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eakaillelij in? Willi% e000A; TOBACCO, and SOAP. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, June 14, 1852. The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on Tilonsnev, the 15th July next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Sto - es at Deptford, the undermentioned Articles, viz.:— Gallons. - 2000 Half of each to be Tons. delivered in one - 100 month, and the re lbs. mainder in one - 40,000 month afterwards, TOBACCO (Virginia) - Tons. or earlier , if p re• 20 ferred by the party (Mottled) - - - 50 tendering. The Wine, Cocoa, Tea, and Tobacco to be exempted from the Customs duties, and the Soap to be tendered for at a price exclusive of the Excise drawback, which will be allowed to the Contractor. Tenders will not be received for a less quantity than 1000 gallons Of Wine, 20 tons of Cocoa, 10,000 lbs. of Tea, 5 tons of Tobacco, and 10 tons of Soap. Samples of the Wine (not less than 2 bottles), of the Cocoa (not less than 2 lbs.), of the Tea (not less than y lb. from the Bonded Ware house), of the Tobacco (not less than 11b.), and of the Soap (not less than a bar), must he produced by the parties tendering The conditions of the revised Contracts, to which particular atten- Abu is called, may be seen at the said Office, at the Office of Com mander Bevis, at Liverpool, and of the Collector of Customs _at Bristol. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of Treaty, - nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in wriftbg. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset-Place ; and those for Cocoa must be accompanied by a letter signed by two re sponsible persons, and those for Wine and Tea by one responsible Person, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, In the sum of 201. per cent. on the value, for the due performance of the Contracts. WINE (White slroug- bodied) OC OA. TEA (Conou) • CONTRACT for LIGHTERAGE in the RIVER THAMES. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, Juno 16, 1852. ' The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on Tinntsnev, the 15th July next, at One o'clock, they Will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Con . tract for performing for Twelve Months certain, from the 27th July next, and afterwards until the expiration of Three Months' warning, all such LIGHTERAGE between Woolwich and the Nine Elms Railway Station, above Vauxhall-bridge (both inclusive), as shall from time to t me be re quired by the Captain Superintendent of her Majesty's Victualling "Yard i Deptford. ' The Conditions of the Contract may be seen at the said office. No Tender will be received atter One o'clock on the day of treaty, flor any noticed, unless the:party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. 4... Every Tender Mast be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ..near in the left-hart:le corner the words "Tendef for Lighterage," and must also he delivered at Somerset-place, accom , Parried by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of 500/. for the due performance of the Contract. AUSTRALIAN CORDILLERA GOLD and COPPER MINING COMPANY. Conducted on the Cost-book System. In GO,OOO Shares, ii. paid, with power to increase to 150,000 Shares. A Royal Charter of Incorporation limiting the liability of Shareholders will be immediately applied for. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Colonel James W. Wooldridge, the Keep, Dartmouth Henry Clarke Duppa, Esq., klalmayne Hall, Kent Richard Towne, Esq., 114, Fenchurch-street James Hunter, Esq., 48, Lime-street, City W. B. Bennett, Esq., St. James's-place, St. James's. Richard Martin, Esq., Serjeant's Dan. ' ' PURSER. Warwick Augustus Hunt, Esq. SOLICITORS. .lteisrs. Scott and Edwards, 23, Southampton-buildings, Chaneery lane. • , BANKERS. Sir W. J. Lubbock, Forster, and Co., Mansion House-Street, London. Naval Bank, Plymouth. London Offices-124, Bishopsgate-street Within Offices in Plymouth-4, Frankfort-street. This Company has been formed for the purpose of working Gold, Copper, and other minerals in the vast range of mountains com- Prising the Liverpool Range. the Blue Mountains, the Australian Alps, and others traversing the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria from north to south, termed by geologists the " Great Aus tralian Cordilleras," and the various flanks and streams contiguous. In addition to gold and copper, these mountain ranges are well known to abound with various other valuable minerals—platina, 511 Ver, and lead; precious stones are also stated to be anrn g their. Ridden treasures. The Committee of Management have entered into a provisional contract for a Mineral Lease of 4,000 acres of the celebrated Segenhoe listate in the county of Brisbane, in the Hunter River district, where valuable veins of gold quartz, and copper ore of rich quality have been discovered. The Quartz rocks that run through the Segenhoe Estate are pro nounced to be. the fountain-head from whence are annually ca rried by the flood the debris that form the auriferous alluvial deposits of the River Hunter. (See a pamphlet, " Australia and her Treasures," Published by Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange.) The valuable testimony (as to the auriferous mineral wealth of this region) contained in the pamphlet before alluded to, is fully corroborated by the fact, that the report of the Government Sur veyors, Messrs. Hargreaves and Stutchbury, who have lately returned to Sydney from exploring the district, has been deemed t , Y the Colonial authorities of too exciting a nature for present Publication. The titles to land in Australia, being all originally derived from grants or purehases direct from the Crown, are clear and un questionable. The provisional contract and draft lease will lie for inspection of shareholders at the Company's Offices in London, and copies of the same at the offices at Plymouth. In dispatching a staff of officers, engineers, and foremen, with the requisite machinery and appliances, it will be the study of the Com naittee of Management to combine the greatest efficiency with a judicious economy, and to obviate the disadvantages arising from the enormous cost of entirely employing European labour, arrange /tents have been entered into for the engagement of large numbers , 01 Chinamen, on reasonable terms, to proceed from Hong-Kong and the neighbourhood to Australia, to meet the Superintendent's staff Ind machinery at Newcastle, on the mouth of the Hunter River. The value of Chinese as workmen has already been fully tested in California and New South Wales, where large numbers are already Settled, and daily arriving. The Company being formed on the Cost-book System, share holders will not be required to sign any deed until the Royal Charter is obtained ; and as the scrip certificates will be issued from the purser to bearer, it will be optional for any one to sign me Cost-book. .• Applications for Shares may be made a t the Com p any's Offices in •London and Plymouth ; Messrs. Scott and Edwards, Sodcitors, 23, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, where Prospectuses and l isps may be obtained. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHIRES. To the Committee of Management of the Australian Cordillera Gold and Copper Mining* Company. Oentlemen,--I request that you will allot me shares of 11 . each in your Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the , aMe, or any less number you may allot me, and pay the amount when called upon to do so. Usual Signature.• Dated this day of , 1852. Name in full .. • • • • .• • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • Residence • • • •• . Business or Profession ..., „ Reference ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD. DIRECTORS IN UNITED STATES. ROBERT SCHUYLE Es R, Esq., President. DAVID A. NEAL, q., Ni ce _p res id eu t. Iris Excellency Augustus C. French, Governor of the State of Illinois, ex officio. George Griswold . • • Gouverneur Morris, of Morl.sAnlt% John F. A. Sanford Leroy M. Wiley . . Franklin Haven . • Morris Ketchum . Robert Rantoul, jun. Jonathan Sturges . • Thomas w. Ludlow J oseph W. ALsop New York. 11Iorrissania, New York. New York. Boston. New York. Beverly, Mass. New York. New York. New York. OFFICERS. Solomon Alofsen, Esq., Secretary. Morris Ketchum, Esq., Treasurer. TRUSTEES FOR TIIE PROPOSED LOAN. LONDON. William Brown, Esq., M.P. (liessss. Brown, Shipley, and Co., IA- verpooL) J ohn Pemberton Heywood, Esq. (Messrs. Heywood, Kennards, and CO., London.) Thom as Smith, Esq. (Deputy-Chairman of the Loudon and North- Western Railway Company.) kattbew lizielll, Esq. (Messrs. C. Devaux and Co., London.) BANKERS. Messrs. Heywood, Kennards, and Co., Lombard-street, London: SOLICITORS. Messrs. Crowder and Maynard, Coleman-street. BROKERS. Messrs. J. Hutchinson and Son, Lothbury ; and Messrs. Barnett, Ellis, and Co., Birchin-lane, London, where applications may be made, and from whom full particulars may be obtained. CREMORNE GARDENS. On the Banks of the Thames, King's-road, Chelsea. Waterside Entrance close to Bat t er sea•bridge Pier. Fare by Steam-boat from London - bridge or an y of the interme diate Bridges or Wharf Piers, 3d. Strangers should request to bo landed at Battersea-bridge for Cremorne. Faro by Omnibus from C haring-cross, 3d.; from the City and remotest parts of the East end, 6d. Proprietor, Mr. T. B. SIMPSON'. The Pyrotechnic Displays by the Chevalier Mortram. Open for the Season. On FRIDAY, June 18, a Great Waterloo Fete, with brilliant ll litninations, Devices, and Fireworks, appropriate to the occasion. do unlnterrapted succession of Entertainments from Three o'clock until near Midnight, including The Cremorne Band, conducted by M. Bosisio, Mr. Hayward, Leader —Mons. Rochez and his Comical Dogs—Master Rochez, the ,surprising Contortionist—Madame Tallieu, the only Female Magician M England Bran ion Ledgers's Troupe of Ethiopian Harmonists— The Kafir Chiefs, and a Woman and Child, who will give a number Of Songs, Dances, &c., and an extensive Collection of South African Carlosties--Vocal and Instrumental Concert—A. new Ballet, in Four Tableaux, entitled Azurine ; or the Naiad of the