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‘Wat, with a soil, as is now stated, ad adapted for the manufacture of the actually employed should have been so exclusively timber. ‘The truth is. however, that everything has led onthe o-a-head principle aloue. Brick took wp time, and a wooden house or store ld be ‘Yue up and inhabited before clay could be fairly baked. Instead of guarding against contlagrations by the construction of their houses, the Californians seem to prefer taking the risk as it comes, and main- taining some machinery to encounter it. Most towns im the United States have their volunteer fire bri- , raised, trained, and mustered something like | our militia, and the practice, indeed, seems to satisty im some sort that military spirit which no free eon munities are without. Still, the periodical absorption by fire of entire cities, with their property, must eventually prove a contingency too serious to be alighted, and we shall be Gp aos to hear that some tionary conditions of building receive the of law. Meantime, one conflagration more or Jess appears to be thought of ver, little consequence. In Europe, such a calamity would have been bewailed in the sympathies, and relieved by the subscriptions ef a whole continent; but in America the damage is vepaired, and the event forgotten almost before the yeport has been made public. By this time, in all baman probability, a new city of Sacramento is sub- stantially completed, of more inzgnificent proportions, mere durable material and greater riches than the ene which perished six weeks ago. It is certainly a great thing to say, but American towns are built almost as rapidly as they are burnt, and the kings of Palestine, who constricted eighty or a hundred eities in a lifetime, seem to be surpassed by Anglo- Bexon colonists, who create almost as many ina year. Expedition to Central Africa. {To the Editor of the London Times.) Sir,—Further despatches and communications feom my friends in the interior of Africa have this moment been received, of which the following few par- ‘tieulars may be interesting tosome of your readers:— ‘On the date of the previous letters Dr. Overwe; was at Kuka, expecting the return of Dr. Bart! from his journey to hirmi, a pore kingdom asitwated between Lake Tsad and the Nile, and mever before visited by any European. On the 20th of August last, Dr. Barth, having miccostly | ees that country as far as Masena, its capital, | ed to Kuka, and rejoined his compainon, in the | best health and spirits. The mecting was a very Joyful one, as the liberal supplies of | Lerd Palmerston, and various subsidies from | their own country—despatched in the beginning of he year—had at length arrived. Before that time their eommunication with Europe had been greatly inter- | ted on account of the wars raging over an exten- | sive portion of the Southern Sabara. Indeed, one of the caravans venturing to proceed trom Maurzeek to Kuka was plundered, and a parcel addressed to the expedition was stolen by the Tuaricks, and conse- ntly never reached its destination. Between July, Ti and June last, no supplies had reached the travel- Jers, who were thereby reduced to great straits. All ‘they could ibly spare of what they possessed, ne- e@ersary to etc personal comfort, had been parted with to defray the expenses of their continued excur- gsiens, and at last no means were left them to pay a | courier for the conveyance of their letters to the north. "Fhe great kindness and generosity of the Vezeer of Borna alone had enabled them to persevere in th undertaking. This enlightened man, by the advice of Dr. Overweg, is makiag cc he nataral products and manuiiciures of h will be | went to England. Borna, wht The suggestion I threw ont in my previous commn- nication respecting the Kawara Pchadda as the “om the two great highways to the interior West coat, » to receive a strong y the | present co: nications of Dr. Barth, who recom- mends to the special attention of this country that of the coast which extends from the Kawara equator. I may be excused in again mentioning | that this is just the mthe importance of which has long been recognized by our transatlantic breth- yen; it is there that the Ameri maries have it is that region which no doubt is within the limits of operation of the projected expe- dition under Captain Lynch, who is already on his way to Western Africa on a preliminary tour of re- cownaissance. The object of that expedition, accord- img to President Fillmore’s Message to the American @ongress, on the 6th Dece: Pimes.is the ‘connaissance of the continent. of Africa eastward of Liberia.” The two travellers, meanwhile, 2 eros the whole of the A nc if possible, the Indian Ocean. tanee of England and Prassi; i ith redoubled con and strengthen ution to push oa to the sonth, and to vere in the attempt to accomplish our great ob- “Should monetary difficulties arise to prevent previously make another voyage in a ‘tion, and attempt to penetrate as far as e determined to t, and toreach, 1 part I am determined to devote other in exploring it,” so writes Dr. Barth to hat can two persousdo | in this vast unknown wor