Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-08-28

General revenue. e89,679 e75272
Territorial revenue ,4S9 iooo21
49,lls 282 Os9
This great advance is principally attributed to the in
creased consumption of imports Late letters from MEL
state that the condition of society there complete
ignores very prevalent social maxims; for IN
stance used to- be told that poverty is great inS
CATION to crime and that Gin times Of abundance ana
prosperity the ratio Of crime decreases This IS GER
tanly not the in Victoria for with the increased
wealth. crime and outrage Of all kinds have most fright
fully increased The last astounding piece Of yany is
the plunderng Of gold ship in the harbor an the middle
of the night by band Of twenty armed ruans, who car
red off upwards of 5000 of gold, worth at least
g30000 tdngs had been heard Of the perpetrators
The present population Balarat and Mount Alexander
estimated OOO the produce Of the dggngs there
about 10000 ounces weekly We give the two following
extracts from letters which have been lately received,
very graphic sketches of the Of things at the places
where they dated:
"FoRT PHILIP, MARCH 81, 1852
"The town is surprisingly fine regards the width Of
the and the fine surrounding country The people
at present the most yagabond set Of fellows in ap
pearance that you saw; their principal amusement
seems be cabling it, and becoming temporary propre
Of horses Cab fare is at the almost Incredible price
two guneas hour with no hope OF getting cab at
all unless you have the orthodox moustache long beard
striped shirt and deyimaycare appearance OF success
FIJI miner Every thing hare has tho of bus
tie that is unnatural House rent and lodging are enor
There few hundred canvass tents out on the
outskirts and well may people be driven to this dilemma
when in day twentyone sail came hher, bringing
between two and three thousand souls"
sMELBouRNE, APRIL A, 1852.
..The condition of society here exceeds any thing
known excepting of course California; the utter reckless
ness of the inhabitants of every class but especially
the working classes is truly marvellous Your previous
ideas knocked into skies and sevens you feel your
self living in condition in which there is huge mis-
take without knowing where to look for It, Only fancy
fellow asking IS. for taking of goods across
street; engineer to drive steamer getting G3O per
month, Joiner las day, and woman cook ESQ to e40
year. with nothing but plain vicuas to dress up Prices
cially those manufactured in til colony. say nothing
OF the results of the Mines you will learn every thing
can write you from the papers Of the day."
The people at the dggings said to be in general
very well behaved owing in small degree to the
taken to prevent the nordnate Of sprituous
liquors. In the towns, however where similar precau-
tons have not been taken of and riot
of daily occurrence and crime is very prevaent the
ganzaion Of the police force being quite inadequate for
its prevention.
The question of the American fisheries excites great
deal of attention. not because any one scarcely any
one magnes that serious quarrel arise out of the
affair but because the stirring the business at the present
moment is regarded indicating DESIRE the part Of
the Administration to return to the exploded system of
bounties and this they would accomplish, not by any
deviation from the policy which regulates the
'of this country" but by Discrimination to prevent
the North American colonies from adopting the policy
(which they may deem conducive to their pros
'perty and welfare" We quite that, owing
to the cupabe axiy Of expression which too often
found in acts of legislation and treaties disputes have for
long time existed between American and British fisher
the boundaries within which the latter have
elusive right to exercise their calling We think it
is than time that these Disputes brought to
termination by few short of straight forward
common English, in which words shall have def
mite meaning and phrases admit of no ambiguous expla
nation Such an honestly ntended plainly
treaty we have doubt Mr. WEBSTER and Mr. CHAMPION
could and would arrange in half hour; and hope
and trust they viii do it, and thus another bone
of contention of the way of great nations whose
common as well as individual interests, well the
good of the universal family of man. require that they
should continue in the bonds of peace and goodwill We
regard the agitation Of the question at this particular
time indicating Ministerial desire treat feerade
mischief to be raigaed; and Lord DERBY would mit
gate it, by any direct attack upon its principles, but
by of bounes, restrictions, regulations, and mpe
dments Of various kinds; and he has begun with the
American fisheries, telling the colonial Legislatures in
fact although not in many words, that they may grant
bountes to the fishermen if they believe doing SO win
conduce to their prosperity and welfare. The In
qufrr thus up the Opinions Of the Londen press
upon the subject:
The only ground which these measures could be
represented any hardship at ALL in the opinion Of the
Times is that since 1918 the British authorities have
been somewhat remss in the protection Of their undoubt
ed rights and that the naval officers commanding the
station have not had sufficient force their disposal
The Tory journals accept the policy pursued by her Ma
jesys Ministers attack freetrade principles;
and accepted SUCH it is vigorously opposed by the Daily
News By rigid construction Of the Treaty Of Ghent'
says contemporary, 1T is possible that the largest
possible meaning being given to the words bays and
headands the Americans may not have right to fish
in the Bay Of Fundy. But it is rather late in the day
either TO find that out to tell them that they
have been fishing there for the last twenty years
The Bank Of England has again increased its circula
ton and reduced its bullion the former was at the date
of the last returns f23 455 the latter Ell 1885,
the unemployed being therefore G12 230, 653.
"The expectation Of English con," says Mr. HuSr in
very clever lecture upon god sis rapidly increasing and
the English sovereign is becoming every year
dollar passed every where the English sovereign is
taken current coin three-fourhs Of the globe,
and its expectation keeps pace with the importation Of
raw gold" From November, 1850, to June 1851 the
Bank Of England issued 100000 sovereigns being at
the rate of per annum and Sir JOHN HERscHEL
states that since November, 1851 the mint has coined
G8, 10000 in sovereigns and hssovereigns and the
rate of production can scarcev keen mace with the