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ail many fresh ones taken within these last few days. I was not able to ascertain the exact num ber issued, but I saw one dated yesterday, which was " 485," and as the Commissioner went to town this morning, that must have been one of the latest. There were 25 persons newly arrived, who gave their names to the police for licenses to-day. It is impossible to form any idea of the entire quantity of gold which has been taken ; it must be judged of from individual results, and of these I will cite a few that may be relied upon. An Adelaide tradesman who began work at noon on Wednesday, showed me, at about the same hour to-day, between five and six ounces, which he and three others had raised. One of the earliest adventurers has a pound and a half, the result of a month's work, besides a few little nuggets, weighing about an ounce more. Yesterday afternoon, a nugget was found on the hill-side, weighing an ounce and a half. The Com missioner took it into Adelaide with him this morning. On the same day a nugget was found by two Germans, weighing somewhat more than an ounce. I heard of another, said to have been found by a German, weighing an ounce and a quarter; but I have some doubt whether it was not the same I have just referred to. This morning, three boys tool:: four ounces and a half from a hole five feet deep. A farmer living at Echunga, who is working at a hole with two boys, states, as I understand, that he has made two, three, and even four ounces in a day. I heard, upon good authority, that on one occasion he got an ounce from a single dish. I do not think any of these tales are exaggerated, as there is not generally a disposition among the diggers here to overrate their profits ; on the con trary, they are rather inclined to conceal their ad vantages. As an instance of this, I may mention three Germans who said, in answer to an inquiry, that their entire taking was half an ounce, and who were seen the same afternoon selling three ounces to a dealer. I heard of one man who had been working on the hill side for a fortnight, and got scarcely anything. He then dropped upon a pocket, and before dinner time picked out with his knife as many nuggets as weighed six ounces. This caused an instant rush to the place, and several are still working round his hole ; but, though he has been pretty successful since, the others have not done much. I heard of a tub containing 12 dishes of washing stuff, the proceeds of which the owner refused to sell as four ounces. He afterwards washed another tub, which yielded between two and three ounces. This was a fortnight ago. The whole had been dug by four men in two hours. The party did exceedingly well for a week, then left the gully to try deep digging. They are now engaged upon two holes--one on the hill side, and another in a lonely place about a quarter ,of a mile off. Several farmers from Echunga, Balhannah, and the , Meadows, are carting washing stuff to their own premises. Their profits are known only to themselves, but as they return every second or third day for more earth, they are no doubt satis factory. There is a strong impression among those who have been at the Victoria Diggings that the lead ing Echunga gully is yet to be found. A number of them intend prospecting in various directions, and feel confident before long of making some important discovery. Large pieces of gold, weighing from a quarter to half an ounce and upwards, are far more common than they used to be. Nuggets of that kind do not now attract any particular attention. Some of the holes which have been abandoned by inexperienced hands having been taken posses sion of by old diggers from the other colony, who in some instances have found that the real washing stuff has been left behind, and the holes deserted because the red clay yielded no gold. This is a hint worth the attention of those who are making a first attempt. The washing stuff, in which alone the gold is usually found, is a stiff concrete, composed of burnt quartz, ironstone and sand. It lies like a cement upon the top of the pipe-clay, and is not generally more than four or five inches thick. This, and about an inch or an inch and a-half of the pipe-clay is generally all that is worth washing. At present the weather is fine at the diggings, but the heavy rain on Monday filled all the holes, and so flooded the gully that work was at a stand still till Wednesday. The Onkaparinga rose higher than it had been this winter, and Warland's Creek ran for two feet over the bridge. At Dr. Rankine's Creek, some miles further on the same road, the post-boy coming from Wellington had his horse washed from under him, and narrowly escaped with his life. The diggings are well supplied with food of every kind, and even with what he called luxuries, from the numerous well cultivated farms and gardens around them. It will add in no small degree to the comfort of the adventurers during the summer months to have fruit and vegetables in abundance and at reasonable prices. ( From the Geelong Advertiser of 11th Sept. 1852.) The South Australian papers are glowing with auriferous excitement, at " the discovery of an ex tensive gold field in South Australia." The locality is on the banks of the Onkaparinga, about eighteen miles from Adelaide. The Government reward has been claimed by discoverers, licences have been issued, and considerable success has attended the efforts of the first diggers. The Government has published regulations for the issue of gold licences, and the control of the operations of the diggers. Mr. King, the Victoria delegate, has not for gotten his Melbourne friends ; his successor in office, as Town Clerk, announced to the Melbourne Corporation the arrival, by the Australia, of a Corporation Seal, Press ; and Law Books, shipped by Mr. King from England, for the use of the Melbourne civic legislators. The importance of Sir John Pakington's dispatch is not confined to the mere fact that a large amount of revenue is handed over unreservedly to the ma nagement of our representatives. A far more important privilege is conferred, that of regulating by acts of council the gold-digging branch of indus try, and developing the mineral wealth of the co lony generally. It is not merely the control over the expenditure that is conferred, but full powers to regulate the levying of the gold taxes, even to the imposition of a royalty, or export duty. Our contemporary the Herald, in its summary of the legislative proceedings is wrong, however, in stating that the land fund is also placed at the disposal of the local legislature. Such a transfer could only be made by act of Parliament. The Mount Alexander escort brought into Mel bourne on Tuesday 37,956 ounces, which was con veyed in three six-horse drays. Gold in Melbourne has been fluctuating from 3/. 6s. to 3/. 7s. In the markets for general pro duce there has been no material change, though business is represented as brisker. Gold in Sydney had risen to 3/. Bs. 6d., attri buted to advices from E ng l and and abundance of money. There was no material change in the prices of general produce, but expectation still prevailed, that improved advi ces f rom Vi ctoria would lead to , a rise in the value of commodities —an expectation which is not likely to be realised. Police as well as military are e E forthwith to be de spatched t o th ese colonies by the British Govern ment, and la rge drafts from the Irishconstabulary are also to be s en t out . We certainly need a large amount of additional protection from the ruffians who infest our streets and roads. St r eet robberies, accompanied with violence, con tinue common in Melbourn e . O ne man, night, was in Little Lonsdale-street, on Tuesday robbed of 170/., besides being dreadfully beaten, for h av i ng 1041 th e presumption to attempt resistance to th e ruffians. The British Government, through the Colonial Office, are overpowered by apphcavtiocntosrifoar. passage There to Australia, and especially to will be no lack of labour in a very short time. From the Eureka diggings a correspondent of the News of the Week (Geelong) writes thus : "Eureka, 6th September, 1852.