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W 3 g -- , • ~. 431 • A/ V 4 ) • . < • • X . , • . ' 4 • Ili; • NW o - c„, \ • • 1Ir.:-311 ffc , F - 44- -• • et , -• • - fig o r.• r „ ) ' ..-•• • kVA t4,3k 4( ' 2 •V a ll o • p _- 7) /Lorr • • I[ II v . A I LLBERT SMITH'S MO-NT BLANC, 4,lbe ee ls ' '. NIGRT (TUESDAY) at 8 o'clock. Stalls, 35., Glen z".l.d at the Box-office every day, from 11 to 4 ; Area, 2s. ; 84 30', i ' A Morning P fevery • 04. ~.. ger ormance which Tuesday e n d Saturday, ••••••-- ` 4 71 3 11aU Hat', Piccadilly. ..... 01.........___ 1 7 ,:l ROW CHEAP GROUSE ARE laitaeh-,Q AbENIIALL BURKE P.—Grouse, in consequence of the ib , of a i vnct York ViestZa; .supplies, are to be had at 125., 18s„ and 245. per s cr a t . per . Rams, a Lash supply, very o'^itts. -KGIE ........................, B ROOKE and CO., Leadenhall Market. Nl(' °14% A.UTU t .tlej tty NINAL PATTERNS are NOW READY. .q.ll.g e SCE and ECONOMY combined, as illustrated by the / et , own Patent PALETOT, at Two Guineas. 44 tal 414 ' 11, France or Germany the best talent, worknarnshiP , 12001 ~,geturial.,..are.seOur' ekby 11. J. Germany, D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 118, ......._ '' -.4 'est, and 22, Cernhil, London. ~.) P OLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. -q ua PAzRoxH.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. . ____ y, with By J. 11. Pepper, Esq. : O n PHOTOGR Arn _lllastaations, Mornings and Evenings. 111 isY Dr. Bacbhoffner : On ELECTRO-GILDING rnd , e Loh , _§_I_LVERING. in Use 1 ira,,„maiiiti!tE SEWING MACHINE exhibited r, bll (e.t ir r , .. 8 " 1. 8 and FRIDAYS at Four o'clock, and Every ISTORI -41"`Pt LECTURE ) ' FIRST PART of an Et its I,teT/TRE Y„ant...l.llnei, the ~ from its s o urce , t_o_ che Even gl'f,by With BtrZKLARD, Esq., assisted by Miss 11 a " fi,' 6, , with ... rcven 14 -PpletEate Songs and Dissolving See . ncry. oas, and ,441,14 oreings end Evenings Admission, Is., schools, ' Under Ten . alf rice ......................_ Years of age II -P • ,narket 0 44s 4ts LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1853. [l ) Ricz ---5-;-. WiS3 519 B°l3 0 1 d " 152 SOII .7 5 5 sold -12 05 .12th g -12 015 ~12thS No. 19,004.] Just published, 70th thousand. mORISO NIANA ; or, The Abridged Famil y Adviser of the British College of Health. Containing Origin of Life, and true Cause of Diseases explained, important Advice to the World, Scc. By JAMES MORISON, the Hygeist. May be had at the British College of Health, New-road, Londoh, and of all the agents for the sale of Morison the Ilygeist's Vegetable Universal Medicine, price 6d., or is. by post. THE PRACTICAL HYGEIST AND MEDICAL REFORMER contains the cases of cure, and may also be had of all the agents. OLD TREWETHER CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY. Conducted en the Cost-book System. _ _ . JUSTICE TO SCOTLAND. not many honest and right-minded Scotchmen who will add their signatures to this document. It is to no pur pose that the adherents to this modern solemn league and covenant rest their case upon precedent and exam ple. The precedent is vicious, and the example to be deprecated. Let them rather help us in our endeavour to put a stop to the abuse, than extend it to themselves on the plea of cases in point. London should build its own bridges and maintain its own public institutions in so far as these are local. Indeed, if the inhabitants of the metropolis possesed half the spirit of those of Man chester or Glasgow, they would scorn to go to the public purse to do that which they are able and should be proud to do for themselves. As for Dublin, she is a public pauper ; and if Edinburgh desires to enter the same cate gory, by all means let her have an equality of alms. But if Scotland means to maintain her high character for self-help and self-respect, her sons and daughters will scorn to don the blue gown of the political gaberlunzie —instruct her representatives to help reformers in put ting a stop to the mendicity of London and Dublin— and compel districts which are unjustly favoured to take their hands out of the public pocket, and to observe the wise maxim of making every tub stand on its own bottom. AUST. 'ETV'S. Thts Company is divided into 10,000 shares, upon each of which the sum of 1/. is to be paid apon allotment. These mines, contain ing silver-lead, copper, anthnony, and manganese, are situate in the par'sh of Endellion, in the county of Cornwall, and are held under leases for 21 years, at one•sixteenth dues. in at ,i n Pe'" COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. James P. Anstice, Esq., Park-crescent, Stockwell. Edward Brooks, Eaq., St. John's-wood. Charles Heaton, 'Esq., Lime-street. John Harvi, Esq., Ehn grove. Hammersmith. Osmund Low.s, Esq., Fenchurch-street. Francis Moore, Esq., Kennington-terrace. (With power to increase the number to eight ) BavAers—Messrs. Hankey and Co., Fenchurch-street. Solteltor —John Steavcnson. Esq., 25. Gracechurch street. Chief Inspector of the Mines—Capt. Wm. Yerran. r iot. In e 49 3 L i ". 2 13 ' O ,l 52 3 133 ENGINEERS', MASONIC, and UNIVERSAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 315, Strand, London. N3TICE.—A Division of Profits by this Society will take place at the end of the yetr 1854 All persons who have paid two annual premiums will. 'n accordance wi h the Deed of Settlement, be en titled to share therein. Policies to pat Licipate in the Boeus must therefore be effected in the cour e of the year. The following Advantages are offered by this Society : London. Offices of the Company, No. 1, Cashion-court, Old Broad•street, ,C° I sIT,ACT for - S, LOCKS, Officelj IT Ordnance, _ ;3.t. I ti _August, 1853. .61t0Pgt."411ETS, RAtiMERS, TRIGGERS, BANDS, and F,: i ,..auPpl, . te a ,T 4 , tile "li,.ed above ve articles being required for her Majesty's ~ to rec eive 0 Ordnance hereby give notice that they are 1 , otm s ov ~ TENDERS for the supply of the same. `' the B,,` , encler may be had on application personally, or by letter to we h ipse r t e o lary to the ltOP:x1 of 0-dnance, Pall Mall, .Londca b i, o m r rof Small Arms, Ordnance View-rooms, Bunting a . le tlllc Datt '''t Plac,s erna and Specifications of the articles may be seen a t th e cry Tens er a nd at Enfield. tettoreilißersjn,n,tbe received at the Ordnance-o ffi ce, Pall-mall, on 14-111 -- .A.-x 6th s t b 1853 eddressed to the Secretary .as of ord . .as f or small , _ ' nnee, e a r nd em ma e r r ied on ' the outside, " Tender for arum'. Policies issued free of stamp duty. No entrance fee for admittance. Medical referees paid by the Society. Assignments of policies registered free of clarge. Policies never disputed in cues of inadvertent omission or acci dental mis-statement. Premiums payable half-yearly, qua-terly, or mouthly. Credit given for half theANTHONYremiums. PECS, Assistant -Actuary. U KINGDOM LIFE ASSITRANCE COMPANY, Established by Act of embrace, Parliament in 1834. No. 8, Waterloo Place, Pall London. amongst The distinctive features of , the Company others : Tables of Premiums formed on the lowest scale compatible with security, and constructed to meet the various wants of assurers, and every risk to which protection by assurance can be extended. One-half the Life Premium for the first Five years may remain on credit. Loans granted on approved Personal Security. Assured not restricted in their limits of travel, as in most other Companies, but may proceed from one part of Europe to another in decked vessels, without License, and to British North America, and many parts of the United States, without extra premium, by merely giving the ordinary notice to the Office in London of the intended By order of the Board. G. BUTLER, Secretary COirrn --.ACT FOR PITCH PINE TIMBER. 1/ePartMent of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, lit e o Somerset-place, August 20, 1E53. :s i l l y Lord ,rardiSSioners for executing the Office of the 2 , -4 ,,ttnd - -gh Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britpin *IN ''' W .....' REREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, km, Dt enlber next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat k aje Pars° na as ' may be willing ii to Contract for supplying sV'a U ockYards with oi il)i. .hibutio PITCH PINE TIMBER. tr eas • li o T n and Form of the Tender may be seen at the ssid f tor h tilor ,Ader will be received after,Ono.o!clock on the day o E r dul y duli a '" uth nY he noticed unless - the party attends, or an agent ltql cry telid_ ° ,l sed in writing. litilnr tithe hand addressed to the Secretary b u left Patch Pine 14 Le d nlu t of the Airalty, corner the words " Tender for d Loh-. her ~, s also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanie za wi th greed bY Two responsible persons, cups: n for the due g• to become — " , tra k i:,.`oe person tendering in the sum of 1,5001., of the Contract. ' Whole-world Policies granted at slightly increased rates of Premium, thus rendering a Policy in money transactions a real security. . Prospectuses, and every information, may be obtained upon appli cation to the Resident Director, THE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY, 72, Lombard-street. TRUSTEES. J. Campbell Renton, Esq. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Ma I Manna, Esq., Q.C., M.P. James Fuller Maddox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. _ Al- -----------------_ ..tips ix . 114 -ILs' T A NTED to CONVEY her MAJESTY'S , :0 .,,1 , n otin ,, - to 1 ~._ —IISTRALIA —The Postmaster -General hereby V lifti V c 'ua z t i t la his inten . tion to receive TENDERS for the Ot.t oh 2. Th e of HAILS to AUSTRALIA by Steamers or Sailing 4 Ittt - ',,, , aria dates of dispatch to be as follows, viz.:—The th trpr de l , ,4 the 3d December of this year respectively, andthe hhhoett' u re tO be that of London, Liverpool, Southampton, per,oritia.,, 1),f01.'-or-General will be ready on Thursday, the 15th Sep 1114Y the 14,2 1 1 e o'clock p.m.. to receive Tenders for Shps . to t il Zpj e ti ti 's. of the 4th October. Such ships to be classed A ~,Nt' r „4 , 4a o l 'ooo l. will be paid by the Postmaster-General for ''' e it. 'he not„- bet • and persons tendering will be required to ,q.llB , t ',Fiber of da ' ys in which they will undertake to deliver p„Parture their destination, subject to penalties for delay, either 1)1, - .