Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-17 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA. 8 3ve have received our usual files from Melbourne, and Adelaide, by the arrival of the Over d Australian Mail. The dates are—Melbourne, tarch 16 ; Sydney, March 12 ; and Adelaide, March li• The news is interesting, and we proceed to give 114 1 ample summary of the more important topics. VICTORIA. p I'!OLITICAL.—We have already stated that the Colonial erliaraent was prorogued on the 24th of February, and the 13 D e ech delivered by his Excellency the Governor has ;Reared in our columns. The close of the session left the ,°llanassy Ministry still in power. When it commenced t hey had a good working majority in the Lower House ; 'but as it advanced they grew gradually weaker, partly from She falling away of disaffected supporter s, and p artl y from fresh reinforcements being gained by the opposition. " But the real secret of their security," says the Melbourne Herald, ▪ l ay in the weakness of their opponents. The opposition a mere rope of sand—destitute of an y one g uidin g or ~ '"uting principle. Even the desire of power did not hold them together, for they were privately split u p into several little knots, each jealous of the others. Political principles of any kind they can scarcely be said to have, since their Party,. included all classes, from the squat t e r down to the 4 ,UVOCate of 'free selection and deferred pay ments. ' Destitute alike of an acknowledged leader, a bond :of personal union, a common political faith, or even a combined purpose, it was simply . impossible for them to make an effective movement against the ministry. Even upon trial occasions, when they made a show of mustering their forces for, a grand assault, some of their most eon ePieuous men would find it convenient to be absent from the house. Hence they never could get an effective laajority together. To this, far more than t o their own inher en t strength, is it owing that the O'Shanassy ministry are still in power. They are all that the country could get for a popular ministry; and if driven out, there were no othe rs to take their places. Since the prorogation a dead elm has reigned in the political world. The government have been busily engaged in making the preliminary a rrangements for taking the general registration under the new act, which was introduced into parliament in conse-, quenc e of a clamour being raised about the imperfect and (as was alleged) falsified state of the old electoral r olls. That the rolls were defective there is no denying ; hut that they were so to an extent which rendered a per fectly new registration necessary, at a cost of about £40,000, la scarcely to be conceded. However, both houses insisted On having a new Act, and Ministers at once yielded to their dem an d:, A slight change had occurred in the Ministry. Gavan Duffy had resigned his office of Commissioner of Lands and Survey. Further changes were talked of, but nothing definate could be relied upon. GoLD.—The escort returns of gold received at Melbourne for the four weeks ending March 12, were 161,3050z5. against 168,8710z5. same peried last y ear. The shi p ments during the same period had been 147,0550z5. this year, - against 202,2120z5. last year. Our intelligence from the 'nurses state that there had been a great rush to the Back Creek, A m h ers t—a locality near the Pyrenees. This rush has already produced greater excitement among the mining population than any that has taken place sin ce the cele rated rush to Ararat. The sinking is deep, and through tr ap rock or blue stone, but the adventurers are richly rewarded for the labour required to overcome those difficulties. Thousands of people have already congregated: on the ground, and the Back Creek at present is the centre -of attraction from all the mining districts. Another great rush has taken place at the Commissioner's-hill, Ararat, and has been attended with a highly satisfactory amount of success Altogether the present prospects of the gold fields are such as to impress those most competent to form an opinion on the subject with the belief that this year the yield of gold will greatly exceed that of 1857, or 1858. The Indigo lead is believed to be exhausted, but tho se who continue to work the lower portion of the lead are well remunerated. At the Black Dog or as the locality has also been named New Ballaarat, several holes have been sunk, and afforded splendid " prospects." The general opinion of those who have mined in the Upper Murray district with respect to New Ballaarat is that there will be some extraordinary finds of gold there. Gold mining in Victoria, it may safely be said, was never more promising than at the present moment. The reefs at Tarrengower are Paying splendidly. At Pleasant Creek, where the population principally depend on the yield of the reefs, quartz-crushing as the mode generally followed of procuring gold ; and indeed this system has now become almost a necessity in abut three-fourths of the mining districts. Some splendid I tlggets have been found at Ballaarat , Mar y borou g h, and Tarrengower. AGRICULTURE, &c.—The Registrar-General's report on the condition of agriculture in this colony discloses a series of tangible facts in connection with the subject of which it treats, which go far to show that whether the cultivation of the Victorian soil be generally accounted Profitable, or the contrary, the work of the husbandman is rapidly progressing throughout the length and breadth of the land. According to the figures supplied by this official document, it would appear that, in the year 1858, the acreage under tillage was 237,429, being 100 acres for every 199 of the population ; whilst in 1857, the number of - acres under crop was 179,982, or 100 for every 228 persons. The extent of land under crop last year was 32 per cent. 'More than in the previous twelve months, and 106 per cent. More than in 1856. Here then is abundant proof of a steady advance of what is destined to be a great interest—an advance which has taken place in presence of adverse .circumstances, and in spite of the apprehensions w hich have been expressed regarding the paying character of farming pursuits. LABOUR.