—Although the Escort Returns prove that the average yield at Eureka is greater than at either Mount Alexander or Bendigo, yet it is an acknowledged fact that the largest share of the gold is obtained by a few, and that success is far from being equally divided. A party would have the same chance of a fair average here as at Bendigo if the holes were of the same depth, but the deep sinking prevents a party from embracing the same opportunity as shallow sinking, for the same number of holes cannot be sunk. _ . ,c The stuff when found always turns out very rich, but the go ld appears to li e i n a s i ngle vein which runs ale the sides of the hills not more than 30 or 40 feet in breadth. Many parties, however, who have hitherto been unsuccessful are in great hopes that with better weather better diggings will be discovered in the gullets and bed s o f th e cree k s, t h e gold in which will be more equally distributed in the ground. Gold has a W l'ery exciting e ff ec t upon a l most every individual. hen a man finds a large quantity of it, it often Carries him into the highest regions of human bliss, and wh en unsuccessful to the lowest regions despondency. Instances of the kind are daily occurring. No later than yesterday I asked one man how he was getting on, to which he replied, 'first rate.' Bendigo and Forest Creek, in his opinion, were not to be compared to Eureka, for one pound weight found at the former twenty pound weight could be found at the lat ter place. The next acquaintance I met with did not think the diggings were any good ; he had sunk sixteen holes averaging twenty-five feet deep, and had obtained no thing. Every man generally, leas an opinion of his own according to his luck. The Party I am connected 'n ith being desirous of giving Eurek a a fair trial, commenced their operations by building sod walls as an addition to their tent, and afterwrrds• a complete sod house with a chimney to it. They have therefore not a tent but a house of two apartments, as large and comfortable as many a house in the suburbs of Geelong, The whole fabric occupied two men three days in building it. Al though they should be no more than a month on the ground, they were determined to make themselves com fortable during that period. They have now been here a fortnight, during which time they have been sinking holes of the usual depth, but have not yet succeeded in finding any gold. They have not yet much reason to complain, however, for before another fortnight they may hit upon a hole which will abundantly pay them. With the pros pect of obtaining a moderate share of the gold to be found, I will venture to assert that the party are happier and more contented in their humble abode than the proudest and richest man in the colony. The following is from Mount Alexander and Ben.digo : Most of the old diggers are now off home for a few weeks from the effects of the late heavy rains that have fully swamped the gullets and flats, which previously were turning out very rich both at Forest Creek and Beudigo. Little Bendi g o and Wattle Flat are favourite spots at the former, but they cannot be worked effectu ally for some weeks from underdrifts of gravel and sand. The roads are in a desperate state, especially the Black Forest and its neighbourhood. Bush-ranging is still prevalent. Four men on horseback, on Saturday week, " bailed up" the proprietor of a coffee shop on the Keilor Plains, robbed him of 101., and used him in a most brutal manner, finishing by smashing a bottle of milk on his head. On Sunday they robbed another poor old man on the edge of the Black Forest of a quarter pound of tobacco and a few shillings, all on his person. On the other side of Kyneton they robbed a traveller of 235., l and ,s wnotribset off, being satisfied with that, they shot the poor fel owwhich, with other wounds, ended in his death on the follo w i ng d ay. W e are glad, however, to learn that the police are in hot pursuit, and likely to succeed in the capture of the ruffians. The diggers greatly complain of the exorbitant extortion of the road innkeepers, especially the Coliban and Deep Creek, but the particulars of these numerous complaints are at pre sent too voluminous for our purpose."—News of the Week (Geelong.) The same paper also contains the following letter addressed to the Director of the Anaki exploring party with reference to the Anaki Gold Field : " Anaki Ranges, 9th Sept., 1852. " Sir,—Enclosed I beg to hand you a sample of gold obtained by the party under my charge, on Sharpe's Run, near a Creek that empties itself into the Marra bool River, about four milies from where we got the gold. There is at present too much water in the Creek to sink so near its bed ; but in all the holes we have sunk in this locality we have found gold, though, as will be seen by the sample, it is rather light. I have no doubL, that had we not been troubled with too much of what is rather dear at pre i pent in Geelong, namely, water, we should have come to something heavier. But as we were sent out to explore this part of the country in search •of a gold field, and having found one that will pay, rather than waste our time in baling out holes to little purpose, I think it more the duty of this party to ascertain the actual ex tent of the gold field, which we know at present to ex tend a number of miles. It only wants a large " mob " of good and determined diggers to establish, in my hum ble opinion, as Ballart, the Mount, or the far-famed Bendigo. We have not only found gold by sinking, but on the surface, and when the weather takes up, so that sinking in the beds of the creeks and gulleys, will become available, the yield will be equal to the expectations of the most sanguine. This day I have been out, an d f oun d another place more in the vicinity of the Marrabool, which I think a likely place, and I intend to quit this, and camp there, which I intend to be our last remove, till we start for town. _ _ " As regards the gold field we have found, being sup plied with water for a summer digging, I have only to say that there will be no scarcity of that article, if those who may think proper to come out will not think it too much trouble to cart the stuff three miles, when the water in the creeks fails. " Hoping that we stand some chance of not only ob taining the promised reward, but the good opinion of the inhabitants of Geelong, I conclude with saying that you may look on this as my last letter on the subject, for it is my intention, after exploring a circuit of four or five miles round our intended camp, to return to town. " The men composing the party under my charge, have acted strictly up to orders, and as men determined to carry out the grand object they were sent out for, to the satisfaction of those who sent them. Hoping that the Gold Field which we have found, which is only twenty-four miles from town, may prove a benefit to Geelong.—l am, &c., THOMAS OLDMAN." THE SYDNEY GOLD FIELDS.-Mr. Cohen, a Sydney gold broker, expresses a confident opinion that, on the return of the fine weather, there will be a very great and productive reaction in the yield of the gold fields of New South Wales. He states that this opinion is based on positive information, and so confident are the Sydney miners that many who have temporarily ceased opera tions, continue to pay for their licenses until spring fairly sets in.— Geelong News of the Week. