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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1852,

The first general report of the Directors of the
Anglo• Californian Gold-Mining Company, has been
issued to the shareholders, and will be read at the first
annual general meeting, which is appointed to take
place on Friday next. It is a highly satisfactory
document, explaining the various steps that have been
taken by the expedition under the command of Sir
HENRY VERE HUNTLEY since their arrival at the scene
of their future labours, and clearly pointing out the
present position and prospects of the company. Many
difficulties have necessarily occurred, but they have
been successfully encountered—avd we hope ere long
to be enabled to congratulate the Directors and share-
holders on reaping a golden harvest, the legitimate
re ward of their enterprize and perseverance.

!t will be in the recollection of cur readers, that
this company was the first started in the United
Kingdom for the purpose of bringing joint-stock en-
terprize into operation in the gold fields of California.
At first the promoters were treated with ridicule, and
every effort was made to sneer down the undertaking,
It required no ordinary nerve to bear up against the
amount of direct vituperation, or, what was perhaps
worse, the apathetic and cold-blooded indifference to
which they were exposed. Distinct and positive
charges were brought forward, and these were accom-
panied by

" The whisper'd hint—the shrug—the hum or ha,
Those petty brands that calumny doth use,"

Many openly declared that the concern was little
better than a deliberate swindle, while the more cha-
ritably disposed considered it a mere visionary scheme,
and opinion appeared to be divided as to whether the
Director 3 should be cl.-.3ed among "the dupers" or
" the duped."
But there were men of unflinching determination
engaged in the transaction. Having satisfied them-
aelws of the soundness and feasibility of the under-
taking, and having secured the services and co-ope-
ration of Sir HENRY VERB HUNTLEY, a gentleman
®f station and character, they resolved to go on
despite every impediment or obstruction. But a
small proportion of the capital was subscribed for,
and a still smaller proportion paid up—for the
" eel:vine" fraternity, who are so virtuously indignant
at any managerial lapse, have no hesitation in disre-
garding their own positive promi3es to pay on the
shares for which they make application, unless an
immediate profit can be realized. The Directors,
however, made the most of the means at their disposal,
and dispatched Sir HENRY in March, 1851, sending
out also a steam.engino and crushing mills.
On his arrival, Sir HENRY found, that "great un-
ceirntianityg exiitei with reference to the tenure of
m
property, and that the titles of the claimants
n
or possessors of quartz veins could not be relied on."
If he attempted
of a empted to enter
Here was; a new difficulty.
mine,
eoxreratniyonpsoor-f
andthe nelszoied
into a treaty for the purchase
lion of the auriferous soil, he might find, that not
public
only the monsi,e,youpialidb,obwuat„tacldl
prospects ofEl
the company
opinion
re-
sult which, in the then state of
England, would have been fatal to the
the undertaking. lie, therefore, exhibited a salutary
caution, deciding rather to op2rate on the gold-bear-
ing quartz produced to him by others than to en..
deavour to obtain the material for himself.
While awaiting the arrival of his machinery dis-
patched from England —which, being sent via Cape
Horn, was considerably delayed en route—he di-
rected hie attention to the selection of a favour-
able site on which to commence operations. He
speedily entered into an arrangement with an
American cotnpany in actual poss,assion of a
mine, by 'which it -yas agreed that they Should ,

While Sir HENRY has thus been displaying the
high qualities requisite for the judicious management
of such an undertaking—acquiring for himself and the
Company with which he is connected the respect and
confidence of the inhabitants of the districts, the home
Directors have not been idle. They have already
dispatched, in May last, " an engine equal to fifty-
horse power, with crushing-mills and stamps of cor-
responding force, together with a waterwheel, pumps,
and all suitable gear—the whole of the best work -
manship, from the manufactory of Messrs. WEST and
Sox, of St. Blazey. They have also contracted for
some of " Beggs' patent quartz-crushing apparatus,"
an invention of the greatest importance, and which
gives an almost unlimited power to its possessors. It
has indeed already accomplished more than
had ever previously been even thought of.
Crushing the material to a fine powder, and
thus enabling the operators to separate the precious
metal from the quartz with comparatively trifling
difficulty or labour. These will be ready within a
fortnight, and when on the spot 150 tons per diem
may be crushed—we cannot venture to state the
amount of gold that may be obtained therefrom.
We may, however, once more cordially congratulate
all parties concerned on the auspicious prospect
before them, and which promises to render the concern,
notwithstanding its early trials and difficulties, one of
the most re.nunerative ever brought under public
notice.

