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THE EXHIBITIONS. ' THE FRENCH EMPIRE • AU;STRALIA. ing. :4'40 superiority of the-Victoria mines over any THE SHARE MARKETS.
. yet iliscoverzed here, there is one advantage which .
Those numerous places of entertainment in the .z. . 1 '(F1•0211, a Correspondent of the Times.) this colon y has over the sister province-viz ,the
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its of the ril,etropolis where amusement is-combined with in- Mr. Bower has been acquitted. His trial for •
SYDNBY, AUG. 30.-The Pacific and Oriental' orde_dy 'state of society in all its ramifications, and - Shr. Paid Rlkiravlcrs. Compans. this day. this day.
lau 8 ulict •Closing Prices Business done'
,a, and i_ ion, have, r the present week, been having killed Mr.. Morton, closed on Tuesday Company's steam-ship Chusan arrived here on the this it. I, no doubt, owing as much to the leaning, on
last, rd.rcr 1 during
ndaY . , be Y patronised b the holiday people ; and this night. The facts of the case, as presented to the 3d inst.„ in 78 days from Southampton, including the p: trt of the workino• classes, to a quiet, upright, Shr. Paid Ran.vms.
—l4 -all Birrung. Wlaolfiverh*.**&*• this day. this day. 50 all Bedford and London &
Bletchley.... N. West. ...
d ... --
Wille' day he taken as instance of the growing desire
Phes nb. a jury, did not materially differ from the statements stoppages of five days at St. Vincent's, five days at and h onest mode of life, as to the admitted effi-
st. 100 Aberdeen ..... .... 31a -32 - 304 all Birm. & Oxfd.
the Cape of Good Hope, and one day at Melbourne. cienc3 ,of the local Government. A spirit of saving
ring t° - am the industrious classes t devote
o their few made at the time regarding this melancholy affair, 20 ...- guarantee ... Gt•Westn. 30 -31
d ra' le* She did the distance from the last-mentioned port has gc )ne among the lower orders-a desire to be- 81 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. ,3
DSot.ouclLVshal.led: 301 all Do.withoutgr Do 291 - 30'
)le mode' istire h t Chri ours a stmas, and at other occasions and which it will be remembered amounted to this & Eastn. June.. "4 - 7
in the short period of 54 hours. Her arrival come possessed of real property-which will, no 304 all Birm.Wolv. & •
the s tne of
a -a • general
aid abstinence from labour, to something created the greatest sensation both here and at d.oub4c, lead eventually to the establishment of a 11 Dndleyguar. Do 3O -31
30, for ove -eh . Melbourne, and has been hailed with universal joy sturdy yeomanry throughout the land. There can- 31 28 Birkenhd. I,;n*e.s.h.:*& 7 301 all Do.wthtguar. Do 29 -30
, 111 is profitable as well as entertaining. The while in puerperal fever, declared to her husband
raid
31013 b - 111
following are the principal places of resort of the that the child of which she had been lately de- by the colonists generally. The long wished-for not b 3 a better proof of the 'orderly state of this Cheshire Juliet._ - 6;i d
Birk*: it)i
- 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon
1 descf • livered was not his, but Mr. Morton's, he rushed steam communication with the mother country is count ry than the statement of the Attorney-Gene-St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr.
rri,,,,rfteS, , iption mentioned :- d him now accomplished. Immediately on the arrival of ran, 'd ilo has just returned from Bathurst, where 2,, ~, £5O & £25 Cons....* 214 ---__ 221 i 6p. cent..... Gt.Notrhu 149 - 151 149 k
Ile -"- Th c out of the room, and seeing Morton, pursuelN Do. £2O i d
rt. e Colosseum.-This has always been considered the Chusan a public meeting was held, and it was the criminal assizes for the district have been held. St. 100 ' 106 - 108 107 25 all Glstr.&Dn•Fr. Gt. Westn. 33 -34
other P 3 one of down stairs, and killed him with a blow of a dinner- . 27i all
Bristol & E • xetei
The the best sights of London, and its popularity determined. to do honour to such an important This district, you will observe, is one of our chief St. 100 Caled 67 - 671 674 :3, iGi 7
:fisted. "Pro • knife which he had snatched. -up. Mr. Bower ad-50 all Chester & Hol head •- .t 23k Neilsn.Direct Caledon... ... - ...
tat .11111SCS to increase the late reduction in the 1 ing a public ball and. supper, which gold-mi ning districts, and he reports a lighter
event by giving 25 all Do. New Do .
full, b. Prlee - -.-% - ...
aft sea so of admission from 3s. 6d. to ls. That witted that he grieved his wife by his infideli- came off last night, and was a very brilliant affair. calenda2: and less crime in that part of the colonyloo all flrtlpl. Dk. & vi. New.
11 Graf , touch
n, oi, „ can be Eon for so trifling a sum is as great ties, but denied that he had ever treated her with About 700 people were present. The supper was than for some years previous, and the same obser-25-50 45 D •
übhudtßelfast . 1 - 21,,0 41i
Junc. 2 Railway & Berw.. ... - ...
all Dundee Perth &Aber- ,
•roin le ' Marvel as the ' ''
resided over by Sir Charles Nicholson, the Speaker vation 1 %rill apply to Sydney at present. no. New 5O all Hull & Selby. Y.&N.Md. 112 • 114 114 13
Exhibition itself. A larger or finer
GOO cal unkindness. His examination commenced at 10 Pdeep Junction ....... oa —9A 95 all Do. Shares. Do 56 -57
etWeen ection of statuary is nowhere open in the great of the Legislative Council ; and his Excellency the The Administration of Sir Charles Fitzroy, the 25 all
la t o'clock, and lasted two hours. 121 all Do. i Shares. Do 27 -28
Mast,
bound. e ropolis to the inspection of the public. The Governor and suite, and most of the notabilities of present Governor, has been decidpdly a successful 25 all East Anglian (£.25 L. 12:1 all Lou. & Greenw S.Eastern. 14 - 141
nigh
111 copse Several witnesses were examined at length. &E.& L. & D.) si - 64
ay nig atory, the stalactite caves, and the aviary - 261
re' " • Amongst these was the present corresPondent of the The Chusa,n. is a screw vessel, has been generally of the Legislative Council being named by the 18 all Do., alB E. & H.).. 44 411 20 all Lowestoft gr.