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. THE WOOL MARKET. The second series of sales in 1852, comprising the first arrival of the colonial clip of 1851, with the exception of the 400 bales received by the Phenician, and soid in February, commenced the 20th of May, and terminated this day. The quantities sold, were -6,146 Bales Australian wool 8,994 " Port Philip 4,963 " South Australian 4,420 " Van Diemen's Land 9 " New Zealand 6,600 " Cape, including 18 Port Natal 65 " Swan River 30,897 The attendance of buyers was very numerous, and the biddings more than ordinary inspirited by those for foreign account. The stock at the close of the sales in February, was nearly exhausted in the ports, and that in the hands of dealers and manufacturers has been since gradually taken into consumption ; of the small remainder, a considerable portion was purchased just prior to the present sales on foreign account, at a slight advance on rates, which the dragging trade of our manufacturers had afforded. Considerable anxiety has spread in Yorkshire as to _ . the result of the probable desertion of their ordinary pursuit by the colonists for that of gold getting, and the consequent insecurity of the clip of 1852. Active, and we hope effective measures were taken, in concert with pai ties in London interested in Australian affairs, to supply suitable labour for the flockmasters, at least or the next shearing—this movement had some slight tendency to favour the expectation of an advance in prices. Money had been somewhat abundant, owing to the continued expansion of the basis of the circulation and a slight disposition to speculation has manifested itself in different directions. The arrivals, partly from a prevalence of easterly winds, were less than had been expected, and at the opening were 17,000 bales below the quantity sold at this period in 1851. These circumstances, together with a continued active inquiry from abroad, combined to produce a competition of real demand, which has stimulated prices to a range hardly anticipated, and (without an advance in the price of goods) higher than our consumers can afford. All descriptions have participated in the improvement in price, which may be taken in the average at 10 to 15 per cent., part was taken on speculation, whilst the quantity for export to the continent is probably not less than 6,000 bales. Some few flocks which formerly have been received in good condition, have come in grease, and realised fully equivalent prices. Burrs and prickly seeds have also been observed in clips of esteemed quality, though more than usually overlooked by the buyers ; but generally the care and energy of the colonial flock-masters, under existing circumstances, is much to be commended,, iu having sent home many favourite clips in undiminished splendour, and although a large proportion of wools from Adelaide are still loaded with yolk and dirt, several brands in better condition have been received, and realised satisfactory prices. Scoured wools still find favour with the buyers ; and it is hoped that the increased cost in the expense of washing and loss of weight is sufficiently compensated. East India wool in large supply, but was readily taken at an advance of about Ad. per lb. on previous rates. There are now here nearly 9,000 bales for the next public sales, nearly all of which, though some arrived off the coast within a day of the opening, have been very seasonably withheld according to the wholesome and established regulation of the trade, which last year pre vented an undue pressure and decline, and on this occa sion has assisted in securing the increased value, which is only perhaps equivalent to the altered circumstances and prospects of the supply. It is breaking faith with the buyers and destroying the market to exceed the limits agreed on, and to hurry on wools not ou t o f the ships, just at the close of the sales. A cargo, via Ilamburgh, from Port Philip, has been received here, as the most concentric market for sale and distribution, even to the continent itself. The continental wool fairs now taking place will probably contribute to establish a firm market at the next series. CATTLE In the cattle mark e t, -NOTHER n "---- e 0 MARKETS. Bear 177 head of fat b u ll o c( i s n Melbourne, on Monday, realised 918elnOs. and d heifers were sold at a o u f c f t o i t ebeyn Messrs.bullocks i T ) e h r e hbeeasdt tpenthe others went off at proportionate rices. Four pure at 9t/h. the butchers opposed heifers, in prime condition, sold and although purchased by a breeder, opposed him up to that price. We believe that we are correct in stating that these are the highest prices obtained for fat cattle since 1840, and al though we are informed that they must be looked upon to a certain extent as temporary, being the result of impassable roads, and a heavy demand, still it would seem that the melting pot, that great safety valve of our colony in the hour of need, has seen its best days. Messrs. C. J. Dennys & Co. have sold at their yards, in Eyrie-street, inferior draught horses from 451. to 50/.; hacks from 251. to 351.; inferior ditto from 151. to 201. Good draught horses are very much in demand, and as the summer is about to commence the demand will con tinue to increase. Horses and carts are fetching from 851. to 1201. In the Sydney markets- there has been a slight im provement, but the expectation of large importations of all kinds of goods from England prevents a rapid advance, which would otherwise have taken place as the season advanced. In Adelaide the quotations were, on 3d Sep tember, wheat 7s. 6d., flour 251. to 271., but no sales taking place ; barley ss. 6d. per bushel of 501bs, oats 7s. Gd. per bushel, bran 2s. ditto, pollard 2s. ditto, hay 31. to 31. 10s. per ton. There has been no material change in the markets of Hobart Town and Launceston. THE tT LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVIdINING, JANUARY 12, 1853. THE LABOUR MARKET. Migration from this province (Adelaide) towards the gold fields of Victoria has recommenced. Up to the present time, however, the departures have not so greatly outnumbered the arrivals as to occasion any se rious suspension of the ordinary industrial occupations. No public works and very few private undertakings are in hand, on account of the anticipated desertions. Ne vertheless, labour of all sorts is exceedingly scarce, and wages very high. Shearing has generally commenced in the pastoral districts : most of the sheep owners having been able to procure a sufficient number of hands to make a commencement. The price given for shearing is 30s. per 100 with rations. According to present appear ances the shearing will be a very protracted one, and the shipments of wool late in the season. The greatest difficulties and annoyance are experienced by the masters of vessels in procuring crews for any port except Melbourne. The rate offering for the run. to England is 751., and men not to be obtained. The prospects of grain crops all over the colony were never better than at present. The following are the prices asked and obtained : Blacksmiths, 10s. to 12s. per day. Bakers, 21. 10s. to 31. per week, with board and lodg ' - Bullock-drivers, 251. to 301. per year, ditto. Butchers, 2/. to 2/. per week. ditto. Carpenters, 10s. to 12s. per day. Cabinet-makers, 10s. to 12s. per day. Carriage-makers, 10s. to 12s. per day. Coopers, Bs. to 14s. per day. Domestic Servants—Males, 401. to 501. per year, with board and lodging. Females, 181. to 25/. per year, with board and lodging. Day Labourers, 6s to 7s per day. Farm Servants—Married couples, 451. to 601 . per year, with board and lodging. Single men, 401. to 501. per year, with board and lodging. Masons, 12s to 15s per day. Millers, lOs to 12s per day. Painters and Glaziers, 7s to 8s per day. Plasterers, 12s to 15s per day. Sawyers—deals 15s per 100 feet, cedar and hardwood, 21s per 100 feet. Saddlers, 10s to 14s per day. Shoemakers, 14s to 16s per day. Shepherds, 401 to 451. per year, with rations. Tailors, 8d per hour. Tanners, lOs to 12s per day. Wheelwrights, lOs to 12s per day. Watchmakers and Jewellers, 20s per day. MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. DEATH OF MR. JUSTICE CRAWFORD.—We announce, with feelings of deep regret, the death of an estimable and upright judge, in the person of Mr. Justice Craw ford, who has occupied the position of Second Judge of the Supreme Court of this province (Adelaide), for about two years. Judge Crawford presided over the sittings of the Supreme Court in June last, and was then re marked to be suffering from ill health, although not so severely as to cause any alarm to his friends. He bore his illness with the fortitude of a Christian, retained his consciousness almost to the last moments of existence, and died, surrounded by his family and friends, yesterday morning at half-past 12 o'clock.