The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-23 00:00:00

CUMBERLAND AND IVEST.IIfO.RELAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY The annual meeting of this society was held on Saturday at Pemith. The day was remarkably fine, and although harvest operations doubtless prevented mady from being present, the attendance on the ground was numerous and fashionable, the number of ladies being unusually large. THE DINNER. _ _ The dinner took place at the Crown Hotel. In consequence of the absence of the Earl of Carlisle, who was prevented from attending by the death of the Countess, his mother, the chair was taken by P. H. Howard, Esq., of Corby Castle. The vice-chair M.P. i was occupied Nas The occupied by W. N. Hodgson, Eci chairman was supported by theEsako_f_ Suffolk, M Col. Lowther, M.P., W. Marshall , Esq. , sr-,Capt. _ Lowther, M.P., the Hon. Robert Petrc , and several of the gentlemen who were present upon the show ground. The cloth having been removed, The CHAIRMAN said he was sure they were all aware of the melancholy event which had deprived them of the presence of his noble kinsman. He was sure they would all sympathise with the noble lord in that bereavement which had deprived him of the satisfaction of presiding over his friends and neighbours, and had deprived them of the pleasure of listening to his eloquent words. (Hear, hear.) He was sure the gentlemen present would look - with indulgence on his (Mr.:Howard's) deficiencies, swing the very short notice that had been given to him to meet them on this occasion. (Applause.) The Chairman then proceeded to propose the health of the Queen. He referred to her reception at Cherbourg, and said that the echoes of that greet ing were even heard, at an incredible distance, by the good citizens of Lyme Regis. He was sure it must be gratifying to them all that the Royal English Yacht Club had been able to send forth a little squadron whose festive and gay colours some what softened the grim appearance of the sem blance of war. (Hear, hear.) This meeting was interesting from the fact that it was the first meet ing of importance since the sovereignty of the mighty empire of India had been conferred on the Queen of these realms. He trusted that under her benignant sway that empire would revive with renovated splendour. He hoped that when the strife was done they should see some modern appliances adopted to improve the agricultural produce of India and mitigate the fearful famines which have occasionally taken place. The Chair man concluded by proposing the health of the Queen. He was sure that whether as sovereign of these realms, or as the ruler of this mighty empire, he knew that their hearts and aspirations all went with her. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then gave the health of the Prince Consort and the rest of the Royal family, which was duly honoured. The CHAIRMAN then gave " the Army and Navy," to which Col. LOWTHER responded. Mr. HOWARD, of Greystoke, said the next toast on the list had been assigned to him, and he had much pleasure in proposing that they drink the health of the members for Cumberland and West moreland. He was sure they would join with him in expressing their satisfaction in seeing so many members present to-day. They had Colonel Lowther, member for Westmoreland ; Mr. Mar shall, member for East Cumberland ; Captain Lowther, member for West Cumberland ; and their worthy Vice, Mr. Hodgson, member for the City of Carlisle. Though the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland could not boast of having such a com pletement of members as many other counties in England, they could say they had far more agricul tural meetings; and when they found that at Sliest agricultural meetings the members of Parliament were very diligent m attending, he was sure they deserved their best acknowledgements for doing so. (Hear, hear.) He was sure the members were always glad to meet them again on the show ground, or at the dinner, after the Parliamentary campaign. Now he should not be permitted, as politics were excluded, to ask the members whether they had derived any agricultural experience. And when they considere that every possible variety of agri cultural manure was deposited in the river Thames they might be able to impart some information to their constituents on that interesting subject. (Laughter.) Certainly if this society were to give prenuunis for the greatest variety of manures they , could not have more competent judges than mem bers of Parliament. (Continued laughter.) The toast was drunk with applause. Colonel LOWTHER, in reply, said that when members appeared on the hustings at elections they were frequently catechised; but in attending an agricultural dinner he did not expect to be cate chised by his friend Mr. Howard. He did not know whether the Thames manure had sharpened the members' wits, or what benefit it had been to them, but certainly he never heard of any of those rich manures being used for agricultural purposes. They could only say this, that they emitted plenty of effluvia from the Thames, and those who lived in London would have the misfortune to get rid of them only by being at immense expense in making drains, and he hoped the manure would be turned to some advantage. (Hear.) He thought the show was much improved since it started, particu larly among the implements; and from what he heard in the county, steanvengines, which had been long talked of, and were only now coming into use, would confer the greatest benefit upon farmers. lie had seen them in the southern parts of the country, where, in fact, they could not do without them, and he was sure the farmers of the north would derive great benefit from them. Mr. Marshall, Captain Lowther, and the Vice- Chairman, also responded to the toast. The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose " Success to the Cumberland and Westmoreland Agricultural Society." He said—Mr. Vice-Chairman and gen tlemen, in a few words I will beg leave to propose the next toast, which maybe called the toast of the evening : " Success to the Cumberland and West moreland Agricultural Society." It has been, lam sure, most satisfactory to see the show this day. Perhaps on this occasion the only regret is that in stead of having one grand show showing the collec tive energy of the agriculturists of Cumberland and Westmoreland, these shows are so multiplied that it has become a work of some little exertion to attend as one ought to do these various exhibitions. (Hear.) lam sure that, granting that there may an object and some benefits in strictly local ex hibitions, on the whole it would be desirable, if by any combination, these local shows could be con centrated and we could see exhibited in one great feature the combined offorts of Cumberland and Westmoreland. (Hear.) Mr. Vice-chairman and gentlemen, I believe that taking it all in all the prospects of the harvest are satisfactory. That great staple—wheat, the main staff of the farmer—at least in many counties, is supposed to be in a thriving and good state and has been well gathered in. The crop of barley is perhaps lighter ; that of oats is promising ; but there is one crop which is peculiarly that of Cumberland—that "green and glorious crop," as my noble kinsman once said— the crop of turnips, is not quite so abundant es it has been on several occasions. There were exhibited on this occasion some samples of a root which is not much cultivated in this county—l mean the red globe mangold wurtzel, which will grow in lighter and shallower soils than the other mangold wurtzel root. And I believe, I heard it from my f r i en d C o l . Lowther, that in Lincolnshire and some of the southern counties it has been used. To-day it has been exhibited, but it is not grown.generally here, and it may be worth consideration whether by alternating crops of turnips and mangold wurtzel the process will be less exhausting to the soil than only growing one crop or the other. Mr. Vice-Chairman, it must be very satisfactory to know that though the animal which had carried off one of the main prizes, that of the bull, was exhibited by Sir C. Tempest, who is a Yorkshire gentleman, yet it was bred in this county by Mr. Unthank, of Netherscales—(cheers)— an d I am sure you all saw - and admired that beautiful animal, which is only two and a half years old. I Was glad to see a very fair show of horses, but my friend Mr. Fawcett and other gentlemen arc better able to inform, ou on that point. There was one particularly nice animal, suited for agricultural purposes ; a colt, th ree years old, b red i n the neigh bouring county of Westmoreland, by Mr. Nicholson. It seemed to partake in some measure of the Suf folk breed. It was strong without being too high or too leggy for a hilly coun t ry, and was perhaps one *of the best horses for agricultural purposes that has been exhibited to-day. I am sure we all saw with satisfaction that that picturesque breed, th e mountain sheep, were admitted instead of being excluded as they have been on some of these occa sions. (Hear, hear.) The kindred stock of Herd wick was also there. We also saw the favourite fleece of the Downs, the Southdowns. Some people say that our climate is perhaps a little too moist for these sheep, and there is something impedes their growth—(hear, hear) —but perhaps by a cross with some other breeds they may be adapted to this rougher climate. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I have now alluded to the many points which have assembled you on this occasion, and I am sure the judges will supply any omission. I am sure you will always meet on these occasions with satisfaction that all classes and ranks of the community may draw together, and show they are truly British in their constitution. (Cheers.) I wish to say a few words on a sub ject not of a party nature, which has created a good deal of discussion. A friend of mine, Mr. Roe buck, has alluded in not very flattering terms to the good looks of the women of another country. But I will take the liberty of saving that the woinen of Cherbourg, like many of the women of the)swtheirn, cqntigs, take great part in all field work and agricultural work, and of course that is very trying to the complexion under the fiery sun of Prance. (Laughter.) But lam sure that neither we in the north of England, nor they would wish to see the women not taking an active part in agriculture. (Hear, hear.) It is one of the reasons why the peasantry in the north of England are better off than those in the south. (Hear, hear.) I ant sure that my friend Mr. Roebuck must excuse me if I venture to say that I trust our neighbours on the other side of the water will con tinue to devote, both sexes, their attention to agriculture, and will not be deterred from it by any observations of any person, observations which I fear were dictated at a moment when the feelings were distempered by sea-sickness. (Cheers and laughter.) Gentlemen, I beg leave to thank you for the kindness with which you have attended to these few remarks. I am sure we shall better hear from the judges of the proficiency we have attained in the agricultural profession, and I hope you will cordially drink success and prosperity to the Cumberland and Westmoreland Agricultural Society. (Loud applause.) The toast was drunk with all the honours. Several other toasts having been proposed, the meeting separated. THE OUTBREAK AT PORTLAND. " An Eyewitness " gives the following account of the outbreak at Portland : " As it happily falls to the lot of few to witness the real strategy of war in our own island, I think an account of a charming little week's campaign within a few hours of London may be interesting, especially as it was so admirably managed that not a drop of blood was shed. " I found myself on Saturday, the 11th inst., at Weymouth, and, having taken a conveyance to visit Portland, I learnt from the driver that the prisoners in the convict establishment there were reported to be in a very dissatisfied state, and were expected to strike for wages,' his belief appearing to be that, besides being well housed and fed, they received the usual rate of 12s. or 15s. per week. However, having taken up my quarters at Portland, I soon discovered that a dangerous conspiracy was reported to be organised, and expected to break out on Mon day, when the prisoners went to their usual work in the stone quarries, out of which the Breakwater is formed. I ascertained that the numerical forces on the part of the authorities were about 200 civil guards and warders and 150 Wexford Militia in bar racks, on the Vernehill fortification in course of construction, and about half a mile from the prison. On the other side the enemy mustered 1,500 strong. To understand the position, I must explain that the stone has been excavated for a distance of about 500 yards backwards from the prison, and rather lower than the level of the ground upon which it stands, leaving at the curved face, where the work now proceeds, steep irregular walls of rock varying from 10 to 50 or 60 feet high, in some places perpendicular, at others gradually sloping, and at others cut into the form of steps as the stone has been removed. The quarries are also separated into . east, west, and middle divisions, by raised tramways, along which the stone is conveyed to the Breakwater in wag gons. The. Government quarries are also adjoined by free quarries, and the bridge which carries the tramway of the latter overlooks the former. On Monday morning, having pocketed a friendly revolver, I took up a commanding view of the operations. At about a quarter-past 7 o'clock a.m. the convicts might be seen advancing two abreast, in parties of various numbers, according to the working arrangements, and each party guarded by two or more warders in proportion to its respec tive strength. The stream poured from the prison gate in regular order for perhaps 10 minutes, by which time about 1,000 of the most formidable ruffians I ever saw had emerged (the remainder having turned into the various workshops adjoining the prison), unshackled in any way, and selected for their strength on account of the nature of the work to be performed. "Perfect order seemed to prevail, and little would a casual observer have dreamed that he stood on the brink of such a volcano of murder, lawless vie , lence, and mischief as the men quietly doffed their convict frocks and commenced their usual works ; but it was quite clear to the initiated, from their sullen appearance, from the state of hesitating expectancy they were in, and from the delay in commencing work, that all was not right, and each from the way he looked from one to the other seemed to distrust his fellow. The morning was lovely, sunny, and warm, and the work had proceeded for some time as usual, when suddenly a loud yell was raised, and 30 or 40 convicts rushed from their work, and, as was preconcerted, jumped on a raised tramway, shouting to their comrades to join them, and pressing forward to the point of concen tration. Not an extra guard appeared upon the ground, and to all it seemed as if the authorities were taken completely by surprise •, but at the first rush the prearranged signal passed from sentry to sentry, a picket of 12 Wexfords sprang down the side of the quarry, charged in close order with fixed bayo nets along the tramway in shorter time than I can de scribe it, and met the band of conspirators, to their utter astonishment and dismay. They halted, hesi tated, and then fled, evidently not relishing the cold gleaming bayonet and the loaded Enfield, and were then driven into a corrugated iron shed erected for shelter in case of rain, where the warders chained them under protecti on o f the guard. But in the meantime the bugle was sounded, and armed men sprang from behind the rocks and out of places of concealment, and before the main body of convicts had recovered from their first surprise every salient point was occupied, the communication between the quarries cut off, a cross fire established from every side, and reserves held in readiness to assist in case of violence on any part of the works. The effect has been instantaneous; the thrown-down pick and shovel were resumed with deep and sullen curses, and the captured prisoners marched off to confine ment. As the day passed on small spasmodic rushes of desperate men took place, but the swords of the warders and the front of the Wex fords repressed any tendency to violence, and they were easily captured. Some of the con victs admit Asir plan to have been to rush from all outlying parts of the quarries, to concentrate in the centre, and arm themselves with the tools, such as hammers, picks, &c., then overpower and murder the guards, burn the prison, plunder the villages, and make their escape to the mainland before assistance could arrive : and I am quite convinced that had they been allowed even a few minutes to concentrate a most desperate scene of bloodshed would have ensued, but all the arrangements were so admirably made and contingencies provided for by the director Captain Gambier ' and the Governor Captain Clay (at w h ose dispoial the military are placed), and their plans so promptly and vigorously carried out under the chief warders and their assistants, that the satisfactory issue I have de scribed was attained without the loss of one life. "On Tuesday all the convicts appeared sulkily quiet, and proceeded to work as usual, but without any appearance of alacrity, when suddenly