—Our reports of the labour market are not satisfactory. The market was universally dull and inert. A very large number of men are unemployed, but in a great many instances they are themselves to blame, as they demand for their services a much higher rate than farmers can pos sibly afford to give, when the present "miserably low" Price of farm produce is taken into consideration. In all the neighbouring colonies wages are at least 30 per cent. lower than here, and producers can therefore undersell us in our own markets with a profitable margin. The continued arrival of fresh immigrants will swell the list of the un employed, more especially as the winter season is fast aPproaehing, when only a very few permanent men are kept °A the farm. Skilled labour is plentiful, but the differences between the railway contractors and mechanics having been amicably arranged, competent workmen are now fast avail ing themselves of the opportunity offering. The eight uours' system has not been altered. Sub-contracting en the main lines of railway has been done away With. The strike on account of sub-contracting 'caused a great amount of distress while it lasted. ..here is an abundant supply of house servants, but there is also a corresponding demand for those com petent for dairy work ' • there are, however, a good many females unemployed, but solely because they will. not take -country service. First-class servants are in request at very high wages. With rations : Married couples for home stations, farms, &c , per annum, £6O to £7O ; do, for hotels, &C.) £7 O to £ BO • shepherds, £3O to £35 ; bullock drivers for roads per week, 20s. to 255. ; hutkeepers, per annum, £26 ; bullock drivers for stations, £.52 do ; cooks for hotels, 20s. to 455. per week ; sheep washers and station servants, do, 205.; ploughmen and farm servants, 20s. to 225. 6d. per week , carpenters for stations, 30s. to 355. ; gardeners, per annum, from £52 to £65 ; grooms, do, £52 ; general smiths for stations, 30s. to 40s. per week ; able seamen, per month, £4 10s. to £5. Rations according to authorised scale, viz. : 10 lb. flour, 12 lb meat, 2 lb. sugar, and I, lb. tea, each person per week. Without Rations : Carpenters, for town, lls. to 13s. per day ; masons, bricklayers. plasterers, black smiths, 13s. to 16s. per day ; unskilled labourers, 7s. 6d. to Bs. per day ; quarrymen, 10s. to 12s. per day ; splitters, posts and rails, per 100, 20s. to 255., according to timber; fencers, three rail, 2s. 3d. per red. Female Servants': Laundresses and cooks, £35 to £4O per annum ; housemaids and general servants from £26 to £3O do. ; nursemaids £l6 to £26 ; needle-women, £25 to £3O. COMMERCIAL. MELBOURNE, March 16. The course of mercantile affairs, since the departure of the Februaty mail steamer, has not been marked by any event of importance, or by any improvement in the condition of the produce or import anarkets. It can, indeed, be scarcely expected thAt any favourable change will take place until definite advices are received, with reference to a fallling off in the gross totals of exports from the United Kingdom to Australian ports. At present quotations fluctuate from month to month, and are affected, one way or the other , acco rdin g as the latest intelligence points to a redi.ction in shipments, or the contrary. No continued and systematic efforts have been made by exporters to regulate their colonial transactions in accordance with the diminished requirements of consumers in this direction, and the necessary consequence is that, with the exception of a very few articles, there is absolutely no demand whatsoever, speculative or otherwise, for the descriptions of imports, which are now held for higher rates, or sold at a heavy loss. The non-arrival of the Columbian with the Jan. mails, tends to increase the p revailin g depres sion, a n d ren d e rs intending purchasers exceedingly cautious. Pending the appearance of the mail steamer, therefore, no change of importance is looked for, save in the value of those provisions which are held in small quantities, and are In extensive request. The demand for bulk ales has not fallen off, and first-class brawls are worth £9 2s 6d to 49 ss: are particulaaly expressive, He says : -"'lf it 1.9 bathes of them emigrating thither, where they wilt expected that this court p m is te , tetoinbge itus e a d ga t st t t h h is e taitelgearsetatbfeamreiicyogetifisueldanakiiiadd.trerartielids as belonging it to s and Ind i a n u s i , . thatd e unl e ss re l:,sif sucktth th is ss ext e ndedund ers tood,h Presidentt u i thesG et coloured ard immediate of peopleh a l y - e to s i 1 l f, 1 Nt t vhh O e of Unitedai s n ai anxious x v ii Stateso tf u t t s io t n o t% me n a t n a s e s of ;" -il' an m d Court cannot bring' you. to a' praiser sense of your introduce a portion of Northern skill and energy c p o e ni cca li rl i o t y es as o of communityexpectation w w i i i l l l u mii e sh rea i i t i s se ry duty, it can at least turn the savages in custody into his dominions. Per the accomplishment of loose upon you." Now•this was unjustifiable. The this, lie is holding out indueements which, among Judge has thus given his- enemies a strong cause of other things, the coloured men of several cities it, complaint against him. Besides, it seems that his the Union are now meeting to discuss. "In Hayti;' emplo-yment of the military was- without the con- it is observed, in one account of the movement, currence or sanction of the Government. This will " they will be clothed with all the r ights and only serve to complicate the troubles of the Mormon . immunities of the natives of the isl an d ; t hey will be territory.. But the fact la, . that it will never do to on a footin g of social and political equality with the have it a s, a slate of the Federal Union. Mormons best; the avenues to distinction and wealth, now can never be entrusted with the government -of one closed against them here, will there invite their of the United States. It is suggested, I see, to entrance and competition; the climate is kindly and include it in the new State c 4 Kansas,. and thus let genial for individuals of African blood, and they the laws of the State deal with the. illegalities and will at once, by their superior intelligence, industry, indecencies of Mo rmon ism. This, I am inclined to - and skill, assume positions of honour and responsi think, is the only way to do, if they are to be kept bility for which many of them need no further in subjection.. preparation. There may be drawbacks of which we • Now that the Sickles' enci*ment has subsided, have no knowledge - the picture may have dark and there is nothing new on thetapie; the party shades which we have not seen-but to cur appre operations for . the next Presidential Election are hension, anything-a life in a desert with liberty being renewed- You are aware that there are two better than the degradation which is the coloured great parties at work-the democratic and the man's lot in this free laud. We are assured, by the republican, and that the present . President owed his . leading men in th e enter p rise of which we speak, success to the former , which, however, is now so that they are in dead earnest ; that the disabilities much distracted. and divided, that unless it be recon- which encompass them here have done their Work ; oiled and re-united, there will. be great risk of its and that if half the representations made to them losing its influence in the approaching contest. are proved to be true, they will not delay their There is a split-off of the party, at the head of departure a day beyond the time necessary for which .is Senator Douglas of Illinois ) , himself an preparation for the journey." And then- it is aspirant to the Presidency. One principal subject of ` significantly and with great truth added, -" Refiec dispute between these