— South, Australian Re gister, Sept. 25. _ _ . - PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL-Mr. Kingston's motion for the appointment of a Select Com mittee to prepare an address to her Majesty on the mode in which the Land Fund of the colony is administered, was superseded by an amendment, moved by Mr. Neales, to the effect that a Select Committee should be appointed to prepare an address to the Queen, praying her Majesty to issue directions to the Colonisation Com missioners, to the effect that in future they are to re ceive direct instructions from the Governor of South Australia, acting with the advice and consent of the Local Legislature, as to the proper description of emi grants, and the mode of forwarding them to the colony at the expense of the Land Fund, - and to render an ac count of the expenditure. The remainder of the day was devoted to the District Councils Bill in Committee. GOVERNMENT ASSAY-OFFICE.—VaIue of the deposits of crude gold, at 31. lls, per ounce, from the 10th Feb ruary to the Ist October inclusive, is 1,146,6511. 4s. 9d. The deliveries of gold ingots to the several banks and otherwise, from the 10th February to the Ist October inclusive, present a total of 276,150 ozs. 9 dwts. "16 grs. EMlGRATlON.—Considerable amounts of gold have been remitted to England and Ireland from colonists here, to enable their relatives to join them in this coun try. .The gold is therefore doing some good in some people's minds. ANOTHER LINE OF STEAMERS TO AUSTRALIA.—The steam ship Java was expected to arrive in Adelaide from Batavia when the Australian left. This vessel is the first of a line of steam vessels from Batavia for the Sound, Adelaide, and Melbourne, intended to be laid on by the Dutch East India Steam Company. EFFECT OF THE GOLD DISCOVERIES.—The following is an extract from a speech made by Mr. Darvall, a mem ber of the Sydney Legislative Council, in the course of a debate on the moral, social, and scientific effects of the gold discoveries :—" Soon would the curse of all other gold countries be in full farce in Australia ; we must look to other countries for our food, our clothes, and every necessary of life. Prosperity was not truly here ; the gold had certainlymade a few persons rich, and what was the result? Look at the streets of Sydney, once so famed for peace and good order, but where the most disgraceful scenes of vice and drunkenness were now enacted daily. Amongst women the propensity for drink was fearfully on the in crease ; left by their husbands, who sent them down sums they were quite unaccustomed to possess, they actually do not know what to do with their money, and they spent it in the most reckless and profligate manner. This was no exaggerated picture of the result of the golden discoveries, and very deeply did he grieve at having to paint it." In fact, the orators were so frightened by their own voices, that one of them rejoiced that Victoria had obtained a participation in the "curse" that had fallen on Australia. Gold has undoubtedly produced its difficulties, but these exaggerated alarms are simply ludicrous. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. ____......41 .P.--..... LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. --Traffic re turn for the week ending Jan. 8, 1853 £14,762 15 7 Corresponding week last year 13,7E1 13 9 Increase in 1853 £l,oB 1 10 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Jan. 8, 1853 £4,577 3 11 Corresponding week last year 3,436 18 1 Increase in 1853 £1,153 5 10 The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par (ac cording to the new tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 . 17 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25'021. It follows that gold is about o'sB per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. M. PROUDHON.--M. Proudhon, the well-known so cialist, was some years ago, before attaining his present notoriety, charged to edit an edition of the Bible, pub lished at Dijon ; and he corrected it with notes on the principles of the Hebrew language. In the researches which he had to make on the latter subject, he met with a work by the Abbe Bergier, published about a hundred years ago , but completely forgotten, called " Elemes primitifs de Langues ; " and, in compliance with the ad vice of a priest, he reprinted it, and accompanied it with an " Essay on General Grammar." For this essay, al though printed anonymously, the Academy of Besancon granted him a prize. The reprint and the essay were to have been published by him in conjunction with a Mr. Lambert, a publisher ; but, for some reason not stated, they, after being printed, remained in sheets on the book seller's shelves. M. Proudhon came to Paris , and hav ing become engaged in other literary labours, almost for got his book. After a while, M. Lambert wound up his affairs, and the whole stock of, and property in, the work passed to M. Proudhon. He caused the sheets to be deposited in a garret, and there they remained for some time. The garret being then required, M. Proud hon sold the sheets as waste paper, at 20 centimes the kilogramme, to a grocer named Renaud. This grocer subsequently sold them to an old book dealer named Baudot, for 40 centimes the kilogramme, leaving him to understand that he had the right to publish the work ; and Baudot sold them to M. Tubergue, a bookseller, for 80 centimes the kilogramme. M. Tubergue then, instead of using them as waste paper, resolved to bring them out as a book. But M. Proudhon, on hearing of this, com plained that it was a fraud on him, and he caused the copies, about 1,500 in number, to be seized. He then brought an action before the Tribunal of Commerce of Besancon against M. Tubergue, and obtained damages. The bookseller appealed to the Court of Appeal of that city, and the case was argued a few days ago. It was contended on his behalf that having bought the paper and the impression on it, without any condition being im posed, he was entitled to make such use of it as he pleased ; and that M. Proudhon could have no claim whatsoever on him, as he had not treated with him, and as besides he (Proudhon) had been p aid for the sale he had effected. M. Proudhon, who pleaded his own case, maintained that he had only sold waste paper, not the property in the book. The court, however, held that the point qu was as t literaryestionofothe interpretation property did of a contractdnotarise,that ; and i the sole decided that as Tubergue had purchased the copies of the " Essai de Grammaire Gazirale," without the condition being imposed that they were to be used as waste paper, and without there being anything in them to indicate that they were to be so employed, the judgment of the tribunal should be quashed, and the demand of M. Proudhon be dismissed. . LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY.—The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the offices in Coleman-street, for declaring a dividend on the original or unprivileged shares, and for filling up certain vacancies in the direction ; Mr. W. Shadholt, the chairman of the directors, presiding. The state ment of accounts showed on the debit side, 10,1281. 17s. credit pih 9 se d o.un . sd2 f eoscslr: renewed, ;i3e i d n nsae t 3en e lw r di. n e e usccicti: included commission ee n tsddsi. preferenceop,nsr interestoopoolen.r t; oyb s nh h o aaanlnhrfdedossan: income en4oye ar'surei sbondsristneoa rental n ;3 d 3e4 o xl n : al " du le e 31st December, 1852 ; 191. 12s. 9d., balance of i n t eres t account, and 201. ss. for transfer fees • leaving a balance of income over expenditure, 10,44/. 3s. 7d. The 4Csh.a9bcraanshmaroev,eedleaarreosfoliunteioomn,e d tax ecl , ari on n g a the dividend of unprivileged shares for th e h a lf year. original or The resolution was agreed to. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. By - the arrival of the steam-ship Australian, which left the Cape on the Ist of December, we have intelligence 11 days later than that by the General Screw Company's steam-ship Harbinger, which sailed on the 20th of November, and arrived at Plymouth on the 24th of December, eighteen days before the Australian. Governor Cathcart, who left head-quarters with 2,000 men, .had arrived at his destination, the Orange Sovereignty. He had sent back to Fort Beaufort three companies of the Rifles, and coun termanded the marching of the armed Fingoes who were to have joined him. His Excellency has issued the following proclamation : " Know all chiefs and men of all classes and tribes within her Majesty's dominions of the Orange River Territory, that I am come among you to administer, in the Queen's name, justice and right equally to all. I am not come to make war, but to settle all disputes, and to establish the blessings of peace. " I therefore order and command you all to remain quiet, each of you within your own country, and to await and abide. by my judgment and decision. " I have with me sufficient of the Queen's troops to enforce obedience, and to punish with rigour and seve rity any chief, class, or tribe who may dare to resist my lawful authority. "All loyal subjects of the Queen will be ready to join me, should I deem it necessary to call upon them for their co-operation, against any contumacious offenders. " God save the Queen 1 "Given under my hand and seal, at Graham's Town, this 15th day of November, 1852. " GEORGE CATHCART, "Lieutenant -General, Governor." His Excellency was expected at Whittlesea on the 20th of November. He has also issued a warning to certain traders, who have been dunning Kreli for compensation : " Graham's Town, Oct. 19, 1852. " Whereas certain traders or residents who are per mitted to dwell in British Caffraria, at this time not being a colony, but a part of her Majesty's dominions under martial law, have presumed to meddle and inter fere in political matters concerning the government of, or relations with, native chiefs ; know, therefore, that if any unauthorised person whatsoever, whether trading or residing within the said territory, shall after this notice be found guilty of a like offence, he will be immediately arrested and transported from the said territory ' • and, being declared an outlaw, sho u ld h e b e aga i n found within its limits, he will be subject to summary punish ment in addition to re-expulsion. "By order of his Excellency the High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief, " W. LIDDLR, Secretary." A further instalment of 150 head of cattle, to wards the 1,500 due, was sent into King William's Town on the 15th of November. The enemy, howeeer, has re-appeared in some districts, and made successful inroads. General Yorke arrived at King William's Town from the Keiskamma Hoek on the 20th of November. It is stated that a com bined force of Caffres and Hottentots attacked and took away 24 trek oxen within sight of the Keiskamma Hoek post. One Fingoe was severely wounded ; two balls passed clean through him. This affair took place in broad daylight. It was generally supposed that that part had been cleared of our enemies, but this does not appear to be the case. Colonels Buller and Eyre have m ove d on f rom Whittlesea with their divisions. It is reported that Moshesh had- " trekked" with a la rge num b er of his people, who have gone in somewhere behind Kreli. Mr. Warner has returned from Tambookie Land, having concluded a peace with Chopo, who has sent in his complement of 100 guns.. Many Caffres were seen, but they were half-starved, and have ploughed but little this season. Queshu, who, it was reported, had been killed in the last attack on Waterkloof, is dodging somewhere in Caffreland, with but few followers. Information has come in that the spoor of three numerous bodies of the enemy has been discovered —viz., in the Fish River Bush, near Committees Fonah's Kloof, betwe en F or t Wil ts hi re an d the mouth of the Kat River, and the kloofs not far thence, in which the 2d (Queen's), under Captain Oldham, suffered so severely some months ago. The captured chief Seyole is to be removed from Robben Island to Wynberg, where he will be under the surveillance of Major Wolfe, the resident ma gistrate. The news from Australia has had considerable effect on Cape markets. There was an immediate rise in all kinds of provisions for export, and seve ral vessels have been laid on for Melbourne, while many respectable persons have formed themselves into parties, well supplied with provisions, imple ments, &c., for a trip to the diggings. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The Ministers of Prussia, Austria, Saxony, and the United States, have presented their credentials to the Emperor, by whom they were most graciously received. The Moniteur announces that " the Emperor has received letters by which her Majesty the Queen of the Spains notifies to his Imperial Majesty the happy delivery of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Montpensier of a daughter, called at the bap tismal ;font Maria - Christina-Francesca de Paula- Antonia. These letters have been remitted in pri vate audience by the Marquis de Valdegamas, En voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to her Majesty the Queen of the Spains." It is rumoured that twenty-four new bishoprics are to be created in France shortly. The order of Lazarist priests, founded by Saint Vincent de Paul, and which was authorised to exist in France by a decree of the 27th May, 1 804, have taken possession of the church and priest's residence of Beauchamps, in the arrondissement of Montargis. In addition to taking care of the parish, they propose to preach in the churches, and assist the cures of the districts. The Abbe Lacordaire, accompanied by several ecclesiastics and laics, is about to make a pilgrimage to Palestine, to visit the holy places. By a judgment of the Cou r t o f T royes , th e Pro testant place of wo rs hi p there is ordered to be closed. The papers announce the death of Madame Ber tin, wife of the celebrated gentleman whose name has been so long connected with the Journal des Debats. Madame Bertin was the ornament of one of the most frequented and most select salons, which her grace and her superior manners had been the means of forming. The Pays remarks on the recent decree of the Emperor respecting the public press, to show that there is no systematic hostility against discussion, and that all that is requir e d i s mo d era ti on and truth on the part of public writers. The Administration of the Stamp-office, on the 10th, 17th, and 24th S eptember last, caused 8,536 copies of the Journ a l pour Rire to be seized at the Post-office for not being s t ampe d , an d i t de manded from M. Philippon, responsible editor of the journal, and from M. Plon, printer, 469,480 f., at the pay, on the ground that th e Journal is not a poli tical i a c t a e l of 55 one, for and each the copy, ref ore M . Philippon refused to exempt from the stamp duty. But the Administration on S a t ur d a y c it e d him before the Civil Tribunal, and demanded that to pay th e f u ll amount of its claim, it con t en d e d that the shu should fine. transparent d blennmucs upportode ef allusions of the caricatures of the Journal, and the general personality of its articles, made it to all intents and purposes a poli tical organ. M. Phi . lippon, on the contrary, maintained that the journal was one of art and literature, and nothing. more. The tribunal de ;toth:attisfy the curiosity or de cided that exemption from the stamp duty was r nals .mer e e xc a l m us u i s v i e n l g y con secratedcari- c ees a d nnot be considered such ; held to be commercial specu only accorded by law to journals malignity aattluitrgnheajittoy journals, the ya readers, a / u s e dd s eet r s l s e bt : ie t n r lations liable to the payment 9f stamp duty. It accordingly condemned M. Philippon to pay the demand of the Stamp-offi . ce, an . d declared M. Plon, as printer, responsible with him for it. The anni hilationof this decision, it is said,. will be the utter a of this amusing print. PARIS BOURSE, Jan. 11.—Closing Prices.—The market was heavy yesterday. The Pour-and-a- Half per Cents. opened at 105 f. 50c., and closed at 105 f. 40c. ; Three per Cents. closed at 80f. 35c.. 16 20 5 2 PORTUGAL. The Pelican steamer, arrived at Live 001, has brought letters fr om Li s b on . T he Cortes had been opened on the 2d by a Commission composed of amain ai the Ministers of St a t e , th e Queen having caught cold the night . before, but sh e was quite well when the Pelican left. Th e D uke of Saldanlia read a speech, which did not contain anything of p,articular interest. The paragraph, respecting rail ways runs as follows :—" A provisional concession for the construction of a railroad f rom Li s b on to the Spanish frontier was given to a company by public competition, with all the leg a l f ormalities. The plans for the first section have been given for due examination, in order that the respective es timates being approved, as well as the dii'ection of the line, it may be possible to make the concession definite." The new Portuguese tariff had been published, with slight reductions in th e d u ti es o f English manufactures subject to contraband, and an increase in others. Woollen cloths, cassimers, cassinets, &c.