Enchanted Waters. Arranged andproduced under the direction of M. Milano. Principal characters by Messrs. Milano, Johnson, Seymour, Rochez ; Madlles. Annie and Therese Cushule, and an efficient Corps de Ballet — Dancing on the Oriental Platform—Professor Taylor and his Son, the double -sighted Youth—Sladlie. Violante's performances on the Tight g ope, a nd Terrific Ascent amidst a splendid display of Fireworks— Gorgeous new Fountains—Stupendous Barberi Vases, and Groups and H'igares of New Statuary—New Dioramic Views —Novel Dia- Phannus CoSmoraMa'Thorn's celebrated Group, from Burns' " Cot tar's Saturday N i g ht,” —The Labyrinth—The Childre n i n th e W ood Staffa lona—The Giant's Causeway—Classical Illustrations of Sculpture —The American Bowling Saloon—The Hermit's Cell—The riStel and Rifle Gallery, &c., Sec. _ k Open at Three o'cloc . t ic C e. ard, price 6d. Admission, , le l . o ; ck C . lfi b l y dr iz en err , e li sh ai rn f- e p n r 0 Sundays, after Four o c Table d'ilote at Sixo'cl and Coffee.ock, 2s. 6d. P r i v ate Room for Dinners CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster -row ; Carvaiho, 14/ Price Fleet-street; Mann, 39, C,ornhill ; or direct from the aut h or ; One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Eecreation, and Rational Use of Time." ecarrEtus :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings 11 rsione about the Environs of London — The l'arks, Lanes, , Hills , '..ereete, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant p laces —Country T rips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home Music—The c—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking. Sleeping, Bathing , air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., BDc. FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol. I. VISIT TO THE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, Ece Vol. 11. THE LASES OF KILL LIMEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, “That three score years and ton our course may rnn .” A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner- v°"lY-d e bilit a ted health and enfeeb led constitution, that harass es - Young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and cm _ bitters old age ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu lation of every-day life. 910 THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH -± OF FINSBURY. _ _ G'EXTLEMEN, I have been honoured with requisitions, numeroully signed,- re questing me to become a Candidate at the ensuing Election for the renresentation of your Ileron:k in Parliament. Possessing the confidence of a small, ;but intelligent constituency, and not wishing to intrude myself upon the Electors of any Borough returning Liberal Members to Pa, liaineut, I solicited the .requisi tionists Xo afford me opuortunities r of ascertaining generally the wishes and feelings of the Electors -of the Borough of Finsbury. Public Meetings have been held-in ,difre&nt parts of the Borough, and resolutions have been passed-by large majorities, affirming time principles of . the requisitions, and pledging themselves to support me at the ensuing _Elect ion. After an opinion so widely exPresed, and almost unanimous, I can no longer hesitate to declare myself ready to accept the onerous but high distinction of becoming a Candidate for your suffrages. • During the time I have had the responsible honour of a seat in Parliament, I have supported, .by my votes; the great print pie' Of Commercial and Religious Frcedem, of which. I have ,ever 13 tea the advocate in private life; but in presenting myself a s a Candidat e fo r the suffrages of so large and important a constituency as the "BO rough of Finsbitry, I feel it to bb my duty, , as far as the narrow limits of an address will, permit, to give you a general outline of my political opinions I AM IN FAVOUR OF _he Extension of the Right of Voting for Members of Pa r liament , and that, to protect the poor and honest voter in the free exercise of his suffrage, the Ballot should be subs:itutel for the present mode of voting. That the Duration of Parliament s h o uld never extend beyond Three Years, and the Act requiring a .property,qualification for Members of Parliament should be repea'ed. • • Attached to the principlos of Free Trade, I will not only strenuously oppose every attempt to restore the Corn-laws, but will, with my utmost ability, aid in procuring the removal of all restrictions upon the free exchange of the products of our national industries with those of all other countries. Our financial policy, based upon no just political or economical principle, requires to be thoroughly" revised, so as to reduce our expenditure, and render our system of taxation more equitable in its operations. . . In our Military, Naval, Diplomatic, and Colonial Establishments, large savings may be effected . witho. impairing their eflicieney. The InCome Tax, Probate Duty, ad, ost-lllre Duty, are 414/10 of the mode by which someclaSse. Jof the community anirMk. descriptions of preZtty are Unfair improperly amassed. As one a the representatives orthe people, it would be my 'duty to endeavour, unceasingly, to. promote economy of expenditure and to support the introduction of measures by which all classes may contribute their fair proportion to the revenue of the State. The reasons offered for the increase or our standing army are, to my mind, inconclusive, and I have therefore opposed, and shall continue to oppose, a forced and unequal conscription in .the form of a Militia. In a free state, religious opinions should not prevent either the enjoyment of civil rights or .of political power, and I have always supported the removal of all disabilities on account of religious faith, and I have been, and shall be, the humble but energetic advocate of complete religions equality. I am opposed to the payment of any religious denomination from the taxes raised for secular purposes, and I am deeply convinced that a large amount of the demoralization and crime which unhap pily exists in these islands arises from a deficiency of education in the masses of the people. . _ Now ready, In 3 vols. .Bvo., with fine Portraits, 425. bound, MARIE DE MEDICIS, QUEEN of HENRY IV.; and REGENT of FRANCE. I should, therefore, rrive my earnest and active supp or t t o an y measures which would diffuse sound secular 'education amongst all classes of my fellow-subjects. - The Reform of the Court of Chancery, the Abolition of the Eccle siastical Courts, the Government of our Colonies, by and through their own freely-chosen representatives, are subjeCts which must occupy the attention of Parliament during the corning Session, and in the consideration of these great questions my conduct would be g uided by the great principles of a steady, impartial, and inexpen sive administration of the laws, and of full, fair, and free popular re presentation. Believing that the freedom which is enjoyed by the British people is mainly owing to the diffusion of municipal •nasni opposedtitutis,toandh the ex ercise of the power of local self - government, I i centralization in the hands of Government-appointed Commissions the administration or control.. of local affairs, but that.the• people should govern themselves through their freely-chosen represen tatives. The vast and important interests in the Borough of Finsbury re quire from its Members of Parliament a careful attention to its local affairs, and should I hare the honour to be chosen as one of your representatives, it will be my duty, as well as my.pleasure, to devote an assiduous and energetic attention to the general affairs of the Borough, as well as to the imperial interests of the country. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, Park Village West, Regent's-park. JAMES WILD. By Miss PABDOE. " A fascinating book. A biography. combining the attractiveness 'of romance with tlle reliableness of history, , and which, taking. a islac'e:miefity'betsVeen the frescoed' galleries' of Thierry and the philosophic witteli4olv'e'r' of "idiot; has' al the pictorial brilliancy of the one, with_ uiuch of the reflective speculation of the other." Daffy News. ; = • 'Colbtifn acid BubliAers, 13,.G.reat 3farlborough•street. • THE TRAVELLER'S LIBRARY'. On Wednesday, Jtiuq .30, will he published,. in I Cam, price One , • - Shilling, , BRITTANY mad the BIBLE • with Remarks on the French Pcople and their Affairs. By I. lIOrE- A1. , 0, on the sauyt daytiti 16ino.,:priee One Shillink, 1 The N4TUI.tAL HISTORY of CII.E ATION. By T. LINDLEY. READ ', Af.Dc Ani.l46l , 'Eif , 'Agrii!ultural•Physiology," &c. - " .. , t 1 :- , ,4 , ' The above works will form the 23d and 24th Parts of TIIE TRAVELLER'S LIBRARV". Just published in this Aeries, • . Mrs- JAIVIESPhPS SKETCHES in CANADA and RAMBLES among the RED MEN. , Price Half-a-Crown ; or in Two Parts, One Shilling each. . ._ London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Long mans. MRS. CIIO , ,LAND'S NEW WORK. This day is published. Vice Six Shillings, y - D A WOK AN"'4 TOOK. Mrs, NEWTON CROSLAND, - - (Late •Camilla .Poulmin.) - "A Woman's Book it is in. its-delicacy of sentiment, gracefulness of style, and quick appreciation of character."—Literary Gazette. "Dire. Crosland's `Lydia' is an .exquisite portrait of 'a true woman."—Critic. • " London : Groombridge and Sons, 5, Paternoster-row. vllE ROYAL BRITISH BANK, on the Scottish System (Incorporated by Charter), besides the trans action of all ordinary Banking business, grants CASH CREDITS, and allows 3 per cent, per annum on sums of any amount deposited for Six months. HUGH INNES CAMERON, General Manager. LONDON—Hcan OFFICE, 16, Tokenhouse-yard. Baaxencs, 429, Strand ; 77, Bridge-street, Lambeth ; 97, Goswell-road, Islington. rarniE WINES of FRANCE and GERMANY have been carefully gathered, in their respective localities, by JAMES CAMPBELL, for Sale, at the REGENT-STREET WINE CELLAR S , w here, with all other FOREIGN WINES, they can be o btained by Families at Moderate Prices. Attention is particularly directed to a fine BORDEAUX WINE. at oht 2 ot B lse s e , pere in one, two, or three dozen cases , w hi c h , w ith th e ed in the cost now describ e d b y t h e propr i e t or , has been appreciated by the publi c i n hi s City Es tablishments s ,rarepu d tia o u r tei e loa n n , d during the last 25 years. Post-office orders, remittances, or town references should be ad dressed to JAMES CAMPBELL, 158, REGENT-STREET, London. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH CAUTION TO WIIOLESALE GROCERS, DRUGGISTS, &c., &c. It having lately come t) my knowledge, that some unprincipled person has for some time past been imposing on my Customers, and the public generally, by offering for sale a Spurious and Trashy imitation of the Glenneld Starch, This is to give Notice, that I am the Original and Sole Proprietor and only Manufacturer of the GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, and that none is genuine unless my name be distinctly printed on every Packet, and only can be had from my Wholesale Depots, 40, Dunlop-street, Glasgow, or 40, King William-street, City, London. Ibis caution is pliblished by nv. to prevebtlirther impositittn upol the public, and serious injury to t rSKI.'"•IIr ---- " • ROBERT WOTHERSPOON. Glentleld Starch Works, Paisley, June, 1852. 1 Publishqd This Day—Price One Penny. AIN,ANSWER to JOHN SMALL (of Fetter tm. lane) and to his DISINTERESTED "CAUTION' to' the BRIGHTON SHAREHOLDERS and the' PUBLIC at LARGE, 'against the CRYSTAL PALACE r9inowtl to "Sydenham." . PATRON—H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. OYAI, L'OL YTECHN IC IN STITUTION. Madame Bregazzi will give Vocal Illustrations of the Melo dies of different Nations in their respective Languages, daily at Four o'clock.—Bachhoffner and Defries's new Patent Polytechnic, Gas Fire exhibited and lectured on, on Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day, at half-east Three, and on Tuesday and Thursday Evenings, at Nine.—Lecture on popular Music, with Vocal illustrations, by George Buckland. Esq., assisted by Miss Blanche Young, It k. of Music, every evening, except Saturday, at Eight o'clock.—Lectures by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., on the Alleged Adulteration of the Burton Bitter Ale with Strchnine, and on the Prevention of Piracy and Forgery by the Anastatic Process.—Lecture by Mr. Crispe on the Britannia Tubular Bridge.—Lecture on Voltaic Electricity. —A splendid New Series of Dissolving Views.—Exhibition of the Microscope, Ike, &C. Admission, ls.; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, half-price. LAURENT'S CASINO S Lll A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. . Open every evening by Laurent's Celebrated Band. Principal Cornet-a- I iston, M. Boulcourt. Doors open at Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at nine, and terminate at half-past eleven. Admission—ONE SHILLING. THE GOLD FIELDS. A QUESTION FOR THE ELECTORS Or THE CITY OF LONDON. Gentlemen, When you are again called upon to exercise your electorial privi leges, peculiar claims from the country will meet your attention. You have hitherto exercised your influence with the judgment and patriotism of worthy citizens : approving valuable institutions, and encouraging lawful commerce, by which the prosperity of the largest city in tile world is maintained. You have shown your approval of measures calculated to promote the greatest good of the greatest numbers, and have encouraged those whose daily exertions have been directed to this important object ; thus have you on all occa sions honoured the efforts of E. MOSES and SON, the Representa tives of the people, as Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and Outfitters to all parts of the world. Thousands are leaving our city and the country, but they do not leave the precincts of our Government, nor will they be forgotten in the Legislative proceedings of the British Parliament. Government has at its disposal 10,000/. for assisting Emigrants : to Australia they purpose dispatching eight ships every four weeks, which will carry about 2,400 persons per month; add to this the tens of thou sands who go on their own resources, then what a form will this question assume. E. MOSES and SON are acting their part with the industry, experience, and success which has always attended their exertions. Their perfect acquaintance with the Outfitting bu siness renders them fully competent for the special claims of the times ; they have made the most ample and complete arrangements for supplying everything requisite for the emigrant, and their many years' experience enables them to do this saperior and more reason able than any other house in the world. It is certain that all Emi grants sent out by Government or otherwise must have an Outfit, and for every class an indispensable Outfit is provided by E. MOSES and SON. This combines every essential to comfort for every Emi grant, whatever his profession or occupation, perfectly suited to his passage and his station. Every article of guaranteed utility and un rivaled quality is comprised in E. MOSES and SON'S superlative Outfits fbr the accommodation of Emigrants. E. MOSES and SON maintain a separate department in their gigantic Establishment ex pressly devoted to the Outfitting Branch. All necessary information gratuitously supplied to Emigrants. A full list of Outfits may be had on application, or post free to any part of the kingdom. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON are under the necessity •of guarding the public against imposition, having learned that the un tradesmanlike falsehood of " being connected with their Establish ment," or "It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have No CONNEXION WITII ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OITT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows Landon City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 15i, Ainories, 83, 84, 85, and 86, Aidgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-street. Sueftleld Branch, 36, Forget°. Merchant T , ilors, Clothiers, Matters, ITOiderg, Farriers, Batt and Shoemakers, and G enera l O utf i tters f or La dl es an d Gentlemer The P .stablishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset On Saturdays, when business is resumed till Twelve o'clock. ~1~Cr: ~.. .-. n..... TRIBUNALS - OF COMMERCE. At a Public Meeting, held at the London Tavern this day, • - • MONTAGUE GORE, Esq., in the Chair, The following resolution was unanimons'y carried:— Moved by Mr. THOMAS LEE, and seconded by'Mr. THOMAS ASTON, That the resgnation of the following gentlemen he accepted, viz.— Mr. 3. M. FRASER. ' Mr. R. C. I'OLTIELL. Mr. DAVIEL MACFARLANE. Mr. CHARLES WHITE. • And that tliey do hand over to Mr. Francis .Lyre, the Honorary Se cretary to this Movement, 8 . 11 Books and Doenmentain their posses sion, and the balance of any Cash iu their hands. FRANCIS . LYNE, Honorary Secretary. 12, Mark-lane, Jose 16, 1852. 10XTRA STEAMER to the CAPE of GOOD juji 110 PE . The GENERAr. • , SCREW STEAM-SHIPPING COMPA.NrS screw steamer HELLESPONT, 530 tons, W. WATTS, Commander, will sail from Plymouth, punctually, on the 25th inst. She has 'excellent accommodation 'for Passengers, and space for a limited quantity of fine goods. A new Book, entitled " The Library of Elegance," containing a full list of prices, and directions for self-measurement, can be had, gratis, on application, or forwarded, post-free, to any part of the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1852 can be had, gratis, on application. lei l'on panic rrancais. I Qui si parl a Hier spricht man Deutsch. Aqua se habla Espanol. children that self-respect fashionable, neat, CLOTHING is EDUCATION, wh en it characterized by duces in the minds of youths and inseparable from virtue and respectability,pro and servleable dress only can do this. E. 1N0 ) 4 n h s e a 1 best .Se aworkmenn dS f°most nifleent preparations for the ensuing va:a nd tio t novelties in innumerable styles and fashions. A s e t celebrated artists, British and Foreign, N th 'S e nlag trade are expressly employed by E. MOSES and SON for the in.the Juve nile Department of their gigantic trade ; by this arrangement, m and novel, neat, stylish, and substantial Juvenile Clothing ; the pectilia °c • t' ity of the cut affords perfect ease and freedom in all exercises, tifi l d - 1 at the same tints secures a correct and admirable at. Materials in every pattern, colour, and device, give the amplest satisfaction to all tastes. cheapness, combined:with every excellency, are plain reasons why universal patronage is bestowed on E. MOSES and SON'S Juvenile Clothing. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret ha vin g to guard the Public against imposition, having learned that the nntradesmanlike falsehood of " nein lwith their Establishment," or " it's Beim connutec the same concern," has been resorted to in many ins tances, and for obvions reasons. They ' beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITII ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, Cityex;tespt their own Establishmen ts, t s foll ow s London :— 84, 85, and i46,allishment-154, 155, 1 56, a nd 154, Minorles ; 83, dgate (opposite the Chu rch), all comtnunicat'ng. London West End Branch eating. —I, 2, and 3, Ilan-street, all coMM uni- Bradford (Yorkshire) Br Sheffield, Branch, 36, Faergnch, 19, Bridge-street. 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Thomas Baring, Esq.. 3 r.P. -- W. G. Prescott, Esq. Thomsott liankey, Jun., Esq. Baron L. de. Rothschild, M.P. TREASURER oeltru BENEVOLENT FUND. • - 725111:1 Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. For the important advantages offered by this Association to Clerks and the Public in general, apply to the Secretary. 42, Moorgate-street, LondO;; .. Al ny 1, 1 ;8 1152: BYRNE, Secretary. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND .SURGICAL7WORKS, Just published, by H. Bailliere, 21 9, Regent-street, LondoS. 