ish into the heart of Afric. from the west coast, elther up the Tehadda or from Pablo de Loanda, situated at the south of the equa- tor. He recommends in particalar that, as arrange- ments hav ready been made at Zanzibar, on the Africa, to assist them from that direc- tion. one or two travellers should start from Mozam- a 3 or Kilwa in the rtion of La i am, sir, your very obedient, humble servant, | Avaustvs PETERMANN. | ‘The United States Census from an Irish View. | (From the Dublin Freeman's Journal. } ‘The United States look forward to the no distant | @ay when their flag shal! wave over a quarter of the be, and the discordant republics which now retard ir mutual prosperity and disgust the admirers of pular liberty by their constant appeals to sand Jaterminable ‘intestine fends shall merge into one vast association of free States, controlled and direct- | ed by that central power which now operates in a narrower but still mighty circle from the city of | Washington. They are already looking after the Queen of the Southern waters, Cuba. Whether it be necessary for the defence of their comm Gulf of Mexico or not, it is destined to a to the acquisitions of the republic by war or pur: Flowever men may dissent from that p which, by introducing unassimilating races into tl union, would weaken its strength, or on the br: dof national morality, wh right of the stronger to oppr fact of Cuba being coveted by th and the probability of its future absorpt wally admitted. "The States are in the full tide of prosperit, the elements of greatness are visible in ev of the Union, and all the conditions of universa pire proceed’ in her to sure fulfilment. The moth and rival of the republic also sh in the golden prosperity which unforeseen causes have created, and which are likely toexercise an influence on the world that the boldest speculator cannot reduce to any de- terminate limits. But though progress has mar’ the career of the old country, it has not been so rapid, so general, or so marked in its extension to all classes of society, a8 in the younger and more favor country. An old and thickly peopled State, which has been accumulating power and population for cen- taries, must be slower in its social accre than the younger and more e where the field of in i 1 but inexhaustible; but ns where both stand on a level, and England might have equalled or outstripped her rival in the race, she sinks below her in vitality and v . The statistical document which appears in another of our columns, furnished by our New York eorrespondent, is a striking proof of the immense headway made by the States. The compiler of the eenms report takes a just pride in comparing the progress his country has made, both absolately relatively absolutely, in accordance with the natural laws which regulate the onward movements of a Btates undisturbed by great physical disasters, aud relatively to Great Britain, which has long been on the pinnacle of prosperity and progress. The Irish eensns supplies the quiver from which Mr. Kenned, discharges a barbed arrow inst England. 1 that part of the subject we shall not eater, except to ds of the report, and acknowledge the All State od involve and ts proclaim the re ality of the sufferings e in the famine in fre and it is some cou: feel that our distance did not preclude those efforts in her beialf vy oar own Citizens and government, without which the desolation would have been more strowely In the ten years preceding ye last census the pop: ulation of Great Britain and Ireland had inereased enly about half » million, and in the lust half centary the increase of England and Wales was 102 per ¢ Jn the ten years intervening between the la eensnses tlie population of the States had in from seventeen from tw i eent,and in the past fifty per cent, or nearly quac The number of houses o tates amounted to 3,36: one-tenth than the i which amount to 3,6 ersons, being nearly the same proportion as in the Jnion. Under the fe 1 of ‘comparative dwellings” the reporter again refers to Ireland, and notices the “extraordinary” fact which has been frequently al- Juded to by vitrselyes in exact proportion to the diminution of th pulation since 1543 bas been the reduction in t The Union makes ample pr for there, too, they “have The whole number of pe States, thongh in very inc 1850, was 154,972, of whom ¢ head. The aggre: remarks, to tor their relle shen of pani | had several children,) was | to his first wife, weing at H | plaints, and which has sipeeen | as Foreign See | administration in | competition. that an event will take plac | peared that what the ca very light. In seventeen years the poor law expen- Sitare fo England and Wales amounted to eighty-five millions sterling, a vast sam, and & country like England could sustain * * * * # ‘These are the main features of the report. They exhibit a remarkable instance of national progress, and point to a time when the Union shall have realized that culmination in power which had been so long enjoyed by ‘the fruitful mother of States,” but from which she gradually declines in the same proportion as the younger and more elastic daughter ascends, {Prom