The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15) 1853

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AMERICA

ROYAL BUcKIN
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Compans,

t;losing i'rices
this day.

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this day.

Paid. I RAILWAYS.

ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC.
LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.
By the steam-ship Baltic we have advices from
New York to the 3d inst. She has brought 130
passengers, and $l,OOO in specie.
The Baltic passed the steamer Atlantic, from
Liverpool, going into New York.
The steamer Hermann, from Southampton, ar-
rived at New York on the Ist inst.
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Herald says, the Postmaster-General has deter-
mined to issue an advertisement for proposals, to
be received at the department here till the 31st of
October next, for conveying the mails of the United
States for six years from the Ist of October, 1854,
on all the ocean mail lines now in operation—
namely, the Collins', and Law,—Bremeu, Havre,
New York and New Orleans, New York and
Charleston, Savannah, San Francisco and New
Orleans, Vera Cruz, &c.
The New York Herald says it is rumoured that
the mission to France had been placed at the dis-
posal of the Hon. Francis B. Cushing, and that he
had consented to go.
The Washington correspondent of that journal,
writing on the same subject, says it is positively
asserted that the President has made the unquali-
fied offer of the French mission to at least one gen-
tleman besides General Dix, and that of Secretary
of Legation to two others.
The yellow fever was declining at New
.Orleans,
both in the number of cases and in malignity The
weather continued favourable and confidence in
.
the abatement of the epidemicwas increasing daily.
The fever was on the increase at Natchez, and on
the decline at Mobile.
A terrible explosion of gunpowder had occurred
at Wheeling, near Baltimore. One man was killed
and another seriously injured ; two steamers were
damaged ; a war-boat sunk, and thousands of
dollars worth of windows destroyed.
Havannah advices of the 25th ult. contain no
political news of importance. Sugars were un-
changed, but somewhat firmer, and would doubt-
less advance, should ships arrive, shipping being
very scarce, and freights quoted at 4/. a-ton for
Cowes and a market. The stock of sugar was
200,000 hogsheads, including that in second hands.
Exchange on London, 11f to 11 pm.
Telegraphic dispatches from Baltimore contain
late Guatemala advces.
Mexican news to the 21st of August state that
yellow fever was appearing in the State of Guer-
rero. The leaders of the outbreak at Guanjuato
were executed.
The Gazette of Guatemala contains an account of
the pursuit of the troops of Honduras which had
invaded Guatemala. The invaders were pursued
by General Vicente Rena on the Bth of July.
Several engagements were fought, in which the
Honduras Troops were
.worsted. The Guatemalans
were concentrating all their forces for the purpose
of making a decisive demonstration, and ere this,
beyond doubt, President Cabanas has been driven.
from Guatemala.
A good business had been transacted in the New
York stock market. The railroad shares had again
advanced, with large sales made. Bank shares
were heavy, and on the decline. Crystal Palace
shares had declined to 90 and 92. No change in

Loudon &
N. West.

