and have IS, and even 13 feet ; and if a ship gets on shore in the passage, and a south-westerly wind comes en, the sea gets up so rapidly that the consequence might be serious. There:is a certain risk of having the ship in Port Clarence when the ice breaks up, but, u far as I can judge, not so great but that it may be encountered. On Thursday, the Ist September, we made a fresh attempt, using greater au- Lion than before, warping in with hawsers both a-head and astern, but, although under peculiarly favourable cir cumstances, from a southerly wind having raised the water considerably, we again stack lest, and were obliged to haul her off. I have now determined not te attempt it again, and I can only hope that the result will prove that I have not judged improperly. " 7. In the event of their lordships requiring the Rattle snake to return to the northward from Honolulu, or to re main here during the winter of 1854 and 1855, I beg leave to inclose demands for provisions and stores for another 12 months, dating from November, 1854. " 8. I inclose a state and condition of this ship. " I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient ser vant, " Hzaitx Titonnorn, Commander." APOTHECARIES' HALL.—Names of gentlemen who pealed their gemination in the nieces and practice of medicine, and received certifiaates to practise, on Thursday, Di . ember 15, 1863 :—Juseph Fenn Allnutt, Portsea ; John Hume, North Shields; Robert Ferrer Thompson, Dar lington, Durham; Henry Hunter Raymond, Cirencester; Prank Powell, Chichester; Edward Rawson Denton, Lei cester; George Lawson, 1 0 (0.w-hill; James Collinge, Whalley, near Clitheroe ; and Emilius Rowley Nicholson, Lichfield, Staffordshire. DIRTY CAUSEWAYS.—Yeaterday the Commissioners I of Police ordered notices to be served on all housekeepers, warning them (under the 2nd and 3rd of Vic., e. 47) that they will be required to keep the footways and water ' courses in front of their premises thoroughly cleansed, under a penalty of 40s. for every day they omit. In all caw I s of i empty tenements the owner of the premises is to be consi dered the occupier; and the constables of the force have received strict orders to lay the neceseary informations against all offenders. RE-OPENING OF ST. PAUL'S CUURCIIYARD.—Thia thoroughfare, after having been closed for several days, has been re-opened for traffic, to the great convenience of the vast mass of vehic:es of all kinds on this line of road, to and from the Cite and West end of the town. EGYPT. Advice* from Alexandria of the 3rd state that vessels are still loading at that port with the grain which had accumulated there before the prohibition became operative. No fresh cargoes, however, had been brought down. Wheat was 39,. the quarter (on board), and freights had fallen to 11s. 6d. AUSTRALIA. __•._ TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION OF THE GOLD ROBBERS. MELBOURNE. SIM 23. The ringleaders of the daring gang of mounted highwaymen who stopped the Winn gold escort and plundered it of nearly 10,0001. of treasure, is July last, have at length been brought to justice. They turn out to be notorious London thieves, who had been transported to the colony, and were known by the names of George M,l idle, George Wilson, and William Atkins. The trial, which excited very great interest at Melbourne, took place on the .18th instant, at the Criminal Superior Court, before Mr. Justice Williams, the Attorney-General of the colony prosecuting, and occupied two days. They were severally indicted for attempting to murder, by shooting, and robbery on the highway. The guilt of the prisoners was mainly established through one of the gang turning approver. His name is John Francis—a ticket-of-leave convict, transported from Sheffield in 1847, and the substance of his evidence was as follows: "Oa th e 26th of July lost, he, with the three prisoners and two others, left the Al'lvor gold-fields for a place celled Littleton, where they proposed to at tack the gold escort on its way from the diggings to Melbourne. The plans were arranged some days previous. They all of them had horses, each man being well armed with revolvers. They succeeded in reaching Kigneten at about nine o'clock at tight ; having seen to the loading of their revolvers with bullets and duck shot, they cut large boughs off the trees mad stuck them in the road, upright, so as to screen those stationed behind. While this was being dome, the prisoners Wilson and Melville rode of to meet the escort, sad retuned in about half an hour with the news, " It's caning." They then concealed themselves, mania, the moment the escort came to ire upon the troopers and shoot the hones. Oa the advance troopers t eaching the spirt they espied the prisoners behind the boughs I. the rued, and instantly fined at them. Witness sad the rest of the pas immediately rushed leeward, and a volley was poured upon the eseirt, they rotunda( the fire. Tire slum troopers then turned their hones' bomb and gallopped away. The prisoner Wilson and WKS'S/ &l owed, but were unable to overtake them. The fight with the meat became general till these in charge of it were wouadad.abie bones of geld were then seised sad takes from the eart,and the prisoners sad the rest of them made off through the bash toe a distance of seven miles, to a plea