the same shouting was heard, and a body of between 20 and 30 were seen rushing from the western quarry towards the centre.. These were promptly met by a body of Wexfords on the raised road between the quarries, and the same scene occurred as on the previous day The conspiracy then assumed the dogged, sullen form of small numbers at a time or individuals throwing down their tools and walk ing quietly into the sheds and surrenderine. themselves. This contin ue d th roug h ou t the. day, and partially so on Wednesday, when, the convicts apparently no longer being able to xesist the conclusion that they were over powered, this subsided. On Thursday, on walking round, I inquired of an experienced warder if he thought it was all over, to which he replied that he judged from their "phizzyhogs' that it was, as they were all so down in the mouth.' I then inquired if there were any more likely to leave their work, to which he replied (pointing out a remarkably athletic fellow, upwards of six feet high) That man was wavering, but I have been trying to point out the folly of it, and hope he will not commit him self.' I then asked what description of a man he was, and received for answer the follow*. curious reply He is a natural Irishman, Sir, with grey eyes, as - wicked as a foumart, and has often been in trouble.' " Having ascertained that it was decided to send the captured prisoners to Milbank prison, I was curious to see their bearing after they had, as they fancied, irretrievably committed th em selves in the eyes of the authorities. Accordingly, I waited.till they were marched out, lightly chained by the hand to each other, and having accompanied them along the road, it was O n l y th en t h at I fully appre ciated the extent of the danger which had been averted, or understood what would have happened had they obtained the mastery. I can only com pare them to a gang of demons baffled in a con spiracy against mankind, steeped in crime, and openly displayi ng their at roc i ty, v ill any, and im potent rage at the failure of their plot. But I will not dwell upon the conduct of these wretches, who I conclude were not even the. worst, as the ring leaders were reser'ved in prison to be flogged. 4, Th e Wexford Militia, under Captains Pigott and Alcock, also the warders - and civil guard, deserve the highest commendation for their steadiness, alac rity, and forbearance under the most irritating and trying circumstances the out to the utmost ie stringent fire a shotentorderscoonrls•eayeriedfictoe all by the authorities, not to c s n t urgent , t n o ee l s i t e y r e d o t m , i p n e l m l e t a h l e i m fed . un o le n s e s to.stand bc s the tuhbealinteor bayonets of his men and the convicts to twgen presence, expressed his determination THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1858. prevent any chances of firing unless he gave dis tinct orders, and it was quite possible that an excited Irish youth, with his fighting blood up, might have pulled a stray trigger, and then who could foresee the consequences ? The sergeant par ticularly struck me. He was an old Ghuznee stormer, grim as death, and hard as bog-oak. I sounded him, with a view of ascertaining if he was quite satisfied with the service, when he confided to me that he did not think it right that the pri soners should have " p'huddn' (pudding) three times a-week and the soldiers none. It was very amusing to see his strong sense of discipline strug gling with the desire to give vent to his intense delight at the prospect of a scrimmage. " Now as to the cause of this dangerous emeute. I heard the prisoners.questioned by the warders as to the cause of their refusing to work, and not one complainant did I hear against the prison discip line or treatment, but the universal reply was, We won't be put upon by the Government,' or, We won't be - humbugged by Government ;' and this I found to mean precisely what is described in your impression of Saturday—namely, that those sentenced previous to 1853, and under the Act of 1857, may . by good conduct obtain the remis sion of a certain portion of their punishment, while those sentenced under the Act of 1853 must work out the whole of their term, no matter what their conduct might be. Captain Gambier explained to the whole body, in the kindest manner, that con victions for the same crimes under the Act of 1857 were for longer periods than under the Act of 1853, and that there was no real difference between the term of imprisonment actually inflicted under the two Acts ; only that under the Act of 1857, if a prisoner misconducted himself, the authorities had power to keep him a certain moderate additional period in confinement. Now, just to hit the blot, if there be one, I would ask this question :—Have the judges, in passing sentences under the Act of 1857, kept in mind the intentions of the Government in framing it, and its provisions as regards remission ; or, in other words, have they sentenced prisoners to five years' penal servitude, under this Act, for the same crime as they awarded four years under the Act of 1853, when there was no remission ? If not, they are respon sible for a grave oversight. " Before leaving Portland I was allowed by the courtesy of Captain Clay to inspect the prison, and I came to the conclusion that *e rules and regulations were such as would gratify the heart of the sickliest sentimentalist, the most maudlin sympathizer with crime, or the most over strained philanthropist.• Everything was as clean and orderly as a gentleman's house,—the food unexceptionable, the bread I should prefer to that of a London baker for my own table ; the hours of work those of an ordinary la bourer ; chapel twice each day, a school established in the prison, and daily instruction given to the ignorant ; two chaplains in constant attendance, who endeavour to lead their minds towards religion and a better course of life ; and a well-ventilated hospital for the sick or injured, with two surgeons in attendance. Here I saw the ringleaders of the conspiracy, who had received the mild punishment of two or three dozen lashes. They were dressed as usual, were unfettered in any way, and presented no indication of suffering from their well-merited chastisement. The prison discipline appeared to me to be carried out with vigorous firmness, vigi lance, and kindness, from the highest to the lowest in authority, and every indulgence consistent with the rules granted to well-disposed convicts. " I must confess I went to Portland touched with a certain amount of sympathy for the prisoners, but returned disenchanted and more than ever con vinced of the irredeemable condition of the human heart when long steeped in the boiling sea of crime, and how religious impressions, kindness, and all humanising effbrts rebound from it as if made of iron. But there is one channel into which I* would direct the benevolent and charitable in every cor ner of our land ; let thrm seek out the lair of every imprisoned convict and exercise their work on his callous brood, and the famishing, sickly, despairing mother. Here charity would be blessed, impres sionable objects found to work upon, many a young soul would be saved, and their hands turned to honest industry, and our prisons would lack their future prey.. The tenderness and devotion of women towards their imprisoned husbands, as evidenced by their correspondence, I am informed are affecting in the extreme. I understand they rarely reproach them with the crime which has brought misery and star vation on their families, but earnestly pray for their welfare and restoration, and urge obedience to the authorities, and that they should seek by prayer and repentance the p ar d on o f th e i r o ff en d e d God. An instance was related to me of a poor woman last year, whose husband was about to be transported, walking from the further part of Wales to Portland, which, in consequence of her being far advanced in pregnancy, occupied three weeks, and who arrived there about an hour after he had sailed, and too late for the parting inter view for which her painful toil had been under taken. Such appear to me-to be the proper objects of sympathy and charity, and not the hardened husband. " In conclusion, I trust the Government will take into consideration the great exertions, extra labour, and vigilance of the officers of the prison, and suit ably reward them. This may be done without in curring Any additional expense, as I understand the 300 refractory prisoners forfeit by the rules of the prison all the gratuities to which they would have been entitled on their discharge, and which, in the aggregate, must amount to a large sum. " I =lose my card, from which you will see that I have no connexion with the prison, and do not live within 500 miles of it." SURREY SESSIONS.