the London Sun, Dec. 29. = George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen, Vis- count Formantine, Lord Haddo, Methlie, Tarves, and Kellie, in the peerage of Scotland, and Viscount Gordon in that of the United Kingdom, has, a3 he truly remarked in his statement to the House of Lords on Monday evening, “ arrived at the very verge of the period assigned to human life.” The noble Earl was born on the 28th of January, 1784. He has, consequently, nearly completed his sixty-ninth year. He entered into possession of the family es- tates and honors on the death of his grandfather, on the 13th of August, 1801, when only seventeen years of age. Shortly after staining his majority, in July 1805, he married Catherine Elizabeth, eldest surviv- ing daughter of John James, first Marquis of Aber- corn. By this lady, who died in 1812, he had only one child, a daughter, who attained maturity. In June, 1814, he received the English Viscountey (Gordon) under which he takes his seat in the House of Lords. The following year (in July, 1515) he en- tered into a second matrimonial connection with Har- riet, grand-daughter of James, fourth Earl of Mor- ton, (oy his second marriage with Bridget, daughter of Sir John Heathcote, Baronet, of Normanton, in the county of Rutland,) and widow of James, Vis- count Hamilton, the father of the present Mar quis of Abercorn. This lady, (by whom he thus” sister-in-law the widow of her bro- ther. Every argument that has been used in oppo- sition to the Marriages Affinity bill equally applies to such a connexion. The noble Earl will then, it is to be hoped, use every exertion to obtain the repeal of the law which has’ led to so many well-founded com- many men of reli- gious and moral character to the deepest annoyance. The House of Commons has repeatedly decided by Jarge majorities that the enactment was unjust and impolitic—that a law unduly restricting individuals in their dearest and most sacred relations—which af- fects to bind the consciences of men in matters re- garding which there is neither any scriptural nor moral precept—and which is therefore habitually dis- vegarded—cannot possibly be maintained. The ac- cession to power of Lord ‘Aberdeen leads to the reh- sonable anticipation that the matter will now be vigorously pushed forward in the hereditary branch of the Legislature, where the strongest opposition was | offered to its progress. This hope is strengthened and confirmed by the appointment of the Earl of St. Germans—the consistent, talented, and energetic ad- vocate for the removal of the unjust law, to the Lord- Lieutenancy of Ireland. We cannot doubt, there- fore , that,” with such persons in office, the vewnta questi Will be finally and satisfactorily ‘disposed of, and that ere many months have elapse’ Yo return to the subject of our notice—the new Premier. His Lordship has three times held offi a cabinet minister, twice as Secretary of Fore! and ence for the colonic He first came tary under the Duke of Wellington, til the defeat of that ad- When Sir Afluin nud continued u ion on the civil list, in 1830. in 182 ministr Robert Peel became Prem deen took office as Colonial + peedily removed, tl retary, from which he istry holding together umption of power by » in seell office he continued watil th 1sde oreign policy during his sev very ditverent from that of his il and energetic Lord Pal- 1 in opposition, he repeated|; sin the department over which ded. In the Don Paci to observe that hi years of office we new colleague, the he b he both spoki policy of his successor in office. On that occasion, at least, he worked hand and heart with his prede- cessor, Lord Derby, from whom, indeed, he rarely differed, except on the question that has finally been disposed of—i. e., of * free trade,” or “ unrestricted It is almost unnecessary to add, that the censure which was then carried ‘in the Lords was shortly afterwards trinmphantly reversed in the House of Commons, achieved on Mr. Roebuck’s motion. The barbed ar- row, therefore, fell pointless irom the broad shield against which it was hurled. ‘The noble earl adopted the policy of the Peelite party on the Ecclesiastical Titles bill—a policy which has enabled a section, consisting of thirty-three per- sons, to obtain a full moiety of the loaves and fishes available at the inauguration of a new administra- tion. He will on this point, therefore, have peculiar advantages in dealing with the Ivish party, and will | unquestionably receive fair play at their hands. The appointment of Mr. Keogh as Solicitor-General for Ireland, will also, no doubt, have a very beneficial effect in securing the co-operation of that party. It was, a8 we pointed out at the time, a great error on the part of Lord John Russell's government, that they disregarded the claims of that learned gentle: man to the situation to which he has at length been appointed. On the other hand, Lord Aberdeen sup- eee the amendment of the Earl of Eglinton on the Jiplomatic Relations with Rome Dill, the success of which neutralized the advantages anticipated from that measure. The noble earl long filled the office of President of the Society of