called Tens Remy, where they encamped and divided the gold equally among the six ; it was measured out in a powder lash. They then sepesated, taking various roads for Mel bourne, where the +lutes had a house. Ile reached home on the Susday night following, the prisoner Wilson and Atkins meeting him there by appointment. They evaded the vigilance of the police till the 11th of August, when be, with the prisoners, was apprehended. One of the other men was a brother-in law ; his name was Francis ;he had slam committed suicide. The sixth was named Gray; he bad not been taken. The last time ha saw the primer Melville was on board the ship Colloonery ; he said he was going to the Mauritius; be was subsequently apprehended on board the Madero:ex, bound for London. Witness and his brother-ia-law, with Wilson, bad else arranged to leave In the same ship. The boles of gold on board was the Indus of the robbery. Francis added that be knew nothing of the 4001. reward which the government bed offered to the man who woald tuns approver, sad had set seen say of the bills that had been posted to this effect In Melbourne. He made the confession for the love of kitties, sad set to allow an innocent am to sager. The escort stated that the gang consisted of mean sun than bad bees described by Francis ; they were not, however, positive, bet thought they asseented to twelve and not dn. Then who remained were shot down by the gang and were wounded. Some of their horses were shot dead. Two of the escort picked oat the prisoners, Melville and the I approver Francis, out of silty men, u two of the gang. Several of the witnesses identified lumps of gold" jound ' in the prisoners' bone*, as being their property,—the pro duce of the digging on Wine goldfield. The amount of gold found on Wilson was 5401. In Melville's boxes, &c., gold and bank drafts for 1,2001., and in those belonging to Atkins, 8001. At the close of the evidence Mr. Justice Williams proceeded to sum up, and the jury, after forty minutes deliberation, returned a verdict of Ouihy sgainst the whole of the prisoners. Sentence of death was then recorded, the judge holding out not the least hopes of mercy. The following report on the Australian markets is issued by Mown. Tootal and Browne: December 16, 1833.—1 n handing our report on the state of the Australian markets, we have to congratulate our friends on the most adverse season of the year being past, and that, notwithstanding a heavily-stocked mar• kit, the opening of the spring season, and of traffic to the mines, has confirmed our anticipations of • marked im provement, both in price and demand ; nor is this limited to one colony only, though those nearest the gold fields are the greatest participators. The gold fields continue to yield unexampled amounts, sod reports of astounding suc cess are daily brought into Melbourne and Sydney ; the former yet being the gold-digger's favourite town. At Melbourne, much excitement hod been created in reference to the taxing of the precious metal, and on the side of each party interested—gold-diggers and the merchants who export it. Strong meetings had been held to vindicate their several claims. The probability is, however, that all tax on gold will be abolisht doted a revision of the tariff take pleas to supply the deficit the abolition of the gold-digger's tax would canes to the revenue of the colony. At all the colo nies local improvements, the state of society, and the wel fare and prosperity of all claws, were being steadily carried forward in a most healthy and sati , factory manner. Com mercial prosperity had received a shuck during the that few months, which will do much good and cheek the almost heedless shipments of speculators entirely ignorant of the requirements of the market, and who send goods totally out of season, or of such descriptions as to entail certain loss. The markets have been considerably over-supplied ; and we, therefore, hail the present improved advice, with more than ordinary satisfaction, as the bad expectations of many, not excluding the press, have not been realised to their anticipated extent. As rewards future shipments, to be profitable they must be made with care and judgment, backed by sound 'deices from the spot; and when so con ducted, we have every expectation to belave that Australia will soon be the greatest and most profitable market in the southern hemisphere. P.S. Dee. 16, 1833. By the way of Trieste we have re ceived a letter dated Melbourne, Sept. 28, 1853, brought by the overland mail. It announces the arrival of the Strat ford, Pat- ofdce sailing packet, as follows :—" The Strat ford mail of the 3rd June is down from Sydney, by the Shanghai, being deltvered a fortnight later than the English mail of Bth July, and the English letters, per Victoria, of 15th July. This speaks creditably for the postal arrange ments on your aide. Respecting our market, it is still looking up, and all kinds of goods are more saleable, at better prices. brandy may be quoted 61. per gallon dearer, and very firm."