The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-27 00:00:00

fourtOMlttten SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. YORK RACES, (THIS DAY.) (BY ELBOTRIC TELIGRIPB.) TYRO STAKES. Marge Cimicizas Five rsn. CONSOLATION SCRAMBLE. Helena .... Cimicima... Comfit ...... Ten ran. EGLINTON STAKES.—Lord Alfred, 2 ; Lord Hill, 3. LONDESBOROCGII Cur.—Comfit, 2 ; Adelaide, 3. Virago was scratched at 2.43. IMPERIAL PARLIAMIENT• HOUSE OF LORDS.—{THIS EVENING.) Their lordships assembled this evening at five o'clock, for the first time after the Easter recess. In reply to Lord CAMPSELL, The LORD CHANCELLOR sa id he believed the Government would, before the end of the session, intro duce a bill enabling cases in which prisoners pleaded guilty to charges of petty larceny to be dispoeed of at Quarter Sessions. Lord CAMPBELL presented a pet i tion from the Glas gow Chamber of Commerce, for the introduction of the English bankruptcy law into Scotland. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from Brentford, in favour ?f the admission of Dissent ers into the English Universities. Lord ST. LEONARDS presented a petition from Sunderland, praying for some provision for the wives and children of soldiers now on service in the East. THE BRITISH TROOPS AT GALLIPOLI. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH called attention to the a bsence of any preparations for the English troops on their arrival at Gallipoli, and to the great inconve niences which they were compelled to submit to. It a ppeared, he said, from a communication in the news papers, that the vessel, the Golden Fleece, arrived at that place on Thursday, but in consequence of previous instructions having been received by ourCon sula at the Dardanelles, they could not be landed until the following Saturday, and then they found that no proper accommodation was provided for theta. He wished to know who was responsible for what had oc curred. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said the Government was answerable for any neglect in supplying the wants of the troop; but having read the article to which the noble lord referred, he could state from his own knowledge, that a vast proportion of its con tents were entirely incorrect. Of course, he could not state, without making some inquiry, whether all the statements were untrue, but ample preparations had been made by Government in regard to the medical and com missariat departments of the expeditionary army, and so far from our consuls not having received instructions for the troops, he had himself received a report from Mr. Calvert, one of our consuls, four weeks ago, as to the capability of Gallipoli to afford the necessary accommo dation. He believed that the preparations made for our troops would bear comparison with those of the French Government, and he thought it was extremely unfair for a gentleman to write home such unfair accounts. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said he was ex tremely glad to' find that the asserttons made in the communication in question were untrue. [LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING.) The house re-assembled this evening after the Easter recess, and the SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Sir A. COCKBURN took the oaths and his seat on his re-election for Southampton. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. HAYTER, a new writ was ordered for the county of Flint, in the room of the Hon. Edwd. Mostyn, called to the upper house, as Baron Mostyn. University from the Chur , th of England. He was there fore most anxious to hav, a the bill referred to a select committee that should be competent to deal fairly with the subject, and who shot Lid feel disposed to approach the question with a very ( lifferent feeling to that which necessarily must animat a a committee of the whole house. Mr. EWART cordiall3 r supported many of the enact ments contained in this bill, which, to his view, did not go far enough. l le rejoiced to find that it proposed to abolish th a privileges of the univer sity ; there was alwa) rs something very suspicious in an institution that enjoyed what were called privileges, and in his °ph aion the University would de rive great benefit rather t han suffer from the abolition of the existing system. It • was with regret, however, that he saw no provision mad( :in this bill for the admission of dissenters to the unive. rsity ; but he hoped, when the bill was committed, that ( ami.ssion would be supplied. Mr. HORSMAN tho fzght the Government had introduced this bill at the right time, and had framed it in a. right spirit ; and he was therefore rather surprised that it should have received so much opposition. At the same time, he did not think the subject was sufficient ly understood to admit of its being dealt with ia a comm ittee of the whole house; it could b e much better disposed of in a select committee. It was not a mere question ; of detail that had to be con sidered, but it was th( i whole question of Univer sity reform, and he felt ; the subject was not yet sufficiently ventilated to render it prudent for them to frame the provisions of th e bill in a committee of the whole house. LEFT) 3PEAKING.] PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Great Indian Peninsnla Railway Company ; Louth Waterworks ; Madras Railway Company ; New River (Hertford Sewerage Diversion, &c.) ; New River (New Reservoirs, &c.) ; Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Markets and Pier. . The following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Darlingtou and Barnard Castle Railway, Eastern Counties Railway (Station Enlarge ment, &c.), Manchester Court of Record, National. Assurance and Investment Association, Newcastle-upon_ Tyne Docks, Perth and Dunkeld Railway, and South Eastern Railway (Lewisham to Bromley, &c.). The following bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed :—Paisley Waterworks (No. '2) ; Elec- tric Telegraph Company (No. 2) ; Royal Conical Flour Mill Company. On the motion for the second reading of the Thames Embankment and Railway Bill, Lord LOY...UNE moved that it be read a second time this day six months. Sir J. V. SHELLEY seconded the amendment, be lieving that the embankment of the Thames was a scheme which ought to be undertaken by the Government, and not left to a private company. Mr. CARDWELL said w the Board of Works were opposed to the bill ; but the hon. member who had charge of the bill was unavoidably absent, and it was for the house to decide whether they would dispose of it in his absence. Mr. BOUVERIE thought they ought to delay the decision. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the second reading was postponed until Monday next. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. Horsfall from 4,300 inhabitants of Liverpool, praying that beer-shops be closed on the Lord's-day ; by Mr. F. Scully, from Mid dleton, in Cork, against any legislative interference with conventual establishments ; by Sir V. Shelley, from Mr. A. Novello, praying for inquiry into the conduct of the Post-office in charging postage for his cata logues ; by Mr. Miall, from the Congregational Union of England and Wales, and 17 petitions from different places, praying that the University of Oxford be thrown open to Dissenters of all denominations. THE TROOPS AT G.,A.LLIPOLI. Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR gave notice that to-morrow he would call the attention of the Secretary at War to a letter in yesterday's Time 3, from their correspondent at Gallipoli, respecting the accommodation of the troops there. RUSSIAN PRIZES,. In reply to Mr. M. GIBSON, Sir J. GRAHAM said, with regard to an order said to have been issued by the French Government to re lease Russian merchant ships which have been taken as prizes, as the right hon. gentleman had not given notice of his question he must beg he would repeat it on an other occasion. THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR'S PROPERTY AT ST. PETERSBURG. Lord J. RIISSELI; said, in reply to a question from Mr. M. Gibson respecting Sir H. Seymour's property being detained at St. Petersburg, that the last accounts he had on the subject was 10 or 12 days ago, and it only amounted to this, that an order had been made by the Russian Government that the property in question should not be allowed to remain on board the ship on which Sir H. Seymour wished the property to be placed. That was the latest account he had heard f it, and as soon as any further information was received, he should lay it before the house. OXFORD BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. B. PALMER moved that it be an instruction to the committee that they have power to provide for the case of Winchester College in connection with New Col lege. LIEALTII OP LONDO N DURING THE WEEK. AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, JAN. 25. At the half-yearly meeting of the Australian Joint-stock Bank, held yesterday (24th), a divi dend of 4 per cent. on the paid-up capital of 125,0001. was declared. Considering the low rate of interest, and the fact that the bank is still in its infancy, the directors consider the result of the half-year satisfactory. The bank has established an agency at the Ovens for the purchase of gold. The general half-yearly meeting of the Commer cial Bank was held on the same day. The report stated the profits of the half-year to have been 17,9611. 