and so ,rarebirds, are calculated, in imagination at least, .le 20 all Fitst • • 13a - 134 13a A a
fel' ‘0 trans
on the , nsport one to the regions of fairy land. The Daily News who formerly assisted Mr. Morton in admired, and seems well adapted for the line she Crown, or by the Governor for the Crown, the 25a1l ~ 4.1 u Counties..... 4 per cent... Norfolk
Eastern Union, Class I 20 all Do. 6 per et. Do 23 - 25
4
Olast of , 4,
the "'wigs cottage is one of
a ,nat b . the most perfect illusions that capacity. The medical gentlemen all gave is to be placed on. She starts to-morrow for Sin- part a Governor has to .play is rather a difficult A. late E. U. 5h.... 10,1 -111 i 5?. all .lilauch.l3xteu. Lu.&N.W.
o the s'il re can be witnessed, and though now of no their evidence in the most complete manner. The • A •
gapore, viii Melbourne, Adelaide, and Swan River, one. If he is an able; energetic man of business, 25 6 Do., do. - and Matlock & Midld. 3 - 31 31
25 all Do., B. & C.. ....... 8 - B'll
diti cent date never fails to attract a host of and will reach that port in time to catch the Octo- like the last Governor, the late Sir George Gippsso all Iliddiesbro' & ritektou di
In vain adm. . ) porters of houses in the Rue de Seze and the Boule- . , St. 100 East Lancashire -77- 79
her mail for England. he naturally wishes t I d deal f 1 •
y o have a gOOO his own Redear Darlingt. ... -.• •
50 all East & West Ind. Dk.
, ~„ , ors and lastly, the panoramas of Lon- porters
"• lion 1 ' yard des Capucins (the residence of Mr. Morton\
/ The Australian steamship, belonging to the Cape way-to see to everything himself-and is averse to 100 all Nlidld.Bradfd. Midland... 107 A - 104
• be --1 )37- day and by night, are productions & Birmin, June '''' -60
on - WI 50 all Northern and
)vor I lose merit and truthfulness have never yet were also examined. The President occasionally Company, which was to leave Plymouth on the 3d consulting tl • lof the colonistsin bringing St. 100 • "• -- -A
. lewis wishes - 80
bo, nee, Easternsp.c. E. Count.. G 4 —66
is on ~, • slaveu contested. Verily the days of cheapness asked Mr. Bower if be had any observation to of June, is now due. Notwithstanding the advan- forward. his measures. The inevitable consequence St. 100 Edinb•Prth.&Duilee 29 - 31 301 221
a stoVe .'
'f' •
arrived,
i private enterprise can exhibit so make as the witnesses concluded their evidence. tages accruing from the establishment of these two of the rule of a man of this stamp is to drive the St. 100 Glasgow S.Western 6° - 62
St. 100 Great Northern Stk.. 811 - 82,1 82 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do - •••
50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do ... - ...
'weatlierkig Illany objects of interest for 12d. At half-past three the medical and other evidence lines of steamers,-namely, the lin y
e b the Cape of entire representative element in the Council into St. 100 Do ,A A. Stock 43 -45 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &I\ .W.
took t° the Poi technic y Institution.-The managers of this for the prosecution was brought to a close. The Good Hope and the line by Singapore,-a general bitter opposition. The wheels of the Executive St. 100 Do., i — 120 - 122
,B. Stock... &Ln& Yk ... - ...
In eta• impression gains ground that the Panama line will get clogged, and the Government of the country 50 all Great Southern -•
121 111, Do. 1 Shares. Do - ...
iselves. mentl opular establishment have never ceased Court was suspended for five minutes ; and at and St. 100 Ftoystn.&Gt.Northn 150 - 152
0 to
be the best by far for Sydney as regards is brought to a dead lock, as it was on one or Western areland).. 105 107
of the maintain their well-earned reputation. No im- quarter to four the counsel for the prosecution, M. St. 100 Great 'Western 954 - -95 i 95A I St. 100 Do•Shepth•St. Do l5O - 152
. the Portent
aiecldiscovery-no knotty question in reference Meynard de Franc, began to address the Court, of communication and other advantages. The two occasions in Sir George Gipps's time. Sir 12 11 Irish South-Easters., 886 t -74 25 18a Shed. Roth. & Lancash.&
l•ro'the to • stoppages of the Cape line of steamers are too Charles Fitzroy is a different man altogether fromGoole g. 5. p.c Yorksh - - ..
1.5 i science or art fails to be explained or elucidated and spoke at considerable length. The witnesses 50 all Lancaster &Carlisle.. -99
c)1.19 ' e 'S3T th many, and. the detention will be too great to meet Sir George Gipps ;he is, perhaps, more a man of 161 111 D • - 12ip 12 98 S. Staffordsh. Mr3lClean i - 4*d
+Or, • e able lecturers, and.every subject is treated for the defence were afterwards called, and. then 0., Thirds
epec-
~ ,_ equirements of the increased and. increasing tact than of talent. Six years ago, when he St. 100 Laneash. &Yorkshir( 8-8185 4t 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. &
1•11 n. familiar wan_ and. where possible, is ac- the celebrated advocate, M. Chaix d'Est-An d
ge a -
1, rim,„ trade of Sydney with England. Within the last first assumed the government, he commenced his 20 15 Do., Fifths 331 d 6 per cent ... Darling.. ... - ..•
25 all Do Do
..., an cfrnll47 in fa- administration, like a wise man, by attaching those - 331
50 all Leeds Northern .1n - 184 17 St. 100 Wilts &Sonu•st Gt.Westn. 1056 - 1061
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Lng. :4110 superlority of the -Victoria mines over any
j-et iliscoverzed here, there is one advantage which
this colony has over the sister province—viz., the,
orde,rly (state of society in all its ramifications, and
this it. 1, no doubt, owing as much to the leaning, on
the p: trt of the working classes, to a quiet, upright,
and h onest mode of life, as to the admitted effi-
ciency of the local Government. A spirit of saving
has gc ine among the lower orders—a desire to be-
come possessed of real property—which will, no
d.oub4c, lead eventually to the establishment of a
sturdy yeomanry throughout the land. There can-
not b 3 a better proof of the orderly state of this
count ry than the statement of the Attorney-Gene-
ral, w ho has just returned from Bathurst, where
the criminal assizes for the district have been held.