—Tourah and Dauvrs•. The fact of the safe arrival of the Stratford was given in She Dolly Sews of Tuesday. THE MELBOURNE AND HOBSON'S BAT RAILWAY. —This nilway is now i■ actual progress. Moeh daring the last Nor or Bee maths has bad to be dote is the way THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The following despatches have been received at the Admiralty, on December 18, from the Behring's Straits division of ships in search of Sir John Franklin. It will be observed from the following reports that the Enterprise was seen by the natives in the sum mer of 1851, upon the track pursued by the Investi gator the preceding year. " Her Majesty's ship Amphitrite, San Francisco, Oct. 31. *. Sir,-1. I hare the honour to acquaint you that 1 sailed from Honolulu is het Majesty's ship under my command a the 16th et Jaw. "2. It was my intention to have passed through the Alentian Chain by the An:oughts Channel, but the wind headed us off, and on the 28th we made the Islands of the Four Mountains. Thew islands are very remarkable, having conical peaks from 3,000 to 4,000 feet in height— they were covered with snow fully three fourths of their height, and partially to the water's edge. The weather being moderate and tolerably clear, I determined on trying the channel between these islands and the island of Younailta ; it is 10 or 11 mart wide, and apparently fres from dangers. We stood through about mid-channels, and had no soundings at 16 fathoms ; there was a rippling of the water, but not any strength of current. 3 On the 6th July we made King's Island, end the . _ same evening anchored o 6 Point Spencer, Port Clarence. " 4. Oa the following day examination was made of the caches of provisions and coals. Everything was found as we left it last year, wit► the exception of the Plover's storehouse, which was partly knocked down by the snow. "5. Oa the 16th we sailed; beat through the straits the following day, and arrived off Cape Lisburne on the morn ing of the 19th. "6. To my surprise, the shore both to the southward and north-eaetward of the Cape was blocked with ice. The souther, peek intended from the Cape as far as could be seen, and about 15 miles deep from the land. The other pack as far so could be seen to the northwatd sad outward, with a lane of water between it sod the land, the wind being southerly. There wilt a large open space between the two packs, into which we stood to within four or fin miles of the Cape and close to the edge of the ice ; but there was no apparatus of any people or boats. A gun was fired, mad we remained until quite satisfied there was no ens at the rendezvous. We then stood out and worked along the edge of the southern pack until the weather became thick. This continued the whole of the neat day, with a fresh southerly wind. .7. On the 21st we stood in and nude Point Hope, close to the northward of which we again observed the ice, but much broken. 8. On the 22nd we stood for Caps Lisburne. The ice was still off it, but moving fast to the northward ; and on the 23rd the shore to the southward of the Caps was free from floe. Two hoiden with natives same off; they had non nothing of the Plover's boon. ♦ boat was sent to bury a notice at the rendezvous. " 9. The ice still continued to hang about the land to the north-eastward of Cape Lisburne until the 28th, when a stroag southerly wind came on, which lasted till the 31st, and cleared it away. " 10. We cruised off Cape Lisburne till the Ist August, on which day, the weather being settled, we anchored. on • beak to the northward of the Cape. This bank has either grown up sines Captain &satin's survey, or wee not noticed by him. We had 61 fathoms, the Cape bearing 8.8.11. (Meg.), five mike. " 11. We remised at anchor till the 4th, when I began to Isar that some accident had happened either to the Plover or her boata, sod therefore determined to proceed to ley Cape, and thence to and a boat to Point Barrow, for which purpose I prepared the planate of this ship. A eaciai 'of provis ion s was buried at the western part of the 'little bay of readnvous previous to oar leaving. " 12. On the bth we mad* the land about Point Lay, and observed a stream of ice to the N.B. The nest cloy we stood through large quantities of ailing ice, and as it be came much lea oyes ea we advanced to tin northward, and there being some streams of coaaiderabls intent, heavy enough to Lave rubbe 1 away our chamiels had we come is @obtain in a keens (which in nick weather would have been probable), I bore up again for all • Lisburn*, resolving not to send a host at that time; the ice being so far to the southward at this advanced period of the season appeared I to me quite sufficient to account for the non-arrival of the Plover's boats. We had stood through the loose ice about ran _ 7 '13. Oa the 7th we were again off Cape Lisburne, but the boats had not arrived. For two days, the wind having blown fresh from the southward, I hoped the ice night be cleared away, and, therefore, on the Bth, again made sail to the northward. "14. Oa the 9th it blew strong from the N. 8., and we stood off and on Point Lay, in the track of any vessel coming i hrom Point Barrow. At 9 a.m. of the 10th, a sail was re ported to the northward, which woe soon made out to be the Plover, and shortly after I had the satisfaction of hear ing that they were all well on board. " 15. The boats had been wrecked on the 13th July in attempting to come down, but the whole party regained their ship in safety. Commander Maguire's despatch gives the details of this accident. We arrived, in company with