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London, England, 1856-07-29 00:00:00

17,742,9981., whilst for 1855 it was 11,508,9041., AN ENGLISHMAN'S ACCOUNT OF TB
showing a decrease of 6,174,0941. The total value RISING A.T BARCELONA.
of exports for 1851 was 11,787,2261., against
13,469,1941. in 1855, showing an increase of
1,681,9681. This increase arises from the produce
of the gold fields, which exhibit an export of
10,903,6451. for 1855, against 8,255,550 for 1854.
Wool for the same period shows a falling-off in the
exports of 239,3131., being 1,390,6211. for 1855,
against 1,629,9341., for 1854.
Around the gold fields wheat culture is largely
on the increase, and steam flour mills are in the
course of erection. Three times the breadth of
wheat has been sown in many districts as com-
pared with the last.
The papers complain of the decrease in the num-
ber of of immigrants.
Tho electric telegraph is about to be extended to
the principal gold regions.
The members of the Philosophical Institute at
Melbourne had given a complimentary banquet to
the Rev. Dr. Scoresby.

Having just seen in a copy of your journal (Times) a
telegraphic message received at Paris, conveying the im-
pression that order was restored at Barcelona on Satur-
day, the 19th, I venture to trouble you with a real state-
ment of facts, having been an eye-witness from the com-
mencement of the outbreak, ou Friday, the 18thf till
order was completely restored, which most certainly it
was not till the Tuesday following.
I arrived from Malaga at Barcelona on Thursday
afternoon, the 17th. Upon approaching that port Nvo
were not allowed to land till the captain first went on
shore and gave the authorities the assurance that certain
suspected persons were not among the passengers. On
Friday, about three in the afternoon, the principal pro-
menade, the Rambla, was thronged with riotous groups,
crying out " V,va Epartere !" before the civil guard-
house, and nearly opposite to the hotel, the Quatro
Nations, in which I was staying. While at dinner,
about half-past five o'clock, we were startled by
a discharge of cannon and a rattle of musketry in
the promenade before us. This, with the imme•
diate occupation by a large body of troops, had
the effect of directly clearing the promenade of
thoso disp)sed to riot, who retired into a nar-
row street, called the Calle del Union, running out

COMMERCIAL.
RATES OF EXCLUNGE,—On Loudon, at 30 days'

sight, 2 prem.
FREIGHTS.—To London : Wool, $(.l. per lb. ; hided,
455. to 503. per ton ; gold 3J. to 42d. per oz. : ditto, in
large quantities, 3d. per oz.—To Liverpool : Wool id.
per lb. tallow, 40s. to 50s. per ton ; hides, 40. f. to 455.
per tan, gold 4d. per oz. ; do. in large quantities 4d.

of the promenade on the south side, and also into ano-
ther street of some length, called the Calle Nueva, about
65 yards in an oblique direction from the door of the
Quatre Nations. Here barricades were commenced,