1C Bvo., in cloth, price ss° I. ~ by post free, ss. 6d., ON TRUE & FALSE Si'ERMATORRIICEA ; with the View to the CorreCtion of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatmeut and'cnre of Sufferers from Debility of the (Trterative System, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the? German of Dr. PICRFORD, of the University of Heidelberg. Pickfori is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is 'the first time, he 'informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this tray not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it May be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. —" The ettitarilas'eafferft.rralrelit 15b6h.bilthe sufferera from this distressing malady by translating.thiS little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Sperma torrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately described, and thus m e a dic s a a l fe c guide ay 5, is e i‘ o i fferedfort s h 2 e . treatment of the malady „ ---" We have delayed - so long upon the contents of 'the preliminary chapter, that we have Scarcely left' urselves space for any notice of tho subject specially treated of by'Gr. Plekford ; but the moderate price at which the-' brochure' Is sold, plaoes it within the reach of matter. every one interested in the atter."—Dublin Medical Press, April 39; 1852. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JUNE 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was more than usually buoyant to-day, and prices were firm. The transac tions reported were—Bristol and Exeter, 97Y 2 —Great 'West erns, 92 5 / 4—Taff Vale, New, 2 3 4 p. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was an improved feeling ex hibited in the share market to-day, and a large business has been done at higher prices. The transactions were as fol!ow :—Caledonian, 20%—Eastern Counties, 9 —East L a ncashire, 18 1 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 75 1 A—Ditto, Fifths, 5% dis.—London and North-Western, 125—Ditto, New Quarters, 5% p.—Ditto, Fifths, 4% 69 1 / B —Shrewsbury and Chester (Oswestry and Chester), 14 1 4—South-Eastern and Dover, 21 1 4—York and pisTortu Midland, 24%—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Preference, unpaid 7 up, dis. - , MANCHESTER, Jurrx 16. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market presented an im proved appearance to-day, and prices generally had a ten dency upwards. The transactions were as follow :—Black burn (B), Prefererce, s —Caledonian, 20%—Eastern Coun ties, 9 3 /—East Lancashire, Quarters, IB—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 75%—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 5 t,4 69a THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD FIELDS. Iv. THE PASSIONS. "What passions hurt the body—what improVe, Truths as refilled as Athens ever heard." RtrUEer•—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad rent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casual ties oflicentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations graphic, liar 4thre, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. I LECTURE AT THE SOCIETY OF ARTS. Yesterday evening the• most crowded meeting ever seen within the walls of the Soci e ty of Arts assembled to hear Mgt Shilling, a gentleman recently returned from the Australian ,gold fields, read a paper descriptive of the .i diggings," their geological features, present position, and future prospects. Some speci mens of quartz and " nuggets," provided by th e kind attention of Professor Tennant, were exhibited, but so gete at was the crowd thaLo.nslyialufLeiwziainretande ti:en:fe:llioawt,eini:ip,aahlygeoru:rh_ood of the t a bl e could geatify their curio: 41y by an inspection. The chair having been taken by Mr. Winekworth, "The Australian cordillera ru n i n a lino with the coast, and at an average distance of less than one and m esaam bidgee • which hun dredsh miles from - the, known Island ntah4tt the geological h e wa t e rs are all tributaries of the Darling unite to force the Murray, wri ng iet „ the sea near Adelaide, Gold hes been. fouud an both s ides of these cordillera, and chiefly, as we s h alt we,. in the smal ler the Murray may be said t o , constitu streams and bends of the ri vers; ; : butthe b asin to the Austra lian gold field. It is we (l ll re character of these ranges is th e same as that o f t h e Sierra Nevada of California and U ra l mo u ntains o f Russia. And in . Australia, as in th ese countries, b y f a r the largest supply of gold has bee n procured from t h e banks and beds of rivers flowing th rough .* accum ulated enasees of debris, either torn fr om the :mountain sides by some couvuleion of nature, or brought down by th e floods . of past ages. Even although a hund re d - w e i g ht has been . found in the, matrix at one spot, i t woo li i be assuming more than wo have any foundation for d, leg, to so that 'gold - may anywhere--life found con , . ate d in large tialaatities; every circunastance ratje ,'Y'se ids to prove rtniteiteltas existed but • rarelyein ,„,,- ,a, nrrate • that these have been so broken up i n the coarse of ages, and disseminated amongst the debri s o f moun tains, that it Is now almost hopless to search aft er matr i x go ld. The very outline of these hills and mount a i ns, almost w ithout exception rounded, and with Preci p i ces of any magni tude, but seldom showing thems e l ves, would ma k e it, probable that their surface irregularities have been caused by detritus, so as to give this peculiar character to the scenery, the only distinguishing feature that the gold field perhaps possesses. Imagine a number of enormous haycocks, from 5 to 1,500 feet high, packed as clos e together as impenetrable substances of such a shape could be generally crammed, in range s , but sometimes isolated ; their steep slope covered t o the summ i t w i t h the thin evergreen, or rather ever-b rown bush of Aus tralia, and you will have a very fai r id ea of the genera l appearance of the gold districts. Its other features are such as are common to mountainous countries, with the limpid stream winding down the deep -valley between the projecting spurs, or noisy torr ent rushing ously down the adjoining gully. M ost of theingreet il rs: s however, deserve the name only aft er heavy rains; a t other times they are little better th an a success i on o f' often,wa t e'. holes, od o ed, united,seems to findperhaps, i t way with diffi cu lty from by a st reamlet w hich one i ole to another ; yet precipices, formed by the tear ing away of steep banks, show not unfrequently the forcew ithwhNwicehthSeiorusthwalWlenalwesa,terthse rust t ng takes at e timesthe have rolled. name of Blue Mount:ins, which in the e arly days of the colony opposed a formidable 'barrier to its extension. Many attempts had been made to cross th em i n va i n ; but the drought of 1813 led to another attempt on the part of the three gentlemen, of whom Mr. Wentworth was one ;it ofwas the co m eh te u l r y a t d c successful, istrit, the opening taking road was at its name from once the o to o tv oi n me th o e oe n d. foun T d h e i d s , to which has aas been since improved as not the least among the triumphs of engineering skill. by Sir T. Mitchell, and : 'This barrier thus removed, nothing h as s ince stopped the progress of the settler in hi s search for new pastures, and the consequence is, th at about two thirds of the small population of 200,000 a re very t hi n ly scattered over an enormous territory; the oth er one - t hi r d are town population. The choicest valley s i n the moun tains have thu s b ec ome occupied by she e p stations or small settlers, and for years the gold-bearing stream has been used for domestic purposes, and the soil tilled without gold having been discovered. This may at first excite surprise, but it must be remembered that gold is so sparingly a n d m i nu t e ly disseminated th roughout t h e soil th it a sl that it isTohnelyre is processint s h o e or oolymore app earance of i t on of washin g that it re vealsthe surface th an on t h a t of Wimbledo n - common o r. Putney-heath. I n d ee d, as Mr. Hargreav es , the disco verer, wrote from C a lif orn i a to his broth er w h e n he says, "I am very fo rc ibly i m pressed that I h ave b ee n in a gold region in New S out h wales, withi n 300 m iles 01 Sydney; unless you know how to find it you may live for a century in the region and know nothing of its existence." This was dated March 5, 1850, and per haps originated a rumour which circulated in the news papers long previous to the discovery; but ears before, several eminent leiylogiils; espittorrY e- 'eon and the lt,v. Mr. Clarke, had predicted the existence of gold. Mr. Clarke, indeed, professes that ho could have found it, but would not, as it was i ne xpedient, the colon) being a convict one. A sheph er d h a d e ven been known to have sold gold in consider a bl e quant i t i es i n Sydney, but he kept his secret in spite o f t h e geo l o gists, and not u ntil the now Ophir was p roclaimed in M a y last year, Th e locality was the mystery of his• weal t h revealed. thus named by Mr. riergreaves is a deep rav i ne , throe*. which flows the Summerhill Creek, from the lofty and 5,000 feet hi g h. So deep sun. On one side it is bounded by rocks i C s a t n h o o ll r u a s r , in b e et t w h e a e t n t 4 h , e oo d o iggers of quartz and schist, in some places almost perpendicular. The ex citement caused by the discovery, as you may readil d by imagine, was very great, and the mail was besiege} crowds, who had waited with impatience for confirmatory accounts. These had no sooner arrived than an almostf along the high road without perceiving the 3 instantaneous change took place in the aspect of tualgs and it was impossible to stir out in the streets or walk enjoy very little of the Cradles and digging paraphernalia intruding upon the pathway, half-finished houses deserted by the workmen, and a large proportion of the shops closed, gave a new and melancholy appearance to the streets. The outfits than those of the hundreds who road would have furnished to a Dickens matter for many a page ; for more motley crowds or stranger Iteration. joined in t he first rush to the mines co u ld he conceived. At the same time provisi ons, and espe cially flour , prices. rose to hitherto undheard- o f T he 21b. loaf, previously 3d., became as m uc h as 9d. at SYdn°Y; and flour at Ophir was scarcely t o b e had for money, 13 ' i • a ton was even advertised to t a k e it there, 15 0 miles. The ne cessity of taking provisi ons with them ac t e d as a check upon the number of diggers st ill it is estimat ed that