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MI?. ROEBUCK AT SHEFFIELD.

SHEFFIELD, SEPT. 3.
This evening at half-past seven-o'clock, a crowded and
influential meeting of the constituents of Mr. Roebuck
took place in the Music-hall, the object being to present
him with a testimonial for the services he has conferred
upon the country by his conduct in Parliament both be-
fore and during the late war.
The large hall was crowded in every part, and on the
platform we noticed the Master Cutler (Mr. Mappin), the
Master Cutler elect (Mr. Wostenholme), Mr. Phillips, Sir
Arnold Knight, Aldermen Dunn, Hoole, and Barker, ane
various other influential gentlemen.
On the entrance of the hon. member he was greeted will
great and general cheering..
The MAYOR (Mr. W. Fisher) having taken the chair
opened the proceedings with the following address : Gen
tlemen, fellow-townsmen,—l feel very proud in }amine
the opportunity of meeting you on so interesting an occa-
sion as the present. Your worthy member has represented
our borough in Parliament for about seven years, and I be
Bove that during that time the inhabitants generally have
had much cause to be satisfied with his conduct. There
are some who have differed with Mr. Roebuck upon vari-
ous topics, and yet at the same time all must have admired
the consistency, the perseverance, the independence which
at all times have characterised his conduct. The cautious
but firm way in which he has expressed his opinions, the
determined manner in which he has pursued everything
that he has undertaken, the manner in which he has met
his constituency, and the mode in which he has answered
all questions that were put to him—the fearless and can-
did manner in which he has done all this, has recommend-
ed itself to the inhabitants of Sheffield generally. (Cheers.)
I feel persuaded that great confidence is reposed in him—
a confidence which is manifested in the testimonial we are
met to-night to present to him. He is well worthy of the
honour that is intended to_ be conferred upon him. (Hear,
hoar, and cheers.) The amount of that testimonial is not
to bo considered as a recompence for his services—(cries of
" hear, hear," and cheers)—but it is to be regarded as
a manifestation of tho grateful feeling that exists on
the part of Sheffield, and of many individuals through-
out the country, towards Mr. Roebuck for his con-
duct generally. (Loud cheers.) I have heard persons,
who differ from Mr. Roebuck in political opinions,
remark that the House of Commons fever ought to have
been without his presence for the length of time that he
was not there. (Cheers.) I must say I was somewhat
astonished when I heard that expression, but it showed
that those individuals had a high opinion of Mr. Roebuck,
though they differed from him. (Applause.) The conduct
of Mr. Roebuck during the recent inquiry into the state of
the army before Sebastopol —his determination to pursue
that inquiry in the face of difficulties, opposition, and ob-
loquy, mint have commended itself to your warmest ap-
provel. (Loud cheers.) And although the result of that
inquiry was not so beneficial as many hoped it would be,
yet that it brought to light a great number of important
acts, which will have a very important influence on the
future of our army, lam quite satisfied. (Applause.) I
am sure you will with me feel very glad that Mr. Roe-
buck's heahh is I'e-established to a very great extent;
that the blessing of Providence is attending tho means
which have been used to that end, and that we are now
Permitted to see him in a better state of health than he has
been in for some time. (Cheers.) I shall not detain you
further, but shall now call upon William Fisher, jun ,
Esq., our late respected mayor, and chairman of the Roe-
buck testimonial committee, to present the testimonial.
(Loud applause.)
W. Fes lIER, jun., Esq.— Mr. Mayor and gentlemen,—
About twelve months ago a meeting was lei I in Sheffield,
for the purpose of rocoguising the Parliamentary services
of Mr. Roebuck, extending over upwards of twonty'years,
and also of securing for this borough some permanent
memorial of his connection with it. (Lout applause.)
Mr. Mayor, as you have well said, we do not seek to reward
Mr. Roebuck for his services—his national services. I be-
lieve ho has, in the gratitude and confidence of his fellow-
countrymen, and that he will have in the admiration and
respect of posterity, a sufficient reward for his labours.
(Cheers.) As a satisfaction to our own feelings, we got up
the testimonial to him, not as a member for the borough
of Sheffield, or any otherlorough—not as a member of the
liberal party, or as a member of any other political party
of the state, but as a faithful, fearless, and able member
of the Parliament of England—(cheers) —a Man whose
voice is always heard with effect when the honour or in.
terests of England aro perilled by the undertakings of any
government or any party. We have done this, Mr. Mayor,
by subscriptions, which have been given by men of every
class end every party in this borough—by subscriptions
which have been volunteered from his fellow members of
