The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-04 00:00:00

[DECEMBER 4, 1855

AUSTRALIA. 180
The total amount of produce from the year 1838 to
both included, has been returned at £5,031,000 in
bers. Of this sum, the most important items are-80!:„4
horticultural productions, £1,226,116; live stock and
productions, £1,500,000; minerals, £2,207,000.
The £5OO reward for the discovery of a working gel,,eet
is, happily for the 'colony, still unawarded, the Stonyr",),s
diggings having
,been pronounced a failure. On the o'ccg
hand, more than 'one claim has been made for the rewar
£2,000 offered for the discovery of an available coal-field._a
The last accounts state that no less than 800 Irish fel;
immigrants were being supported by public money at 1,3_41,
rounkiesoi
nual cost of £lB,OOO, as, in consequence of their utter Tei'o,
ness for domestic work, no one would employ or main' Tot
After a trial of two days, the long-pending question °Ade
" Cathedral acre" has been brought to a termination at
a. ,y
laide, South Australia. The verdict was to the effect th 1;04;
grant by Lieutenant-Governor Robe was invalid, it ba
been made not from waste lands, but from ground origTsbor
set apart for the purposes of public recreation. The 13sigtr
has accordingly notified to the Synod his intention of re
ing the claims that he has hitherto preferred to the eite'coni
According to the latest accounts, the meeting of the.'; 01,
had been adjourned to the month of September, when It ntl2;
sion was expected to last during the whole of that re°pro,
the chief matter to be taken into consideration Was t beeil
posed new constitution, vice the old one which h 9"
rejected. ceo
The number of pasture leases on a term of fourteell 'ore
were, up to the close of last year, 353. They extended
16,000 square miles, and produced a yearly rental of n',otl
£lO,OOO. In addition to these leases beyond the giro)
hundreds, twenty-eight have been granted within the htioe
to annual tenants. They comprise, however, but 67' 701
miles, and are let at £672, and the quantity is decreasieL.
year, as the land is being rapidly bought up. Under Of 011
tern of management, squatting is an advantage, instep
detriment, to the province.
The ship Kent arrived on Monday at here

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landed her mails and 70 passengers. The Kenzaneet
ent left -MP tile
September 13, rounded Cape Horn in 22 days, trc:ft rVot
line in 40 days, and sighted the Lizard in 70 days r,,e,
departure from Melbourne. She brings 220 passeng,e dr
140,000 ounces of gold. Trade in the colony was t
pressed state. Diggers were still producing rich Yie';ll,
price of gold was £3 168. per ounce. At Geelong, el3reedst:f
were being made of the difficulty of obtaining title do
o<
grants. A meeting was held there on the 'befo'
September, to make arrangements for sending nenf
the unemployed single females to different p0r02,,t" tbee-j.
interior. Ballarat was fixed on as the place to Pt:,
ls
periment. The arrival of the mail-ships, Ben .f,i011r11,,,";
Champion of the Seas was anxiously looked for at .3.1,,e'4,0,`";
The Cairngorm arrived from London September b, color
Meteor September 12. The latest date received in t'was
from England was June 16. The Donald Mack3T
leave for Liverpool, with the mails September 3' "
some of the diggings the accounts mention that, g'l,?
the employment of a superior description of machinery' 111
crushing had been attended with the greatest suecess,,,oo
diggers were disinclined to sell the produce of their I*o4.
the existing prices, but on most of the fields the
increasing. At the diggings they obtain goods at w'ol
prices—cheaper than the usual expense of carriage fn laOm
towns added to their cost. This shows that stocks 'e toP,
are generally heavy. The merchants complain of tbildts,.;
purchasing gold at the mines, and the restrictions,lhe otoj
adopted in their terms for accommodation. On
of
hand, the approaching spring trade has slightly 1
prices, and importers are holding on in expectation v'ootaor
At Sydney the ,markets are said to be glutted. The (104,p
of gold brought down by the escort was very 105;11
the week ending September the Bth, 51,359 ounces
iiiproffii
received. Although commercial affairs had not leedel toe
during the period above-mentioned, the exports eloooo
imports by £84,200. In consequence of this
..,40c11,,,e
balance of trade, the bankers were contemplating' :lii'iget;;,
in the rates of premiums on bills. In the lahnnr ad 0 1
supply exceeded the demand, and wages rather tenot
wards. The mining news mentions that the yield aigo oilers
continued quite as good as previously; and at 13ey
tions have been proceeding very successfully. ate a w-tbe
WESTERN AIISTRILIA.—It is proposed to Cre; emove
water from Arthur's Head into Gage's Roads, ti? 'OOll-01
bar at the mouth of the Swan, and to deepen tutboar,i‘for
far as Rocky Bay. This can be done by convi.
estimated cost of £21,000, and, when completenhy:tio cur
making of the colony, if anything can.—ln sw"10,016,0t0
supply of convicts, the colony proposes to receir„„ 01%0
ing immigrants annually, in the proportions of frfvvni be i°o
250 men. The theory is sound, but in practice it will be
ty
very difficult to introduce more women than men es
colony.—lu consequence of reports from the 14' of '''tiotl,
existence of a fine pasture country in the vieinilt diree to,
Bay, an exploring expedition has been sent in 1:,,,bz been P
liars
nt
AnwcocsiedmltohtoiNnilAersiiuoccieSS; the land in question b
ttSl"
f the A d
—Newith
eatlhaendfinisessteacrlicinelayte in any 0- • islaerop
beginning to move ahead after the parasulroirsitl.°)tn'hstehegirsue-ete?—cegt
the cessation of transportation. According
hthade crueerr:ivntedye2a;,ooth
iemtmwoiaproarnttss odfurHinogbatrhteonfirsantdslirtl
and 3,000 more were expected. Recent leases have Ucvilie
of Crown lands to the extent of 121,000 acres, an
°_, IP:,
acres have been sold, and the estimated revenue fro' 4Q'
source for 1856 is £73,000. New lands are being °pelf, t,ll,
entire length lbeedngsthof ocrlthdeisicsolvanerded, ,la2nOdmairalesi,hrfaryonaPrLacleentneede:t°o'°°
Hobarton.