` t Iler thie arrival, 411 , t itteig,„ " „_ e filial, the preference will be given to that tender tte ks 'ead er i" the shortest time for the service. t PDIi t .Whi oi n itist be made on the printed form provided for the liv e L a ttoa m ,l_With the conditions attached, may be obtained on qel 'ei, south ',la Secretaries' office, London •or at the Post-office of ttie r , a n , ,_ t m ~- - Awn or Plymouth. ' ,11 1 „'`a be ~,deliv' e red at the Secretaries' office, London, and 'kil t ' hAini e i.'"lved after the day and hour above mentioned. ippoietete,4 tor t t he ship, or an agent duly authorised in writing, b . , t ea ter the General Post-office on the day and at the hour 0 ti c , will ue receipt of tenders. el liral e ap pear shortly with regard to Malta of December. c'st-cf noe, August, 1853. 41tit orr I,o 6n l 'leo `:, - u-ARTERED BANK OF ASIA : -0 00/ s teci, by Roy l Charter with limited liability. Ca)i ekkrel . I 'big, wit: power to ' increase to 2,000,0001. N I iti--,..r n COURT OF DIRECTORS. s lia nt otbr c , - %tas WINGATE 'HENDERSON, ESQ. (formerly of the Ott -' of,C". Remington and Co., of Bombay), Director of the ,sty i. listralasia. ' l:s ) , l . B 'a s airr o ,„ ....,„ i b .„,ROBERTSON, Esq., M.P. Co. of Nib Gael i ) "" t mid Co. formerly of Messrs. Turner and Co. s, t :'.el p o ' be ' r eotor oi - the London Assurance Corporation. ish,, 44t ir en rt , Alexander of the Madras Army, and late Govern- Ea hvi "or of the Bank of Madras. N oti lvt' N , merchant, Director of the London Docks. .4'tla tia "'° ll ) Esq. (fP m of Messrs. Thomson, Watson, and Co.) k theZ ttl io e t r l).. E e st l. (firm - of Messrs. Alexander, Cullen, and Co.), L ie. , u London Docks. itib ' ' tf 11 "33' Laakie Esq. (late of the firm of Messrs. Leckie and 11 4,,, t tabsy) . ' li l atr r 7 Oltn:tan, Esq. (formerly of Singapore, firm of Messrs )%Tql ",,,, ~,?') tts tte 'aY °l l: - ; e1 - ' , _e i l Campbell (late Quarteratazter-General of the I tre 4 Nly Y) ' 4, 1 ). '„, k lA t t '' Esq. (fo:merly of firm of Messrs. Ogilvy, Gilland 4AQ' •••• e, i ~ ei Liverpool, and Messrs. Gillanders, Arbuthnot, an !li,l Pr,,,eatta). : 1 : 441) 04 4. ' t•sq (firm of Melsrs. Penang). and Co., of 7,tth'bir o , -t a ld of M Fraser and Co., of 'at,^ist.. --'era h ems 1 rsure in acquainting the shareholders th e , 1,, ore" have great p dt, lot.' the Ilee Treamryc,,ihe Boards of Trade and Control, and rt % 4)1.1)6'14 , India compauy have approved of the Charter for rOttLtre sealed, f th , s Company , and . that the Charter was or llt, 'ttt,„,,,, at the Privy Council held . on Friday, the 19th t 4 .% ' '''' now only awaUs the completion of the necessary ~ ~,, 4 4 '41 . 1 1 ,, Mte r ' , wi lt ~,1 1 emb-ace all the powers sought for by the Direci V n l, ta ",wg,ebable the Company to carry on business by means o w 4 as, at all places to the east of the Cape of Good Hone. 4 1t - m m ibi r la will he prepared to commenoo busk... with the h " li; el aY after the completion of the Charter. tre l orq e ' 2 delay of August, 1853 - N ttel . ?,,,,,, f tlif; Court, ALGERNON M. POLLOCK, Sec. - " L eta, 32, Great IVinchester-street. . Ittq l ,,, 1 ZIN fd *Lak ,Tol\l.. SELTZER WATER, 4s. a dozen. r t, rs i 4 „ r dF2,,_ ° PER his REDUCED his PRICE for Brighton 9b, i le,'"ltte r , - ,7'utigen from ris. to 4s. per dozen. Also other aerated lled r04,, - th 6,„, - "rtlon, and which are unsurpassed, if not unequalled. o tas r e tt) 4l4 t oa7Pets carriage free. Balls and fetes . supplied in ilist h i ti) *lt h IL. " may be required. Delivery twice dri_r,__.t!._pro_- -' ta=ut °f* Prices can be had on application.—timumit, 4, G °Ad 55, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. . A 11 4 Nk -VESEND ST AR h,,,P ... ki . PACKETS. - aelu,.. - Call at the Grays Greenhithe, and Purfieet Piers. —* call at the Piers as Underlined (weather p e rmitting ) OM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. DIRECTOB.S. William Adams, Esq., Henrietta-street, Cavendish -square. John Atkins, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street. Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq., John-street, America-square. John Dangerfleld, Esq., Craven-street. Strand. R. Henry Forman, Esq., Ordnance, Pall-Mall. John Hamilton, Esq , Alfred-place, Thurlow-square. John Matthews, Esq., Arthur-street West, City. C. Octavius Parnell, Esq., Norfolk-street, Park-lane. William Williams, Esq., Rood-lane, Fenchurch-street. PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD. 24, Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road. The Rev. James Shergold Boone, A.M., Stanhope-street, Hyde-park. Captain Creed, Bedford-square, and St. Albans. Roger Gadsden, Esq., Maids-hill West, and Bedford-row. and Lin- Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne -terrace, Hyde-park, coln's-inn-fields. George Y. Robson, Esq., Eastbourne -terrace, Hyde-park, and New square, Lincoln's-inn. W. fi. Trinder, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row. SECRETARY —Chas. Iloghton, Esq. The policies of this Company being indisputable, form FAMILY PROVISIONS and NEGOTIABLE SECURITIES, for their validity is n ot ous ot vi dependent, as in the ca se of ordinary policies, upon the import ofreports and other documents. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. TOURS IN IRELAND. DUBLIN GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION. The QUEEN'S VISIT takes place on the 29th August. GBAND FETES. The ROYAL PARTY will Remain in Dublin for a Week. "IRISH TOURIST TICKETS" will be issued at the following stations and prices : let Class. 2d Class. London (Euston Station) ...... • ••..£6 10 0 £5 5 0 Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hull, Bristol, Carlisle, 66 0 55 0 Worcester, Cheltenham, Gloucester,Oxford, 515 0 4 15 0 Birmingham, Rugby, Leamington, Coventry, 4 5 0 Lincoln . Wolverhampton, Huddersfield, Leeds, Shef field, Derby.......... •• • 4 5 0 Preston • • ...• • ....... ....... ....... ••••• 4 10 0 315 0 Manchester, Warrington, Stoke, Macclesfield 44 0 315 0 0 0 Liverpool, Chester .• ••••• • • • • 40 0 3 And at the following stations, viz. : —York, Scarborough, Melton, Darlington, Sunderland, Newcastle. Durham, Berwick via Leeds. They enable the holders to proceed to Chester, Bangor, Dublin, Cork, and the Lakes of Killarney, and back again to the station at which the ticket was taken. The holder of each Irish Tourist Ticket Is entitled to have issued to him, at the office, 52, Westland•row, Dublin, at very reduced rates, tickets for a tour in the county Wicklow, in Kenmare and Glengariff, up the river Shannon--for the journey from Dublin to Belfast, for the excursion to the Giant's Causeway, and from Dublin to Galway for the tour through Connemara. Every purchaser of a ticket is presented, gratis, with a copy of the " illustrated Irish Tourist's lIaTI•Book," compiled solely for these Tor-s. The fullest and most accurate information afforded at the Chester and Holyhead Company's Office, 52, Westland•row, Dublll. See also " Bradshaw's Guide," page 123. ON VIEW : —To TIMBER MERCHANTS, Builders, Pianoforte makers, Coach and Cabinet-makers, Contractors, and Others. VTR. MARSH is honoured with instructions 1 from Mr. T. C. Wilson, lo SELL by AUCTION, on the Promises, Wilton-road, Grosvenor-basin, Pimlico, on THURSDAY next, Aug. 25, and following day, commencing at 12 each day (in consequence of his quitting the above premises at Michaelmas next), his important, extensive, and judiciously selected STOCK of well seasoned Spanish, and Honduras MAHOGANY, in logs, boards, and planks, approaching nearly 100,000 feet, which for dryness and qur'ity is unequalled ; 100,000 feet of Wainscoat Boards and Planks, principally Crown Riga and Crown Memel, is various thicknesses, the greater portion of which is very dry ; pine boards, planks, and d. als ; a choice collection of veneers in rosewood and mahogany ; also some fine East India satin wood :n logs and plank. Among the stock of mahogany are some very flue boards of extraordinary dimen sions, being upwards of 4 feet in width, as well as the largest and best selection of Spanish dining table boards in London. Mr. Marsh begs to call especial attention to this important sale of seasoned woods, and ventures to recommend an early inspection. Payment will be taken In approved bills not exceeding four months, or cash, less 2 per cent. —May be viewed, and catalogues may be obtained on aplication at Mr. MARSH'S offices, 2, Charlotte-row, Mansion housep, London, or will be forwarded to any part of the kingdom, age free. - ' 4 at call --- --- ---'-' -- -- • ROM the Piers as underlined (weather per mittin g I postage tree. w ' &81 TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. t't b T t , ays. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF I'Ne SUNDAYS. YOUTH AND MATURITY. et. t• TA h ' -a , a' a ~., ...5., 11 sf; DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, , c .) - i‘ t f... 4 . N., A ~i a t ct .- 6 . Time. b, z .: , i f. . i , it t. Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of 1 ••• --.'. ~.; p., Z . 1 8 ,a , t.., ` 4 ,... 4 . rgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical ' ........ ..., ' Pg 0 w- Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. th•••• ---- -- 0 .... 8% 34 --- --- --- JAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on Iti , _ * _ 8 - - - - the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, --... 11% - - - - - resulting from juvenile irrega'arities and excesses, which have pro _ -1% - - treed more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema - al , —3%—— ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any otner class of die -51 - - cases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience 5 •-.. 6, - _ ..... - in the treatment of these dise,ases has proved that there are in exist r,i, , -..., -6% - - - - once secret causes of self-acqu;red miseries and disappointed hopes in I''' -. 7 - - - existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous , -7% - Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri - ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Wealuress, and their endless modifications owe their altros:: entire origin. I. ' -.- ---Tl r 'et -- -- l ' 7-- 8 It is absolutely necessary that ell men should know that there are e,,,,Trains from ------- principles of personal mafiagemen; which cannot be violated without irqrllbl s boat 0 : 1 ;;. the Boats marked t Incurring grievous penalties. and when wisdom and regret succeed litur q iit e 9 f ron , Monde Mornings does not stop at Puttied. the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties s'lS[liljiter ce: '' enchurch-street Station to all parts of London ' Qt{ . ....n hour may be mitigated, bow the sting of their bitterness may be removed, t0t,.., urrr.