Parliament of every section of politics, an his follow-
countrymen in different parts of the country. (Cheers.)
We have thus secured the moans for procuring for the
town of Sheffield a permanent memorial of the honourable
connexion which has subsisted, and which I hope will
long subsist, between him and this borough. (Cheers.)
We have had from him good service, and whilst on our
put it has been honourable to us, we have respected his
independence. (Cheers.) And I am happy to say that
our excellent treasurer, the Master Cutler, after providing
for this memorial, has a surplus in had of eleven hunch el
guineas, which I am requested by the subscribers to ask
Mr. Roebuck to accept, with their best wishes for his
health and happiness and continuance amongst us. (Pro•
tracted cheering) lam also requested to ask Mr. Roe- i
buck to sit for his portrait, which, when finisheel, is iu-
tended to be -placed in some public hall in Sheffield, to
which the future inhabitants may point with pride, as a
memorial of our connexion with such a man as we now
have in our representative of Sheffield. (Prolonged cheer-
ing.)
Mr. Fisher then made the presentation.
Mr. ROEIIIICK then rose, which was the signal for pro-
tracted cheering. Silence having been restored, he said : -
Mr. Mayor and gentlemen—l have to thank Sir. Fisher
for the manner in which he has discharged his trust, and
you for the way in which you h ira expreseel your opi-
nion of the humble iedividael who now addressee you.
I have a bad subject for discussion, for it is diffi:ult for a
roan to say anything of himself ; nor would I attempt it,
but that I think I may draw a moral from the tale I am
about to unfold. What, unconnected as I am with the
great parties in the State,' has recommended me to your
notice ? lam unconnected with the great families of the
kingdom, undistinguished by wealth, unknown to fame
(Cries of " No, no.") Yes, I say ; for when I began I was
unknown to fame. (Cheers.) Others have commenced life
possessing these advantages ; I had none to aid 1113 ; still I
have won the approbation of my fellow-countrymen.
Proud am I to have done so; but I ask myself what have
been the means ? It is not talent, it is not name ; it is
not wealth ; but it is steadfastness in the path which I
chalked out for myself. In 1832 I had prepared myself
for public life. I had then formed my opinions. I com-
mitted them to paper, and I printed them, and to them I
now adhere. (Cheers.) That which I said in 1532 I say
now. It is my thorough steadfast adherence to the prin-
ciples which I then expressed which won for me the els-
' probation of my countrymen. (Cheers.) Now, let me
point out to you some of the peculiar circumstances that
have attended my career, political and public as it has
been. Going into Parliament unknown, unsupported, and
only recommended by that s3alous friend of the people—
the late Mr. Joseph Hume--(cheers)—l determined not to
ally myself to either of the great parties that then divided
the State and the kingdom. I saw then predominant in
power the great Whig party of the realm, and on the opposi-
tion benches I saw diminished in number, cowed in spirit,
but still powerful in their hold upon the country, the great
Tory party of England. To neither the one nor the other,
though I might then be said to be a young man and a poli-
tical adventurer, did I determine to adhere. I was neither
Whig nor Tory, but went into the House of Commons deter-
mined to advocate that which I believed to be for the good
of the people. To that rule I have adhered, and no man
can say now that lam either Whig or Tory. Other men,
greater in intellect than Myself, have gone into the flotilla
of Commons, but have invariably joined one party or the
other, They have won for themselves power and consi-
deration, but it has been by sinking the individual in the
party to which they swore allegiance. I have succumbed
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long residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and'sexual
consequences arisen, from earlyantagonistic rule I have laid
abuse, indiscriminate excesses ortoo to-night one of the most striking instances of the reward
strength and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are
attending steadfastness., Now, then, I say., hating tuts
now in the enjoyment or health and the Functions of Manhood; and vantage ground, can any further good be done ? I think
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been thought an a' 0 e for to forms. (sleets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Nor,racgtegnrativoantedof nearly a quarter of a century in the House of Commons,
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Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and ees_dinsgeienrvitsy, Scrofula.
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the virus of disease, and °spell it
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class of di orders which urtortunatel me, bat I will
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,ONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1856.