This district, you will observe, is one of our chief
gold-mining districts, and he reports a lighter
calen.da2: and less crime in that part of the colony
than for some years previous, and the same obser-
vation I%r-ill apply to Sydney at present.
The Administration of Sir Charles Fitzroy, the
present. Governor, has been decidedly a successful
one. Tinder a system such as outs of two-thirds
of the, Legislative Council being named by the
Crow-n, or by the Governor for the Crown, the
part a Governor has to .play is rather a difficult
one. If he is an able; energetic man of business,
like the last Governor, the late Sir George Gipps,
ke naturally wishes to have a good deal of his own
to see to everything himself—and is averse to
consulting the wishes of the colonists in bringing
forward his measures. The inevitable consequence
of the rule of a man of this stamp is to drive the
entire representative element in the Council into
bitter opposition. The wheels of the Executive
get clogged, and the Government of the country
is brought to a dead lock, as it was on one or
St.
two occasions in Sir George Gipps's time. Sir 12
Charles Fitzroy is a different man altogether from 50
Sir George Gipps ; he is, perhaps, more a man of 16i
tact than of talent. Six years ago, when he S.
first assumed the government, he commenced his n
administration, like a wise man, by attaching those 150'
who might prove troublesome to his Government 20
by conciliation, and his entire policy has been to 11
smother opposition in the bud, by industriously 10
conciliating and attaching those who might be St.
dangerous as enemies ; but you will observe that It•
the very opposite danger is the result of that of 10
Sir George Gipps's line of policy. In the one case St.
the tendency is to cause the people to rise against 50
the Government ; iu the other, the Government, 40
by clever mangement of the . representatives of the 22g
people, and by the influence they possess' in the St.
Assembly through their nominees, has a tendency gi
to become despotic, not by force, but through cor- St.
ruption. Thus it is that the present system of St.
government in New South Wales is about the N
worst that possibly could be devised for secur- 100
ing and maintaining the liberties of a free people,. st.
and it is difficult to conceive how the British 25
Parliament, in the very height of its wis- 50
dom, and after mature deliberation, could 20
come to the determination to fasten such St.
a system (it is unworthy the name of constitution) 15
on any community of British subjects. A system 50
like this of ours (it must be clear to every one, and St.
experience has shown) tends either to democratic '
11
anarchy or to the despotism of a Government go- . 1;
verning by corruption. It must eventually either 8
drive the people into rebellion or demoralise them 20
into slavery ; and thus it is that our system of go- 20
vernment cannot work at all under the ordinary 10
S.
stamp of men• sent out to rule colonies, and cannot
work long under such a prudent policy as that pur- St.
sued by the present Governor, even when backed st.
by the experience and admitted talents for business St.
of the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Edward Deas Thomp- St.
son. Trade continues in a healthy condition, 10
money is abundant, and credit good, throughout 261
the entire community. There is little tendency
to extravagant speculation, or even to specula- 13i
tion of any kind abroad ; people generally seem
20
inclined to be careful of their newly-acquired
wealth. There is not much alteration in our
markets since the beginning of the month ; arrivals 50
from England have not been heavy, and extreme St.
rates still rule for several articles, but prices of a ,T)
few articles have a tendency to give way a little,
20
on account of the demand for Melbourne having
slackened during the last week ; however, rum, 25
brandy, and gin, malt liquors, tea, coffee, sugar,
spices—in fact, all kinds of Eastern produce, also 20
2500
boots and shoes and saddlery, are still scarce.
There is no tea fit for use to be had, and it is diffi- 20
cult to understand why supplies keep out so long 20
from China. The necessaries of life, such as bread 10
and meat, are in abundance. Flour is worth 231. st.
per ton for fine. Beef and mutton are 2d. to 2ki. 25
per lb. retail. St.
The market for Manchester goods continues dull,
and to effect sales of calicoes and cotton prints a
sacrifice must be made, but it is to be hoped this st.
market may mend as population increases. A con- 5
siderable amount of coin has arrived from Eng- St.
land during the month, but without affecting the 20
exchanges ; indeed, the reverse has been the case, St.
