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EAST INDIA HOUSE, 24TH MAY, 1854.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA CO PANY do 'HEREBY GIVE NOTICE,
„Ilaet the Rate of Interest payab.e upon the Company's Bonds not
d tor discharge will be raiseo from 31. 59. per cent. per Annum
41, Per eau. per Annum from and of this d,.y
JAME, C. MELVILL, Secretary.

LOWESTOFT ROYAL HOTEL.
s. 110 WITT legs to call 'he attention of his Friend and the
generally to the liberal arramements of the Eastern Counties
cdraY in the i-sue of family tickets. The Royal llotel is con-
aera' 1Y enlarged, and every po4,ible comfort and convenience I-
rd,.cl.at the m-st moderat-• charge.
it s remaining in th - Hotel are accommodated, if they &sire
at 'axed charges. Salt-water Baths, hot and cold, on the premises.

MESMERIC INFIRMARY.—The ANNUAL
to GEN ER xi, MEETING of the Subscribers and Friends will
tag„
bA „Place at Willis's R ems, Kin street, St. James's, on WED NT ES-
• the 7th June, 1854. a, half-past One, for Two o'clock precisely.
MONCKTON MILNEK, Esq., M.P., in tl.e chair.
PRESIDENT
The Most Rev. the Archbishop of Dublin.
VICE-PRESIDENT.?
the Earl of Carlisle. I It. Monckton Milnes, Esq., M.P
Right A.
Right non. the Earl of Dunrnven. Rev. G. Sandby.
T,,nat Hon. the Earl Stanhope. Rev. Chauncy Hare Townshend.
41tarou De Goldsmid, F.R.S. 1 Professor Augustus de Morgan.
• Langston, Esq., 1.P.3 I Professor Gregory.
TREASURER.
John Elliotson, M.D. Cantab. F.R.S.

PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of
chancery, male in a cause, "'Thomas Pickforci Seabrook,:
pomD lit
t Jaie
n•2sof Paladicafordiet-street,” the C
inßEDthelTOßSparish of FlHamste ,d, In the
of. TOMAS PICK-
„I' ,
to i;4l3' of Hertford, Esquire, (who died in or about the month of Oc•
34% 1811), are, by their solicitors, on or before Wednesday, the
CLAA,, Of May nett, to c,dne in and PROVE their DEBT.; or
at the chambers of the Vice Chancellor. Sir Richard Torin
2-. s aiersley, No 15, Old-square, Line ,ln's-inn, Middlesex ;or in de-
thethereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefitf of
d Order.
th Wednesday, the 7th day @f• June next, at Twelve o'clock at noon.
at e said chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon
t,l
Dated this 24th day of April, 1854.
CHARLES PUGH, Chief Clerk.
HEDGES & STEDMAN, Plaintiff's Solicitors,
9, Care, -street, Lincoln's inn.

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ASSURAN4'E, 52, King William-street, London-bridge
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ASSURANCE Allowance In sickness.
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TIM ACHILLES INSURANCE COMPANY.
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" aPPlication to chief office, 25, Canuou-9t,eet, City
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lremiums payable wart, , half yearly, or quarterly.
toune-half of all premiums after the first two years are repayable
annuities
holders at any time on demand, without personal liabilty
„_ihies granted either immediate, contingent, or deferred, and also
'o,l,Wrnents
ro,i-, •
ides indisputable.
ton charge for pocy stamns.
eY received on deposit at 5 per cent. interest.
A
ligrie've ',gents wanted in town and country, particularly in the
ultural towns and villages.
re, PPIY by letter, giving names and addresses of referees as to
Dectability.

JOHN MILLS, Secretary,

STEAM TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
tin In compliance with nomerous applications from persons de-
Genn! to proceed t the Cape of Good Hope, the Directors of the
4,1_41 Screw Steam shipplug Compact, have determined to de-
l; \?ci their Steam ship "CAi E OF GOOD 110; E ' to TABLE
11,),.. on the 2(,th of June next. Cape of .lood Hope, H.
Commander, has just returned from a most successful
to„.7Fe to Constantinople with passengers and general cargo, i• 70
tf'ourthen, arid 100 horse-pow r Built by Messrs. Mare & Co..
a,:ekwall, arid an extremely fast ship. lier accommodations for
et,„'ngers are little if at all inferior to this Company's first-Oa-a
15,4r0 ships so well known OR the Cape and Calcut'a line. The ship
"' load and sail from South imoton As her capacity for pass. Tigers
174! freieht is limited, early appliestion should be made to the Com-
Ofkces, 27, Cannon-street, City.