while, during the first ten day s , there were 400 at scarcely Ophir, these bad increased in another fortnight to 2,000, with hundreds still on the road. The they had to work was limited, and they were but badly provided for the winter, which, in the mountains, is quite another thing to what it is at Sydney. During e t aa , an d July almost as many space were to be seen return nothing log from the mines as had b e f ore b een g oing there, and mostly in very sorry plight. Th e severe season, heavy rains, and perhaps in part the extravagant hopes formed, sure to be disappointed, because extravagant, will account for this reverse. Hopeful they had les sened the difficulties, thought within which and magnified the profits ; and wh oa t h ey f o und it all so different, returned in disgust; such, nu at least, was the case with many of tho Sydney adventurers . The consequence was that the diggings becamethe best place to hire la and the cheapest place to n ee , flour and bourers for pro visions had been sent up to supply a p o pulation which bad vanished. As instance of thisof the labour, re-action I may men tion one case, in which a party was afterwards taken in part and then brought downthe ports in This again to payment, market. Teas lesson h of a better m and . reverse proved a search o ea m ra any in the colony, especially, its. action, I imagine, to those .clerks who had only hesitated going Government they had h about to tho mines because . o ,_ taking up stores which were 3 mt Riven to understand that none who left their appointments to receive 401. for Would have them well induce those about to leave side their own this country to con side , - fitness, before they 0 r difficulties — nothing madl y enc unte "nsurmountabl s perhaps, to navvies men, but i, and strong thes „ he n bY the sedentary and weak. But many of thus returned only houl be 0 waited till the winter s fact 4 h , ver, when they were again; in t 0 gold fever ,' • resolved to try intermittent in as it may well be called, is inter again. And it may though disappointedagain and nom . in seized by it, e remains, and the -. " 1-in, most cases the diseas dreads unhappy patient, discontented and unsettled,totry his lack oncenothing so muchas want of the means the shee more. Mean while, this re-action enabled owners to get in some months 1. last year's clip, as it was e the accounts where the nextdiscovery,and once explored by from the Turon, attracted the adventurers. diggers from Ophir, re-attracted have hitherto attu'ers. In New South Wales the Turon as 20,000 are beenestimated the principal diggings, and as many The tn..... _,_. mated to have been there at one time . and at the '1111"P of Sofas has been founded with its church , _ d been licensed, end of the year blic-houses had One of which on two patook 1 I beard, 5OO . Sofala is about 30 its opening day, Bathurst, and 18 through the bush m iles from Ophir. The hills are The is for river th at times t deserves the nar after sinking °moat pact schistose, and is reachedilland pebbles baked throughhard , d a re clay, a strata of c) there is a red sandstone , together;one, or rather sometimes below thishard as to resemble a rock, and then sand bound 5° bard bake. Sometimes the • r another layer of ofsoapstone; and mine to strata .,. ; pipeclay is com moncomes f the river cia.ms. There are other in eom© 0 the t o p of the bills for banks, and the labour of ea c l a ims on rrY iog. the aurifero us earth to the , t, but several cart s were employed s t rea m is very gici, a load, ca and one cradletake in doing this at r l .. d . ay. These dry diggings, ofacourse, four cartload e p e ao f never being flooded, whi c h, in hey° the advantage winter of last year,• the is a very a wet Beason like ,l. b u t there is much more uncertainty great one ind'e" ' - ' the creek than in those in and river beds, in them attention soon enable to experience and of a man where eaper some degree certainty. here , n , w ith choose a Pin -- : A in certain places ha a i n Far the gold is dePaS"" than in g peculiar i others. B k •t h a ientifallY . an wi features more p from guises covered with the detritus of the gentle slope i t sharp turns in the stream and auriferous rocks, short with upturned edges,, . and crevices rocks in its bed lying forming receptacles pockets for dep osits, or - are pretty go ld in abundance is t o be got, and sure i n dications that lasel to be f - at the turn the greatest deposits Ore Y found JUNE 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.— There was a fair amount of business done to to-day. 'Among the sales effected were—Birming ham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, 10%—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 63/. Appetite, and suffered for a ore EADVERTLSENIENT.j—iiOiiOWay'S Pills remedy for Sickness of the Stomach, Loss of l l p n p m G a e k n e e r r , al o D f Debility.— e The oldw,ifpeloomf s lr e r a . d, T h h a o d m s a u s Ransom, boot than seven years from fickncss of the stomach and loss of petite, and was so debilitated as to be compelled to keep 11 - bed. She had been to the hospital for advice, and under dif ferent medical men, but without benefit, and at this time her life was despaired of. As a last resource Holloway's Pills were tried, and, to the astonishment of all her friends, they produced immediate relief, and soon restored her to sound and robust health. —Sold by all Druggists and at Professor Holloway's Establishment 244, Strand, London. • RESOLVE NOT TO BE Poon.—Whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness. It certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues im practicable and others eztrauely difficult.--Dr. Johnson. THE MARRIAGE STATE. To be or not to be, that Is the question." PlOartAisrcs :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and ;Or, 6. toi secure healthy offs rin , with the art of rearing them. Tees, defectiveness and its r emoval. Sterility and its conversion. %Mies, Lc. By R. J. CULVERIVELL,M.D.(IB4I), 1824, M M.R.C.S. ( 1827), L.S.A . Twenty-five years Medical and FOlllllOO Referee in these 'motet/. Reception hours daily t ill nye. EVOilinVe 80VtA till 108 . 4/LTUVIMet Itegentltreet. _ _____ _____ ~ .. ... • - 9 ~„, Wejl , V i •, .. , , 1 . ' , mar . :l ,-=, i . ,,, - 7 , -,:,./ 4t f .1 - UMW 17, 1 852. N°.18,639.] LONDoN 'THURSDAY i O.- . _ . , k ic k r y ~ i . ~, Xpe _ . 7 of the stream on and near the projecting points, but, in the dry diggings, there is little to gjde the digger; he has no idea until he has actually trieenietd dug a bole to the bed rock what his fortune is likely to be, and the depth to which he haa to dig varies from lift. to aOft., and "eien . more. After passing. through the loose top soil and rod clay ho comes to the mixture of red marly earth, in which are bedded gravel and pebbles. The pebbles increase in Size es ho gets nearer to the bed reek. where he finds boulders 100 lbs. and upwards in weight, evidently worn by the ettrition of water through can uries. At this depth the soil is white cud clayey. The mixture 'of earth and 'pebbles is extremely hard, end picks worked ou it require to be pointed very often After working down through this to bed rock, tbe gold digger may, be .rewarded handsomely, and he may, on the other hand, have' thrown all his labour away. Some such holes, 'l6 or, more feet deep, yield barely 'a quarter of an outlets u elay during washieg, while others not half the depth may yield from five to tea. ounces. Oekey Creek is the richest of those falling into the Toren, and immense lioles, piles of rubbish, heaps of pebbles, and cradle tablings, showed even last November that it had been well explored.. A smaller creek of the same name, seperated from it by a dividing ridge, is also exceed ingly rich. Aboat two miles up it the banks beCome very precipitous and rugged, and there is a fall of about fiteen feet. Above the fall it is a more watercourse over table land occupied as a sheep station. The women even at the sheep station took knives and pint pots, and ga thered the gold from the crevices of the rocks, but the scarcity of water prevented any extensive cradling. What must have been the sensations of the people at the sheep station at seeing so much gold dug out of the spot where they have been for years in the habit of filling their tea-kettle? • The rocks about both these creeks are schist and qaarta, And appear to beemach worn, the, tops and sides of the ridges being covered with their detritus. Where exposed to the weatheielhe schist is of a grey and of a red boldur, bat in the bed of the creek it is often blue and green, and has a polished appearance. Quartz veins traverse it in a north and south direction. The prices on the best claims on the Turon will afford some clue as to its richness. The best one was sold for nine hundred pounds, and the purchaser allowed two days' trial, in which he got 1601. towards the purchase-money. The bed rock was nine feet from the surface, and very uneven, jutting up wards in masses, forming huge pockets for holding the precious metal. Another claim, sold for 7001., did not repay the purchaser, though 71bs. were found one day, and 51bs. the next. One party, called rangers, procured 1,5001. worth in four or five weeks; but, says the corre spondent of the paper, the enumeration of such remark able successes can only have a prejudicial effect in giving a false notion of the general success of the miners; for besides the - rich golden Point, Sheep Sta tionpointr,efaungo to dßat t i h n o H se ill w , h th o e fi re ed is t: i P t e f n to n m yw o e t i t g e h r t w h ao il t. l, a city of To expect more than a bare subsistence was out of the question, and yet to see them toiling at their miserable task, delving away like mad, carrying huge bags of soil to be washed, and the whole hill like an ant hill with bustle and hurry moving with active life, you would fancy they were making their fortune, and almost breaking their necks to make it soon, As an instance of the floods with which these mountainous districts are sometimes visited, I will read a description of one which occurred in Oakey Creek in the middle of December. It is supposed to have been caused by the breaking of a