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I Last evening a meeting of delegates, appointed
by various vestries and district boards of works
within the metropolis, was held at the St. Pancras
Vestry Hall, to take into •consideration the large
amount appropriated by the Metropolitan Board
of Works for carrying out improvements in the)
City .of -London as compared to the proportion.
awarded to the other metropolitan parishes.
The CHAIRMAN opened the 'Proceedings by re-
ferring to the fact that the City of London at pre-
sent- possessed a revenue of £200,000 per annum,
exclusive of the local taxation. The great question
was, whether the ratepayers of the outlying dis-
tricts were' to be taxed for those improvements of
the City of London
,`which it would cost several
millions to carry out. The City of Landon eon- .
tributed one-tenth to the expenses -of the Metropo-
litan Board, but the City had'obtained the lion's
share, amounting to no less than 7-10ths of the cost
of City improvements. The members of the Metropo.
litan Board were all selected from thedistriethoardij
and, if that hoard acted in a manner contrary to-
the interests or wishes of their constituents, it would
be for those constituents, at the proper time, to
infuse fresh blood into the representative system.
Mr. Tims;oN (of Kensington) thought it was of
the utmost importance, to carry out. improvements
and widen streets in the, City of London, as the
whole of •the metropolis received benefit thereby.
He considered, however, that, with the coal dues
and other means at their command, the City ought
to be able to carry out those improvements. It was
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only recently that the City refused to part with the
'open space near St. Pant's to the Government on
the largest share of the sum voted for improvements
'at the various
district boards took measures to watch the future
proceeding's of the Metropolitan Board. With
regard to the subject for which the conference had
been coni-ened, it had been said that the City had.
!t*tiosived. the. -lion's . share, but in order. to he just
they Tritest acknowledge, that the City was the
-Mr. ROSE, of St. Martin's, observed the majority
of the Metropolitan Board had agreed to a certain .
course of action, and the present meeting was
intended to vindicate the opinion of the minority
with reference to the sum appropriate(' to the City
improvements. It.had been said that the City had
the coal dues, but this was an.error, astwo-thirds
of the amount received by the City as coal dues
was paid to the Government. It must be borne in
mind that the City was the centre of the commerce,
not only of the metropolis, but of the nation, and
it was therefore not unjust that the whole of the
metropolis should contribute more than an average
portion for City improvements. It was a great
delusion that the City possesseeenormous revenues
to carry out improvements. Why, Cannon-street
had cost £2,000,000 of money, and the New Cattle
Market had entaile(l a loss of £lO,OOO. , They ought
not to lose. sight of the fact that the metropolis
itself was one vast. city, and it (right not to be re,-
ferred to such a meeting, as the present to call over
the coals -the decision of the Metropolitan Board.
(Oh, oh.) It was no honour to be a member of that
bo ird, but entailed a wait amount of labour •and
anxiety on the part of gentlemen 'elected to the
office. Their reward was to be bullied by the
press, - bullied by their constituents, and what
tbr ? Why, it was very probr.ble that no.
member of that boatel had ever read the blue- -
books published on the question of sewerage
during the time of the old Commissioners of
Sewers. The Metropolitan Board acted to the-
best of its judgment, although many of its members
might be comparatively ignorant on the question of
drainage. (Hear.) The City of Lemon members of
that ,board were astute
,men of business, but the
other members of the board were sufficient to
counteract any influence on the- part of the City
members • that might tend to prejudice the other
districts of the metropolis.
Mr. NEWTON, Mile-end, was at a loss to know
what the last speaker intended to convey. The fact
that the City was the centre of commerce proved the
value of property, anti that the City parishes ought
in reality to assist the outlying parishes, rather
than the reverse.•
Mr. WADE, Greenwich, as one of the former
Commissioners of Sewer,, must remark that lie
knew the ysteni of drainage now being carried
out by the Metropolitan Board had been sanctioned
by the late Mr. Stephenson and the Most eminent
engineers. With regard to the subject before the
meeting, it was most unjust that the City should
receive such a proportion of the fund award( d.
Why, every outlying parish' would like to carry
out improvements, but they had to pay fin. them.
Dr. Tructnan, of Kensington,- Messrs. Johnsen,
Collins, and other delegateS addressed the meeting
condemnatory of the' Coot se pursued by the Metro-
politan Board; and ultimately, on the motion of
Mr. Austin, a ventilation was adopted setting forth
the injustice of appropriating the funds of the out-,
lying parishes to the payment of an undue proper- -
lion of the cost of improvements in other parishes. -
It was also resolved to forward a copy of the reso--
lotion to each member of the Metropolitan Board.
The meeting then separated.

PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SD.

lazaretto here, or depot ship, for unfortunates in
quarantine, which will explain to you why, if finally
refused pratique, on we must go with our steamer.
What finally becomes of us you will learn in a future
letter. This one is about to leave, and will not, I
hope, be refused admission into the Cadiz letter-bag
because it has not been vaccinated.
Insulated as we are, I have been able to obtain
hut little information about the expedition to Africa.
What appears to me certain is that the Spaniards
have chosen a most unfavourable season for com-
mencing the war. The winter in the north of Mo-
rocco is generally extremely wet ; deluges of rain
descend, and find little admission from the almost
impervious clay soil, which must resemble, if the
accounts I receive of it be correct, in its toughness
and tenacity, the stiff boggy soil of the Crimea.
There arc no roads, the fatigues of 'the army will
be great, and it is likely to suffer much from dis-
ease. When we add to this the harassing attacks
of the Moors, we get an amount of difficulties
which were probably not altogether anticipated by,
arose who selected the end of November for open-
ing the campaign. As regards the state of prepara-
tion of the Moors I get very conflicting informa—
tion, but Tangiers, there seems reason to belieVe, is
in a good state of defence. On this account some
think that the first point of attack will be Tetuan,
which is easier to reach than Tangiers by land from
Ceuta.

It is thought that Zabala's corps (the 2d, now
quartered about Cadiz), and the general-in-chief
and staff, will go hence to Martin, the port of Te-
tuan, which is a short distance from the coast.
Tetuan is not ,a, fort ified town, and might probable
be easily taken. 'his corps will, it is said, embark
in two divisions,• O'Donnell accompanying the
second. Such are the reports that reach us. With
respect to the affair of the 190, in front of Ceuta,
one hears very conflicting and probably exaggerated
rumours. Sonic Moorish prisoners are said to have
been taken. The loss of the Spaniards is stated to

have been very Small. It is thought probable that
the Moors will not make any great efforts to defend
frontier and coast places and positions, but will try
to lyre their opponents into the interior, where
the difficulties of the Spaniards will be increased
and the African cavalry will have a good field of
action. This is perhaps a mere surmise, but it is
likely enough to prove correct. If the Spaniards
are wise. they will not allow them Selves to be
seduced far inland. Their first object should be to
establish themselves strongly at one or two points
on or near the coast, whence their communications
with Spain may be easily maintained, and where
they may collect the large quantities of supplies
indispensable to the very existence of their army.

WRECK THE ROYAL CrIA.RTER.

.
Sir,—May we beg you to insert the accompany-
ing list of bodies washed up from the wreck of the
Royal Charter, as the marks and description of
property found on them may lead to their identi-
fication by their friends
We take this opportunity of expressing our obli-
gation ,to Mr. Rich, who while engaged at Moelfra
in the painful search for the bodies of his own
friends, has shown so much anxiety to assist and
give information to those under the same dis-
tressing_eircumstances as.himself.

We arc, sir, your obedient servants,

" GIBBS, BRIGHT, AND Co.
Liverpool and Australian Navigation Company,
North John-street, Liverpool, Nov. 30.