liertfordshire.—The Childwick Bury Estate, near St. Alban's. An
InlPortant and v.luahle Freehold Landed Property, with its ap-
Ip'Priate Mansion, seated in a finely-timbered Park of 120 acres.
Three capit,il Farms, and a Water Cirri Mill; also the Manor of
pnildwick, with excellent 'lloottng . nd Trout Fishing. Altogether
'uforming an exceedingly compact and desirable Estate of about 912
acres, in a beautiful part of the country, and only 23 miles from
London.
MESSRS. PAGE and CAMERON are in-
structed to submit to public competition, at the Auction
dart, London, early in July, the above highly-attractive Property,
_Ate two miles from St. Alban's, in a delightful neighbourhood,
;V.! Linmediately contiguous to Gorhambury, the noble domain of
Earll7. of Terulam. It comprises a compact, substantial mansion,
disYerY respect suitable for the immediate occupation of a family of
ist._,!.llction, yet arranged on a moderate scale, surrounied by a park
..',l•laded with rich ornamental timber and plantations. Three very
Bible farms with superior homesteads, an I a water corn mill, let.
tlghly respec!able and good tenants also several cottages, and
e manor of Childwick. The land is of superior quality, said the
Nate is in the midst of good roads, interspersed with about 50 acres
rwoodland, in detached covers, filled with thriving timber, and
forming fine pre erves for game. There is an excellent trout stream
.tinnin through the estate, of more than a mile in extent. Lord
g
Sere's bounds hunt the country, and there are several packs of
:arr,ers in the neighbourhood, thereby combining the advantages of
'NBldential property, ranking as one of the most attractive in the
„
'''',Unty, with a first•c'ass landed investment. The terminus of the
at. Alban's branch line of the London and North-Western Railway
atford will be within one mile of the est .te.
ul:'escriptive particulars, with conditions of sale and plans annexed,
lockse had, 21 d.tys prior to the sale, at the Mart, of Me..ssrs.
liett and Cowburo, solicitors, 60, Lincoln's-inn-fields, and of
.kut.j.11.,.• Page and Cameron, land agents and surveyors, 30, Bucklers-
and,St. Herts. of whom orders to view the
"n and estate may

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TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters
P , Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecolo de
.inacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna.
TRIESEMAR, No. 1,
a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatnrrhcea, and Exhaustion of the
°Ater,.

