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London, England, 1853-09-17 00:00:00

Nautical andcncral.

THE AIMERRED DUTY ON SEMANTh limier the new
act will he I/. Is. on servants of eighteen years old
and upwards, and 1(k. (Id. under eighteen. This im-
post will include waiters of every descriptions, except
occasional waiters. One potboy, to carry out beer,
although lie may occasionally wait, is allowed to every
licensed victualler.

EAST SUFFOLK AOMMT.TVRAL ASSOCIATIOL—This
society celebrated their twenty-second anniversary
at Ipswich on the mth instant, when an excellent se-
lection of stock, produce, &c., was exhibited in
elitist Church Park. At the dinner in the evening
Vitt guests attended, mid speeches were made by the
Earl of Stradbroke, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, and other
gentlemen. The principal topic with the speakers
was the changed prospects which now happily
opened before the classes dependent upon agricul-
ture. The Karl of Stradbroke traced these improved
symptoms to their cause, and deduced front them
some wholesome lessons for the future. llis lord-
ship said
" When this society was first established, agriculturists
generally had loctqi suffering for sumo time under deep de•
pressiton, nut front any fault of their own. but 11'0111 It
Vinlent change in the circulating medium, so that farmer%
were called upon to pay rents in one currency which they
had made arrangements to pay in another. The natural
consequence was that a large portion of the labouring po-
pulation were discharged, causing an increase of poor
rates, and produeing great misery among the people,
(Hear, ?war.) Rut, thanks to the energies of the Anglo-
Saxon blood and to the courage of Englishmen, it was
resolvtst to make all attempt to twemome the difficulty
and, by the application of borrowed capital, to give PliColl-
- to men sit scientific attainments to ;intim e
nra-
ehinery. lty these means, and also by thest insult's derived
from the popularity which attended the openitions of this
and other kindred societies, the agriculturists were enabled
eventually to weather the storm. For many years—from
11.4:11 to Ittift—this (solitary (lid elijoy an uninterrupted
career of prosperity, lle would pass over the next few
years, because it was rather painful to allude to them :
but they had now arrived at a period when, through the
.xpected discovery of large quantities site gold in many
1151154 the world, followed as it had been by a eonsiderable
emigration from this and a pyrfeet exodus bunt the sister
country, there had taken place, acconquuaied by a consider-
ably rise in the Fie,. prov iSIOIIS. all lif thy wages
of all engaged in Intswitous piirNuits, and an enjoyment of
luxitries by the 1 bier 'lasses which, previously,
were unknown to them. (Mar, hear.) It. had keen
our duty for some years to encourage emigration, with
the view of benefiting, not only those whom we felt
it right to send to tlitlen.nt parts of the world, but
also those who remained behind. lie thought the time
had now arrived when it would be prudent to put
a cheek upon this emigration. ( hear.) In his
Opi kk f m the only feasible way is, effect this would be by int-
proviog the habitations of the hour--( Hear, hear)—and by
erecting them in the vicinity of those places where their
labotir was required."

THE CATTLE Snow which the Duke of Richmond
has iumually maintained among his tenantry for many
years was held on Thursday in last week, in the
grounds around the old Castle of Strathbogie, at
Unfitly. There IV a large amount of stock shown
—there being no fewer than 1:4 entries alive stock.
In general,the quality of the animals was very su-
perior, though in some eases there were traces Of the
severe ordeal to which cattle in the district had been
subjected from the burnt-up pastures of the past
summer.

THE DIRECTORS OF TIM BANK ►)F' Arsrnmsti. have
announeed that a half yearly dividend of 14s. per
share, being at the rate of six per cent. per annum,
with a bonus of 365. per share, together making a
distrihution from the profits of M. per share, free of
income tax, will he paid to the shareholders on and
utter Tuesday, the nth of October next. This dis-
tribution is at the rate of 111 per eeld. per ann►un.