—Sept. 22. EXTENSIVE DEFALCATIONS OF AN INCOME AND ASSESSED TAX COLLECTOR. Mr. Henry Burbridge,4o, for many years an ex tensive builder at Richmond, in this county, and recently assessor and collector of income and assessed taxes in that parish, was indicted for having unlawfully and without the authority of the Income-tax Commissioners obtained various sums of money from several persons in Richmond, with intent to defraud her Majesty's Commissioners of Inland Revenue. There were other counts in the indictment varying'the offence. Mr. Hurrell, instructed by Mr. Jacobs, prose cuted on behalf of the Crown ; and Mr. Thomson, instructed by Mr. Hall, for the prisoner. The court was crowded during the proceedings, which lasted several hours. Mr. 0. B. Harrison having opened the pleadings, Mr. Murrell said that he with his learned friend appeared on behalf of the Crown to prosecute the prisoner for a very serious offence. Mr. Burbridge, who now stood at the felon's bar to answer these charges, had for a long time carried on an exten sive lousiness as a timber merchant at Richmond, and so high I s his character that he was appointed by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue to the office of assessor and collector of income and as sessed taxes for the parish of Richmond in 1854. He continued to hold that office virtually to the month of December last ; but it is the custom of the commissioners to re-appoint the collectors every year, and the re-appointments are made at the close of each financial year, on the sth of April. The prisoner was not re-appointed on the sth of April, 1857, but he continued his duties in order to close the outstanding accounts for the year 1856, and, remained in that position until the 12th of December, 1857, when his accounts were investi gated by Mr. Sells, the surveyor to the district, and it was ascertained that his defalcations amounted to £713, which he admitted. In consequence of that discovery the commissioners exercised the power vested in them by act of Parlia ment, and committed Mr.Burbridge to Horscmongcr lane gaol until he paid the•money. It afterwards was ascertained that he had received a considerable portion of the taxes due in 1857, after he had ceased to be the lawfully appointed collector, therefore he was now charged with obtaining the sums in ques tion by false and fraudulent pretences. He then called— Captain Robert Henry 'Wood, who said that he resided at No.B, Pembroke Villas, Richmond-green. He was the owner and proprietor of several houses in Richmond, which were subject to schedule A in the income tax. He knew the prisoner as a builder and collector of income and assessed taxes for the parish of Richmond, having frequently paid him the taxes. On the 20th October, 1857, he received a notice from him that he was indebted in the sum of £7 12s. for income-and assessed taxes. Witness went to his house and paid him, when the prisoner handed him the, receipt produced. (The latter was. put in ; it was h regular printed one, but the figures in the years were altered with a pen from 1856 and 1857 to 1857 and 1858.) On the 31st May last he paid the same taxes to a Mr. Sloman, who was au thorised to collect it by the commissioners, conse quently he had paid it twice. This witness was cross-examined by Mr. Thom son, but nothing material was elicited from him. When he paid him in October, 1857, he believed him to be still the authorised collector, or he should not have done so. Mr. J. C. Sells was next called. He said he was surveyor of taxes for the Kingston district; of which the parish of Richmond was a portion. The prisoner was appointed collector for the latter place in 1854, but was not re-appointed, as was usual, on the sth April, 1857, consequently he had no right to collect taxes for the latter year. He ceased to be collector after the sth of April, 1857. On the 26th October witness received the assessment - for Richmond, signed " Henry and John Burbridge, assessors." MEM =MIMI Witness had to examine that, and if correct obtain the sanction of the commissioners, accord ing to act of Parliament, and make out dupli cates for the collectors, who had no authority to collect any taxes until they had received them. The prisoner would no doubt have received the duplicate in December had not defalcations been discovered by witness. They amounted in the whole to £713 6s. 10. A portion was collected by the prisoner with the old printed receipts, and the remainder with the new ones for 1857 and 1858. On the 10th of December last the prisoner was com mitted to Horsemonger-lane gaol, by the commis sioners, for these defalcations. In cross-examination by Mr. Thomson, witness said that the assessment produced was made for three years, and expired in 1860 ; but although the prisoner was the assessor, he must be annually re appointed as collector. - In June last the prisoner came to him, and asked for the bl an k receipt books for 1857 and 1858. Witness told him it was un usual to give the collectors receipt books before the duplicate of the assessment was delivered. The pri soner told him he only wanted them to fill up the dates, &c., as that would save him time. Witness handed him the books, telling him not to collect any taxes with them until he was appointed, or he would be liable to heavy penalties ; on the 2d Nov. he believed, and, in fact, he ordered the prisoner to collect taxes due by Mr. Cogan, a bankrupt, but that was done under special instructions, as under such circumstances he could indemnify the prisoner for not being a properly appointed collector. Mr. Thomson asked whether the commissioners had not treated the defalcations in the nature of a debt ? Mr. Sells replied that Mr. Burbridge was com mitted to the debtors side of Horscmonger-lane gaol by them until the defalcations were satisfied. Mr. Thomson inquired whether they had not re ceived his balance at his bankers, as well as the amount realised by the seizure of his property. Mr. Sells replied that he believed all he had at his bankers' was £4O. That was given up, and he had an account of the property realised. Mx. Hurrell objected to this mode o f cross-exa mination. All they had to do was his obtaining divers sums of money without authority. Other cases of a similar nature were brought for ward. Mr. Johnson then summed up the evidence with great minuteness, and. the jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of acquittal. Mr. Burbridge was, however, detained at the suit of the Crown, and was again removed to his old quarters in Horscmonger-lane gaol. CONVICTION OF A NOTORIOUS HORSE-STEALER. Wm. Kelly, '4O, described as a horse dealer, but well known as connected with a notorious gang of horse stealers and " coupers," was indicted for admi nistering a narcotic drug to Jonathan Fisher, a greengrocer, of Lewisham, and stealing from him a horse, value £l3. Th ere were other indictments against him for obtaining other horses from several persons by means of false pretences. The particulars of the case have appeared in our police reports. The jury found him guilty. It being proved that he had been previously sen tenced to four years' penal servitude for similar offences, the Court sentenced him to six years' penal servitude. MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT CAM During the past few tays considerable excite• meat prevailed throughout the districts of Camber well and Peckham in, constequence of the discovery of a man lying in a garden, near two pools of blood, with his throat cut almost from ear to ear. Mr. Woodman, the summoning officer, having been ap prised of the finding of the body, at once waited upon Mr. Wm. Carter, the coroner for the Eastern Division of Surrey, and an inquest was accordingly opened by that learned gentleman in the vestry hall of Camberwell parish, when the following evi dence was adduced:— Thomas Conner said that he was 4 dealer in fish, and resided at No. 6, Zar-street, Deptford. Last Friday evening he went to supper in Charlotte street, New Kent-road. He got there between. 