the Plover, at Port Clarence on the 16th. " 18. The Plover was reeompleted Recording to the ac companying report, and sailed on the morning of the 22nd. Very fortunately she met the Rattlesnake at the entrance of the port. Both vessels were anchored under Point Spencer, and the additional supplies (a list of which I have appended to the Plover's report of state and condition) were put on board her. Some of the provisions also supplied from this ship were exchanged for newer from the Rat tlesnake. The Plover finally sailed on the morning of the 24th. " 19. On the 25th, the Rattlesnake came to the upper anchorage, and, having been lightened, two attempts were made to tako her into Orantley Harbour without success. Commander Trollop* then decided upon keeping her in Port Clarence. I quite decided with him as to the propriety of this decision. " 20. During our absence from Port Clarenoe the British schooner Koh 1-Nur, G. E. Levies, muter, had arrived on a trading voyage, and had made a notation, dated Aug. 2, ' on one of the hurried papers in Greadity Harbour. " 21. On the 4th September. we dropped down to Point Spencer to take in wood. The Kodiak, barque, belong ing to tha Russian-American Far Company, arrived at Port Clarence on the sth. We sailed on the afternoon of the 6th. "22 On the 161, we pained thrones the Amoughta Channel without seeing the land, and on the 16th arrived at lat. 40 deg. 10 min. N., lon. 150 deg. 30 min. W., where an island was reported to have been seen last year by a Swedish vessel, and for which i had orders to search from the Cum manderin-chief. We t d between the parallels of 40 deg. and 40 deg. 20 min. from 151 deg. 30 min. to 149 dog., the weather being generally clear enough to tee land from 12 to 14 miles, and always from seven to eight, but none was seen, nor any indication of it, and I feel satisfied that there is no land within the above limits. "23. On the Ist of October we arrived at Honolulu; having procured refreshments, which ware much required by the people, we sailed on the 9th for San Francisco, in prosecution of orders from the Commander-in-Chief. We arrived at this port on the 28th, and it is my intention to sail in a few days for the coast of Mexico, is pursuance of my orders. I have the honour to be, air, your most obedient sa vant, " CHatLL FILIDIRICK, Captain. " To the Secretary of the Admiralty, London." " REPORTING PROCZEDINOI4. " Her Majesty's Ship Plover, Port Clarence, August 21, 1853. " Sir,—l have the honour to report to you, for the infor mation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, my proceedings since my last communication of the 21st of August, 1852, in as brief a form so I can, omitting she de tails of the necessary ship's duties and arrangements, awl beg to refer to the accompanying abridged journal for some account of our intercourse with the Esquimau:, and other lam& ntal occurrences. " Proceeding to sea from Port Clarence., early on the morning of the 21st of August, we pawed through Behring's Straits by the eastern passage the following day at 030 D, with a favourable breeze. A succession of contrary winds PENINSULAR MINING COMPANY. A meeting of shareholders in this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, " for the purpose of receiving information of the company's property and preo pects." The chair was taken by F. Pcorza, Esq.. chair man of the company, who, in opening the proceedings, said that the company had commenced with a capital of 25,000 shares, of which first 5,000, and 2,000 subsequently, I had been disposed of in the acquirement of property. This left 18,000 to be disposed of, and from them they derived a working capital of about 10,000/. So satisfactory had been their operations, that now at the end of ten months they ; had a balance of 1,5001. at their banker's, besides the pro perty, of which they would have full details in the report about to be read. He would only add that in commencing they had calculated on being in the possession of four mines, wham, now they had twelve, and some of these within If miles of the town of Bilboa, and the most distant five miles—a fact which resulted in extraordinary economy of transport. The Secretary, Mr. S. G. (Rentz, then proceeded to read the report, which enumerated 12 miner, 11 of copper and one of lead, and detailed their different states of progress. One was already producing 25 tons of ore per month, and was ultimately expected to produce 100. Thirty to had already been mild at Rwanses, and a portion bad produced 261. 10s. per ton. The results from the others, although not Jet so mature, were equally gratifying, and the company WI at the mines eight piles of mineral, grossing 6,770 tons, amil calculated to produce 2,910 tons of available mineral. 1,366 tons of this would be ready for export, and the re minder would be submitted to a patent concentrating pro e•1111 which it was expected would make it • 12 per cent. ore. Besides this the " sett " contained 4,000 tons of mineral not yet grassed." These features apply especially to the Huidobro Mine, which had ' turned oat to be a most extraordinary property, being a perfect quarry of eopper, which was taken from it like slate from a quarry. The mineral of the " 11uidobro " property bad already been sold at Swansea at 161. 