The Press.
London, England, 1853-11-26 00:00:00

1 ' N IT ED STATES.

New York dates to the 11th inst. have arrived by
the Arctic.

The Neu. York Herald anticipates the Presidential
message in its allusion to financial affairs :
" state of the finances will be fully presented in the
ine,4,age. At first Mush. it will I,e one lOf which every
Ameriemi may \tell hi' proud. An enortmais surplus in
the tr,,,sur ve% emu' film* !-•.ntitcr titan rim IN! expended—
n 41,14 fallin, consi,lerably short of onelialf the 11111111111
interest on that 1.1 tires! Britain-310 an annual expendi-
titre whielt does not nearly absorb the receipts from the
are Solid evidences of prosperity such as no
nation has e‘t'r presCilied. Nor is it less satisfaetory to
think that. while other nations are planning and scheming
raise 111,iney to pay ow arrears of interest or to renew
we are enabled to call in our debt and wipe oft* mil.
in litiValleu."

Our A merivalll contcn►porary adds that general
Vierce, AS well as most of the heads of departments,
intend to "confine their communications to plain
facts, without resorting to the customary verbosity."
John Mitchel, the Irish exile, whose escape from
Van Diemen's Land was lately announced, has ar-
rived in New York, rid the Sandwich Islands.

The Rev. Mr. Rittenhouse, while officiating at the
consecration of a church at Washingtonville, Pennsyl-
vania, fell down dead.

THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.

The American papers contain important intelli-
gence from the Sandwich Islands.
Dr. Judd has been removed from his office as
Minister of Finance, and Elisha W. Allen, late
United States Consul, appointed in his place.
A decided step had thus been taken by the Govern-
ment towards the annexation of the islands to the
United States.

The French and British Consuls protested to the
King against such an tg, and the American Com-
missioner* replied in a drug and dignified wanner.

SATURDAY,

This movement has caused much excitement
throughout the islands.

BERMUDA.

The latest letters from this colony state that great
excitement still existed on account of the fever. The
disease had reached Ireland Island (the most west-
ern of the group), and had made severe ravages.
The natives still escaped, and the fever was chiefly
confined to the soldiers and convicts. This summer
has been extremely hot, the warmest remembered,
anti was still very oppressive. The garrison is fear•
fully cut up : the nth Regiment have lost six officers
and twenty-one sergeants; the Artillery, three officers ;
the Engineers, two officers. As to the privates, they
have lost some hundreds. There had been fire
governors of the colony this year, and a sixth was
expected before the end of it.

AUSTRALIA.
Sydney papers of June 25 state that the proceed.
ings of the Legislature during the previous month,
although not of a very striking character, have been
of considerable interest in a colonial point of view.
The estimates for the year 1854 were brought
forward on the 22nd. The gross revenue is set down
at 500,2251., of which 811,0 W)!. is estimated as the
produce of customs duties; 80,00/. as the gold
revenue ; 30,0i10/. for duties on spirits distilled in
the colony ; ,41,4 WM 9. for postage ; 37,41401. fur
licences ; the remainder being made up of mis-
cellaneous items. The expenditure is calculated at
562,7311. 11s. sd.
One of the most startling features of the estimates
is that the duty on spirits alone for next year is cal-
culated at 188,000/. The consumption has increased
enormously ; and it is a remarkable fact that the
principal increase has been upon brandy and whisky,
whilst ruin and other inferior spirits which were
very generally consumed before the gold discovery,
on account of their cheapness, have scarcely in-
creased at all. The increased consumption of ruin
during the first quarter of this year, as compared
with the corresponding quarter of 1852, has been 0
per cent.; of brandy, 70 per cent. ; of gin, 26 per
cent. ; of whisky, 181) per cent.; of all other
spirits, 240 per cent. The consumption of tobacco
shows an increase of 18 per cent. Comparing the
consumption of tea, sugar, anal wine during the first
six months of 1852 and the first five mouths and a
half of the present year, the increase is—of tea,
12 per cent. ; of sugar, 27 per cent.; of wine, 13
per cent. Duties have been already paid this year
on 2,017,90111 m. of tea, 7,942 tons of sugar, 100,014
gallons of wine.
Trade continued to exhibit an unhealthy character.
The natural consequences of over-speculation con-
tinued to appear in the form of inth‘idual distress
and loss to a very considerable extent. Constuup-
tiou, however, was as rapid as ever, and the pro-
ductive powers of the colony were in no degree
diminished.