NEW ZEALAND. the
AUCgLAND.—TWO of the Bay of Island tribes, it])
Ngatowacs and Napuhis, have broken out into open rv;
wthe
each other, and the quarrel promises to extend
tervj enti°ll
hitherto neutral tribes, in which case EurnPow n
will be found necessary.
According to the Colonial Treasurer, was i23,Qae
province for the quarter ending in March last "
the
whilst the expendit £l7 500
ure was , •
already voted for
In addition to the estimates, Z 40,500, alre
enditure
current year, it is proposed to increase the exP ep!,
£60,000, to be raised by a loan bearing interest at
_b oaf
WELLINGTON.—The value of the wool shipped from
port during the current year is estimated at £4O, „itinVr,
NELSON.—The Provincial Council have voted taf7;oo;
of
ted income as follows :—.£7,500 for official sala7B6o;.
other contingencies £9,000; for immigration, notons7
of the
educational purposes, £1,400; for surveyStlialleveluveiglri°
£11,470 ; for public works, £3,000 ; for steam 1' the Pr:
£333 ; for postal communications, and £5OO
liamentary inquiry into the New Zealand Company
•eae'
total, £33,653. towards.
cisiro•
enth
OTAGO.—This province has just completed its sT,'}ia
and has published some interesting statistics- Tigre Pi,
tion consists of 1,408 males, and 1,149 females.i in wile
3,168 acres under cultivation, of which one-third,
~sttie. 5
It has 59,000 sheep, 435 horses, and 6,500 head e 1 --font Ye""
estimated export of the wool alone for the air— re
valued at £ll,OOO. "teof
CANTEILBUBY.—Private letters from this pr°,," occontot
there are few or no natives, give a most favour in.!' lir
its condition. Labour at a shilling an hour is silstx,ll-
- population of the province, on tknie ;3,0'41 of
1854, was about 2,196 males, 1,699 females, teb`L'Clari'A,ts,
elusive of oboriginal natives), 3,225 were oftraerenS,
England, 190 Wesleyan, 291 Presbyterians, 371 n, WO:
16 Baptists, 111 Romanists, and 25 of other seeLtnal'resii
3,290; Scotch, 314; Irish, 162; French, 67 ;.,",;010,,,tec1,
other nations, 38 : 2,254 could read and write, 49::;01/A',.,"().
only, and 1,078 could not read. There were 70•°.,; orb ield
and 64 uninhabited buildings ; two only were sWLolo'fiicli
100 of clay or sod, 100 of wattle and dab or of tni!"-cf 'l"ty
the rest of wood ; 7,221 acres of land were fenced in'otririiii
807 were in crop with wheat, 237 barley, 802 oats)
toes, 289 artificial grass, 227 garden or orchard,?tooltooo
other crops. The herds and flocks were understood 0V1,'109
of 598 horses, 20 mules or asses, 6,363 horned cst," 1w
;;)tet.
sheep, 400 goats, and 4,000 swine. The whole
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district may be roughly estimated to contain 4,Ovug'
of which 4,000,000 are available for pastoral purPos—,.
THE-NIG ITTINGAL_E Hp s-
A MEETING was held on Thursday, at Willis's
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James's, the object being "to give expression as 3
bofF
feeling that the services of Miss Nightingale in the 00'
of the. East demand the grateful recognition of the CO/1 Dairi