as the banks have lowered the exchange still 15
further, and are now selling their draughts on Lon-
don at 30 days at 8 percent. discount. Draughts
against wool and tallow, with documents, are at 9
'
per cent. discount, and draughts against gold dust 3,
are at 12 per cent. discount. Sailors' wages con-
tinue exorbitant, and ships bound for England, or 5
any where out of the colony, continue to have the '76
greatest difficulty in getting away after completing
their loading. From 71. to 101. per month, or 6
about 451. to 501. for the trip home, is paid to sea- 10
men. At Melbourne the difficulties of the shipping 20
interest are still greater, and 151. per month is „
offered there, and from 601. to 701. for the run ;`.t
home. Never was there such a country for the
working man. The port and harbour dues of
Sydney are now abolished, and the only charge
ships are liable to is for pilotage. Si

Those numerous places of entertainment in the
metropolis where amusement is- combined with in-
ltrliction, have, during the present week, been
largely patronised by the holiday people ; and this
IllaY be taken as instance of the growing desire
111. Ong the industrious classes to devote their few
lshre hours at Christmas, and at other occasions
of general abstinence from labour, to something
Which is profitable as well as entertaining. The
I°l1-Owing are the principal places of resort of the
description mentioned :
The Colosseum.—This has always been considered
°he of the best sights of London, and its popularity
'Promises to increase the late reduction in the
Price of admission from 3s. 6d. to ls. That
s!) much can be seen for so trifling a sum is as great
4 Marvel as the Exhibition itself. A larger or finer
collection of statuary is nowhere open in the great
Metropolis to the inspection of the public. The
conservatory, the stalactite caves, and the aviary
o,f rare birds, are calculated, in imagination at least,
to transport one to the regions of fairy land. The
nwiss cottage is one of the most perfect illusions
LOU can be witnessed, and though now of no
recent date, never fails to attract a host of
allrnirers ; and lastly, the panoramas of Lon-
"; by day and by night, are productions
those merit and truthfulness have never yet
been contested. Verily the days of cheapness
'lave arrived, if private enterprise can exhibit so
Many objects of interest for 12d.
Polytechnic Institution.—The managers of this
crainently popular establishment have never ceased
to maintain their well-earned reputation. No im-
portant discovery—no knotty question in reference
tie science or art fails to be explained or elucidated
93? the able lecturers, and.every subject is treated
a familiar way, and, where possible, is ac-
ecinpanied by experiments and diagrams. In
lany branches of knowledge valuable facts may
Itl
)c picked up here every evening which it is useful
to know in the daily affairs of life. Shakspeare's
:` Midsummer Night's Dream," illustrated, is the
last novelty, and, like many others first brought
-lorWard by the management, has been very success
-
1111. The "Endless Amusements of Chemistry,
, "
Mr. Pepper ; the " Philosophy of Scientific Re-
creation," by Dr. Bachhoffner ; and " Ballooning
and the present prospects of Aerial Navigation,"
Mr. Crispe ; embrace subjects enough to meet
the tastes of the crowds of visitors who will flock
here during the week.
Burford's Panoramas.—The three beautiful pa-
noramas at Mr. Burford's well-known institution,
1,11 Leicester-square—" The Alps," " The Battle of
Waterloo, and " Nineveh"—have obtained the
admiration of all who have seen them. They dis-
Play a degree of artistic skill and taste, which de-
serves the warmest commendation. In colouring
and general design nothing could be more beautiful,
While for accuracy of detail those who are best able
to judge pronounce them to be unsurpassed.
Diorama of Jerusalem and the Holy Land.—
This diorama, which has been painted under the
direction of Mr. W. Beverley, is about to close
shortly, and we cannot do better than recommend
those who would wish to take a " pilgrimage to the
holy Land" without being subject to the incon-
venience and delay of an actual journey, to avail
themselves of the opportunity which now offers,
and may not occur again. Mr. Beverley's name is
sufficiently high as an artist to guarantee the supe-
riority of the exhibition.
Gallery of Illustration.—ln addition to the pano-
rama of the Wellington Campaigns, which has
now become familiar to the public, and derive a
peculiar interest from the fact of its having been
visited by the " great duke," and said by him to
he " very good, indeed," there have lately been
introduced the lying in state of that immortal per-
sonage at Chelsea, the funeral procession passing
Nelson's monument, and the lowering the coffin
into the vault at St. Paul's, and thus a complete-
ness is given to the pictorial record of the events
connected with the illustrious hero which all will
fully appreciate.
The Gold Fields of Australia, .Regent-street.—
Now that the wonderful discoveries of gold in Aus-
tralia are attracting the attention of so many to
that extensive colony of the mother country, a
panorama of the gold fields, giving a truthful view
of the country and its principle features is a desider-
atum which could not long remain unsupplied. Mr.
J. S. Prout is, we believe, the first who has under-
taken the task • his sketches are graphic and life-
like, and something more than a mere attempt to
please the eye. All who contemplate a visit to
the antipodes, or wish to get an insight, though
imperfect, into society at the " diggin.s," cannot
do better than pay Mr. Prout a visit.

ROM, a Correspondent of the Times.)
SYDNEY, AUG. 30. —The Pacific and Oriental
Company's steam-ship Chusan arrived here on the
3d inst., in 78 days from Southampton, including
stoppages of five days at St. Vincent's, five days at
the Cape of Good Hope, and one day at Melbourne.
She did the distance from the last-mentioned port
in the short period of 54 hours. Her arrival
created the greatest sensation both here and at
Melbourne, and has been hailed with universal joy
by the colonists generally. The long wished-for
steam communication with the mother country is
now accomplished. Immediately on the arrival of
the Chusan a public meeting was held, and it was
determined to do honour to such an important
event by giving a public ball and supper, which
came off last night, and was a very brilliant affair.
About 700 people were present. The supper was
presided over by Sir Charles Nicholson, the Speaker
of the Legislative Council ; and his Excellency the
Governor and suite, and most of the notabilities of
the colony, honoured the ball with their presence.
The Chusan is a screw vessel, has been generally
admired, and seems well adapted for the line she
is to be placed on. She starts to-morrow for Sin-
gapore, yid Melbourne, Adelaide, and Swan River;
and will reach that port in time to catch the Octo-
ber mail for England.
The Australian steamship, belonging to the Cape
Company, which was to leave Plymouth on the 3d
of June, is now due. Notwithstanding the advan-
tages accruing from the establishment of these two
lines of steamers,—namely, the line by the Cape of
Good Hope and the line by Singapore,-apore,—a general
impression gains ground that the Panama line will
be the best by far for Sydney as regards rapidity
of communication and other advantages. The
stoppages of the Cape line of steamers are too
many, and the detention will be too great to meet
the requirements of the increased and increasing
trade of Sydney with England. Within the last
few weeks public feeling has been so strong in fa-
vour of the immediate establishment of the Panama
line that it is highly probable a subsidy will be
asked for during the session of the Legislature in
favour of the Pacific Royal Mail Steam--packet
Company, which every one is delighted to learn is
being organised in London. This company may
depend on the support of the entire mercantile
community of Sydney, and there can be little doubt
that it will be a highly respectable enterprise to
embark in ; and, were it known in London how
much this line is in favour here, it would facilitate
the operations of the company materially. It is
really lamentable that John Bull, with all his shrewd-
ness and caution, should prefer throwing his money
away by investing it in bubble gold-mining com-
panies to embarking it in a legitimate and probably
remunerative enterprise such as this.