11s. 10d., which, with an undivided profit on the previous half-year, left 20,5401. ss. avail able for appropriation ; the directors, therefore, declared a dividend for the half-year of 15 per cent. ; 3,0001. is added to the reserve fund. At the half-yearly general meeting of the share holders of the Sydney Railway Company, held on the 16th Jau., a very favourable report was pre sented. From the progress of the works there is scarcely a doubt that the line will be open for traffic from Sydney to Para matta in the early part of 1855. The engineer, Mr. Wallace, states in his report that five and a-quarter miles of the road are already pre pared for laying down the rails. The cost of the line, however, as might have been expected, will greatly exceed the first estimate ; the additional expense is caused, not only by the increased rate of wages and the price of materials, but by a depar ture from the original plan, by which the works will be rendered more extensive. The line, it is estimated, will cost 139,0001. more than the direc tors have at their disposal from the subscribed capital and the Government loan together. In order to supply the deficiency, they have resolved to ask the shareholders for power to raise 100,0001. by issuing 20,000 new shares, and also to apply to the Government for the prona'se of a further loan of 150,0001. The amount received from the Govern ment up to the present time, on account of the loan already obtained, is 50,0001. The company has also received from the executive an additional grant of 21 acres of laud, to enlarge the area of the Sydney terminus. It appeared from the proceed ings that some of the owners of land along the line had asked such enormous prices for it as to excite the indignation of the directors ; it seems, too, that the provisions of the Railway Act for securing a proper valuation of such lands by surveyors are very unsatisfactory, and it was resolved to apply to the Council for definite powers. The resolutions approving the issue of new shares to the amount of 100,0001., and of the application to the Govern ment for a new loan were carried. In the purchase of these new shares the present shareholders are to have a preference. The subject of railway communication generally is exciting more attention than it has ever yet done. It has even been possible to get a publi3 meeting together 'in Sydney to consider the project of a railway from Sydney to Melbourne. When a line beteen the capitals was proposed some two years ago the scheme was ridiculed out of doors, and met with no encouragement even in the Council. Where a railroad. has never existed there may be a pardonable degree of incredulity as to the extraor dinary effect which rapidity of communication pro duces ; but with the example of America before them, the better informed among the colonists should not have so completely discouraged all en terprise in this direction. In the United States the first road through the forest is the rail ; there is no reason why it should not also be the first road through the " bush" of Australia. Yet one of the greatest colonial authorities discouraged the idea, declaring that the lumbering bullock-dray was the " naturaal conveyance of the colony." It is so at present, but must bo discarded in course of time ; it is slow, clumsy, and expensive. Where there are no roads draught by horses would not be any better, and there is no possibility of con structing highways on the principle of Macadam _throughout the colony, or even roads of the parish trust standard ; there is actually nothing between the scriptural and classic bullock team and the locomotive. The first train that runs between Sydney and Paramatta will work a moral revolution by dissipating much prejudice disguised under the name of "colonial experience." It is quite time some efforts should be made ; the wealthiest and most exclusively English of the British colonies is the last to attempt the construc tion of a railroad. The nearly ruined colony of Jamaica has one, largely patronised by the free and independent negroes ; the stationary Hindoo already sees the swift train dash past him ; almost every nation is in advance of the Australian Briton. The novelty-hating Spaniard has a fragment of a line ; the Russian, a mere barbarian as we call him, ne gotiates loans for no other purpose than the con struction of railroads ; and it was till lately an equal chance that the proverbially unenterprising Turk would have had a line across his territory before the colonists of Australia could be brought to believe that steam communication by land was either advantageous or possible. Now they are beginning to perceive that some activity is abso lutely necessary. The roads of the province, even in the vicinity of the capital, are fast deterio [ rating ; everywhere they are neglected, and in the interior have become so perilous that the mails are ordered to carry no passengers by night ; a dreadful accident, by which the Bathurst mail was a short time since thrown over the precipice of the Victoria Pass, has frightened the autho rities into issuing the order ; but it is no less retrograding from the former state of the means of communication, bad as they were. After long, and almost patiently, seeing wretched country roads becomin g worse every month, and continually taught by the high rate of carriage for goods inland, the merchants of Sydney are beginning to think that something should be done. The last and most direct impulse, however, has been given by the opening of the river Murray to steam navigation. Sydney is threatened with the loss of a large por tion of its traffic if the produce of the south of New South Wales is floated down to Adelaide for shipment, instead of being dragged up to the capi tal. Good authorities state that much of the wool of the Goulburn district will find its way to the sea by the Murray, and that the whole of the traffic beyond Yass will take the same direction. The fleeces grown in the province of New South Wales will then swell the export returns of South Aus tralia, and Sydney will lose both in importance and profit. The last item of the loss, at least, is one the Sydney traders can fully estimate, and ac cordingly they are considering whether a railroad to the district towards the head of the navigable portion of the Murray would not enable the port and capita] to keep its status in the colony. It is evident nothing else will do it, and in any case the steamers on the river, now they have really commenced running, will command the traffic for many years. The consideration of the necessity of a line in the direction of the Murray has led to a better appre ciation of the advantages of others ; and the public meeting above referred to also discussed the pro bable benefit of a railway to Newcastle or Mait land. But the more immediate object was stated to be the construction of a great trunk line from Sydney to Melbourne— " By a company to be called the Sydney and Melbourne Railway Company, to which it was to be expected, on public grounds, the State would grant the amount of one half the estimated cost ; the amount to be raised by the State issuing bonds, secured on the public revenues of the colony, redeemable at the end of 30 or 50 years, the com pany raising the other half by the issue of shares of say, 5 1 . each, to be subscribed by the public in the colonies or iu England, without any Government guarantee ; the Govern ment, if it subscribes half the capital, to retain control over the railway and its management in the ratio of its proprietorship." (From the Report of ' the Registrar-General. ) The return for the week . that ended last Saturday dis covers an increase in th , s mortality. In the first and second week of this montl s the deaths in London were re spectively 1,149 and I,oB', T; in the third—viz., last week, they rose to 1,193. In t he ten corresponding weeks of the years 1844-53 the ave rage number was 1,000, which, if raised in proportion to