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T - I* 2';',- j - --- 71''-='? numbers are--from Castlemaine, 10,980 ; Sandh - .'''...........:.---- ~?_.../ 20,255 ; Golden Point, 20 ; Fryer's Creek, WiLii-Va.;4Aitajo,) Mount Franklyn, 132 ; Eagle Hawk, 236 ; Heathcote, '- 1,740 ; Waranga, 173 ; Ovens, 2,977; Snake Valley, 43." COUNTRY COTTAGE for a PERMANENCY. WANTED, by Lady-day or Midsummer, on any of the South-Eastern branches, within twenty miles of Loncl ,, n and three of a station, containing at least two good sitting and tour or five bed r ooms, with chaise-house and stable attached. An old-fashioned Manor or Farm-house would Ettit, and a small quantity of pasture land desirable, though not essential. A retired situation not ob jected to, but a dry soil and good water indispensable. Address, with full particulars. to M. T. Y., 33, Brydges-street, Covent-garden. b. a 1, FOURTEENTH PUBLIC DRAWING.—One Hundred Right of Choice will be drawn for next Saturday, at noon, at the Offices of the Conservative Land Society, 33, Norfolk street, Strand. Shares taken prior to the final numbers being placed In the wheel will be included in this drawing CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1854. No. 19,123.] PRICE SD. The Gee/wig Advertiser thus refers to the disco very of a new goldfield "We have received information, upon which we have reason to place reliance, that a remunerative goldfield has been satisfactorily tested at Smythe's Creek, between Boninyong and Carngham, about six miles eastward of the latter township. It will be remembered that a few months ago there was a transient rush'' from Ballarat to the westward, which ended as the generality of rushee do, in disappointment to the mass. It seems, however, that a few men, who had an opinion of their own, con tinued prospecting, and success has at length crowned their labours. One party has washed out 46 ounces in three days. The holes that have been sunk range from 6to 14 feet deep. The road to this new goldfield passes through Boninyong, after leaving which place the tra veller has to keep along the Burnbank road for about six miles, and then to take to the left along the old Portland road. The diggings are on Smythe's Creek, a tributary of the Wardy yallock. The go ld i s l arge, and very much waterworn.' r HE POPULAR NEW NOVELS. Published by HITRST and BLecsETT, Successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all the Libraries. I. HIGH AND LOW. By the Hon. HENRY COKE. 2. FLORENCE THE BEAUTIFUL. By A. BAILLIE COCH RANE, Esq. 3. ALICE WENTWORTH : A Tale. 4. THE ROSES. By the Author of " The Flirt." I. A LIEFORD. By the Author of "John Drayton." 6. CHARLES AUC HESTER : A Musical Novel. Dedicated to the Right Hon. B. Disraeli. 7. HERBERT LAKE. By the Author of "Anne Dysart." LORD PALMERSTON. AUSTRALIA. IHE " CRCESUS " for AUSTRALIA.— Notice is Hereby Given, that by an arrangement entered into with her Majesty's Postmaster,General, the Cacusrs will touch at Lisbon to take up the Mails deipatchcd by the MATILDA WAT TENBACII in December last, which ship is now lying disabled in the Tagus. Letters for the CacEscs may be posted up to TO-Moßnow EVENING ( rWESDAY.) She will sail early on Wednesday morn ing, the 11th instant. J. L. O'BEIRNE, Secretary. General Screw Steam Shipping Company, Adelaide-Place, Jan. 9, 1854. (From the Morning Herald.) The resignation of office by Lord Palmerston, and his extraordinary resumption of it, constitute an incident in English history not lightly to be passed over. We need scarcely say that nothing like a true explanation of this occurrence has been as yet communicated to the public. We are bold to say that the r eal facts will never be stated. The causes of that sudden resignation and startling with drawal of it are, we suspect, destined to remain among the state secrets of the reign of Queen Victoria. It is impossible not to remember, in connection with this strange event, that just two years before there had occurred another removal from office of the noble lord. On the 22d of December, 1851, Lord Palmerston was dismissed. It is not without its use to recal the atten tion of the public to the circumstances connected with that extraordinary dismissal. On the 22d of December, 1851, Lord John Russell intimated to Lord Palmerston that he had received her Majesty's commands to take from him the seals of a Secretary of State. In the month of February follow ing Parliament met, and of the first night's debate the dismissal of the noble lord formed the most prominent subject. Those who will take the trouble to read that debate will now feel perfectly satisfied that the real cause of Lord Palmerston's dismissal was purposely sup- pressed—that all allusion to it was avoided both by Lord John Russell and by Lord Palmerston, and that the "explanations" which were given were only calculated to mystify the transaction for which they professed to account. d; ?er Od. 4d lON DON (tr. NORTH- WESTERN RAILWAY. Notice is Hereby Given, that the BOOKS In which TRANS FERS of Stock and Shares of this Company are registered will be CLO 4 ED on WEDNESDAY, the 26th instant, and that all Transfer Deeds for Registration must be deposited in this Office on or before that day, to en.itle Proprietors to the forthcoming Dividend. By order. R. BOOTH, CHAS. E. STEWART,' Secretaries. Office, Euston Station, 6th January, 1854. THE FIRST VOLUME IS NOW READY, Embellished with Fourteen Portraits, price 7s. 6d. bound, of .he CHEAP EDITION of LIVES of the QUEENS OF ENGLAND. By AGNES STRICKLAND. To be completed in Eight Monthly Volumes, illustrated with POR TRAITS of every QUEEN, and combining all other late improve merits Published for Henry Colburn, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ONDON & SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Aj In consequence of the rapid breaking up of the frost, the speed of the Fest Trains on this Line will be reduced until further notice. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fth.lam-road), The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, ls. Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and teradnate at half-past 11. A correspondent of the Argus says, in re f erence to the cost of carrying flour to the diggings, which is estimated at 401. a-ton,—" Allowing the popula tion to be only 60,000 (I hear it is 80,000), and al lowing each person 101 b. of flour per week, wi give just 600,0001 b., or 300 tons at 401., which is only 12,000/. each week for carriage ; or, for 52 weeks, 15,600 tons at 401. gives annually the very small and trifling sum of 624,0001. for carriage of flour only." By order. ARCHD. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. Railway Office, 7th Jan., 1854. _ - LONDON (IT SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. FOREIGN TRAFFIC.-SPECIAL NOTICE. From and after Ist J..ifeusuT, 1854, the existing THROUGH RATES for Goods Traffic betwixt London and Paris, acid betwixt Paris and the Channel Islands, w ill b e DISCONTINUED. Goods will be conveyed, as heretofore, betwixt London and Havre, and betwixt Havre and the Channel Islands, at reduced through rates, which include all charges from the Quay at Havre to London, or to the Charinel Islands, the amount of Customs' Duty and Marine Insurance excepted. Goods will be conveyed betwixt London and Havre three times a week, each way, as heretofore. For particulars of through rates, and all other information, apply in London, to Mr. SIMI(' N, 53, King William-street, City; In Southampton, to Mr. WA I KINS, Railway-station ; in Havre, to Mr. GILLS, 5, Rue-de-la-Gaffe. (3y order) ARCRD. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. Railway-aim, London, Dec. 24 1853. AN incl A ud ij in ß c t E he B T ERN S ESE I O T HER 9S LAND ° and T the B SI LMPLOCNI TO-NIGHT (MOND,vY), afoi EVERY EVENING at Eight o'Clock, (except Saturday), and Thursday and Saturday Mornings, at Two. Stalls, 35., which can be taken at the box office every dayfrom 11 to 4 ; area, 25.; gallery, Is —Mont Blanc , Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. An opinion appears to be ga i n i ng ground that, notwithstanding the announcement made by Mr. Foster of the views of the Government respecting an elective Upper House, the select committee on the constitution will probably recommend a House of nominees. The price of gold on the 27th was 3/. 16s. 63. ; a splendid nugget weighing 174 ounces was pur chased from a Bendigo digger by Mr. Khull. Robberies were rife in Geelong. CHEER, BOYS, CHEER ; Far, Far upon the sea; Long Parted have we Been (double numbers), at 6d. each. To the West, to the West; The Parting rear; Land, Land, Land. Iha Slave Sale ; Come, who Bids ? The Slave Chase ; and The African Village, at 3d, each ; or the nine songs, neatly bound together, price 3s Published in the MUSICAL BOUQUET, at the office. 192, Holborn, and sold by all Book and Musicsellers. " These are Mr. Etussell's most celebrated songs, and there is hartPy a seal in Lonoon who is not acquainted with Cheer, Boys, Cheer."' Times, Sept. 12, 1853. . s an sin Lave per for ions 61 of Leavy uota- Lan- West ester, East. y few L turn. Man• nifestS MOM' id the he fol. York* but ; Mid [Anew, 30 3434 25 5734 42g 126 g 1268 53 5314 L oz. 17 9 0 0 5 0% 0 0 5 1% st-oflice Vhen ue in tgland. th 3100 ived certain• 1. 