Population is now pouring in on us in earnest
from all quarters of the globe. The immigration
from the United Kingdom is very great, but Jona-
than is invading our shores in large numbers by way
of San Francisco, while Germany sends us her sons
from Hamburgh, Lubeck, Bremen, and other ports
on the North Sea. Neither is the flowery empire
behind in the general race which is at present going
on towards the Australian gold-fields ; several ship-
loads of Chinese have arrived from the port of Amoy
within these last few months, but these men are
mostly sent down under indenture, to serve the
colonists as shepherds or general servants ; and
very useful they have proved themselves in the for-
mer capacity.
We are no longer a colony, in the old acceptation
of the term ; we are getting to be a country, a
nation. The trade of Sydney is already doubled,
and it is difficult to foresee a limit to its extension.
The people are beginning to feel politically strong,
and their representatives have been lately testing
their strength in the Legislature in a constitutional
struggle for equal political rights with those en-
joyed by their fellow-subjects in England. On the
18th inst., on the Auditor-General moving that
the house go into committee to consider the esti-
mates for 1853, Mr. Wentworth moved an amend-
ment to defer considering the budget until Decem-
ber, when the reply from the Colonial Minister
would be received to the grievance, remonstrance,
and petitions sent home last year. This motion
put by Mr. Wentworth in a very able and argu-
mentative speech, showing a thorough knowledge
of constitutional law, but was lost by a majority
of 28, chiefly Government officials and nominees,
against 17 representative members. On the 21st
instant, Mr. Wentworth, nothing daunted
by defeat, again brought forward his motion
in an amended shape, viz.—" Not to vote
any further supplies, after 1853, unless a favour-
able reply be given by the Minister to the griev-
ance, remonstrance, and petitions," which was car-
ried by a majority of 24 to 23, several nominees
voting with Mr. Wentworth. There is a strong
feeling in the colony of giving the new Minister, Sir
John Pakington, a fair chance before pushing mat-
ters to extremes, and many members favourable to
the principles enunciated by Mr. Wentworth voted
against his motion on that score, and on the plea
of its being premature. Sir John has many who
wish to be his friends in the Council, so that never
had Minister a better chance of making himself
popular in the colonies by merely conceding to the
people their inborn rights. There can now, after
the result of the division on the 21st inst., be little
doubt that, if our masters in Downing-street do
not grant the petitions of last year, the supplies
for 1854 will be stopped ; anarchy will be the ine-
vitable result ; and advantage will be taken by the
evil-disposed to raise the cry of rebellion, the con-
sequences of which would be too serious to specu-
late on. This is not mere idle talk, but the grave
opinion of our most reflective and loyal men.
A new constitution for the colony is being pre-
pared by a select committee of the Legislature, of
which Mr. Wentworth is chairman. I understand
that its main features are to be a double Chamber
—viz., a Legislative Assembly elected by the peo-
ple, of not less than 72, and an upper house or
Senate of not less than 21, appointed by the Crown,
two-thirds of whom must be gentlemen who have
been elected at any time to a seat in the Legisla-
ture ; the revenues of the country to be controlled
by the lower house, and the two chambers to be
styled the Parliament of New South Wales.
The new tariff came into operation on the sth
instant. The principle of the measure is very sim-
ple ; a very few articles are taxed, as follows—viz.,
ale and porter, in wood, Id. per gallon ; ale and
porter, in bottles, 2d. per gallon ; coffee, cocoa, and
chocolate,' /d. per lb. ; currants, raisins, and other
dried fruit, id. per lb. ; brandy, 6s. per gallon ;
gin, 6s. per gallon , rum, whisky, and all other
spirits, 4s. per gallon ; wines, Is. per gallon ; re-
fined sugar, 3s. 4d. per cwt. ; unrefined sugar, 2s.
6d. per cwt. ; molassses, ls. Bd. per cwt. ; tea, id.
per lb. ; manufactured tobacco, ls. 6d. per lb. :
cigars and snuff, 2s. per lb.
The increase in. the general and territorial re-
venue for the quarter ending June 30, compared
with the corresponding quarter last year, is on the
general revenue 34 per cent., and on the territorial
revenue 128 per cent. The estimated general re-
venue of New South Wales for 1853 is 333,452/.,
against 346, 568/. in 1852. The estimated expen-
diture for 1853 is 331,570/., against 332,3651. in
1852. These sums do not include the revenue
from land sales and gold licenses, which are with-
out the control of the colonists.
The other day the Government invited tenders
for debentures, secured on the land-fund of the
colony, bearing interest at 5 per cent. per annum ;
the amount required was 50,0001. 261,0001. were
tendered for, chiefly by the bank, payable by their
draughts on London, at 30 days, at NI discount—
a very good operation for the Government. This
money goes home for emigration purposes.
Land was sold lately in Melbourne at the rate of
1001. per foot frontage, and both house property
and house rent have risen in Sydney from 50 to
100 per cent., and are rising. The difficulty will,
soon be how to find shelter for the thousands who are
landing on our shores. House building is almost
at a standstill for want of labour. However, this
fact must be borne in mind, that during eight
months of the year our climate is so mild that " the
dwellers in tents," who now form a large-portion of
our population, experience little inconvenience
from that mode of life.