and also in a narrow street on the other side of the pro-

per oz.
MELBOURNE, April 30.-We have to state that the
markets remain steady, and very little change has oc-
curred in prices. In some articles there bas been a
good deal of speculation ; but this has been very much
checked by the news recently received of negotiations
for peace, as it is thoroughly understood that, in return
for our very large exports of gold during 4the present
year, we shall have a renewal of shipments of merchan-
dise to a large extent, and speculators are becoming
daily more timid. Indeed, many persons look forward
to another glut, and probably another crisis, at no dis-
tant date. The stocks on the diggings at this moment
are considered to be far from abundant ; but, as explained
in former reports, the storekeepers in the interior no
longer anticipate an interruption of traffic from bad
roads during the winter, or a material rise in carriage.
Besides this, the internal production is now so large,
that for provisions especially the demand is trifling
compared with that of former years.
MELBOURNg LABOUR MARKET, April 26.-Inquiries
for agricultural and for all kinds of unskilled labour
have been on the increase during the week, and the
numbers offering have not been anything like equal to
the demand. Quarrymen and men used to rail way
work are much wanted. In the present scarcity of
such labour all a'nle-bodied men who seek for work
are finding ready employment, at full rates. Of skille
labour there is plenty ; nearly every branch of the build-
ing trade is overdone, notwithe.taniing there has been
a successful movement among the masons to shorten
the daily hours of labour to eight hours instead of ten.
This movement is about to be taken up by the other
trades. Fema,e servants are very scarce, and are much
wanted. S',!araring laliour is very plentilu!. With ra-
tions : Married couples, withcut families, from 751. to
90/. per annum ; ditto, with families, 551. to 65/. ; gar-
deners, 501. to 601. ; grooms, 401. to 50/. ; stock-keepers,
601. to 701. ; shepherds, 351. to 401. ; hutkeepers, 251.
to 301.; general farm servants, 1/. ss. per week; threshing
and cleaning, ls. per bushel ; hay-cutting, 9s. per ton ;
bullock drivers, on the roads, 303. per week ; ditto, on
stations, 255. ; men cooks, 701. to 90/. per annum ;
female ditte 301. to 45/. ; thorough female servants On
great demand), 301. to 40/. ; housemaids, 201. to 281. ;
laundresses, 301. to 351. ; nursemaids, 151. to 201. The fol
lowing are considered the standard weekly rations : 1211,
beef or mutton, 10Ib flour, 21b suear, :Of) tea. Without
rations : compositors, is 4'l per 1000 ; do. by the week,
41. 4s ; pressmen, 41. to 41. 108 ; carpenters, 12s to 14s
per day ; masons, 14s to 16s; bricklayers, 141 to 16s ;
blacksmiths, 16s ; quarrymen, 103 to 12s ; woodsplitter
and fencers, 54 to 7s per ton; fencing by the rod, material
to split only, 6s. ; labourers on the roads, 9s. to 10s.
per day --wood, water, and tents found. Seamen : For
home or the east, 51. per month; in coasters, 51. ; cooks
and stewards, 51. to 6/. ; mates, for coasters, Si. per
month.

MELBOURNE WOOL MARKET.—The favourable advice
per Royal Charter have had little effect here beyond
causing the fellmongers to seek higher rates for secured
and handwashed wools, but which we have heard of
being paid as yet in one instance only. The quantity
shipped has been as follows :--Froin October 10, 1855,
to April 5, 1856, 10,021,815 lb.. value 629,718/ ; from
April 5 to April 19, 1856, 504,296 lb., value 47,2611. ;
total 10,526,1111 b., value 676,979/. There has been
no public sales since our last, and they will he only occa-
sionally held till next season, the whole clip having been
already shipped. Prices at our last quotations.
TALLOW AND HIDES.-Our market fu- the former ar-
ticle has been flat since the news per Royal Charter, and
shippers have now ceased to operate, there being no
margin left between this and house market prices. Of
hides there are few offering since the sailing of the
Thomas Ann Cole, on the 27th inst., which cleared the
market. Prices nominal.