i ncrease of population, becomes 1,100. The number of d :eaths registered last week is, therefore, nearly 100 abet .e the calculated amount. In comparing the result: t of the last two weeks, it ap pears that the increase arises mainly from the epidemic class of diseases. The fol lowing are the special heads under which it is found : -'Measles, which rose from 34 cases to 51 ; hoopingcougt 1,, which rose from 63 to 83 ; and diarrhcea, which in tl to two weeks was fatal to 18 and 26. With regard to typhus and continued fever, the cases were not so numerou is in the latter as in the former week. Two deaths from ( tholera were registered, which Occurred on the same day, the 13th of April, The fol lowing are the particulars In the sub-district of .A.mwell, at 3, Baynes-row, the son of a builder, aged 2 3 - (!ars, died of " pertussis (two weeks) cholera Anglica." In the workhouse, Islington West, a female servant, aged 24 years, died of "cholera, consecutive fever." From smallpox the nurn'oer of deaths registered is nine, two of which occurred ita the Smallpox Hospital. All the persons who died were children, except a female ser vant from Old Quebec-street, who died in the above hospital on the 20th of April, at the age of 34 years, from " smallpox, distinct, modified (seven days) ; the brain and nervous system rou,ch affected by the disease. She had been vaccinated iu infancy near Tonbridge Wells ; two indifferent cicatriices." Mr. Jorden, registrar of the Belgrave sub-district, writes in his report for the quarter ending March 31 : "Smallpox bas been epidermic in this district this last quarter. All the fatal cas es, were in persons unvacci nated. Parents are only &riven to have their children vaccinated at the eleventh h onr, when smallpox has made its appearance in the house or in some member of their family." In the sub-district of Broi np ton, at 4, Sloane-place, on the 20th of April, the daughter of a musician, aged 1 year, died of " scarlatina maligna, t(six daya)." The medical attendant mentions that " o other children have died of scarlatina in this house , mithin the last two weeks ; the drains are very offensiv, e, and there is a cesspool in front of No. 3, the smell fr( ma which is very bad." At 87, Tower-hill, Aldga ,te, on the 14th and 15th of April, two sons of a warehouseman, aged 0 and 3 years, died of " scarlatina anginos. a.," one after seven days', the other after 4 days' illness. Mr. Spencer, the registrar, says,—" The house in which_ these children lived is large, well drained and ventilated.." In the sub-district of London-road, Southwark, at 9, - Smith's-place, Gibraltar-row, .on the 21st of April, the daughter of a carver and gilder, aged 3 years, died of " searletina, dropsy (two weeks)." Mr. Hentech, the registrar, states that " there are a great number of cases of scarlatina in this sub-distriict at the present time, but it does not appear to be mor it fatal than usual." In Islington West, at 32, Catherine-street, on the 20th of April, a shirt-collar maker, aged 29 years, died of " phthisis pulmonalis (six months)." The disease was attributed to her receiving the linen from the warehouse in a damp state. Last week the births of 891 boys and 898 girls, in all 1,789 children, were register, ad in London. In nine corresponding weeks of the yea rs 1545-53 the average number was 1,437. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the w eek was 29 733 in. The mean daily reading was above 30 in. on Sunday and Monday. The reading was 30.114 in. at noon on Tues day. The mean temperature of the week was 52.6 deg., which is 5.8 deg. above the ave rage of the same week in 38 years. The mean daily •temperature was above the average on every day excepi, Monday, when it was 0.8 deg. below it, and Saturday , when it was 2'l deg. below it. It rose from 45 . 5 deg. .on Monday to 58 . 2 deg. on Wednesday, 59 . 9 deg. on Thursday, and 58 . 2 deg. on Friday. It again fell to 45'4 deg. on Saturday. The highest temperature occurred c , ri Thursday, and was 77'5 deg. ; the lowest on Sunday, and was 34 . 2 deg., showing a range of 43'3 deg. The dew-point tempera ture was 44.5 deg., the differeneg) between this and the air-temperature being B'l deg_ The wind blew first from east-north-east, then from east-south-east, after wards from the east, and at the end of the week from the north-east. Of rain scarc•!ly any fell till Saturday, when the amount was 0.27 in. The whole that fell in the week was o'3o in. MORTALITY IN THE ;METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM Ara, CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 22. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 34 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 10 Premature Birth and Debility 35 Atrophy 27 Old Age Sudden Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance l3 Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. spending week in the 1851. of 1853. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 262 South Districts Totals Males Females 1,243 1,193 This is the first shadowy outline of the scheme, which has not yet taken shape enough to be sub mitted to the public ; a second meeting, called to discuss the details, was adjourned in consequence of the arrival of the overland mail. _ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER assented to the motic‘. After a few Words from Mr. WALPOLE, the motion was agreed to. Mr. HEYWOOD moved as an amendment that the sel ectcommittee, as the bill em braced matters which co uld not be so well disposed of in a committee of the f whole house as in a select committee consisting bill ° were thoroughly conversat ° vit a l : , few members who the i?r r w ec h o o gh le is s in u g bj p ec r t i. . a great There was no provision in the pri vate tutors, which was a select committee. but which could be easily remedied by The university of Oxford, from its eminence import ance, ought to be able to c ommand all the the tal en t in the country ; but owin g to the sy stem prevailed there it certainl y did not ; and t which e effe c t of this bill, if it passed as it now stood, would be to perpetu ate its bad features instead o f re forming the system. A much largermeasure of r e f orm , was required by the country than this, and he was con vinced the question would not be satisfactorily settled until the colleges of the university ceased to be institu tions simply of a monastic character. The question of fellowships was one which required a great deal of consideration—it was not a proper one to be dealt With in a committee of the whole house, but should be rather referred to a select committee. The constitution of the university required a thorough change—much greater, indeed, than the bill proposed, and it was very much on that ground that he wished it to be committed to a select committee, where its provisions could be ex tended and improved. Mr. MIALL seconded the amendment. Mr. NEWDEGATE should support the amendment, but from a very different motive to that of the hon. member who proposed it. He did not believe the house could, in its collective capacity, understand of this question, or - the constitutionn erd the meri his ts ancient university. Besides, theh of this was un just in its provisions ; it mo s t unwarrantably proposed to disfranchise the corpo ra tio n of the Unurn and spirit - sity, while It also legislated in a s • 't which would ultimately lead to on a principle the separation of the The intelligence from the goldfields is a shade more favourable. The diggers are returning to work after a somewhat prolonged indulgence in the fes tivities of Christmas ; and the quantity of gold brought down by the last escort shows a slight in crease. In the early part of January a rich vein of auriferous quartz was found upon Hawkins-ridge, near Tambaro o ra, whi c h is now being worked suc cessfully. Specimens of the vein have been sent down to Sydney ; they are very good, though the exact proportion of gold to the rock has not yet been minutely ascertained. The published accounts of similar discoveries are generally to be accepted with a large abatement, but as to the Tambaroora vein, private letters confirm the first reports of its richness. The following is the description of the locality and the discovery given by the Bathurst Free Press of the 7th of January : " Some eight or nine days ago a digger came upon a piece of auriferous quartz on the side of the Bald Hill, about 200 yards from 1% ilson's public-house, and made known the circumstance to Mr. Joseph Withers, publican, who at once put a party to work on the point with splendid success. In a very short time the discovery was bruited about Tamba roora, and a sudden rush was the consequence. Claims were speedily marked out on all sides of the lucky spot, and the earth turned up with a celerity which nothing but the pro spect of a golden reward could have produced. At present there are about 130 people at work on the point, all of whom are doing remarkably well, and many of them bagging their 20 to 30 ounces of the pure metal per clay each party. One lump of quartz of about the size of a brick was found on the surface, which, when broken up and divided among the six diggers who had a joint interest in it, was found to contain 1001. wor th o f gold of a brilliant bright colour ; some of th e pi eces o f th e p r ecious metal scattered through the quartz we i g hi ng several p en nyweights, and the largest 1 7 pennyweights. The locale of the new discovery is not more than 300 or 400 yards f rom th e head of the Golden Gully, where the diggers have latterly been doing so well, and is supp ose d to b e a con ti nua ti on o f the same vein or `lode,, extending thence to the Turon. The richness of some of the claims may be estimated from the fact that THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1854. 