efrectu TRIESEMAR, No. 2,
ally, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely
IZelcates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs
-,T, so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health
a vast portion of the population.
TRI ESE MAR, No. 3,
Is%
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;°rtunately the English phyeicnan treat., with Mercury, to the in-
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TON lll PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SF,citFT
INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH, MANHOOD, AND OLD AGE
fast Published, 60th Edition, price 2s. 6d.. or free by post for forty-
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SELF-PRESERVATION a
Popular Treatise on the Physiology and Functions of I.lar-
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I.l._ng. with its Disqualifications and Impediments, tracing
e
to the effects of solitary habits, youthtul excess, tropical
tw_ ates, or close study ; foliowed by practical remyks, founded on
'ity years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous
rDebility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, and all diseases of the
Drinary and Generative System. Illustrated by 50 coloured Engrav-
-10, on the Anatomy of the Reproductive Organs and their relative
"°llditions in Health and Disease.
By 'SAMUEL LA'MEET. M.D.
37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Doter of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edit,
burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society,
Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., tsc.
The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con-
sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities and excesses,
Which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man-
hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any
other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its peruse is
Particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of
their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded
the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is
entitled.
It is absolutely necessary thatail men should know, that there are
Principles of personal management which cannot be violated without
Incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed
the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties
may be mitigated, tow the sting of their bitterness may be removed,
and how the evil and its consequenc es may be avoided, and above all,
that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional
derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure.
The Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive
Practice in he treatment of these delicate complaints, which are
Unfortunately teen too generally confided to the care of Ignorant
"unites, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place
kith in •.heir pretensions.
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morning, about half-past 6 o'clock, off Plymouth, under
steam only. Wind light.
The Otter, steam-gun vessel, Commander Lieutenant
Hunt, late of her Majesty's ship St. George, having
completed her crew and armament, is appointed to leave
Woolwich for the Baltic this day (Thursday). She will
be followed immediately by the Pigmy, Minx, and the
other vessels appointed to this service.
The Indefatigable, 50 guns, fitting at Devonport, will
carry the flag of Rear-Admiral W. J. Hope Johnstone,
appointed to the command on the South American
station.
We are authorised to state that a paragraph which
has appeared in a weekly newspaper, in which it was
stated that the Admiralty was in want of dispensers of
medicine, at the salary of 1002. a year, is without foun-
dation. Assistant-surgeons only are required, if qualified
according to the established regulations.,
Isaac Western, leading workman of engine-smiths, 7
engine and boiler-smiths, 7 fitters, 1 coppersmith, and
1 moulder in brass and iron, have volunteered from the
factory at Woolwich dockyard to proceed to Malta for
service there. There are 17 in all, of whom 13 are mar-
ried and four single.
Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the
Navy, Mr. Isaac Watts, Assistant-Surveyor of the
Navy, and Mr. Thomas Lloyd, Chief Engineer and In-
spector of Machinery, left Somerset-house on Tuesday
evening for Paris.
The Camperdown Indiaman, one of Dunbar's fleet, is
coming to Portsmouth to ship an enormous quantity of
provisions for the naval victualling depot at Malta. She
will take from the Clarence-yard, where the supplies are
all ready for her, 2,500 casks of beef and pork, besides
other stores.
No. 90 transport passed down the river yesterday
from Deptford on her way to one of -the western ports,
to embark horses and troops for tha. seat of war in the
East.
Yesterday morning the first division of the 35th Regi-
ment of Foot marched from the Tower and proceeded by
railway to Chatham.
The 18th Regiment of Foot were paraded on Tuesday
at Chatham for the inspection of Colonel Marcus Beres-
ford, Commandant of the Garrison. Eight companies
left Chatham at 6 a.m. yesterday for Canterbury, and
will billet at Sittingbourne and Milton. Two companies,
with the headquarters, will leave Chatham to-day, and
proceed en route to Canterbury. The regiment is to be
supplied with new arms, &c., as soon as possible.
Captain Oldfield's company of the Royal Artillery
embarked at Belfast on Tuesday for Fleetwood, en route
to Woolwich. It. is understood that this company has
been ordered to join Lord Raglan's forces in the East.
The 46th (replacing the 97th, ordered to Candia), 63d,
21st, 20th, and 34th Regiments, and the Ist battalion of
Rifles, now forming the reserved division, are under
orders for Greece. The 63d numbers 1,300, and the 21st
1,260 rank and file.
Accounts from Cork say —" The number of recruits
that arrive here weekly from England for the depots
serving in this country are incredible, while the few that
enlist here are scarcely to be counted. The enlistment
of men in England for active service is going on very
briskly, so that the requirements of the service are fully
provided for. On Sunday and Monday about 70 English
recruits arrived here from London, Liverpool, and Bris-
tol. Each week a similar number are landed here."
Recruiting is going on briskly in Belfast. The 62d
picked up last week 70 serviceable-looking young men.
A sum of above 5001. has been subscribed by the offi-
cers of the 13th Light Dragoons, which forms part of
the expeditionary army to the East, for the support of
the wives of the men and their families during their ab-
sence from England. The money is deposited in the
hands of Lady Gore (the wife of Major Gore, accom-
panying the regiment), who resides at Hampton-court
Palace. Her Ladyship has visited several of the women,
and has distributed some of the money among them.
This will be continued weekly till the fund is exhausted.