Our diggings on this side continue in stem, quo,
for want of population to develope them, with the
exception of the Bingera diggings, mentioned in my
last as so promising. Advices reached town yesterday
which confirm former statements of the richness of
these diggings, and public attention is being directed
to them. About 1,000 people are on the road at pre-
sent, and many more preparing to go, among whom
there are a good many returned diggers from Mount
Alexander. The few that are on the ground are
earning 30s. a-day by only digging about two feet
down, and nuggeting. The gold is of a nuggetty
character, similar to that from Mount Alexander,
and is now being brought to market in increasing
quantities. There seems an impression abroad that
this goldfield will rival the far-famed Mount Alex-
ander itself. However, in a few weeks we shall
have some thousand of miners on the ground, and
the value of the diggings will be fully tested. At
present we have scarcely sufficient data to form a
conclusion as to their extent. They are situated
in the New England district of this colony, near
the Gwydir river about 300 miles to the north-
ward of this, and 185 miles from Maitland.
Mount Alexander still continues to yield enor-
mous quantities of gold : it is confidently asserted
by some that the yield is not less than 100,000
ounces per week ; if so, it seems astounding
that the diggings, within ten months of their
first opening, should be producing at the rate
of about 20,000,0001, per annum. Notwithstand-

Mr. Bower has been acquitted. His trial for
having killed Mr. Morton, closed on Tuesday
night. The facts of the case, as presented to the
jury, did not materially differ from the statements
made at the time regarding this melancholy affair,
and which it will be remembered amounted to this
that Mrs. Bower having, in a state of delirium,
while in puerperal fever, declared to her husband
that the child of which she had been lately de-
livered was not his, but Mr. Morton's, he rushed
out of the room, and seeing Morton, pursued him
down stairs, and killed him with a blow of a dinner-
knife which he had snatched up. Mr. Bower ad-
mitted that he had grieved his wife by his infideli-
ties, but denied that he had ever treated her with
unkindness. His examination commenced at 10
o'clock, and lasted two hours.
Several witnesses were examined at length.
Amongst these was the present correspondent of the
Daily News who formerly assisted Mr. Morton in
that capacity. The medical gentlemen all gave
their evidence in the most complete manner. The
porters of houses in the Rue de Seze and. the Boule-
vard des Capucins (the residence of Mr. Morton)
were also examined. The President occasionally
asked Mr. Bower if he had any observation to
make as the witnesses concluded their evidence.
At half-past three the medical and other evidence
for the prosecution was brought to a close. The
Court was suspended for five minutes ; and at a
quarter to four the counsel for the prosecution, M.
Meynard de Franc, began to address the Court,
and spoke at considerable length. The witnesses
for the defence were afterwards called, and then
the celebrated advocate, M. Chaix d'Est-Ange ad-
dressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner. The
learned advocate justified the act as lawful and
right under the circumstances, and the jury, with-
out consultation, brought in a verdict of acquittal.
The statement which has appeared in some
German papers of the Emperor of Austria having
ordered a reduction in the army, is confirmed by a
letter from Vienna of the 24th, which the Moniteur
gives conspicuously. The letter communicated,
no doubt by the French Government itself, is as
follows :
' "The Emperor has just given orders for a considerable
reduction in the effective of the Austrian army. The
reduction is not only to be applied to the infantry, but
also to the cavalry and the artillery, the horses of the
dismissed soldiers to be sold. It is chiefly in the army
of Italy that the reduction is to take place."
The Moniteur accepts, too, as proof of good-will
towards France the late article in the lithographic
news-sheet of Vienna, on the subject of the visit of
the Emperor to the c.ing of Prussia, describing it
to be not in the sense of an act of alliance for any
given purpose, but in conformity with old feelings
of friendship, which ought never to have been dis-
turbed, and the continuance of which, so far from
menacing France or any other country, is, on the
contrary, a guarantee for peace.
An extraordinary credit of 700,000 f. has been
opened to the Minister of the Marine, on the esti-
mates of 1853, for the execution of civil and mili-
tary works at Martinique, Guadaloupe, and Sene-
gal.
The Moniteur denies the intentions attributed to
the Government of reviving gambling-houses and
lotteries.
The Emperor arrived in Paris from Compiegne
yesterday at 3 o'clock.
The functionaries and soldiers of the Invalides,
having heard of the Imperial decree appointing
their Governor, Marshal Jerome Bonaparte, heir
to the Crown, waited on him on Christmas-day to
congratulate him on the occasion. The Marshal
replied in the following terms :
"I receive with great pleasure the expression of the
sentiments which our brave Invalides have offered me.
Tell them that whatever be the position fortune destines
for me, it would require an order from the Emperor, my
august nephew, to induce me to quit them. Tell them
that from this, as from the Palais Royal, I will watch
over their welfare, and that in me they will ever find a
support and a defender of their rights."
The Constitutionnel contains a long article on
Egypt, which is remarkable for the feeling of jea-
lousy towards England that prevails throughout.
The object of the article appears to be to stimulate
the French merchants, who occupy only the fourth
place as regards the amount of their commercial
transactions with Egypt, to increased exertions, by
proving to them the great advantage that may be
derived from an active trade with that country.
The Bourse was agitated to-day, and public secu-
rities suffered a further decline. The Four-and-a-
Half per Cents. opened at 105 f. 60c., and closed at
105 f. 15c. for the end of the month ' • the Three per
Cents. closed at 81f. 10c. ; Shares of the New Bank
of Credit Mobilier, issued at 500 f., 850 f.

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8. Ambg. Noting. Bost.
& Eastn. June..
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Wyld's Globe.—For solid and useful instruction
which every one can, more or less, make available,
the great globe of Mr. Wyld, in Leicester-square,
has no competitor. During the last three days
it has received a great accession of visitors.
The different parts of the surface of the elaborate
piece of workmanship are minutely examined, the
People seeming to be as industriously employed as
bees in a hive, some tracing the course of relative
or friend who is on his way to America, others pur-
suing the overland route to India, and many pick-
ing out the line of an intended journey to Aus-
tralia, and travelling round the Cape in imagina-
tion ere they do so in reality. The " Great Globe"
is a wonderful reviver of one's geographical know-
ledge.