-...-• and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, "at T r ,"x , BLA.CKWALL, on the arrival of the fol- that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional I . ? .411 s from the Fenchurch-street Station. derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure tr l 4 Dos. DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged SUNDAYS. in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com fit'''. 1 1 . 2- --------"---.) `2, plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who , re g ardless ea> - • - 4 _, Z". it • T 4., .7Ei , a- .-- Si pi --a of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock -modest, t, h has tr h e a: t `%...., V r y,' a LI 2 Time. t if, , E 1,1 rt? 2 the confidence, through the medium of the public press, t soc d ety is ' IL N" --- , cll OD s vi . u tr„ aattention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of i ac /11 . 15 ~.° tree. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply 1 4 ) , -- •-.. "-- - - - rewarded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the li'i ll - _ treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the Ile ':- --- - 9% - care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated 4 lt, --.. _- - 10 - - publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues 2q --- 10% _ of their patent nostnims, have inflicted serious injury on those who 14 ..... ..... - - 11 --- - - have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. _4‘, -1% - At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from - ...... .... 4 u' --- - 214 ti "ft. -3% - - medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. Ge t ..._ .... - - It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT _ - 6 5 % - - - - - should first obtain a copy of his work on - SELF•PRESERVATION . To 't fr Passages marked . are run direct. Generative Debility, Illustrated by flfty-coloured engravings, and des lathtOrZv?ratend . Fore Cabin. Saloon. cribing in detail the various disorde - s. resulting from secret habits and ;4) ii a "London ... .• • 10d. .. Is. 2d. excesses . The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct A'r , „ And ves e "Iftekwan description of their cases, and may be had, price 2sEnglish, treel....tex nd and 0! Woolwich Bd. •.• Os. 10(1 1 . tet t ,, ...tonu, ET S...... ,lntermediate Piers.. 8d• •• Os• 5( • French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or Gorman, of Messrs. Piper . l,‘,„'i mar s, 2 1. ~ rwelve Months, as. Os. ; Six Months, 31. Os. ; Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford - street; Mann, 4 Diti''' qu r "..,..• ;to be had of the Collectors on board the 39 Cornball • Stone Titehborne-street, Haymarket; or free 114,)Lt0 I ,..Cotn nic ;C 3 ak. Terrace Pier, Gravesend. by post for ' forty-twO stamps, ' to any address from the Author's resi - --- V.Nr T e rms. deuce. 37. BEDFOSD-SQUAII.E. LONDON. To :un direct. 't fr , , Saloon. Fore CI lt,' , Ci r . °- ' , -;r to. 2d. - rto, irvoseme%end and London ••••• • • • • • 1:1' Os. tod. Irtri A , 4 Cirm, and Blackwell or Woolwich 6d • .. Os. Bd. , te r Tr e Zend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. ifonths, 3/. Os. ; 4 e 14114..0144 „ Ts. ' - Twelve Months, N. Os• ; . t 'hst'; or oi .7* s h• ; to be had of th a e r C av n e ll se eSc n. t d or . s Zilly tA krd c0 n 4 ,,,,r_• Monk, Terrace Pier, on board the "gizi " kr. —utuous Packets to Let for Excursions. ... ~, b. Nv..„,,,, van ' F iAlr V, _ 4 ckw a irWr • Agent, Star Office, ''`...., .....: ......._ •)c, ta isa. •Allway. F° t;eTt erni Ter s .: Fenchurch-s eitti sit . TAKE NOTICE 1 TO BE '' 11 . gc L. TERRY & co. CONTINUE 04 ~,, AT 19 CONSULTED AS USUAL, LONDON, .4.1 t tiratTERS-STREET, OxFORD-STRERT, MISERIES Sitm,,, T RED 3111 D r ' --...“'r CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED D ISAPPOINTED ROPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. 14., Cca.,,, A __ln Six. Lan guages --Fiftieth Edition. is A. 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AIL* os• STRIACuSe is exclusively employed in trea re Th sexual debility impotence, &c„ 1 1 and 335. per . . ttl eo my, fors pCuorinfeentrated Detersive Essence, an sand-syphilitic Aerie'Leh ns, a ra „“ Y J ag the blood in cases of infection, secondary h ., Perr;,','°,, ,, s, and the abuse of mercury, 11 s. and 335. per cia. o ""x a a 8 taro'urlfying specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 1 1 s. it. ak inna,rser remedy for gonorrhcea, gleet, stricture, and h a , ik itunat — e n c i l ation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter. al,,4t4ol3?ewtsp. detail the case is required . : 11 . go, habits, e at ElsrabPll:3Blt i tt ia, i ii 4144..ebi13a, whi(Zt he k r e ..vat , h is at s l a vi v c e e,.to be had d Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, iiet,,,Nril Ein e % aelly, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-stre2t, Lon. " 41 4 91174: 44 WI TWO, and Fire to Welt; Oil sunc laY from CLOSING of ONE SESSION and CONTINU ANCE of ANOTHER.—The Parliamentary Session being now closed, bills, orders, motions, divisions, and discussions will be sus pended. There is no suspension of the business session at E. MOSES and SON'S. Bills for elegant and feshionable ATTIRE are reduced to the satisfaction of countless numbers of Patrons. Orders are dispatched with the greatest correctness and economy. Motions for improvements iu SPORTING DRESS and every other kind of seasonable attire have been triumphantly carried, and Divisions of work amongst the most celebrated artists and workmen in the world has settled all points in discussion respecting who are the Tailors, Hatters, Boot and Shoo Makers, Hosiers, and Outfitters for all classes in every city and province of the universe? These are well known to be E. Moses and Soles. Such are some of the facts respecting the business session at E. MosEs and SONS. Shippers, Merchants, Captains, and Emigrants may procure the most advantageous freights at the WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT of E. Mons and SoN's gigantic Establishment Austra . The Go and e oare no speculation, for they are readily boug ht up in lia very other colony, and afford the most ample profit on every transaction, being considerably cheaper than at any other wholesale establishment. E. Mosrs and SON OUTFIT all classes of Emigrants, in the most complete and suitable manner. All articles are charged wholesale prices. Ship. sailing information, and full lists of Outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen may be had on application, or post free, to any part of the kingdom. CAUTION. —E. MOSES and SON reget r haNg to guard the public against imposition , having learned that the untradesman-lik e falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION wan ANY OTIIEB. HOUSE IN 08. OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories sting, 83, 84,85, and 86, Aidgate, oppos ite the Church, all communi London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-Street, 1,2, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 an d 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate... Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatte rs, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned the to west without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figure s, price, from which no abatement ca n be made. StinSet On The Establishments are closed from sunse t Friday tO Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, " The Herald of the Seasons," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, facts relative to A ustralia, advice to emigrants, &c., may be had on a pp lication, or post-free to mIY part of the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1853 can be had gratis, on application. lei Pon parle Francais. Qui si parla Italian. Iner spricht man Deutsch. Aqua as habla Espanol WANTED, YOUNG MEN of experience in the READY-MADE "I'-....AnaLFANT, Apply 07 WIWI* between 10 cal 12 iiclock, to ON °3! 40thi 'el; m 000- -- 56s ,1 11 . r b 0 ;Of, 1w : 8 Y; 5d to o g oa, to v, a; tx , " to , 2e - 63 d itto, 1 ° turkef4 (du °a; ; btt er t 0135 P a - to „, er i,l ow to 29 e $ 0 1 6 a; 1; raP, er i ; oti Oct t° 31s trreol' to rie , s ,1--` 2 . ° do. d-- 16 a°. do. 'GI --- a per °lt' , oo be"' t Nveel :-- 0 , 13 :" ........ a • • • •;" 0,1; ios. r o, id cn tio j ; 2s tor pi, et. Es 6d P i e ys 1)1 rant. t ver get Stet; '°°' 00 5 v ;to 7ia 104 1 11 1 ; butt er ; ) 0 ' 14e9 ', d! P° t. f fotO 511, S e 4.0 OW _ o o s s '6cl; / 1 6/ ,er r . 3r. 1 . .' 4 ri, j 're' si . to , e uo 0 , 11°r' 01'10°' .00 Leral l'ost 1 3° .tar hat f' jut : 1%,,,,-,i . .....•"" i l • . 1 i ~ Ma' ptOP 4 0 00 do f ile f the / A il ed '4lsot It Il i r o ili f i or c beeli ‘ fr4 , ISu A tit? ti an i a ' e a rig t e telY e di es a l re j e to he 0 3 Pil abs — f ei the n F be fe , London cot ° ,aun ov, tots, t v r°l' s t r eet , )3iroh c ol ' ch ,fooo ll o l l 3,A orleiy,toll. " of $ jejoblorfebr era e f ga r ari ° so l oun 1 , O i l daug: v le glee" tof i !, /3 ( 10. t at lcir Jo' 4 0- li' ae °°' 1 ,10. 