opposing sections, is the tion on the causes which make them willing to question of the extension of slavery in new Terri- expatriate themselves (for this is their birth-place tories. Some negotiations are now going on between and their home) are not creditable to our govern the chiefs of the respective sections for a compromise , ment and our Christian civilization, of which it is of their differences ; and the following is giv en as the white man's wont to boast so much.' Who the Presidential programme on which it is proposed . knows what may be the reactionary effect this, they of this, they should unite, - at some future time, upon the American republic 1. The reunion of the two factions upon a compromise on itself? the question of slavery in the Territories, which will leave The Opera is again the source of extraordinary the exclusive supervision of the subject to the Supreme excitement in New York. Mdlle. Picc 1-• -•- Courts -the right of the Southern people to settle in theo (mum has returned from Southern her with amid Western tour, and. Territories with their slave property remaining as affirmed has been h ailed with greater- rapture than ever. by the Dred‘Scott decision. The chan teuse • 2. Two democratic national conventions in 1860-the fascinating has NVOII ail hearts, before work of the Charleston Convention to be limited to the she had the opportunity of renewing her musical second enchantments, by a manifesto she issued, announcing reunion of the party upon a new platfo rm. The s her return for a brief farewell season. "Before convention, in this event, will probably be fixed for September, and in the city of New York. By that time saying adieu" -so it began-" to a public which has the chiefs of the party will have discovered their ',nest treated me with proverbial generosity, I beg per available candidate and the weak points in the enemy's lines. mission to express, in the best way offered me, the Now, the very phraseology of this document promptings of my heart. I c une to this country affords striking evidence of the miserable party so grand, so free, and so charming in its youth and. scheming which has to be had recourse to for the freshness-with high hopes, which have .been more election of even the Chief Magistrate of a great than realised. An artiste who is satisfied is a republic like this. There must first be a " reunion miracle. lam a miracle, then." And after dilating of the two parties upon a compromise on the questio n with most charming mo desty and diffidence on her of Slavery !" Does not this of itself speak musical capabilities, disclaiming all pretensions to volumes against the, system that is in operation ? " divine genius," yet avowing that, though she may' Then there must be " two democratic conven- not have the "heavenly spark," she loves her art, tions," in order to ' organise and. set in motion and devotes her whole soul to it, she then cleverly their party services. The people who, it is boasted, and characteristically concludes. her address, -" I I are free to choose whom they will, cannot be left to would rather stay here than go to Europe. But one exercise their desire freely and independently, -as -even a spoiled girl, and a prima donna as well destination. They have, however, arrived in England ere the employment of the ballot indicates that they cannot always have her own way; so I must go on this i tim e , time, and we shall certainly . feel surprise as well as should,- but must be dictated to, and made tools of, the first of June. And therefore I have written disappointment if they do not produce a favourable effect on in furtherance of the plans of party and personal this in advance of my farewell performances, to thank the minds of their recipients. There is another fact bearing aggrandizement. The advantages of the manoeuvre the public of' the whole country (and of ew York on this question, and of great importance to it, which, we arc highly extolled by the democratic press. " The especially) for the favour that has been lavished upon believe, is not generally known, and that is, that the Victorian Government will raise no objection to the home- simplicity, the novelty, the sagacity, and the upon me. More than all this : I shall endeavour in ward-bound steamers calling off Port Adelaide. This fact expediency of this plan of operation," it is observed, the roles which lam to undertake for the first time was communicated by Sir Henry Barkly to Sir Richard " must be conceded on all hands. If upon any pro- here, to show that this previous favour has not been Mac Donnell, and has been transmitted by his Excellency gramme the disorganized democracy can be reunited thrown away, but has encouraged. me to new exer to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. There can be it is upon this." ° Again, it is declared of' it,-" The tions. And so I salute you all. I would be charmed. no question as to the extent to which this assurance will ingenuity and the simplicity, therefore, of this to do it personally ; but the country is so large, and facilitate the accomplishment of our wishes. But to reported basis of a compromise between the Douglas the population so immense, that I really tear the NEW SOUTH WALES. ascertain its full significance, it must be remembered that and the anti-Douglas democracy upon this subject, time would not be sufficient. The public's devoted, There had been little of note to record in the poli- the promise was given when it was agreed that the home- cannot be surpassed. Its practical operation would MARIA PICCOLOMINI." As might have 1.n. - :en expected, s t ew world since the departure of the February ward bound steamers only should enter South Australian be to leave slavery . untouched in every Territory this well-timed and ingenious billet has had a steamer. waters. It was then a pledge of the willingness of the until it shall enter into a State organization, when magical effect. She at once entered upon perhaps The departure of Mr. Donaldson-the acknowledged Victorian government that Port Adelaide should be the port leader of the Opposition in the House of Assembly he they call for ocean steamers, on all the occasions on Which the people, through their Constitutional Convention, one of the most brilliant seasons (for its brief that, vessel, has very much diminished the animation of the they were intended to enter South Australian waters. We will have full authority to make the State a free duration) that she has ever vet enjoyed and profited debates; in fact, the Ministers, confident in a stolid majo- have no reason to suppose that they will recede from this State or a slave State. In a party view, the two by. Her popularity is unbounded. Nor are her rity of members,. scarcely think it worth while to reply to promise, if asked to extend it to occasions on which the extremes upon this subject can only agree upon this triumphs confined to the boards of the Opera-house. the numerous attacks made on them. The resignation of calling at - Port -.Adelaide •- would- beespocially beneficial to