16 1. 20 t. 16 ived . 16 10 . 20 [cedall7 feedaLll 16 cedelf .1 .12 . 16 ertalti yin be [a 0 1 Ki the moo.. ~........" 1• ) of Eeq• smell Pir ra • nnfs vill arta West chd• 24th Dec., 1853. Prospectuses free on application ,the agh, NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. BANE OF DEPOSI NATIONAL ASSURA.NCE & INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION, 7, SI. MAETIN'S-PLACE, TRAFALCAR-SQUARE, LONDON. Established A.D. 1844. THE WARRANTS for the HALF-YEARLY INTEREST. at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, on the Investment Stock of this Institution, to the 31st December, will be ready for delivery on and after 9th January, and payable daily between the hours of 11 and 3. Parties residing at a distance may have the Warrants and proper Receipts forwarded for signature : the amount will then be paid on presentation at the Head Offices, in London, or transmitted in any other way to suit the convenience of depositors. PETER, MORRISON, Managing Director. WEDNESDAY EVENING CONCERTS, EXETER HALL.—January 11th, 1854. GEMS FROM CLASSIC AUTHORS. After which, POPULAR ENGLISH COMPOSERS. Madame Amedel, Miss Thirlwall, Miss Clara St. Casse, Miss Har riet Chipp, the Misses Brougham, Mr. Augustus Braham, Mr. Hill, Mr. Lawler. Soloists—Grand Pianoforte : Miss Rosina Bentley. Harp: Mdlle. Louise Christine. Born : Mr. Catchpole. Violin : the Brothers Alfred and Henry Holmes. BAND—SEVENTY PERFORMERS. Conductor, HERR MEYER LUTZ. Stalls, 4s. ; Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Area, Gallery, and Platforms, ls. Tickets to be had at the 11.11. Tickets issued for the 4th will be available on the 11th, the Con cert. for which day was Kstponed on account of the inclement weather. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. MAGNIFICENT PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES, prepared ex pressly for this Institution by Monsieur Ferriere of Paris, exhibited on a surface 35 feet by 28, with an ENTIRELY NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS, daily at a Quarter past Four. LECTURES by Dr. BACUOFFNER on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LECTURE by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., on SPONTANEOUS COMBUS TION, with Brilliant Experiments. LAST WEEK of an HISTORICAL and MUSICAL LECTURE illustrated with DISSOLVING SCENERY, entitled " The ROAD the RIVER, and the RAIL," by J. E. CARPENTER, Esq., assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, every evening, except Saturday, at Nine o'clOck. Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, Half-price. AFFAIRS ON TF U ICE.—Rare old Winter! crusty business " sliding scales" popular everywhere, the sur face of the lakes peopled with industrious thousands, and the fishes snoozing under a coverlet of ice some nine or ten inches thick, but every individual, lady and gentleman, fully appreciating the excel lencies of the WINTER AT TIRE prepared by E. Moses and Sox. Never - was there such a promiscuous gathering on the skating busii teas as during the past week, and never such a display of fashionable and comfortable Dress. Tho success of E. MOsE3 and SON never appeared so much to ad vantage. and loud and numerous were the encomiums passed on them by the skaters and the dense multitudes which lined the banks of the waters. It appears that the business of E. MOSES and Sox must always triumph, the best Dress being prepared by them for every season, cold, wet, damp, frost, or snow, variety fer all classes, and comfort. able attire for everybody at the most economical prices. Skaters and sportsmen all patronise the productions of E. Moses and Sox,*the style and fit of the Garments made by them being so Mu& superior to any others. Younggentletnen are fully equipped at E. Mons and Sox's, their Attire, Bats, Caps, Shirts, Hosiery, Boots and Shoes, &c., being un paralleled for superiority and economy. F.or freezing or thawing times and all other times, for ladies and gentlemen, men of business, mechanics, sailors, and emigrants, the East and West End Establishment of E. MOSES and SoN secure as tonishing:advantages in Quality and Price. The Wholesale Department affords the greatest advantages to Purchasers either for the home trade or the colonies. CAUTION. —E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with 'heir Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER. HoIISE IN 011 Our OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 84 ,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West -end Branch, 505,507, 508, New Oxford .street, 1, 2 and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36 rargate. Colonial Branch, M.lbou.ne, Australia. Merchant Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTAiTT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be All exchanged if desi re d, or, if preferred, the money will be returned 'without h es it ation. price, goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest from which no abatement can he made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset 011 Saturdays, whets business Is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, " The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain ing full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, &c., &c., may be had on application, or post-free. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1854 can be had. gratis, on application. Id Pon pa.rie Francais. Qui si paria.ltallano. Mar srricht man Deutsch. Aqua se hania Esparto • ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fift'eth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2e. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, 6d. in stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of Mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol• lowed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster row, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Gor don. 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95 Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard ; B utler, 4, C ' heapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing Mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infectiOn, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ings. PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and Philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALM OF sYRIticUM is exclusively employed In treating nervous and sexual debility impotence, &c., lis and 33 1 . per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection. secondary symptom eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I is. and 335. per bottle. perry s Purifying Specific Pills, 2 s . 9 d., 45. 6d., and I ls. ' per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and required : age, habits, and posi r. Consultatio n f ee, i f by letter, n in society. chronic m inflammation of the Packets, t he c b witha ladde isadvice, to be h a d at the Establish ment only, by which the f ee , 11 ,is sav ed. Messrs. Perry, Surgeon., ers-street arc in attendance, daily, at 19, Beni . xford-street, Lon 11. FIVa to EWA: On Sar f don. from Eleven till l Two. Two. an from Eleven to One. INFIRMITIE S OF MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET ARE, LONDO N, DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 3. v , BED-- YOUTH mein , b_e_r d o n f n th H e ,,s U pi n t i a v l e u rs e lf dl y coal f Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London London, Sec., gm Soelety, Licentiate of Apothecaries' flail, MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the 'various disorders of the nervous and generative system, r esulting from juvenile i rregu l ar iti es an d excesses, which have pro- Unfruitful Mart limed more misery i n yout h , d egra d a ti on I n manhood, and prema ture decay at all s t ages of life, than perhaps any o ther class of dis cases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treat ment of these diseases has proved that th ^re are in exist once secret causes of self-acquired mi ser i e s and disapp o inted hopes in existence, traceabl e t o certain pernicious habits, to w hi c h Nervous Debility, various for ms o f I nsanity, Unhappy an d Marri ages, Impoten c y, L ocal and Con'titutional Weakness, and the ir endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is ab so l u t e l y necessary that all men should know thatthere are P r inciples of perso na l management which cannot be vio la ted without I ncurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed s t he heyday o f i nconsiderate self-indulgence, how these pelt nlay be mitigated, how the s tin g o f their bitterness may be rmewl, that and how the evil an d i ts con-equenc es may be avoided, and above all, there is scar ce l y any degree of physical infirmity or functional deran gement to whi c h th e timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged In an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is free. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply rewarded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated P üblications, asstoned foreign names an d t itl es, an d pretended virtues have been induc e d to of their patent nostrums, h ave inflicted serious injury ou th ose w h o P lace faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters roust contain the fee of 1/., and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It 13 desirable that patie nts wishing s hould first obtain a copy of hi s work on to consult Dr. LA'AfERT SELF-PRESERVATION. A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy- of Marriage and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct description of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper Brothers and Co. 23, Paternoster-row; Ha nnay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or free by 'poet for forty-two'stamps, t 6 any address from the Author's resi de ce,37, BxDFORD-SQUABE LONDoti, ATKINSON and COMPANY, CABINET MANUFACTURERS, UPHOLSTERERS, and CARPET WAREHOUSEMEN. 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster bridge-road, Lambeth, London. ATKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS, SILK MERCERS, LACEMEN, &e., 69. 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster-bridge-road, Lambeth, London.—Shawls, Furs, Mantles, Family Mourning, &c. VXPORTERS to AUSTRALIA, EAST IN _LA DIES, CAPE, &c.—Genuine YARMOUTH BLO MRS. — For terms apply to THOMAS LETTIS, Fish Merchant, Great Yarmouth. OYSTERS-TO EPICURES. UEENBOROUGH and FAVERSHAM NATIVE OYSTERS. T .e most acceptable Present at this season of the year is a Barre of the best NATIVE OYSTERS, which are to be obtained at SCOTT'S Celebrated OYSTER WAREHOUSE, 18, Coventry-street, Piccadilly, at ss. 6d.per Barrel, warranted to weigh 141bs. AFRICAN MAIL. PLYMOUTH, SUNDAY. The Royal Mail Steam-shipping Company's ship Forerunner, Captain W. H. Barnwell, arrived here this afternoon from the west coast of Africa, bring ing mails from the Cameroons, Nov. 29 ; Old Cala bar, Dec. 2 • Bonny, 3 ; Lagos, 6 ; Accra, 8; Cape Coast, 9 ; Liberia, 13; Sierra Leone, 20 ; Bathurst, 24 ; Gloree, 24 ; Teneriffe, 29 ; Madeira, Jan. 1. Cargo comprises 115 casks of palm oil, 105 ele phants' tusks, 29 pieces of ebony, 7 tons of cam wood, packages of samples, 6 puncheons of seed, 2 boxes of specie, 1 case of hardware, 163 packages of gum, and a variety of general cargo ; gold-dust, 2,2201. Passengers—Mr. John Kirtley, Mr. W. Hearne, Dr. Hutchinson, Mr. Mitchell Hearne, from Fer nando Po • Rev. Mr. Sheres, from Monrovia ; and .An Lieut. Anton, Ist West India Regiment, from Sierra Leone, all of whom landed at this port. She also brings several boxes of despatches and ships' papers for the Admiralty. The new King of Lagos, Dosunes, had paid a visit of respect to Rear Admiral Bruce on the ar rival of the Penelope, flag-ship, on the 7th of No vember. His Majesty was accompanied by many Abbeokutan chiefs. Affairs are still in a very troubled state, Kossako using all his exertions to neutralise legitimate authority. Some of the slave traders have lately been killed at Labu by a party of Abbeokutans. Her Majesty's ships Polyphemus and Ferret were in the harbour at Lagos. Penelope and Teazer were at Sierra Leone on the 14th. Rear Admiral Bruce's daughter was married to Lieutenant Ale xande , Flag Lieutenant to the Admiral, at the church in Free Town on the 15th December. The ceremony was performed by the Bishop, Dr. Vidal, who, with his lady, have since left Sierra Leone for England, in the Volcano, on account of Mrs. Vidal's health. The Hope, mail packet, arrived on the 18th. Mr. Carr, second master of Myrmidon, was shot by two natives at Knazaban, one of the Bijamba islands, on the 28th November. He was on shore amusing himself by spearing fish, when he was fired at from the bush. His body was frightfully mangled when discovered next day. Three ships of war—Antelope, Myrmidon, and Britomart—left Sierra Leone for Kan Sabac. Since leaving Madeira the Forerunner has ex perienced some very severe weather, and shipped some heavy seas. The St. Jean d'Acre, Hon. Captain Keppel, was at Madeira. The Volcano (steamer) put out of Madeira harbour on the 31st of December, on her voyage home, but was obliged to put back in consequence of the heavy weather. She would, however, sail the day after the Fore runner for this , country. The Faith, mail steamer, had arrived and sailed on her outward passage the day before the Forerunner arrived. LIBERIA.—The message of President Roberts had been addressed to the House of Representa tives at Mormonia on the sth of December. It represents the state of the colony to be in a very flourishing condition, and details assurances of friendly concern for its welfare from her Majesty as well as from continental governments. From the French Government tangible proofs had been received of the interest his Imperial Majesty feels in the future prosperity of this infant state. As a present to this Government, the French Minister of War had forwarded recently 1,000 stand of arms, to be followed shortly, as advised by the agent in Paris, by an equal number of equipments for the militia. The Act of Incorporation of the Liberian College ; a statement of the receipts and disbursements of the treasury, for the year ending the 30th of Sep tember ; a notice of the abandonment of the Libe rian exploring expedition by Commander Lyrch ; of the disturbances caused by some slave-trading chiefs of the coast ; and an eulogium on the Hon. J. Teague and J. A. Rowne, concluded the mes sage, which was one of decided merit as a literary production. THE STRIKES IN THE NORTH. PRESTON, SATURDAY.—Since my last despatch, depu tations of spinners and self-actor minders have waited upon the heads of the firms by which they were formerly employed. The deputations consisted of four persons each, except in the case of the largest firm in the town, when eight persons constituted the deputation. Almost every master in the town was seen personally, and at every place the hands were received with the utmost courtesy. As might have been expected, when it is considered that all the employers with whom communi cation was held are members of the association, the answer in most cases was that no steps could be taken towards a settlement of the dispute without a previous conference with that body. In, some instances the mas ters declared their inability to pay an advance upon the wages of March last. Many condemn the operatives' union, and some few expressed their opinion that com binations of either masters or men were objectionable. The week's returns show that the number of unem ployed hands relieved from the Trades Union fund was 15.721 ; last weeks 15,720 • increase, 1. The amount distributed in r e li e f th i s we& was 3,7051. 16s. 3d. ; lest w eek, 2,9441. Bs. 3d. ; increase, 761/. Bs. 3d. A meeting of the master manufacturers of Manches ter was held on Thursday, to consider the propriety of joining the other associations of the district in aiding the Preston millowner, by subscribing five per cent. upon the w a g es p aid in every mill which is at work, in order to defray the current expenses of those who are fighting the battle of the whole trade. The resolutions passed at a meeting on Tuesday last onwthaissosouabjoehnetohoasvlye already been m ade p ublic. The c ourse taken at that was generally approved, et of those and it was resolutions.that the Manchestert b e object Association should j o i n the agreedothers lleeting in carrying out the 3 m G LASG OW, JAN. 6.--The dispute between the masters and the workmen in Glas g ow city still cont inue s,and nine hundred young per sons, male and female, indepen dent of adults, are consequently out of employment. A placard has also been issued to the people of Scot land, by the operative spinners' committee, in the name of the operative cotton spinners of Scotland, announcing their determination to resist the design of the seven em ployers by every legitimate means, and appealing for pecuniary assistance. The North British Daily Mail of Friday, says that during the preceding three days the committee bad re ceived, as subscriptions from the general public, on be half of the piecers thrown out of employment, the sum of 361. 