all Bedford and
Bletchley
all Rhin. & Oxfd
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all Do. withoutgr
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all Do. wtht guar.
100 Buckghamsh.
all Clydesdale Jc.
100 E. Lincoln gr.
6 per cent.
all Glstr.&Dn.Fr,
all Hrtlpl. Dk. &
Railway
all Hull & Selby
all Do. Shares.
all Do. 4 Shares.
all Lon.& Greenw
all Do. Preference
100 Lowestoft gr.
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LOO Do. 6 per ct.
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all Middleibro' &
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all Northern and
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1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold d par
10s. all Anglo Californian
10 2 Australasian lid 6
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20 5 Australian
1 all Australian Cordillera i id
1 all Australian Freehold odd
1 all Ave Maria —
1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) da - par
1 all British Austrin. Gold fi d
20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 8
35 241 Brazilianlmp.(issued
at X 5 pm 3 31
30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 21 21
20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 32 333 d
1 1 Carson's Creek
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40 all Cobre Copper 434 441
5 1 Colonial
15 Copiapo
St. all Copper Min. of Eng 5O 60
25 all Do. Pref. 7 p. cent 6l —74 p
5 all English and Austrin.
Copper Smeltg .Co . 3 2 d
20 all General
2 all Great Nugget Vein- 4 p 24 2
2 all Do. Registered
3 all Great Polgooth
2 d
1 all Lake Bathurst — d
1 all Liberty
3 all Linares
1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold
Quartz Crush. Co. -
1 all Mariquita
10 9 Mexican&S.Amerien. 64 7
1 all New Granada 4d— par
1 all Nouveau Monde P
10 5 Nova Scotia Mining
and Copper Smeltg
5 1 Port Philip — id
1 all Quartz Rock
50 all Rhymuey Iron
15 15 Do. New —
30 Santiago de Cuba
1 all South Australian 1d par
10 7 Tin Croft 7 8
281 all United Mexican 3 34
1 all Waller 4d
1 all West Granada 4 d
1 all West Mariposa
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1 all Yuba
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
40 all Australasia 69 71 70 169
50 all British N. American
20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India,
Australia, & China 4d— par 2
100 25 Colonial
100 20 Commercial of Lond.
20 10 English Scottish and
Australian l4d -- id
20 15 Loud. Chart. Bk. of
Australia par 1 p
50 20 Loudon and County
50 10 London Joint Stock
100 20 Lond. & Westminster
20 2 London Bank of Aus-
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25 all ;Oriental Bank of
Corporation 46 -- 50
25 5 Do. New —
100 25 Provincial of Ireland
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25 all Union of Australia 6O 63
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MISCELLANEOUS

the money market.
Exchange on London, 109 to 1091 ; Paris, 5 131
to 5 15 ; Amsterdam, 401 to 41 ; Hamburg, 36k.
Cotton in good demand at an advance of to a
ic. per lb. The crop is reported to be seriously
injured by excessive rains. The supplies of flour
continued light, and large sales had been made for
future delivery at advanced prices. The wheat
market had been in an excited and unsettled state,
with large sales both on the spot and to arrive at
higher prices. Indian corn was also in good de-
mand, and dearer. Pork firm, at 15 to 151 dollars
for mess. Beef was held for 17 to 19 dollars per

tierce.
Freights to London without material change.

NEW ORLEANS, SEPT. 1.

The annual statement of commercial affairs at this
port is published in the prices current. It makes
the total receipts of cotton here for the year
1,665,000 bales, and the exports 1,645,000. The
totalvalue cf produce received here during the past
year was 134,000,000 dols., including 68,250,000
dols. in cotton, and 15,500,000 dols. in sugar. The
crops are in a favourable condition.
The brig Greeman, of and for Liverpool, from
' Kingston, Jamaica, with a cargo of coffee and log-
wood, ran ashore on the 15th ult. on Bocco Grande
bar, having mistaken the new lighthouse on Sand
Key for Double-headed Shot Keys light. She was
got off without much damage, and towed into Key
West by wreckers. The salvage on the ship Mara-
thon, which got ashore at Key West on her passage
to New Orleans, amounted to 10,965 dollars.