THE MILITIA A4D YEOMANRY.
By her Majesty's gracim.command the regiment 0
Essex Rifles is now designated " the Royal Essex Rifles.'
Within the last few days the men have been supplied
with great-coats, and are about to change their present
uniform for one of silver grey, somewhat after the fashion
of the Tyrolese Riflemen, with helmet resembling that
recently assumed by the officers, except that the plume
will be of horsehair instead of cock's feathers. The mous-
tache is also to be worn by the men. The first detach-
ment, under the command of Major Groves, was to leave
yesterday for the Tower to relieve the 35th Regiment,
and the remainder were to follow. Within a fortnight
the regiment is to be inspected at the Tower by Viscount
Hardinge, the General Commanding-in-Chief ; and it is
understood that after two or three months' duty in Lon-
don the regiment will be encamped on the new military
training ground, Aldershott-heath, Surrey. The em-
bodiment of the regiment has given quite an impetus to
enlistment in Essex, and recruits are daily coming in.
Orders were received at Doncaster on Tuesday for
the embodiment of the 3d West York Militia, whose
extra period of training would otherwise have expired
to-day. The regiment is to be sat into barracks at
Berwick-upon-Tweed. The staff are making out lists
of the married men, in case they should be excepted
from permanent duty. The percentage of married men
is very small. The officers, as well as the gr•iat majo-
rity of the men, have received with satisfaction the order
for their removal into garrison.
On Monday last the Shropshire Militia (more than
800 strong) assembled at Shrewsbury to go through their
28 days' training, and on Tuesday morning they were
addressed by their commanding officer, Colonel Hill,
who, having ascertained the willingness of his officers to
be permanently employed, then called upon the men of
the regiment to say if they were ready to accompany
their officers, and, if so, to show their assent by giving a
hearty cheer for their Queen. This was responded to in
a manner most gratifying to every English heart. From
the efficient state this corps was in at the end of last
year's training, we feel convinced that they will be
iaulid as ready as they are willing.

BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES.

The progress of the British North American colonies
has again been illustrated by returns just issued of the
immigration of the past year, and the continuous demand
for labour. It appears that, notwithstanding the current
to Australia, the total arrivals in Canada from Europe
in 1853 were only 61 per cent. below those of the pre-
ceding year, the numbers having been 36,699, against
39,176. Of this number, 18,972, or rather more than one
half, were natives of Ireland, 4,913 of Scotland, 3,928 of
England, 3,135 of Germany, and 5,123 of Norway; while
the remaining 628 were from Holland, Sweden, and
other places. In the Irish emigration the number of
females preponderated in a remarkable degree over
that of males, the difference being more than 18
per cent. This fact is attributed to the shipment of
young women from the poor unions, coupled with the
extent of remittances from settlers already prosperous, to
enable their wives and sisters to join them. Of the en-
tire number of 36,699 immigrants, the proportion that
remained in Canada was 25,195, while 11,504 passed
through to the United States, nearly the whole of t.he
Norwegian arrivals having been among the latter, owing
to the difficulties they experienced from ignorance of the
language, which would be obviated in the United States
by their availing themselves of some extensive settle-
ments already opened by their own countrymen in Wis-
consin. Their habits of industry and general suitable-
ness to the Canadian climate caused their departure to
be regretted. About 200, however, were induced t o
accept railroad employment at Hamilton, and itis
hoped that these may form a nucleus to induce otherto
s
for the future to become settlers. With regard
the general health of the emigrants of the past
season the accounts are satisfactory. The total
mortality was only 0.81 per cent., and the slight
excess which this shows over the previous year
is attributed entirely to the unusually protracted
passages to which several vessels were subjected, the
average number of days occupied by the various emi-
grant-ships from all the ports of Europe having been 48,
against 39 in the previous year. The number of ships
wrecked was four, involving a loss of 317 lives, and the
instances in which risk and discomfort were found to
prevail were mostly those in which iron formed the chief
part of the cargo—a fact that has led to the suggestion
m
of some regulation being made to prevent vessels con-
veying passengers from carrying ore
.than a certain
proportion of dead weight. On the question as to the
success of the several immigrants in finding employment,
nothing could be more decisive than the accounts
presented. In most cases they at once proceeded
up the country, and on reaching their destination
were seldom more than a few hours unemployed.
During the present season the demand for labour at high
wages is greatly increasing, owing to the vast railway
undertakings in progress, and with regard to women
qualified to act as servants, it is said the scarcity is such
that several thousands could be annually absorbed. The
immigration described in the present report refers only
to that which takes place by sea. A large number of
settlers arrive via the United States, the total during
the past season being estimated at 5,000, irrespective of
a great number of railway labourers temporarily at-
tracted from the Western States, owing to the cessation
of work in those legions, consequent upon the long-
continued pressure in the New York money market.