Male ; "A. 11. P." on his shirt.
Sailor; " Mary" and a heart on right arm.
Female ; ono stocking marked "Lewis" one "Robinson."
Male; on shirt, "James Davis, Woodside, 1838, No. 3."
Male; two gold rings in a paper, two pairs of earrings,
three breastpins, one with the. Freemasons' arms.
Male ; about six feet high; two portemonnaies containing
.£3O 13s. 7id., two' common rings, piece of foreign coin, and
small clasp; also a paper to the effect that Mr. Edmund
Smith sold on board the Royal Charter Ll 2 worth of parrots
to J. W. Wright, surgeon, October 7.

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• Male, about 30 yeai; of age : on his stocking "J. B." in
red thread.

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Male, about 5 feet 10 inches high ; in a portomonnaie three
Australian sovereigns and Gid. a broad sheet with two
printed ballads, viz., ", William and Emma" and the "Green
Lament ;" a small perforated. lace .card with printed lines
headed A Blessing ;" 'age from 40 to 50.
Female, 5 ft. 3 in. high; four months gono with child ;
wedding and guard rings, the former much worn ; the let-
ter, eizbt Irish diamonds and emerald iu centre set in sil-
ver; dress chiefly black.

Male;
Male •
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"Captain Jas. Morris" in his pocketbook.
"F. Itutford" on Jlis shirt.

Hale; a gig(' watch, inside. " 13,jewels, No. 0,746; Hi.
Pcrreganx, Geneve ;" portenionnaio with £2 10a. 3d. in gold
and silver; a black nugget, and a piece of paper containing
the following addresses—" Rev. J. B. McCaul, 42, Gower-
place, Gower-:street;" and "40, Huntingdon-street, Prans-
bury-park."
Feniale; respectably:dressed, wedding ring and keeper;
wart on right side of chin.
Male, a digger ; £3, a silver coin of George 11., a large
gold ring on right band.

- Male ; bill on Union Bank of Australia, London, dated
4th July, 1859, payable to order of Mr. Robert Ellinson ;
two more bilk on same bank, Ist and 3d dated 20th Aug.,
18.59, payable to order of J. C. Ellinson.
Mule ; gold ring, marked " F.S. ;" pocketbook, contain-
ing piece of paper, with address, " Alex. Maple, Hampton,
M iddlesex."

AUSTRALIAN STATISTICS.