SOCIETY OF ARTS.—ELECTION OF ASSISTANT SECRET
TARP.—There were 100 candida`es for the office of assis-
tant secretary. T.) reduce this number the council ap-
pointed a committee (on which no examiner was placed)
to investigate the antecedents and claims of the various
candidates. Tbie committee reported the names of 16
gentlemen as fitting candidates for the office. The can-
didates were examined by the Rev. Dr. Booth, D.C.L.,
F.R.S. ; Professor Brower, King's College ; Professor
Brown, Kin.e'e College ; the Rev. W. Eliiett ; Professor
Mariette, King's College ; and Dr. Wiutzer, King's
College, who were selected by the council to conduct the
examination. 01 the close of the examination, the ex-
aminers returned the names of the five following gen-
tlemen as having acquitted themselves the best in the
trial :—Edward Hoboes, Charles Critchett, equal ;
M. H. Wilkie, Dr. Henry, J. P. Bidlake. The council
have elected Mr. Critchett to the office.
THE OVERLAND ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA.—The True
Californian gives the following account of the dreadful
sufferings endured by the passengers who left New York
in April last for California, by way of Nicaragua :
" The steamer Orizaba left New York on the Bth of
April, with some 500 passengers for California, by way
of Nicaragua. On the 16th she arrived at San Juan,
and the passengers disembarked. By means of open
boats they started up the river during a soaking
rain. The exposure caused them much suffering.
When they arrived at Castilla they wers informed
that the transit across the country was closed ; and
after two days' delay, during which they were constantly
exposed to the weather, they were told that if they
chose they could return to New York ; but only 15 mi-
nutes were allowed them ; and as they were compelled
to abandon their baggage in case they concluded to go
back, 300 of the passengers determined to push on. Th-
were taken to Granada, where they were detained a
month, notwithstanding that an epidemic was prevailing
there. Here the most fearful disease commenced to rage
wnorig them. In four weeks 79 of the 300 were buried.
During this time they suffered every privation ; many
were without means, and those who had money were
compelled to put up with extortion and rubbery at every
hand. On the 20th of May, in the evening, news reached
Granada of the arrival of the Sierra Nevada at San
Juan del Sur, and three hours were given to the sur-
viving passengers, sick and well, to get on board the
Lake steamer. At the time it was pouring rain, and
p1:11 dark. The sick were carried down in the best
manner possible, all getting thoroughly drenched. Upon
reaching the landing of the Lake steamer they were kept
in the rain until they had exhibited their tickets, which
detained them several hours. Finally all were crowded
on board, but beaire morning three of the sick died and
were sent on shore. On the Lake steamer the scene is
described as having bean dreadful. The passengers were
crowded together like sheep in a pen. There was scarcely
room for the sick to lie down. For 19 hours they were
thus confined, and suffering every torture of body and of
mind. Several poor wretches gave up the ghost in the
boat, and others died whilst attempting the journey from
the Lake to San Juan. After they embarked in the
Sierra Nevada the sickness broke out again, and during
the passage from San Juan to this port 33 deaths oe-
curred. The sufferings on the Sierra Nevada beggars
all description. The officers of the steamer did all in
their power to alleviate their sufferings, but that was
little. No time was lest in disposing of the dead, and
the body was hardly allowed to get cold before it was
thrown overboard. The safety of the living demanded
that there should be no unnecessary detention of the
dead.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, May 30.—
On the morning of Tuesday, April 29, her Majesty's
brigantine Dart being at anchor off the Quillimaine
river, about eight miles from the shore, the cutter, with
Mr. M'Clune, second master commanding, Lieut. Wood-
ruff, R.M., nine men, and a black boy, belonging to the
Quillimaine, left the ship to proceed up the river. On
Saturday morning, as the cutter had not returned, the
gig was sent in search of her, shortly after which a Por-
tuguese boat arrived alongside the Dart with one of the
cutter's crew, from whom were obtained the following
particulars :—On Tuesday morning the cutter, on near-
ing the bar of the river, was nearly swamped by a heavy
sea, and the next one turned her over. One of the men,
named M'Nabb, immediately disappeared ; two others
swam ashore, and the rest clang to the boat till all but
the narrator and two others gradually lost their hold,
and were drowned. These three drifted with the b•at
about 20 miles to the N.E., and on Wednesday morn-
ing found themselves so near the land that he himself
swam ashore ; the two others held on by the boat until
she grounded. As soon as this information reached the
Dart, the gig, which had returned, was again sent, under
the charge of the gunner, to Quillimaine, and on Satur-
day evening she came back with four of the survivors,
who stated that, after the upsetting of the boat, Mr.
M'Clune, who wore heavy blanket clothing, was one of
the first who sank ; Lieut. Woodruff held on longer,
but at length, overcome by exhaustion, he also disap-
peared. The three men who had remained by the boat
stated that they had reached Quillimaine about an hour
before the boat from the Dart arrived. Names of officers
and men drowned :—Mr. J. P. M'Clune, second master
commanding ; Lieut. Woodruff, Royal Marines, of her
Majesty's ship Castor ; Wm. Jenkins, quartermaster ;
Thos. Hanrahan, captain foretop ; Geo. Tait, ordinary
seaman ; Jas. M'Nabb, ditto ; all belonging to her Ma-
jesty's ship Castor. The black boy, who joined at Quil-
limaine, is supposed to have been taken down by a shark
while swimming to the shore. Mr. Ware, master's
assistant, who succeeded to the command after the death
of Mr. lel.Clune, Seto, to thauk i,he Gem,eruor of Quill''
inaiwe for his prompt assistance on the melancholy faeca-
-1 1 sign.