Ftiryland is gradually collecting together its mar-
yeli in the immediate vicinity of our vast and dingy
metropolis. Within view of St. Paul's Cathedral—
that is, upon a tolerably clear day when the gilded
ball-and-cross can just twinkle through the smoke of
London—there are now growing up a Garden and a
Palace such as the world has seldom if ever seen the

like of, except in the exquisite dreams of the imagina-
tion : a Palace like that of ALADDIN, and a Garden

like that of the Hesperides. Fortunately, the inha-
bitants of this capital were enabled, in 1851, to wit-
ness the miracles of ingenuity which genius, aided by
industry, was capable of calling forth upon a few of
the green sods of Hyde Park—so that the remem-
brance of that extraordinary Exhibition relieves us
from the fear that, in 1852, our allusions to what is
being at this moment accomplished in the neighbour-
hood of Sydenham, may be derided as some empty
and idle fanfaronade. The marvellous beauty of the
Crystal Palace erected within a few weeks near Hyde
Park Corner, is a sufficient guarantee that whatever
may be seriously projected in regard to the scheme of
its reconstruction, is at any rate within the limits of
practicability; and that, however improbable may be
the grandeur and diversity of the proposed achieve-
ment, they will inevitably, and that, moreover, within
the prescribed period, be beheld in their fullest reali-
zation. We all of us believe this with the sense of a
calm and implicit conviction. We believe it, because
we remember what has already been achieved by Sir
JOSEPH PAXTON, in that magic edifice where all the
nations of the earth stored up for a while whatever
Art could display of the Beautiful, or Science of the
Marvellous. We believe it, because we call so very
vividly to mind those wonderful perspectives of blue
and yellow by which OWEN JONES eclipsed the most
gorgeous corridors of the Alhambra! We believe it,
because we have in recollection the mingled celerity
and precision with which Sir CHARLES Fox caused to
fall into their appointed places, as if in obedience to
the wand of a magician, those thousands of girders,
and millions of sashes, and miles of counter, and
acres of glass, required in the building up of that
fabric of iron and crystal. Assurances like these were
needed, in order to convince us of the possibility of
seeing at last effected what is spoken of as at this
instant in the process of development in the midst of
the sylvan glades and meadow scenery of Sydenham.
The external embellishments alone, promise to
render the vicinity of the New Crystal Palace more
remarkable for beauty than possibly even the most
lovely spot that can now be
.found in Christendom.
Immediately in front of the principal fa,cade of the
edifice, we learn that there is to be constructed an
Italian garden, extending over some forty acres, and
having a breadth of one thousand six hundred and
fifty feet, disposed in a series of terraces at
once superb and picturesque. Upon this portion
of the enterprizo alone, there is to be ex-
pended a sum of no less than 60,0001. sterling !
According to the plan sketched out by the master-
hand of Sir JosEril PAXTON, the grounds are to be
mapped out upon the same scale of proportions as that
to be observed in the architectural arrangements. In
illustration of this it, may be observed that every dimen-
sion will have a multiple of eight feet in the Garden
as well as in the Palace, out of which will come har-
mony and grandeur in very exquisite combination
The grandour may be conjectured from the circum-
stance of the principal approach and terrace being 96
feet wide, the majority of the others 48 feet, and none
less than 24 feet. Again, the harmony may be ima-
gined from the intention kept in view throughout by
Sir JOSEPH PAXTON, that of so arranging the external
decorations that the ornate splendours of the Italian
Garden shall gradually merge into the more homely
and less artificial beauties of the English, and that
these again shall almost imperceptibly glide off into
the more moderately-cultivated charms of the sur-
rounding landscape. Intermingling with the
thepar-
otefrfroeusnatnadins,which, it i
w hshrubberises will be a gorgeous system
astonishingly lofty jets at rod,s pose.
sce
i 0 usdh,a l
al
nsurpass the
t
glorious of the mythological groups spouting out their
vast columns of water on 43-dayq at Versailles.