The following information regarding the colony of
Van Diemen's Land, intended for the use of emigrants,
has been printed by order of his Excellency Sir William
Denison, Lieutenant-Governor of the colony :
DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY.—The average length
of Van Diemen's Land is 165 miles, and the average
breadth 155 miles.
The island contains about 16 millions of acres, of
which nearly three millions are private property. The
remaining 13 millions aro Crown land ; and about two
millions of the latter are occupied by the settlers under

grazing licenses.
With this limited areathere is an extensive line of coast,
broken into at various points by deep bays and inlets, af-
fording not only accommodation for anyamount of foreign
trade, but facilitating the transport of produce from
one part of the colony to another—a matter of no trifling
importance, when the delay and difficulty attendant upon
transport by land in a new country is considered.
Hobart Town, the seat of Government, is situated on
the estuary of the Derwent, 40 miles within the southern
boundary of the colony.
Launceston is situated at the head of the navigation
of the river Tamar, about 40 miles within the northern
line of sea-coast.
Spring Bay on the east, and Port Davey and Macquarie
Harbour on the west, afford shelter for vessels : the
latter, which reaches far into the interior, has, however,
a bar at the entrance.
The means of communication are of a better descrip-
tion than are to be found in the other colonies of Aus-
tralia. A good turnpike-road extends from Hobart
Town to Launceston, a distance of 120 miles ; and this
is traversed by coaches at the rate of 10 miles per hour ;
the traffic being sufficient at present to support two day
coaches and one night coach each way.
The island, in general, is covered with an open forest,
without much underwood, and consisting of the different
gum trees, wattles, stringy-bark, she-oak, and other
trees bearing colonial names, all of which are evergreens,
the timber being in some situations close and heavy, and
in others the scenery resembling that of a park ; and the
natural pasture of both hills and plains affords support
to sheep, which are the chief source of profit to the set-
tlers, and also to cattle and horses ; turnip husbandry is
becoming general. The wheat of Van Diemen's Land
is considered of the finest quality ; and the potatoes are
excellent, forming an important article of the most pro-
fitable exportation to the neighbouring colonies. The
soil and climate are highly favourable to English fruits
and vegetables, to the culture and improvement of which
much attention is paid. Apple, pear, and other fruit
trees grow here, and come into bearing with a rapidity
unknown in England ; and apples, preserves,and onions
are extensively exported with great advantage. The cul-
tivation of hops is foliowed to a considerable extent; and
irrigation has in several places been successfully adopted.
There are large dairy establishments; and considerable
attention is given to the manufacture of butter and
cheese, which realise, the former 2s. 6d. to 35., and the
latter is. id. to is. 3d. per lb. retail. Various kinds of
excellent fish are obtained ; and also oysters ' • and, with
more attention than has hitherto been paid to it, this
branch of colonial industry might, in all probability, be
much increased. The timber of Van Diemen's Land is
valuable for ship and house building, furniture, &c., and
some kinds which split readily are extensively employed
in making post and rail fence for the enclosure of land,
and also for making shingles, wii h which the houses are
covered instead of slates. The colonial gums are also
useful ; and the bark of the wattle tree is largely ex-
ported for tanning, and also used in the colony in the
manufacture of leather. There are no formidable wild
animals, and the aboriginal natives are almost extinct,
the few who remain living willingly in one place, pro-
tected and supported by the Government.
Van Diemen s Land has, from the commencement of
the colony, been resorted to by free settlers of un-
questionable respectability. A large portion of the island is
either owned or rented by persons of established character,
many of whom are retired officers. The majority of
these persons have been long settled on the land which
they occupy. Their possessions are of various extent,
from perhaps 70,000 acres downwards. The settlers are
engaged in agriculture, in sheep and cattle farming, and
the cultivation of hops, &c. The country is studded
with their mansions, houses, and farm buildings, which,
in many instances, are of the most substantial and
superior description. Hobart Town is a city of con-
siderable size, containing 23,000 inhabitants, and 16
places of worship. Here, and in a smaller proportion at
Launceston, are numerous clergymen, merchants, pro-
fessional gentlemen, shopkeepers, master tradesmen, and
mechanics, and many Government officers and others,
of character certainly equal to those in a similar position
in other countries.
DEMAND FOB LABOUR.—The consideration of the
preceding observations will show that, even under ordi-
nary circumstances there must have been in Van
Diemen's Land a very considerable and increasing de-
mand for labour. There is now a most urgent necessity
for ordinary working people of all kinds, both male and
female, and this has been produced by a combination of
various causes.
The sudden increase of population in the adjacent
colony of Victoria, in consequence of the discovery of
gold, has raised the price of grain and other produce,
and has also created a greatly increased demand for
them ; and, as a large number of persons of the labour-
class have left this colony in search of gold (which pur-
suit, as will be hereafter explained, was formerly more
attractive to the inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land than
at present), the available agricultural labour of the
colony has been greatly diminished, at the time when a
large addition to the ordinary amount is rendered ne-
cessary by the increased demand for produce above re-
ferred to ; and, in a similar manner, the amount of
labour of all kinds has been reduced to an extent highly
injurious to the interests of the colony.
At the present time, expenses of some kinds are con-
siderable, and particularly house-rent and butcher's
meat. Beef is Bd. to 9d. per lb., mutton 7d. to Bd.,
and bread is 61d. the two-pound loaf ; but agricultural
labourers and domestic servants are provided by their
employers with lodging and a liberal supply of food—
and the wages of the •inechanics are so high that these
expenses are not felt by them as oppressive. Wearing
apparel and cloth, being imported, are, of course, not so
cheap as at home, but are reasonable in price. Tea and
sugar are cheaper than in England ; the former being
about ls. 6d. per lb. of an ordinary description, and
coarse sugar 3d. per lb. ; and a removal to this colony
must generally be to emigrants a change from poverty
or absolute want, not merely to comfort and an abund-
ance of all the necessaries of life, but to so great a facility
in obtaining money as enables the industrious and care-
ful to acquire property, and greatly to advance their
condition in life.
RATE OP WAGES.—Good carpenters, 10s. to 12s.
per day.
Bricklayers, stonemasons, stonecutters, blacksmiths,
coppersmiths, and brass-finishers, moulders, good hands,
Bs. to 10s. per day.
Wheelwrights and millwrights. 10s., 125., and 15s.
per day.
Engineer and fitter-up, 15s. per day.
Cabinetmakers and upholsterers, lls, per day. Some
of these can make 51. or 61. per week by piece-work.
Sawyers, from 10s. to 14s. per day, in Hobart Town ;
but they make much more by piece-work. Sawyers at
Huon River, where sawing is largely carried for home
consumption and exportation to Victoria, receive from
employers at least half the price of the sawn stuff, which
at present sells on the spot for fully 20s. per 100 feet.
It is considered that a pair of good sawyers can thus
earn with ease 101. per week. In general, sawyers
prefer sawing on their own account, paying is. a week
for liberty to cut timber on Crown land or making
agreements with owners of land for the same pur-
pose. In this manner they are able to earn much more
than the amount above stated ; and, in whatever mode
they are employed, many of those who work steadily
accumulate large sums of money. Persons employed in
splitting shingles and paling also realise large amounts in
a similar manner. Sawyers, axe-men, and navigators
are now advertised for at 11. per, day for six months