manacle ; the troops at once opened fire with musketry,
with occasional discharge of cannon. Firing continued,
without breathing-time between the shots, for two hours.
We then only had occasional discharges of the musketry
till 11 at night, when the fire was tremendous, and we
had quite enough of cannon and musketry to deafen one
for life. The insurgents returned the fire from the houses
in these streets, most of which were in their occupation.
but they were more careful of their ammunition stores
than the troops. The troops by 1 o'clock in the morn-
ing had quite succeeded in stopping the barricades ; but
each side retained their position, with only occasional
discharges of musketry, till Saturday morning. The
steamer Balear brought the substance of the information
to Marseilles, which was telegraphed to Paris, and so
appeared in your columns. It left Barcelona at 8 o'clock
in the morning (Saturday), when we were enjoying a
few hours of temporary quiet, but the troops had then
made no attempt to enter the disturbed streets. Early
that morning an order from Zapatero, the Captain Gene-
ral, was posted about the city, commanding the militia,
whose sympathies were said to Leon the popular side,to dis-
arm in one hour on pain of death. This had, generally
speaking, the desired effect in Barcelona itself, but some
joined the disturbers. Shortly after 11 we were "drifted"'
from a few hours repose into war. Our hotel and some
of the adjoining houses in the Rambla were taken pos.
session of by the troops, who really were most prodigal
in the discharge of ammunition from the roofs, without
taking particular aim at anything. The troops, from the
entrance to the disturbed streets, and also from the roofs
of these houses in the Rambla, kept up a tremendous
fire throughout that day. The insurgents, from their
position of shelter in the houses in the disturbed streets,
were enabled to carry on a most fatal fire against the
troops at tie entrance of those streets, and to single out
the cfficers, among whom a General officer was severely
wounded. About 2 o'clock a barricade was carried by
the pioneers, and several prisoners were captured. Am-
bu'ances, carrying dead and wounded troops, kept going
backwards and forwards along the Rambla to the cita-
del throught the day. Many prisoners were taken by
the troops, but no attempt was made to penetrate these
streets. On Sunday morning at 5 o'clock firing com-
menced at all points, and was carried on without cessa-
tion for 11 hours. It was evident that the insurgents
were making extraordinary efforts. Outside the walls a
force came to relieve the insurgents. Their approach
had been anticipated by the troops, and they were put to
flight with the loss of 20 killed, and some prisoners fell
into the hands of the troops. About half•past 12 the
southern fort and the castle opened fire upon these dis-
turbed quarters. About 4 o'clock we heard a flourish
of trumpets ; the municipal authorities were pro-
ceeding down the Rambla to the Captain-General to ask
for a truce, and to see if some accommodation could not
be effected. A temporary truce was granted. In the
meanwhile the rioters were enabled to re•erect the bar-
ricades, and to take also up a considerable part of the
pavement of one of these streets. As the troops sts-
cloned at the heads of these streets were much exposed,
and were really suffering severely from the fire of the
surgents from the houses, who, without wasting their
ammunition, were singling out the officers, small ball-
proof enclosures were placed here, the wall composed of
sandbag=, forming shelter for the troops.
On Monday morning firing commenced at a very early
hour. A report got abroad that the great Gen. Prim
hal arrived to take the command, and most decisive
steps would be taken. This, however, turned out not to
be true, as, though the great general visited-the scene
of action, he was only passing through. It was, how-
-1 ever, now apparent that flume more decisive measures
were being taken. All random firing from the houses
was nearly stopped, and large bodies of troops, with
artillery and battalions of infantry and cavalry, were
being moved up. and continued supplies of ammunition
and stores. A large body of the National Guards, who
arrived to reinforces the insurgents, were arrested at the
gate. The firing of cannon from the forts and batteries
became incessant. One of the disturbed streets above
our hotel in the Rambla was carried by the troops, with
very great loss on each side. Soon after midday the
Calle del Union was also carried, and shortly after that,
after one hour's roost vigorous bombardment, the trum-
pet sounded fur a charge, and Coe troops, with a cheer,
jumped over their defences into the Calle Nueva, im-
mediately opposite the hotel ; the first three men were
shot down on entering it. The charge was successful,
and the street was most bravely carried, with consider-
able loss. All the town now fell into the hands of the
troops. A large body of the insurgents fled to the walls ;
they were pursued by the Lancers, who overtook them
at Gracias, one mile up the Rambla, and speared at least
200 of them. During the night the southern fort con•
tinned to fire upon the retreating insurgents. It was,
of courses hard to obtain any correct estimate at present
of the numbers killed and wounded, but I have good
authority for saying that 25 officers were killed. The
troops behaved admirably. In one regiment the three
senior officers were killed, and the insurgents throughout
fought most vigorously. ,Probably not less than 1,000
on both sides were killed, and an English resident in-
formed me that he saw 50 thrown into one grave on the
Tuesday morning. Certainly the killed and wounded
must amount to 2,000 ; the whole of Tuesday was occu-
pied in the burial of the dead. The British Vice-Consul,
who had the misfortune to live in the Calle del Union,
having been confined to his house without food, escaped
over the roofs of the houses, not without considerable
danger of being shot by the fire of the insurgents, and
took refuge at an adjoining hotel.
I write this immediately upon reaching France from
Barcelona, and hope this simple narrative and correct
statement of facts may be of service.
,ey