His
sd
Raomyoalnglltithencoesms
pthaneyDouknetholef
platform
mridgwe
Argyll and Richmond, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the .01,
quis of Clanricarde, Lord Stanley, Lord Goderich, Si" 100,
Heathcote, Sir John Pakington, Mr. Sidney Herbert, the P,o,
e;easthile tPillelici(c4;!
and Rev. Sidney Godolphin Osborn, the Dean of St. lo•
Apsley Pellatt, Esq., M.P., Twining, Esq., the Cl' I',
General (the Rev. Mr. Gleig), Monckton Milnes' °4"
and the Lord Mayor.
übjeet
The Duke of Cambridge having introduced the s
very eloquent speech, the following resolution Was ifeeall
the Marquis of Lansdowne, seconded by Sir Williani,ioo4,
cote, and carried unanimously, "That the noble OLT Doi:,
Miss Nightingale and her-associates in the hospitsl;:pl
East, and the invaluable services rendered by than
sick and wounded of the British forces, demand the cll
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recognition of the British people."
Sir John Pakington moved the second resolution
tb
was as follows : " That it is desirable to perPc,tll4.-0 re'to
memory of Miss Nightingale's signal devotion, and
the gratitude of the nation by a testimonial f a st!ipeor
character; and that, as she has expressed her unn sec,t-0
to accept any tribute designed for her own perseilLtitii'd'
tage, funds be raised to enable her to establish an des 'I
for the training, sustenance, and protection of 011 OO'
hospital attendants."—lt was seconded by Sir Jon/e8
,1 t
r3'
M.D., and carried nem. con. j,
Lord Stanley rose to move the third res 1 tion
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to accomplish this object on a scale worthy of the 0 to e
honourable to Miss Nightingale, all classes be invited
tribute." This was seconded by Mr. Monckton ivw"„d
and carried unanimously. The Lord Mayor move intedthe
the sums so collected be vested in trustees, to be app'ed sr
'
the committee, and applied for the purpose express,oloo f)
second resolution in such manner, and under such rtve;
as Miss Nightingale shall from time to time aPPneriitec
subscribers having entire confidence in her ,eI4.S,P
energy, and judgment." This was seconded by l" t
bert, and carried. fillr
The Duke of Argyll moved the following resolution :---„roPT;el
with a view to secure, under all circumstances, the abPeroelleil
tion of the funds raised to the purpose expressed in t coo Do
resolution, Miss Nightingale be requested to name the
(selected from the committee) to co-operate with her,"l- 51f
may represent her until her return to this country, °ooo,ci,
event of any suspension of her labours." It was unagnder.ite
agreed to. The next resolution, moved by Lord ";001,t,Dt
That the following noblemen and gentlemen be a ffe PIO
to carry into effect these resolutions ; and that tied to 10
Hon. Sidney Herbert and Mr. S. C. Hall be requesl thlef
as honorary secretaries," was also agreed to ; an
having been voted by acclamation to His Royal }lig
his conduct in the chair, the proceedings terminated

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