10s. the ton. The last accounts stated that there were 200 tons of copper in transitu from those mines, and that from 800 to 1,000 would be forwarded in the spring. By the contract far this 1 property one-half of the nett profits must go to the original vendor until the present stock of ere was worked up, after which the company would enjoy the whole profits of the mines. The lead mine had been pronounced by competent judges to be second only to the Linares, with the advantage of much greater proximity to the port of shipment. The eeeepany had in addition purchased the right to a large qsantity of antimony, and were making preparations for its reduction. The financial statement, which was appended, showed—Original amount subscrioed, 4,5001. ; cash now in bands, 1,730/. ; mineral, 3,2001. ; leaving a balance ii4favour of company of 4301., and this in a space of only six months with only one mine in full working. The present position of the company was this. They had in six months realised 4201. above their subscribed capital, were in possession of 11 copper mines, and one lead mine. Had 2,000 tons of WO at surface, and a lugs quantity of antimony, besides premises, works, plant, &c. Three of the copper mines are producing considerable quantities of ore monthly, and the lead mine exhibits lurge capabilities. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that the mode in which it had been received by the erieeleng rendered len_gthened observation from him un arwassery. (Cheers.) Their success, so far, was undoubted, imd was mainly attributable to the efficiency of their staff ea the mines. The only drawback they had was the star lit, of ships, as there were now 200 tons of ore at the port waiting for shipment (Hear, hear.) Mr. Komi said that the Huidobro ore had been assayed, sad was pronounced to be worth 161. 10s. • ton, and that from its proximity to Bilboa it could be brought to Swan sea at less expense than the Devonshire ores. Captain Gnaw expressed his satisfaction at the report. His (Captain Greiff's) friends had invested largely in the undertaking at his suggestion, and he was gratified, there fore, to find it turning out so prosperous. The report was then unanimously adopted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. ANDEADON complimented the secretary on the ex cellent manner in which the books were kept, and the cour tesy with which shareholders were supplied with every necessary information. On the motion for a vote of thanks to the dirceton, Mr. PsoLzs, in returning thanks, reminded the share holders that, although their prosperity was undoubted, there was still the possibility of another call before the re ceipt of dividend: He merely mentioned this as a possibi lity, and as his own individual opinion, which he believed was not shared by his brother directors. (Hear, hear.) Thanks were then voted to the staff and the secretary, and the proceedings terminated. EASTERN UNION RAILWAY. Yesterday a meeting of the holders of the common stock of the company was held at Radley's Hutel, Bridge- I , , Blackfriani, for the purpose of authoe,ing the di rectors, in pursuance of tha provisions of " The Eutern Union Railway Arrangements Act, 1852," to convert 250,0001. of debts into ; erpetual stock, bearing a preferen• tial dividend not exceeding 4 per cent., to be calculated from the Ist of July, 1852, and to be paid in priority to any interest or dividend upon preference stocks Nos. 1,2, 3, and 4. The chair wee taken by Mr. J. C. COuBOLD, M.P. ' The CMAIRMAN said be should not detain the meeting on that occasion at any length, and he regretted that it had been necessary to convene it instead of leaving the question before it to the other meeting which was about to be held. The present proceedings were rendered necessary by dis sensions which formerly existed between the common share holders and the preference shareholders. At that time the common shareholders refused theirconsent to the conversion of these debts intostock because the preferential shareholders refused theirs to the conversion of 77,000L,whieh was nem sary to clear off liabilities, into preferential shares. He would shortly have to introduce matters of much greater import ance ; but the meeting must be unanimously of opinion that, before they entered into new relations with other companies, which would probably place the railway in a much better position than it had ever stood yet—(hear)—it was desirable that they should get out of debt on the favourable terms now proposed. He concluded by moving a resolution sanctioning the arrangement embodied in the notice by which the meeting was convened. Mr. O. EIMITII seconded the resolution, which, after a short conversation, was passed unanimously ; and, a vote of thanks having been given to the chairman, the meeting GENERAL SOCIETY FOR IMPROVING THE Kato intelligence. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.-Yr,•TERDAY. 143711 , 06 ST six nun ATut'ILDUAI.L.-Ukluttt. Wt.{, t MCI I. Jc uIES HOLLAND r. FOX.—PATENT Mr. Crowder and Mr Weimer appeat,d fur the p:dintit!' Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. ilindmatch represented the de fendant. This was an action fur the infringement of tura patents for improvements its the construction 01 steel frames for umbrellas and paraeol.. It was commenced yesterday,when we gave a report of the e:teumstances of the case and ed the nature of the patent. This morning, Lord Campbell summed up, telling the jury that they were to consider, hilt, whether they thought that the de fendant had imitated the plaintiff's patent of IMP, or had only made use of as origival invention of his own ; sad, secondly, whether they thought that the second patent of the plaintif f of 185 J was taken out in respect of novel in ventions. He must say this second patent seemed to have been taken out for mitten which were slmat frivolous. The specification was drawn up in a very perilous nie flu ee, for it claimed things as novelties which were very doubtful, and which, even it they were new, could Lo of very slight value. But they must consider all the evidence and cum , . W a conclusion on it• The jury retired, and, after moulting together for shout two hours, returned a verdict for the plaiatiff upon the fir►t, and (or the defendant upon the second patent. MORELAND AND ANOTHER V. ARNOLD AND orntE4,_ BREACH OF CuNTRACT,-CARRIAOE OF AN LLIXTRIC TELEOMAPH. Mr. O'Malley, Mr. Graves, and Mr. Jones appeared for the plaintiffs; Mr. E. James and Mr. M. Smith represented the deferments. The plaintiffs in this cs•e are patentees for the manufac ture of galvanised iron, wi..ch is mush used in the construc tion of electric telegraphs. and brought the action against the defendants, who are shipbrokers, to Teener damages for a breach of contract. In December, 1852, the plaintiffs had entered into a contract to supply the East India Com pany with wires for tho electric telegraph, and the piles in which the wires were to be fixed were to be siqr.ied by Messrs. Ransom aed Co. Both the wires and the piles were to be taken out to India by the ploiu tiff., who on the 31[4 of D,cember entered iota on agreement with the defen.lonts, out of which the pre se at action arose. The defeadants by this agreement under took to provide shipping toe the carriage to ln.lia within seven months of 1,700 tons of iron, con•iain3 chitity of screw piles, as per drawing delivered to them, at a certain rate of freightage. The breach assigned was eixt the ~e. fi:ndants had relived to allow a quantity of the screw Nos to be carried on the terms agreed upon, although they had been shipped on board ono of their ves s els. The ground of refusal was that the screw piles were or a different shape to the drawing which the plaintiff, had delivered, and the only question in the cause war n hether they were of the same shape or not. The drawing itself had been lost, but specimeus of the screw piles were pro duced and a quantity of secondary t valence given to show the resemblance between them and the drawing. On the part of the defendants, evidence was prodwed to show that the piles were totally dfferent from the cleanings, and that they were so constructed that they occupied a much larger space than they would have dune if they had been made according to the drawings. The evidence was of a contradictory character. Lord Campbell, in leaving the case to the jury, said it depended entirely upon the drawing which had been lost. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—YesTEEDAy. SITTINGS AT MI TAMS IN L01.1101..—81LF011.11 Ciller Juin IC L JARVIS A D A COIIIII.II JUILT. HARVEY V. IRON.-THE LAKE BATHURST AUSTR.II.I6I.IIT GOLD MININO COMPANY. The plaintiff in this cue is a saliciter in Oreat St. Helens, and the defendant, who was formerly a merchant, now resides at Brixton. The declaration alleged that the plaintiff delivered to the defendant 3,000 shares in the Lake Bathurst Australasian Gold Mining Company, to be by him deposited in the bands of Messes. Foster, Brothers, and Co., the stock brothers, for the plaintitt'n benefit, but although a reasonable time had elapsed the defendant had not dehvered the shares to Foster, Brothers, and Cu. Ann ther comet stated that the defendent aught to have delivered 1,000 shares to a person named Boyle, but net having done so, Boyle commenced legal proceedings, and the plaintiff had thus been made liable to pay some costs. In addition to these there was a count in trover. The defendant in answer to the action pleaded no less than elevt n pleas, raising various defences to the action. Mr. Montague Chambers, Q.C. Mr. Edwin James, Q C., Mr . Stammers , and Mr . Powe ll appeared ter the plain tiff; and Mr. Ser;t. Bytes, Mr. O'Malle y, Q.C., and Mr. Houston Browne were counsel for the defendant. It appeared that in December, 1851, the plaintiff, the de fendant, Sir Edward Belcher, and Mr. Bell ayes eel to pur chase of two persons named Matthews and limit SO acres of land, near Lake Bathurst, county of Argyle, in Now South Wales, and which land was SAN to be of an auriferous character. An arrangement was afterwards made that the plaintiff and the defendant should sell, and Sir Edward Belcher and Mr. Bell should buy, the land for a company which was to be forme'. Matthews and Knell !were to receive three promissory ROM for 1,0001. each, and 12,000 11. shares in the new cempany, and the plaintiff, the defendant, Sir Edward Belcher, and Mr. Bell were each to hove 3,000 shares. The company was to consist of 100.000 shares, and 40,000 shares were distributed among persons interested in Ithe company; and, in addition to the 3,(.00 shares each, the