4 0) _Apti The present Company has been formed for working the Old Tre wether Mines, and also those which were known at the Wheal Thomas, situate at Port Isaac, as well as the setts upon the estates of Tresungus, Veanies, and Treore, in the paesh of Endellion, in the county of Cornwall, with additional grants connected therewith. Tne setts of these mines extend over a surface of about 1,000 acres, as shown in an accompanying map, and contain antimony, copper, and silver lead in great abundance, and of a very ri:h de scription. The principal antimony lode runs nearly north and south through the entire length of the sett ; the Wheal Thomas copper lode runs nearly east and west, and the silver lead lodes at Port Gavern, being counter lodes, run south-east and north-west, intersecting the whole of the other lodes at the depth of 30 fathoms. Five lodes have been already worked upon, and two others par tially opened. The principal lode is the great antimony lode, which was worked many years since, and produced antimony ore to the amount of 72,0001., at a profit of 52,000/. ; the whole of which was realised in the course of two years. The extent of working on this lode is only 30 fathoms from surface, and stopped down wards, north 'and south of the shaft, about 50 fathoms in length. At that period no steam-engine was on the mine, and the opera tions were carried on only in the summer months, by the aid of a herse-whim. During these limited workings, six men, in the course of six months, raised antimony ore which realised a profit of 6,0001. Tho adventurers, after incurring considerable expenditure in eontinning the deep edit, experienced great difficulties, in conse quence of failing to make arrangements with the owners of some intervening ground, who required an exorbitant sum to pass through their lands. Application was afterwards made to the lord of the manor for a renewed lease upon more liberal terms, the due being then one-seventh, but it being refused, and the whole of the works filling with water, ow in-; to an extraordinary flood, the mine wrs then abondoned. About four years since, four adventurers took up the sett and expended upwards of 7001. upon the mine, but discon tinued working in consequence of the death of the principal party and the continuance of the difficulties with the proprietors of the ground above referred to. Satisfactory arrangements have, how ever, now been made with the various owners of these lands, and the Company can, therefore, now complete the old workings as for merly proposed. Upwards of 20,0001. have been expended upon the various works on the Mine, which, to a great extent, will be available for the future operations of the Company. All the deep and shallow adits have just been opened, and are now dry, and their entrances secured and fully completed; 700 fathoms of edits have been driven and are now open, and eight shafts have been sunk, two of which are 30 fathoms each in depth. A lease has been obtained Irons the Right Hon. the Earl of For tescue aid Viscount Ebrington for 21 years, at 1-16th dues. A lease has also been granted by the trustees of the adjoining estates of Tre sungus and Vennies for 21 yea - s, at the same amount of dues ; and like terms have been made with the owners of the adjoining setts. The value of the ore from the Old Trewether lodes has long been acknowledged, and, as a proof of the same, the Trustees of the British Museum, in the year 1825, purchased, for 1,0001., various specimens of the silver lead, antimony, and copper ore, the produc tion of these mines, which can be seen in the Mineralogical depart ment of that institution. This Company is divided into 10,000 shares, upon each of which the sum of 11. is to be paid upon allotment; but only 3,500 shares, in addition to those constituting the purchase money, will, be issued at present, as it is believed that that amount will be more than ample to complete the present work 'rigs and secure a remunerative return. It has been satisfactorily proved by acme of tie men who were formerly employed, that, at the pet:od of the water breaking into the mine, about 35 tons of antimony ore were ready to be brought to surface, but the workmen were compelled hastily to abandon it, as well as all their tools, which will be found and rendered available when the shaft has been cleared, which can be effected within a fort night after the 20-hor..e power portable steam-engine has been set to work. This ore will produce 75 per cent. of the regalia of antimony, which, at tae present market price of the metal, will realize about 1,0001. The remaining 2,000 shares w:11 form a reserve fund for working the additienal setts which have been obtained, and will be issued at a premium of 21. upon each share, the full amount of which will be carried to the credit of the Company. Applications for the unsllotted shares, accompanied by satisfac tory references, may be made, on or before the 29th inst., in the usual form, to the Committee of Management, at the offices of the Company, 1, Cushion-court, Old Broad-street, London. " Divide about the broad bride cake, Round about the bride's stake."—BEN JosisoN. WEDDING BREAKFAST, BALL SUP PERS, and DINNERS PROVIDED ENTIRE in town or country, by Messrs. PURSSELL, Cornhill, including wines of the most recherché description, and use of plate, linen, china, glass, and attendance, seats, tables, lights, dancing hollands, and instrumental music, wedding and invitation stationery, as in Paris. Carriages, post or otherwise. An elegant assortment of bride cakes for selec tion, dessert and evening ices. A competent person sent to receive orders, and give instructions as to the arrangements of entertain ments. Note.—Messrs. Purssell have no other business premises except those in Cornhill, near the Exchange. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE-MEGE, or Saccharatta C tPSULES, approved by the French College of Physicians, and successfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and acknowledged by them to be the best remedy for the cure of Gonorrohcea, Gleet, and Leucorrhceal Discharges, on an average of six days (see " Lancet " of 6th Nov., 1852, an extract from which will be forwarded immediately on application).—Prepared and sold by G. Jozeau, sole French chemist, 49, Hay market, London ' • and Jozeau, Pharmacies , 1 61 , Rue Montmart re, Paris ; at Liverpool, M. Clay and Abraham, chemists, Bold-street ; and the principal chemists of France, England, and the Colonies. Price of bottle of 100 capsules, 45. 6d.; 50 do., 2s. 9d., with directions, and stamp with the name of Gabriel Jozeau printed thereon. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Aua. 22. By the death of Sir George Cockburn the following promotions take place on the flag list : Admiral of the Red Thomas Le Merchant Gosselin, to be Second Admiral of the Fleet, vice Sir George Cockburn, deceased. Admiral of the White Sir Charles Adams, K.C.B , G ove rnor of Greenwich Hospital, to be Admiral of the Red. Admiral of the Blue Sir William Parker, Bart., G. C.B• , A.D.C. to the Queen, to be Admiral of the White. Vice-Admiral of the Red Edward Hawker, to be Ad miral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the White Sir George Francis Sey mour, K.C.8., G.C.H., to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue William Bowles, C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red Richard Arthur, C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White, Gordon Thomas Falcon, to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue, Houston Stewart, C. 8., Superintendent of Malta Dockyard, to be Rear-Admi ral of the White. Commodore Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.H., commanding her Majesty's squadron, to be Rear-Admi ral of the Blue. This is very untoward promotion for his lordship, as he will lose 1821. 10s. by the " step." The Royal Squadron, compromising the Victoria and Albert, Captain Crispin, flag of Rear-Admiral Lord Adolphus Fitzdarence ; the Tribune, 30, screw-frigate, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie ; the Encounter, 14, screw-corvette, Captain O'Callaghan ; the Barracouta, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Parker ; the Banshee, 2, paddle-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Hosken ; the Black Eagle Admiralty yacht, Master-Commander Pet ley ; and Fairy Royal tender, Master Commander Welch, all got under way from Osborne by 5 o'clock last evening for Holyhead. Rear-Admiral Corry's division of the Channel fleet, comprising- - the Prince Regent, 90, Captain Hutton, flag of Rear-Admiral Corry ; the Queen, 116, Captain Michell ; the Amphion, 34, Captain Key (acting) ; the Sidon 22, Captain Goldsmith; the Leop ard, 12, Ca p tain G. Gifford ; the Valorous, 16, Captain Buckle ; and the Vulture, 6, Captain Glass, weighed from Spithead this morning for a six weeks' cruise. All left the anchorage under sail, but finding no wind, the Prince Regent was taken in tow off the Nab by the Sidon, the Queen by the Valorous, and the Amphion (screw) and Vulture (paddle) by the Leopard. The Edinburgh, 58, screw block-ship, Captain Hewlett, steamed away from the anchorage in the afternoon on a three weeks' cruise. It was said the First Lord of the Admiralty was about to take a cruise in her, but we cannot hear that he is aboard. As soon as Rear-Admiral Corry was out of sight Commodore Martin, C. 8., of the Duke of Welling ton, 131, hoisted his blue broad pendant at the main of that ship. It was not hoisted on Saturday ;we mistook o ther firing for the co mplimentary salute incidental to hoisting a flag. writin THE LATE LORD SALTOITN.—The Chisholm to the Times says :—" That it was Lieutenant-Genera' Sir James Macdonell who commanded the Guards al Hougoumont, and with them made good the defence of that important post, the very key of the position at Waterloo. Lord Saltoun was next in seniority to Sir James Macdonell, and fought gallantly by his side. The late Duke never forgot the circumstances of this most noble defence, nor the name of the officer who conducted it. If any excuse is necessary for me, as a relation of Sir James Macdonell , for correcting the error into which you have fallen, it may be found in the fact that the late Lord Saltoun, when he was on one occasion spoken of as the defender of Hougoumont, replied, that the only credit he deserved on the occasion was for obey ing the orders which he received from the commanding officer, Sir James Macdonell. He was too good and too chivalrous a soldier to take praise which belonged to others, and, in truth, he earned enough honour for him self to satisfy any man. THE HARVEST IN IRELAND. — The corn markets all through the country afford the most gratifying evidence of the progress already made in the harvest, and of the promptitude with whicL the farmers are availing them selves of the present high prices for agricultural produce. The largeness of the supplies of grain at this early period of the season is a remarkable circumstance, and it is attributed to the more thrifty habits of the tenantry, many of whom are persons of great intelligence and comparative wealth. The accounts received report most e t n u d be f r or is h d arv esc e r s i t be la d bo a u s t -favourably of the potatoe crop. Although in some dis tricts the stalks and leaves appear black and withered, thed ma r e being s perfectly f g e c r t e l a y t sound. that The in th e county of Tipperary they are receiving ls. 6d. kday, with their diet. CHRISTCHURCH AND LAMBETH REGATTA.