—plain, figured, or coloured— a ll pay 600 reis per lb. with 10 per cent. bank-not e t ax for railways, and 3 per cent. emolument s , th e ad ditional 12 per cent. being taken off ; and that 12 per cent. appears in most articles to be the only reduction made. In cotton goods the alteration is very slight. Hardware, crockery, and glass, have in some instances been considerably reduced. 746 100 100 100 100 20 50 25 10 St. St. 20 St. St. St. St. 20 20 12i St. TILE SHARE MARKETS. ,AILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterday 31i - 319 69 - 7 IDA - 11 63 6 d - 3 - 2A (I 107 - 169 67 - 68 23 23i ' 17A - 18 3 -- 2iil 108 674 7 23 8i - 6 4A • 4a 13f 9 - 10 7; -- 8 75.4 - 761, 55 -• GO 76 - 78 28 - 29 61 - 63, 1 801 -81 42 - 120 - 122 )05 -- 107 931 -93 i 6g -- 7 88 -- 90 11i 12ip 83 -- 83 3l 21 a ' -- 2id 17 -- 18 9 - 91 108 - 0 9 1231 -123 i 3 - 4 p li - 1i p 91 - 92 5 4d 4 —3 11 11 12 191 20.1 30 3. —3 d 79 —79 i 46 48 51 -- 52 4 —34 d 21 -- 2i 55 8 4 -- --57 i 8 -- 84 39 -- 2 2 -- 40 i - d 61 -- 61 d 2 —2 $ 1 d 4 - 3 d 3 i 4 i p 51 52 95 97 67 - 65 66 68 75 - 80 19 - 20 9 - 10 14 - 15 31 - 2i 23 - 24 82 - 83 38i -39 i 13 - 13. 4 - 4 21 2# 13. - 14 9 - 10 27 - 28 - 10 172. - - ii A 7 60 2d 58. 59,i 131 a ii 751 b 5 2T 801 t 42 11%1 83 i i 133 i 71. 2 13 ~lOJi BRITISH 100 8i 184 100 100 all 4151 25 25 St. 50 St.' St. St.' sLi St. all 11i 100 100 42i 34 3! 103 13 RAILWAYS. 'Aberdeen . Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June Birmng. Wolverh. Stour Valley.... Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do., £2O Bristol & Exeter !Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Dublin&Belfast June Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... Do., (£lB E. & H.).. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Do.; B. & C.. East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk. & Binning. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb.Prth.&Dunde Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., a A. Stock Do., I t B. Stock Groat Southern and Western (Ireland) !Great Western Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., Thirds... Lan - cash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Ern Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & So uthpt. London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright.& S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. JO/. Sh. ,M&8... C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do. £4O. . ....... Ludndny..&C . oleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. sfanch &Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland Do. Birmiog. & Derby Midland G. West.(lr.) Do. ? Shares .......... Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillem Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk.. Do., New . Northn. Counties Un North British ......... North Devon, N 0.1.. Do., No. 2... ..... Do., A Deferred... Do., j B Guaranteed North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. do S.Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... Scottish Central ...... Scottish Midland_ ... Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herofd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union .. Do., A.B. C. ezD . fully paid up at p. c South Devon ..... South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11........ West L0nd0n.......... Woodford ...... ........ York Newctl. do Berw. Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. PREFEREN Aberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Bristol dr Exeter 4 p cent. Stock IDo. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO 'Chester ft Holyhead Guar. 53 per cent... Cork&Bandon 5i P C. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction .. EastAnglian (£3los) _6 per cent. Do. (£5) 7 per cent.. Do. (1'7175) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No.l Do., No. 2 ...... ....... Do., New 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... Do., £lO Deben. Sh. EastLancash. 6 p.cts. East&WestYorkshire Junction, Fifths..... Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent.... Great Northn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... Gt. Westn. (I3erks di Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. Great Western, fixed 4i per cent...... ..... LanCash. & Yorksh., Do., 6 p. c., Stock... Leeds Northern, 6 p. cent No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., No. 3. Do. , Quarters, 1848. London and:Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. e Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c Lon. & N. West. Cov. Nun., 5 p. c. Stock. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares Londndry. & Ennisk AShares...... Stanch. ,Shef. , & Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £lo Do., R 6 : ....... Marypt. &Carl. 4p. c Do. 4i per cent Do . Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4} per cent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 5i per ct Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent . Noah 8riti5h..,,,,,,, North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. Do.. Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W.Nfin),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent..,,,,,, (South Devon. Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. Do. 43 per cent . S. York sh .4p. c. Guar Stock.& Hartl. Guar 6p. c. till 1 Ju1y,1856 Waterfd. &Kilk . Op. c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref Do York& N. Midland H & S. Purch JOINT-STOI Australasia British N. American Colonial Commercial of Lon don English Scottish and Australian bond. Chart. Bk. of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminster National Prov. of Eng. Do. New National of Ireland Oriental Bank of Corporation. Do. New Provincial of Ireland Do. New,,, Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Importing Company South Australia Union of Australia o. New 'Union of London.... Business done this day. 31i 6,1 7 6i pm. pm. x. d. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Closing Prices Yesterday. E SHARES, 123 St. St. 25 93 i i I 17 16 1234 / di / RAILWAYS. 301 30 79 4 531 82A li 381 58 i 1109 - 106 :- 1071 19 20 d— u p 3i - 3- 4 . -1N 1. -lip 14 - 18 -• 18 3 - 3J, lid :----- 1:2.a 112 114 8 1 - 9 1 - llr L 094 - 110 par —1) 152 154 •.. --- ••• ... - P 3i -- 4 p 8 -- 84 13 -- 13• 9 - 10 11 - 111 pi ••. - : 1 - 1§ p 150 - 152 - P 23 - 234 • 6 - 2 - 2i 101 - 102 25i - 26. 2 21pl U -11 A 171 —17 i 1 p 16. —17 A Par — i P 26i —26 i 19 - 20 is -- p.a.; 103 - 105 51.- 5$ a ti pl BANKS 814 - 8241 ••• ....... ... li - ii 2i - 3 ••• .•... . .•• ....- ... 