Were we not right, therefore, in our essertion that
there is now collecting together, in the immediate
neighbourhood of London, almost under the shadow
of its smoke, and within the sound of its roaring com-
merce, a variety of works at once beautiful and extra-
ordinary, such as will, in a few months hence, trans-
form the woodlands of Sydenham into the semblance
of Fa eryland ?
And it is this region of enchentment which has
roused the bile of Praise-God-Barebones, and excited
the horror of Zeal-of-the-land-Busy, and called forth
expressions of the sanctimonious indignation of otir
dear old friends the Sabbatarians! Itwas the announce-
ment of the probable opening of the Crystal Palace
on Sundays, which brought about the assemblage of
some thousand individuals on Monday last, in the
parochial school room of a Chapel of Ease in the
Liverpool-road, a meeting presided over by the Re-
verend lll?ster-of-A Pts WiLsoN, the Vicar of Isling-
ton. According to the sentiments expressed by the
majority of the speakers upon this occasion, we ought
to look forward with dismay to the probable strolling
upon some Sunday afterncon of a poor artizan, with
his wife and cluster of little children, through the
gardens of the Crystal Palace, at Sydenham, as to
a foul rid most grievous desecration. Upon
the same principle, there must surely always
be upon the same days a sort of vegetable sin in
the budding of a sweet-pea—a sort of insect culpa-
bility in the birth of a butterfly—a sort of zoological
crime in the suckling of a lamb upon the meadows—
a sort of infamy carried up into the skies in the war-
bling of a lark at daybreak—an evil in the spawning
of a minnow, and an abomination in the very sparkle
of a rivulet. If there be ill in the mere sight of such
things on the LORD'S Day, surely there must—in
common logic—be a threefold evil in the things
themselves. What nonsense is this the Saints of the
so-called Sabbath are preaching to us in open day,
with grave faces, as though nothing less than idiotcy
prevailed among the population ? People are not
such dullards as to suppose, for en instant, that the
awful and Holy LORD of the Universe can be dis-
pleased because the little creatures he has created
in the palm of His hand like grains of dust, go out
for a while from their reeking cities upon the
appointed day of rest to breathe the fresh air, and to
walk among the green trees—as the Sacred Book
even tells us the GOD of Heaven himself was won't to
do in the cool of evening in the garden of Paradise !
Away rather with that sqealor of the intellect and
abjectness of the imagination, which are in themselves
the most despicable of all possible desecrations of the
Sunday—away rather with that grovelling bigotry
and narrow-minded fanaticism, which would shut for
ever the eyes of the over-toiled and the under-paid from
that glorious scroll of Nature which the DIVINITY
has lettered with flowers and written over with
planets, and in which the very child can spell, with
the most wonderful accuracy, the mystic truths of
religion. It is not by shutting the labourer up con •
tinually between the sordid walls of the conventicle
that you can best instil into his heart the solemn and
exquisite principles of Christianity. Let him obtain,
at least at interve.ls, a glimpse of the beautiful uni-
verse in which he exists for a time but as an atom,
and you will the most effectually expand his intelli•
gence, purify his morality, and elevate his aspirations

- - - -
THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. —The following
circular has been addressed by the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer to such members of the House of Commons es are
supposed to be friendly to the Administration :
" Downing-street, 18th October, 1852.
" Sir—The meeting of Parliament has been fixed for
Thursday, the 4th November, when the House of Commons
NO( immediately proceed to the choice of a Speaker, and to
Vie consideration of business of the highest importance.
tike the liberty of earnestly requesting your presence on that
day; and, 1 trust, you will also excuse my expressing a wish,
that you wovld let me know, whether it will be consistent
with your convenience to attend at the opening of the session.
—I have the honour to be, sir, your faithful and obedient
servant, " B. DISRAELI."