3001. was refused for one of them, out of which it is known that nine ounces of gold have been taken in six buckets of 1 earth. As before stated, the gold is found in the quartz matrix, and at no considerable depth. The first layer is generally found to be too poor to pay for breaking up, and is therefore cast away as stripping,' but the sparkling dust is invariably found in the second layer, which as yet has in no case disappointed the hopes of the gold hunter, where they have been confined within moderate limits." The same journal adds : " The news of these new diggings has inspired fresh life into the frames of our business people, who were fast settling down into a moody despondency under a growing but groundless conviction that our goldfields were exhausted, or that their slender attractions were powerless to draw hither a population from Victoria. The idea now appears to prevail that, with a large accession of diggers, diggings equally rich would be found over a surface of country com prising hundreds of square miles, and we are as hopeful as we have hitherto been desponding. The future looks bright from the reflected light shed by the quartz ridges of Tam ba roora, and the views of some of our business people have undergone, within the last two or three days, a most thorough and surprising change. Some few scintillations of the electric excitement which in the early days of the gold discovery were wont to rouse us to a temporary deli rium have manifested themselves in our hitherto quiet ' and many who were looking towards Victoria as their theatre of action have philosophically resolved to wait n to e w xt n a little and watch the course of events." The best review of the facts connected with the goldmines for the past year is given in the last gold circular of Messrs. Lloyd and Co., from which the subjoined particulars are extracted : "The northern mines, consisting of the Hanging Rock, Rocky River, and Bingera, have been worked with consider able success. The favourite method has been the system of sluicing, which was established by some Americans from California, and has been carried on upon a, very large scale. By its means water has been brought to spots previously un workable for want of it. New diggings have been found in the northern district of Cameron's Creek, near Armidale. It is difficult to give any proximate estimate of the amount of gold obtained from this district, as it has nearly all been brought down to Sydney by private hand. In consequence, the Government escort to the north has been discontinued. A very large amount is, nevertheless, believed to have been obtained. The produce of the western mines has been fluc tuating owing to the uncertainty in which the question of the gold license fee was left during a large portion of the year ; but the average brought down by the escort per week from those mines for the year may be stated at 1,600 ounce. Some new diggings have been discovered here on the Mac quarie river at Burrandong ; these promise to turn out the richest diggings in our western goldfield. The southern mines near Braidwood have not been so productive this year, having sent to Sydney by escort, on an average, only about 600 ounces per week. Some new fields have lately been discovered here also, the richness of which has not yet been tried. On the southern boundary of the colony, near the far-famed Ovens, but on this side of the Murray River, some new diggings have been opened at Adelong Creak, which have yielded a large amount of the precious metal. One spot, to which there is at present an immense rush, is named Buffalo Range. Some thousands of miners are on their way thither, and the older worked deposits on the Ovens are comparatively deserted. On the whole it is believed that, under the reduced amount of license fee, a much larger development of the mineral wealth of the Colony will take place, and that many of our miners, who had gone over to the Victoria fields, will re turn. The more moderate price of the necessaries of life, the greater degree of security and order, and the more equal distribution of remuneration being taken to counter balance the splendid prizes and numerous blanks that cha racterise that district. " As a proof that the general produce of the New South Wales mines is sufficient to afford ample remuneration to all the diggers employed, the following statistics may be produced :—The number of licenses issued to diggers in New South Wales for the first 10 months of 1853 was 3:;,670, or, on an average, 3,267 miners per month. The total arrival of gold per escort and mail (exclusive of the amount received from the Ovens diggings, which belong to Victoria) is 145,036 ounces for the twelve months. This divided by 3,267 will give as the individual earnings of each digger a sum of 424 ounces, or, in value, about 1501. per annum. But it will be seen that in this estimate only the amount of gold brought down by escort and mail has been taken into account, and that the amount at present in the hands of diggers has not been estimated. There is little doubt that the real produce is double the amount stated, or, in other words, that the average earnings of each digger is about 2501. per annum. Another calcula tion, founded on the export of gold from Sydney, produces the same result, making the earnings of each person em ployed in digging 73 ounces of gold, or 2501. to 2601. per annum. By several old diggers this is regarded as a very moderate estimate ; and, from the unquestionable data on which it is founded, it is capable of proof that it is not ktoo much, though it is impossible to be certain that it is not under the mark. It is very much to be doubted whether the colony of Victoria can exhibit an equally large return per man. The escorts provided by the Government for the pretection of the gold during its tran sit from the mines to the capital have been conducted at a heavy loss to the revenue, as they have not received the encouragement from the public that they deserved. In consequence, the northern escort has been discon tinued ; and we already hear of one robbery of gold hav ing taken place upon that road, and another of the southern mail. The price of New South Wales gold has fluctuated considerably during the year, having been in Jan., 1853, as low as 70s. 9d., and in Sept. 775. 9d. " The extreme fluctuations have arisen from the altera tion of the exchange in London, which has varied from 66 per cent. dis. to 26 per cent. prem., and is at present 1 per cent. pm. The highest rates have been paid for shipments to the East, where the exchange has lately operated most heavily against bills on England. Our present quotation is 775. to 775. 