18s. 10d. Lord John Russell's' statement was, in fact, that the first movement towards Lord Palmerston's dismissal came, in fact, from the Queen ; that about the 13th or 14th of December the Queen had addressed a communi cation to Lord John Russell adverting to a dispatch of Lord Normanby's, in which expressions of Lord Pal merston's to Count Walewski had been referred to, ex pressing surprise at Lord Palmerston's acting without the Queen's sanction, and desiring Lord John Russell to ascertain the truth. Upon this Lord John Russell further stated that he felt it his duty to advise the Queen to dismiss Lord Palmerston, as having been deficient in proper respect for the Sovereign. The very statement was in itself perfectly sufficient to show that all was not told. Lord Palmerston, in his reply, triumphantly pointed out that in his conversa tion with Count Walewski he had not said one word more than had been said by other members of the Ca binet, including Lord John Russell himself. The in ference appeared irresistible, that the assigned cause of his dismissal was not the real one, and in this position both Lord John Russell and Lord Palmerston seemed content to leave the affair. But among the most singular of all the singular facts connected with the transaction was this—that neither Lord Palmerston nor yet Lord John Russell stated to the house hat ho had sought the p erm i ss i on o f th e Queen to - disclose the facts connected with Lord Pal merston's dismissal. We pray our readers' special attention to this. It was, we venture to say, the first occasion since the revolution on which a British Minister has been removed from office wichout seeking and obtaining the permission of the Sovereign to state to Parliament every fact connected with his dismissal. Without that permission Lord Pal merston's lips were sealed. His speech told us nothing, because it could not tell us anything. But even Lord John Russell did not say that he had sought the per mission of the Queen to state all the facts. He could not have done so without advising the Queen equally to release Lord Palmerston from Ins obligation of secrecy. Be this as it may, this occasion was the first since the revolution upon which a British Minister was dis missed from office without a statement to Par liament, that the Sovereign had consented to an unreserved disclosure of every fact connected with that dismissal. No such statement was made. That dismissal is to this hour a matter lying under the veil of secrecy. That Lord Palmerston submitted to this— that the House of Commons tolerated it, is but one of many proofs that the Government of England, as to its foreign politics is no longer a parliamentary one. But Lord John Russell's statement disclosed some im portant facts. In the first place, the noble lord dis tinctly stated that the first move towards Lord Palmer ston's dismissal came from the Court. A letter from the Queen, sent by special messenger to Lord John, at Woburn, was the origin of that dismissal. This letter was followed by a correspondence with Lord Palmerston. All this Lord John Russell stated, but, contrary to every precedent—in violation of every principle of our parliamentary constitution, Lord John Russell neither read to the house the letter of the Queen, nor his own correspondence with Lord Palmerston. Who is there that doss not now see that this was the play of Hamlet with the part of Hamlet omitted by par ticular desire ? This was not all. The same speech also disclosed the fact, that for a year and a half previous, Lord Palmer ston had been conducting the Foreign.office under pecu liar restrictions imposed by the Court. Lord John . Russell read to the house a sentence from a letter of the Queen's, addressed to him in the year 1850—no more certain date was given. In the sentence which he read her Majesty desired that all foreign despatches should be laid before her, with full time for her to be acquainted with their contents. Lord John Russell was desired to read the letter to Lord Palmerston. He did not read the entire letter to the House of Commons, although he read the sentences we have stated. Neither did he tell the house that which, in truth, gave its significancy to this direction—that there was a third key for the dispatch box which_conveyed the papers from the Minister to the Queen. We have, even on the meagre statement of Lord John Russell, quite enough to show us that the whole truth was not revealed. No permission is sought from the Queen to make an unreserved disclosure of the facts. Correspondence is adverted to, but is not read. Ex tracts given from letters, of which every word would be important, while the rest of the letter is suppressed. We have again, the Foreign Minister for a year and a half plainly watched and treated with suspicion by the Court, and we have a representation made, for which Lord John Russell never ought to be forgiven, that these ungracious acts to Lord Palmerston emanated directly from the Sovereign without the suggestion of any of her Ministers. The inference is irresistible, that there was "a shadow behind the Throne greater than the Throne," and that the foreign policy of England was virtually directed, not by the Queen's Ministers, but by an irresponsible power acting in the Sovereign's name. But evidence, unhappily, was not wanting that the dismissal of Lord Palmerston, by whatever agency brought about, was planned abroad. It had been deter mined on beforehand, and. announced to the Austrian Government. Lord Palmerston was dismissed from office on the 22d December. Before that dismissal was known in London, on the 23d of December, a letter from Vienna announced it as certain to occur. The words of that letter are too remarkable not to be quoted : " Rumours are current here of negotiations said to have been engaged in by high personages in England with our Court without the knowledge of Lord Palmer ston. Their object is said to be a rapprochement be tween the two Courts, and the retirement of the noble lord from office is announced as certain to happen soon. The first index of this rapprochement has been the admission of Lord 'Westmoreland to an audience, and his invitation to dinner by the Emperor." Is it possible to believe that this Vienna rumour was a mere coincidence ? Even Lord Aberdeen will not tell us that the courtiers of Austria are gifted with the faculty of second sight. Conspirators have been con victed in our courts of justice upon evidence far less cogent than that which connectsthe prophecies of Vienna with their accomplishment on the banks of the Thames. It is with pain that we advert to these matters, but after all it is infinitely better that the people of England should know the whole truth— that they should under stand all that we have been struggling for, when we have asserted the great principle that the foreign policy of England ought never to be withdrawn from parlia mentary control. To this history of Lord Palmerston's dismissal it is still to be added, that after the seals of the Foreign Office were taken from him, Lord John Russell pressed on him to accept the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ! and, finally, offered him any place, except that of Foreign Secretary, which he might choose. Lord Palmerston then had a sense of what was due to his own dignity and to constitutional Government, and declining to make a compromise with his enemies he submitted to a dismissal, of which it is plain the true history has never been discovered. If explanations are asked as to the recent resignation of Lord Palmerston, and the terms upon which he con sented to return, we can only hope that the present House of Commons will not be as lightly satisfied —or, in plain English, as easily bamboozled, as the least. SUSPECTED SUICIDE OF A FEMALE.—Yesterday, a respectable married woman, of the name of Elizabeth Ann Baker, in the prime of life, residing in Kenton street, Brunswick-square, was found dead in her apart ment, under the following circumstances :—lt appears that the unfortunate woman not having made her ap pearance since last Thursday, the landlord ordered the room door to be forced open, which was done, when they were horrified at finding the deceased lying on the greund, quite dead, with a tea-cup on the shelf, supposed to contain poison. The last time the deceased was seen she appeared cheerful, and there was nothing in her manner to lead to the supposition, but from what has been allowed to transpire great fears are entertained. DETERMIED CASE OF SUICIDE.—On Saturday morn ing, at about seven o'clock, a master tailor, of the name of Samuel Botte, residing at 2, Crown court, Pall-mall, committed suicide under the following circumstances :-- It appeared that the unfortunate deceased, who is 67 years of age, retired to bed with his wife on Friday night, in good health and cheerful spirits, and on Saturday morning, at the hour above mentioned, he arose, leaving his wife in bed, and retired into an adjoining room. Shortly afterwaids his wife was alarmed by hearing something dripping on the floor, and on getting out of bed, and proceeding into the next room, she was horri fied at beholding her unfortunate husband sitting in an arm-chair with a razor in his hand and his throat cut from ear to ear, and the - blood flowing in torrents all over the room. D r . Mill er, of Ki eg-street, S t. J ame s' s , speedily arrived, and pronounced life to be extinct. OCT. SYDNEY, U B.