THE MATHS RE4iISTEItEII IN iliNltooN during the
week ending loth of September were 1,015. This
mortality is below the corrected average of the week;
for within the ten preceding years, when the popula-
tion of London was one tenth part less numerous
than it is now, the deaths ranged from tclo to 1.040;
and in the year 15-10, when epidemic cholera had
only begun to decline, the burials were ':,s! 5. The
deaths by diarrinua have been 131, less by 11 than
were referred to that disease in the previous week.
Only 7 deaths by cholera Li to happened. Two were
registered as haying died of Asiatic cholera—one a
tanner's son, of the tender age of four years ; the other
a labourer's young wife, who died in twelve hours.
!loth the deaths occurred within four days of each
other, in the same house, 12, Turner's-retreat, Ber-
mondsey.

SATURDAY,

THE QUEEN'S STEAM lACHI is to Undergo sonic
extensive alterations and improvements, It would
seem that her Majesty has remarked theditferenee in
character and performances of the screw two and
three decker flag ships of her channel fleet, the Duke of
Wellington and Agamemnon, and is resolved on having
the Victoria anti Albert lengthened sixty-five feet,
with the view of increasing her speed by new engines
of I;00-horse power, those she now has being only
450. Many regrets have been expressed at this per-
severance in the costly system of " conversion," and
the suggestion is thrown out that the Queen should
have a yacht befitting the rank and character of the
Sovereign of the Seas, and this can only be accom-
plished in a vessel newly constructed upon the must
improved scientific principles. As the best method
of realising this desideratum it has been proposed
that a committee of the best naval architects in the
kingdom be formed under the directions of the
Board of Admiralty, with a competent committee of
judges, to design and construct models fur a new
screw-yacht for the Queen.
TIIE CONSECRATION OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP
Will take place on Wednesday next, the 21st instant,
when the Right Rev. Dr. Roskell will be installed as
bishop of the Roman Catholic see at Nottingham.
The ceremony will be perfoimed in St. Bombes'
Church, in that town, by Cardinal Wiseman. The
late bishop of the district in which Nottingham is
situated was 1)r. Hendren, formerly of Clifton, trans
fated thither in 1851, and who some mouths since
resigned his episcopal dignity and retired to a con-
vent in the Midland district, where he now nets as a
chaplain. In the course of a few weeks another
ecclesiastic, the Rev. 1)r. Coss, will be consecrated
as coadjutor to the Right Rev. Dr. Brown, of Liver-
pool.
RETURNS or Suirrno Asti TONNAGE knit printed,
by parliamentary order, contain the following sta-
tistical facts respecting the British mercantile marine
fur some years past :-The number of A L:ssels built
at the different ports of the British empire in 1815
was 8414, of the total tonnage of 97,940 tons ; in 1820,
1,125, tonnage 112,173; in 1815, 1,119, tonnage
14:1,141 ; in 11430, 1,321, tontitige 110,913; in 1835,
1,1:11, tonnage 158,527 ; in 11440, 1,981, tonnage
295,418 ; in 1845, 1,250, tonnage 166,133 ; in 1816,
1,5214, tonnage 215,015 ; in 1817, 1.580, tonnage
141,056 ; in 1848, 1,737, tonnage 305,137 ; in 1819,
1,533, tonnage 1'27,428; in 1850, 1,402, tonnage
245,1341; in 1851, 1,539, tonnage 161,4:-4 ; and in
1851, 1,381, tonnage 193,4179. The number of ves-
sels belonging to British ports in 1814 was 14,418,
their tonnage 1,0141,905, and their crews consisted of
171,780 hands. In 1810, number of vessels 15,374,
tonnage 2,048,593, crews 174,318 men and boys. In
1825, number of vessels 14480, tonnage 1,55:1,61,1,
crews 11101,183. In 1830, number of vessels 1:1,121,
tonnage 1,531,1419, crews 1540411. In 18:45, munhet
of vessels 15,511, tonnage 1,783,761, crews 171,0211
In 11440, number of vessels 28,9112, tonnage 3,311,538
crews 101,340. In 1845, number of vessels 31,817,
tonnage 3,711,4Wi1, crews 114,900. In 18441, number
of vessels 34,288, tonnage 4,231,969, crews 139,283,
In 1851, number of vessels 34,244, tonnage 4,331,085,
crews 140,1118. In 1859, number of vessels 34,402,
tonnage 4,411,391, and crews 143,512.
AN IMII►RTANT DEMoNsTRATION el COLLIERS took
place on Monday at Wakefield. The object of the
gathering was the organisation of the colliers of the
West Riding, so as to enable them to support the
demand they have made for an advance of wages
proportionate to the advance in the price of coal.
Coal having risen 14)d. a ton, they ask that 3d. of
that hkl. should go into the pocket of the miner.
The proprietors of collieries generally seem to with-
stand the demand, on the ground that it is unreason-
able. About 2)8) men in the employ of Messrs.
Leather, at their colliery near Leeds, struck some
time ago, and have ever since been in receipt of 10s.
a week. The men employed at the collieries of Mr.
Pope, at Crigglestone, near Wakefield, have also
struck. The demonstration of Monday was intended
ler the miners of the whole riding, handbills
amounting it having been circulated throughout
the riding, with a request from the delegate meeting
for the miners of Yorkshire that the day should be
made a general holiday. There 'were not, however,
so many miners present as there doubtless would
have been but fur one circumstance, and that was
that Messrs. Charlesworth, whose collieries arc very
extensive, and who employ between 2,000 and 3,1851
hands, gave all their men a dinner, with the object,
it was said, of keeping them from the demonstration.
Notwithstanding this there were present nearly 3,11P0
working colliers from all parts of the West tinting,
including the neighbourhoods of Leeds, Barnsley,
Iluddersfield, ltradttart, ke. The proceedings lasted
about two hours. anti a memorial to lord l'almerston
was adopted, solicit* the attention of tiovernment
to the preparation of legislative measures calculated
to prevent the calamities to which miners are ex- ;
i posed at present in pursuing their trade, and suggest-
. ins several improvedients in the system at present in
existence.