certain.
Shoemakers work by the piece, and are paid about
the following rates :—For making and closing strong
boots, 9s. 6d., for making and closing Wellington boots,
20s. ; women's shoes, for bottoming, 6s. ; women's
boots, for bottoming, 6s. 6d. Good hands may earn
41. a week.
Tailors are also paid by the piece, and a fair workman
can earn 41. 10s. per week. From 31. to 51. per week is
made, according to abilities.
Painters and glaziers, ordinary, 6s. to Bs. per day.
Good ornamental painters are so scarce that no rate can
be named for them. In this trade there is not so great a
demand for labour as in others, as painting is generally
deferred till a cheaper time.
Seamen receive, for short colonial voyages 101. per
month and provisions. For longer voyages they receive
even more, and no certain rate can be mentioned.
Married agricultural labourers obtain from 35/. to
701., or upwards, according to the qualifications of both
persons.
Single agricultural labourers, 181. to 30/.
Men servants, domestic, receive from 201. to 301., ac-

cording to ability.
Female domestic servants, from 121. to 301., accord-
ing to qualifications. Ordinary and useful domestic
servants, 141. to 161. Good cooks, 201. to 251. Good
needlewomen, who will be otherwise useful 16/.
These rates of remuneration are excessive, and are
the consequences of the discovery of gold. They may,
however, continue for a considerable period : the fall
will be gradual, and wages must be high for many years
to come.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ASSISTANCE AND PROTEC-
TION OF IMMIGRANTS, AND ESPECIALLY OF PER ALES.—
In order to prevent embarrassment and inconvenience
to emigrants on first reaching their drAinatien the
Government emigrant ships despatched by the Colonial
Land and Emigration Commissioners are under engage-
ment to support them on board for fourteen working