—Yesterday afternoon the sixth annual rowing-match for a purse of sovereigns, and other prizes, was contested for by 12 free watermen, residing in the parishes of Christchurch and Lambeth. It was a double scullers' match, in three 1 heats, the two first being in flood, and the final heat in ebb tide. The result was as follows : Red the winner, blue second, and green third. Great interest was excited upon the result, and the river presented an animated scene, from the number of boats that accompanied the match, 8 p cdch a oh t ran c o l sone. not, yc pci n eu e o v apr e l r tee ( r i a. e x:p l rn' n e t c o t t t h e ,h d e a so W r t oeaehkt becomeel y l a e r a al) .Di sp at ch . wheres uc l h V e a any energies or resources of their own, except those which are exclusively exerted in hallooing to other depend se inp e thisnlrde Ireland, people to come to their rescue. It is the miserable consolation of the futile and ineffectual to attribute their misfortunes to the injustice of those who have helped themselves, and whom thereby God has helped. But we are somewhat humiliated to think that such a cuckoo note should find a parrot echo reverberated from the manly and self-asserting race who inhabit the northern side of the Tweed. We doubt whether we would hear of the querulous expostulations even from our Irish friends, were they well off and prosperous. What should ever have led our fellow-subjects of Scot land, warm and well to do, to forget the characteristic, we might call it national maxim, "to let well alone," can only be explained by reference to that lurking spirit of jobbery which, under the dynasty of the Dundases, disgraced a portion of the middle an d hi g h er c l asse s of Scotland, who waited upon Providence with such ortho dox trust and pious confidence. We think we are quite capable of discussing this question in a perfectly im partial spirit. We are more inclined to remonstrate than to sneer our way through it. A. Scotchman has a "reasonable soul"—some honourable pride —a sense of shame—a sturdy manfulness. We speak, therefore, as unto wise men, and entreat them to judge what we say. A manifesto has been issued from Edinburgh, signed by provosts and baillies, advocates, phy s i c i ans, and divines —a lord or two, and some baronets—havin g our title for its text. We think it supplies its own b es t re f u t a tion. It tells us that Scotland consists of 2 ,800,000 inhabi tants, and contributes 6,000,000/. to the revenue ; while Ireland, with a population of 6,500,000, musters not quite 2,000,000 1 ., whereof the whole is !pe n t i n the country, and more to boot. Why, this is lik e th e man who should complain that he:pays_ 1,0001. a year income tax,. while his - neighbour is exempt, because his income is under 150'. There is something singularly il logical, and, therefore, not at all Scotch, in this blatant document. It first claims for Scotland justice to its nation ality, its independence as a separate kingdom—its rights under the Act of Union—and then it blinks all these items to prefer other demands on abstractgrounds of vulgar arith metic, which are directly in the teeth of its union and its nationality. Her Act of Union gave to Scotland only 45 representatives in the Imperial Parliament--while that Parliament itself raised the number to 53. Well. The " Statement of Grievances" very composedly aban dons the plea of the Union and of rights as an indepen dent kingdom, and argues, by Rule of Three, that, if England have 500 Members, Scot land s hould have 77. Yorkshire, with a larger population, and much greater wealth, than Scotland, has only half her number of Members. "Oh ! but then," rejoins the Caledonian grumblers, "Yorkshire is but a province, and Scotland is a separate kingdom with independent rights." Again. Lancashire is about as populous as Scotland—a good deal richer—and returns about thirteen millions of reve nue to the Exchequer. That duchy ought to have, ac cording to the " Justice to Scotland " theory, more than twice the amount of public money spent within its borders to that disbursed in the " north countrie." But it is quite the other way. For the sole and exclusive use of Scotland a separate hierarchy, a numerous and varied judicial establishment, commissioners of northern lights, national institutions, six colleges , and we know not what besides, are maintained, mos tl y at the ex p ense of the Imperial Exchequer. Lancashire has none of these things provided for her. The answer is ready. Lanca shire is but a province, while Scotland is a kingdom. But if that be the ground of distinction between the ri val competitors for a grievance, what becomes of that other, according to Cocker, which claims " justice" on the score that Scotland returns so much revenue, while she retains so little for her expenditure ; and Ireland, with treble her population, pays less than listif her amount of taxes, and expends upon herself all, and more than all, she contributes ? The tonnage entering the port of Liverpool, and the Customs levied there, amount to several times as much as those in all Scotland. Yet Liverpool has no Board of Cus toms, and is relegated to London in all cases of diffi culty connected with the question of foreign revenue. Under the cry, however, of " Justice to Scotland," the modern Covenanters who have bound themselves together to pursue this crotchet to the utmost, demand the restoration of a regular Board of Customs to Leith, be cause it was there before, and because Scotland is an inde pendentkingdom ; but theydrop this plea altogether in a few sentences, and found the claim on the greater amount of revenue paid and of commercial business transacted in Scotland than in Ireland. If national establishments should be centred anywhere in the former it should be in Glasgow, the true heart and centre of this country. But this will not suit the "book" of these remonstrants, who claim their retention in Edinburgh as the capital city, in law, although the progress of society, and the growth of trade and commerce, have.left that place im measurably behind her western rival of the Clyde. If the land of cakes is to have Boards of Customs, Ex cise, and Stamps, long after the use of such establish ments is past, why not require a sovereign of her own, demand a resident court, and insist upon the revival of a separate nobility ? But if such medimval claims are to be listened to where is the grumbling to stop ? Why not revive the kingdoms of the Heptarchy ? Perhaps the two kings of Brentford, who harmoniously smelled at the same nosegay. If Scotland is to quote nationality, Acts of Union, independence, and solemn compacts at every turn, in support of a claim to exclusive privileges, and to rights which have long survived their meaning or purpose, every separate county, borough, duchy, principality, or province may, with equal force of law and logic, prefer each its peculiar charter of prescrip tion. Northumberland and Westmoreland should be restored to Scotland ; heritable jurisdictions should be revived ; prelacy should rear its head in Aberdeenshire ; and popery in the Celtic counties ; the Highlander should demand the restoration of all th e l aws and cus toms which were crushed by the str ong h an d of the Lowlanders ; in a word, the Eglinton tournament should be revived as a reality, and antiquaries should be di rected by royal commission to examine the origin of the title "kingdom of Fife," in the view of assigning to that county some sovereign all to herself, to hold state in Dunfermline, and restore its abbey to Its pristine in tegrity. Why should Scotland alone set forth upon the Quixote enterprise of a resurrection of the dead and rot ten carcase of archmological prescription ? Exhume the claims of Cornwall to its Court of Stanneries and other an cient perquisites and privileges ; revive the boroughsruth lessly sacrificed on the altar of reform to the ogre schedule A ; rebuild whatever has crumbled to ruins that once was a house, a custom or a right—where would the confusion end or common sense begin ? The Isle of Man has been " annexed" to England without any consent of its three legs, or the Manxmen. Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark has each its little bill of antiquities. Our foreign dependencies, while we are settling these ques tions of grievance, have equal rights of this purely his tor:cal kind—and we are afraid to contemplate the very whisper of such a subject in its application to Ireland and Brian Borou. When Scotland had all the paraphe nalia of which it is now claimed she should be again put in possession, she had to pay for them all separately out of her own resources. If she is prepared to do that now, she may doubtless accomplish their restoration. At present she pays no more than her fair share of im perial taxation ; and can qualify no better title on that score, to the perquisites of a useless expenditure, than Manchester or Bristol. There is no Board of Customs, Excise, or Stamps i n Ireland, an y more than in Scot land. Is the co untr y at lar g e to be taxed to su pp ly the means of a totally useless expenditure for offices that are not merely unnecessary, but have proved detrimen tal to the public service and instrilments of local job bery and corruption, only to satisfy% rival clamours for national recognition ? It is not p h a ig to the credit of e ith er country, that they have se to and conflicting institutions, jurisdictions, churches 'laws. It is the atien deavour of enlightened men to milate these—both borrowing from the other what is cod in each. It is an evidence of nothing but of execoble stupidity, that whenever a British subject crosses the border, he places himself under the operation of a set if laws and judges of which and whom he knows no re Ye than of the me dicine men of Safraria, or the punlits of Hindostan. What can be more incongruous that the fact, that the Queen is a Dissenter at Balmoral, aheretic at Dublin, and the head of the Church at Osborne or Windsor ? We can quite understand the meastre, the exetent of the interest which Edinburgh has in blowing this con troversy into a flame of national enthisiasm. Her shop keepers, h ous e-proprietors, lawyers, doctors , parsons, and professors would have very prety pickings out of it. The Edinburgh Post-office woulc witness a return of its time-honoured system of pecilation, by being virtually irresp ons ible to a London Board. The "good easy men" wh o retired political service in the livery of the H o p es and. ndases, into the Stamps, Customs Com snuggeries of Excise, and po, d m i ss ionerships, and looked upon, collect i on of the revenue much more as it aff the convenience of the Scotch merchants than interests of the Imperial Exchequer, would spend tie public money at their ease in Leith and Edinburgh, and do the dirty work of faction, and the jobs of corruption, as they did before. But we cannot, for the life if us, see that Aber deeni or