water-spout during a thunder-storm, for the pro digious volume of water which, in less than an hour from the commencement of the storm, poured its devas tating flood down the creeks, could scarcely owe its rise s filled coming ev e nto o t to he rm he o a f v w ie i s o t d f , al w l asofthroaiono.lyAwarloouidogr, roar, like before e oro a the miners had time to think, the mov in g mass of waters swept wa s a upon wa them;away to destruction; c radles and holesother ood implementsexoavatexcavations up, and heaps of useless earth thrown up by miners were levelled down, burying what tools were t n h o e t r c e ar w r e ie r d e away, and restoring somewhat the form e r a pp eara nce of the creeks before they were disturbed by the pursuit of gold. Miners barely escaped with life, and one or two fatal accidents. After the flood, the waters of which subsided almost as quickly as they rose, the banks of the creek, especially about the highest water mark, were thinly sprinkled with gold, which the miners qu i c kly gathered; one nugget of one ounce was picked up. The diggings of New South Wales, next in import ance to the Turon, were, I think, Braidwood or Aralven diggings, in the county of St. Vincent. The correspondent of the Empire, Dec. 10, says, I was astounded at the busy scene; ;the entire bed had been rooted up from 20 to 25 feet, and in each excavation from 6 to 10 men were engaged in dislodging the auriferous soil, and conveying it to the cradles near the water course, for' the purpose of separating the gold from the detritus. The Major's Creek (which has proved the richest) is pro perly a swamp, covered in most places with long silky grass in tusfocks, The surface soil is black and rich in she extremes suitable for garden ground. _This runs. to the depth of 'from 5 to 8 feet, under which is a stratum of decomposed granite, the richest veins are blue and green, and passing through these a mass of solid rock or boulders of considerable size are found beneath; the ad jecent hills are granite and auriferous to a greater or less extent. Some thirty miles to the north of the Turon is the Naroo, a creek, or river, in the county of og,loaoskeidt for in flowing into the Cadgegong; it has never been so well tried as either of fho others; and, being on a much larger scale, affords room for thousands. Gold is here found in surface earth, in black and is generally con i s o id fa er o e t d , the moat red gravel; and under the gravel, in blue clay, which m ean " as the gravel, so easily disintegrated, will have i t o ain gr s ay th e e l, se p a r r o o m ely isi b n allowed the heavy metal to fall through to the bed of the stream; but the clay is perhaps never thoroughly disin• tegrated, and the masses, when deposited, have still gold disseminated throughout them; but this clay is very bad to work in the cradle. Not unfrequently it rolls up in balls about the sine of pills, and carries the gold with it, as it clings so tenaciously to the crevices of the larger stones that uo ordinary amount of rocking will separate it from them, and the atones may be thus thrown away with no inconsiderable quantity of dust clinging to the sides. The clay should perhaps be steeped in a trough, or better still, dealt with in some kind of a puddling, The Louisa Creek, so famous on account of the cut, is a tributary of the Naroo; but here the diggings are on a table land some distance from the stream. The his tory of the cut is, I presume, too well known for me to repeat. I will only mention that, while staying at the Commissioner's, I saw several times the black who pointed_ it out to Dr. Kerr, and having squandered his reward, he was cutting bark for the barracks at 4d. a sheet. Another magnificent nugget, valued at, I be lieve, 1,3001., was found some months after by Brenan's party, and several smaller once since. A company is now working a half-acre claim in this locality, so that the diggers have been driven from the choicest part. Their average get up to the time of my leaving was 10 ounces a clay, with 30 men employed, who received 2/. ss. wages and rations. This is much above the average of the previous diggers, showing the great advantage of system. I had the pleasure of dining with the company on Christmas-day off roast beef and plum-pudding, the thermometer being 100 deg. in the shade. About 55 miles from Bathurst aro the Abercrombie diggings. The river may be described as tthe Turon on a grand scale, the mountains loftier, creeks and gullies deeper, and river a more important stream. Its geological features are precisely similar, consisting of slate, alter nating with trap and porphyry, and that peculiar gravel deposit under which such abundance of gold has been discovered at the Turon is to be seen cropping out at many points of the river; but the work at the Abercrombie is, mere hen-scratching compared to the Herculean labours at the Terrine . But it would be tedious and impossible to go through the long list of diggings, and the probability is that in the out-of-the-way valleys and gullies there are yet other generally unknown ones where many a digger may be rocking his _cradle and saving his license fee. The ones I have mentioned are the enter In New South Wales. .Of Victoria I can only speak from report. The first ac count of its goldfields which reached New South Wales with discredit. It all Victoria gold news was received h as since , however, been incontestibly shown that their • hest • they are nearer, too, to the capital, were quite unwarranted by facts, so that for some time mines are the ric • drained of its population, while Sydney was at wh i c h i n part accounts for the greater yield, as it was almost tme perhape more than decimated. Buninyong was nth% first discovered. It is about forty miles from forest in the midst of a magnificent anopenagricultural country. A pretty valley, clothed with and is, described as on the edge of side, with a verdant meadow spread timber on either h which ripples a stream lim e the bottom, through out bably till the search for gold gave it a colour and p id pro more resembling pea-soup. On one side a consistency round hill projects into the basin, • and is honey. little rou tied with holes eighatset square. Mount Alexander , ce ase_ he ortle,10:111 as in Now South Wales, it is more to t the richest yield of gold is obtained from a strata 13°feballuse clay found at a depth of from two feet to nine o f e t From these cireumstances it will readily be ima ginede—* two kinds of diggings — river dig. that there are and dry diggings: at the dry diggings, away alto gether Geelong, suppose. a party of diggers li e c t r i s e eaway from the stream, gold must be found near t he surface. But we will Unless they are so fortunate as to have g old field. time when ci• • • dat a time some now diggings have been arrive o ver all the difficulties of the road and arrived on the discovered, and b efore all the claims are occu p ied, the y h a ve to prospect in search of o ne : s o while some are i left in c h a rge of the property, others, provided with will start on the pro. pie , tour : the pan is merely a large round specting tthe shallow tin dish, into which, as flat-bottOm spade, and prospecting pan, Bee k : l e e y come to what they consider a good o ac e, they will throw a spadeful of earth and stones --carrying it down with them to the stream, t hey will here dip it into the water and shake it, thus snowing the particles of gold, if there, to descend by their weight through the upper layer of agitated ea rth an d stones, then holding it so that the water may carry off the earth through which it will have passed, they again dip it in the water, and repeat this simple process until the earth is all carried away and the gold only left. 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L . // j ,iYo “Tixat nes Ifitiataao7 Navin applotWasi evil donee for the engin° ge,tlng `rails, zbc, j„,,„ Ciw unable.tocome to any other conclusion than that there was some defect connected with the rails or the 81 , :epers in the neighbourhood of the ieridcnt.” [PRICE SD. 1 tacked to it, and is used solely as a convenient machine for rocking an iron sieve placed at one end of it. Under the sieve is fixed in the cradle a board slopirg down wards, with a couple of ledges across dividing it into three nearly_ equal • parts. The earth and stones are thrown into the sieve, when the cradle ought to be vigorously rocked, water being all the time poured on so as thoroughly to vir and earth h ee e p . ars h e . d t the mud, city, from the ston es . a nine° is euffi cient to tell if there are any i3 n l6 u ‘ gg p i n a e s ' of L g' old smong . tbe etones—though, for that the risk ot throwing 1 them „ array wienout looking would not b e very great, so rarely is it' tb The sieve .is then filled •agair; ''' case that there are any stones thrown out, mad the process p d until the accumulation of mud at the ledsgoesi the cradle reeked, s ropey cient, which is then carefully - li e:l st e deted suffi cient,ands the gold picked outa Frequently thergr"lV away, neap, sometime' only a few grains, bus occasional' taken out. In the 'ca se o f dry diggings iuC manT ounces are been supposing, the soil wi ll o f court have that we have vo curried some distance to the cra dl e at the streane to 4C' hemmed in by other cl a i ms th e di ggers will ex a t n e d ied their if"(l'4. operations at the surface, to save t a b our, unless tl find the yield as they go d own more than compensates. But river claims are c o nsid ere d th e moat valuable, and here it is not such a sine qua non to procure gold at the surface, because, they look to the holes and crevices in the original rock bed of the stream—pockets as they call them—for the chief reward of ell their toil in reaching it. So the prospecting party will most likely direct their steps to the river, and examine well all its peculi arities. Perhaps they will choose some promising bar, where if with the prospecting dish they procure gold in any tolerable quantity it settles the point at once, and they will bring down the cradle, pitch their tent, &c. But the soil may be gravel, and they can scarcely then expect to produce gold, by washing, near the elerface; for the gravel