MAJOR BERESFORD, M.P.—We think We may
state that the member for North Essex, who holds a high
military appointment under the present Government, will be
selected for the important office of Governor of Jamaica.
Mr. Mark Boyd bad an interview with the Secre-
tary of the Admirplty yesterday.
The King and Queen of Hanover arrived at Stut-
gardt on the 20th, on a visit to the King of Wurtemberg.
The King of Bavaria left on the same day.
The King of Greece has left Munich to return to
Athens.

The Duchess de Berry and the Duchess of Parma
have left Frohsdorff, the former for Brunsee, in Styria, the
latter for Italy. The Count and Countess of Chambord in-
tend to pass the winter at Vienur
The Duke of Devonshire has arrived at Devonshire
House, from Kemp Town.
The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk are receiving a
few select friends at Arundel Castle. The Duke of North-
umberland, who arrived on Monday evening from London,
on a short visit to their graces, left the castle yesterday
morning, to join the Board of Admiralty at Portsmouth.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester, who
have been visiting the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, at
Llangattocl Park, South Wales, have returned to Edinburgh.
The Earl of Derby has issued cards for his first
Parliamentary dinner for the seazon, to take place at his
official residence, Downing-street, on the 10th of November.
The Earl and Countess of Cawdor have arrived at
Golden Grove, Carmarthenthire, from visiting the Earl and
countess et Ellesmere at Worsley

The Chairman put the resolution to the meeting, and
the whole of the hands in the room were held up
in its favour, with the exception of Mr. Lewin, who did
not press his motion, but voted agi 'rlt the resolu"on.
The meeting then separated.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday morning
was solemnized, at St. Martin's-in-the-fields, the nuptials
of Mr. Graham, eldest son of the Right Honourable Sir
James Graham, Bart., of Netberby, and the Lady Hermione
Seynt Maur, eldest daughter of Lord Seymour, and grand-
daughter of the Duke of Somerset. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. William Graham, rector of Arthuret,
Cumberland, uncle of the bridegroom. The bride was mag-
nificently attired in a robe of moire antique, with flounces
and veil of Brussels lace, and superb wreath of orange
blossoms. The bride was attended to the altar by a train of
seven bridesmaids, viz., the Lady Ulrica Seynt Maur,
Miss Graham, Miss Helen Graham, Miss Sheridan, Miss
Florence Sheridan, the Lady Gwendoline Seynt Maur,
and Miss Helen Sheridan, all similarly attired in white.
The ceremony was witnessed by a large party of relatives
and friends, including the Duchess of Somerset, Sir James
asi.d Lady Graham, Lord and Lady Seymour, Lord and
Lady Duirerin, Lord Archibald Sesut Maur, Honourable
Mrs. Nortm and Mr. ISrinsley Sol ton, Hon. Mr. and
Mrs. Donrombe, Mrs. Brie ley Sheridan, Miss Callander,
&c., &c. The steps in front of Lord Seymour'a house, and
those of St. Martin's Church were covered with scarlet cloth ;
and at the conclusion of the ceremony, and when the bride-
groom and bride left town, the bells rang forth a joyous peal.
Immediately after the ceremony, an elegant dejeuner was
given by Lady Seymour, at the family residence, Spring-
gardens. The dejeuner was of the most elegant and re-
cherche description, and the bridescake, from Gunter's, WP9
remarkable for its fanciful devices and tasteful ornamentation.
The bride's trosseau was very splendid, and consisted of all
the beautifUl objects usually displayed on these occasions,
including rich sparkling gifts from the Duchess of Inverness,
the Duke of Somerset, the Duchess of Somerset, the Mar-
chiuness of Aylesbury, Sir James Graham, Lady Graham,
Lady Duffel in, &c. Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of
Somerset will give a splendid banquet and soiree this evening
in honour of the auspicious event. The happy pair have lett
town to spend the honeymoon at Lord Seymour's country
seat, Bradley, Wiltshire.
LADIES' CHARFIT 5CH00L....-The half-yearly meet-
ing of the patrons and subscribers of this charity was held
yesterday, at the premises of the institution, John-street,
Bedford-row—JohnDlasterman, Esq., M P
the treasurer of
the institution, in the chair. After the election of three chil-
dren to fill up vacancies, the Secretary read the report, from
which it appeared that the full complement of children in
the institution was 51, and there are that number in it now,
including the three just elected. The age of the children,
when admitted, is from eight to ten years. They are boarded,
lodged, clothed, and educated for five years, and trained to
domestic se. ;ice. The contributions at the last dinner, which
took place on the 901 of June, amounted to 1,0001., in conse-
quence of which the funds are now in a satisfactory condi-
tion. The report was adopted,
FRIGHTFUL DEATH OF A RESPECTABLE TRADES.,
MAN THIS MORNI morning, about
past eight
o'clock, an individual, most respectably dressed, who is be-
lieved to be Mr. William Lav-ence, the extensive butcher
at Croydon, expired in the Charing-cross Hospital, from the
injir ies which he received on the previous right about nine
o'clock, opposite the University Club-house, East,
under the following circumstances, which left no hope of his
recovery. He was in a light chair cart, and while passing
by the Club-horse', as is supposA, on his way home to
Croydon, he came in c sllision with something by the side of
the road, and was pitshcd with great force on his head. Few
persons seemed is have witnessed the C 2currence, but Mr.
Duncan, who is emnected with the University Club-house,
immediately went t) his assistance, and finding him
wholly insensible, accompanied him in a cab to Charing-cross
Hospital, where Mr. Tucker, the house surgeon, and other
medical officers of the institution, paid him every attention,
but the base of the skull was so dreadfully fractured that his
recovery wis hopeless, and ho died this mowing. A message
was sent down by the express train to his friends at Croydon,
but none had arrived in London when this was written. In-
formation has been sent to the coroner.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT BETIINAL-GREEN,...
Yesterday aiernoon Mr. W. Baker, the Coronere,thhnelatganreienn:
in-
quest at the King's Arms, Hackney-road, B
on view of the body of Richard Tranter, aged 25 yeses, who
was found dead, with a gun-shot wound on the left breast.
The jury returned an open verdict, "That the deceased was
found dead in his cm.' room, with a gun-shot wound in the
region of the hears. by the discharge of a gun into the left
breast, but how such injury was caused they had no evidence
to show."