plaintiff, the defendant, Sir Edward Belcher, and Mr. I Bell were each to have 2,012 shares. Some of the remain ing 60,000 shares were allotted to the public, but it was of course desirable that too many shares should not bo thrown upon the market at once. According to the plaint Ws cue lan arrangement was made on the 28th August, 1:552, that the defendant should deposit the 12,000 shares held by the plaintiff, the defendant, Sir Edward Belcher, and Mr. Bell, in the hands of Meese*. Foster Brothers ; and the defend ant represented that the 12,000,he1d by Knell mid Matthews would also be deposited in the hands of F ster Brothers ; and that 24,000 share* would be wuhdrawn from the market, to be disposed of so as not to injure the company. It was arranged that the shares should be disposed of by Foster Brothers for the benefit of their respective owners, and the plaintiff handed his shares to the fit readant to be deposited. In December following, the defendant told the plaintiff that in consequence of some trickery of Knell, he had been unable to deposit the shares. Some attempt was made to recover the shares from Knell by proceedings be fore the magistrate, but a summons was not granted ; and subsequently the' present action was brought. As to the damages, it was proved that the shares were at one time worth tis. eaeb, but were now worth only about 5s , and it was sought to recover the difference be tween these values upon the 3,000 shares. The plaintiff bad disposed of his 2,010 shares for about 1,6001. Mr. Boyle, the barrister, had drawn some agree ments and rendered some other services to the company, and after Sir Edward Belcher went to the Arctic Regions, Mr. Boyle became a director of the company, and he was to receive 1,000 shares for his services. lie, however, had to commence proceedings to get posses-ion of these shares ; and the plaintiff having been put to about 141. or 161. ex pense in these proceedings, he now sought to recover that amount. The proceedings were settled by Mr. Boyle re ceiving altogether 1,750 shares. Mr. Boyle, an hie evidence, stated that whatever odium might attach to the original concoctorsaf this company, none ought to be borne by Sir , Edward Belcher ; and he also stated that Mr. liagshaw, , 1 the chairmen of the company, refused in toto to receive any of the 1,000 shares allotted to him. Mr. Serjt. Byles objected that the transaction was a joint affair altogether, and that the parties were mutually trus tees for each other. This being so it was submitted that the remedy, if any, must be sought in the scurf of equity, and not at law ; and it was also submitted that the plaintiff could not recover in reference to the court as to Mr. Boyle's proceedings; and as to the count in trover, that there was no evidence. The learned serjeant, however, amid he did not desire the case to be stopped upon these objections, and therefore he addressed the jury for the defer dant, end, at the conclusion of his address, he put ha evidence two docu ments relative to the deposit of the share.. One of these papers was undressed to Meson. Foster Brothers, and was dated the 26th August, 1862, and was signed by the plain tiff, the defendant, Mr. Bell, and Sir Edward Belcher's agent, and was to the following effect :—" We the under signed, do each of us deposit in your hands 3,thio shares in the Lake Bathurst Company, making in all 12,000, for the purpose of raising by the sale thereof rateably the sum of 3,000/. and interest, for which we are jointly liable to Meson. W. Matthews and W. Knell, on three promissory notes el 1,0001. each ; and you are trola time to time to take the joint instructions of any two of us as to the sale or other disposition of these said shares ; and it was also de clared that the shares of each party should be liable fop the payment of 7501. and interest, being their respective proportions of the said 3,0001." The other paper was to a similar effect._ The Chief Justice, in summing up, said that if the case depended upon the morality or integrity of the parties be thought it would go hard with Mr. Harvey and all of them; but they were not there to try the case upon that ground. No doubt this case was an illustration of the way in which companies of this kind were gut up, and the pub lic were most lamentably defrauded. The facie were that Messrs. Matthews and Knell, having 500 acres of land in Australia, of which nothing was known, gut it into the hands of the share brokers to form a company ; and he was sorry to see the names of parties—one at least—whose name should not have been found connected with a trans action of this kind. Whatever may have been said of the chivalry of Mr. Boyle in saying what he had said of Sir Edward Belcher, still these who touched pitch must expect to be defiled. Two of the purchasers of this estate sold, or two utner purchasers, without the slightest inquiry having been made, for 40,0001., taking for that 40,00) 11. p,id up shun with which to drug the public, and they ac tually endeavoured to circulate 60,000 more shares wiaiout, for e ll that appeared, having sent a single person to Australia to inquire about the matter. Mr. Bastsliaw, who was member for somewhere, tad 1,000 shares given to him; Mr. Boyle said he would not take them, but he should not have associated himself with