The official statement commences with the colony
of New South Wales, and we therefore take it
first. In 1857 the population included 171,67:1
males, and 133,814 females.. There were 550 schools
and 29,236 scholars. The births numbered 12,501,
and the marriages 2,902. There were 4,846 deaths.
15,578 immigrants arrived in 1857, 10,205 -of
whom .went out at the public expense, and 5,373 at
their own expense; 8,538 were males and 4,412
fema;ss, and 2,628 children under 14. 4,612 males
and 1,961 females emigrated from the colony in the
same Sear. There were 395 convictions for felo-
nies and misdemeanours, and 232 civil cases
tried. The public income amounted to 1.:1,531,137,
and the expenditure to £1,543,328. 1,100 ves-
sels, of .351,413 tons, entered, and 1,204, of
377,147 tons, cleared out in 1857. 132 vessels
entered from the United Kingdom, and 810 from
the British colonies. 10 vessels were built and 45
registered in the colony in the year. The value
of the imports was £6,729,408, including £3,797,350,
the produce of the United Kingdom, and £1,640,520;
of her colonies. The exports 'were £4,011,952, of
which nearly £3,000,000 was the produce of the
colony .(gold included). The exports included
135;805 gallons of ale and beer, 890,5271 b. of cheese,
151,197 bushels of maize; 107,468 hides and skins,
781,6701 b. of tea, and 17,044,2011 b. of wool. The
value of gold and bullion in the Royal Mint and
banks in 1857 was £1,388A5: The total .number
of mortgages on land was 1,168, to the amount of
£703,389.. There were 175 mortgages on;live stock,
including 904,360 sheep, 135,334 horned cattle, and
3,141 horses, to the extent of £655,462. Seven-
teen mines produced 210,434 tons of coal, valued at
£148,158. The Post-office employed 274 persons ;
the extent of post roads was 289,386 miles, and
the number Of letters that passed by ship and in-
land was 2,602,919, besides 2,214,411 newspapers.
183,385 acres of land were under crop, producing
1,289,044 bushels of wheat, 1,118,000 bushels of
maize, 58,088 bushels of barley, 61.253 bushels of
oats, 21,491 tons of potatoes, 1,301 tons of tobacco,
and 53,064 tons of hay, &c. 1,128 acres of land
were. planted with the vine, producing 108,174
gallons of wine, and 1,414 of brandy. The live
stock included 180,053 horses, 2,148,664 horned
beasts, 8,139,162 sheep, and 109,166 swine.
48,341 sheep and 25,111 cattle were slaughtered
in 1857, producing 40,597 tons of tallow.
81,360 yards of woollen (cloth and tweed)
were manufactured ; also 37,228 cwt. of soap, and
1,346 cwt. of tobacco. 166,000 cwt. of sugar were
refined. There were 157 mills of all kinds for
grinding'grain• In New South Wales, in 1857,
wheat was 7s. 4d. per bushel; bread of the very
first quality, 3d. per lb., and of the second, 24d.;
rice, sd. ; tea, 2s. 6d. ' • coffee, ls. Bd. ; sugar, V,-d. ;
meat (fresh) 3Yd. ; English cheese, ls. 7d., and
colonial, Is. ; potatoes, 14s. Gd. per cwt. ;
colonial wine, 9s. 2d., and imported wine (best
quality), 14s; 9d. per gallon; brandy, £1 15s. Gd.
per gallon (very dear of course) ; colonial beer,
45.. and imported Is. Gd. per gallon ; candles, 9d. per
lb.; lamp oil, 10s. per gallon ; soap, 7d. per lb
starch, ls., and blue, 2s. Gd. ; colonial tobacco, 2s. id, •
and imported ss. per lb. Men's moleskin coats were
16s. eacb, and jackets 10s. ; waistcoats, Bs. 6d.;
trousers, Bs. and 9s. ; check shirts, 3s. 3d. ; strong
boots, 16s. 6d. ; shoes, 1 ls. 6d. ; shepherds' coats,
225.; socks, 10d. ; handkerchief's, 9d. each, and straw
hats, ss. 11d. Women's print dresses, Os., and meri-
noes, 12s: each ; flannel petticoats, Is., and calico do.,
)s. 2d. ; stockings, is. 2'J. ; shoes, 7s. 6d. ; caps,'
2s. 6(1. ; shawls, lOs 61 ; shifts, 4s. 4d. ; stays, 7s.
2d. s aprons, ls. 3d and straw bonnets, 6s. Crino-
line hoops are not mentioned.
"Wages, without board, were, in 1857 (average).-
carpenters, 12s. a-day ; smiths and wheelwrights,
12s. ; bricklayers, 13s. ; And masrus, 14s. Farm
labourers, witA board, £3O to £4O a-year ;
shepherds, £3O to £35. Plain cooks, £25 to 130.;
housemaids, £l6 to £18; laundresses, £2O to £25 ;
nurses, £l5 to £2O ; general house servants, £2O to
£25; and dairywomen,*&c., £lB to £2O a-year.

Male ; gold ring, with a full-rigged ship and the word
Ballarat."

Male; pair of socks marked " W. 8."
Male ; two rings, one a diamond, the other Freemasons'
arms, and inside " IV. L ;" one breastpin (a female minia-
ture), in case. _ _

Sailor; on right arni, Our Lord on the Cross, forehead
and vesture red; on one side half moon, with a face, on
the other the sun ; on the top'of the cross " 1.H.5.;" under
all (doubtless his initials), " M.R.L. ;" on left arm man and
woman dancing.