7 and 8 o'clock, and he left the place in from eight to ten minutes afterwards by a way called Roll's road, running parallel with the Rent-road. He arrived at the toll-bar near the Newington-road, Rotherhithe, when a man came up and said that he had heard a groaning noise under the hedge. In consequence of what he said he went with him a distance of 20or 30 yards, and he then also heard the groaning noise spoken of by the man. He looked through a quickset hedge and saw what ap peared to be a white jacket on the ground. The man who was with him, and whom .he did not know, said " Let us jump over." Witness got over the fence, and he saw that the object his atten tion had been ealled to was its.irran lying on his right side, with his head on his right arm, and blood on his sleeves and jacket lie raised his head, and found that his throat was cut. He was then alive, but did not speak in his hearing. He told the man who had first addressed him to go for the police and a doctor, and he (witness) remained with him, as well as a man with a horse and van, and the deceased was placed in the vehicle, and removed to Dr. llooper's surgery, but he died in the course of a few minutes. He looked about but could find no weapon, and he did not notice any braise or injury on his person. Mr. T. Watkins Hooper, surgeon, of No. 1 Maise more-place, Park-road, New Peckham, said that on last Friday, about 20 minutes past 8 o'clock, the deceased was brought to his surgery, the last wit , ness being one of the persons bringing him: He found him to be alive, but quite pulseless, and his face blanched. There was blood about his jacket and shirt, - which had flowed from an incised wound in the throat. The wound was in length six or seven inches, which had been done by a sharp in strument. There was only one wound, and clean cut, commencing at the right angle of the right jaw, extending across the throat above the larynx, which was exposed, and the pharynx and jugular vein cut through. The superficial veins were also divided. The wound itself was mortal, and was the cause of death. He did not detect any other injury on his person. By the Coroner--The situation of the wound was in such a part that he could have inflicted it him self by using a razor or other sharp instrument. He did not notice any blood on his hands. The wound was deeper on the right side than on the left, 'which led him to believe, if done by himself, it must have been done by the left hand: He was searched in his preience, and a comb and spectacle case were found upon him. He thought that he was about 40 years of age. Had there been any resistance on his part to another, the wound would have had a more jagged appearance. His inference was from the appearances that it was an act of his own. At this part of the proceedings the learned Coro ner directed the doctor and the .beadle to go and make a more minute examination of the body by having it stripped an d was h e d. Whil st t h at was being done other witnesses were examined, when William Tweed said that he was a police -consta ble, No. 218 M--on Friday last he was on duty at 20 minutes to 8, and when between the railway arches and th e woo d en v i aduct of the Bricklayer ' s Arms branch, he was met by a man, who said that some other man had cut his throat, and was taken in a van to Mr. Hooper's. lie went to that gentle man's and found the man dead. After a short time he met a man named Carpenter, and borrowing a light they went into a piece of garden land on the right hand side of the New-road from the Kent-road, and on proceeding along the side of the fence, 20 or 30 yards in the direction of Rotherhithe, he found a black cloth cap on the bank of the hedgerow, and within 9 inches thereof was a pool of blood. About three feet onwards was another pool of blood, and within a foot of that lie found a razor, which' he produced. It was open, and had blood on it. It had a black handl e, but no name or initials except that of the maker. It was six feet from the cap, and near to th e p l ace where he got over he found a leathern apro n carelessly rolled ulo nearly new, and such as coopers or smiths wear. Edwin Kent, a fi reman on b oar d th e Antagonist steamboat, proved hearing the groaning proceeding from the ground on the left hand side of the road. He got upon the rail, but net seeing any one, he waited till he heard footsteps. A person (the first witness) came up, and he made known to him what he had h ear d. Th ey got over and f oun d a man , who app eare d wea k , and he went f or a po li ce man, and on getti ng one, and return i ng to th e place, he met a van, a n d un d erstanding t h a t th e man was therein, he went to the surgeon's. He did not meet any one near. By the Coroner —Ile had no recollection of see ing any female pas s passing up or down the ground as he proceeded. He was at the tim e go i ng up to the Lyndhurst-road, Peckham. H e did not hear any noise o f p ersons before he heard the groans. Mr. Hooper, he had made a fu r th er exam i nat i on o f th e d ec ea s ed. upon re-entering the court, said that There were no mark 4 of violence on the body ex cept the throat. He found a tattooed mark of T k 8., born M ay 28, 1802," enc i rc l e d in a mar ginal line in the shape of a heart. The left hand appeared to be much more hardened than the right, as if he was left-handed. On his pocket handker chief, which was of cotton material, with puce or lavender colour. figured border, was a figure of 6 and the word Cullen," an d u nder that two figures of 6. He had on moleskin trousers, an under flan nel shirt, a blue slop shirt, flannel jacket, and cross barred neckerchief, white cotton stockings, blucher boots, and a pair of new cottua braces. At this.stage of the i)roceedings the inquiry was adjourned till next - week, in consequence of the want of identity and for furtlwr evide4,* A WIZARD'S VIEWS OF AUSTRALIA. LETTER FROM PROFESSOR ANDERSON. . Melbourne, Australia, July 10, 1858. Dear Sir,—Books about Australia have been issued from the press in plenty ; and letters from emigrants, diggers, squatters, farmers, traders, literary men, operatives, soldiers, sailors, loafers, anybodies and nobodies, have appeared in English papers so frequently, that it would almost be pre sumed, on a first consideration, nothing more re mained to be said about the country, and that no new ground remained to be broken. A wizard, how ever, is generally supposed to be a being of another class to those usually met with every day, and as such, would be likely to be a different sort of corre spondent to the run of correspondents in general. Hence, I venture to send you a little news about the other side of the earth : in the first place, because, as a wizard, my points of view will probably be unlike those of correspondents who have already commu nicated with you ; and, in the second place, because it is quite out of the question for any one to have told all that can be told of this great country. How are you to do it ? Before this letter reaches you there will be more changes in Melbourne than would happen in Aberdeen during 20 years ; and the Australia of yesterday as different from the Aus tralia of to-day as Balgownie 'Brig differs from Princes Bridge over the Yarra Yarra. The informa tion that' I send you inthis is reliable, because it has been all gathered on the spot, and carefully noted for transmission home ;and, as some of it may be valuable from its affording a true account of the colony of Victoria so far as regards its prosperity, the price of labour, and the character of the people, you will not object, I hope, to give it a place in your columns. I must premise, however, that what I have to say chiefly relates to Melbourne ; for that is nearly all of the colony that I have seen at present. I left England, as. I believe you are aware, on the 11th of last March in the ship Monsoon. I sailed from Liverpool, and arrived in Hobson's Bay, Vic toria, on June 10. A voyage to Australia had been pictured to me before starting as one of the most pleasant it was possible to make. I regret that I did not find it to be so, though I have no doubt that my disappointment in great part originated from sailing in a chartered vessel. It was imperative that I should leave England at the date I did, so that I had no alternative : the vessel advertised was the one I had to go by, and I went. So far as the ship-herself was concerned, or the seafaring qualifications of the captain, there was no cause of complaint. No better sailor nor any more trust worthy ship, do I wish for when next I go to sea, than was our skipper and the vessel he commanded. But the lesson I learned was this—that it will be well for my northern friends who are intending to emi grate to remember it—never sail in a chartered ship. If you do; you will make the following discoveries : First, that the charterers care - very little about the comforts of the vessel they charter ; secondly, that the owners of the vessel look after the ship, but have nothing to do with you ; thirdly, that the servants, being the servants of the owners, and not the servants of the charterers, look after the in terests of their masters, or perhaps their own in terest in preference, caring very little about that of the hirers of the ship ; and, fourthly, that, between the two stools—charterers and owners—you are very like to fall to the ground, and, paying first class fare, find that you have third-class accommo dation only. All the usual incidents and accidents of an Australian trip, of course, befel us as we sought across the seas for the Continent of the South. We met ships in the. Channel, were sea sick in the Bay of Biscay, saw porpoises in plenty sighted Madeira in the distance, sweltered on the line, were half-frozen in lat.