the Ministry. I hope that in so doing we shall place before
ourselves some great point to be attained. At this moment
you must all be aware that there is in the country a certain
apathy about political matters. When I began political
life all the world was alive about theßeform Bill. I recol-
lect being carried, as it were, upon the shoulders of the
people in opposition both to Whig and Tory upon that oc-
casion. Bat now, if au angel of light were to carne down
with a reform bill in this hand, I belieVe the people in this
country would receive him—not indeed with disgust, but
with apathy, and would say, " That is not what we re-
liaise at present." What is it, then, that you require? I
Hill tell you. You have seen England within the last two
years engaged in a dreadful struggle with one of the great
powers of Europe. You have sent from your shores an army
if gallant men such as England never sent from its shores
before. That army you beard was dwineling away after
victories such as usually diatioguish the English soldier.
You saw that there came upon him all the evils of the cli-
matd—of want, of mi-ery, and yin heard a fearful tele of
horrors respecting the misery of the army before Seinsto-
pol. You aslied —Why did this occur ? I will tellyon why.
Because the Government a this country was composed of
men sought only in the ranks of the two gnat, parties ef the
State. The aristocracy governed the country, and tiny go-
verned it ill. Now, I say that what you desire is to see
that all the powers of the State be well administered. You
cannot obtain this except through the Reuse of Commons,
and what rwould press upon the minds of the people is,
that the only hope of reforming the administration
of the country is through reforming the Commons House
of Parliament. To this point my earliest endeavours
were directed, and my endeavours will still ho to the same
end but they will not be so direct. The Administrative
Reform Association admits, I believe, of an appeal—if I
may so express myself—to the opinions of the people upon
this important matter, and, I believe, that 'through them
we may be enabled to make a reform in the administration
of this country by reforming Parliament. Sense time ago
when that body wig first c llected together there was a be-
lieft'nat they could attain their end without at all affecting
the House of Commons. Isteho havop my life in that
House, who have seen its influence upon the government. of
this country, believe that nothing can be done but through
it,. My endeavour, therefore, through you, will be to in-
fluence that House, that the house in its turn shall influence
the Administration. Well, then, we must bsgin with you,
gentlemen ; it is not simply the House of Commons, it is
the constituencies of the kingdem that want reforming.
(I-fear.) Let me say a word about yourselves. You are
called ripen by the law of England, it is said once in seven
years, but practically much oftener, to elect members of
Parliament. Whom do you elect? I judge by the re-
sult. "Oh !" but lam told, " the people of this coutit,y
don't elect Parliament; it is only a ;elect body of the people
who do so." (Hear, hear.) That may be so, but that se-
lect body is a very apt representative of the whole, and if
they be not capable of electing Men who ought to represent
you, I very much fear that the people th !tn./selves will ho at
fault in that matter Now, what occurs ? I sun speak from
observation, and Tspenk of a town, a manufacturing town.
a now borough, called into evidence by the Reform Bill. I
will tell you what has occurred under my own observa-
tion. You have returned men to Praliainent who, the mo-
ment they have got un to London, have forgotten you. I
don't speak of Sheffield, but'l am streaking of the consti-
tuencies of this country, for I don't wish to point to any
individual town, more especially to Sheffield, with which
lam now connected, which I represent-, and in which I
have many intimate friends. Ido not therefore oprly what
I am now saying to shomm, but, it does apply generally
to the conAitnencies of the menufasturine interest. You
have chosen men who have gone to Parliament, and the
moment they have entere I it they have been overwhelmed
—they have been utterly destroyer!, as it were, by the in-
fluences to which they have been subjocteral Mr. Se-and-ao
and his wife go to London ; he denies to go into society,
and Mrs. So-and-so takes her piece as the wife of a member
of Parliament. I recollect a story which affords a demo: il-
lustration of the influence of society on members of Parlia-
ment. When Lord Melbota no's administration was coming
to an end, the majorit h.s it could obtain were very small,
and any man who stood out., who had screplesat diet time
Islam() of importance, and threlg are certain man who can-
not obtain importance in any other way. (Laughter.)
Those men suddenly found themselves beset with scruples,
not koowing which way to -vote. Thereupon they were
immediately fastened by the whippers-in, as they are
c died, of the party. ( Laughter.) There' was one gen-
tleman who came from the manufacturing districts, who
was suddenly beset with scruples. When coming events
cast their shadows before, which was wittily said after a
majority of 4 in favour of the ministry—when corning
events showed that they were going out, he discovered that
his vote was a matter of the very greatest importance, and
he gave the whipper-in to understand that he was unde-
cided how ho was .to vote. That was a very significant
symptom, and the whipper-in knew what it meant, and
immediately set about to see how he could gain Mr. So-
and-so's vote; and how do you think ho gained it? By