35 Australian Agricult. '
12 Australsn.Pcific. Mail
8 Australis. Royal Mail
384 Brit. American Land
326 Canada
5 Crystal Palace
2 Crystal Pal. of France
1 Eastern Steam
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14 Gen. Steam Navigat
14 General Screw Steam
5 Irish Beet:oot Sugar
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LLOYD'S SHIPPINO.-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, Sept. 15. —Wind this day at Noon, N.E.,
light breeze and cloudy.
DEAL, Sept,. 15.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived from the
River—Earl of Hardwicke, Madras.
OFF DUNGENESS.—Fortuna, Costa Rica, for Ham-
burgh.
LIVERPOOL. Sept. 15.—Arrived—Baltic (s), left 1:1 inst.,
on freight 1,000 dollars.
FALMOUTH, Sept. 14.—Wind, S.S.W., fresh breezes.
Arrived—Julia, Rio Grande; Helena, Rio Janeiro; So-
berano, Savannah ; Machado, Rio Janeiro.
SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 14.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Great
Western (s), Brazils ; on freight, in specie and diamonds,
11,0001. Sailed—Hydaspes (s), Cape of Good Hope and
India ; Washington (s), New York.
SHEERNESS, Sept. 14.—Wind, N. Arrived.—Henclriks,
London for Port Philip, with loss of foremast, from con-
tact with a vessel off Dungeness.
CLYDE, Sept. 13.—Arrived—John Parker, New York.
PLYMOUHTH, Sept. 14. —Wind, S. W. Off Port—
Delta, Callao ; Palm, Antigua ; Sir John Rae Reed, St.
Kitt's ; Mariner, Sierra Leone, for Sheerness ; Maria, Ha-
vannah, for Antwerp.
QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 13. Wind, S. W. Arrived—
Lady Franklin, Alcyab ; Margaret Milne, Callao.
OPORTO, Sept. B.—The Anemone, from London, struck
on a rock, 4th inst., and became leaky, but has been re-
paired, and is ready to proceed.
LISBON, Sept. B.—The Wasp, Newport to Wilmington,
put in hero 22th ult. very leaky, and will discharge.
RIO JANEIRO, Aug. 13.—The Brothers, from Dundee,
was lost, in lat. 38 S., long. 42 W. ; master, mate, and 12
hands saved by the Jane Howard, and landed here.
NEWYORK, Sept. 3.—The Douce David (British barque),
for Belize, was wrecked on the Mosquita shore, about the
end of June. The Freeman, of (and bound to) Liverpool,
from Jamaica, went on shore on the Becca Grand Bar, 14
miles E. of Key Weel, Aug. 15 ; cargo discharging. The
Emperor, of Halifax, New York to Honduras, was
stranded near Portobello, July 26 ; is much damaged, and
not expected off ; crew saved. The Palendar, St. John's,
N.B. to the Clyde, which was on shore on Black Rock
previous to Aug. 24, but was assisted off to Westport, with
considerable damage.
PERNAMBUCO, Aug. 21.—The Little Pet, of Scilly,
sailed hence Aug. 2, for the Channel, sprang a leak after
being at sea 48 hours, and was abandoned .Aug. 7, with
7 feet water in her bold ; was subsequently fallen in with
by the Ceres, Sumatra to New York, which put on board
of her a mate and four hands, who brought her to anchor
off this port on the 7th ; was afterwards compelled to slip
and run from the port ; struck on a rock, got off, and went
on shore ; discharged part of the crew, and has been sold.
The Maria, of Liverpool, homeward bound, foundered in
a heavy gale ; crew picked up by the Spanish barque
Guayaquil.

BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.
DEAL, THURSDAY, 10 A.M.
Wind, E.S.. moderate and cloudy. Passed—Earl of
Hurdwicko, from London, for Madras ; Nuevo Vigilante,
from Shields, for Trieste. Sailed—Sea Nymph, for River.
Louise received orders for Antwerp.

EXCESSIVE COOLNESS.—On Tuesday afternoon, as
one of the partners in the firm of Messrs. Booth, manu-
facturers, of Holmfirth, was passing from one warehouse
to another in Huddersfield, he lost his pocket-book,
which contained two cheques on the Huddersfield
Banking Company for 6191. Unfortunately on disco -
vering his loss he did not proceed instantly to the bank,
which was only some 200 yards distant, to stop the pay-
ment of the cheques. On his going there shortly after-
wards he found that both cheques had been presented at
the counter, and paid to a young man who was said to
bear a strong resemblance to the loser of the cash. The
payment was made in 2191. in gold, 2001. in Bank of
England notes, and 2001. in notes of the Huddersfield
Banking Company ; and the person had only left the
counter a few minutes before the owner of the cheque
entered. The cashier, on being informed of the loss,
was greatly surprised at the coolness of the presenter of
the cheques, for he said the young man was fully 20
minutes in counting the cash, took up a great space on
the counter, and counted the money in a very bungling
but cool manner.

GHAMSHIRE AGRICUL-
ASSOCIATION.