—The last European news almost superseded the topics which are the g eneral staple of loCal discussi on . Th e " constitution "• agitation is suspended till December ; the, session of the Council' is rapidly drawing to, a close, and only two or three questions have excited more than a passing notice. One of these is the settlement, at last, of 'the new Goldfields • Regulation Act, which came into operation en the Ist of October, the decision of the committee of the Council having been precipitated by the policy of the Government of Victoria on the same subject. A period having been fixed for the abolition of the license fee of 30s. a-month on the Victoria goldfields, it was evi dently impossible to continue to levy it on the fields of New South Wales, which have been already alinost deserted for the more brilliant prospects held out in the south. Before the diggers' agita tion frightened Mr. Latrobe from the extreme of obstinate resistance to that of conceding more than was demanded, the Government of New South Wales, it is understood, was prepared to reduce the amount of the fee to 20s. a-month. Against a fee of 30s. in Victoria, this would have been levied easily enough, but when it was announced that the impost was to be abolished altogether in the sister province the committee had to reconsider the matter. Finally, a monthly fee of 10s. has; been recommended as the amount to be paid for the license to dig gold in the province •of New South Wales. It would have been better to abolish the tax altogether and settle the question at once ; by next session more legislation and another bill will be required, for the 10s. will ha've at last to be given up. _ If the object of ; tll9 . cinvernuient,is -t9 discover and bring out the . resources of the New South Wales gold district, it must not subject the workers on it to a. tax from which their rivals of the south are free, especially as the fields of Victoria have, whether justly or not cannot be decided with certainty, the reputation of superior richness. By the present bill some un popular provisions of the former act are repealed. There is no longer any distinction to be made be tween British subjects and aliens, and no fee is to be exacted from persons residing on the goldfields, but not working as miners—such as clergymen and ministers, persons in the public service, schoolmas ters, and domestic servants. The Commissioners are also empowered to grant exemptions from the tax in cases of sickness, and " prospecting" or ex ploring unworked sections of land may be carried on without payment of the fee. The question. of the amount of the Government gratuity to Mr. Hargraves for first discovering the gold of Australia has also been decided, and rather more favourable to that gentleman than at first ap peared probable. The long discussion and minute sifting of evidence have had the good effect of direct ing.attention to the matter, and, as far as the opinion of so apathetic a community can be ascertained; it is on the side of Mr. Hargraves. Few and slight as the public acknowledgments of his services to the colony have been, they have at least induced the Government to deal more generously than it was at first inclined to do. Encouraged by the general feeling, the Govern o r-General has " reviewed the recommendation of the Gold Committee," and . doubled the grant it had recommended ; instead of 5,0001., Mr. Hargraves is to have 10,000/. as his reward, and it is neatly all the advantage he has de rived by the marvellous social revolution to which, as far as effect can be traced to cause, he certainly gave the first direct impulse. The real history of the discovery of the precious metal in the Australian co lony, could it be written, would bea curious one; but unfortunately, nothing but a few ill-authenticated stories of an earlier period of the settlement-..-golden legends they may be called—have been preserved, and they are fast becoming traditions. It seems certain that the existence of gold in the interior was known years ago to certain persons ; and to one of the first discoverers the secret brought no blessing. A convict was flogged for attempting to sell a piece of what he called native gold, in which the authorities saw nothing but fraud and a battered guinea. The man was afterwards banged, and the great secret had trembled on the verge of disoovery in vain. In after years mysterious per sons are described as having appeared in Sydney with quantities of a heavy metal that was bought secretly by a Jew ; and an inexplicable recovery of the agent of the transactions from a state of bank ruptcy to a flourishing business is still remembered, and now ascribed to dealings in gold. Others are recollected who, when drunk, would talk wildly of gold and where it was to be got—far in the interior. It was all put down to the madness or imbecility of intoxication—laughed at and forgotten ; now these sayings are recollected with a conviction that there was, perhaps, something true in them. But the " old hands" died off, and, from whatever cause gold remained still un di scovere d. It was no t till a comparatively late period, when these vague rumours of the existence of the metal in the coun try had almost passed into oblivion, that geologists, supported by scientific induction, stated the pro bability of the m oun t a i ns o f Australia being auri ferous. Sir R. Murchison pointed out the simi larity of the Blue Mountain chain of Australia to that of the Ural in 1844: it was considered a mere speculation, and, as to any practical effect, might as well have been written of the mountains in the moon. Count Streletzki had long before gone a step further, and iu 1835 actually found specimens of gold bearing quartz ; he suggested to the local Govern ment the policy of instituting a systematic exa mination of the country, but, so far from finding the idea encouraged, Sir G. Gipps begged him. to keep the discovery secret, from apprehensions of the consequences, among the convict population. Again the secret had struggled upward to the light, and this time the offered gift was purposely rejected. Another similar discovery is said to have been made by the Rev. W. B. Clarke in. 1844, and in the same manner was made a State secret, the feeling in official quarters down to the last moment being that the shinin= mischief was something " better hid." The great merit of - Mr: Hargraves consists, first, in doing.. perfectly wh a t sc i ence an d acc id en t had several times been on the point of accomplish ing, and then boldly publishing the fact to the people of the colony, putting it out of the power of the Government to affect the result, or to do any thing indeed but follow the movement, and receive the. enormous increase of revenue it has poured into its coffers. It was fairly driven into its present prosperity by the "pressure from without," and may claim the very official merit of having stood in the way and hindered the fortunate event as long as possible. And the Government was not alone in believing it possible that the existence of gold could be concealed ; the Colonial Secretary, in the late discussion on the grant to Mr. Hargraves, stated that in 18 4 8 a Mr. Smith placed in his hands " a three-ounce nugget," claiming a re ward for finding it. As one nugget does not make a mine, and the Treasury in those days could not afford large sums for mere Cabinet specimens of minerals, Mr. Thomson very properly refused the demand, stating that , Mr. S m ith mus t prove th e " commercial valu© ' of his discovery. Mr. Smith sulked, " refused to p o i n t ou t the spot" where he obtained the precious lump, and sank again among the average Smiths of the world, , narrom the " place ly missing in history that " fate and metaphysical aid appeared t o h ave reserve d for Mr. Hargraves. Otherwise it is difficult to account for so many Persons having been unable to use the same knowledge with any effect. They either went to the Government and were implored to keep it secret, or published it in scientific books which the world did not notice ; or offered to sell it, and, being refused their pri ce , k ept i t concealed on their own account. Certain it is all failed, and left the chance to Mr. Hargraves, who, returning from California with some practical experience, got a party together, ic prospected" w i t h success, an d , departing altogether trom the previous policy of making the existenCe of gold i n th e so i l a mystery, called a public meeting .at Bathurst, ma d e b o th f ac t and process public, and was believed. Then began the prodigious movement which, to use the happy phrase of Mr. Wentworth, "precipitated the colony into a nation." The consequences of the discovery came so rapidly on the old settlers, and the great " sheph er d ki ngs " of t h e flock proprietors— the country—that they were terrified by the probability of losing their command of the lab our mar k et, an d they have not yet quite recovered their alarm, though time has proved it to have been very exag gerated. The gold fields have furnished a supply of labour nearly adequate to the necessities of the shearing seasons, from the number of unsuccessful diggers and those whom the toil and exposure of mining did not suit • , and now all apprehensions of a " want of hands" for the.pastoral districts may be laid aside. Making. every allowance for the fright the chiefs among the great lessees of the land of the colony have suffered, still they show something like ingratitude in opposing, as they have done in the Council, the vote of