Antiquaries—he was also Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen, and Ranger of Green- wich par ltremains to be seen whether he will jave strength to keep together the party whom he ed, for the time being, to unite under his presidency. , England. Tn addition to the names ready published, the followi ve accepted office under the new adini- | nistration :— Secretary of t - -Mr. Hayter. -Hon. Chas. Pelliam Villi -Richard Bethel, Q. C. One of Vice-( .Sir Wim. Page Wood. One of Lar d Ady t. Queen's How Lord Dramlanrig. of Lords of Treasury... .Lord Alfred Harvey. Ditt Ditto. phn Sadlie Clerk of e Williaw Moral. ve been tmoved for election to the arliament vacated by members accepting ay the new Ministers took possess of their official quarters. Lord John Russell, Foreign Office, held a @ atic ley among other ambassa¢ The London Times acknowledges the receipt of £5, intended as a contribution to any testimonial ented to Capte y, of the which may be pre United States mail conduct in res the crew of a wal i in the Atlantic. We do not learn that any testi- monial is in preparation. The Times has also the ‘ nchip Paci interesting” information vill add 2 new member to the royal family. ‘A paragraph in the Madras Gazette, of Nov. 26, mentions that the Marquis de Li tuguese nobleman, serving as mid hipman on board the British ship of war Hastings, was accidentally | st of Saxe Leiningen, also ship. The young Prince, in'sport, ving it to be un- shot dead by Prince serving as midshipmen in the men had been hanting, and th snapped a gun at his triend, b joaded. The Canada Land Compan, vidend of six per cent on the half y A collection of pictures, made hy the late Duke of Orleans, is to be sold in London, on the Isth January, for the benefit of the Duchess d’Orleans, and her son. An extract from a letter, dated Lisbon, December ‘8 that Mr. Heald, (Lola Montes’ husband,) t in one of the vessels of the Royal Yacht ag in his ¢ beautiful young lady. t of the British wor have declared a di- steamer Inflexible, untly manned a boat with fourteen bands cue them. Not only were they unsuccessful, by li hands were drowned. A tragical event has been made known at Lloyds, elivet that on the 20th Octc amu broke out among a party of Chinese, on b British bark Gertrude, fr Amoy to Havar t seventeen of the Chinese had been shot by the and crew. The bark put into Singapore, from the investigation that was held, it ap- n took fora mutiny was rly a row among the Chin but, having no in- A comimunic by the London agents of th an, copper mines, x that th gold fields will cause the mine for the present. attraction: s to be all bat closed A letter from Mogador says the Emperor has or- dered that no more oil nor wool i be exported from Moroeco, with the exception of the wool of the This sudden stoppage of busi A return made by the Hudson's Bay Company to House of Commons communicates particulars respecting Vancouver's I thousand four hundred and seventy-eight acres of i have been sold to eleven persons; the ‘ rade” of the company were in possession of acres, part of which they have sold t« nts. The P loy emigrant The Hudson's Bay Company and Paget's at their own expense, sent out 271 and 84 childven, since 148. The mostly aprieuiteral laborers, 1.315 tons of ce it in 1834, Lord Aber- | n appointed | which | a7 here a glorious victory was | , about April next, that ishoa, a young Por: | f the | the company. The company had incerred consider- able pane bo for mae without success, un- i aiely, when Proty miler north of Fort, Vi tori, 5 e ictoria, covered, about cig! B Victor, on the east coast of A ite mouth of Fraser's river. Measures had ‘been taken to follow out the search, and work the coal, if found cticable. The high rate of wages in Oregon and California had tended to the detriment of the island, aa flour has still to be imported for the use of the settlers, Admiral Bruce, the British commander on the African coast, has decided to send an exploring ex- pedition to Abbea Coutah, and other places in the interior of the continent. France. The Emperor returned from Compiegne to Paris the 28th. He was respectfully received, but no en- thusiasm of any kind was manifested. Various ab- surd rumors had been in circulation during his so- by at Compiegne, to the effect that an attempt had made on his life—that he had been killed by a fall from his horse—that his hand was shattered by the bursting of a fowling piece—all of which tales ee eet iece of gossip this week is that th e princi iece of this week is that the Bupersr is much annoyed ry the delay, by the re- presentatives of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, to re- cognise him as a sovereign. Rumor says that he in- sists on nea addressed by the crowned heads of Europe as ‘ brother,” and will not consent to be styled “Napoleon” only, but sapere: the Third.” England is said to have accorded this civility. The Senate is convoked for 14th February, and the Corps Legislatif for 13th. The Paris Moniteur publishes the following de- cree :— Napoleon, by the grace of God and the national will, Emperor of the French— ‘To all present and to come, greeting : ; We have sanctioned, and do hereby promulgate, what follows -— SENATUS CONSULTUM. Explaining and modifying the Constitution of January 14, oy : Art. 1. The Emperor has the right to grant pardons and accord amnesties, erie ET 2. The Emperor presides, when he thinks , ie and the Council of State. wai of commerce, made in virtue of article ton, have the force of law for the modi- fications of the tariff therein stipulated. Art. 4. All works of public utility, and more expecially those designated by article 10 of the law of the 2lst of April, 1832, und article 3 of the law of the 3d of May, 1841, and all enterprises. of general interest, are ordered and authorised by decrees of the Emperor.’ Those de- crees are iftued in the forms prescribed by the regula- tions of the public administration. Nevertheless, if these Morks have for condition engagements or money from the treasury, the credit must be accorded, or the engage- ments ratitied by law, before the works are commenced. When the matter relates to works executed for the State, ich are not of a nature to become the obj of ions, the credits may be opened, in case of ur- gency, according to the forms prescribed for extraordi- hary credits. Such credits shall be laid before the Legis- lative be 8 next session. Art. 5. The dispositions of the organie decree of the of March, 1852, may be modidied by decrees of the mperor. Art. 6. The members of the imperial family called eventually to the succession, and their descendants, are French princes. ‘The oldest son of the Emperor takes the | title of Prince Imperial. Art. 7. The French princes are members of the Senate the full age of 18 years. consent of the Emperor Art. 8. The acts of the état civil of the imperial family are received by the Minister of State, and transmitted on an order of the Emperor to the Senate, which orders their inseription on the registers, and their deposit in the archives. Art. 9. The dotation of the crown and the civil list of the Emperor are regulated by a special sencrtus-consuliunt. Art. 10. The number of Senators nominated directly by the Emperor cannot exceed 150. Art. 11. An annual dotation for life of 30,000f. is ap- propriated to the dignity of Senator. Art. 12. The budget of expenses is presented to the tive Corps, with its administrative subdivisions, y chapters and by articles. Itis voted by ministries. ‘ihe distribution by chapters of the credit granted for each ministry is regulated by decree of the Emperor, pro- nounced in Council of State. Special decrees, pronounced in the same form, can authorize transfers from one chap- ter to another. The disposition is applicable to the budget of the year 1853. Art, 13, ‘They can only sit there by the , is submitted, before its publication, to a commission, composed of the President of the Legi-lailve Corps, and of the Presidents of each bureau. an equal division of opinions, the President of the Legis- lative Corps shall have the casting vote. ‘The procés-rerbal operations and the votes of the Legislative Corps. Art. 14. ‘The deputies to the Legislative Corps receiv an idemnity, which is fixed at 2,500f. per month, during the continuance of each ordinary and extraordinary session, Art. 15. The general officers placed on the reserve may be members of the legislative body. They are to considered as having given in their resignation, they sre employed in active service, in conformi ith ‘article 5 of the decree of Dec. 1, 1852, au with article 3 of the law of August 4, 1689. Art. 16. The oath prescribed by article 14 of the Constitution is in the following terms:—‘*I swear obedience to the Constitution, and fidelity to the Emperor.”” Art.18. Articles 2, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 27 of the Constitution of the 14th of January, 1852, are abrogated. ; Given at the Palace of the Sena te this 284 of December, 2m el canmandlesNARD, President, RON T. pz Lackoser, CAMBACERRS, } Grsyrat Reanacp p'Asceiy, | y Seeretar Examined and sealed with the seal of the Senate, BARON T. DE LACROSSE. We order that these presents, invested with the seal of the Senate, and insertel in the Bulletin des Lois, shall be | addressed to the courte, tribunals, and adininistrative au- thorities, that they may inseribe them on their registers, | duly observing the same and g them to be observed; and our Seeretary of State fo Department of Justice is charged to look to their publication. | — Given at the Palace of Compiegne, this 25 5th of Decem ber, 1852. ned, APOL Countersigned—ACHILLE FOULD, Mini Examined and sealed with the great seal, ABBATUCCI, Minister of Ju Among the multitude of companies now in pro- cees of establishment on the Paris Bonrse, is # large trading concern, to be brought out with the view of consiguing French produce to foreign markets. The Emperor has not forgotten to partition ont the royal residences among his family. The Palais Royal, which belonged to Louis Philippe, is to be en to ex-King Jerome; the Elysée, formerly ii ter of dence of Prince Murat, his son; the Grand Duchesse Stephanie, of Baden, is to have apartments at the Elysée; and the Princess Mathilde will occupy the Pavillon de Marsan, in