The annual meeting of the Royal Buckingham-
shire Agricultural Association was held yesterday
at Aylesbury. In the course of the morning the
society's annual ploughing match took place in a
field about a mile out of town, where some 15
ploughs entered into competition for the prizes that
were offered ; and at 2 o'clock the members of the
association dined together, to the number of nearly
100, at the George Inn, Mr. W. Lowndes in the
chair, supported by M:. Disraeli, M.P., Mr. Dupre,
M.P., Mr. T. T. Bernard, d-c.
The CHAIRMAN gave, in succession, " The
Queen," " Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal
Family," and " The President of the Royal Buck-
inghamshire Agricultural Association, the Duke of
Buckingham," which toasts were drunk with the
usual honours.
Mr. DUPRE then proposed "The Health of Mr.
Lowndes, the President of the day," and that gen-
tleman returned thanks.
Mr. BERNARD gave " Success to the Royal Buck-
inghamshire Agricultural Association." The so-
ciety, he observed, had now reached its 21st year,
and had given great encouragement to agricultural
industry, especially among the humbler classes,
who had been stimulated to exert themselves to
better their condition in life. (Hear, hear.) He
was happy to be able to congratulate the meeting
on the comparative prosperity which the farming
interest was now enjoying, and this was the more
gratifying, because it was co-existent with the pros-
perity of every class of industry in the country.
(Cheers.) Though they were, of course, anxious to
promote their own interest in the first place, yet,
he was sure no one present wished to better himself
at the expense of any other portion of his fellow-
countrymen. (Hear, hear.)
The toast was drunk with great cheering.
Mr. COOLEY returned thanks on behalf of the
association.

I have come to, and, indeed, have always been of
the opinion, that societies like the present have a
tendency to elevate the condition, because they
elevate the feelings, of the labouring classes of the
country. (Cheers.) I have no doubt we might do
more, but it is a great deal to do something con-
tinuously for 21 years. Many societies may be seen
starting with very great and commendable efforts,
and with much greater promises, but where are
they at the end of five, or even of three years ?
(Hear.) When you see a society that has existed
for 21. years under all imaginable circumstances,
and has still continued to bring together so large
an assembly as the present for purposes so pare
and honest and honourable as those that have
brought us together, then I say we have done that
which we may reasonably congratulate ourselves
upon. (Hear, hear.) It may lead to greater co *-
sequences. It may be the foundation of certainly
greater efforts to ameliorate the condition of the
working classes of this country, but no one oaa
deny that the principle which we adopted 21 years.
ago was a sound principle, that the results which
have accrued from putting it in practice have been
satisfactory and beneficial, and that the genaral
effect of this society has been to elevate the fee
ings and the condition of the labouring classes o
the county of Buckingham. (Cheers.) That is
subject of considerable interest, and at no time has
it ever been of greater interest than the present.
We know well that very great changes are taking
place, and that the whole tendency of these ap-
pears to be to occasion very great changes in the
condition of the labouring classes of the country
generally. If, for example, it be true that it is
more than probable a very considerable eleva-
tion in the condition of the labouring classes of
this country may occur, upon which I will now
give no opinion, because it is a subject that leads
to great argument, and is one, no doubt, of
considerable controversy, it is something to say,
that before that change has taken place, we have
shown our sympathy with the labouring classes,
and have prepared them for the more elevated po-
sition which, perhaps, they may be called on to
assume. Here is the machinery, and here has
been the machinery now for a considerable num-
ber of years, which has shown to the people about
us that we recognise their claims and the respecta-