48 - , 66 72 - 73 8i - 9A 1 - 2 14 - 15 --- lip lid 64 —7 pxn 2 2 p —' p 1 - 7f 44. - - 1 - if 9 - 11 p 2f - p 84 -- si 34 34i -- 35 14i -15 i 151 - 16ip 39 - 41 38A - 394 31; - 32 - 44 54p P 20 - 203 9 -10 i 3 - f ipxn 5 -- 5i d -- par 9t 7 - 10ip li 11 p 4 —5 i 1 P 74 8 p par p #P P p — p par p R - it P 9 11 4 - 5 2 - 2 3 / 4 29 - 30 - - P 41 3 / 4 - 42 3 / 4 3i - 7 - 73/4, Ik 1d i d A . ii I,f —1 A p par i p i 14p1 —ld I P _ - --1 p 2 - P 26i --24 6 - 7 10 7- 12 P 71 - 8 A - 3 - P - P .SOUS Z 5 - 275 5 - • - ... •.. -- ... a = ;: i 70 Co 20 - 22 MR. JOHN BRIGHT'S GOOD MANNERS. ( From the Times.) Manchester is the centre, as we all know, of an enormous manufacturing industry. It may be considered the founder of free trade, and the metropolis of political liberality. No other town or city in England exercises an influence com parable to its own on the public mind. No other community is so well calculated to speak as the organ of British industry and commercial pro gress . W rejoice to find this great emporium following the example of Liverpool in doing honour to the new American Minister. The feeling is just, the policy is wise, the occasion suitable. We have Mr. Bright's word that the dinner was excellent. Only one thing Manchester lacks—her good man ners are of the scanti es t. M anc h es ter has not yet learnt those little diplomatic arts which con stitute the charm and safeguard of society. Her sincere and ardent politicians know no reserve, wander at will over every subject, and spare nothing that militates against their convictions or their interests. They are too sincere to be polite, and too outspoken to be hospi'able. When Mr. Ingersoll accepted their invitation, he thought, no doubt, that lie was about to witness a repeti tion of the amenities of Liverpool, where, if any of the differences which separate the institutions of the United States from those of England were touched upon, it n'as only either to compliment our guest at our own expense, or to show how the two nations, starting from opposite extremes, had contrived to found governments solid in their wisdom and durable in their moderation. Mr. Bright says that it was vain for the Manchester men to think that they would " do" the American Minister, but we cannot help suspecting that his Excellency was considerably " done," nevertheless ; for, o£ all topics on which he could be prepared to hear speeches made, the last which he could have expected to listen to was an invidious reflection on the policy of the Government which ac credits him to this country. The American Minister represents a Government here, the last depositary in America of the principle of Protection—a Government about to give place in a few months to o ne of diainetrinally opposite ten dencies—a Government, the last remnant of a party which recent political occurrences have vir tually expunged from the map of American: politics. Nothing could be in worse taste than to revive such a controversy in the presence of such a man ; and our sense of the impropriety of such a step is increased by our conviction of its super flurty. America is evidently about to remodel her tariff, not out of deference to the opinion of Manchester, or a servile imitation of English policy, but from the just and deep-seated conviction of a great majority of her citizens that the principle of Free Trade is just in theory and has been eminently successful in practice. We have no occasion to spur a willing horse or to violate the courtesy of public hospitalities in (Eder to read our neighbours a lesson which they seem to understand quite as well as their preceptors. This false move produced its natural result. Bad manners generated worse political economy. The Bishop of Manchester, feeling the solecism of tai"te, sought to remedy it by a solecism of reasoning. Free trade, according to him, is the strong meat for vi- - gorous men ; the young and the weak must grow up under the aliment of protection. America may not yet be strong enough for free trade ; the bishop only hopes that the time will soon come when she will be able to bear it. Strange must be the condi tion of that country which can flourish under a scarcity, but would sink under abundance ; which can afford to tax one part of its citizens for the bene fit of another, but cannot afford to remit that taxa tion, to which to be bound is prosperity, and to be free adversity. Protection is, as everybody now knows and admits, a ,contrivance for the waste of capital by diverting it from it from its most profitable employment. It is a curious discovery that a poor nation should be able to afford this waste, and that a rich one cannot. It is only due to Mr. Bright to say, that while avoid ing these unpalatable topics, he contrived to pay a graceful, and, in the main, a just compli ment, to the institutions of the United States. Mr. Bright is not satisfied with Lord Derby's pa rallel between the House of Lords in Eng land and the Senate of America, apprehend ing that scanty justice is done to the latter insti tution by placing it on the same pedestal as the former. We have already expressed an opinion as to the causes which prevent the House of Lords from realisina the glowing picture of its functions drawn by Lord Derby, but Mr. Bright will not be content with this. For himself, he declines the peerage, and cannot be satisfied without letting the representative of the United States know in what small estimation those who think with him hold our Hereditary Chamber. Here is another breach of good taste and good manners. No posi tion could be more embarrassing for a foreign Mi nister, anxious to preserve the dignified and impar tial neutrality of his position, than to hear English politics discussed under the pretence of praising American institutions, and, after an eloquent peer has taken the opportunity of his presence to praise the House of Lords, to listen a day or two after to a vigorous Democrat refuting the arguments of his antagonist under the pretence of a compliment to the country he represents. The truth is, as it appears to us, that Mr. Bright over-argues his case when he speaks of the stability of the American Senate as infinitely superior to that Of the House of Lords. We may concede to him that the American Senate will exist as long as that federal constitution of which it is the soul and essence, and we may also grant that it is quite possible that a time may arrive when a majority of the nation will participate in his own impatience of an hereditary peerage. But these two admissions, which are all that he asserts, by no means decide the question of stability in favour of the American Senate. The question still remains —which of ethese two contingencies is the more probable,—the abolition of the House of Peers or the disruption of the American Union ? Both, we trust, are far distant, but we are not without data for calculating the relative probabilities. Inthe fever of the Reform Bill an outcry was raised against th : House of Peers, but it has grown fainter and fainter, we hear of it no more, and the Peers have more to dread from their own reMissness and inaction than from any external violence: The Federal Union of America, on the contrary, has frequently been in the most imminent peril, and is at this moment only preserved by the Fugitive Slave Law—a des perate expedient, which seeks to make the Aboli tionists of the North gaolers for the slave-owners of the South—which raises a riot as often as it is en forced, and leaves behind it an indescribable feeling of indignation and bitterness. By this frail thread hangs the American Union, and with that Union the American Senate. Surely there is little to be said for its stability, even as compared with that of the English House of Peers. We have freely criticised the errors - of the Man chester banquet because we fear that repetitions of them must ultimately deter the representatives of America from accepting these hearty and well-meant demonstrations of public feefing, which make so marked a distinction between their position in this country and that of the other representatives of foreign States. We admire the spirit which origi nates these festivities, and would not check anything which might lead to their discontinuance. We regard America as ouisbest friend and surest ally. Our prosperity is indissolubly bound up with hers, and the last barrier that divides us—that of com mercial restriction—is about to fall, to rise no more. We cannot show too much honour to her represen tatives ; but that honour is best shown by a rigid abstinence from criticisms on American institutions, and by not infringing the resp ec t d ue to an honoured guest by drawing him into the vortex of English party politics. FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT AT SOUTHAMPTON.—A sad accident happened yesterday in Southampton Water, by e which ho rea a offburg brig nh eu st y om-house offi cer l os t hi s li fe. A Mecklen camte e up the wat er y es t er d ay morn i ng , an d an ; i n Mr.th the Customs s Witt, t 0 m a sl tide og sa il surveyor, boat to went bo a o m ff with four boatmen her. The wind was blowing very hard from the west ward at the time, After putting on board two of his men he was returning, about half-past eight, when his boat capsized, and he with his two men, named James and Johns, was thrown into the water. There was no vessel or boat very near, and they were a couple of miles from the shore. All three officers being swimmers, they struck out to swim and save themselves. swimmer, j al o t i h m ou s g s h wa a m g t o o o w d ards wa the s to his rescue, and he exhaustion when he was laid hold of by tiie -51 the burghers LI jbur brig's sunk ,sinbtohaet a , l a m e to whichso t f i s n i in ; sj.. e n‘ d c : o l a kifn t ri e eoi l n e ni il, t y 8 „.. 