the Tuileries, formerly the chambers of the Duchess of Orleans. Besides this, Prince Napoleon, | ae per anno, and the Princess Mathilde, 200,000 rancs. There are so many rumors respecting the Em- peror’s matrimonial views, that it is hardly worth while to notice them. The st is that the Duchess Stephanie and Prince Murat are now on a mission to Duseeldorf, to solicit for Napoleon II. the hand of the Princess Stephanie Frederica Wilhelmine | Antoinette de Hohenzollern, a young lady in her 16th year, and nearly related to the Murat fami It has been signified to Lord Cowley, the British Minister at Paris, that in fature the Emperor will re- ceive no Englishman unless le has been previously presented at the court of his own sovereign. This is a revival of the old etiquette, thematics, and one of the firmest, and at the same time, most moderate of republicans, has received orders to quit France. The latest Parisian folly is powdering the hair with gold dust and filings of silyer—silver for blondes and gold for brunettes. Malle. de Montigro, the ae ‘s reputed chere amie, introduced the prac- ive. An imperial decree, dated from Compiegne, Dec. 24, orders all functionaries belonging to, or depen- | dent on, the Department of instraction’ and Wor- ship, to go into uniform, and gives minute directions for the cut of their coats. The Havre Journal notices the arrest in Havre, of an individual who has been buying as bullion, price above their value, certain coin and one frane pieces. The police have put him prison, until he explains the object of so sing speculation. A tel hie despateh, per Baltic, mentioned the acquittal of Mr. Bower, for the assassination in October last, of Mr. Morton, his fellow-cor- respondent of the London press. The papers bring details of the 1 iaix d’Hst-Ange, the celebrated advocate, addressed the jury on behalf and of the Council of State, when they shall have attained | compte rendu, ordered by article 42 of the | In ease of | of the sitting read to the Assembly records merely the | iabited by Murat, King of Na jes. is to be the ‘resi- | ‘The Goldfields of Victorta. the Melbourne Argus of Sept. 27.) The total amount of She preckane metal bronght Melbourne by the several encouhe, Ry baa vale to the end of August, we showed to be . 1,771,974 ounces. Since then the’ quantities brought in have been as under:— GOVERNMENT ESCORT, Sept. 3—From Ballarat. “7 «* Mount Alexander Ballara’ é Ounces. “10 wd he ves 4,897 TT + 4,661 “5% PRIVATE ESCORT. 3—From Mount Alexander.. 33,805 of . 31,755 %. 47,050 “ 40,922 oe 44,427 197,959 TOTALS. By government escort... « 128,830 -By private escort...... see 197,959 Amount conveyed to Adelaide by South Aus- tralian escort, on the 16thinst........... 39,404 Total quantity brought down by escort... 366,193 We have here tolerably correct data to determine the average weekly yield of the Victoria diggings. In an address to her Majesty, drawn up by the Leg’ lative Council some days ago, it is stated that ‘the present weekly yield of gold, taking the last three months as a criterion, may be estimated at 80,000 ounces, which, at 70s. an ounce, gives a gross annual sum of £14,560,000 sterling.” This estimate is fully substantiated by the figures given in our previous ar- ticle, and more than confirmed by the tics given. above. For we find that in the first four weeks of the present month, close on 370,000 ounces have been conveyed from the diggings by escorts, in addition to the unknwon quantities brought rtp vy Aas persons, and still remaining in the hands o! dig- gers. Perhaps an average yield of 120,000 ounces weekly would not be an exaggerated estimate. At all events, it is perfectly certain that the weekly yield is constantly increasing; but,on the other hand, it must be statéd that the present is the most favorable period of the year for gold digging, and that the number of diggers is constantly increasing. Jn our previous summary we estimated the total ‘ield of our gold fields, from their commencement to he the end of August, at 2,532,422 oz; to which, adding the ‘amount since brought in, we have a present total of 2,898,615 oz.; which, at £3 10s. per oz., is equal to £10,145,152 sterling. But this amount, we may again state, we believe to be much below the actual value of the gold produced in Vic- toria to the present date. : We have said that the number of diggers is in- creasing. Our previous estimate gave the number at 70,000, and it is likely that upwards of 80,000 are at this moment on the ground. Taking the average weekly va given by the Legislative Council, we find that the average yield per man per week is ex- actly an ounce. ‘The result is at least confirmed b; the general statements of the diggers themselves, it being universally admitted that any persevering dig- ger can easily secure an ounce a week—a striking contrast with the wages of the Lanark handloom weaver, and the pittance doled out grudgingly to the Dorsetshire laborer or the famished Irish peasant. That the quantity of gold prodaced rises or falls in proportion to the number of diggers is now a de- demonstrated tact; and two important inferences are deducible