- 45 deg. S., en countered a hurricane and saw our ship with all her canvas furled, and her masts bending ready to break, about a fortnight's sail from our destination ; caught albatrosses, saw sharks, smelt icebergs in the distance, and beheld no sign of human life, ex cept that which was to be seen in our own ship, from lat. zero to long. 143 deg. E. If we had had all the good things which were promised to us at the outset, we might have been better pleased ; and if we had not encountered two pretty respectable storms on the way, everybody, perhaps, would have assented to what I believe is a very popular belief at home—namely, that an Australian voyage is as smooth as was that of the barge of Cleopatra, de scribed by Enobarbus, instead of being sometimes, as it was with us, more like the' voyage of Ferdi nand and his friends when they found Miranda on _ the Enchanted Isle. As a matter of course, the fact of the Wizard being on b oar d wa s accepted by some as sufficient explanation of the cause of every gust of wind and every roll of the sea. The first morning that I appeared on deck I was recognised by a score or two on board who had witnessed my performances in some one part or other of the three kingdoms ; and many of them appeared to have grave doubts as to whether they had done rightly in sailing in a, ship which carried the Wizard of the orth. However, before we had left behind us many of the 16,000 miles which se parated us from the shores of our destination, all fear on this score was fully removed. My Scottish friends rallied around me and chatted, with plea sant recollections, of the Heather that empurpled blooms On the hills of Caledon, as they paced the deck with me at night ; and my Irish acquaintances accepted my invitation to drink to the success of old Ireland on St. Patrick's Day, with all the enthusiasm which characterises Irish men, meet them where you may. My English friends had seen me either at the Strand; Adelphi, Lyceum, or Covent-garden Theatres ; and having at length caught me shut up with them for three months on board a ship, felicitated themselves on their lucky chance of being able to learn how the great gun-trick was effected, how I contrived to pass half a dozen watches through a man's head, and in what way I commanded the spirits who deliver their oracles through . the . medium of my rapping table. lam afraid that the information they received from me will not make any one of them a conjuror. Ninety-one days after leaving England, I stepped on the soil of - Australia. I had reft myself from lands where fortune had smiled upon me from my boyhood, and had to seek my fortune on land_ which I had never trodden, under a sky which I had never seen. Strange and puzzling was it, therefore, to me, as I rode on the car from Sand ridge to Melbourne, to pass faces that were as fami liar to me as if I had seen them but yesterday, and to recognise five or six good men whom I last met when fplayed at the County-rooms in Union-street, Aberdeen. This,s the first thing that strikes you on arriving at the other end of the globe—that it is almost the same as being at home. Your long three months' voyage appears, in the course of 24 hours after landing, to be nothing more than a dream to you, and you walk out the next morning, not to stare and wonder, but to shake hands and say, -4 ‘ How d'ye do r just as you would have dong the next morning after leaving England, if the ship lad put back and you had never gone to sea at all. Not but what you may be altogether disappointed with Melbourne ; for, if you have heard of it as a dingy, dirty, ill-built town, with rough, rude in habitants, very little pretensions to civilisation, and peopled with diggers, walking about in red skirts, with. revolvers in their waistband, pickaxes on their shoulders, and 'a huge _nugget of gold in each hand, you will find, upon arrival, that your information has been as erroneous as it could well be. What Melbourne is, is simply a large well laid out city, covering many square miles of ground, built on two hills, which rise lo the west and east of the city proper. - But to describe it, suppose we go back to the bay, or still further back, as far as Port-Philip Beads. Entering- them you have one or two facts to remember. First, that 100 years ago, no vessel, so far as history records, had applied for admission at that unknown gateway of the south—that no hardy adventurer from the shores of Britain had asked of the rocky janitors permis sion to enter the well-g uar d e d precincts. Secondly, you have to bear in mind that 30 years ago, he who lived undisputed master of all that lay within those gates was the black man who claimed to be the aboriginal—that on the land within the great dinorius had lived, died, and become extinct, the kangaroo lept, the opossum sprang from bough to bough, the tall grass waved, the gum-tree flourished in undisturbed possession of the primeval forest, and the Yarra-Yarra flowed onwards to the sea, un marked on any map, and without a place in any geography.- Now, when you arrive at the Heads, your coming is telegraphed up to Melbourne imme diately by the electric telegraph, and before you land the arrival of the ship in which you sail is notified in the morning's newspapers, and is a sub ject of interest to 100,000 inhabitants, in most part natives of those B r iti s h I s l es which lie so many thousand miles away. 'Well, you pass through the Heads and enter Hobson's Bay. A magnificent one you find it to be. Melbourne is thirty miles from you, and the bay opens up around you like a sea. To your right, placed among some umbrageous scenery, is a large, white, hand some looking building, which you soon learn to be the residence of the Government Medical Inspector, and away to your left, the water of the bay flows up to the town of Geelong, the port of Ballarat. There are three channels through the bay. Your pilot takes you along one that is well buoyed, and as you sail' on you descry - Williamstown in the dis tance to your right, and pretty, St Kati to the left. You drop anchor in Port-Philip Bay, and around you are as many ships as you would see in Leith harbour, and most of. them of much greater tonnage than you would sge there. A boat takes yeti on shore at `Siitidbridge, dtid a railway convqs yo up to Melbourn e . I t cos t s you at the present time £1 for the boatmen, if you specially engage. But six years ago, and it would have cost you five times as much. Six years ago, and you would have ridden on no railway, have seen no Sandbridge, have beheld nothing of that large sugar factory, built of grey-stone, which you sec in process of 'coin pletion near the beach. There were none of those pretty villas which you behold everywhere around the bay—there was no car to take you up to town, if you preferred being drawn by a horse rather than being whirled by steam, and there was no brick nor stone building, even in the town to which you are going ; while even the suburb, three miles distant from it, has its substantial hotels and stores at the present time. When the railway has landed you in Melbourne, you find yourself in a city the streets of which are laid out at right angles, each of them as broad or broader than George-street, Edinburgh —all of them lighted with gas, patrolled by police, having apple and orange stalls at the corners, and the telegraph posts planted at equal spaces beside the curb-stone. One that strikes you is the iron bridge over which you pass from the pave ment to the road when you wish to cross the street. Every crossing has its iron bridge, and these iron bridges across the gutters are an institution of the city. The water, in rainy weather, flows down the streets which tend to the river, not as a mere stream but in one great torrent, frequently so broad and so strong as to sweep away the iron bridges alto gether ; and—in Elizabeth-street, for instance—so to deluge the road that, if you wish to cross over to the Post-office, you must do so on a cart and pay 6d. tor being taken over. This is one of the de fects of Melbourne which will be remedied when a thorough system of sewerage is adopted. At pre sent the town is entirely without sewers, and labour is too costly for anything of the kind to be attempted. Now that I have - spoken of labour and its costli ness, it may be as well that I give you some idea of what it really is, and what you have to pay, if you wish to have anything