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE 01' A TRADFSMAN.—yes.
terday afternoon, Mr Bedford, coroner for Westminster, re-
ceived information that a tradesman of the name of Wm.
Hughes, carrying on business in Shepherd's-market, Mayfeir,
had committed suicido the previous night at h's late resi-
dence. The unfortunate man Wr9 found suspended by a
cord from the bannisters, life being quite extinct. He was
cut down. He wr9 about 62 years of age, and had for some
time past been remarked to be in a melancholy state of
mind.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.--COllsiderable excitement
has prevailed in the neighbourhood of Lincoln's Inn, in con-
sequence of a general rumour that a determined attempted
suicide bad been committed by a woman of the name of Mrs.
Elizabeth Glover, aged 24 years, who resided at Boswell-
court, Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. One of the inmates
living in the next room had her attention attracted by a
strange noise in the adjoining apartment, which on entering
she found the unfortunate creature had inflicted with a razor
a gash in her throat of a most Lightful description. An
alarm was immediately raised, when she was conveyed to
Victoria Ward, King's College Hospital. not the slightest
hopes are entertaidel of her recovery. The rash act is sup-
posed to have been conunitted through a quarrel with her
huab and, whe if 2 coachman, and who had left her.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
(From the Officill List.)
Business done.
per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99% %
8 per Cent. Consols Ann- looq 14,
New 3L4 per Cent. Arens.
Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 6i v-16 7-16
Ditto 30 years. Exp., Oct. 10, 1859 61,1
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5,1860 ... 6 11-16
India Stock 274i 5%
Otto under LC XV. ..
South Sea Stock
Consols for Account
Exchanuer Bills. 110. March June.
1,0001.
500/.
Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent. lOO%
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Scrip ... 1%
Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent.
Chilian Bonds 3 per Cent
Equador Bonds
tirenada, 11,E per Cent.
Ditto Deferred
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto for the Account
Peruvian Bonds, 1849, 6 ler Cent
Ditto Deferred 3 per Cent
Portuguese 4 per Cent 37% 81/2
sare:nirn Boneg, 5 per C
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent.
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent... 2514 %
Swedish Loan
Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 ... 4 21, 3 2i 324 p.
French Rentes, 3 per Cent ...811. 80f 50c Ex. 25150 c 25c
Dutch Excha., 2% per Cent., 12 Guil 64:4
Dutch 4 per Cent. Certificates 961/

THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols 1004 y 8
1::tto Account. Nov. 11 100% %

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)
MANCHESTER, Oct. 26.—1 n this market, the impulse
given to prices by the very extensive operations
of last week has been felt to-day h the stiq upward
tendency of yarns in general, and of many descriptions
of goods. This is especially Ken in the finer yarns suit-
able for home manufacture, in cop twist and pin-cops of
the medium numbers, and in 40's reeled mu!e. The de_
mend for China is insreasing the value of water twist;
and it may be stated generally that warps, from 24's up-
wards, and el‘o reeled mule twist, are dearer. Goods
e-e at lerst firm at last week's advance, which was
so considerable on India goods in particel-r. The
makers of domstics, T cloths, and long cloths, are
getting rid of stock hardening in their terms, and in-
deed getting an advance with diminished trouble. The
day's transactions fall a good deal short of those of this
day week, as indeed they necessarily must, because the
engagements then entered into tie up the hands of pro-
prietors.

MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—A fair business continues
to he done in silk manufactured goods, and at more
remunerating prices than have lately ruled. Stocks
on hand continue very Egli'. Thrown Silks : The
market is still influenced by foreign orders, the
export of silk this year having been larger than pre-
viously known. The home market up to the present
time has taken but sparingly ; but as stocks of throwns
are understood to be very low in the hands of our manu-
facturers, a resumption of purchases is shortly expected
to make preparation for the spring trade. Raw Silk:
At the public sales held in Lyndon It-. 1 week a fair bu-
siness was transacted: the prices actually obtained, for
both Bengals and Chinas, woro about those ruling pre-
Niously to the sale.
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY. •—• The market to•day
has not I :en quite so gc)el as last week, perhaps on ac-
count of the roughness and wetness of the weather; still
there have I :3n inquiries in the Cloth Hell for pilot
cloths, end heavy 'oods generally, for overcoat cloths
and trouserings. 'trade in the warehouses during the
week has been flat.
ROCHDALE. MONDAY.—We have had another good
market to-day, but the manufacturers coraple.n at the
low prices they are obliged to take for their pieces.
There has been a fair business doing in wool, at prices '
much the same as those of last week. Coarse or low
priced wool is scarce at present.

DEATH OF THE EDITOR OF BELL'S LlFE.—Vincent
Geo. the London,"
editor of " Bell's Life in L d "
died Dowling,athisreshid'sci ,
residence, Kilburn, on the 25th instant, in the
67th year of his age.
RIETROPOLITAN FREE LIBIIARIES.--08 Monday a
t,
preliminary meeting of gentlemen connected with the great
borough of Marylebone, was held a the house of Mr. Oliveira,
at the requisition of that gentleman, the object being
the establishment of a free library in the borough for the be•
nefit of the working-classes, on a plan similar to those which
have already been so successfully opened in Manchester and
Liverpool. Several resolutions, moved and supported by
Mr. A. A. Goldsmid, Mr. Grace, Mr. Withers, Mr. Bridge-
man, Mr. G. Gyll, Mr. Evelly, Mr. George, Mr. M‘Gregor,
Mr. Graham, and other gentlemen, were adopted. Mr.
Oliveira, in the course of the discussion, intimated that it was
his intention to present the library with 500 volumes. It
was &so stated that a halfpenny rate on the parishes within
he borough of Marylebone would produce about 40001.
a-year, but that it could not be legally levied._