offering him a place? No, that was not his weak point ;
but by sending him an invitation to the Queen's hell.
(Laughter.) The man from that time was quiet ; he was
bound to the party, and accordingly helped to swell the
majority from 4to 5. But does not that show the social
influence brought to bear upon the House of .}rismorts ?
You do not know that house as well as I do, and I confi-
dently say that the only way to test any man is to send
him to that house. I have seen mon blustering on the
hustings very violently, who told the people what they
were going to do, who, when they cline to th it house,
were like sucking-doves (Laughter.) Their roar became
a most mellifluous chant, and they would do anything to
gain the good wishes an 1 good feeling of that house. They
were no longer your representatives, they ropresmted only
their own feelings and wishes, and wore the subjects and
slaves of th -3 aristocratic element of the house. I would beg
you in your individual voting capacity to hear that in mind.
Choose such mon as are, not rampant on the hustings, but
able to resist all the temptations that will besot them when
they go into the House of Commons. lila every difficult part
they have to play—a gams that requires groat courage such
as you rarely fuel to enable a man to withstand the tempta-
tions. It is not even a man intellectually endowel who can
do it raw tya, for I have seen men of the very first ability sue-
cutnhto the social influenc 230 f England. I have known men,
before whose intellect I would bow to-night or to-morrow,
who have been the slaves of the aristocratic domination of
this country, and I would ask you, in your individual ca-
pacity as voters, to point out that man. I now speak not
only to you but to every voter in the kingdom who is not
only enabled by his voice to advocate your opinions, but by
the steadfastness of his principles to resist those tempta-
tions to which he will be subjected. (Hear.) There are
many questioes that will rise up in the coming time. We
are now in the condition described, I recollect, in a very
pepnl Li- novel called " Laurie Todd," where some men are
represmted in a boat gcing down a river. The Yankee
says ; " I don't like Aida almighty stillness." The river
ran rapidly, it ran smoothly, but the Yankee foresaw what
was coming, namely, that there was a little way ahead a
cataract down whit!). they would immediately descend, and
he Reid, " I don't like this almighty stillness. I say at the
present time I don't like this almighty stillness." We are
far too quiet ; for I believe that we aro on the very preci-
pice of groat changes both abroad and at borne. (hoar,
hear.) I cannot believe that mankind, having arrrived at
that point of cirilisation and education at which it has,
Europe can long remain subjected to the despotism which
now overwhelms it. (Loud cheers.) God forbid that the
strug ;les of mankind since 1789 should issue only in the
base despotic= I now see overshadowiug Europe. I be-
lieve in inkind will rise up, and I hope that they will do
so. (Cheers.) I hope they will rise up sgainst the despotism
that now weighs them down; but in so rising they will
imperil much for themselves, and at the same time do
much for you ; for be assured that no revolution can take
place in Europe but will find somewhat of an echo, and
exercise an influence, iu England. Not that we are not a
happy people. We are unlike the rest of Europe; here
pudic opinion reigns supreme. (Cheers.) In Europe can
you find the Titans newspap w? No. Can you find a plain-
speaking man ? No. Should not Ibe shut up to-morrow ?
(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Well, then, what is good for
England is good for Europe. (Hear, hear.) I believe that
the great mission of Engl and is to perpetuate, not only its
generous institutions, but the opinions of its people. We
are the reigning people of the European continent, and I
will be bold to say that the opinions we entertain, the ex-
ample we set to all surrounding nations, will
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effect, and that they will pto England and will say,
why can't we be like Englishmen ? And they can be so.
(Hear, hear.) The Italian, the Frenchman, the German,
the Hungerien, the Bohemian,. the Pole—all can be like
Englishmen. (Cheers) I believe, gentlemen, that the
time is coming when the great nationalities of Europe will
rite up as one man agsinst the oppressive despotisms which
now weigh them down. Bo you prepared for that change.
You may set an example to the world at large by your
steadfastness in well-doing, by your obedience to the law,
by your self-goverement ; showing that liberty is safety,
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to mo, but the theme has led me on. (Hear, hoar.) I
have told you what I foresee. I may be wrong as a pro-
phet, but you cannot be wrong in adhering to the advice
which I give you to keep your eyes open; to be watchful
of the conduct of the Government, to show yourselves
worthy of your free institutions, to be obedient to the
law, to send those to make laws who are .worthy to make
them, to be in all things what you have been ever since I
have known you, to be free men. (Cheers.) ' And with
this I can promise you that as long as God shall give me
health, I will do as I have done hitherto, fearlessly follow-
ing out that which I believe to be for your interest, re-
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thanks to the Mayor, and to ask the meeting to thank him
for presiding.
Tao vote of thanks to the Mayor having been freely ac-
corded, that gentleman returned thanks in a brief address,
and the meeting separated with three cheers for Mr. Roe-
buck.

