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110(FIDALE.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA, ITS MINING
INTERESTS, &c.

Our attention has been called during the past week to
this thriving settlement, by the delivery at Crosby Hall
of the first of a series of three lectures on its past and
present condition, by James Allen Esq., for several
years the editor and proprietor of the South Australian
Register, the leading Adelaide newspaper. Mr. Allen's
fitness for the task of lecturing on this subject is as
great as it is undeniable. To considerable talents as a
public speaker he subjoins an intimate acquaintance
with all the local interests of the colony, and has been
for years an attentive observer of all that has been
passing around him in the whole of our southern de-
pendencies. He has, too, the confidence of those whose
interests he represents, although, as we have reason to
know, his advocacy is an unpaid and a disinterested one,
But our object is not so much to call attention to Mr.
Allen's lectures as to intl.,. duce a few facts connected
.vith the mining interests and general statistics of the
,edony, which have lately been brought under our
antic . In this, the youngest of our Australian
,adonies, there are at this rnement, it seems, six copper
lnd three lead mines, in full work, and that others are
about to be opened, For the purchase of public lands,
which these mines are situated, there has been paid.
Into the hande of the Commissioners and into the Colonial
Treasury, during the past year, a sum of not less than
75,000/., and a great part of this is now being expended
In sending out miners, and other free emigrants, to the
colony. Its export of copper ore to this country, 'during
that period, under all the disadvantages attendant upon
the first opening of mines, has amounted to nearly
50.0001., and its export of lead has been considerable.
rhe value of this ore, as appears from the returns of the
sales at Swansea, is much greater than that of any other
British or Foreign mines, if we except Chili, and hence
the ore is sent home, fur the most part, not in its raw,
but in a calcined state. The returns of the South
Australian ores have been from 13/. lls. 2d. t 0241. 153.3 d.
per ten. Of course, the opening of these mines
hare been, and must be, a great source of wealth
to the colony, and are now attracting a large amount of
capital towards it. At the end of 1845 the population of
this colony was 22,000 souls, and of these about 9,000
resided in Adelaide, the capital of the province, the rest
wing engaged in mining and agricultural pursuits.
Adelaide is a large and well-built town, and is daily in-
creasing in its size and comfort. The port is a free port
to ships of all nations, the Colonial Legislature having
lately abolished all harbour and pilotage dues ; and the
Colonial Government being now dependent for its sup-
port upon the customs duties, which are found to be
ample. The imports of the colony for 1845 were
156.240/., and its experts 134.1241. Its exports of wool
alone amounted to 1,231,9201 b., valued at 56,4631. Of
sheep it has at present between 700,000 and 800.000 ;
horned cattle between 30,000 and 40,000 ; and of horses
about 1,500. A large export in grain is carried in to the
other colonies, and some of it has been brought home,
And has fetched the highest prices in Mark-lane. Alto-
gether, the colony is in a most thriving condition, and is
likely to continue so, if the mines hold as well as they at
present afford promise. Mr. Allen, we hear, is about to
deliver a separate lecture en the mines of South Aus-
tralia shortly somewhere in the City.

AN ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN FRIENDLY COHNIINI-
CATION WITH THUNDER-STORMS.—A very extraordinary
phenomenon was observed on the electric telegraph between
New York and Baltimore, on Thursday afternoon, the like of
which was never before known to man. Three thunder
storms, each some thirty or sixty miles from the other, were
all coming east on the telegraph route about the same time,
and every discharge of electricity from either was duly re-
corded, by lighting Itself, in the telegraph office, at Jersey
city, Philadelphia, I`, ilmington, or Baltimore. The wires altogether beFame unmanageable, and the operators being
obliged to withdraw the batteries used for writing, the
visitor from the clouds had the field to itself. The letters' of
Morse's telegraphic alphabet w hich this natural lightning
seemed to be most partial to, were L and T, but occasionally
It went at the numerals, and dashed off l's, 50's, 55's, 500's,
and 5,000's in its own rapid style. We learn, that when two
or more thunder clouds get in the same vicinity, and dis-
charge their electricity at each other, or receive the fluid
from the earth and return it again, or when ground light-
ning prevails, the effects on the telegraphic wires is to pro-
duce a strange and original language, which may yet be
made intelligible. In fact, each kind of lightning speaks for
itself, and writes what it sa3 s.—New York Sun.
THE LORD MAYOR AND THE SPECTACLE MAKERS'
COMPANY.—The Lord Mayor has fallen into awful disgrace
with the Spectacle Makers Company, of which he is a mem-
ber, in consequence of his Lordship's non-appearance at their
dinner at Blackwell on Friday last. It appeared that his
Lordship had some time ago engaged to dine with his Com-
pany on that day, but that the Association of Licensed
Victuallers' School having waited upon him with a powerful
appeal in favour of their charity, urged by Mr. David Wil-
hams Wire and other eloquent friends, he consented to violate
etiquette in favour of so unanswerable a claim, and took the
chair of the Licensed Victuallers' Association at White Con-
duit House on the day of their annual festival. The apology
which his Lordship sent to the Spectacle Makers' Company
was treated with contempt by the great body of the Com-
pany assembled at dinner; and Sir George Carroll and Mr
Clarkson the barrister made ineffectual attempts to reconcile
the malcontents to his Lordship's absence, in consideration
of the occasion on which the chief magistrate had made his
election against the invitation, which was merely one o r
ostentation and conviviality, and in favour of one which
must inevitably tend to render service to a great charity',
aril as surely draw money from his purse. It was in vain
every aft-y:1 was made by several other gentlemen to make
allowance for the motive which the Lord Mayor had showrt
for giving the preference; the moment his name was men-
tioned the room echoed with groans and hisses, and the in-
dignation of the company vented itself in a variety of ways
in the course of the evening interfering most seriously with
the conviviality of the party.
RUINOUS EFFECTS OF THE REPEAL OP THE CORN
LAWS.—INFORMATION FOR THE DUKE OF RICALMOND.--LaSt
Saturday, a sale of property belonging to the late Mr. John
Nunn, of Hitcham, took place at the King's Head Inn, Bil-
det4m. Thellot, containing eight acres of arable land,
thatched cottage, small barn, and a few out-buildings, sold
for 480/., and have since been let for 301. pt r annum.—Stiffolit
Chronicle.