bility of their position, and that we have always,
so far as lay in our power, been prepared to reward
them for meritorious conduct and to give them
every inducement to show that they were worthy
of the sympathy of the community.. Now, no one
can tell in an age of rapid change like the present
what may be the condition of that particular class
in whose fortunes and condition we are to-day
more immediately interested. Our proceedings
have been stopped for a moment because we have
been told some of the candidates of the day were
not prepared to receive that humble but ever min-
cere recognition which we are going to make o
their achievements. The ploughmen are not ready
to appear, but we shall soon see them. But how
do we know what will be the condition of the
ploughman in the course of a year or so ? I have
recently read, and all of you, no doubt, have done
the same, on the information of a gentleman of
considerable authority in such matters, that the
plough would be, and is,
in fact, completely super-
seded. We have at all times thought that what-
ever revolution occurred, either in circumstances or
even in opinions, it wa.s always safe to say, " Speed
the plough ;" but now we live in an age, and we
have arrived at a period, when it is very doubtful
whether, in saying " Speed the plough," we may
not be almost as old-fashioned as if we were to say
" Success to the jarvey." (Laughter.) Well,
gentlemen, when these great material changes are
taking place, what I want to impress on you—
though, indeed, the very principle of this associa-
tion that brings us together shows that it is quite
unnecessary for me to impress it on you, because
you are aware of it—l say that whatever are the
changes in material affairs, let there be no change
in our moral principle—(cheers)--and, though the
plough may be superseded, let us make the English
labourer understand that if he cease to be a plough-
man he still will be a member of a community that
respects his virtues if he shows them, and of a
community that is prepared to recognise and
reward his good qualities, if he proves that he is
entitled to that respect and to those rewards.
(Cheers.) I therefore consider that this society,
which has now, I am glad to say, subsisted for 21
years, is founded on a right principle. What is
that principle ? It is the principle that acknow-
ledges that there is a sympathy of sentiment and
an identity of interest between the employer and
the employed. (Cheers.) That is really the prin-
ciple that brings us together, and that is the senti-
ment which we ought, by our devotion and adhe-
sion, to consecrate, and by our taking every oppor-
tunity of proving that we are faithful to it. (Hear,
hear.) Then you may rely on it, that whatever
changes may occur—and in this age we must be
prepared for the greatest, and even for the wildest
changes,—so long as that principle is acknowledged
by us we may look forward to those changes with-
out apprehension, because we shall all of us be
members of a society founded on the principle of
public virtue, and upon an acknowledgment that,
whatever may be the circumstances we have to
meet, we recognise that between all classes of men
the principle of justice and good feeling should be
the governing principle to regulate our conduct.
(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, with these feelings, I
can only repeat that it is with the greatest gratifi-
cation I find myself again at the side of my excel-
lent friend the chairman as your guest—if, indeed,
I may call myself your guest, who am a member
of your society. There are very few meetings
at which I have, unfortunately, been present
since its formation. I believe my absence has
always been accounted for by reasons that even
you have considered valid, and you may rely upon
it that so long as I have the honour of being your
representative, I will never permit any circumstance
but one, over which I have no control, to prevent
me being present at the annual meetings of your
society, the general effect of which has been most
beneficial to the county of Buckingham. (Cheers.)
The prizes were then distributed to the plough-
men.
Several other toasts were given, and the party
separated.