Ingot, No. 73
• Scraps

Anderson's Creek
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
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Ditto
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Date of
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mother-in-law, nor to the rheu-
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A CHEA'r Oil A PROYEBB.—We beg to state that the
ghtotlyo:l7 lightly go," does not apply to
Inati3m, nor to freckles, nor ..4'..1 a
.light sovereign ; for all
et there is the
theme plagues COWS lightly snout, .and y
greatest difficulty in getting thou to gn.
FATAL Mar BY A CLERGYItAIf.—.Oa Tub,:i" 1,a," a
gloom was cad over the society of Si-. Peter's 4.::.er'
Cambridge, by a t legraphits 11103 sage which had he,"
received from Paris, to the eff, ct that the Rev. Win.
Nind, M.A., beftiot fellovv of the college, had met with
an acci lent which resulted in hie death. Mr. Nind had
been spending a part of the long vacation in Paris, and
Monday eight the Hotel du Montle, where he was 'toy.
log, olught fire; an alarm was immediately given, and
Mr, Xind, fearing that be could not escape by the passage
and staircase, wlaich were in flAmea, threw open his bed-
room window and jumped out into the street below. His
fall was observed by several of the lookers on, but before
medical aid could be procured life was exlinet. Mr. Ntad
was highly respected throughout the university, and 1. ad '
held some of ita highest offices. He graduated in 1832,
the same year as Dr. Cookson, the present master of the
091:ego, and was placod 17th in the mathematical trite:.
He had filled the Lice of Senior ProA.:r and Exa:e4ner.
We hear that a subscription has already been jig nn
foot amongst the fellows of the college for tlohripose
1 . of eregtipg a tablet in the college oliapelto his memory,

AUSTRALIA.

By the arrival of the Kent we have received files
of papers from Melbourne to the 10th of June, and
from Sydney to the 7th of June.
The Kent left Port Philip on the
.ILh of June,
and has brought 83,000 ounces of gold in freight,
besides a quantity in private hands, and nearly 200
passengers.
On her passage the Kent spoke the following
vessels :
July 22, in ht. 29 deg. S , long. 26 deg. W., the
British ship Sea, standing to the S.E.
Aug. 6, in lat. 12 deg. N., long. 29 deg. W., the
British ship Joseph Fletcher, from Loudon towards
New Zealand.
Aug. 14, in lat. 27 dog. N., long. 40 W., the
British bark Surat.
Aug. 23, in Ist. 40 deg. N., long. 31 deg. W.,
the British bark Corsair's Bride, from A.lgoa Bay,
and the Dutch bark Cortgene, from Batavia.
Aug. 24, in lat. 40 deg. N., long. 23 deg. W., a
larp'four-masted -ship steering west.
Aug. 26, it. lat. 43 deg. N., long. 23 deg. W.,
the brigantine Gem, of Jersey, from Figuera to-
wards Newfoundland.
We take the following from the summary in the
Melbourne Argus of June 9 :