plan of leaving slavery in the Territories untouched If half one hears be true, she must have made, and Mr. Lutwyche as Attorney-General, and his promotion to Victoria. The Home Government receiving this assurance by Congress and by local legislation . True, this made unconsciously, most signal conquests of a much the Judgeship of Moreton Bay, have been the principal in relation to all the calls which it was then proposed to policy might nullify the lat. act of the T•egislature more interesting kind, -of none of which, however, theme of these attacks, and have provoked much dis-e make, will naturally understand it to signify a willingness of New Mexico, for the protection of slavery in that has bli,,, ~,.. fa., deigned to take advantage. emission in both Houses. The appointment, too, of Mr. to acquiesce similarly in relation to all the calls to be made Territory ; but that affair is a mere bagatelle to the A disagreeable affair, arising out of the syseein oe under the new contract. Here, then, we have a further Bailey as Attorney-General, and Mr. Hargrave as democracy compared with the great object of slavery, airs occurred at New Orleans. The French reason to expect a very speedy decision in our favour. Solicitor-General, nearly strangers to the .Bar, and the settling among themselves these foolish abstractions Consul there, Count Mejan, was accused of harbour community, has excited some dissatisfaction. These COMMERCIAL. of Squatter Sovereignity v. Congressional Protec- ing a fugitive slave, and was therefore arrested b two gentlemen were not intended at first to be political - ADELAIDE, March 17. tion. " It is evident, then, from this, that what was warrant from the Recorder. The Count denied y a officers, or to have seats in the Executive Council, though The tone of the mercantile feeling has decidedly improved meant for mankind is to be given up for party. charge, and the also protested against the warrant, they were to go out with the Ministry ;but the Legislative even within the month which has elapsed. Since we pub- It is not the honour and interests of the United on the ground that, being the representative of Council having declared that it svOuld recognise no. repro - lished out last summary, commercial confidence is in a States, as a great Federal Republic, that are to be France, the Recorder had no such power, and sentative of the Government in the House 'except a member -- great measure restored ;no serious failures are apprehended; considered, Lut the party aims and personal ends of declared that he could not submit to it, unless of the Executive Council, as a temporary expedient Mr. money is perceptibly more plentiful; trade generally is a few ambitious, crafty, and self-seeking partizans, compelled by force. The Recorder, notwithstanding, Bailey has been sworn in. In the Assembly, on the .23rd brisker ; and cheerful hope has taken the place of the who make politics their trade and profession. sent an officer to arrest the Consul forcibly. 11 e was February, motione were placed on the paper by the Colonial gloom which more or less overspread all mercantile circles Secretary for re-organising the system of Responsible at the commencement of the summer now rapidly approach- A decided financial and commercial reaction has seized by the collar, and then went, accompanied by Government. They proposed that the Attorney-General ing its close. It is satisfactory to reflect that no panic evidently set in, and is raising the country very counsel, to the Police-court, where they filed a and Solicitor-General should not have seats in the Executive, was originated even when were at the worst ; and , COMMERCIAL, , , rapidly to probably a more flourishing condition than protest against the whole proceeding. He was then and that two new departments should be erected-one to be it is still more satisfactory thingsto know that in every 1 New Yonx, May 5. -The cotton market, yestera . se, ever. " All the avenues of trade," it is observed, discharged on his awn rocognizances. In consequence called the Department of Public Works, and the latter the branch of industry the prospects of the producers are exhibited more tone, with larger sales. The traas.actionds " are now open to the thronging crowds of commerce. of this,-outrage as it • , is considered,-the resident Department of Trade and Customs. These resolutions have brightening. Our corn-growers will realize remunerative embraced about 3,000 bales, inaludiag I,Bo_o in transetuan Railroads are crowded with merchants and. Consuls of England, Prussia, Spain, and Belgium since passed by a majority of one, but they are so prices for their gr ain. The s eason of low prices-the two 1,200 from store. The latter closed on the basis . of abou t travellers moving t c despatch unfavourably looked upon, that the necessary estimates to. months succeeding harvest-has passed without any violet 12c per lb. for middling uplands. A teleg a raphi leisure ; the docks and barges are p iled with goods decle thatthey have against I 1 declare . read . t meprotest of Count give them effect will not be brought during the p r esent overstocking of the market liy needy growers, and conse- to a house in this city, received yesterday from !Mob ile , P . 11 l rushing to riper y tme ex eauste marts ot the .lejan, Consul of France, against his arrest by Hon. session. A department of a Minister of - Justice and of quently without any serious declension in price; and at this quoted sales of middling in that market at 121 c. Flour Public Instruction, with the permanent appointment time the markets are steadily improving from day to day. was again firm a nd in g ood demand, with fair sales, closing country • ; the banks are vocal with the whistle H. M.. Sununer, Recorder, and agree that it is in of an independent and unpolitical Crown Prosecutor, is the The crops of last harvest will scarcely do more than supply at an advance far some descriptions. southern brands of the passing steamers ; expressmen and railroad violation of the rights and privileges of Consuls, of more popular measure out of doors. The District Courts our bare requirements and meet the demand for exportation, were firm, with a good demand, and tolerably free sales agents are in a hurry of delight at the rush of the constitution of the United States, and of the Bill is not yet passed; and, to the grievous injury of the which has been kept up with unusual vigor for several were made at full prices. Wheat was firmer, while trans- business ; hotels are crowded with guests ; summer treaties with foreign nations, and is also contra community, there has now been no means of taking legal weeks past. • Considerable progress is being made in the actions were light. Corn was firmer, with a fair amount of resorts are being newly painted and re-vamped. for dictory to the confirmation of consuls by the process for the recovery of small debts since November last. development of our mineral resources - progress not the less sales. Pork was more buoyant for mess and in fair demand, the coming season ; traders are jocund over their President of the United States. Here, for the the objectionable indemnity clauses which the bill contained satisfactory because aceemPlished without much of the both for lots on the spot and for future delivery. New accumulating profits ; speculators are full of hope present,.the matter ends. have, however, been withdrawn by the government, and publicity which attends operations in the share market. mess sold at $ l6 25e, check on the day, and at $l6 40c at the suns e of war in the Old World, and peace and One of the luminaries of the States has just the bill will nowd b lat In Wunderstand tha t h he A 1 . 