Argyle Rooms.—This unrivalled salle de danse
continues to be one of the most popular places of
amusement at this festive season. The liberality
and taste of the directors deserve the success which
they have met with, and the order and propriety
evinced in their management entitle them to the
highest thanks of the public at large, and have set
this establishment far above any which have hitherto
been opened to the dancing world. The saloon,
one of the finest in Europe of its kind, has been
newly decorated, and every arrangement made
which can conduce to the comfort and enjoyment
of the visitors. Of the well-known orchestra, under
the guidance of M. Emile Laurent, we need not
speak, it alone will well repay an evening's visit
even to the most critical amateur of music.

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THE CONTINENT.

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SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 24th have been received.
They state that the Ambassador from the French
Emperor, General Aupicli, had been most graciously
received by Queen Isabella. The Ministry were in
hopes of having a large majority in the new Cortes.
It was said that a law on the press would appear
soon in the Gaceta.
Marshal Narvaez addressed from Bayonne a de-
mand for authorisation to return to Madrid, but
that it was rejected by the Council of Ministers
after an animated discussion.
The Diario has ceased to appear, in consequence
of the seizure of one of its last numbers, and the
imprisonment of its responsible editor.
Madrid Bourse, Dec. 24.—The Three per Cents.,
44 1-16 ; Exchange on London, 50 90 paper.

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100 Glasgow & S.Western
guar. 5 per cant....
100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 1
100 Do. sp. c., Redeem.,
at 10 p. c. prem .. I
all Gt. Southn. &Westn.
(Ireland) Eighths
6 Gt. Westn. (Berke &
Hants Ex. 5 p. c.)
100 Great Western, fixed
4i per cent
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100 Do., 6 p. c.,
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cent., No. 1
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all Do. Convertible, sp.
c., 1852 ... . . .
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FLEET-DITCH—ITS PAST AND PRESENT STATE.—In
February, 1733, the lord mayor, aldermen, and common- 6,
council presented a petition to Parliament that a bill
might be brought in to empower them to fill in that part 50
of the Fleet-ditch lying between Holborn-bridge and
Fleet-street, and to convert the ground to such purposes St.
as seemed most suitable, By virtue of an act granted
by Parliament, this part of the Fleet-ditch was arched 16
over, and part of the site converted into a market, which
was opened en the 13th September, 1737 ' by this means
the nuisance of the Fleet-ditch was so far hidden from
the sight of the London wayfarer, that many be-
lieved that the unsavoury stream was altogether
covered from human sight, except such portions
as they might have occasionally seen winding its almost
stagnant course through the Hampstead fields ; but until
the last seven or eight years, the Fleet-ditch, with all its
abominations, rolled uncovered through Clerkenwell and
along the back of Field-lane. It had, by the time it
reached the former site of Holborn-bridge, become a
stream of no mean compass, increased as it was by the
various offensive tributaries of Kentish Town, Camden
Town, Islington, &e, New Farringdon-street was
projected, and a,gain a portion of the. Fleet was
arched ; after that most people considered that the
Fleet-ditch was a thing of the past, and only to be seen
by the sewer guardian, or by some venturous " mud
lark," who might, in defiance of the threatened punish-
ment, in search of gain, "explore the river," from its
termination at Black Tars-bridge. So certain was it the
unsightly Fleet was now hidden from the sight and
smell, that several leading journals published congratu-
latory articles on the occasion. Unfortunately, how-
ever, this putrid river passes uncovered through the
heart of Clerkenwell: on its shores horses, &c., are
slaughtered, other filthy trades pursued, the abomi-
nations of which we feel sure not one in a hundred of
our readers can form a just conception of.—The
Builder.
VALVE OF A MINUTE !—A minute, my friend, is
something. A minute ! how many years must it seem
to somebody standing on a scaffold in the chilly
morning, with the spectre of a white night-cap grinning
over his shoulder, -with the hands of Saint Sepul-
chre's Church pointing to one minute to eight, and
with but that minute plank between him and the
deep sea of eternity. A minute—will not the thousandth
part thereof, consumed in a nimble spring to the right
or the wrong side, decide tie odds between your being 10
landed safely on a well-swept platform heaped with Christ- 25
mas hampers, and hung round with jovial banners, or 10
placards respecting Christmas excursion trains, and your 1.0.
being crushed to death beneath the remorseless wheels
of that same excursion train, as it glides heavily along ,Sot.
the treacherous rails into the station ? A minute !—in
12
that sub=division of the day how many words of hope, or
love, or murderous accusation, or frenzied anxiety, or 5
kindly greeting, will throb through the sentient wires of St.
the telegraph, over marsh, and meadow, and lea—
through hills and tunnels— across valleys and deep 17
rivers ? A minute will break the back of the strong steam- 25
ship, and bend her with all her freight of mailed war-
riors, and weather-beaten mariners, and restive chargers
down to the coral reefs and the pearls that lie in dead
men's eyes, to be no more heard of till the sea gives up
its dead ! A minute decides the Derby, settles whether 40
the firm of Ingots, Nuggetts, Bullion, and Co., shall go I.,°°A,
into the Gazette, and Basinghall-street, or its senior
partner, Sir John Ingots, into the House of Peers. "'
Guilty or not guilty ; the billet of all the bullets at a
battle ; head or tail ; "how will you have it ?" or " no
effects ;" all these lie within the compass of a minute, of 2(
less than a minute, of the infinitesimal particle of a
minute !—Dickens's Household Words.