6d. for Victoria, and 755. for N.S.W. gold. " The total export of gold from Sydney for the year end ing 1853 has been 624,9170unce5, and the total export from its discovery to the end of the year 1853 has been 1,615,555 ounces, which, valued at Si. 15s. per ounce, gives a total of 6,058,3311. ss. There is calculated to be at present in Syd ney upwards of 50,000 ounces." The produce of the fields of Victoria does not in crease, and the " bad luck" of many of the diggers is no doubt at the bottom of much of the agitation against licence fee and general regulations. But there is still no evidence that the old diggings are actually exhausted, though the correspondence of the Sydney journals contains very gloomy predic tions in regard to them. There is a little jealousy between the provinces on the merits of their respec tive fields; those of New South Wales, though the earliest discovered, have long been eclipsed by Mount Alexander, Bendigo, and Ballarat, by which Mel bourne is maintained. Still, it is evident from the crowded population on those fields, the increasing discontent among it, and the stationary or even slightly diminished quantities of the escort returns, that the discovery of a new field equal to either of the old ones is beginning to be very desirable. Mr. Forster, the Colonial Secretary of Victoria, has visited Bendigo ; notwithstanding their differ ences with the Government, he was generally well received by the diggers. It was remarked, as something like an omen, that in the week before Christmas the number of departures from the co lony of Victoria exceeded the arrivals, the difference the wrong way, being 150. The last Melbourne Gold Circular is to January 7. It states : " From Ballarat a slight decrease has taken place this week, and the same has occurred at Mount Alexander and Bendigo. From M'lvor a small quantity has been received, while the neighbouring field of Waranga or Goulburn has ceased to be productive. Favourable reports have reached town of a new and rich field having turned up about 12 miles from Mount Mellagull, on M'lntyre's station. The numbers at work are not given, but those employed are doing well. The reports from the Buckland are contradic tory, one party stating that, from the success of the dig gers, a very large increase of gold may be looked for by next escort, while another states that numbers are return ing to their old quarters at Reid's and Spring Creeks. The escorts brought from— the strike of the London cabmen before it found itself in a similar difficulty. For the last few days the cabstands have been deserted, the proprietors having taken off their vehicles in a fit of indigna tion, and to defy the new city commissioners. These officials have had to revise the scale of cab fares, and in consideration of the high price of forage, have allowed double the old rates to be charged ; this would have been submitted to the more readily as any tariff is nominal only, and, practically, the drivers charge what they please. But the new scale of fares was coupled with an order to place the number of each cab on the door panels, instead of its old place, the end of the driver's box, whore it could be conveniently covered with a carelessly-hung coat, either to elude identification or produce an impression that the turn-out is a private one. Compliance with this order involves the painting out of all the shields, crests, lions, and griffins of heraldry with which the doors of the vehicles are now decorated, and in defence of these monsters the cabmen have " struck" o ith a spirit worthy of the old French noblesse resisting the advance of Repub licanism. On the first day of the strike the omni buses out of the city were loaded with emancipated Jebus, enjoying the sensation of being driven ; while the public was puzzled by the sudden disap pearance of the ordinary conveyances. The licenses expired a day or two after the strike, and the city commissioners refuse to grant any new ones unless the order as to the numbering is complied with. The Supreme Court will have to settle the dispute, as the cab proprietors intend to apply for a manda mus to compel the commissioners to show cause why they refuse to license a ♦ehicle without a con dition'that would degrade the nobility of its door panels. Since the above was written the cab proprietors have applied to the Supreme Court for a mandamus calling on the city commissioners to issue a license to one of the number. The court decided that the mandamus must be granted, as, according to the present act, the commissioners had no pawer to an nex any condition to the issue of a license if the individual applying for it were of good character ; any default of the licensee must be the ground for an after prosecution. The commissioners might make the place on which the numbers of the cabs should be painted the subject of a clause in the by-laws relating to carriages, but they were bound to issue the license ministerially, without reference to the position of the number. In consequence of this decision the cabs are again placed on the stands. The following paragraphs are taken from the re• view of colonial affairs for the past month given by the Sydney Empire "The annual return of the revenue of the colony of New South Wales gives the following results for the year 1853 as compared with the year 1852 : The total amount for 1852 was £505,656 16 6 The total amount for 1853 was 815,859 2 10 The gross increase for the year 1853 being £359,69513 4 From which deduct a decrease of 49,493 7 0 The real increase for the year 1853 being " The principal items in which this large in crease is observable are the revenue from spirits and the revenue from the sales of land. There having been : Year Gallons Spirits imported Ditto s. d. Duty on spirits . Ditto " The territorial revenue exhibits the following large additions: froceeds from the sale of lands and town allotments for 1852 For 1853 158,837 2 7 Mount Alexander and Bendigo ... 18,640 Ballarat, including Geelong ... 8,567 ... ... ... ... 422 Being an increase 0f...1A17,579 3 1 (Or nearly 3CO per cent.) " With the sad exception of the crime of drunkenness, the colony is at present very frde from violence and dis order. The ample wages which all classes are able to ob tain and the general prosperity that prevails contribute as much to this satisfactory condition as the large and expen sive police force which is kept up. The crimes that are committed are nearly all of them traceable to the influence of liquor. " The harvest which is now being got in is generally very good. In thg early pat tof the season great fears were enter tained from a long-continued drought. Some copious rains at length fell, and resuscitated the crops in a most surprising manner. Reports from the Hunter River district, the Illawarra district, from Shoalhaven, and from the interior, all concur in stating that the crop of wheat has been abun dant, and hay, of which an unusual breadth is laid down in consequence of the enormous prices that this article has realised, will also be a large crop. In the Hunter River district the crops are heavier than has been known for 36 years past. The clip of wool also is large ; and, although there is the usual complaint of want of labour for shearing, it seems now to have settled down more into a question of the price to be paid than absolute impossibility of procur ing hands for the work. " The unprecedented abundance of money and the keen competition introduced by new banking establishments had the effect, a short time ago, of reducing discounts from 6 per cent to 2§ per cent. But it was felt that this low rate could not be sustained, and a rapid and decided rise has taken place, as the very heavy importation and the sluggish state of the markets are causing a large demand for money. The savings-bank, which had placed a large amount of its de posits in the hands of the leading banking establishments, has recently withdrawn 200,000/. and deposited it in the Government vaults. There is still an immense amount of capital lying unemployed, the high price of labour and the general want of enterprise in the colony rendering its in vestment at a profit exceedingly difficult. " The half-hearly meeting of the Great Nugget Vein Company was held on the 16th of January. The report stated that the Government had conceded to the company a lease of the claims for 21 years. The machinery had scarcely got to work, so that no result could be reported, but sanguine expectations were held out. The balance of profit on the sale of shares in England enabled the directors to declare a dividend of a per cent, for the half year. The balance-sheet showed credits 229,4911. 14s. 7d., and debits 191,5791. 9s. Bd. The result of experiments made in this claim showed that the average produce of the quartz crushed was loz. 1 Owt. per ton, and of the alluvium washed llidwt. per ton. " A new settlement has been made in the northern dis trict at Port Curtis. A surveying party is at present em ployed there, and has marked out the site of a town, to be called Gladstone. The country is described as auriferous in its appearance and very fertile. The harbour is mag nificent. A large river has been discovered, and it is named after the Governor-General ; it runs into the sea about forty miles north of Port Curtis, and it is probable that by its means the interior of that district will be opened out. "A larger amount of waste land has been taken into occu pation for farming purposes during the past year than in any previous year; but still it is felt that, with a surplus of 500,0001. in the savings banks, and some millions in other establishments, no more desirable means of investment could be offered, if official difficulties and squatting privi leges did not stand in the way. Mr. Wentworth declared his determined opposition to what he denominated ' the picking out the eyes of the country and it is to be feared that the squatting interest generally look with extreme jealousy on the occupation of the waste lands by small settlers, as they must be aware that the increased value thus given to the waste lands will interfere with their monopoly." The Ovens ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4,734 32,363 " Gold shipped from Victoria in 1854 : Per Evadno to Calcutta 3,613 Or 3qrs 11b. loz., at 755. ... £13,548 " Exchange on London.