being easily separated by the current will have allowed the gold to pass through to the bed of the stream; but if after removing the top stones that almost in variably find their way to these bars they reach a tena cious day, as it will never in all probability have been thoroughly disintegrated by the current, they may cal culate on finding at once. A blue clay especially is con sidered very promising, though it gives of course a great deal of trouble in the washing, being exceedingly diffi cult to get thoroughly away from the stones and pebbles that it clings to so tenaciously. If they determine upon working this bar they will dig a trench, and by the aid of back troughs divert the stream. They will then dig till they reach the original bed, after removing in their way to it enormous slabs and stones—a labour which is not unfrequently for nothing. Or the party may choose some bank or spur over which at some ancient date the river has flowed. Here they will notice where the point would have been, and probably will choose the spot whore they think tho eddy caused by it has existed. Should they not procure gold at the surface they may yet, according to circumstances, determine to work it, and very often hol es t wen ty f ee t deep and upwards may be'seen, out of which not a p ar ti c l e h as ever b een procured. As before, they will dig till they reach the original bed, a n d should they be so fortunate as to obtain a good yield from its pockets, following their direction, they will tunnel under the adjoining banks. Sometimes it happens that while in one hole hundreds of pounds worth are thus procured in one day, the next claim will have yielded nothing. Many, in deed, work for weeks without meeting with any success. During last winter, the wettest known for twenty years at the mines, the working of the bed claims has been most seriously impeded; in fact, it has been impossible to work some of them at all for months together; but this circumstance, so unfavourable to the New South Wales diggers, has proved quite the reverse to those at work on Mount Alexander, notorious as it is in ordinary seasons for its want of water; even before I left Sydney this complaint was again abroad, and I hear that sixty men from Sydney had returned disappointed in conse quence. It would be extremely desirable to determine how far mining, as at present carried on, partakes of the nature of a lottery; but the data are so contradictory, exaggerated, and inaccurate, that this is almost impos sible; still I believe the present imp ress i on to b e unwar rante by facts; it is very questionable whether the ac tual gross yield of the mines has as yet equalled the ex pense incurred in consequence of their discovery—isolated facts, accounts of individual success create undue im pressions, people are apt to forget the oblivion that attends failure in reading the glowing accounts of one suddenly enriched. Now there have been numerous failures at all the diggings, even at Mount Alexander; but there are no certain data by which we can arrive at the average earninge. The licenses issued afford no clue, as at one time only a portion of the diggers took them out, and it can scarcely be doubted that in the nu merous out of the way 'rallies, there is many a digger rocking his cradle and saving his license fee. We can only surmise them from the accounts of the diggers themselves : the average earnings of the first 400 at Ophir appear to have been about 1-os. a day; but their success was most unequal. Mr. Forbes gives i, as his opinion that where one got 201. or 301 ; fifty earn 10s. a day, and forty-nine scarcely their ra tions. Later still a newspaper correspondent estimates the average earnings at 21. a week, and says no one would set ie above 31.; few rated the average earnings el the Turon above It per week. At Louise Creek, the correspondent of the Empire puts it at 10s. a (let per man, when successful ones were getting a quarter of an ounce daily, and scores not earning rations; at Braid wood, at the best time, 15s. to 30s. At Mount Alex ander some estimate it to have been at one time as high as 31. a day per . man; but the commivioners at the same time puts it at from 15s. to 30s. Comparing all the accounts, it seems probable that at a time when the mail and weekly escort were bringing down between 5,000 and 6,000 weekly, the number engag e d i n mining operation s approached at least 25 , 00 0; but failur es were very numerous, so many totally unfit for the work en gaged in it, to say nothing of other causes. Indeed, ge nerally, I do not think the fit character of the only proper persons to emigrate can be too strongly insisted OR. Both in Australia and New Zealand I have met many who should never have left their own country." The CHAIRMAN said that he felt much indebted to Mr. Shilling, in common with the meeting, but would feel obliged if he could throw any light on a fact which had been communicated to him. A friend had sent out 800 sovereigns as a venture to purchase gold, and the result of the transaction, after paying all expenses, was a profit of only 11. Iss. 91 Mr. SHILLING suggested that the gold might not have been properly assayed. There was only one person i n Sydney who knew how to assay gold. A Gentleman present read extracts from a Sydney paper just received, to show that there were numbers of persons oat of employment there, and seeking it at small salaries, also that the average earning was about an ounce and a quarter per week per man. From this paper the gentleman inferred that wages had not risen at Sydney. Mr.—AHILL/NG said when he left Sydney wages were rising rapidly. Tinmen got 31. per week, and bakers 21. Mr. S. SYDNEY said there was no doubt there was ample employment in Australia for strong men, but per sons of the better class who thought of going out would do well to recollect that the work was something like laying gas pipes in London. There were many young men here who dressed well but had very little money in their pocket. If they were not afraid when out of sight of their friends to become shepherds or bullock-drivers, they might get plenty of employment and good wages. Mr. J. SAUNDERS said he had resided thirteen years in the colony, and believed that those advertisements for situations wele from men of bad character, who would not get employment anywhere.—(Hear, hear.) lie be lieved that forty or fifty thousand hands could at thi s moment be absorbed by the labour of the c o l ony with out inconvenience. In answer to an inquiry, two or three gentlemen simultaneously said that sovereigns were the best ven ture that emigrants could taha with them, and lir. Shilling added that the expense of living at the diggings was about 15s. a week. Mr. FOSTER, proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Shilling. Professor TENNENT, in seconding the vote, dwelt upon the necessity of some chemical and mineralogical know_ ledge, as preliminaries to the Australian voyage. Many were now going who did not know one ore from another, and the best advice he could give to intending emigrants was to go down for two or three weeks to the mines of Derbyshire or Cornwall, and there study the variouslpro cesses connected with digging, washing, and smelting th e ores.—(Hear, hear.) The Learned Professor, in con clusion, observed, that without some previous study of this kind, the emigrant from Saxony and Prance would have great advantages over the English, as, generally speaking, they were much better educated.—(Hear.) The vote of thanks was then passed by acclamation, and the proceedings terminated. LATE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. AYLESBURY, WEDNESDAY.—This forenoon, at te h n . o'clock, the Coroner for Buckinghamshire Mr. Joseph Parrott, and the jury empannelled on Saturday' last' to investigate the death of George Allen, the guard, killed by the extraordinary accident which took Place (giblet, line of the Aylesbury Railway on Friday, re•assem ru - at the Aylesbury Arms Inn,nt Cheddington, for thaP peso of further prosecating their inqeiry. t. Inspector Captain Douglas Galton, the Governwn: „,, d a y to of Ra!lilays, N‘lio had been clown on the pErre;tigation, examine the line and to institute his owni,ll3o. Mr. J. P. was present during the inquiry, Bruyeres, general superintendent; Ncr• T es - fad, superin of the locomotive department; Mr. l' e ",. - o fficials of the as was aos-connell, chief tendent of the railway police, and anbeairany. London and N orth-Western Railway ‘ - c l e ed , Several witnesses having be" " f 4li r i t• having delibe- The court was cleared, a nd tho r., J tu u rated for upward s o f an hour, -- E n j 'ed the following special verdict : " George Allen came by We find that th e deceased h,rune, b accidental - his death on F riday, the lltJ fthe en g ine eir of the train of cumstances, in consequenee.aemping cif the line of the which he WAS th e guard J Aylesbury Railway owing to the clay sub-soil, the " The jury think that,require constant attention and care, rails and sleepers e f r the evidence that there is not and that it apPears f ro m above the clay; that the bear in places sufficient brat; the jury considering that there ings are too far apa rt; under each rail. should be another NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The following officers attended his Grace the Duke of Northumberland's levee yesterday :—Vico-Admiral Thomas, Rear a Admiral Sir John Ross, Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Baker, Raar-Admiral Sir Joshua Rawley, Rear-Admiral Walpole, Admiral Sir Graham Hamond, Captain Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, Lieutenant T. A. Butler, Lieutenant C. IL Bamber, Lieutenant C. Dyke, Captaiia 11. G. Mitford, Captain Sir Frederick Nicholson, Com mander J. N. Gladstone, Commander Graham lewitt, Sir John. Liddell, Lieutenant E. Robinson, Captain ,James Dowman, Lieutenant F. Macnamara, Captain Chads (Excellent), Lieutenant Harry Smith, Captain ; Berkeley Maxwell, Lieutenant Alexander J. Smith, Captain James, Brasier, Cot:mai:ogler C. W. Riley, Lieu tenant Horace Bulla.ck, Captain J. L, Stokes, Lieutenant Lindsay. We are glad to clad, by our letters from Queenstown, -that the .boapital at Haulbowline is undergoing a corn ple!e repair; end we have no doubt ultimately that the cstablishuirnt will be worthy of the tirat natal port is Ireland. We most cordially congratulate the estet , med Directar-General of the Medical Department of the Royal Navy on this move in the light direction; and we gre quite Lure that the various strictures which have ban lately passed on the hospital, in a professional con temparary,- would have la: , en perfectly unecessery had be been aceaaintcd, as he ought to have been, with the tale atato matters —Herald. The Vestal, 26, Captain C. B. Hamilton, fitting at Sterracas, will proceed as (;on as ready, to the West lialkF, to relieve the Alarm, Captain Ramsay, whose period of service expires in August next. Captain • Ea milton visited the sunerb, 80, on Saturday last. This ship is now paying of i Ceatbam, and the captain cif the Vestal succeeaed in manning his ship from volun teers in the course of the day. It is reported that Captain Robinson, in the Arrogant, 36 , screw steam-frigate, will proceed in a few days to purpose of testing t he merits of these Gordon, fa r Be ; u, t aking with him the Dauntless , C a p tain Halsted ; the r 4 `g h tlYor, Captain Matson; and the E ncounter, Ca p tain various :cr ewvessels, We presume this will be the last service on whi c h the the Arrogant, with her pre sent officers and men, will b e employed, as they tare now been in commission si nce March PORTSMOUT :r , 1849. 