Dundee, or Gla s g ow or Pe 1, can derive an y substantial advantage from being ed to enable sine curists to dose life away in " Auld eekie ; " to pay Sir David Lindsay of tit( Mount, Lord Lyon King-at-Ann;,to define the exact place of the lion sf Scotland amon g the emblems of the Un ited Kingthrn ; or to determine the quarterings of— Dread Dalhousie, the great iod of war, Lieutenant-General to the Earl of Mar. If the gentlemen grievance-mongersand those patriotic an tiquaries who grumble th rou g h tbir inventor y of na tional wrongs will prove t o us that it will be for the good of the country as a whole that any of their requi sitions should be grarted, they will make out an inex pungable case on much stronger bales than purely ter ritorial of archaeological grounds. Jut if all they have to say in favour of their views is, that Parliament should spend, for the mere sake of spending, public money upon the revival of corrupting sinecures and unprofitable offices, merely to add the income 6f. public idlers to the general expenditure of Bdinbur4; Tie think there are 1 THE EASTERN QUESTION. ( Prom the Press. ) If the character of Great Britain and the balance of power in Europe, and the great interests of liberty and civilisation were not deeply involved, we might say the solution of the Eastern question, as explained by Lord John Russell on Tuesday, was simply ridiculous. After a long and grave silence—after significant ap peals to Mr. Layard, importing and portending great results—after a congress of the representatives of the European Powers, with negotiations and messages and notes, daring the season for energetic measures— the solution is this : the united fleets of England and France, instead of moving from Besika Bay to the waters of Constantinople, may retire to Salamis and Malta ; and the armies oißussia, may retire beyond the Pruth ; but neither process is stipulated for or is treated as material to the issue, which is confined to the acqui escence of the Porte in certain proposals upon which Russia has been previously sounded, and which the Ministry have thankfully ascertained are acceptable to her. The debate on Tuesday was not, however, so pacific as the contemplations of Lord John Russell and his colleagues. Exhausted as it is, the House of Commons evinced more spirit than its leader. Every speaker, ex cept Mr. Cobden, vigorously assailed the Government, and even he, the only apologist of the Ministry, received a castigation from Lord Palmerston for supporting his colleagues. Simultaneously the spirit of England has shown itself in the tone of most of the organs of public opinion ; and it is obvious that Englishmen of the pre sent day feel, like their ancestors, that the blessings of peace are purchased too dearly, and cannot be secured permanently, by the sacrifice of national honour. Nothwithstanding the. Ministerial reserve, some matters of considerable importance transpired through Lord John Russell's speech. It is admitted now, for the first time, that the ques tion regarding the Sacred Places was but the pretext for Russian aggression. Lord John Russell states that in April last Lord Stratford was informed by the Turkish Minister that new demands had been made by Russia, with the ignominious requirement that they should be concealed from the knowledge of Great Britain and France. Turkey, with her characteristic good faith, communicated them, not withstanding, to her allies. But Lord John Rus sell, on Tuesday, did not express himself with the indignation befitting a British Minister addressing the British House of Commons, as regards this dis creditable attempt. It appears, too, that what Lord John Russell declares to be the undoubted right of Tur key to consider the occupation of the provinces as a cams belli was waived by that power under the pacific influence of Lord Aberdeen, a counsel of which he is entitled to take the chance fruits if he dared to assume its certain responsibility. In conclusion, we learn, that should the Sultan re fuse to accept, or require any modification of, the note proposed by the four Powers, the previous com munication of that note to ussia, tends, as suggested by Mr. Layard, to complicate this re sponsibility with conflicting obligations. The Min isters are not, indeed, absolutely concluded by their recommendations, for they have not acted in the matter as arbitrators ; but Lord Aber deen may find himself in a position towards Russia which may be inconsistent with the liability he has contracted on behalf of Turkey. In any event, and whatever may be the issue, he and his colleagues are at length exemplifying the spirit of " self-sacrifice in which they professed to take office. For them, their conduct of this business is a voluntary abandonment of their credit as English statesmen ; while for the interests for which, as Russian diplomatists, they are providing, the substantial question, as Mr. Layard stated, is " not settled, but only deferred." CHURCH RATES. (From the Press.) The decision of the House of Lords in the long-liti gated Braintree case has established a point frequently in dispute, and which lies at the very root of the whole church rate controversy. It will, perhaps, be remem bered that the parish of Braintree, in Essex, has for many years past acquired an unenN :able notoriety in connection with this quarrel. The holy war of church warden against vestry was nowhere waged with more uncompromising pertinacity. Far be it from us to revive the memory, or to trace the successive steps, of a lawsuit, or rather of two suits closely connected, and following one on the other, which jointly have lasted without intermission from June, 1837, to the present time. The result of these may be summed up in a single sentence. By the first decision, in 1841, it was laid down authoritatively that a churchwarden alone could not make and raise a rate against the will of the pa rishioners, even though for the necessary repairs of the consecrated fabric—a claim to that effect having been put forward, and the state of the law being up to that t i m e so doubtful tat Dr. Lushington, in his judicial c apacity, felt himself bound to affirm the validity of the act. The ecclesiastical litigants, naturally dissatisfied with their defeat, renewed the contest without delay. A. vestry was again called in Braintree—a rate again pro posed—the proposal defeated—evidence of the necessity adduced—and the churchwarden, acting in this instance with the defeated minority of the vestry, proceeded once more to collect the amount so decided upon by the usual legal means. This second question has run the gauntlet of five tribunals, and is now settled in favour of the re cusant parishioners, and against the churchwardens. The consequences of this suit are practically of con siderable importance, though less so than they would have been before the good sense of the parochial clergy had led them to resort as generally as they now do to less obnoxious methods of raising the needful funds for church repair. For, according to the strict theory of the law as previously understood, vestries had very little right of refusing to pay whatever burden might be laid upon them. It was, at least, doubtful whether the ecclesiastical officer had not individually, in case of re fusal, the power to tax them ; and it was certain that, in the event of the church falling into disrepair through neglect, the whole parish might be punished for their contumacy. But the latter mode of action has long been abandoned as vexatious and impracticable ; and the former is now ascertained to be contrary to law. Hence, for the future, both in theory and in practice, every parish is allowed to decide for itself whether it shall, or shall not, keep its church buildings in repair. But this is, in fact, though not in name, a recognition of the "voluntary principle ;" the only compulsion being that which the majority within the palish may exercise over the minority also residing therein. Of such compulsion it does not seem to us that members of the National Church have any right to complain. They receive value for their money. They are only doing that which, by somewhat different machinery, every dissenting congre gation does ; for every dissenting congregation supports its place of worship by payments to which all except the poorest members contribute. The case is different as regards dissenters. Their claim to exemption, as a matter of right, cannot, indeed, be asserted consistently with the theory of a national establishment ' • but as a matter of expediency—as a means of avoiding discredit able quarrels, which often terminate in defeat—the clergy would do well to acquiesce in, if not to demand, a change in the existing law. For how does that law operate ? Simply in the great towns, and throughout the manu facturing districts generally (to say nothing of many rural parishes), to prevent the levying of any church rate whatever. Voluntary efforts are paralysed by the existence of a compulsory power. Than this, no result in physical science is more certain; and the compulsory power avails nothing--it is a name, not a reality--a majority of the vestry may defeat it—vexatious lawsuits may defeat it— the resistance of a few individuals may cause a degree of Opposition and difficulty which it is not worth while to encounter—the proceeds are generally small, the ex penses of law always considerable —prudence, peace, economy, all combine to forbid a struggle. Once more, let us remind our readers how large a proportion of ecclesiastical incomes are raised either from sources independent of church rate, or from that part of church rates which falls on churchmen. In round num bers, the revenue of the establishment equals 6,000,000/. Some put it higher, some lower ; we take a mean. Church rate revenues an do d not exceed the 600,000 sum1ai., or d by 10 dpis er cent. on the whole ; of p senters certainly falls short of 100,0001., while it pro bably comes nearer to 50,0001. In one case, 1-60th of the total income : in the other, 1.20 th of that income. That is to say, the above amount ought to be collected. But in practice but a small fraction of it is collected ; the real payment falling far below the nominal debt. Is this a tax worth fighting for ? "No change or compromise " may be a fit motto for Rome ; but it is scarcely one which can or should be adopted by our Reformed and Protestant Church. THE AMERICAN CUTTER Y ACHT SILVIE. —The own er of this splen did vessel, which won the second p r i ze ( a cup value 501 .) on. Saturday, not feeling satisfied i n b e i ng beaten by the Julia, is reported to have challenged Mr. Peareth to sail his yacht for any stun he may please to Dame. ~ , ~,,,„ . 