days a ft, er arrival, in order that they may have time to
form un; gagements or to obtain dwelling places.
Fm • the protection and advantageous settlement of
femal e emigrants, not under the charge of relatives, the
colon' Government has made the most careful provi-
sion. The ship is on arrival immediately visited by the
jinn* ;ration officer, by whom the capabilities and wishes
of eac h woman with regard to employment are ascer-
tained. . The women are then landed in ',Government
boats, and admitted
sto a large and commodious build-
ing, w. here beds, provisions, and other advantages are
provide •d for them. Here they remain some days to'
wash tl leir clothes and make preparations for service, in
the charge of an experienced matron, under the direc-
tion of the immigration officer. Persons who wish to
obtain t heir services are required to make written appli-
cation ; on which printed " authorities" are transmitted
to appro red applicants, who, on presenting them at the
depot, a, re at liberty to make arrangements with the
ea-no-rant: t by mutual consent ; the women receiving
suer, advi, ie and information as they may require. No
person is j. ie rmitted to hire any female from the depot
without the' " authority" above mentioned ; and as this
is sent only' to those who are known to be,suitable em-
ployers,
'oung woman can fall into improper hands
3
on first a.-ria al in this colony. These must be seen to
be very it ap• irtant advantages.
The gre at facility which exists of obtaining advan-
tageous ei igi i gements for female servants has been before
okiserved c rn ; and thus females with difficulty support
themselves ; at home, or whose relatives may find it in-
•Convenien •to provide for them, may safely avail them-
'selves of t he 'various modes of employment presented by
this golon
THE G OLD-FIELDS LESS ATTRACTIVE THAN FOR-
MERLY.—'. [IA labouring classes, for whose information
this paper it I chiefly intended, will probably say, that if
the workin g people of Van Diemen's Land found it more
to their ad IA antage to go in search of gold than to follow
their ordin 'al -3/ occupations, and that the existing scarcity
of lahour b a s thus been occasioned, would it not be more
to our adva x stage that we also should proceed to the gold
fields ? It h e therefore, proper to explain that the chief
emigration fi •om Van Diemen's Land to the gold fields
took place s ome time ago when the number of persons
digging for , gold being comparatively few, the facilities
and prospet is of success were greater ; and that, since
the arrival ia i Victoria of great numbers of persons from
various quay ters, the chances of individual success have
been much. smaller, and the expenses and difficulties
greatly incr eased ; so that, failure having become fre-
quent, and. a .vages having risen in Van Diemen's Land,
fewer pe rso ns have been tempted to try the lottery of
gold digg int ;. The effects of the former great attraction
of this pu rs nit are now, however, felt ; great numbers of
people are. ;one ; and the object is to replace them with
still great er • numbers, to the benefit of the colony, and
of the erni g rants who may come to it.
GENEEL 1.1 OBSERVATIONS. —The facts above stated re-
garding the actual condition of Van Diemen's Land ap-
peal to pl ai.r i common sense, and must be convincing that
there is le very inducement and just ground to urge upon
the atten ti.on of the labouring classes of the United
Kingdom ti ie benefits to be derived by themselves, and
to result to the colony from emigration to Van Die-
men's Laind.
It is w ell known that thousands suffer privation or
absolute Av:ant at home, who might live in comfort and
abundance, in this colony. The colonists are ready to
pay not om'y well, but extravagantly for labour, if they
can but get. it. Constant employment and most liberal
wages ;Are ready for all those who choose to work. They
may tonne by thousands without fear, provided only they
are able avid deposed to work. There is no ground to
apprehe ml that there will be too many of them, or that
at any ordinary rate of immigration they will come too
fast. V Tere it even probable tnat such would prove the
case, the Government would not pay the passage of more
emigrar its than were required.
The i ncrease of population will lead to the discovery
of new sources of employment ; and a longer space of
time th an this generation has any immediate concern
with ws ust elapse before the amount of labour will supply
the den and, or wages cease to be much higher than in
England ; and surely those who aro in want at home, or
those who have barely enough, should strive to come to
a land where they can obtain constant employment and
ample wages, and even though they should not—as
many appear to expect to do—rise at once, and without
exertioao, from want to affluence.

PARIS EXHIBITION OF 1855.