Sailor; about six feet; on right arm a sailor holding a
union jack, with a streamer, the end of which is held by a
female, on the lower part of the arm ; on the upper a cruci-
fixion, stars round the head of the cross, one large star on
the side ; on the left arm the initials " H. 5.," a flag, &c.
Male; four gold rings,, one marked with a double heart,
the three others with heart and hand ; one pair of earring
drops (thistles), purse and portemonnate, containing £7O Ss.
Male, aged about '5O; very-stout and bulky, wearing a
broad black felt or stay to support his back.

At the close of the inquiry by the Board of Trade,
Mr. Mansfield said his colleague and himself en-
tirely concurred in everything which had fallen
from the learned counsel with reference to the

heroic gallantry shown, not merely by the captain
and crew, but also by the passengers, of the Royal
Charter up to' the last moment. Everyone ap•
peared to have done his duty, even with almost
certain death before him, intrepidly and unflinch-
ingly to the last. Perhaps a nobler spectacle was
never witnessed,, except in the memorable case of
the wreck of the Birkenhead; and it was even
perhaps more remarkable in the case of ordinary
passengers of the middle and bumbler ranks of life,
whose conduct was such as to make one proud of
being their countrymen. Notwithstanding what
had taken place in that court during the very long
inquiry, he understood that some persons still per-
severed in
.the most malignant imputations against
the late Captain Taylor, with reference to his
sobriety. It is well known that the Board of Trade
had been most anxious to receive any communica-
tions whatever which bore on the inquiry. Indeed
the Post-office had been like the lion's mouth in
Venice, from the number of accusations which
had been dropped into it. The Board of
Trade invited every
,person who had any
communication to make or suggestion to
offer to appear before them. Nothing of the kind
bad been brought forward. On the contrary, some
names had been given as authorities for that most
malignant imputation, but the parties, on being
referred to, entirely denied it. It seemed there-
fore so groundless that Mr. O'Dowd, in his, opening,
declined going into it. The whole story was en-
tirely groundless, and he (Mr. Mansfield) should
not even mention it in his report to the Board of
Trade. There can be no doubt that Captain Taylor
was a gallant and bravo seaman, and it could only
be from the vilest malignty, or some other un-
worthy motive, that an attempt was made to leave
a stigma upon his character in that respect.

The following were the remarks of Mr. Aspinall,
to which Mr. Mansfield referred .

" As long as it continued dark Captain Taylor evidently
thought it was safer to wait for daylight than to make any
attempt by boat or otherwise in such a sea to reach an un-
known coast. As soon as the light came a communication
was established under the orders of the officers with the
shore by means of the heroic conduct of the Maltese
Rogers. But for the unexpected breaking up of the ship
tits bravery of that mu would probably have saved almost
every one on board.

" When the hawser was passed from the ship to the shore
there was presented a picture than which it is difficult to
conceive anything more illustrative of the nobleness of Bri-
tish seamen.

" Not a man attempted to get to land except by order of
the officers. MCSSOllg'Ol',l Were; despatched I. ,r the women
and children; at that moment the ship broke up. When
that. was told to the chief officer, Mr. Stephens, he left the
hawser and went aft in the direction where the females were,
and was doubtless lost in trying to.reach them. Even at that
frightful moment we have in evidence that the fourth officer,
Mr. Croome, and the crew spent some twenty minutes in
trying to save the only female in the forepart of the ship.
As regards the conduct of the passengers,—up to this time
the conduct of the soldiers on board the Birkenhead who kept
their ranks until the ship went down has been thought,
the greatest heroism on record, but if it wero possible that
that should- be exceeded at all, it is so now, because here we
have amass of persons not subject to command, or habituated
to discipline, men, _women and children behaving in the
' most admirable manner, and showin g- an amount of courage
and n total absence of selfishness which ought to make every
Englishman proud of his countrymen."

The Bank havcisucd the usual notice that they
are ready to make advances on Government securities and
bills of exchange, till the opening of the transfer books in
January, at their current rate of discount.
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packets. Each packet is labelled. " -.Tames Epps, liorrinee
patic chethist, London."