WHAT STEAM HAS DONE.—The time was when eggs ~,51
in Caithness stood a fixture summer and winter, at 3d., la
and haddocks at 6d. per dozen, and woe betide the dis- 21
poser if they ventured to ask a halfpenny more. We 5
had no steamers then. The times have changed since, 2
and evem in the dead of winter exporters can calcuate
on regular transit to the southern markets almost to an 2
hour, and hence the price of eggs has risen to 9d. per 10
dozen, • and haddocks to 2s. per dozen. The parish of 1
Bower gudewives and Whaligoe lasses are unco saucy
even at that. We have heard of one exporter of eggs
having sent up to the Edinburgh market this season,
from Caithness, upwards of 2,000/. value of that article
alone. Of the quantity of smoked haddocks sent from 4,
Caithness we have no data, but it must amount to a
large figure.—John O'Groat Journal.

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81 - 9

BELGIUM.
Madame Kossuth, the mother of the illustrious
Hungarian patriot, expired on Tuesday at her re-
sidence, in one of the suburbs of this city, after
several weeks of severe illness, which she bore with
remarkable fortitude. The English medical at-
tendant was Dr. Perkins, of this city, assisted by
several Belgian colleagues, all of whom were unre-
mitting in their attentions to the venerated lady.
It is said that the Belgianpovernment gave per-
mission to Kossuth to visit her, but only on con-
dition that he should be placed under police
surveillance during his stay in Belgium. That
condition was rejected, both by the mother and the
son, and consequently the latter was not enabled
to close the eyes of his beloved parent.
On the 27th the Senate voted yesterday the bill
revising a portion of the penal code. One of the
articles agreed to allows of the application of the
penalty of death to criminals under 21 years of age
when guilty of a second capital offence, or of several
capital offences. The bill relative to the renewal
of the provisional treaty of commerce with France
was referred to three committees, with instructions
to bring up a report as soon as possible.

1 -

DISCRETION THE BETTER PART OF VALOUR.—We
read in a Paris journal :—" There is much talk of a dis-
pute which took place a few days ago in a cafe of the
Boulevards, between an elderly gentlemon and a young
lion with large moustaches. It ended in a challenge,
which has happily caused no death, and of which the
poor of the quarter will reap the benefit. The parties
arrived on the ground and the seconds -measured the
distance, and loaded the pistols. During these prepara-
tions the young man strutted about humming a tune
and twisting his moustaches. The elderly gentle-
man said nothing until the preparations were
completed when he talked of explanations. At this word
the young man thought himself six inches taller, and
said he would listen to no propositions. His adversary
then cocked his pistol, seeing a bird, which was flying by
rapidly, said, 'Look !' and then fired at the bird, which
fell dead. The lion turned pale, and his adversary said,
I am the person insulted ; you have had a proof of my
skill, and you will now receive my fire, or take to-day
one thousand francs to the Bureau de Bienfaisance of
the second arrondissement. Decide, but reflect that the
larger the bird is the more certain am I of hiting, and
you are much larger than the bird that I have just shot.'
The proposition was accepted, and we are assured that
the money has been paid."

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81 Do ...........
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100 Do. Consol. Bristol &
Birm. 6 per cent....
5 Do. Pref. 41 per cent.
all Norfolk Extension...
all Do. Guar. 51 per et..
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GERMANY.
We learn from Berlin that Russia, Austria, and
Prussia have come to the resolution of acknowledg-
ing the French Empire in a very short time, and
that they have been led to this step by the same
motives as directed them at the time of their
acknowledgment of Louis Philippe. There is no
intention of making any reserve in the recognition.
The Earl of Westmoreland, the English Ambas-
sador at the Austrian Court, returned to Vienna
on the 23d inst.
The report that the Count of Chambord had for-
warded to the Germanic Diet a protest against the
establishment of the new French Empire, appears
to be without foundation.
The Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden will pass
the greater part of the winter in Dusseldorf. She
does not intend, as reported, going shortly to Paris.

THE VOYAGE ROUND THE CAPE. - The uninitiated
are often not unreasonably surprised at the apparently
devious course which vessels, bound from this country to
India or Australia, pursue on their voyage to the Cape.
Frequently, as in the case of the Velore from this port,
they are found touching at Rio or other ports in South
America, and those who trace the direct course upon their
maps are not a little puzzled at what seem to them out-of-
the-way, erratic wanderings. An article in Chambers's
Edinburgh Journal,, No. 468, entitled, " Steam
Round the Cape,' contains the following ex-
planatory remarks, which some of our readers
may thank us for extracting :Persons who do not
pay special attention to nautical matters are likely
enough to slippose that, considering the large number of
vessels at sea, ithe surface of the great ocean must be
dotted over in almost every part with the sails of the
countless fleet. This, however, is not the case ; the
ocean like the land, has its frequented highways, and its
wide regions of loneliness. If an observer, furnished
with a forty-Herschel-telescope power ?f vision, could be
elevated to a height great enough to give him a view of
the whole Atlantic, he would be struck by beholding
hundreds of vessels following one another in certain
lines along a very irregular course: while over a
large portion of the surface not a sail would be vis-
ible. Thus, he would see the ships
ue w
ahich iletaa vesouth-
this
country for the Cape or India, purst firs
westerly course till they reached the neighbourhood of
Madeira : then keep more directly to the south, at a
safe distance from the African coast, until they crossed
the line ; then stretch away again to the south-west in
the direction of South America, till they gained the zone
of westerly 'winds ; and, finally, making a rather sharp
turn into these winds, go bowling along before them to
the eastward till they arrived at the Cape, or else, if
so directed, passed to the southward of it. On the
return-voyage a similarly circuitous route is pur-
sued, although the curves are to some extent reversed,
the widest circuit or deviation from the direct line
being made in the northern instead of the southern
hemisphere. In the extensive spaces on either side of
these frequented routes few vessels will be seen. Here
and there an African trader might occasionally be per-
cceived, dodging from port to port, or a guilty slaver,
scudding swiftly across the ocean, perhaps with a royal
cruizer following steadily in her track like a bloodhound
pursuing a murderer." The writer proceeds to remark
that steam-vessels possess an advantage over sailing
ships, in being able to strike out a new and direct route
for themselves.

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