11 . have been usual w ay , and for June and July delivery at $l6 50c. probably pass, an ecome aw once. e s ares in . e ppea ina Ime , ' fi the lent in the New : and everybody looks and feels departed_ this life, in the person of the It . ht ig the Legislative Council, on the 23rd February, Mr. E. Dees sold within the last few days at six times their original price. Prime sold at $l2 60e to $l2 7oc. Sugars were rm at p h h d'• • b ' h l Reverend. G as prosperous y _ . eor me Washinoton Thomson made an interesting statement in reference to the Evidence will be found in abundance of the p ro gress w hich a advance noticed the previous day, with sales of about 2,100 as though a goo year . s usiness ts s , Doane, DD,.C.L., establishment oft elegraphic communication between Aus- . comparatively new branch of industry that of wine-making hhds., including Cubes, New Orleans, Porto Ricos, and begun. Such is the picture of New York to-day, Anglo-American Bishop of New Jersey., Bishop tralia and Great Britain. By the plan he Proposed, about -is achieving. ere can be no doubt thatvery few English Islands. Coffee was steady, with sales of 600 bags and New Nork is a perfect reflex of d the whole Doane will be a great loss to the Protestant £2OO per mile would be required for the construction of the - years we shall be prepared to export large quantities of ex- Rio and some lots of Maracaibo and Java. Freight engage - country. It is the metropolitan city, rawing its Episcopal Church; and. his death is lamented also line, and a subsidy of £12,50 0 per annum would be required cellent wine for the English market. If our people devoted ments were moderate, and without change of importance in life from all, sharing the hopes and joys of all, and as that of one who was a literary notability. For from the Australasian colonies. As there seems a mutual ` the* energie s more generally to the arts of production, and rates. ix reflecting the feelings of all. Seldom has a season as a poet, his numerous contributions have been. . disposition to bring this session to a close, if nothing less to those of mere exchange and transmission, there would opened with a more healthful glow than the present greatly admired. and extensively copied by the untoward happens, it is likely parliament will be prorogued be practically no limit to the prosperity which the colony AMERICAN AFFAIRS. one. Our manufacturers are crowded with orders ; leading ournals. A collection of his sermons and. at the end of next week. might attain. our artisans are fully employed-to such an extent., charges was published in London in 184.gsand a large . . COMMERCIAL. •da _ indeed, that many of them are demanding a return volume of his discourses, and add . resse on various SYDNEY, March 12. • FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. times, hen the occasions, has been published in this coeuitr7. Since our last summary, dated February 10th, the SHARE . INDIA AND CHINA. MORE TROUBLES WITH THE MORMONS : THEIR to the wages of the old speculative w deed his contributions to literature. have been so MARKET has been pretty active , but the fluctuations thatstaples of subsistence and enjoyment commanded In andattractive,that 1 • The advices from Calcutta by the present mail are UNFITNESS TO BE ENTRUSTED WITII THE GOVERN- • per h•el tfi at the present liberal so le won a conspacuous have taken place in the prices of securities have not been to t April Bth . The o previous mail from lndia brought WENT OF A STATE OF THE , UNION. THE NEXT pr i ces thirty cent. e . , ier an among the men of his • time - and the hives of industry everywhere are , ,lace „,,. leading time. "•As a any great extent. Money continues plentiful for invest- • intelligence from Bombay to April 11, and there is PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION : FACTICS OF THEt he of life and activity.! Priest and Prelate, it is observed of him, ' , Bishop ment, and the shares of the Bank of New South Wales andresonant with sounds Commercial Bank in particular are fi rm, at full quotations, therefore no later news by this arrival. PARTY • UNION TO BE EFFECTED ; DEMOCRATIC ", '' 0 ..-. Nor is this by any means an drawnover picture. P r i e st was remarkable for the self reliant energy, and have rather an upward tendency. Australian steam Commercial reports state that the warlike rumours No REAL IFREEDOM OF ~lIOICE ON TIIE i - ART OF No one can move about, in city or country, without indomitable will, steadiness of purpose and untiring navigation shares are not quite so lunch in demand, and from Europe had made buyers more cautious. No. THE PEOPLE. DECIDED FINANCIAL AND COM seeing it, in all its reality, on every hand. Then,. industry with which he strove to advatice the have deelinedlOs. per share. Australian gaslight company's alteration in freights. Exchange, bank bills 2s 0 d IMERCIAL RE-ACTION : GRATIFYING AGRICUL from all parts of the Union, there are the most interests of his church, and showed an executive shares are firm, and have advanced 20s. per share, in eonse- to 2s 07,-(1. Five per Cent Stock quoted at 11 per cent. TURAL PROSPECTS ; THE EXPECTED ADVANTAGE gladdening executive g accounts as to the prospects of the power rarely equalled in the Christian ministry. As quence of the resolution to increase the capital by the issue discount. TO THE TRADE OF THE COUNTRY. IMPORTANT. rowan crops. In the middle and northern line of a preacher he was eloquent in, manner, polished and of 4,500 new shares having been confirmed at a special . REORGANISATION IN INDIA. MOVEMENTS AMONG THE FREE NEGRO POPULA -5 th i? States the promise of the grain, tobacco, elaborate in diction, spiritiud in thought and senti meeting of the shareholders held on the 9th of this month. Rebellion i s not now the di ffi culty government has to TION : EMIGRATION TO THE NEGRO REPUBLIC OF ou eye . P the most eratifyin kind; merit." H had e a large circle of warmly attached. and fruit cultures is . of _ early e . g Sydney fire insurance , shares are in some request, and face, but reorganisation. Money stfficient to pay the HAYTI ; THE ADVANTAGES HELD OUT. THE while, at the same time, 1t me disappearance of friends , by whom he is sure to be most affectionately holders will not sell except at an advance in price. Govern- interest on the loans, though not to equalise present expen- OPERA . THE NEW YORK : PICCOLOMINI'S RETURN - the snows from the Northern and Western States, mourned. The Bishop was only s ixt y y ears of age. meat debentures continue firm, and terminables meet with diture and income, will speedily be obtained. The tariff, if AND FAREWELL ' ITS EXCITEMENT. DISPUTE ----i.e.