done in Victoria. Let it be borne in mind, to begin with, that living is comparatively cheap, though house-rent is fearfully dear. A small four-roomed house readily lets at £lOO per annum ; and " this house to let" is a sort of notice which you seldom see anywhere in Mel bourne. Except in the suburbs, very few of the original wooden houses remain. Most are built of brick and many of stone. The Majority are of two storeys only, and with few exceptions all are self contained. A single gentleman may lodge at a first-class hotel, and have the best of board iiir £3 per week, and a working man may get his board and lodging . for 255. weekly ; the single man 'has to pay more in proportion than the married, because provisions are exceedingly cheap if you buy and cook them yourself. You can get a dinner for ls. at any of the common eating-houses, but you can buy a pound of the best beefsteak for 5d., if you like to take it home and cook it your self. In Bourke-street there is now a magnificent establishment, known as the Cafe de Paris, sur passing in elegance and luxury of appointments anything that London possesses among its restau rants. For a chop at the Cafe you pay Is. 6d., and for a basin of soup, Is. You may dine in style for about 7s. 6d., not including your wine, though you may have a bottle of Burgundy for ss. Drink of any description is comparatively dear ; nothing can be had under 6d. To get 'drunk, and to pay for getting so, is as expensive a pleasure as a Mel bournite can enjoy; for, should he get into the hands of the police, no ss. fine, as in the old country, will free him from durance vile. Yet to drink is a fashion. Large American bars are to be seen in every quar ter of the town. Indeed, Americans seem to have had a guiding hand in the social arrangements of the city. "To nobblerise" is the verb which you most frequently have to conjugate in Victoria; and it means that when you transact.business, or meet a friend, you must drink strong drink of some one kind or another. The noun "nobbler" signifies no definite quantity of liquid. It means a glass and a decanter of spirits, out of which latter you pour into the former what you consider to - be a sufficient quantity for a single draught, and you pay sixpence for it, and that's a " nobbler." A glass of ale costs sixpence, just as a nobbler of brandy does. At the diggings each costs a shilling. But leave off " nob blerising," don't smoke cigars, nor ride in cars, nor enjoy any luxury, and living in Melbourne will cost you very little. There is a most excellent free library, containing about 10,000 volumes, into. which you may walk at your pleasure without any one asking who you are or whence you come; and if you are rational enough to find your amusement there, it will cost you but the trouble of going. If you require amusement of a more exciting charac ter there is Anderson, the Wizard of the North, at the Theatre Royal, Miss Emma Stanley at the Princess' Theatre, a circus in Lonsdale-street, and an Argyle Rooms for dancing farther up the same street. It is easy to find something to see and to hear any evening that you may wish. For at the Mechanics' Institute you may listen to a lecture, and at the Exhibition Building you may hear a c*ert. But you may not care about amusements, and may wish to work and to trade only. Very well, trade is dull just now, but is expected to be better soon, and work before • long will be plentiful. Railways, on an extensive scale, are not only projected, but in process of commence ment. The tenders for the Ballarat railway have already beedaccepted, and people are looking out for the Leviathian to bring out 5,000 navvies to carry out the work. The first sod of the Suburban Railway was turned by his Excellency the Gover nor a few days ago, and before it is completed other iron-ways of ten times its length will be begun. Men are wanted, and wanted in any number. Who ever has a strong back and a stout arm, who is will ill to work, and who likes hard work for the fun of it, is wanted in Victoria. No idlers are required, for there are already more than enough of that valueless class who lay themselves out to " do any thing." It is true that if you go down to the Post office at any, time you will see groups of unem ployed men loitering about and professing to be wanting employment ; but go up to one of them, tell him you want him to work eight hours a day for a week or two, and ask him how much pay he will expect. " Ten shillings a day" will be his answer, and if you offer him five you are very likely to be - told, in not the most courteous manner, to go to a certain place which it would be equally uncourte•- ous to name. It must be remembered that this glo _rious southern land is one where there are no beg gers and no-poor-honSes. There is a large and laud able institution, called the Benevolent Asylum, to -which tho-e may go who are incapacitated for labour •, but for him who can wo r k th ere i s wor k enough to do, and he must do it. To stay in Mel bourne is not the right way to obtain it. He must shoulder his pack, and turn his face towards the up-country. Work and money, plenty to cat, and independence in the future await him there. For the information of those at home who are looking for a home elsewhere, and who think of trying their fortunes in a new land, I give you the most recent quotation of the labour market. As it is not made up expressly to send to England, I think that you may take the Wizard's word for its being pretty correct. Government temporary labour in relief, that is, employment given by the Immigration Aid Officers to those who on arrival can find nothing to do im mediately, and are in want, 4s. per day and half rations ; road-makers, that is to say stone-breakers (and on the road leading to the race-course there is a clergyman's son - at this work at the moment I write), from ss: to Bs. per day. Masons and bricklayers l4s to 16s per day Carpenters Policemen IOS Gonipositors is-4d Per MOO Farm labourers Gardeners £6O to £65 per year Grooms 52 to 60 ~ Shepherds Female servants (in great request) 25 to 35 ~ Married couples, without families 70 to 80 ~ Nobody moves for you in Melbourne under half-a crown. A gentleman gives that much to a boy for holding his horse ; and a lad of twelve or thirteen for running an errand or two during the day will ask and expect five shillings. 'Washing is among one of the dearest items of necessary expenditure. You cannot get. it well done under 4s. or 3s. 6d. a dozen, even if it be only a dozen shirt collars. Whenever you have to employ labour, and when ever you have to get your fellow-man to lend you a hand, you find the value of a man as an article in Victoria. You may buy a pair of ready-made Wel lington boots, imported from England, for 18s., hut if you order a pair to be made you will h ave to pay £3 or £4. You may buy a ready-made Newmarket cut coat for 355.; but if you insist on having one made to measure, you will have to pa 3. £5. articles of wearing apparel can be bought-- ready made, as cheap, and in some instances cheaper, than you can purchase them in Great Britain, but when you desire a thing to be made expressly to suit your fancy, you bargain for the dearest thing there is in Victoria, and th at i s human labour. And here, by the bye, I will give a word of advice t o those of my frie n d s at home, knowing nothing of the Australian market, may be inclined either to send or to bring, out what they. think will be for tunate ventures: Ten to one the result of thei r speculation w ill b e that their goods will go to the auction-room, and not realise their original cost. It • is one of the strangest markets in the 'world to cater foli There 'may be a demand for some parti cular article just now, and ad v i ces t o that effect being sent home, in a few months there will be a perfect glue of that • particular commodity. The n again, there may be . some special items of trade or manufacture selling at th a loss On the export cos t Pjust n ow , ow i ng.. plenitude-of-its supply. resently the stock 'W e' having thought be dxhausted, and no o ne ougnt of advising their correspondents for more, it will be at a premium im me di a t e l y. I n f act, it is Often remarked by the traders here that the best rule is to order when the na rket is already well stocked, because, if you wait till the demand is felt, so many will order at once that you will lose your chance of selling at a profit. In‘coming out, how ever, the best way—especially if the emigrant has but little capital—is to bring himself only, and no articles of merchandise. He may be sure that the market of men will not be overstocked, if he bring with him a stout heart, an energetic will, hands used to work, and a good constitution. The " ne'er