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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1853.

county, to be elected by the ratepayers—two mem-
bers to come from every parish, one to be a magi-
strate and the other a ratepayer. This committee
should form the County Financial Board, and
it should be their duty to make reports to the bench of
magistrates, while in the event of this latter board over-
ruling their recommendations the committee should
have a power of appeal to the Secretary of State.
Mr. V. SMITH said the proposal made by the last
speaker was an entirely new scheme, quite at variance
with the one embraced in the bill, and it would be ex-
ceedingly inconvenient to discuss it now. He should
oppose the amendment, but at the same time he thought
the bill, although very much wanted in Lancashire, was
inapplicable to other parts of the country.
Mr. PHILLIPS gave it as his opinion that, in many
counties, the bill would prove inoperative ; in fact, as
many counties were composed of only two or three unions,
they would run the risk, under this bill, of being left
without a financial board, and he warned the committee
to be cautious how they adopted the details of this bill.
Mr. M. GIBSON said the house had by successive
divisions decided that the representative principle ought
to be introduced into the management of county
financial affairs. The discussion which they had just
heard was most inopportune, and he called upon the com-
mittee to proceed with the details of the measure. Now
the amendment they were called upon to adopt might
be explained by a single illustration. In the county of
Worcester there were 13 unions, and it was proposed
that after each of the unions should have elected a
member to sit on the County Financial Board,
the 560 magistrates should be added to the"' number.
Why, that was nothing more than getting rid of the bill
by a side wind, and therefore, instead of adopting it, the
committee ought to determine to throw the bill out alto-
gether. .

After a few words from Sir J. PAKINGTON,

Lord LOVAINE supported the amendment.
Captain SCOBELL said the amendment was a pre-
posterous proposition. He had long acted as a
county magistrate, and he had the welfare of
that body at heart, but in his opinion the time had
come when they were bound to concede this measure to
those who demanded it, and the sooner they did it the
better.

After a few words from Mr. FRESHFIELD,
Lord PALMERSTON wished to make a remark upon
the. suggestion that the bill should be made optional, so
that those counties only who desired it should put it in
force. He must say he fully concurred in the sugges-
tion, and he hoped if it was adopted there would be an
end put to these amendments, which were brought for-
ward net for the purpose of amending but of defeating
the bill.

Mr. HENLEY denied that the amendment now pro.
posed would have the effect of defeating the object o:
the bill.

After a few words from Sir Was. 'TOMTIT, the corn.
mittee divided, when there appeared—

For the amendment
Against it

. 115
. 144

Majority 29
The house then resumed and the chairman reported
progress.
The other business was then disposed of, and the
house adjourned at six o'clock.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.- .April 13.

TAUNTON.

The case having been concluded, the room was cleared,
and, after deliberating, the committee announced that
they had come to the following resolution :
" That A. Mills, Esq., is not duly elected to serve as a
burgess in the present Parliament for the borough of
Taunton."

HINTS FOR EMIGRANTS.

( Fro'fit a Private Letter.)

MELBOURNE, N. S. W., Nov. 5, 1852.—Having expe-
rienced the difficulties in the way of an intending emi-
grant of getting useful information, prior to leaving
England, touching the necessary outfit, and having wit-
nessed the serious loss and inconvenience the ignorance
On these matters has caused many, I beg, through you,
to say a few words to such as intend to emigrate to this
country for the purpose of gold seeking. I speak to the
humbler classes, as those who have means may study
comfort.

Your outfit should consist of two or three blue serge
shirts, two or three flannel cinglets, ditto stockings, one
warm jacket, three pairs of trousers, one pair of strong
highlow boots, a strong walking pair, and a pair of
'strong soled shoes for using on board ship,—nlany bring
slippers, but if you are up early in the morning and like
your salt water bath, as you ought, the deck will be wet,
and strong soled shoes have many advantages ; in strong
winds, too, the decks are usually damp.
Your clothes should be dark, as otherwise they soon
get soiled and look very untidy, as well as keeping you
constantly washing them. They should be useful for
strong work ; one suit may be a little lighter in texture
for ship. I may here remark, a light scrubbing brush is
very useful, being the usual mode of cleaning clothes on
board.