—Draughts against gold taken at 1 per cent. discount. " The banks advance from 50s. to 60s. per ounce. " Freight of gold delivered at the Bullion-office, London, 41d. per ounce. ("Insurance, 2& guineas per cent. free of war risk." A little stimulus has been given to the out-of doors agitation againt the Constitution Bill by the reappearance of Dr. Lang in the arena. He arrived from Europe when the discussion in the Council was about to close, but immediately launched against the plan some letters in the journals. But it was not till last week he addressed a public meeting on the question ; it was called by himself in the Circus, and was numerously attended. Considering the doctor's fame as an agitator, his speech did not justify his reputation. He nearly wearied his hearers by a long and pointless introduction, with out connection with the matter in hand ; he got beyond their depth in a laboured parallel of the landed aristocracy of Rome with the squatters of Australia, and between the fall of that empire, under the invasion of the Gauls and Germans, and the probable result of a supposed invasion of the colony by the French. He declared that, in case of such an invasion, the people, under the projected new constitution, would have nothing to fight for, and, consequently, would offer no resistance. The audience, not at once perceiving the doctor was putting an assumed case, thought he was asserting a fact not complimentary to the national spirit, and showed signs of dissent, on which he was obliged to explain. All this part of his address was a failure. He succeeded best in an analysis of the present electoral law, bestowing on the authors of it, how ever, coarser terms of abuse than political contro versy can justify. His remedy for all political evils is independence, and separation of the colonies under a federal government ; rut a great change has come over society since Dr. Lang first started his agitation. The colonies were never less disposed to quarrel with the mother country than now. All the immigration of the last two years has tended to strengthen the bonds of union. The power of the home Government is considered the best protection against the undue influence of the " great interest" of the colony. Fresh blood, quicker, or, at least, more frequent communica tion, and the removal of most of the chief causes of colonial discontent, especially the cessation of convictism, have done wonders in changing both opinions and feeling. Another generation has arisen that knows not Dr. Lang ; and a theory which gained attention a few years would now ex cite no interest beyond the circle of the Doctor's personal partisans. The Sydney public had scarcely done laughing at INFERNAL MACHINES.-It is reported, whether truly or not, that several Americans, headed by ex-Alderman Wesley Smith, jun., of this city, accompanied by a Russian officer, left in the Baltic on her last outward trip, to engage in % contract with Russia to destroy British and French ships of war that approach near enough to Russian ports by means of Taylor's submarine armor and Colt's submarine battery. They have also an invention called the catapult, a vessel with double bows, armed with long sharp iron beaks, to break the sides of hostile ships. It will be propelled by steam, which drives a wheel in her bottom. It is so arranged that jets of scalding water are thrown from the vessel on all attempting to board her.—New York lierald. LAIPYEIiS IN AUSTRALIA.—There has been a large emigration of lawyers to Australia, and, from inquiries continually being made by correspondents as to the regu lations for practice there, it would appear that many are contemplating the same step. Let us give to such a timely warning. There lies now before us a letter from ayoung lawyer, who had gone to the land of gold with the fullest confidence that fortune was to be certainly and easily secured. Bitter has been his disappointment. He finds that lawyers are but little wanted there ; that for such business as there is the competitors are so numerous that no one can thrive. He has been obliged to turn his hand to labours for which he had re ceived no previous training. The day-labourer was bet ter off by far than the barrister or the attorney. He had seen gentlemen belonging to both branches of the profession glad to earn a maintenance as porters, ostlers, and waggoners—even as domestic servants. Trade, too, is overdone, and is not profitable, because everything is so expensive. Let those of our readers who may have entertained thoughts of emigration to Australia pause be fore they resolve ; and, if they go, it should not be as l a wyers, or with any hope to thrive by the law.—Law Times. REMOVAL OF SPIRITS BY RAILWAY.—IMPORTANT NEW REGULATIONS. —The following order has been issued by the Board of Inland Revenue, establishing regulations for the removal of spirits from Scotland to England by inland conveyance : —•‘ It is ordered that the several officers of this revenue take notice, for their information and guidance, of the following regulations, under which only such removal of spirits can legally b‘.‘ made :—For e i gn or B rit i s h spirits removing under Cus toms bonds must be accompanied by an advice letter signed by a Customs officer, containing a specification of the packages and the quantity and description of the spirits, and the casks or packages must be ad dressed only to the officer of Customs at the port of destination. Spirits upon which the full English duty has been paid may also be removed from Scotland to England, as at present, by inland carriage, and must be accompanied by a warehousing permit, endorsed with a specification of the spirits and a certificate that the full duty has been paid. In order that the examination of spirits removed by inland carriage may he properly at tended to, it is further ordered that the collectors in whose collections railway termini and goods stations are situate, immediately state what arrangements it may be necessary to make for the efficient performance of this duty. On the removal of spirits from the Customs bonded premises the advice letter is to be prepared by the officers in duplicate, ono copy to accompany the goods in the same manner as a permit, and the other to be forwarded by port to the port of destination, . BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females.. Total . 891 898 1,789 THE NEW FRENCH SETTLEMENT IN THE PACIFIC. The Minister of Marine has received further intelli gence from the new French possession of New Cale donia. In a report, dated from the village of Balade, December 5, 1853, Admiral Febvrier des Pointes states that having in October despatched the John Millay, an American vessel, to Sydney, for provisions, he sent an armed boat to visit the mouth of the Jahot river, and ascertain whether it might be a proper place for win tering. The expedition was quite successful, having found a spacious bay with a clayey bottom at the mouth of the above-mentioned river, twelve miles from Balade. Meanwhile a strong blockhouse was constructing at the last-mentioned place, to guard against any attack from the natives. The Prony having arrived on the 30th of October, the admiral was enabled to visit the bay himself, which he found partly formed by the steep coast of New Caledonia, and partly by a considerable island, which, by its high mountains, shelters the bay from the west and south-west winds. The sea is broken by the coral reefs which surround the island of Bou lablo, and by a sandbank which bars the entrance to the bay on the north. At the mouth of the Jahot is a bank of clay, which, however, is at a depth of three metres and a half at low water, and is not dangerous, as vessels cannot break against it. M. des Pointes employed a fortnight in surveying the mbai river,nleks alreadyfwr e h m ich i t a i s mouth,bounded by fertile plains. At six mentioned, The a nthie all deptha along, n i g s , men, both at Balade n a e s ver far les a s s th t a h n e zeal