The following circular is now being issued by the De

partment of Science and Art :
" Marlborough House, Pall-mall, May 25, 1854.
" Sir (or Gentlemen),—The Department of Science
and Art has been directed to take the preliminary steps
for ascertaining the probable amount of space which the
manufacturers and other producers of Great Britain
will be prepared to occupy in the Paris Exhibition of
1855, it being of importance that these demands should
be communicated to the French Imperial Commissioners
with as little delay as possible.
" I have, therefore, to request you will acquaint me,
as soon as convenient, whether you are disposed to ex-
hibit, and if so, that you will fill up and return to me
the enclosed form (No. 3) before the Ist July at latest.
" Having been directed for the present to conduct the
correspondence upon the subject of the French Exhibi-
tion, I shall have great pleasure in affording, or obtain-
ing for you, any further information that may be requi-
site.
"I enclose a copy of the decrees and regulations is-
sued by the French Imperial Commission, as well as a
summary of the assistance offered by them and by the
British Government to intending exhibitors.
"I am, Sir (or Gentlemen), your obedient servant,
"H. C. OwEN, Captain, R.E."
The following is a brief summary of the conditions
upon which the Exhibition will be conducted :----
" The decrees and regulations issued by the Imperial
Commission of France give very full information as to
the principles upon which the Imperial Government pro-
pose to conduct the Exhibition of 1855, and an attentive
perusal of them is recommended to all those who desire
to co-operate in securing a fair representation. of British
industry on that occasion.
" Those regulations appear to be conceived in the most
equitable and liberal spirit, and there is no doubt that
that spirit will be met in a becoming manner by the
manufacturers and other producers of the British empire
and her colonies.
" It may be useful to sum up briefly the principal con-
ditions upon which the Exhibition will be conducted,
comprising the assistance offered to exhibitors by the
French commission, and that which the British authori-
ties will probably be empowered to offer.
"1. The Exhibition will open in Paris on the Ist
May, 1855.
" 9. The French commission will only communicate
with exhibitors from foreign countries through the com-
mission appointed by each country for that purpose.
" 3. No articles will be admitted from foreign coon-
Ties except with the sanction of such foreign commis-

sion.
" 4. Every article produced or obtained by human
industry, whether of raw materials, machinery, manu-
factures, or fine arts, are admissible, except—
" i. Living animals and plants.
"ii. Substances liable to become putrid from keeping.
"iii. Detonating and other dangerous substances.
" iv, Articles of extravagant size.
"5. All goods must reach Paris between the 15th of
January and 15th of March, 1855, which period may, in
a few exceptional cases, be extended to the 15th of
April.
"6. The French commission oilers to convey all
goods from the French ports or frontier to the building
in Paris without charge.
" 7. No charge will be made for rent.
" 8. Exhibitors and their agents will be admitted free
to the building (luring the whole period of the Exhibition.
" 9. Plain counters and partitions will be provided
without charge.
" 10. The French commission will find labourers for
unpacking, transporting, and arranging goods under
the direction of the exhibitors or their agents.
" 11. The French commission will provide shafting,
steam, or water-pressure for machines in motion.c _en.s
" 12. Exhibitors will be responsible for acirodm.sted
loss, or damage, but the fullest precautions are p
against such events.
13. The current trade price may be affixed to any
(4
goods if the exhibitors desire it.
" 14. Goods may be exhibited in bond,
and no duty
will be charged if re-exported.
(415. Exhibited goods present prohibited
France
the
French tariff may be adnaittaet d for consumption in
at an ad valorem duty
ofw made 20 pbeeref
ent.
to. insure one year's
" 26. Arrangements
protection to designs.
t0r(417. The g and inventions exhibited, with-
out cost to the
oods exh
will be examined by an international
jury, and rewards given, the nature of which will be pub-
lished.
4( is. The British authorities will undertake all ex-
es of general organisation and management, and
will defray the expenses of the transport and custom-
house agency of all goods delivered within a specified
time.
"19. A sufficient staff will be provided for giving
that attention to the goods of exhibitors which was
undertaken by the Commissioners for the Exhibition of
1851.
" 20. The expenses, which must in every case fall
upon exhibitors, will be—
"i. The carriage of the goods from the manufac-
tory or residence of the exhibitor to London.
" ii. The expense of glass-cases, shelves, brackets,
awnings, hangings, or decorations of the stalls, which
must all be undertaken under such restrictions as the
officers of the French commission may impose for the
sake of the general arrangements or appearance of the
Exhibition.
" iii. The unpacking, arrangement, and general
care of the goods during the Exhibition, except as far
as provided by paragraph 19.
"21. Demands for space are to be sent in before the
let of July, if possible, and in no case later than the let
of August.
"Forms of '.application for space, and other informa-
tion, may be had on application to the undersigned.
" EL. C. OWEN, Captain R.E.
"Marlborough House, Pall-mall, London.'