- 7 - a ready sale at quotations. Interminables have also changed 1 the House of Commons does not urnet it, a bouterersement and the present show of the fields, hold forth every COST OF CEILING-PAINTING. -- SIT Peter. Paul THE FRENCH ' CONSUL AT NEW ORLEANS : WITH but a few districts • Baibens hands in small amounts at 98 and interest. considered probable hero, will yield an extra million. A indication of abundance, Prom . .. . received for his painting of the grald . platen /A at the The amount of GOLD COIN issued by the Sydney Branch of succession duty is nearly ready to be extended to all personal His A ARREST ; PROTEST OF FOREIGN CONSULS are there complaints of. drought, the spring lams Banquetting House, Whitehall, the se • t sin, ll 000 The the Royal Mint, from the Ist of January to the 4th of property, and all real property not protected by the per- AGAINST IT. DEATH OF BISHOP DOANE OF NEW having been general and copious in their fall, All space covered by this painting is about 400 ' . ' March, has been 170,000 sovereigns. The quantity of petual settlement. A tax on tobacco is also to be imposed, JERSEY* this promises well for the general trade, as w . ell as lie was paid nearly La d yards, so that 1 a yar . Sir Jame Thornhill, the y GOLD Doer imported into the same establishment during an d the two together s hould produce a second million. The Some very unsatisfactory news has just been the agriculture, of the whole country. Its realisation first Englishman who, recei al -- ellightho d f 11.* bit o or . is a i i y the same period, for the purpose of cinage, has been succession duty, unless exorbitant, will not be unpopular, received from the Mormon country. The Mormons, ` vial immensel incre ase the people's resoures, and and art, was paid on,/y 13 y yard. f ' . or the labourious work 50,701 ounces. The quantity of Gold Dust received by the as . it was paid - under the Mussulmans, and gig es natives as we all know, are not only an outlandish, but a those will be soon distributed through the various on the ceiling of Greenwich Hospital , the escorts from the several gold fields during the month of holding rent-free lands a security against resump" Our merchants . ," says a painting the oraa - very troublesome people ; and the United States channels of commerce. ISI t " ments on the walls. "Vie bake of February has been 20,384 ounces. For the corresponding tion. About the tobacco tax there is moreon ague, Government have been pestered by them most New preparing for a - York journal, "are ~ a l read y says Sir James Tap ' ' h is • l rnhill, in memorial to month of 1858, the amount delivered was 15,437 ounces; doubt. Every human being in India smokes-the. • the co • • the increase in the month is therefore 4,947 ounces, or 30 wife as well as the husband, the child as well as the wife intolerably.. So unmanageable had they become, large fall trade. Their Western customers are mmissloners for buildine the hospital, "paid Monsieur tters and the Ross°, for his s p. During the first two month of the year 1858, A rise in price, therefore, in this article affects every native, that the United States Judge-Judge Cradlebaugh - writing them the most hopeful le , . his L 2 oao and kept an extraordinary table for Ilim ' • ' ' per cent.the other sections of , friends, and servaats, for two years, the quantity received was 30,138 ounce s ; ; during the same but still the population have never yet rosisted indirect taxes. sent there to administer justice, found it necessary to general prosperity evident in . while th •d of 1859, the amount delivered has,. been 40,292 A third impost in the shape of a marriage licence fee, will, have his court rotected by a mihtary force. The the Union fully bears thei n out in their calculations. a ,,,„ 0 e• work was doing, at an expense estimated at peno lar g e , but there is every 4 ""u Pgr annum." Signor Verrio was paid for the whole ounces, which is an increase of 10,154 ouices, or 33 per I believe be imposed, if the Council can get over its dread " Saints" were indignant , beyond measure,-for it The spring trade has been • cent. in favour of the present year . of English economists. This tax, levied by the Mussulmans, thwarted them most completely in their devices reason to believe that the trade of the coming fall palaces of Windsor and Court ceilings, sides, and Wool.. -The market is again inactive, and purchasers are is in accord of native ideas , and would be inappreciable in against the law. The Judge, thus martially sur- will far exceed it," - adding the seasonable and sound back, stairs at 8s a foot, which is ka 12s a yard, exclusive of gilding, had wine daily allowed to him, lodgings in the only ready buyers of best quality and conditioned wools ; the midst of all expense o nes asts, torches, nautches, tinsel ) rounded, pre s eeded to hold his court ; but the Grand advice-" We have only to recommend them to av o id palaces, and where his eyesight failed him, a pension of £2OO whilst faulty and burry parcels are dull of sale s there is no and gilt cloths, usaally eqto two years' income. The J ur ( - ' •-* A rmons) refusing to do any , s speculation, to . be content with moderate profits, and Y sy mpatlnsing slo - ht • 11 . onair t alteration in value to note this week. money provided for the loans by which we are to tide over the •' • -' thing e i behalf of the active prosecution of t e riai. not to seek to become mi i es a once, and all had of the Duke of Bedford £l,OOO for painting three Siteersisins.-The demand is good, and one parcel of years of e'iltficulty, there will remain the reduction of ex en- cont 7 ' sate d , were, at the end of two weeks, will receive a due share of the bountiful harvest rooms; for the little chapel at Bulstrode, £600; from Lord scoured skins re alised the high fi gure of 12-l o d per lb, but d s ituees to income. The orders for this end most come from • a . ''lnP discharged by the Judge. His address, -which Providence seems to be about t Signor Pellegrmi, of ordinary skins the same as last reported. seagland, for the mass of private interests and inveterate rengnantly them, 's one of the most extraordinary upon us." ° Pow out Burlington s for his staircase, £7OO ; the Duke of Portland, for work in 'se ,of and for his hous . , of TALLOW,—The t r ade, being in low stock, are ready Inh:- I prejudices render large reductions here impossible, in discharging 1 can be furnished from the The late revolution in Hayti, resulting as it has a small picture over a chimney-piece, £5O, the Earl of •X2OO. Other instances chasers, and have cleared the market for all descrinti!av a at There is, in truth , but one feasible reduction. ae - 0 , judicial speeches wh i ch .. . d • semi-civilised in ilia establishment done, a 'neva wpublic, has eton, _or showamount of employment . an advance on last week's rates. cannot reduce the tOtal of civil expenditure, for all saseed by records of any court in the civilise G o l i nd Jur as if set the fece blacks of the •LJ it a might he given to . l the large Hines.