do-weel" at home will do nothing here, and if the emigrant be too fond of the bottle, the immigrant will soon find ruin and the grave to be his doom in this distant land. There is no doubt about it that this is at the present time the land of all lands for the temperate, energetic, and industrious ; it is the worst of all lands for those who are of the oppo site description. _ _ And now that I have told you so much about the place and its people, you may not be disinclined to learn a little about myself. Unless I am greatly mistaken, there must be many who would like to know how Australia received the Wizard, and what the Wizard is doing in Australia. The re ception was all that the Wizard could wish, and more than he anticipated ; while the success of the Wizard at present distances all his previous good fortune. I opened at the Theatre Royal on the 21st of June. The theatre is, in point of size, most mag nificent, and will shortly be so in point of decora tion. As regards the latter, it will soon outrival the ornate and elegant Queen's Theatre in Edinburgh, while, as regards its capacity, it has no rival in Scotland. On my opening night, there were more than 4,000 present ; and the cheering I received when I came on was more enthusiastic than I remember it to have been on any previous occasion, no matter where I appeared. The performance, to judge by the applause of the house, and the critiques of the jonrnals on the fol lowing day—some of white I send you—gave the highest satisfaction. I believe that half my audience nightly is composed of Scotsmen, hence the popu larity of any one from the north of the Tweed who tries his fortunes here. There is my friend John Mungall, for instance (well known to all Scottish playgoers), walking about like a gentleman, with his "pile," as it is called,, in his bank, and his cheque-book in his pocket. Actors don't do that in Scotland every day. Yet, fortunate though they may be in this new country, all alike talk of " going; home." Home in this land has an entirely diffe rent signification to that which it has in Britain. It does not mean the house in which you live, nor does it mean the residence in which your wife and family may be dwelling in this country ; but it means the far land, across the trackless pathway of the sea, where infancy was nursed, where youth spent its golden days, where love was first reci procated with love, and where the speaker hopes to be again on some distant day. It will take ano ther generation or two before home means any thing else in Victoria. In the first fortnight of my performance here, the aggregate of my . audiences amounted to 30,000. Last Saturday morning, when I had the patronage of Sir Henry Barkly, the Governor, ev er y seat in the dress- circle was- occupied, and the house crammed to repletion. So that I have nothing to complain of, but can fully admit the claim of the Victorians to recognise their colony as " a great country that you can't fence in." I go to Geelong in a week or two, and thence to Tasmania and to Sydney. You shall hear from me again from one or other of those places, and I hope that what I may have to tell will not prove unin teresting. Till then, wishing you and all friends wherever your paper may travel the best wishes I can wish them, and hoping one day to be in Eng land again, believe me, yours faithfully, J. H. ANDERSON, Wizard of the North. COUNTRY MARKETS'. IPSWICH-SEPT. 21. We have again to report a good supply of wheat at mar ket, with also a very dull state of the trade, prices giving way is to 2s from last week. A little more doing in barley, the supply of which was fair, quality middling, and sales could only be made at a reduction of is to 2s. Beans and peas firm. White wheat, new, 46s to 48s Barley, grinding..29s to 33s Red do. 4lB to 43s Oats, old, 12st.. .. —s to Old white —s to —s N e w do. 25s to 28s Red do. —s to —s Beans 45s to 48s Barley, malting....3Bs to 44s I Peas 46s to 47s NEWCASTLE-SErr. 21. There was a moderate trade in grain at market to-day. Wheat declined is to 2s per qr. Very limited demand for flour, and prices tending downwards. In other articles no alteration. HULL-SEPT. 21. To-day there was a short supply of English whe,at, and prices declined Is ; foreign firm, with little offering. Bar ley did not sell quite so freely. Beans is to 2s lower, and peas 4 ilso, with a dull sale. Oats more plentiful. Wheat.... Old white per qr. 4ss Od to 48s Od Old red ,, ..... ... 42s Od to 45s Od New white . • „ New red .... „ Dantzic, Konb., &c. old white 50s Od to 53s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French 47s Od to 48s Oct Baltic and Hamburg, red St. Petersburg and Riga, old 4ls Od to 42s Od Barley.... English malting 36s Od to 40s Od Grinding 3ls Od to 338 Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 32s Od to 33s Od Grinding 2Bs Od to 30s Od Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per at is lid to is 2d Friesland and Dutch is 21d to is 3d Swedish and Danish is Id to is 2d Beans ....English, old, per qr. Old pigeon Old tick . Egyptian Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ....Winter 9ss Od to 100 s Od Indian Corn Linseed; feeding crushing 54s Od to 57 5 O d Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 15455 Od to 55s Od oto 0 17 6 Foreign BlO oto 9 0 0 6 5 oto 610 0 - - 6 0 oto 6 2 6 Rape cakes Bones DUBLIN• -SEPT. 21. s. d. ' s. d. Wheat, white 26 6 to 28 6 Do., red 24 0 to 26 0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black l4 oto 15 0 -• d. s. d. s. Do., new • Bere l3 0 to 13 6 Rapeseed 26 0 to 29 6 Oatmeal l4 6 to 16 6 Bakers' flour Indian corn CORK—; There has been a good sh dull. The following prices wi Wheat . 22s to —s White .20s to 24s Barley .11s to 12s SEPT. 21 -•--- aow of wheat, and the trade •ere obtained : Oats lls to 14s Beans —s to -s Rye —s to BRISTOL SUGAR-SErT. 22. The demand is almost exclusively confined to refiners' produce, of which about 200 hhds have found purchasers, at from 36s 6d to 41s per cwt. For other descriptions of sugars the trade is dull, and prices remain unaltered. Very little doing in rum. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIowav's Pills.—The sufferings to which delicate females are subjected by ignorant practi tioners, and the no less serious evils they endure in conse quence of self-neglect are terrible to contemplate. In all disorders of the sex, and in every crisis perilous to the life and health of women, youthful or aged, married or single, they might regulate their own health, without risk or trouble, if they would provide themselves with these Pills, and take them according to the printed directions, which are so plain and simple that a child could be guided by ¶hem. The are composed of rare balsams, without a single particle of mercury, or any other deleterious sub stance, and are therefore as safe as they are efficacious. BIRTHS. CIIICIIESTER.—On the 21st inst., at 8, Great Cumberland street, the Hon. Mrs. Frederick Chichester, of a son. Frrem—On the 15th inst., at Kew, the wife of Mr. W. H. Fitch, of a son. MEREDITIL—On the 19th inst., at 6, Durham-place, Lam beth. road, Mrs. J. B. Meredith, of a son. WILLCOMBE.—On the 18th inst., at 5, Calverley Prome nade, Tunbridge-wells, the wife of W. Henry Willcombe, of a son. MARRIAGES. E YKYN — GILBERT.—On the 20th inst., at Neufchatel, Switzerland, Thomas Eykyn, Esq., of Lansdowne-ter - race ' Ladbroke-square, to Anne, e lde s t d a ughter of the late Richard Gilbert, Esq., of Euston-square. THEAKSTON—DIM3IOCK.-011 the 21st inst., at Christ church, Forest-hill, Sydenham, Kent, Wm. Theakston, Esq., of Hilldrop-road, Tuffnell-park, to Clara Annette, second surviving daughter of 'Edward Moss Dimmock, Esq., of Manor Lodge, Forest-hill. DEATHS. BAYLIS.--On the 19th inst., at Brompton, after threo weeks' illness, ➢lrs. Baylis, widow of Thomas Baylis, Esq., aged 90. BERENS.—On the2oth inst., at 29, Gloucester-crescent N., Paddington, John S. ,Berens Esq., eldest son of A. 0. Berens, Esq., of Raleigh Hall, Brixton, and Cannon street, city, aged 36. - ' CAYLEY.—On the 21st inst., at Brompton, Yorkshire, Philadelphia Frances Cayley, aged 82. CIIRISTIE.—On the 19th inst., at his residence, Melbourne Hall, Yorkshire, James Christie, Esq., aged 32. FULLER.—On the 26th ult., at Jamaica, Alfred Horatio Fuller, Chief Officer of the R. W. I. Mail ship Eagle, aged 45. :AYLES.—On the 22d inst., at Northumberland House, Stoke Newington, Frederick Haylea, of Bath, aged 38. - • STRAW.—On the 20th inst., at Greetwell House,' Lin coin, Thomas Straw, Esq., aged 32. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG,_ of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. -11 2 , Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Thursday, September 23, 1858. I I