The prizes awarded by the association to indi-
viduals of the labouring class for merit of various
kinds were here distributed by the chairman—the
successful competitors, upwards of 20 in number,
being mustered in the centre of the room. Among
other prizes was one of 21. 10s. given by Mr.
Disraeli to a veteran labourer " for having had
borne to him in lawful wedlock 11 children, and
brought up nine without parochial relief ;" also
by Mr. Disraeli a prize of 1/. 10s. to another per-
son " for having had borne to him is lawful wed-
lock seven children, and brought them all up
without parochial relief." A third prize of 1/. by
the right hon. gentleman was given to a man who
had brought up four children under similar cir-
cumstances. Then followed a list of prizes to ser-
vants, male and female, for lengths of service and
other qualifications, varying from li. to 3/. ; and
the " society's coat and buttons," being a species
of uniform, to five old and industrious farm la-
bourers. This duty being over, and the healths of
" The Successful Candidates " having being duly
honoured,
The CHAIRMAN, after a few laudatory remarks,
proposed "The Me .nbers for the County, Mr.
Dupre and Mr. Disraeli," which was drunk with
e-reat enthusiasm.
.t,
Mr. DUPRE, who was loudly cheered, returned
thanks for the honour done him, and observed,
that he was prevented from ente :hag upon any dis-
cussion
of political questions, as it was a rule of
the society that the ordinary topics of party warfare
should be excluded from their meetings. Though
in former times they had not been backward in al-
luding to topics that affected their own important
interests, yet party questions had always been ex-
cluded, and he would not now be the first to in-
fringe that wholesome regulation. (Hear.) He
could not help congratulating them, however, on
the fact that amid all the changes which had taken
place that society still continued to flourish. (Hear.)
He candidly confessed that since they last met
things had not gone on as they then anticipated.
It had been his object to support, as far as he
could, those who had brought forward measures
which he believed were for the interest of the
country—measures which were introduced in no
retrograde spirit, but in harmony with what he
considered to be the true spirit and tendencies of
the age ; and he was now prepared to give his sup-
port to good and useful measures, come from what-
ever quarter they might. (Hear.) He was glad
-to acknowledge the present prosperity, which he
hoped was not of a temporary nature, but such as
would take deep root in the country, and promote
• its lasting interests. (Cheers.)
' Mr. DISRAELI on rising was received with seve-
ral rounds of applause. He said—Gentlemen, the
relations between us are so intimate that I am sure
it is unnecessary for me to say I must appreciate,
in the manner and in the spirit which it deserves,
the honour you have conferred upon me, together
-with my hon. colleague, in drinking our healths.
I have had the honour now for some years of act-
ing with my hon. friend, Mr. Dupre, in the
House of Commons, as your representative, and,
without referring to those political subjects which
he has properly observed are not matters for our
discussion on occasions like the present, I can truly
say that on all questions in which your local in-
terests are concerned I have ever found in him a
wise counsellor and an earnest and able supporter.
(Cheers.) With regard to the society which has
brought us together this day, I confess that I have
ever felt for it an interest which circumstances, I
think, have perfectly justified. (Hear, hear.) I
had the honour, I believe, of being present at
its first meeting, and I have the pleasure to-day of
hearing its majority toasted by the Colonel of
the Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (Mr. Bernard), a
very proper person to introduce such a subject to
your notice. (Hear.) This is a society the objects
of which were much less ambitious originally than
those of many other agricultural societies that
have not lasted so long ; and there has been no society
of the kind whose purpose and whose objects have
been more misrepresented than the present. (Hear,
hear.) It is one that, from the first, it was the
interest of persons to describe and denounce as a
political machine • but I think I may truly say,
that during the 21 years that it has existed its con-
duct has been such as to show that those accusa-
tions had no foundation ; and, at the present mo-
ment, when no question of immediate urgency and
interest connected with the class who are chiefly
members of the society is in existence, we find by
this well-filled room to-day, and this largely at-
tended assembly, that the principles which bring
us together, and which have always brought us
together, have been deep and sincere, and that they
have been perfectly independent of any of the
transitory passions of the hour. Those who have
just now been assembled round our table, I think,
perfectly justify the character which I claim for the
society, and account for the interest which those
who are at all connected with this county must
ever feel in it. I remember that even the rewards
which we offered have been ridiculed. They are
no doubt humble rewards, but they are rewards
that gratify the humble. (Cheers.) They are not
offered to those who have just received them with
so much heartfelt delight as the rewards of virtue,
but as symbols on our part that we respect the vir-
tues. And when it is said that a man may serve
for 40 years and receive at the end of it only 405.,
the critics who make use of such arguments show
themselves profoundly ignorant of the feelings of
the peasantry of this country, and of the motives
that have produced societies like the present. Why,
if once you admit that a mere pounds, shillings, and
pence estimate of human conduct ought to govern
rewards in human life, I should like to know how
many anomalies you might not point out, and how
many ridiculous results you might not hold up to
public contempt ? But that is only because you choose
yourselves to adopt the lowest test for that which
we esteem to be the highest conduct. (Hear, hear.)
It is, however, unnecessary for me to make a re-
mark on this subject, because the best refutation
of all these charges are the feelings of the labour-
ing classes of this country when they appear among
us, and when their merit is recognised by the
means which are at our disposal, and in the man-
ner which it has been our custom to adopt in this
county. (Hear, hear.) I have no hesitation my-
self in saying—and not doubt you will all, many
of you having more extensive opportunities of ob-
servation than I have had, agree with me in stating
—that this society, limited as its influence must
necessarily be, has produced during the term of its
existence a very beneficial effect, and that the in-
ducements that it holds forth to the labouring
classes of this county are looked up to by them
with considerable interest, and with an estimate
very different from that formed by those who make
critical remarks on circumstances of which they are
very indifferent judges. (Cheers.) There is not a
single shepherd or ploughman, or dairy maid, who
enters this room to receive a reward, who does not
comprehend that it is offered to them in conse-
quence of their moral conduct, and as a reward for
their skill and assiduity. (Hear, hear.) They do
not at all measure the recognition by the mere
amount that is paid them, though that is not des-
picable—but they feel that they leave this room,
after having received that recognition of their con-
duct, as elevated in their sphere. (Cheers.) And
I know well that our friends here, who receive the
uniform of the society, the honourable recognition
of their labours, go to church in the green coat
which they have gained, with the same pride--the
feel
same rational pride—which the nobleman rnay
when he goes in his blue riband to Court, if be has
merited that distinction. The principle that dictates
the reward is exactly the same, and why should not
we give credit to them for being influenced exactly
by the same feelings ? My own conviction is that they
are influenced by the same feelings, and therefore