-Little doing at p res ent, and tlse few heavy cutting salaries, and more will be exhausted in the ; sacreased . world. He addresses this Mormon acted *a criminals . I 11 -.4ns Ktates all a • h i s d of house decoraa appearing are eagerly taken b the trall'e for their immediate establishments imperatively required. T „ Y te European they were themselves a pack of con•s peanamiable Judge of this and iktyrang j etwants are alrea4 gog , this now comparatve yun .• t ___B m ider. in progress for large • artists of abill y. -• „ Wu afforN to wants. • • military expenditesee cannot be ditubli - she4 for years, except The following Onsing remarks Sane% wND STATION.F.— Since our last report considerable business has been done in pastoral properties, especially in Victoria, where we are advised of the foll °will stations having changed hands, namely, Langa rin ar,td Pampiampa r y statiou with about 10,000 sheep, ad 25,000 cattle, for £36,000; Barham and Beremegad stations, with 16000 sheep alai 4,000 cattle, for £03,000 ; Toogombie station, - with 4,00 Q head of cattle, at £8 per head; Mount Sturgeon station, with 37,000 sheep and 5,000 eattle, for £70;000. We have also to report sales of the following stations ba the Northern dsstrict, namely; Tiereyboo, with 37,000 sheep. at 20s per head, supplies, &c., to be taken at a valuation.;. Tarampa, with 17,000 sheep at 18s Gd, and 2,500 cattle. at 50s • Rosewnod, 11,500 sheep at Ils FREIGHTa — Wool , td per Ib ; in full ; hides, 20s to 251- per ton ; tallow; 35s to 45s per ton; WI oil, 65s to 7755, per ton ; cocoa nut oil, 40s to 50s per ton; gold, 2 per cent. by sailing vessels, _ 4 ,1 ditto by steamer. EXCHANGE ON L O NDON.—Bank, drafts, per cent. pre tuium at 60 days' sight; private , bills (with produce hypo— thecated), 1 per cent. discount, if drawn against wool,. tallow, or gold.. For bottled beers the inquiry is not sufficiently pressing to influence quotations. The value of butter has considerably improved, and 17d per lb. has been readily paid for prime samples. Holders now hesitate to realise at this figure, and it is believed that the price will range higher. Candles have also been more readily disposed of, and Belmont sperms have, in some directions, been placed at 15d. Bacon, hams, and cheese command the outside limit of quotations. In the markets for Eastern produce, teas are quoted at pre vious rates, and sugars are held for an advance. With regard to• the latter import, there can be little doubt that, by exercising ordinary prudence, holders will be enabled to establish higher rates ; and we expect that the business of the ensuing week will open with a rise in the price of all descriptions of sugar. Rice has again receded in favour, and rates are with difficulty retained at £lB to £l9 for Patna. No alteration worthy of notice hes been re ported in reference to the prices of flour. Advices from South Australia have been rather more favourable, and quotations at this port of Adelaide bratids vary from £l7 lOs to £lB 105. Wheat is selling at 7s 4d to 7s 6d the bushel. Bran is worth 2s. The grain trade has not been active, and prices have ruled in favour of the buyer. Scotch and Irish oats are worth from 4s 8d to 4s 10d ; Californian, 5s ; Calcutta, 4s 10d ; and colonial, 5s 6d to 5s 9d. Gram is tolerably saleable at from £ll 2s 6d to £ll lOs per ton and maize at 5s 6d. to 6s 9d per bushel. The wine and spirit market is devoid of animation, and will probably continue to be so until further intelligence is received respecting the state of the home markets, and the intentions of exporters. A parcel of United Vineyard brandy has been sold by auction at from 7s to 7s 6d, but this sale has not affected the value of other brands. In the export market active business has been brought to a close, and the greater portion of the sales in the market for wools consist of fellmonger's slipe, scoured, and the finishing of clips from a distance. According to Messrs. R Goldsbrough and Co.'s latest reports : The few decent flocks now offering command high prices. Hides.—There is little doing ; prices nominal at our last quotations, say, country dried hides, 6s to 7s 6d, and wet salted, 9s to lls each. Sheepskins.— There is a good inquiry both for shipment and town trade, at our last quo tations. Tallow. For this article there is a brisk demand, at an advance on last week's rates. The market is very bare of stock. Good mixed tallow is worth 40s to 435, and mutton 50s to 52s per cwt. Capital is readily available for the purposes of investment in the money market. The rates on advances are still quoted at from 8 to 121 per cent., but owing to the continued scarcity of first-class securities, very few negotiations have been completed on the terms first named. For sums under Ll,OOO the rates of interest demanded vary from 10 to 121 per cent. A fair average amount of business has been done in the share market. Bank of Victoria' shares have changed hands at prices varying from £33 lOs to £34, and Colonial Bank's are now fully worth £6 2s 6d. Shares in the National Bank of Australasia are erroneously quoted at 15 to 10 per cent. discount—their lowest value being 5 per cent discount, and the rates demanded by the majority of holders being from 21 discount to par. We may observe, in reference to the incorrect quotation to which we have alluded, that a large number of shares upon which no more than ten shillings have been paid uT were 'placed upon the market for immediate sale, am. disposed of at 15 per cent. discount on the amount of ten dot., shillings. Before the transfer of this stock could be effected, the arrangement it was necessary for the purchasers to pay up the balance of strong, indeed, b 30s due on each share, with six months' interest at 10 per Home Governme by cutting off the Indian allowances, a very difficult and perhaps dangerous expedient. There remain the three native armies, officially reported to comprise 243,000 men. Even this enormous number does not represent the full truth. The 8 ) 000 military police in Bengal are not included in it, nor the 22,000 military police just sanctioned for Madras- These men are Sepoys as to everything but duties, and are an addition to the regular native army they ought to supersede. Omitting Bengal Proper, which wants no troops beyond three regiments of Europeans, there are 60 counties to be protected ; 1,000 men for each county wid, it is officially reported by the Madras Government, suffice to keep internal order. There are no external foes, except one or two native Powers - the Nizam, the King of Burmah, and the tribes beyond the passes. Allowing 60,000 more Sepovs for these three objects, we have 120,000 native troops_ If this view is correct the native army is in excess of our permanent requirements by 120,000 men, costing in pay £2,250,000, and in the European force necessary to watch them, keep them faithful, and kill them when they mutiny, as much more. Still I repeat, no im portant reduction• will be made without peremptory orders from England. All luxuries are necessar►es while we are accustomed to them ; and the Presidency Governments will declare it impossible to reduce their establishments. They must be cut down peremptorily at first, and raised afterwards, should experience show more natives are indispensable. CHINA. The monthly summary, dated Hong Kong, March 31st, commences by stating that there is no news of any importance to send home by present mail. Hong Kong exchange advanced to 4s. 9d. for bank bills. Shanghai import market rather dull. Silk settlements 4,000 bales; prices higher. Tea un altered ; supplies very light. Exchange firm, at 6s. 2,1 d. to 6s. 3d. The Bacchante and Cambalu, of Liverpool, had arrived at Shanghai. M AU RITIU S. AdYiees to April 14. Sugar firm. Weather very hot and dry. Exchange for Bank Bills, 2 1 premium . Cholera has appeared at Reunion. 'T~ AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE JURA. The screw-steamer Jura arrived here last night, with later news from the United States. She brings $862,947 in specie, and 20 passengers. The Niagara arrived at Halifax on the 4th inst. The news is one day later, but does not possess much importance. The United States government awaits more definite information from Utah before taking action in rela tion to the troubles now existing there. It is believed that Governor Cumming will be sus tained, his conduct being regarded as wise and conciliatory. The Canadian Parliament was prorogued on the 4th inst. The Governor-General's speech on the occasion was made up principally of congratulations on the amount and character of the business accom plished. He states that the income of the Province for the first quarter of the current year shows signs of the revival of trade, as well as an increase of resources. Havannah advices to the 2nd instant have reached us, by the way of New Orleans. The news is unim portant. Sugar is quoted dull. The stock on hand was 296,000 boxes. General Henningsen announces, in a letter to a Georgia paper, that he and several of his friends have withdrawn from the Arizona Expedition first formed, and have entered into a new compact, associatinu, themselves under the title of "Hen nin ff sen's Arizona Emigration Association." The members of this company are to rendezvous in Georgia during the month of July. The Os erland California Mail brings us intelli gence of another desperate fight with the Indians on the Colorado River. A party of forty men, under Mr. Bishop, on their way to join Lieutenant Beale's surveying expedition, were attacked on the 20th of March, by a party of six or seven hundred Mohaves, Yumas and Pah Utes. The fight lasted three hours, during which a great number of the Indians were killed. The loss of the whites is not stated. Mr. Bishop's party re tieated towards Fort Tejon, and sent to Colonel Hoffman for assista'lce, which was expected soon to reach them. An attack was to be made on the Mohave villages. The attack was altogether un expected, as the party had received full permission to pass through the Indian country. The California news by this mail is three days later, but is wholly unimportant- Late accounts from the Sandwich Islands state that the British Consul General and other English men were about to erect a marble monument to mark the spot where Captain Cook, the renowned navi gator and discoverer of the islands, was murdered by the savage natives. The Quaker City has arrived at New Orleans with Havannah advicesto the 2nd instant, but they contain no news of general interest. The sugar market continued dull, with a stock of 296,000 boxes on hand cent., so that it will bC reauity perceives Tun llle aoLuui price at which these shares were bought was, on the com pletion of the transaction, increasedto par. In consequence of the numerous fires which have recently taken place, the shares in the local insurance companies have been disposed of at reduced quotations. A decided reaction has, however, set in, and the market for insurance companies' shares is gradually recovering its tone. Australasian have change d hands at 21s to 22s 6d, and are now worth 23s ; Melbourne are quoted at par ; and Colonial are held for 30s. Sales of Gas and Coke Companys have been effected at 36 to 374- premium, and holders are now asking 40 per cent. [lob son's Bay Railways have been done at £73 10s, and cannot be purchased at less than £74. Bendigo Water Works have been bought at par, but cannot now be purchased at that price, or at a lower rate than 23g. THE NORTHERisr TIMES, TUESDAY, MAY 17 1859 PRICES CURRENT, Woo L.— Superior clips, is 82d to 2s ;. fair to good, is to is 80; low to middling, is Mto is ; grease, 8d to 114 d; locks, pieces, broken wool, &c., 8d to is 2d; handwashed, is 3d to is 9d; scoured, Is 10d to 2s 6d. TALLOW. —Beef, £42 to £4B; station tallow, £42 to £5O; hides, each, 5s 6d to. 15s ; sheepskins, per lb., 6d. to 9d. SOUTH AUSTRALIA The Parliamentary recess was fast drawing to a close, the date originally named as its termination being the Ist April. It was, hoWever understood, that the term would be extended to the 29th April, when, doubtless, Parliament will meet for the despatch of business. In accordance with a recent arrangement, the financial year will commence on the Ist July next ; and experience proves that a couple of months is not too long a period to assign as the extent of a session necessary to, complete the estimates for a coming year. It will be necessary shortly after the re-assem bling of Parliament to issue a writ for the elec tion of a member of the Legislative Council, in the room of the Hon. E. C. Gwynne, who has just' been appointed the Second Pttisne Judge of the province. As the members of the council are chosen by the whole colony voting as one district, the elec tion will, of course, be general. It is rumoured that other members of the Upper House will take advan tage of the opportunity thus created to resign their seats, without putting the colony to the expense of an election by the act. Possibly, then, the next i session may witness a considerable infusion of new blood into the less flexible of our legislative bodies.— . Respecting the 'postal service 'between England , and South Australia, we take the followin g interest ' ing statement from the South Australian Register, a of the 17th March: — p Our readers will be gratified to learn that Sir Richard Mac Donnell and the present Government have already . 4 c,ne everything in their power to secure the completion of to which we have just now referred ; so ave been their representations, both to the nt and to the P. and 0. Company, that in mid probably have been made a condition VLLI llpLiinv. av of the existinc , contract that the ocean steamers should call at the Lightship in Port Adelaide had not the contract been signed before those representations could have reached their