In bedding, two pairs of sheets, a small blanket, and
a blue blanket—the latter will answer for a rug when
lying on deck, it will also answer for the diggings ; a
bed you will not regret throwing overboard on arrival. 9
In purchasing your cooking ,utensils, you must be
guided by the number in the party ; but let them be of
strong tin, and, as you have but little room, make them
all to fit into each other ; a panakin, a hook-pot to hold
one pint-and-a-half, and a small saucepan to make soup,
will be sufficient for one person not joining a party (hut
on board parties are formed, with messes of from three
to nine), a washbasin and small baking-dish ; for flour
or rice get small bags made,—you can judge of the num-
ber required by the provision list.
A knife and fork and spoons; a few tools to enable
you to put up shelves or make any alteration necessary
in your berth— of course, with these you will provide
suitable nails, hooks, &c. ; a flask of oil, one quart ; and
a lamp with globe to give light all round, which will
cost 3s. 6d. A small zinc filter will be a great con-
venience, and a strong tin case for holding fresh water.
You have to walk to the diggings from 35 to 200
miles, and carriage varies from 4/. to 101. per cwt. Un-
less you have cash you must carry your traps on your
shoulders. Here all they take—the miners—is a rug, a
small calico tent (canvass tents purchased in England
are useless when required to be carried, being too
heavy), a change of clothes, a large panakin, and a
brace of pistols. Picks and shovels they buy at the
diggings, at from 15s. to 255. each, and very bad ones ;
yet you can't carry them up, and, as I write, there are
hundreds of emigrants delayed here trying to dispose of
the multitude of things, quite useless, which they brought
out with them. Some have been detained 14 days,
and have given away their effects for a mere trifle.
Get a knapsack made before leaving, or make it on the
voyage, that will carry the articles I have named. Don't
stay in Melbourne longer than is necessary to procure
good information as to the diggings you ought to go
to. Take a berth not too near any of the hatchways,
as they are generally open to get up provisions, &c. ; see
that she be not au old ship ; and examine your ticket
that it be filled up for "the wharf at Melbourne," as
many passengers had to pay, some 31. to 51., for getting
themselves and traps on shore.
The money usually spent in an emigrant's outfit would
be of the greatest service to him to support him at the
diggings till he be successful. I may observe, your pro-
visions on board ought to suffice ; do not spend your
money in spirits, &c. ; every penny is of great impor-
tance here to a poor man.

NEWS FOR WOOL GRowEas.—The Journal du Cher
relates an account which, if correct, may turn out very
advantageous to wool growers. About two years since
a farmer named Virel, residing in the canton of
Cha.telet, had one of his sheep seriously torn and in-
jured by a dog. Although he had but little hopes of
saving the animal's life, he decided on dressing its wounds,
which he did with some fatty substance mixed with the
juice of certain plants. The animal soon recovered, and in
about two months after the farmer remarked that the
wool on the parts which be had rubbed with his pre-
paration was much finer and longer than elsewhere.
Determined to try a further experiment, he last year
pulled off all the wool from the bodies of six of bis
sheep, and rubbed them with the preparation for
three days following, and then turned them out
with the others. At the end of August they were
shorn, when they produced a much larger weight
of wool than ordinary and of a very superior qua-
lity. It is needless to say that he afterwards ex-
tended his experiment to a greater number, and a few
days since he proceeded to what he calls his spring
shearing, when each of the animals yielded about 5 lbs.
of very superior wool. He calculates that by the aid of
his process, he will be able to have two shearings a year
—spring and autumn. The grease he uses is said to be
only mutton fat, but the herbs employed are a secret
which he, however, says he is very willing to sell to
those who will pay him for it.
LOSSES OF HUMAN LIFE BY WAR.—The last number
of the Companion to the Almanac contains a curious
return, compiled from official sources, of the killed and
wounded of the regular British troops in the military
and naval actions from 1793 to 1815. The results ex-
hibit a less amount of bloodshed than the popular imagi-
nation usually connects with great wars. The total num-
ber of killed was 19,796, of whom 1,160 were officers. The
total number of mounded was 74,359, -of whom 9,720
were officers. The proportion of killed in the navy
as compared with those in the army, is but one-
fourth ; but the wounded were in a much less pro-
portion ; a fact which would seem toimply, that the
means of destruction is much more affective in the for-
mer branch of force. It would manifestly, however, be
wrong to speak, in round numbers, of 20,000 lives as the
total amount of loss by sea and land during these twenty-
two years of war. We know not how many of the
wounded never recovered, or had their lives shortened
and imbittered by the injuries they had sustained. We
are also without any means of stating the number of the
zoning, or of tracing their fate. It would probably be
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guinary character during the first few years. For example,
the lo s of men in 1797 was only 38, ihree of whom
were office!.s. Even in the year of the arduous
paigns of Sir Ralph A.bercromby in Eaypt the sca,m-
no more
.than 507 men and 22 officers'. In, the years asf
the Peninsular campaigns, the numbers increase to
1,380 in 1809, which includes the slaughter at Corunna
and 1,628 in 1811, which saw the bloody encounters of
Barossa, Fuentes d'Onere, and Albuera. The slain of
1813 were nearly 3,000. At Waterloo there fell 171
officers, •and 2,341 private men, while the wounded were
respectively 680, and 9,005,