public money to Mr. Har graves. They have prated largely by the change ; they have now good and increasing markets for their mutton as well as wool, and year by year pro bably fewer sheep Will have to be consigned to the melting-pot, formerly the squatter's salvation. This, too they cannot deny, but d emur to the grant of a public reward to the founder of the mining in terest, which has suddenly shot up into a formid able rival of their own influence, because they al lege that the " moral deterioration of the colony has been immense." The morality of a desert is certainly perfect, and the influx of population de stroys that perfection. There is more crime now on and around the goldfields than when the kanga roos and the squatters sheep alone wandered over them ; but it is better for the colony and the world that they should be peopled than remain a wilder ness ; and; considering that the men who cry out about d.emoralisation must have seen the worst period of the convict system, when society was kept together by the gibbet and the lash, the pre sent state of things cannot be very alarming. They also complain of a demoralisation less positive—of a greedy thirst for gain that has inflamed the whole community. In this respect the colony is not much worse than any other place where there is a chance of making money; and report lies even more than usual if some of those who thus paint an imagi nary period of colonial innocence have not been as keen in the pursuit of - wealth as the sharpest agent or broker - of this viler epoch. It is evident that the-influx of a new population has, improved the colony rather than injured it. The " convict" ele ment, which once had a great and direct influence in society, is overpowered and swamped, and there is an active spirit-in the European immigrants that will by and by begin to tell in many branches of enterprise. They have already shaken up the "old hands" to some extent ; for instance, the river Murray is now being navigated by a small steamer from its mouth upwards, for the first time ; it had by the last accounts reached the junction of the Darling. Great results are expected from the ex pedition ; it will be of immense advantage to the woolgrowers to be able to send their produce down to the sea by water, instead of the long and expen sive route by land, requiring, from the upper por tion of the Murray to Adelaide, a period of several weeks. On the 30th of September a public dinner was given to the eight members of the Legislative Council who formed the minority against the second reading of the Constitution Bill. Much of the battle was fought over again on the occasion ; but the banquet was another indication of the current of public feeling on the question, as it assembled many of the leading merchants, magistrates, and professional men of Sydney. Since the vote of the Council on the 2d of September, public meetings have been held in several places in the interior, at all of which petitions or protests against the mea sure have been agreed to. Since that date, too, the Government has shown a disposition to resent the political opposition offQred it in the Council by using its administrative power against one of the leaders. Mr. C. Cowper, the chairman of the Sydney Railway Company, has been displaced in virtue of a clause in the act by which a loan of 150,0001. was advanced by the Treasury to the company in October last, giving the Executive the power o f nom i na ti ng ' s i x direc tors out of those elected by the company, by whom the chairman was in future to be chosen. In case of the votes being equally divided, the Governor- General was to declare which of the candidates should be president. The power has been exer cised, and Mr. Cowper is ousted, the Auditor- General being nominated in his place. There has been a long correspondence on the subject, and one very angry personal debate in the Council arising out of the transaction, but the details ha ve on ly a local interest. A s ir. Cowper has successfully managed the affairs of the company for some years, and brought the works to their present point ' of progress, he would be the c h o i ce o f th e share holders, wile have, indeed, remonstrated with the Government against the course adopted, but in vain. It is not alleged that any possible advantage will be'gained by the Government, and the chances are that the interests of the. company will suffer from the change. As the whole political organisa tion of the Council is about 1113 be changed, it was scarcely worth while at the eleventh hour to show so much irritation towards an opponent, or even appear to punish an elected member for votes and speeches, as if he was bound to subserviency like a nominee. The future " responsible" Government must have more philosophy on such points. Mr. Cowper has,also felt bound to resign his seat as a director of the company, since his being in the ma nagement is so strongly objected to by the Govern ment that commands the funds. In doing so ,he has given the following statement of the present position of the company, in which many beyond the colony may be interested : " In retiring from the management of the first Sydney railway company, after an arduous struggle of five years in its behalf, I enjoy the proud satisfaction of feeling that its success is now secured. 85,0001. of the capital has been paid into the Treasury, and the shares aro now at 25 per cent. premium. The progress made in ar ranging the compensation to p ro p r i e t ors i n an d near Sydey is great. An engineer of standing and of ex perience in this branch of his profession has been in troduced to the colony under engagement with the company, and that gentleman ha s ben accompanied by a contractor of skill and great energy. Several hun dred railway labourers and mechanics have been also en gaged in England, some of whom have arrived and are now employed on the works, and the remainder are on their passage to the colony ; and advices have just been re ceived from Mr. Flower, of London, acknowledging the order for rails for the permanent way, locomotives, and other rolling stock, and of the first remittance of 10,0001 towards the cost of their purchase. As regards the con struction of a double. line between Sydney and Para matta, the arrangements were therefore all but complete before my connexion with the board terminated_ And, upon such an occasion, I may be pardoned for adding that but for my unceasing exertions none of these Ml portant results would have been obtained for the colony." The Sydney Chamber of Commerce has joined that of Melbourne in an attempt to obtain some thing like a regular postal communication with En,,uland. and America. At p resen t the system is a perfect disgrace to our Government. There are actually only six mails from these colonies to Eng- . land that can be relied on in the year, the steamers of the *Peninsular and Oriental Company that arrive and depart once every other month to join the overland mail from India. All the rest are mere chances, and the " special contract for the voyage," just tried by the home authorities, is a bungle of more than the usual magnitude. The Stratford, an " old.sugar-cask," as the angry colonists'call her, failed in g etting ont, and the plan on w hi c h s h e is sent mak es no provision for sending a mail home. We have still to trust to the irregular means ofpri vate vessels, that may or may not sail on the day appointed. For a whole fortnight, sometimes, is the announcement gravely stuck up at the Post-office that a mail for. England will close "this evening at 6 o'clock," by some one unhappy ship that possibly has only half a cargo on board, and no crew, and appears as little able to get out of port as the Flying Dutch man is to get in. But the consequences to the great trading interests of the colony are lamentable. It is a fact that " during the three months ending the sth of duly last there was but one regular mail despatched to England, and none to America ;" and there were during the same time 550 ships, an aggregate of 159,000 tons, entered inwards in the port of Melboure alone. The steamers of private companies that have since arrived and sailed have not supplied what is wanted. They cannot be relied on for regularity, and on one occasion two sailed for England together. The memorial of the merchants of Melbourne complains that " the most careful and legitimate operations of commerce are thus converted into hazardous speculations." There is no confidence whatever in the plan under which the Stratford was selected, and the only solitary hope of the colonists is that the Panama route will be tried and found practicable as soon as possible. The steam communication with America is even more imperfect than that with England, a fact that contrasts unfavourably with the flaming an nouncements in the American journals of what Yankee enterprise was to accomplish. Whether from New York or San Francisco, the American ocean steamers have signally failed in the speed of their voyages, and when they arrived, did not sup port the reputation of the Transatlantic shipbuilders for