17, 1533.

labest. iltittiEss SHIPPIN4I.—The lion. J. H.
Manners Sutton, t7aptain Bethune. R.N.. anti Mr.
Cohn Blackburn. barrister, commissioners appointed
by her Majesty, have coneluiled three days' inquiry
on the Tyne into the local burdens on shipping.
They have visited Newcastle. Tyne th. and
South Shields, and have held open courts at that
places :
" As there are no less than 23.0410 entries of vessels in.
ward to the Tyne yearly, and as the freight on the pin-
Opal article of export. coal, bears a large proportion to the
cargo, a revision and reduction of local port ,•hergi.,, en, of
great importatice to the shipowner, the eonsumec, and the
merchant, more especially whim Neights are low, as then
splitting one lialflienny per ton is a consideration. The
revenues of the Kiwi. Tyne C •ssioners consist of a
charge of td. per ehaldron upon coal exported, a tax
charged upon ballast brought into the harbour in vessels,
harbour dues on ships and boats, ballast-office dues on
shir4.l4lNbitialage and plankage dues, qua) and town dues,
and ballast warrants. •24,7011/. is thus collected annually
by the eenitnitodonees, of which 5,4110/. is paid to the
prporat ion ill Newcastle. The vessels of the Illvemen ant
exempt from these local burdens. The Trinity-house of
Newcastle mien primage on all vessels from Holy Island
to Whitby. and the brethren of that ancient 1411110r/a ..
have the management of the burl • lights, from %hid'
the house derives a considerable plait. The chairman of
the Shipowners Societies of North and South Shields. and
other persons engaged in the carrying Huh. of the port,
were examined at Shields, and took a general objeetion to
the manner in which the dues were levied, and the way in
which they were expended. and laid it down as a principle,
Hutt the dues for river purp,ses should be rofsolWaled
into a tonnage rate, and slitutht be levied for no other
purpose than the imprin einem of the navigation of the
river. They also iihieet to the dues of the 'l6l'4y-house.
Resides the imposts above awed there is a pier rate and a
Hier and mooring's rate, which iv collts•ted on the
t 'image of the vessels frequenting the harbour, and which
1M: approved by the shipowners. Another branch of the
inquiry pursued by the commissioners was the question of
passing toll. It seems the Harbour Commisaiouent of
Whitby, Bridlington. Itamsgate, and !toyer (Barns ate on
all vessels under 300 tons). exact a toll from Tyne vessels
passing their harbours, to Maintain these places as
harbours lif refuge. Thu shipowners who were examined
denominated those harboun+ traps. snares, delusions.'
It seetus by no possibility eolthi
vessel get into Whitby as a place of refuge in a high sea :
and Mr. Joseph Straker, a shipowner of great experience.
said, that if twenty vessels wen. caught in a gale of wind
on' the other harbours he would take one-hall risk upon
those vessels that kept to WA, in lorcn.relme to thi,s4, Mat
made for the harbour. The commissiomela, who nee
pursuing their inquiries with regard to local taxes on
shipping in the principal ports along the coast, besides
those r•irti PINT ex* iii iii Atkins, submit a aeries of questions
to the ru and maritime societies itt the towns
they visit as no the operation of local dues, so that in the
end a vast body of well-digested infortnation will be col-
lected together for the information of the Legislature."