an a d nd activity of the officers and seven metres. Brick and a r t the bay, are stated to be _ hn i o m du e-kilns, forges, and saw ' above all praise. walls and roofs erected pits, have been established, a as if by magic. The block -house, is nearly completed ; it is all of atone se ' which may eAnetain de fends a magazine, now building, brick , and pro visions for a year sufficient for 600 1 this magazine is to be constructed so as to fit it for t" b of ra cks, with battlements ; so that the cr oss firear from these two buildings would render any approach to th em impossible. The sanitar y condition of the crews of the Phoque and Prony was excellent, showing that the cli mate is healthy. Iron, copper, spar, and porphyry have been found on the very surface of the island,which must therefore be rich in mineral wealth. In a second despatch, of Dec. 30, Rear-Admiral des Pointes an nounced the arrival of the steam-corvette Catinat on the 7th ; and his own departure on the 31st for Amajca, SPORTING NOTES. RUNNING REMARKS FROM YORK. The Great Northern Handicap afforded another and a convincing proof of the vast superiority of Virago. From start . to finish the race was not for an instant in doubt. Lough Bawn took up the running soon after quitting the post, Virago quietly• " biding her time until reaching the Knavesmare wood when she gi adually improved her position, took second place soon after rounding the turn into the straight, passed Lough Bawn at the distance, and won without the semblance of an effort by a clear length. So great a certainty was her success deemed that she was the only animal actually backed for the race; early in the morning even money was eagerly betted on her against the field, but her partizans hardening in confidence increased their investments until they freely laid 2 to 1 and 7 to 4 on her. Although there were seventeen runners 12 to 1 was currently offered, bar one ;—a circumstance unparalleled in the memory of the oldest turfite. The owner of Virago was warmly congratulated on his success, and mute than once the question, " Why did you scratch her for the Chester Cup ?" was put to him. In answer to this query I heard him publicly declare that he struck her out in a pas , ion ! My " cockboat" Lough Bawn satisfied me by his performance. Defi ance so ominously declined in the betting that I scarcely know whether I am to consider his running honest or not. Kingston showed prominently in the van of the encounter until turning into the straight, when he disappeared ft oin the front. Had he been persevered with he might have obtained a more forward position at the finish. Heapy got badly off, but was sixth past the winning post. John Scott, however, was not a little " savage" at his jockey's indiscretion in "ex posing" the horse, and rated him soundly in consequence, telling him that he ought to have known he had not an earthly chance, and should have pulled up. Balrownie was third—a performance certainly not insignificant, and one that forcibly suggests the question " where would West Australian have been ?" Book-makers ' with few exceptions, stood the field " like lambs." The Leviathan Book Maker, took odds despite the warning which he received from " honest John" in the morning. Principle, I suppose, would not allow him to take advantage of the tip. Kingston's party backed their horse, but they were scarcely san guine of success. Good-bye, Bob," were the la 4 words of Mr. Morris to Basham as the latter quitted the enclosure on Kingston. None but the owner was seemingly sweet upon Jujube, and it was not his fault if every one was not acquainted with his partiality. My notes on the minor events must be brief. Orestes, as I expected, won the Craven Stakes. Hospodar, a much improved horse, belonging to Lord Zetland, carried off the Spring St. Leger with admirable ease, and was immediately backed somewhat spiritedly for the Derby at 50 and 40 to 1. The Zetland Stakes occa sioned some heavy betting. Sicily was the favourite, but she sorely disappointed her backers ; my " first fancy " Bessie won, after an exciting race in with Mary, by a head. Mary was backed with much spirit ; her owner it is said investing about one thousand pounds on her. The weather was cold but not unfavourable to the enjoyment of the sport. The attendance of general com pany was very large, but the muster of business men and fashionable visitors perhaps fell short of expectation. Still, the getters up of the meeting have cause to con gratulate themselves upon the satisfactory inauguration of the First Great Northern Handicap. The efficiency of the "executive department" was attested by the punctuality and regularity with which the proceedings were conducted. Mr. North, the clerk of the course, as usual distinguished himself by his zeal for the proper carrying out of the details of the management. Before closing my communication I may refer, with pardonable satisfaction, to my " notes and notions" which were published in The Sun on Monday. After stating my opinions at length respecting the Great Nor thern Handicap, I thus " summed up" the proba bilities : " After her recent achievements at Epsom, it would be seemingly sheer folly to desert Virago's colours ; still I am compelled to confess that in Kingston, Vindex, and Defiance she will meet her most dangerous antagonists, and one of them may snatch the victory from her. I have omitted West Australian from this summing up," be cause lam at present in doubt as to his starting. Should he, however, go to the post, I shall not deem his chance a forlorn one. Of the " extreme outsiders," I give the pre ference to Lough Bawn and Jujube. The former is cer tainly favourably weighted, and many shrewd judges in tend " to go for the off chance with him." The scepticism which I entertained respecting Virago's "flying qualities" is now removed. The,Craven Stakes I assigned to Orestes, the Zetland Stakes to Bessie, and the Spring St. Leger to Barrel. It will be seen, therefore, that I indicated the winner of every race which I touched upon, except the last-men tioned event, for which my " pick" from a field of ten ran second. A FRESH MAN. YORK SPRING MEETING. CONCLUSION OF TUESDAY'S RACES.-ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. THE GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 300 added by the licensed victuallers and their friends. Penalties for certain winners ; the second horse in any handicap, value 500 sovs, 51b extra. No horse to carry more . than 101 b extra. The second horse to receive 100 sovs out of the stakes, arid the third to save his stake. Two miles, over the old course. Two hundred and ten subs, 129 of whom declared. Mr. Howard's Virago, by Pyrrhus the First, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (including 101 b extra) (Wells) 1 Mr. J. J. Henderson's Lough Bawn, 6 yrs, 7st 21b (G. Oates) 2 Mr. I'Anson's Balrownie, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Templeman) 3 The following also ran : Mr. Morris's Kingston, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (Bastian)) 0 Sir C. Monk's Vindex, 4 yrs, 7st 71b ...(E. Harrison) 0 Mr. T. Parr's Defiance, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Hiett) 0 Mr. W. M. E. Milner's Grapeshot, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (J. Osborne) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Typee, 4 yrs, 7st 21b ...(Ashinall) 0 M r . H. Watters's Lord Fauconberg, 4 yrs, Est 131 b (G. Waddington) 0 Mr. Surtees's C. Co , lsterdale, 6 yrs, Est 121 b (Carroll) 0 Spence 's Catherine Parr, 4 yrs, Est 111 b Mr. (T. Cliff) 0 Mr. H. T. Thompson's Guicowar, 4 yrs, 6st 111 b (J. Gill) 0 Mr. S. Murland's Ammonia, 5 yrs, 6st 61b (T. Sher wood) 0 Mr. Harrison's Heapy, 4 yrs, Est 6lb (carried 6st 81b) (Chilman) 0 Mr. C. Peck's The Puritan, 5 yrs, Est 61b...(Hayhoe) 0 Mr. Knapton's Merry Monk, 3 yrs, sst 121b...