4,, /),,,,,,,,,...i iz me-dot-67 in a terri date, and will be no ae the winter mes on ; in the same season last year 1001. per ton .) , . .1 ) '4r ( .... //- was paid for the carriage of goo d s f rom M e lb ourne to e goldfields, and even the di ggers regar d w i t h appre -1 Icension the prices provisions are lik e ly t o b e t h ere w i t hi n the next few months. The Governm en t escort b roug ht down to Melbourne for the week ending th e 30th o f A pr il 31,830 ounces of gold ; the average prod uce o f w h a t may be called the Sydney goldfields is scarcely a fourth of this quantity. It is alleged that the regulations of the Sydney Government are more restrictive than those in force in Victoria, and that they have tended to drive people to the diggings of the latter province. It is not certainly ascertained that the fields of New South Wales are less rich, but fewer hands are at work Si them. The regulations in question are to be modified in the present session of the Council, in consequence of the representations made against them. In his last official report to the Government, Mr. Hargreaves states his belief, that "the whole of New South Wales is auri ferous, or nearly so," and that "the question in the colony is rather where is gold not to be found than where it is." He admits that the Victoria fields are tecidgaa m hsitr date l e o tl the escort 2r e hoto, 3productive,.,efladobhh2i.agmiddss.go.jst unhinged extensive. bu but thinks li thoseHe, to industrial , o f complainsp N ur e s w u i t,, South atnh A da Vt thatthe e e a y ptt hsoG I eu i wo a n v s ecdreo a eros l nmtf3mhlo.oaessfynt sGovernment was lost fhoawor. abe si i . ut n t hs s ghe eahi value. paying,horses rbs er saa bran, 16s. horse,f B t 1 the ahnsande.. p 3 50 MELBOURNE. —The ir E a i Ln - n t i o g u ' 1 1 : Ri t o Nler w EleBb a 5.50_2 thancTrt h nhh a ee e r agttei doubled ddae populationrfooa f r t e w h a t i a v h e l at o y oif . policer4fnog dig gi ngs o .e r rn yvv t e;a o t rs h n yo on vinli continues ngBo.sel orr.fp hi a t tc o ot. ts i mmig ration t t hw a e 1 aaspr province t to h r e ia en h d ad o m f it will be at the close of 1853 it would be diffic'ult to predict. The arrivals in the month of April have ex ceeded the maximum of any month in 1852 ; and on the 27th ult., more than 2,400 immigrants arrived in the bay in the course of the 24 hours. To meet this daily increasing mass of life there is in Melbourne little or no preparation ; the place is fed, like a besieged city, by supplies thrown in by distant speculation, and provi sions, are, indeed, nearly at siege and famine prices. As to house-room, every nook is filled ; the places of those who leave for the gold fields are instantly occu pied by new comers. Only the more provident and better circumstanced arrive furnished with tents, which they can pitch at "Canvas town," or portable houses to put up on any patch of ground that can be obtained. Of public enterprise, even to guard against impending social perils, there is none ; the rains of heaven are the only scavengers of the city, and, out of the main streets, the filth of Ithe alleys and back premises is excessive, there being no drains of any kind. Much alarm, in deed, begins to be felt for the health of the place, and with good reason, when 4,000 souls are being added to the population weekly. But in this, as in everything else, gold paralyzes effective exertion on a large scale, and the very wealth of the land seems to be condemning its capital to disease and pestilence. Some few months ago the city was f ar l ess sa f e th an now ; but those who have resided there any length of time do not, even at present, trust wholly to the police. Many of them al ways carry arms, if they have to be out after dark, avoid certain localities, keep the centre of the street, and answer any inquirer of the hour, or applicant for a light to a cigar, by the click of a pistol, and an injunction to the parties to keep their distance. I can not say I have found any precautions of the kind neces sary ; but the experience of others may as well be cited. The fact is, so completely are the relations of society re versed here, that the garb of a gentleman (or "swell" in the colonial vernacular) is in itself a protection, being the badge of poverty ; he is not worth robbing ; he eitherjias no money, or, being sob er an d di screet, leaves what he :may hav e at home ; but the drunken dig ger, just down from th e m i nes, w i th his gold-dust in his belt, reeling from pothouse to pothouse is a rich and easy prey. He is marked out, followed, and robbed in a systematic manner. Many a better "pocket" of gold is picked out of a kennel in the city than could be got by weeks of delving at Ballarat. Except to this class I should say the place is safe enough, and quieter than could be expected. The true gold mines are the public-houses at Melbourne and the several diggings ; the publicans make large and rapid fortunes, and thousands of pounds are freely given for the goodwill of a house of the lowest class, the lower indeed the better, for in them greater profits are made than in the respectable hotels. The diggers frequently give their gold to the landlord, drink it out, and go back to the fields as poor as they came. If they deposit it in a bank, the simplest forms of busi ness are a puzzle to them ; in some cases, the proffered passbook has been indignantly refused, under an impres sion that it is something equivalent to a convict's ticket of-leave. It is calculated that a large amount of gold in the Melbourne banks will never be claimed, the de positors having drunk themselves to death, or!died by accident or disease at the mines, where casualties are by no means rare. Those who save their earnings, to in vest in land or business hereafter, are the minority, the prudent or educated ; but fortune is capricious, and the luckiest are not always the most deserving. GEELONG, MAY 19. The yield of gold still continues large, although not commensurate with the increase to our population. From the Ist of January up to the present date 791,308 ounces have been exported, and the Harbinger, which brings this communication, will, it is expected, take away a very large quantity. The escorts have brought down during the present year 780,000 ounces of gold, and at least an equal quantity has arrived in the towns by private hand, or remains in the hands of the miners. Some rich diggings have been discovered near Mount Alexander, at the Mac Ivor, so called from its being on the run of a gentleman of that name, and the country around Mount Korong is being extensively and success fully worked. To the westward of Ballarat, at the Wardy Yallock, gold has been found in small quanti ties ; indeed, more than 4,000 square miles of country, a patch 100 miles long by nearly 40 in width, is prov ing more or less auriferous. The weekly yield of gold may be estimated at about 70,000 ounces, which will give an ounce per man per week to those employed in digging. The general opi nion is that it is nearly 100,000. A great many miners prefer keeping their gold in their own hands to selling it, in the hope that the price will increase, and that the land will be procurable at a cheaper rate. Gold is now selling in the towns at from 31. 15s. to 31. 16s. 6d. according to the demand, and at the gold fields at from.3l. 13s. to 3/. 15s. It will be seen from these data that the renumeration of the miners is by no means excessive, as compared with that of other descrip tions of labour. Mechanics, such as carpenters, cabinet makers, blacksmiths, masons, and bricklayers, are earn ing from 20s. to 30s. per diem, according to the locality and their skill; the police receive 31. 10s. rper week without rations, or 21. 16s. with ; labourers from 10s. to 12s. per diem ; shepherds and stock-keepers 50/. to 751. per annum, with rations and quarters. Business of all kinds is exceedingly good, although the profits of importers are considerably crippled by Ile_ present high rates of freight. The desertion of seamen is now considerably checked by the establishment of an efficient water police, and the presence here of her Ma jesty's corvette Electra. lireadstuffs, horsefeed, beer, and spirits rule very high ; flour being 301. per ton ; hay 351. ditto ; oats, 16s. per bushel ; brandy (in bond) 18s. per gallon ; beer (bottle) 18s. to 30s. per dozen ; in wood, ale, 71. to 101. per hhd. ; porter, 91. 10s. to 131. Rents still continue at the same high rates, 21. a week being demanded for a hovel in Melbourne. In Geelong, however, they are nearly 50 per cent. less than in the metropolis. Some of the town land (Melbourne) sold at the last Government sale for 3,700/. per acre, and this was at least a mile from the business portion of the city. The Wentworth estate occupying about an acre of land, in a good position, which was bought about nine months ago for 20,0001., was subdivided and re-sold a few days since for nearly 65,0001. There is a vast amount of distress existing among the new arrivals. Many of the scenes which presented themselves to me on occasion of my last visit to Mel bourne were painful in the extreme. Whole shiploads of passengers are landed on the wharf in the dusk of the evening, unaware where to obtain shelter for the night, and their pockets but very slenderly provided. In the case of young and hearty men, their troubles are soon over ; the lee side of a wall, or the inside of a boiler, provides a shelter which some of the wealthy colonists whom they see dashing about the streets in well ap pointed carriages, or mounted on blood-horses, would have been glad of when they first arrived. The case of delicate women, invalid men, and helpless children is a very painful one, especially as the horrors of the first night are but a prelude to much misery. A great deal of the distress among newly-arrived im migrants is in process of being relieved by homes being thrown open for their reception, in addition to those at present existing, and a subscription is now being raised for this purpose. It is proposed that 10,0001. should be raised by voluntary contributions, and the Government have promised a grant in aid of 40,0001. The greater portion of all this misery is, however, caused by the immigrants being of a class who should never have left England. Workmen, mechanics, and female servants cannot come in too large