1. burghers with a boat-hook. Mr. Witt P. cutter's boat, which came to his h as a s e i left a wife and one water, and swam until he was pick%dt, a very worthy young man, and yesterday afternoon. child. His body was zot recover ed crrig brig g with great The captain of the Meckleubnur after he got him on board humanity towards Johns ; h a i . el d to r ecover his conscious his brig he soon enabled Directly the accident was seen from ness and strength. D ir- .- r w as sent out to the reve ;,pcsie:y.riti jPieanrelevsevae; The Trappists have taken ORDER °F f . L s - new an d yet unfinished monastery now Lender assistance. in the department of the Gers. It is building for them desert spot called Notre-Dame-du -Desert, Southampton a medical ouice the borders of the four departments the Gers, e nearly on ai n ) 0 s u w e si le c ds u s t iao t n e nd r :i' t , 11 ,. r)i r r ip to r. Tarn and Garonne, Haute Garonne and Hautes Pyrenks. Th e a rrival of the monks made a great sensation in the neighbourhood. The clergy assembled from many miles round to meet them. The Trappists will finish building the house themselves, and will pass the winter in stables and hovels scarcely sheltered from the weather, thus ex• hibiting an endurance of hardships and privations which the rules of their order enjoin them to seek rather than avoid. RAILWAYS. I Leasing Compans. Bedford and Blotchley._ Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee Do.withontgr Birm.Woly. & Dudley guar. Do .w guar. Buckghamsh . Clydesdale Jc. E.Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr GhLs. RUT. & Neilsn.Direct Do. New lirtlpl. Dk. dz Railway __ Hull & Do. ?; Shares.l Da. Shares. Lou.&Greenly Do.Prcference Lowestoft gr. 1 per cent Do. 6 per et Manclt.Bxtou and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redear Midld Bradfd. Northern and Eastern sp.c. Do. 6 per et..: Do.Pixedsp.c Prcst. dzWyre Do. 3 Shares. Roystn.&Hit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g:5. p. c S. Staffordsh WearValleigr 6 per cent Do Wilts &Somrst 1 IDo . Do London &' N. West. Gt.Westri L. dtN.W Caledon... (3 t.Notrhn Gt. Westn. Caledon , Do Yk. New & Berw Y.&N. Md Do 3. Eastern Do Norfolk Do Lu.&N.W & Midld Stcktou & Darliugt. Midlaud E. Count Do D 0..: G. dcr. W &Lodi Yk Do Gt.Northn Do La.ncash.& Yorksh MrMelo= Stockt. & Darling Do IGt.Westn. 30 - 31 29i - 301 I 30 - .31 29 - 30 10 9 - 111 5 4 56 148 - 150 33 - 34 113 • 114 56 - 57 27 - 28 14 - 141 25i -26 i 19A - 20 24 - - 26 3 - 3i 107 i -108 i 64 - 66 PHI •• • .' .•. i -. A (I 31. -- 32 105 a -106 a &sines, this day. Business done this day. 71 26 ex new a pm. x.. 11 2$ 11 3i i ad FOREIGN. Antworp&Rotterdam BelgianEastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin. Demerara..- Dijon and Besangon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Juncto f? c ance Gt. Western of Canada Shares IDo.Bds.(lst i55.)1857 Do. Bds. (2€l i55.)1862 Luxembourg.. Do. (Railway), Do. (Canal) 'Lyons & Mediterran, Madras Maria Antonia Do. New Namur k Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs. ) NorwegianTrunkPref Orleans & Bordeaux Paris and Lyons Do. Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen&Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Southern of France St. And. & Quebec(A) Tours and Nantes Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. N per c. Pref.... Western of Franco... West. of Switzerland , Agua Fria Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Avo Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobra Copper Colonial Gold. Copiapo English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co General Golden Mountain Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. CO Mariquita.. ...... Nexican&S.Americu. New Granada . Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymme Iron Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Mariposa Yuba MISCELL.A. 'Australian Agricult Canada Crystal Palace.... Eastern Steam.... Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Netherlands Land.... Peninsular & Oriental Do. Do. CrystPalace of France Royal Mail Steam ... South Austral. Land Univeral Emigration and Colon , lation.... Van Diemen's Land Submar. Telegraph .. Closing Prices Yesterday. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jan. 12.—Wind at Noon, S.W. by . S., mode rate breeze, and dull cloudy weather, with rain. It blew rather heavily last night until about daylight this morn ing, when it moderated. 8 a.m.—Fine clear weather. DEAL, Jan. 11.—Wind, .S.W., strong. Arrived— Gratitude, Demerara. Arrived from the River—Rifleman, South Seas. COWES, Jan. 11.—Wind, W. Arrived—Wilhelmina, Marie, Callao. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 11.—Wind, fresh gale. Arrived— Crown, Calcutta, had experienced very severe weather ; Sorata, Islay ; Martha, Rio Hacho ; William Pitt, Cuba ; Osborne, New Orleans ; Sutton, St. John's, N.B. Sailed —The Queen, Melbourne ; Earl of Lonsdale, Singapore ; John Hamilton, Bombay ; Mangasteen, do. - Albeona, Africa ; Enulia, Valparaiso ; Naiad, Rio Grande ; Rosalie, Monte Video ; George, Rio Janeiro Jessey, Barbadoes ; Lotus, Havann a h • Hartley,•New Orleans ; Thornhill, do. ; Hibernia, do. ; Themis, do. ; Jane, do. • Lapland, do. ; John S. Harris, do. • Lady Westmoreland, ; Alfred, Savannah ; Irvine, oharleston ; P. Sage, New York ; Ex celsior, do. ; Love Woodbury, d o . Of P or t—C a l cu tt a , New Orleans ; North Atlantic, do. The Caledonia (schooner), bound to Green Bay, has been towed in here, having been fallen in with in distress. ALDBOROUGH, Jan. 11.—The Zero (brig) struck on the Shipwash last night during a heavy gale ; crew landed. - - . FALMOUTH, Jan. 11.—The Helen of Lynn was aban doned in a sinking state on the 30th of December, after being in contact the night previous with a brig off Cape St. Vincent ; crew saved. LITTLEHAMPTON, Jan. 11.—The Jessamine of Salecombe is on shore. RAMSGATE, Jan. 11.—The Tell Tale, Hull to Penzance, has put in with rudder damaged, having been on shore near Dungenness. . QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 10.—Arrived—Scottish Maid, Cal lao ; Leda, Bahia. . SUNDERLAND, Jan. 11.—Wind, S. Sailed—Welling-ton, Hong Kong ; Chusan, California. BELFAST, Jan. 10.—Wind, S.S.W. Sailed—josephee, Mobile ; Rolla, Dublin, for Barbadoes, with damage from is sunk midway between contact with the Prima Donna. the S.W. buoy of Bandsey and the Shipwash Sand, Heuwion, Jan. 11.—A brig fathoms ; her spars are bright varnished, in 10 and topmast painted white. towe NEATHd off the Mars Jan. 10h.e Gem (b r i g ) of Liverpool has be e n PLYMOUTH, Jan. 11.--Wind, S.W. Anived—Devon, Newfoundland. OFF SClLLY.—Mandarin, Callao, for Leith. BRISTOL, Jan. 11.--Wind, N.W. Arrived—H. M. Marmond, Richebucto. ----- [ADVERTISEIIENT.]-11olloway's Ointment and Pills surpasses all other remedies for the cure of sores, blotches, and bad legs.—Mr. Liddell, Druggist, of Horwich, states, in a letter to Professor Holloway, dated Nov, 1852, that a man named Kay Bate, was suffering e dreadfully from bad legs • they were covered from. th e , knee to the ankle with sores and proud flesh, inters d pt . With white and red blotches. He recommended xHol loway's Pills and Ointment, which produceda t _ . res traordinary result, for in less than three weeks , n _ the c s i ! ; rt. were healed, and he walked about witahneasewenc,i and His legs are now perfectly sounde by all a ll Druoi , bodily health much improved.—S 244, Stra Au) and at Professor Holloway's Establishment , London. his 17 all 81 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 103 17 5 9 100 all 8 100 100 10 all 14 all all all 25 20 100 100 5 20 100 20. 10 50 304 304 30 304 St. 50 St. all 100 all 100 12 1 3 12 20 20 111 100 100 181 all all all 13.5 24