(Bates) 0 Mr. E. R. Clark's Jujube, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b (Cresswell) 0 Betting—At one time 2 to 1 was betted on Virago, but 7 to 4 was the closing price ; 100 to 8 each agst Kingston and Defiance, 100 to 7 agst Vindex, 16 to 1 agst Typee ; 25 to 1 each agst Lough Bawn and Heapy, 100 to 3 agst Catherine Parr, 40 to 1 agst Jujube. Nothing backed for money except the fa vourite. Oliver, jun., weighed for Ann Eliza, but she did not go to the post. On drawing together to start, Merry Monk broke away and ran some dis tance out of the course to the right before he was pulled up. Soon after being brought back the flags were dropped, and away the high-mettled competitors streamed. Puritan immediately went to the front, with Lough Bawn in close attendance, Ammonia and Vindex being third and fourth ; the favourite, Kingston, and Balrownie lying about the middle of the ruck. Scarcely had they proceeded a quarter of a mile when Lough Bawn took up the running, and on passing Knavesmire Wood he was seen in possession of a distinct lead, but his chance was even then in palpable jeopardy, for the favourite full of running, improved her position at every stride, and showed that, barring au accident, the victory was within her power. Nearing the straight, less and less was the interval between her and Lough Bawn ; Kingston followed her round the turn, and then gave way, Balrownie and Defiance taking third and fourth places. At the distance the favourite obtained the lead ; Lough Bawn made a vigorous effort to regain it, but in vain ; the favourite defeated him very easily by a length, the second beating the third three lengths ; a length between third and fourth ; Lord Fauconberg was fifth ; Heapy, who lost start, was sixth ; and ColsterJale seventh. Puritan and Ammonia, in the extreme rear, pulled up and walked in. Net amount of the stakes, 2,1801. SELLING STAKES of 25 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of Optional selling sovs each, for three yr-olds and upwards. _uo Four selling weights, &c. One mile and a q uarter. subs. Captain Reynard's Vinaigrette, by Bentley, 4 yrs, (Kendall) 1 7st llb (301.) ...... Mr. Wright's The Greek .*********** *** e; * * ******* 7 Thomson) (301.) (Bates) 2 Mr. G. S. Thompson's Shamrock, 4 yrs, p) 3 Mr. John Thomas's Goldfringe, 5 yrs, 7st 7lb (Barrett) 4 Betting-7 to 4on The G r h e e a k l f aS length to length W t Vinaigrette. on cleverly b and a half between the second and third. T H E SCREW STEAM S I3f LA.—GLASGOW, Mond E The fleet of the Peninsular and Oriental Company has rece ived a magnificent accession in the screw s t eamer, Simla, which , having been just completed by M essrs. Tod and Alaegregor, sailed to-day from the B romn i e l aw. She will remain a day or two at the Gareloch, to have her compasses adjusted, whence she sails to Southamp ton, from which she will carry the Indian mail to Alex andria on the 4th proximo. The Simla is constructed of iron, and is one of the finest ships which have ever been constructed on the Clyde. Her dimensions are as follows :—Tonnage, by new measurement, 2,440 tons ; by old measurement, 2,600 tons ; her power is equal to 650 horses ; by inside measurement she is 335 ft. in length, 30ft. 6in. breadth, and 28ft. in depth. It will thus be observed, that of the Peninsular and Oriental fleet, the Simla is next in size to, and only a few feet shorter than the Himalaya, and she is confi dently expected at least to rival her in her sailing powers. The Simla is a three-decker, and her fittings and general accommodation, including baths, light, and ventilation for a numerous body of cabin passengers, are of the most magnificent description. Her saloon will accommodate at dinner 150 passengers at one sitting. Within 48 hours, however, all h er ornamental trapp i ngs can be removed, when she might be transformed into a troop-steamer, capabl e of carrying 1,500 men. The Simla is commanded by Captain B roo k s, th e o ld es t co mmander in the service of the Peninsular and Oriental Company. The ra p idit y with which this ship has had her engine s p ut on Loam,and her internal accommodation completed, may be learnt from the f a ct that she was only launched in the sal of February. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAY LEGISLATION. The question relating to the introduction of Mr. Card well's committee of new clauses in the London, Brighton, and South Coast, the North London, and other railway bills now before Parliament, as a first step to improve railway legislation, is appointed for discussion to-night in the House of Commons. It appears that great efforts have been made by the directors of several railway one" panies to obtain the rejection of those clauses, prepara tory to the intended overthrow of the general measure' to be brought before the house on the Ist of May, for facilitating the transmission of traffic from one railway to another, and compelling railway companies to forward the traffic over the various lines of railway in a manner most conducive to the public interests, and at the same time it is believed for the mutual advantage of theshare holders in the respective companies. Some of the railway directors and officials strongly object to the pro- • posed interference, and also to the power in the bill sought to be conferred on the Board of Trade of regulating the traffic arrangements, and settling differences that might arise between railway companies, deciding on the amount of tolls in certain cases to be charged and paid, and on the hours for the starting and arrival of railway trains at certain point s of junction with lines of hostile companies. Bad 45 the vicious system of railway legislation" has heel heretofore, and which has been so bitterly cornPlai ne of at railway meetings, it seems it is not to be given IT without a struggle. With regard to the objection raised against the adjudication by the Board of Trade , it la rather remarkable that in almost every case of dispute, between railway companies for some years past the rt f ' way companies have invariably addressed the Board Trade on the subject for redress in some shape or otherr with a view to induce that Board to interfere in the mat ter, and finally to undertake a settlement of the difference. In many railway bills the companies hilve provided that in case of dispute the matter should be referred to the Board of Trade, or to some arbitrator to be appointed 11, the Board of Trade. The prop ose d gen eral measure voli require some useful modifications to secure the interests of shareholders, and to meet objections that may be raised, and to carry out the objects of it successfully and satisfactorily. There can be no doubt, however' that any simple and effective measure that may hav e th e effect of doing away with th e necess ity o f, or pretad for, all sorts of amalgamations, improvident leases, an unwarrantable guarantees, which have already albs; ciated railway property to the extent of several Eni ,° i ; of capital, will meet with the most strenuous opPos i " - of directors, lawyers, Parliamentary agents, and other interested parties, as it would at once cut offs Derr fruitful source of profit, and condemn the policy Pur a° for years past by a number of large railway comp RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN. for O. SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY.—Traffio return week ending April 23, 1854 £2,9982,99g 2 1 of Corresponding week last year 2,782 12 COUNTBY MARKETS. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARX-El" APRIL 25. • s There was a large supply of straw of all descript ion the market. The prices to-day were as follow : 1 Oat straw, from 5s Od to 7s 6d per kemple of 6 & 0a .,. tron ; wheat do. as Od to 7s 6d ; barley do., 50 Od to 68 Hay from lid to 13d ; new ditto, Od to Od per stone' EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—APRIL 25. di There were in the market to-day, 18 sacks oatmeal, ef i. o 4 weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus.: -4 at 21. 14 at 1/. 19s Od, and 0 at 01. 9s. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—Aran 17. There were in the market to-day 67 bags of oatnilet; 2 of barleymeal, and 1 of pot-barley. Sales doll. ; top price of oatmeal is down ; the sec ond was is d own third the same as last week. Pot-barley on the tOP P ri as before. rrhi a• Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs Fi rs t. Second. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —s Od —s Od Oe Pot-barley, per ditto DUBLIN—APRIL 25. White wheat, 44, 01 to 00s Od; red ditto, 00s to 423 0 4, barley, 22s 6d to 00s Od ; oats, 18s Od to 00s Od ; raPe.,,, eE r o "Os Od to 00s Oct per brl ; oatmeal, 00 s Oct to 18s Od ; 13 " -e , 0 flour, 00s Od to 273 Od per cwt; Inalau corn, 45s Od to 003 per 4801bs. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CLERGYMAN.--A shocking accident occurred at Gloucester on Tuesday, which hag ' unfortunately, terminated fatally. The Rev. Mr. Cla son, vicar of Sandhurst, was driving through the street. of Gloucester, on his way to his church, abou t thre : miles out of the city, having an engagement to marry _ couple at 11 o'clock, when the horse, in proceeding dov North ate-street ran away, and j e rked the servant w was driving, out of the carriage. The rev. gentlein. having no control over the animal, and being alarmed ", the speed at which he was trave llin g , attempted to g out of the vehicle, and was thrown with great violent! against the kerbstone. 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