A MENTINo To OBTAIN TIM 111 PUBsENTATIoN op
GRAVItsEND IN PAREIANIINT Was hell on Monday
evening at the Town-hall in that place. The chair
was taken by the Mayor, Thomas Saddington, Esq.
Several gentlemen addressed the meeting, pointing
out the great importance of the town of Gravesend,
its increase of business, ready transit from Loudon
by rail and boats, and the acentnulat. of the
number of inhabitants, from the extension of build-
ings (Wring the last two or three years. Various
suggestions and resolutions were adopted, and the
meeting separated after the usual vote of thanks to
the chairman and committee.

AT THE LATE ELECTION OF A ScoTTISH 12.11PREgEN-
TATIVE PEER. the Earl of Dundonald wore on his
breast a profusion of foreign orders. The noble earl
has since published the following letter on the
subject :

"My Lords,—l feet it a duty to assure your lordships that my
motive fur not presenting myself this day as a candidate for the
la ..... aur of beeoutihtf a representative of the peerage of my na-
tive eritmtry does not proered front feelings experietteed on it
banner oecnsion4 but from a supposition that a minority of your
lordships may still entertain unfavourable impressions of my
ea anduct, otighniting in or et insequent tan my attempts to reform
abitscs—then denied. but since acknowledged and redressed, to
the great contentment of the naval nervier, and nature security
of our country. The foreign orders I wear (for the first time hi
thirty years) 1 subtuit to your lordships in test' that
abroad, as at home, 1 have enaleavonrcal to 'trot-note good tiro.
vernmerit, awl in so doing vast advantages have accrued. by
imp • g w civilisation, to manufactures. and to co Tee, one.
fourth part of the globe front which they were pre% ly ev-
eluded. I alit aware, toy bards, that this is not all umwartmaity
for further explanation, but I bops' I may thus briefly avert any
suspicion of vanity in exposing theme tokens, by assuring ,our
lordships (though I have (loyal authority to wear them) that I
have merely viewed them as pledges of promised reward,' which,
had they been fulfilled when their objects were attained, wottld
have ambled roe to have frequented society, idol thus have oh.
viated oblivion and dispelled the misapprehension incident to
seclusion. ••

A BATH for the resuscitation of persons recovered
from drowning has been erected in 61n..g0w by the
Clyde trustees. The novelty of its construction con-
sists in the application of ordinary gas as the heating
agent; and at the first trial the water was raised to
100 degrees Fahrenheit within ten minute,. The
expense of the bath complete is trithofz. and the
value of the gas consumed each time about ts (pence.
THE ConittssioNratt appointed to inquire inti, the
Mate of the Leicester county gaol will open the com-
mission at Leicester on Monday next.