elegance of model. I would be hardly possible to name an English steamer that was not superior in all the qualities of a sea-going vessel to the Monumental City, the West Wind, and others. The fatal wreck of the former steamer on her voyage from Melbourne to Sydn e y, ca used by the most scandalous neglect and carelessness, has also proved that they are not better commanded than they are built ; the trickery of many of the cap tains of American passenger-slips to this colony has, besides, helped to. reduce the general reputa tation of the American mercantile marine in this part of the world. The Walter Hood which sails to-morrow for England, carries a large mail for Europe, and newly 26,000 ounces of gold. One' of the last acts of the Council is the suspen pension of the corporation of Sydney for seven yeats ; this judgment has fallen on it for its ma n y misdeeds, or rather its indolence and inability to do hnything. The Government had, by the request 1 of the citizens: taken thetlrainag© and water ! supply of the city into its own hands, and, nothing being left for the corporation to manage, a bill has charitably extinguished it. The Government, how ever, was reluctant to deal the blow, and the coup de grace was left to an independent member, the Colonial Secretary assisting to pass the act, though he would not originate it. The mayor and town council are superseded by paid commissioners and an official staff. The suspended functionaries at tempted to resist, and called a public meeting to remonstrate in the name of " self-government ;" the result was their own condemnation ; not 30 citizens responded to the appeal, and, the proceed ings being adjourned till the next day, no one ap peared at all. The only chance of a revival of a civic and corporate spirit is, that the commis sioners may in their turn become unpopular, and a better class of the inhabitants be induced to take an interest in their own affairs again. There has been some discussion about the de fenceless state of the harbour of Sydney, but nothing , definite has resulted from it. The report of a cora mitte directed to inquire into the subject was re jected by the Council, the suggestions being con sidered impracticable. The question is now in the hands of the Government, which is under a kind of pledge " to do something." The principal intelligence from the goldfields is, that all agitation among the miners has ceased, as it well might, seeing that they have gained from the Government more than they asked for. The ac counts of their success vary as much or even more that ever ; and at Bendigo it appears that sickness and disease are very prevalent, but there is not much of special interest beyond the following items. A correspondent of the Banner say : " A line of holes from the foot of Prince Regent's. Gully, leading towards Boninyong, are being sunk, some of them being 120 feet deep, and no signs of bottoming. A party digging near where the great nugget was found are taking down a hole 12 feet square, and allege as a reason that, when making a sma ll er ail, they came upon a mass of quartz and gold too large to be brought up, and that they were obliged to take .down a hole of that size." A correspondent of the Geelong Advertiser writes from Mount Alexander " Some heavy pieces have been gathered ; one of 170 ounces in Long Gully, another of 120 ounces in Tin Pot Gully, and one of 1950 z. ldwt. was taken in Robinson Crusoe Gully." " The shipments of gold here by the Victoria amounted to nearly 182,000 ounces. The Roxburgh Castle will also carry home a large quantity—upwards of 70,000 ounces. "The Forest Creek escort arrived in Melbourne on the 26th with 26,808 ounces ; the 111‘Ivor, with 2,257 ; the _Ballarat Escort arrived on the 24th with 12,162 ounces, of which 7,977 ounces were left at Geelong." A correspondent of the Goulburn Herald writes as follows : "The Diggings at Major's Creek.—The returns from Major's Creek this week are not generally so favourable as I have lately to report. In most cases I certainly heard dissatisfaction. It is very true that some will always grumble, but I believe that not very much gold has been brought to light during the last few days. Some told us their week's work gave them about oz. a man value about 3Gs, and these became perfectly elo quent about their hard fate. To allow each of these men the odd 16s. to clear his expenses is a pretty fair average which leaves each man 1/. as his week's wages. There have been times when even this would not have been despised, but that was in the 'old-fashioned times, before the golden age' had been dreamt of. It is possible, too, that even now, in the slow-and-go-easy country— Old England—this rate of remuneration would be highly prized, and regarded as a rich return ; but in young `go-a-head' Australia it is perfectly contemptible ! Let me do the diggers here the justice to say that they, for the most part, seem to be working hard ; and to set about gold digging in a proper manner does certainly require pretty constant and pretty severe exertion. All they get they well earn, and if I have Indulged in a little bandinage, it is only to show how strangely our notions of value and profit have of late altered. Others were doing pretty well. Three men told us that their week's work amounted to about 11 oz., and that last month's gold was sold for 725. per oz. Others, after some very hard work,' had taken soz. in the day, and other 'parties averaged their returns at 2oz. or 3oz. The following is from the!Bathurst Free Press of Oct. 1 : "The Interior.—By recent arrivals from. the Lachlan and the Macquarie, we understand that the country looks like a meadow, both places having been visited by a moderate supply of moisture. The shearing in the former district appears to proceed without any un usual difficulties on account of the labour which the intercourse between the Western and the Ovens diggings throws in that direction. But the Macquarie, - which shares not th ese advan tages, presents , a melancholy spectacle of the ravages and destruction ,of property caused by the prevail ing scarcity of labour. We heard from a gentleman, whose veracity we have no rea , on to question; that upon 60 miles' frontage of the river, carrying from 16,000 to 20,000 head of cattle, there is only one soli tary white-faced stockman, and that cattle-stealing is carried upon a scale altogether unprecedented. He cited an instance in which. one person, who a few years back was the owner of a few straggling cattle, was selling draughts of fat bullocks, and whose dishonest traffic, which the absence of all protection enabled him and his accomplices to conduct with the most perfect impunity, was fast making him a wealthy man. An establishment numbering 10,000 head of cattle wanted a superinten dent, and was without stockmen ; while fat bullocks, by the hundred, roamed over the plains, for the time being utterly valueless to their owners. These are among the shadows which darken the foreground of the brilliant picture produced by the gold discovery." The following is the Sydney gold circular of the Bth of October : " Notwithstanding the immediate departure of the Walter Hood, there has been an evident disinclination to purchase gold at last• week's quotations, and prices have consequently receded, particularly Port Philip samples, which continue to be looked at with suspicion ; recent rates have been ruling too high here and on the diggings, and persons must be prepared to submit to a decline, the margin now left for exporters offering but little inducement for them to act. " The quantity down by escort this week shows the work is going on steadily, and holds forth good pro spects'for the summer. At the Ovens great things are expected, though at present almost at a standstill on account of the water ; the diggers now in Sydney from that district are very sanguine, and generally intend making their way back about Christmas, at which time the fine weather may be said fairly to set in. "By the Asa Packer advices have arrived of new dig gings at Smythe's Creek, half-way between Mount Boninyong and Mount Emu, in the Ballarat district; this has been partially worked before, but the present yield surpasses anything done at that time—as much as 4Goz. taken out in three days—and report speaks very highly of the locality. "The prices realised to-day were—for New South Wales, 31. 14s. to 3/. 15s. ; Port Phillip and Ovens, 3/. 16s. to 3/. 17s. " The quantities brought in by the different escorts were as follows :—Goulburn, 440 z. 10dwt. 2gr. ; Braid wood, 2870 z. lldwt. 2gr. ; :Bathurst, 1240 z. 17dwt. ; Sofala, 4340 z. 17dwt. 3gr. ; Tambaroora, 3220 z. sdwt. ; Meroo, 2940 z. 7dwt. ; Mudgee, 1320 z. 9dwt. Total, 1,6120 z. 16dwt. 152,T." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The following is a list of arrivals and departures in and from the port of Sydney from the 16th of September to the Bth of October : ARRIVALS.—Sept. 17th.—The Singapore, from Lon dan. 18th. —The Stratford, from London—Talavera, Liverpool. 19th.— The Lady Flora, from London— Alster, Hamburg. 22d.—The Walter Morrice, from Plymouth. 