FREE TRADE MEASURES.—On the receipt of the
intelligence at Truro, on Saturday last, that the great free-
trade mea-ures of Sir Robert. Peel had finally passed the
House of Lords, Mr. Charles Hawke, woolstapler, of Pydn-
street, hoisted a flag on his premises, bearing the inser;ption
" Death to Monopoly," fired a salute of 51 guns,
gave
the workmen in his employ a good substantial sur:per in cele-
bration of the event.—West Briton.

11 THE PASSING OF THE 1.,0gN BlLL—Every prepank---
tion was made by the Free Traders of Rechdale
tify their joy at the passing of the Corn Bill. 0.
day last, a messenger was sent to Manchester Y.9r'414-ge•-
purpose of bringing. the glad news as soon. as egtet.4l,
arrive in that place, by the first train that left for,Roch•eet :1
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dale. It was well known that the Vicar who canie*:efr,e47,
his present living fresh from the Queen abusing Brad.-
Shaw dinner, would be opposed to the ringing -of;Vu? I Nia
hells .at the parish church. At two o'clock on Friday • - 7
afternoon, the churchwardens had a meeting in the
vestry, which gave them full possession of the church.
On the outside were the ringers, ready for action as sot a
as tlet signal should be given, from within. By the
two o'clock train, the messenger arrived with the
newspaper, and intimated the nets to the wardens, who
threw open the doors for the ringers. Wardens, ringers,
and a few dauntiess friends, who were there in case of
need, proceeded to the b. lfry, and when there, not only
locked the door after them, bat barricaded it with a large
piece of woo'', to prevent any one from ttithout entering.
This being done, the b lls struck up a merry pe it of
tejoicine, that the starvation laws were repealed. Ere
long, the very thing happened ill it was expected. The
Vicar is heard thumping at the door for admittance; he
begs, he prays, he threatens awl entreats, but all to no
purpose, a deaf ear is turned to both prayer and threats
—6‘ the hells go merry as a marriage peal." Finding
this unavailing, he departs, but soon returns again,
accompanied by his- oen warden, the clerk, and the
grave digger, "grinning horribly a ghastly smile."
This time the party had a crow bar with them, which
was used in breaking open the door. Seeing the door •
give way under this mechanical power, Mr. George
Proekter, one of the wardens, open( d it, and let the party
rn. The Vicar advanced to the middle of the roeear
ordered the ringers to cease ringing, and leave the
steeple. Then he desired the clerk to take down the
games of those he knew. Mr. Preckter entreated the
Vicar to subdue his passion, as he had given orders for
the ringing of the belle, and would take all responsibility
upon himself. He feared no citation to the Ecclesiastical
Court on that score, as the bells were under the control
of the wardens, and not the vicar. Upon this the
Doctor threatened what he would do if they did not
cease ringing and leave the place. Mr. Thomas Livesay,
one of the outgoing wardens, who was present, said,
if he was warden the bells should be rung in spite of •••
anybody; the Doctor had only power of the pulpit, not
the belfry. Upon this the clerk took Livesey by the
collar, and the latter seized his assailant in his iron
grasp, by the breast, saying, " but for the place in
which they were, he would mash his frontispiece." The
vicar interfered,. and deprecated the conduct of his clerk
for resorting to physical force. Mr. Prockter then ap-
pealed to the Vicar on the propriety of ringing the bells
on this occasion. Ile said it was not a party, but a
great public question ; the Commons of England sanc-
tioned it, the peers had passed it, and the Queen bad
riven her gracious consent to it. Even the bench of
Bishops had supported that measure in their place in Par-
liament, and he wished to call his attention to the speech
delivered by Dr. Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford, on this
subject. It was worthy of perusal, as the Learned Pre-
late was a century in advance of his cloth. Every night
when he (the speaker), fell upon his knees he had been
taught to say—" Give us this day our daily bread ;" and
he had frequently heard him (the vicar) make use of the
same form of prayer in the pulpit. Now that prayer
had been answered, the law that prohibited the poor man
goiog down to Egypt in a time of scarcity tor corn, had
baen repealed • and he had ordered the bells to ring in
celebration of the triumph of freedom over tyranny, for
freedom is the original gift of God, and tyranny is the inno-
vation. —On Monday evening, the friends of free trade held
a meeting, which was called by circular, at Mr. Twee-
dale's hotel, to take into consideration the best means
,if celebrating the triumph of free trade. Resolutions
were passed that Wednesday, the Bth of July, should
be kept as a holiday, and that there should be a pro-
cession on the occassion, commencing at Cronkey
Shaw, near Mr. Bright's factories. It was also recom-
mended that the factory masters and others should
regale their workpeople with a dinner on that day,
after the procession. A resolution was passed, that an
address, approving of Sir R ;bete Peel's free-trade policy,
should he got up and presented to him. This resolution,
did not pass without opposition from a part of the meet-
ing, on the ground that Sir Robert did not see the ne-
cessity of free-trade till its advantages were pointed out
by others. When the news arrived in Rochdale, flags
with free-trade mottoes were exhibited upon the tops of
many of the factories and mills, and the great mass of
the people appeared highly pleased with the passing of
;he Bill.—Leeds Mercury.

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