MOVEMENT OF SPECIE.—Of the specie brought by the
Royal mail steamer Canada, from Boston and Halifax,
which arrived in the Mersey on Saturday evening,
amounting to $788,635, nearly one-half, or $380,000
were on French account, and will be forwarded by the
Cunard steamer Shamrock, which sails from Liverpool
this (Tuesday) forenoon for Havre.
REPRESENTATION OF NOTTINGHAM.--NOTTINGHAM,
Monday.—An address from a second candidate (Mr.
Ernest Jones) has just been issued. Mr. Jones says
that be is in favour of granting the vote to every male
adult of sound mind not undergoing punishment for
crime ; that he is an advocate of the ballot ; a supporter
of equal constituencies ; that he is in favour of the aboli
tion of a property qualification for the representation;
payment of members while serving a constituency, and
the limitation of a member's term of office to one year.
We regret to have to announce the death of Mr. H.
Inskip, late the City editor of the Morning Post, The
deceased gentleman had been connected with our con-
temporary for a long series of years, and had a large
circle of friends amongst the commercial classes. His
loss will be most deeply felt, inasmuch as his urbane
manners and gentlemanly accomplishments won the
friendship and commanded the ecteem of all with whom
he was brought into contact. We are but echoing the
universal opinion of those who knew him, when we say
that his loss will not be easily supplied, for a kinder man
or a more courteous gentleman in all his communications
with his brethren of the press, never drew breath. By
one and all his loss is deeply felt and most sincerely la.
mented.
AMNABLE RELATIONS WITH RIISSIA.—During the re-
cent voyage of the Ward Jackson, screw steamer, to the
great maritime capital of Russia, her captain became
the hero of an adventure not unworthy of record. A
boat carrying two officers put off from the ship of a
Russian admiral at Cronstadt, and boarded the merchant
steamer. The captain (Weatherley) showed his gallant
visitors the respect due to their rank, invited them to
his cabin, and, before they left him, entertained them
with the good English fare with which all the vessels of
the West Hartlepool line are so excellently supplied.
Nor were the Russian officers to be outdone in courtesy
by the hearty British tar as the sequel discovered.
Captain Weatherley and his officers were honoured by
being invited to return the visit of their newly acquired
naval friends, and did so. Several of the Russian
officers spoke English fluently ; mutual congratulations
on the advent of peace and mutual good wishes on the
prospects of the hopeful future were exchanged; and
the entente cordiale was most cordially and joyousV
cemented. The parting incident in this very pleasing
intercourse in the Baltic, however, remains to be told.
In the course of conversation,oae of the Russian officers,
who had inspected the Ward Jackson, expressed his
surprise at the number of guns and large quantity of
powder she bad on board, and asked for an explanation
of the circumstances. Captain Weatherley, having no
plot to conceal, gave the only answer of which the ques-
tion admitted. "The powder 1 Oh, to salute our
friends, to be sure." "Then," responded the Russian
officer, recollecting that they had not been saluted, " are
not the Russians friends I" " Ay, friends indeed," re-
plied the captain, "but (seriously) you know it would
be quite an insult for a merchantman to fire a salute
before an admiral's ship. And so it would. The
Russian officer knew that in naval etiquette such a per-
petration is unheard of ; but he was not to be overdone
in civility. Instead of a confirmation of his view of the
case, Captain Weatberley received a gentle hint that a
salute would be considered the reverse of uncompli-
mentary. This was the evening before he had to return;
and next morning in putting out of the Mole, his crew
being, like his ship, in excellent trim, he boldly fired an
admiral's salute and raised the Russian colours to the
fore. This wm ax.mecliate:7 folio ;d ! v the hoitting of
the British ensign by the 'Russian admiral, and, with
still louder ordnance, the full and handsome reciprocation
of the auspicioue compliment ..-Lectii l'igatgetcr.