masses ; capi talists and men of business may make large fortunes ; but of what use are large families of helpless children, and of scarcely less helpless parents—men used all their lives to English comforts, and to no harder work than can be found in an English counting-house ; and women who, out of an income of a hundred a-year, have al ways managed to keep a drudge of all work—in a coun try where the shelter of a roof can scarcely be obtained for the average remuneration of a clerk or shopman ? Unable to obtain remunerative employment, scarcely able to exist on the wages given to persons of their class if they work as labourers, they have but one alternative —for the husband to go into the bush as a shepherd, and his wife to accompany him as hutkeeper „• they have, however, a sort of horror of the bush, and pre fer privation with sympathising croakers to plenty in a slab hut with no one to speak to but the opossums and bandicoots. Persons who come by the Government immigrant ships are provided with a home on their arrival in the shape of a depot. In this they are maintained until they obtain employment, and as they are generally of a class greatly in demand, this period rarely exceeds one week. Those who pay their own passage receive, how ever, neither aid nor information from the authorities. It may be well to give a few words of advice to in tending emigrants. In the first place, are they eligible for a free passage, i. e., are they country mechanics or labourers ? if so, let them avail themselves of their pri vilege. Secondly, are they persons in trade or business, and provided with capital ? if so, let the husband be the pioneer ; let him see first if there be a field for his exer tions, and not risk everything on one cast. If he likes the colony, he can readily enough send for his family. Thirdly, are they poor, but at the same time respectable; unskilled in any trade, but learned in the belles lettres? if so, let them stay at home. As regards young single men, if they are only enterprising enough to come out, and energetic enough to work hard when they are out, they are sure to do well enough. Above all, let no in valids emigrate in the hope of our fine climate benefiting their health. The climate might do them good, but the hardships and privations they would have to endure would more than counterbalance all its good effects. A dispatch has been received from the Colonial-office, giving to the colonial legislature the control of the land fund, and conferring on us a constitution similar to that of Canada. This is admitted on all hands to be a very great boon, and it will be the fault of the colonists them selves if the rich lands of our almost boundless interior be not thrown open. The greatest apathy, however, prevails on all political topics, very few candidates coming forward for the next election, which is to be held in the beginning of June. For this town (Geelong) only one candidate is as yet in the field, and in the adjacent counties the constituencies are not able to find a single person of sufficient public spirit to become their repre sentative. Avarice appears to be the tomb of ambition. There has been a great decrease in the amount of crime, partly owing to the deportation of all persons proved to be convicts who have not served out their sentence, and partially to the improved system of police. Fifty London policemen have arrived, and are doing duty in Melbourne. The mounted troopers and cadets have nearly rid the country of bushrangers, although they will doubtless soon reappear. Geelong possesses natural advantages far superior to those of Melbourne, lying as it does on the shores of the bay, and surrounded by rich agricultural land. Un fortunately, however, there is a bar at the entrance of the bay which prevents vessels drawing more than ten feet of water coming up to the wharf. This bar is, how ever, in process of removal, or rather the ship channel is being deepened. When this is the case, this town will rapidly increase in size and prosperity. At present it contains about 20,000 inhabitants, and is the entrep6t of Ballarat and the whole of the western district. More wool and tallow is shipped from here than any other port in the colony. The rate of wages is rather higher than in Melbourne ; land for agricultural purposes is more readily procurable ; and altogether it presents a much better field for an immigrant than the metropolis. It is about fifty miles from Melbourne, and steam-boats run twice a day between the two towns. Some very rich tin ore has been discovered near the Ovens gold field, and a company is being formed for the purpose of tin streaming. The Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company is about to commence its operations by the erection of the Geelong terminus, and tenders for the construc tion of the permanent way are advertised for. The line will pass over nearly a dead level throughout its entire length, with the exception of the two miles nearest Melbourne ; and this expense it is proposed to do away single s with by a junction with the Melbourne and Williams T o wn Railway. In that case the li ne wou ld only be 38 miles long, and the estimated exp ense (only a line of rails being laid down) at the present rate of wages, is 390,0001. ; or, if workmen could be procured at Bs. per diem for mechanics and ss. for labourers, at 250,000/. If the milesth elin l e o h ng, has to carriedonbewould cost into Melbourne, it will be reason why the expense per m il e i s so considerably more. The small passesis that freethe greater portion of the land over whicht grant to the company by the Government ; that there are no engineering difficulties ' • and that the whole of the preliminary expen ses have been paid and an act of coun cil obtained for something less than 2,0001. The fares authorised to be charged are only 50 per cent. more than those allowed by the English act, they being 3d., and 10. per mile for the first, second, and third class respectively. The Government has guaranteed 5 per cent. for 20 years on 200,0001. of the paid-up capital. The Hobson's Bay Railway Company has sent home an order for rails and rolling stock, and it is confidently stated that it will be in work within two years from the present date. THE GOLD FIELDS AT VICTORIA. --- The Victoria goldfields continue to produce the greatest quantity of the metal, and have drawn away most of the diggers from the northern province. There is a same ness in the accounts from all the fields ; reports of the greater productiveness of certain spots, and the invari able rush to them from others, complaints of the enor mous prices of provisions and forage, and The the non arrival of the post, form the staple of news. roads TIIE MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE DE BRABANT. No event of recent date in the history of Belgium has caused so much excitement at Brussels as the marriage of the heir apparent of the throne with the Archduchess Maria of Austria, daughter of that Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary. The dynasty of Leopold, already consolidated by his consummate wisdom and all-con ciliating benevolence, receives a corroborative guarantee in a union with the ancient house of Hapsburg, and a renewal of closer relations with the powerful confedera tion which includes the land of his own birth and educa- tion. The Duke de Brabant is still very young—only 18 years of age, but of tall stature, with quite a Bour bon face. His manners are precocious, as is usually the case with plants of a Royal conservatory—the coolness, the aplomb, and the kn o wledge of persons which he has belonging rather to a man of thirty. The interview between the bride and bridegroom took place fin fa private apartment of the chateau of Vis count Biollay. The Arch-duchess Maria is of middle height, of moderate embonpoint, of a fine healthy com plexion, and of a most pleasing expression of counte nance. She wore a costume of blue and white. When the presentations and recognitions had taken place, the King, leading forward the Duchess de Brabant, stepped on the balcony ; and the moment he appeared the densely assembled mass of people who had crowded from all the eastern part of Belgium into Verviers, burst into one spontaneous shout of " Vive le Roi !" " Vive la Duchesse de Brabant !" and the band striking up "08 peat on etre mieux qu'au sein de sa fa2nille," affectionate and significant glances were exchanged by the Royal group. The Royal family and the commission then partook of dejeuner, and the train started for the station at Verviers. On arriving at the station there were the usual addresses and felicitations of the authorities, with a profusion of garlands and flags, and the same at other stations along the route. The progress to Liege was through the beautiful valley of the Vesdre. This is the Birmingham and Wolverhampton of Belgium ; but the long furnace chimneys, instead of rising from a Staffordshire inferno of unvarying grim blackness, are mingled with vast forests hanging on mountain slopes, verdant champaigns, and clear rushing rills. Every fire was put out, and the atmosphere was colourless. Liege and Verviers are the principal localities of the very small Socialist and Re publican party in Belgium. Nothing, however, but enthusiasm was visible at either place. This marriage with a daughter of the first Catholic Power of Germany has been very acceptable to the clergy, which is so influential in Belgium. At Brussels the whole of the vast station was thronged with the lead ing persons of the town, the State, and the army. The warmth of the reception of the royal bridal party as it proceeded up the Boulevard Botanique and the Rue Royale was all that they could possibly wish for. Every window of the tall and elegant mansions on the route was crowded with ladies in gala costume, waving hand kerchiefs, and the King, upon his arrival at the Palace, once more presented the Duchess on the balcony,amidst repeated acclamations. The bells of the churches were at this time ringing their merriest peals, and the cannon firing salutes in honour of the occasion. The civil mo fo ther n m i a n r ßg r i , oa wasygae 1 , b w dr h ei ld i a c ey h ie n w d a s co onn t sa o ec have n tetakenttpeel fatigueaei n e d o is n . affai r o f of f ou s t ni h d e at ° yn journey. The civil marr i age i s a simple declaration and registry in presence of the witnesses. BOOKS TO PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 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