Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-12-07

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Pressmen get.e per week, and lmachinests from
f7 to fl2; stone-masons 25s to '35s, per day
and carpenters from 26s to s0s; laborers from
los to los. 1@ &@1&@ bsa.as E:E1slEgE
Lawyers are very numerous, but. Americans
find great difficulty in being admitted to the bar.
| = The inhabitants of Australia deeply moved
| py the question of legislative reform. Meetings
have been held in all parts of the colony to de-
mand new constitution from the Legislative
council. The following extract from an address
to the people, embodies the principal objects
sought by the colonists:, s.4s8pls,9 s., .s. ,s.:f
"We demand just appointment of the repre-
1resentation of the people in the Lower House of
Parliament, by a revision of the present electo-
raj system, and re-arrangement of electoral dis
tricts to afford fair and equitable represen-
tation of the numbers, intelligence and property
of the community, and of all its various classes
and interests AS subsidiary and subordinate to
this, we demand an extension of the franchise to
many classeswho, by the technicalties of sys-
tenn of household suffrage, ARE shut out from all
voice in the councils of their country.
s'We demand that any Constitution, to be franz
ed for this colony, shall be subjectto periodical
revision, with view to its. further improvement
and progressive adaptation to- the wants of the
community, under such safeguards as will protect
hasty or ill-considered organic changes"
The rush to the GouldburR diggings is now
abating, as the dggers find that the want of water
on the spot offers serious impediment to their
operations. The nearest supply, in any quantity;
is at swamp three or four miles distant, and the
carrying of the washing to this place involves
an expense of G2 per load. .- r. .s-.f
: The Melbourne Argus 25th says, t...,. s.....s,
"No fresh intelligence of importance has arriv-
ed from the gold-feds of Mount Alexander or
Bendigo; but the overland mail brings part;cu-
lars of large meeting at the Ovens. at which
speeches of the usual tenorwere delivered and the
feeling against the license foe seems there, too,
to be very strong" :z;. sssges.r,,..zs = -. So
Mrs. Mitchell, the wife of the Irish exile, sailed
from Melbourne on the 25th, with her children
accompanied by Mr.. Smith, the gentleman who
aided Mr.. Mitchels escape, tosrejoin her husband
awaiting her arrival in San Francisco. Previous
to Mrs. MitchePs departure, deputation, repre-
sentng number of Irishmen. and several other
citizens, waited upon Mrs. Mitchell, to present
her with address of their sympathy for the past
trials of her husband and herself, and their con-
graduation at the happier prospect now opening
for them and their family. They presented her,
at the same time, with gold watch and chain OF
exquisite workmanship. .-ys 49,.
The Argus, of the 29th, among its exports, has
the following: szs--.
II August 27-Bavaria, for New York-2oo kegs
nails, 173 cases lard, 80 barrels pork, 400 kegs
pickles, 5 cases shirts, &c., box jeweiry, 5000
OF. gold DUST and part of original cargo from New
York.
MELBOURNE Cold CIRCULAR, August 29.-The
price of gold may still be quoted at IT'S Cd; but
in the absence of orders, and the increasing guam
tity from the different fields, slight reduction
may be looked for. o.. ,
MEIBoURNE, August 2s.-Whea is beginning
to come in more freely, and sells readily at / Is
There is no great demand for; fine Flour, which
may be quoted at E27. Oats SIS to AIS. Hay
dull at e. Is. Potatoes, Gl6 to ELS. In other
articles no change. ~Provisions.-There is no al.
iteration in prices since our last quotations
Timber, Fuel, &c.--6 feet paling sos per 100;
| 5 feet paling Cos do; timber 40s to 45s per l0C
feet; quartering and joists 46s. do; boards ane
battens 45s do; shingles 55s per 100; .laths 45s
do bricks f5 5s to f5 los per. 1000; Por
! Arthur Goals "a los ser ton.
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