"THE COLONY OF VICTORIA.
"The mail by the Joseph Tarratt closes at 5.30 this after-
noon, and that . by the Kent at 11.4.5 to morrow morning ;
and although the interval since the Royal Charter left is
short, and there is not much additional to report, the un-
certainty of another opportunity equally good induces us
to compile a brief summary of our condition and progress
for transmission by vessels, one of which is second in re-
putation to none among the racers of the deep:
"THE GOLD.
"The weekly escort returns continue to show thet the
yield of our goldfields this year is greatly in excess of that
of lut year. The escorts have brought from Mount
Alexander and Bendigo, 17.823 cz. ; Ballarat, including
Geelong, 15,917 ; Ovens, 12,149 ; Fiery Creek, 3,896 ;
Maryborough, 3,027 ; M'lvor, 1,609 ; Avoca, 1,012 ; Daisy
Hill, 723; Mount Blackwood, 22.1 ; ampunt this week,
56,385; and year, 1,241,982 oz. Gold 'Whipped in 1356,
1,388,5:38 oz ; per Athelsts.n to Calcutta, 3,950 ; per
Clutha to ditto, 10,751 ; per City of Sydney to Sydney,
; total, 1,405,775 oz. ; or 53 tons ll cwt. 1 qr. 221 b.
11 oz., at Eos.' 5,623,1001.
" We have had, since the Royal Charter sailed, another
of those instances of individual success which are occa-
sionally occurring on our gold fields. A party of three
miners, working in the Black Creek, at Tarradale, at a
depth of about 12 feet from the surface came upon a solid
lump of gold, weighing 541 b., with about 80 ounces of
smaller nuggets in close proximity. The total value taken
from the claim was a little under 3,0001.
"The gold fields lately discovered on the Nicholson
river in the Gipps Land district aro b3ing steadily
worked. The gold has recently been submitted to assay
by Mr. Birkmyre, the assay master to the Pert Philip and
Colonial Gold Campany, and the result is reported es N.
lows
" Gold from the Nicholson River, Gipps Land, melted
and assayed for the Unisin Bank of Australia, Melbourne
B:lore melting, 7oz. s,lvvt.
After urchin.

oz. dwt. gr.
• 6 19 18
. 0 2 12

Loss per cent, 1.9. Assay, 21 carats 2c. gr.
Alit value in L0nd0n............ £1 3s. 2d. per oz.
" A correspondent supplies us with returns of the pro-
ceeds of 12 parcels of quartz from Anderson's Creek, a gold-
field 16 miles from Melbourne. Toe parcels weighed in
the aggregate 34 tons, from which 443 ounces of gold were
obtained. Our correspondent writes as follows :
"Permit mo to give you a few details about various par-
cels of quartz from Anderson's Creek. which have been
crushed from time to time at the Port Philip Foundry, by
Dr. Otway's patented crushing mill, and retorted in the
usual manner. The following parcels have come through
my hands, and therefore I can speak as io the correctness
of the results:—

ton. cwt. qr. oz. dwt.
.. 1 17 0 yield 11 5
2 0 0 „ 16 16
. 2 0 0 ~ 30 0
100 „ 1 1
.. 6 0 0 „ 144 0
.. 2 3 0 „ 30 0
0 10 3 „ slicer.
~1 17 0 23 10
.. 2 0 0 „ 9 0
.. 1 2 1 „ 15 7
.. 7 0 0 „ 06 18
.. 3 5 1 „ 60 13

30 15 1 „ 413 10

" At the older fields the systematic washing of the soil
and the quartz mining are being steadily prosecuted. Tbo
difference in the Triutities sent down weekly is not to be
taken as an indication of any increase or decrease in the
yield. In truth it rather shows the prosperity of the
great body of the miners, who hold or realise as the mar-
ket varies.
" The following is a list of the ships that have sailed
hence with gold sine, the Ist of April :--

3allarat ............

Dos tina tbn.

Ounces.

Phomas Ann Co'e •• • •
lity of Manchester ..
ntoon Apcar ••
)liver Lang .. • • • •
'linen of England •
ialem • • •• • •
Valmer Castle ......
.toy al Charter........

Andras ..•• •• •• • • ••
Andras .
London
London • ••• ..
•.ivarpool .. •• -• • . ••
r Hong Kong, vial
L Singapore ....J
Londcn• •• • ••.• .•
3onibay • • • • • • • • • • • •
Singapore • • .
tAverpool ...... • • • •
(Ion: Kong .
'lo:nbay .. • • .. • . • • .•
Lozdon ...... .• • •
Liverpool • • ...... • .
..:4 cutta •• .. ....
. Calcutta .......... • •

524
59,21;5
26,323
4,001
43,007
173,346
3,955
10,750

ktfielstan.. • • .. • • ... .
.. • • .. • • ..