such an affair. He blushed to hear that Mr. Boyle, a barrister, tour a covenant to receive 1.000 shares for work dune, and he was not surprised to hear Mr. O'Malley, who was a beach( r of the Temple, should have examined that gen•!crosn as he had done probably with a view to further Meestig lion. A number of shares were handed over to the directors and some other persons, there being 12,000 to Matthews and Knell, and 12,000 to the plaintiff, the defendant, Bell, and Sir Ed ward Belcher. After this division, 8,000 of the 0,000 shares remained, and the four gentlemen lie had named divided this number by four, and took 2,012 shares' each more ; and an, without doing a single thing of any import ance, those four persons received each 6,012 'bares. in DIVELLINGS OF THE WORKING CLASSES. Yesterday, a meeting of this society was held at the Vestry-mom, St. James's, Westminster, the Hon. F. Dyng in the chair. The object for which the meeting was ailed was to consider the propriety of dissolving the society and transferring its property and buildings to some other society capable of carrying out as nearly as possible the principles and intentions of this association. A committee was appointed to consider these subjects, and their report was laid before the meeting, from which it appeared that the receipts of he association up to December 1853,amounted to 3,9721. 13s. 104., and the disbursemtntv to 3,9411. Va. 2d., leaving a balance of 311.95. 7d. There was also an unsettled account of 721. 16s. 3d. The report recommended the adoption sf the proposal of the Metropolitan Assoeiatioo for Improving the Dwell. loge of the Working Clams," the directors of which society proposed to complete the buildings in New -street,— the time for completion being extended to 18 months— and the association being free from any contracts other than those contained in the lease. These buildings were intended to accommodate 64 families, btr the contractor . . having failed, no funds remained to carry . on the works to' completion. Mr. S. C. Denison having proposed the adop tion of the report, the motion was seconded by Mr. G. F. Smith, who observed that the real difficulty the society had to contend with was the law of partnership, which made all responsible for the imprudence of some. But it was some satisfaction to know that the objects they had its view would be carried out by another society, and that improved an oommodation would be provided for 61 fimilles. Some discussion totk place whether it would not be advisable to wait for the return of Lord Ingestre, who took a promi nent part in the formation of the society, and whose arrival in this country from America is shortly expected. A motion to this effect was put and negatived, and the report was received and adopted. Mr. Allen then moved that ar rangements be entered into with the Metropolitan Associa• lion for transferring the property and buildings of this 1.1.). ciety .The resolution was agreed to, as was also a vote of thanks to the officers of the society. SCOTTISH "GRIEVANCES." An immense gathering of the Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights, took place on Thursday night, in the City -hall, Glaigow. It was calculated that up wards of 3,000 persons were present. Mr. W. W. Warsore, the senior bailie, occupied the chair. A great number of lemma of apology were read, amongst others one from the Duke of Montrose, who expressed himself in terms of warm sympathy for the objects of the association. The first resolution was moved by the Earl of Eglinton, who went through the topics commonly insisted on at such assemblies. The noble earl's most telling point seems to have been an allusion to msg. nificent edifices as post-offices elsewhere" whereat the whole audience roes and cheered tumultuously. The resolution declared that the Treaty of Colon recognised , the supremacy, asserted the individuality, and provided for the preservation of the national laws and institutions of Scotland ; that any attempt to subvert or place those insti tutions under English control, and, on the pretence of a centralising economy, to deprive her of the benefit of local action, was an infraction of the true spirit of the treaty, and injurious to her welfare. This was seconded and carried by acclamation. Professor Aytoun next proposed a resolution, complaining that in direct violation of the spiels of the Treaty of the Union, the office of Secretary of State for Scotland, the Scottish Boards of Customs, and Excise, and other branches of the Scottish local ad ministration, had been abolished sr placed under Eng- I lish contriil, and asserting that Scotland was entitled to claim the restorotion of the office and boards referred to. This was slut *creed to. Mr. Dove next moved a resolu tion to the effect that Scotland was inadequately represented in the House of Cowmen,. This bevelst, been carried, Mr. Millie Cochrane called on the meeting to declare the Mail 111 cation iinti•led to the cordial support of every true Scots man. This, and Alison, a v ote concluded h of business I othe chairman, of th e evening. by Sir A. The meeting then separated, after three cheers for the Earl ---- • of Eglinton. SOUTII WALES RAILWAT.--Traffic for the week cuffing D e 11. 1853, 3,653!. re. 6d.; caresponding wet k, 852, 2,3461.17,. 14. w -iil