from it. First, that the capabilities of our gold fields are almost without limit, since the more they are worked the richer they appear; and second, that they offer remunerative employment to | any number of men who choose to labor in them with energy and perseverance. ‘These are the plain and practical facts on which English workmen can found a safe judgment as to the wisdom of trying their fortune at the diggings. We lay no stress on the chances of the exciting game of gold seeking— we say nothing of the marvellous pees won by some favorites of fortune, because that would be to ran the risk of misleading and deluding the honest worker. Ifthe certain gain offered by the diggings is not sufficient to induce a man to give them a trial, he is very foolish if he allows himself to be lured to them by the comparatively few chance instances of extraordinary success. But it is only fair to state that there are such in- stances, and many have come light within the last few weeks. The most remarkable is the finding of a splendid mass of pure solid gold, weighing 28 Ibs. 40z. This superb mass has been purchased by the | executive for £1,650, for presentation to her Majesty, Jerome's son, is to have 300,000 | The Presse says that M. Geniller, professor of ma- | | | | | | of the prisoner, and @ verdict of full acquittal was | returned. The Pope has written to the Archbishop of Malines, Primate of Belgium requiring hi , instruct his ‘KY not to engage in any political movement tending to affect the relations between Bely rand France, Jt is denied by the Monitevy that government intends to legalize lotteries or gaming honse Yo gold or silver coins of the empire ha d; it is expeeted they will be put in circ before the end of the mont Zz y Greece, On the 20th of November the following was signer and sealed in London, by the representatives of Great Britain, France, Russia, Bu ~ Ari. 1. The Bavarian princes, to whom devolves the Greek throne on the decease of King Otho, without direct and. Jogitix heirs, can ouly ascend that throne when they hav pted the fortieth article of the Greek eo which runs— ov to tt titution, ne niust profess the religion o orthodox Or Chive Art. 2 ling to the thi Assen on Amelia i widow! of a minori presuiny iv who will wecopt the fortis j treaty is to he ratified, and the ratifies or din London, within six weeks, oF, if po ible ooner, Austria. | The Zoll conferences are still going on at Vienna, but an finpenetrable veil of mystery hangs ever i proceed | in the Jf { to the extent of £10,000. and is forwarded by the Australian steamer. These are solitary instances, however, ond offer no standard to general success, ‘The experience of the past month has not alone tended to confirm the fact that our gold fields are not yet beginning to exhibit the slightest symptom of exhaustion, but have given fresh evidence of their indefinite extent. In two instances it has been found that spots whieh had been tried and abandoned as comparatively unproductive, have proved, upon more minute investigation, to be richly remunera' Other localities, hitherto untried, are spoken of con- fidently as abounding in gold. Itis unnecessary, however, to supplement the substantial proof of the enormous richness of the province by mere reports of additional gold fields. Spain. The correspondent of the Morning Chronicle learns that Mr. Barringer, the American Minister, has made known his intention of resigning his post in the spring, and returning home. His retirement has occasioned expressions of regret from official quarters. Seftor Pinillos, Count de Villaneuva, long Inten- dente of Cuba, and reported to be the richest man in Spain, died December 21. His fortune was estimated at $16,000,000. Italy. ecently addressed to all ar, in which it invites Ives in the state of the ina and Bosnia, where the Christians are suffering from the persecutions of the Turks, Turkey. The Porte is reported to have informed the powers that it will not grant any further concessions respect- ing the navigation of the Bosphorus. Reschid Pasha, Governor of Bosnia, has remon- strated against the order to withdraw all foreign coin from circulation. As all the metallic currency in Bosnia consists of Austrian ducats and zwanzigers, the effect of the edict would be ruinous We have further details of the insurrection in Mon- tenegro. On the 12th and 13th a sharp action took place near Podgorizza, in which the Turkish Iny at first gained an advantage. The Montenegrins, however, received reinforcements from Piperi, and the Turks were routed. A truce is s#id to have been concluded until the decision of the Sultan has been ‘The Montenegrins have garrisoned the for- Szabljak with a force of 800, and are putting it in a state of defence. The relations between the Sultan and Abbas Pacha of Egypt continue friendly. Accounts from Constantinople state the bank re- fuses to iss@e bills of exchange, or indeed to transact any business, until it be decided whether the bank is to continue or wind up its affairs. Operations against the insurgents in Syria are over for the winter, and the troops have gont into can- tonments. India, Papers are to hand