" ror U LATION.
" The monthly returns of the Immigration Board, so far
as they aro completed, give the following as the additions
by sea lance that period :
Arrived. Departed. Net Increase.
January 3,991 2,557 1,437
February
March 2,637 2,301 ' 33
April

32,789 8,317 4,4-2
" In the month of May, the official return for which is
not yet published, the balance of immigration over emi-
gration was about 1,600.
‘` TRADE AND COMMERCE.

" Notwithstanding that trade is in a great measure sus-
pended, in consequence of the continuance of wet weather
and the all but impassable state of the roads, the present
cmdition of the trade and commerce of the colony is one
of undoubted health. The imports of late have been in
excess of the demand for consumption, but they have been
in the main- of a description that will not suffer deprecia-
tion from being stored until a more active demand sets in,
or until an interval of dry weather so fir improves the
roads as to admit of communication with the several inland
centres of our mining population. We may repeat that
never at the same perio.l of the year have the stocks of
the country shopkeepers been so light as they are at this
present season, and that, although trade during the
next three months cannot be expected to be very active,
yet the increasing consumption of a well-to-do' mining
population will be sure to secure a fair amount of business
to importers. The first impression produced by the pacific
news brought by the Champion of the Seas was that prices
of imported goods would have to give way before the pro-
spects of increased speculation consequent on the with-
drawal of large sums of money from prosecution of the
'war. This uneasy feeling has not, however, produced any
depressing effects. It is believed that with the restoration
of peace a reaction will be imparted to emigration, and
that the experience of 1853 will not be lost on shippers,
who will be cautious of again pouring in upon the Aus-
tralian colonies goods in excess of the increasing consum-
ing powers of their inhabitants.
" The general tone is, therefore, one of confidence. The
resources of the colony have shown a wonderful elasticity.
The deficiency of 400,0001. in the revenue which the Go-
vernment were forced to meet by advances from the banks
has gradually disappeared, and the Government will have
at their credit a surplus of nearly double that amount
when they meet the Legislature of the colony, soon about
to be assembled for the first time under the new constan-
t tion.
" In actual progress the producing interests are making
steady strides ; manufactories are springing up, not only in
and about the capital, but also on the goldfields, for the
purpose of supplying articles which have hitherto been
imported ; soap-works, candle-works, fiour-mills, and
breweries are being established wherever consumption calls
for them. The land is being opened up for cultivation, a
greater breadth th3n ever being laid down in wheat and
other cereals, and dairy farming is extensively carried on.
When immigration once more sets in the country will ab-
sorb with ease any number that is likely to arrive.
" We subjoin comparative table of the imports and ex-
ports at the port of Melbourne of the quantities of dutiable
articles for consumption and of other matters Connected
with our commerce :
"IMPORTS AND EXPORTS AT THE PORT OP IXELBOURNIII.
Imports in the year 1856 up to the 31st of
-25.216,106

Exports in the year 1k56 up to the. 31st of
hla.y ...... 6,850,934

Balance of exports over imports during the
current year ....... , .....

1,634,878

NEW SOUTH WALES.
We take the following .from the eydney Morning
Herald of the 7th of June :
"The following notification appears in the Government
'fazette
" ColoniAl Seeretary'a-office, Sydney, June 6, 1856.
ExcQll-ncy the Governor-General has been pleased
"no - 'be following gentlemen to the offices mentioned
to appoint 4tth,. u. their respective names :
in
art Alexander Donaldson, Esq., to b
.
Registrar of Records of New South
c.eTonheectl Hon.oli N ..s „ n,
Co!onial Secretary any

Vales. Esq., to be
" The lion. William -eta Manning,
Attorney-General of New South Wales.
b 3 Solicitor-
" The Hon. John Bayley Darvall, Esq., to
General of New South Wales.
" The Hon. Thomas Bolt, Esq., to be Colonial Trea-
surer and Collector of Internal Revenue of New South
Wales.
" Ihe Hon. George Robert Nicholas, Esq , to be Authtor-
Genoral.of New South Wales.
" By his Excellency'. command.
" STUART A. DONALDSON, Colonial Secretaly."
• " Colonial Secretares-office, Kyduey, June 6, 1856.
r_. MA FaCa9llo7 Ole QineMPOODAP4 OEMS it to be
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