23d.---The Thames and Gipsy Queen, from London—Balkan,' Shanghai. 26th.—The John Sugars, from London. 29th.—The Defence, from Liverpool. Oct. 4th.—The Star of the Etst, from Liverpool-- Palembang, London. 6th.—The Hugh Walker, from Glasgow. DEPARTURES.—Sept. 17th.—The Victoria (steamer), for London, with 89 passengers—Mohawk Lon d on, with 1 passenger. 19th —The Shanghai, for Point de Galle, with 11 passengers. 30th.—The Helen Baird, for London, with 19 passengers. VICTORIA, The Legislative Council bad rejected the Con vict Prevention Act as modifi e d .according to the sug gestions contained in the last despatches of the Duke of Newcastle, a dh er i ng to its former mea sures though disallowed by the Secretary for the Colonies, as absolutely necessary for the safety of the province. The feeling against any concession of the power of excluding convicts conditionally pardoned from the colony had been increased by the report that the penal settlement at Norfolk Island was to broken up, and the convicts removed. to Hobart Town. This measure is severely con demned, and is considered as justifying almost any steps of self-defence. On the Ist of October Colonel Anderson gave notice— " That, on the notification being made to the house of the Lieutenant-Governor's assent being 'given to the Convicts Prevention Act Amendment Bill, he should move a humble address to her Majesty, assuring her of the loyalty of the house to her Majesty's throne and person, and setting forth the reasons which bad induced the house to pass a bill which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, infringed upon her Majesty's Royal prerogative." The three men convicted , of being-engaged in the attack and robbery of the gold escort in July last NAVAL INT ELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 8. The Simoom, 18, iron (screw) troop-ship, Captain Kingcome, arrived yesterday from the Cape of Good Hope, with the Ist battalion of the Rifle Brigade. The Rifles are to be landed at Dover. The Turkish steam-frigate Vassatai Tidjaret, from Plymouth for the Thames, to refit, brought up off Ryde yesterday afternoon. The usual salutes and return of salutes by men-of-war on arriving at one port from another, on going out of harbour, &c., are abolished by Admiralty order. The standard of England and the flags of foreign nations will alone receive those gunpowder compliments in future. All the artificers employed in shipbuilding are to be allowed to make unlimited earnings, to expedite the work now in progress. THE SCREW FLEET. The following appear in the Navy List, published last week, as screw men-of-war in course of construction or being fitted for commission at the home dockyards : Name. 1 1 Class.; Horse-power. I Where at. ' Algiers A riel ' 8 GO Pembroke. Aurora 5O Not stated. Pembroke. Cesar .. 90 400 Portsmouth. Chesapeake Conqueror Curacoa Curlew Esk 2O Not stated. Millwall. Exmouth Falcon • 16 100 Pembroke. Fawn Forte Hannibal Harier l6 100 Pembroke. Hero . 9O Not stated. Chatham. Hornet James Watt 9O 600 Devonport. Liffey 5O Not stated. Devonport. Majestic BO 400 Sheerness. Malacca Marlborough l3l Not stated. Portsmouth. Nile 9O 600 Devonport. Orion Pearl 2O Not stated. Woolwich. Pylades 2O 350 I Sheerness. Repulse Royal Albert l3l 400 Woolwich. San Fiorenzo 5O Not stated. Woolwich. Shannon 6O 600 Portsmouth. Swallow Topaz 5O Not stated. Devonport. THE CHINA SQUADRON. THE CHI: By private letters we the China squadron : . . I SQUADRON, earn the following changes in Lieutenant Brock, from the Rapid to the Bittern, vice Dall, from the Winchester, to be Acting-Lieutenant of the Rapid. Surgeons—T. R. Pickthorne, of the Spartan, to the Winchester; J. Browne, of the Rapid, to the Spartan . ; A. Gordon, of the Serpent, to the Rapid ; H. Slade, from the Bittern, •to the Hermes, vice J. M'Leod, in valided home. • Assistant-Surgeons.--G. Gordon, of the Minden, to the Bittern, as acting-surgeon ; G. Sibbald, from the Spartan to the Minden, vice Gordon ; J. W, Bradshawe (additional of the 'Winchester), to the Spartan, vice Sibbald ; A. E. Mackay, from the Minden to the Fan tome, vice Bent, deceased ; R. Pickcn, M.D., from the Lily to the Minden, vice Mackay. Acting Paymaster—A. T. M. Roberts, of the Hermes, exchanged with J. H. L. Giles of the Styx. The Hercules, 72, from Australia, was to be converted into an hospital ship for the troops; the assistant-surgeon of her was to be retained. The Alligator, 26, late hos pital-ship, had been sent to Whampoa as a Consul's " chop." Great inconvenience was felt on the station from the high rate of exchange. It was hoped the Government would soon send out dollars to pay officers with, instead of bills. WOOLWICH, J. 7. APPOINTMENTS. Surgeons.— Robert T. C. Scott (1841), to the Royal George, 121, screw steam-ship, at Devonport ; Samuel Donnelly (1842), from the Juno, 26, at Chatham ' to the Euryalus, 50, screw steam-ship, a t Ch a th am ; George A. Nicolls, M.D. (1848), to the Juno, vice Donnelly. Chaplain.—The Rev. Thomas R. Hamilton (1854), to the Royal George. Clerks.—Stephen H. Moore (1850), from the Victory, flag-ship, at Portsmouth, to be Secretary to Commodore John Shepherd, Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard ; Henry R. Shaw, to the Monarch, 84, guardship of ordi nary at Sheerness ; John E. Stiles, to the Neptune, 120, guardship of ordinary at Portsmouth ; James L. Thorne, to the Ajax, 58, screw steam flag-ship, at Cork. The Cyclops steam-frigate, Master-Commander Robert W. Roberts, is ordered from Sheerness to Woolwich to embark about 180 men of the Royal'Artillery, for a pas sage to Gibraltar and Malta, to fill up the companies at those stations. The Apollo, 8, store-ship, Master-Commander George Johnson, was paid wages down to yesterday, and left for Portsmouth at 7 o'clock a.m. to-day, to take on board at that port a supply of stores for the use of the ships and war-steamers on the Mediterranean station. The Banshee, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Louis R. Reynolds 'has been taken out of dock and will proceed immediately round to Portsmouth, where she will be paid wages and embark Captain Brock for a pas sage to Malta, en route to join the Britannia, 120, flag se h h a i v p i n o g f h t ! ee n ß a r p i p ti n s i h n t fl e d e e t t n in th a t t h s e h p p o i s n p r h a o u r i u . v s n , y n h g e s c e a r p v t i a n t e n . The Banshee is intended to remain for service as a mail packet between Malta and Marseilles. The Vivid, Dover mail-packet, Captain Smithett, was taken out of the basin to-day and will be tried down the river on Monday, and, after being docked for a short period to examine her bottom, she is expected to leave Woolwich on Tuesday, to resume her duties on the Dover station. Preparations are being made on board the Justitia, con 7 wict ship, at the Royal Arsenal, it is said, for the pur pose of affording temporary accommod*on for about 200 invalid convicts expected here from Bermuda. The health of the convicts on board the WArrior, convict ship, at tire Woolwich dockyard, and the Defence, con vict ship, at the Royal Arsenal, has been remarkably good during the past year, as, although there are on the average about 900 constantly on hoard these hulks, and about 1,500 altogether in the year, including those who arrive and depart during that period, there have only been eight deaths in the Unite Hospital Ship, including the convict who met with a fatal accident at the saw mills in the dockyard. By the care and attention of Dr. Burns to the whole of the convicts, who are all at tended to by him when necessary, the deaths for the last year among them have not exceeded one half-per cent., although the previous mode of life of many of them could not have failed to impair their constitutions. The mor tality in the surrounding parishes has been upwards of 2 per cent. of the population during the year. REPORTED MUTINY IN THE "WINCHESTER."--A pri vate letter, dated Nov. 9th, has just been received in this country from an officer serving on board the Win chester, which contains no• mention whatever of any disturbance on board that ship. We give this intelli gence as it reached us, and sincerely hope the reported mutiny may prove to be without solid foundation. — United Service Gazelle. GROUSE STATISTICS.—The " Shooting and Fishing Quarters' Registry" states that the following noblemen and gentlemen have killed in one day during tha late season the numbers attached to their names, viz. :—Mr. John Dundas, 113 brace ; Colonel Hall, 57 ; Captain Craig, 60 ; Lord Wenlo c k, 93 ; Sir St. Vincent 'Whits head: 70 ; Mr. Burns, 106 ; Mr. Crutchley, 95 ; M r . Smith, 50 ; Mr. Brown Kinloch, 69 ; Sir Richa r d Sut ton, 62 ; Mr. J. Fenton, 50 ; Mr. Edwards, 52 ,• Mr. Gillon, 51 ; Rev. J. Gorring, 54 ; Mr. Marshall, 94 Mr. F. Walker, 83 ; Rev. J. King , 101 ; Mr. J. H a ll, 68 ; Mr. Mann, Brown, 52 ; Mr. Batson , 6 6. ,• Mr. Jaff ray, 70 ; Mr. Muir, 65 ; Mr. 85 ; - Mr. Lurnsden, 55 Earl of Stamford and Warrington, 60 ; S ir Charles Ross, 67 ; Lord Hill, 1 01 ; Hon. R. C. Ri11,.76 ; M r . Cross ley, 61.