NEW REGULATION ON PROPERTY FOUND IN CABS
AND OMNIBUSES.—There is a new regulation in the
Metropolitan Carriages Act, with respect to property
found in cabs and omnibuses. It is enacted by the 11th
section of the 16th and 17th Vic., cap. 33, that the
driver of every hackney carriage wherein any property
may be left, shall, within 24 hours, carry the same, if
not sooner claimed by the owner, in the state in which
be shall find the same, to the nearest police-station, and
deposit the same with the inspector or other officer on
duty, upon pain that every such driver, making any
default, shall be liable to a penalty, not more than
101., or, at the discretion of the magistrate, may be im-
prisoned for any time not exceeding one month ; and
the officer with whom the property is deposited shall
enter it into a book with particulars, and the property
so entered shall be returned to the person who shall
prove to the satisfaction of the police commissioners
that the same belonged to him, such person previously
paying all expenses incurred, together with such reason-
able sum to the driver who brought the same as the
commissioners shall award. If the property is not
claimed within a year it is to be sold, and the proceeds
paid to the Receiver-General of the Inland Revenue
after the expenses, and the sum awarded to the driver
by the police commissioner. All property found in any
metropolitan carriage is to be_ deposited in the same
manner, under a similar penalty or imprisonment, and
if not claimed within a year, to be sold, and the money
applied as mentioned in cabs. This is a new provision
on the subject.
THE POOR-LAW BOARD ON THE MEANS OF REMOVING
NUISANCES.—The guardians of the Holborn Union hav-
ing made a communication to the Poor-law Board,
stating that frequent instances had been brought under
their notice of the existence of nuisances, which they
found the provisions of the Nuisances Removal and Dis-
eases Prevention Act quite inadequate to suppress, and
requesting assistance to suppress such evils, the reply of
the Poor-law Board was as follows : " Poor-law
Board, Whitehall. lam directed to state that the board
have had the subject under their consideration, and are
of opinion that the guardians have no power or autho-
rity which will enable them to remedy the evils referred
to, except as arising under the statute 2d and 3d of Vic-
toria, c. 71, s. 41, or the Nuisances Removal Acts, 11th
and 12th of Vict., c. 123, and 12th and 13th Vict., c.
111. The last of these statutes gives a remedy against
the occupiers of any house which is duly certified to be
in such a filthy and unwholesome condition that the
health of the immediate neighbourhood is thereby affected
or endangered ; but in cases where the occupiers of the
premises are very poor, the remedy would, probably,
be of very little avail to the guardians. If, however,
complaints are made to the guardians by two or more
householders, or certificates laid before them by the
medical or relieving officers as to the filthy and un-
wholesome condition of the premises, in conformity with
the provisions of the two latter statutes, which admit of
proceedings being taken against the owners as well as
the occupiers, the board see no reason why a remedy
may not be obtained, so far as to place the premises in
a good state, by abating the nuisances referred to.—l
am, &c„ COURTNEY, secretary.
FURTHER DISCOVERIES OF GOLD IN SCOTLAND.—A few
days ago it was stated that a gentleman named Calvert
had discovered gold in Westmoreland and Cumberland.
It now appears that he has pursued his researches in
Lanarkshire and Dumfriesshire, in both of which dis-
tricts he has been successful in finding gold. In the Vale
of IVlenuich, at the Glendaran Burn, about four miles
from Wanlock Head, he obtained a piece of gold weigh-
iLnegad4 duwiltlss. t
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gold
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egfh,a and of aehdaarraketceorl. It
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ap-
pearedetoslabes, generally diffused on the red soil resting on
the lay slate
chiefly running north and south, inter-
sected with quartz strings running in the same direction.
Mr. Calvert found gold in about 14 burns- Or rivulets,
mainly tributaries of the Elvin Water and Glengonnan.
Some of the quartz looked at was auriferous, and had a
very fine gold disseminated through it.