11' JUNE 16 The Dauntless , 26, scre w Halsted steam-frigate, C aptain '— to-day, after r e plenishing Coals ' &c., to wait orders. Captain usrtedto..draetyurnfreodm tsop Drummond, came into har paddle steana•trigate, the purpose of c oa li ng . A number of outward-b taken shelter in St. Helen's sand a lid nd orders. d eali for merchant vessels have sequence of the stron g westerly va tied.inds that have pre- PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The well, Captain Thorn, belonging to m London, was off Plymouth this afternosol Messrs Green, ga b has a b nd Channel. She left Sydney on 7th Marcl, bound up o of cargo of wool worth 50,0001, an d a freight valued at nearly 250,0001., which is g reater in amount aniof gold than ever exported at any one time from Sydney. her accounts confirm those per Vimiera. The Blaekwll a had 106 persons in all, crew and passengers. L anded here, Messrs. Robert Campbell, Brierly, Roderick, Tra vers, and Adolphua Young, the last of whom has a nugget of pure gold, which from its resemblance is called Punch's head. It weighs twelve ounces, and was pro cured from the Ballarat diggings near Geelong. WEDNESDAY.—The officers and crew of her Majesty's ship Queen, 110, Captain Wise, will be paid down to day, and the men will have 14 days' leave. The topgallant masts of tho screw steam-blockahip Sans Pareit were got up on Monday; and the same day the steam-ship Vulture left at II A.M., took a cruise round the Eddystone, and returned at 4 20 r. r. Six joiners, three shipwrights, tix sawyers, and four labourers were entered in the Devonport-yard on Tuesday. PEMBRCKE DOCKYARD. The summer drills of the Royal Dockyard Brigade are continued every evening, and a great degree of steadi ness and efficiency in the various drills and evolutions has been attained. The battalion will prove an orderly and well-disciplined body of men. It is now feared that the large man-of-war the Wind sor Castle, of 140 guns, will not be in a condition to be launched this summer. A great portion of the dock yard strength has been placed upon her in order to insure her early completion; but the magnitude of the works will preclude the launch this year. The James Watt, 90. gun ship, is progressing; when completed she will be fitted for the reception of engines of great power, which will work a screw propeller. Tenders have been received for the erection of a bat tery, with stores, &c., on Thorn Island, at the entrance of Milford Haven, and likewise for various additions and alterations to the Pater Battery, close adjoining the dockyard. This battery is to be fitted for the reception of guns of far heavier metal than hitherto used, and otherwise to be rendered more complete and efficient. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, JUNE 16.—Surgeon—Henry IL Turn bull, 151. D. (1846), to the Vestal, 26, Sheerness. Assistant Surgeons—Henry Loney (1846), to tho Vestal; Willism Culhane (1847), formerly serving in the Birkenhead, and saved when that vessel was wrecked, t.o. the. Vulcan screw stearn!ltip, at Pcrtsmonth. Assistant islogiveers—Pattick Dail, to the Geyser steam-sloop, at Portsmouth; GeorAe Kyr t, to the Dragon seam-frigate. at Lisbon. Clerk—AEred Wbiffin (1852), to the Fie and flag ship, at Woolwich. '.l2te Triton mail stem-packet, Lieutenant-Com trartder Ll, yd. making reedy for the Mediterranean station, was taken into the mideh; of the stream to-day, and will be ready for sea about the 26th inst. TIIE NAV Y. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—The stirring up you enabled me to give the late Board of Admiralty has had its effect cn the present, who really are doing a vast deal of good. The sailors are treated with more consideration than usual; their wages are now '° paid down " and leave given on their arrival in port, instead of being kept back till they are on the point of sailing; and they have brought a Bill into Parliament to reduce the money kept in hand from six months to three. But why, Sir, keep any money in hand at all? Why not pay the sailor the money he has earned? It is said, if paid up, they will desert. This is quite a mistake; if a sailor wishes to desert, that won't hinder him; and if he does he goes without taking any of the Queen's money with him. Why punish all the navy because a few men may desert? Why should the sailor be the only m an i n the country who is not paid his wages at once? Why should the soldier be paidevery day and the sailor once a-year? For it amounts to nearly that. iVe cannot man our flag-ships, or even the Excellent. Is it to be wondered at? Alen who enter as seamen rig gers are paid monthly; me , n who ent er the flag -ship s or Excellent get two month ? advanc e ; but nothing more for a year. This is not right, i t is not just. The sol when he enlists, get a bounty ; so d oes the marine. d vv i should not the sailor h ave one also. I hear it is proposed to p ey the ship s i n harbour der, Why monthly; but the progress is sl ow ; it requires quickening; a little ink from your pen would settle it at once. The Admiralty, I see, have abandoned the system af, a reserve of seam en , and the money is not to be use d. Giving up the reserve is quite right, because it was im practicable. The only rational system of reserve s r manning the flag-ships, pointed ifur Let them be depots (a the divisions of as I have before marne? s r "-' e. o n manning:thips new l y commissioned with Wellidri"ed m The time saved in fitting o ut a sh i p wou ld go a great way to cover the expense. The Rodney was more than three ut n eritlisin t an ha n t in t g im ; e l do not know if the is complete yet. -- and a half wo were paying a full -manned ship b roa d and tear of manned . ship in England besides the wea r,6 manned im twn .slups- Whereas if the reliefilPbe saved. These In e.dtate- I Y, all that expense at Admiralty; or, if things are never thoug ht or a. ."-; They are penny they are, they are n ot 6 wise and pound foolish; and - r e were it properly stated not without blame; but Ism .! s r u e urought on, they would to them when the estimate req utreu money. acted u gou . se of Commons are COO the advantage and 1"u our obedient servant, I remain, E'ir , Y CHARLES NAPIER. Merchistoun, June L ANCH ACCIDENT Y AND ME sE a RIO LOSS OF LIFE. An accident most d e plorable nature, attended w ith of four, human beings, on the loss of three'el I off Globe Stairs, Rotherhith occurred e, at a the River Thaf ft , b e r ' s midnight on Tuesday. From in few minutes bon the spot it appeared that a vessel, quiries maderuied a " monkey," named th e Isabelle, technical) 9 t e ra ddiegton, was lying o ff C aen - w h ar f, nea r belongiag t o stairs, laden with stone. There were the above-men the vessel Mrs. Lydia Whitlock, the et tha t a ilme I ptain, her infant daughter, and a female w ife Of the „ a m c d Mary Castle. Whether or not Mr. Whit friende- es p e tain, was on board could not be ascertained, lock, 1-e ic e is quite certain if he was in the ill-fated bat one t 1 g vessel Whilstbe hasw ith te h es boat also arcel was a per a i s shed . apparently safely riding on the water, r i pple on the surface, a large stea mer hove in sight, and was proceeding at a rapid pace down the River. She had barely cleared Globe when the swell of the water completely covered Stairs the s maller vessel. The captain's wife at that time was on deck, and had ample time to save her own life by j u mping overboard, but instead of so doing she gave a fearful scream of " Savo, oh save us!" She then ran down into the cabin, end whilst in the act of lifting her child, the water rushed in with such impetuosity that none of the occupants were enabled to c scape, and in the ?pace of a few minutes the vessel sank. The tide, is the cluree of no hour, had run down sufficiently for the Thames police and others to board the boat, when they beheld the lifeless bodies of Mrs. Whitlock, her infant, and the unfortunate wor on an be l in ia g r , madeC acquainted ainDter.d Mar d3ck,with of Rotherhithe, u the accident, hastened to the scene, and ieniained in at tendance hoping to bo of some assistance when the boat was got up, but unfortunetely such was not the case, and from the state of the bodies there seems no doubt bat that death must have taken place the moment the water entered the boat. The three bodies found have been re moved to the deed-house at Rotherhithe, and Gardener, the beagle, having dispatched the necessary information to Mr. Carter, the Surrey coroner, it i s ex pected that that gentleman w ill hold an inquest on the unfortunate sufferers this morning. The name of th e steamer that caus ed the catastrophe is not preci se l y known , but the Thames police believe it to be the John B u ll, tra d e r, which left liorslydown ties a few minutes previous.