bringing details of the news, of which a telegraphic summary has already been sent. Dates from Rangoon are to the 18th November, but bring no news. Everything was, as formerly, stand- ing still, and what the army was waiting for did not atall appear. The Governor General's determina tion as to annexation, had not been made known. General Godwin is said to have been written to in such terns as will compel his resignation. The I dian papers Mer of his removal as the most auspici- ous event that had oceurred during the war, as it is clear that so long as he is in command no military operation worthy of the name will be attempted. An expedition, 1,000 strong, was on the point of sailing Yor Pegu, under Godwin's command. Pegu, it may be remenibered, captured on the 30th of May by a detachment of 250 men from the steamer Phlege- thon, but was afterwards abandoned. An encounter had taken place ata village called Henzadah, where thirty or forty of the Burmese were killed. Vrom India proper, we learn that the disturbances ard country are not yet settled, noi they likely to be so soon, One of the great opium dealers of Calcutta had absconded, leaving liabilities A forgery had been com- mitted on the Bank of Bengal, which had establishment £7,600. The first locomotiv railroad from Bombay to Vanna. took ph isth November, to the great astonishinent of the na- tives. The road will not be formally opened till February. am Caleutta November 24, and Bom- onnts show no alteration of impor- nce in the various markets vince the last arrival. Money was abundant, and the prospects of trade ge- nerally favorable. New Zealand lieve advices from of London, tos Victoria gold n extended degree, and tradesmen being about t ‘There was, however, no mover among the ‘farming population. ¢ Zealand w V hy oi the in ent of imy Th f subjectin nf the payment of t out of the land unani iran fund of the northern pr ndemnation. 14, had hoen ste ki Me Port Advices Seas, 20th, sano thet @ royal decree been published, reducing all the Pitot Portugal to one consolidated debt of three per cent, after lst of January, 1853. ‘announce- ment has excited much alarm on the London ’Change, the Five and Four per Cents, which constitute tl main portion of the debt, having been taken up in England. Germany. We read in the Cologne Gazette that the French government is doing everything it can to effect a commercial treaty with Germany, founded on mutual concessions. If Germany, and Saag Prussia, does not set up too high pretensions, a treal y between France and the Zollverein may be expected. Frightfal Minasten and Loss of Thirty-two ves. [From the Liverpool Mail, Jan. 1.) The Mona’s Herald, ot Wednesday last, gives the pee pulars of the stranding and subsequent explosion, y gunpowder, of the brig Lily, 180 tons. ‘The ves- selin question left the Mersey on Thursday week, under the command of Captain “John Owens, for the southwest coast of Africa. The cargo consisted of about fitty tons of gunpowder, twenty puncheons of rum, @ quantity of arms, and some bale goods, con- taining articles of barter on the coast. The vessel was@eating about the channel till Monday morning Jast, when she was driven by the violence of the storm to the Sound of the Calf of Man. The sea was running mountains high at the time, and despite all the efforts of the crew, about eleven o'clock the Lily was stove on Kitterland Island, which lies be- tween the island of the Calf of Man, and the main- Jand of the Isle of Man. With a desperate effort most of the crew (thirteen in number) reached the rocks by the aid of the boats. The waves beatfuriously upon the wreck and the rocks. Captain Owens and three of the crew got on the ledge of a rock, from which two of the seamen sprang to the land; but the captain in pure ien te lo the same was drowned. The cook and two lads also met with a watery grave. The carpenter was killed by the mast falling upon him. Early on Tuesday morning, Mr. Enos Lace, grocer andshipbroker of Port St. Mary being sub-egent for Lloyd’s, repaired to the wreck with thirty-one men, tosee what could be saved. At a quarter before eight, a violent shock was felt throughout the south- ern district of the island; and a sheet of fire and pillar of smoke were seen to be hurled into the air, hundreds of feet bigh from the wreck. It.seems that a large portion of the sowder was placed so high in the vessel that it did not get wet by the waves breaking onit. The explosion dashed the vessel to atoms, and blew to broken fragments some thirty human beings ! But one individual near the fatal scene escaped to tell the story, James Kelly, who is still alive, alt hough one cheek and ear are taken off, and he is otherwise much contused. Many of the deceased were active, energetic men of business of Port St. Mary, and were engaged the fishing and other nautical pursuits. Thirty-two men (besides the five of the crew that were lost on Monday) were killed, deating: twenty- three widows and seventy-three fatherless children. The explosion was heard in Douglas, and was sup- pee, by ey persons, to have been an earthquake. fragments of the wreck were thrown as‘faras the Red Gap, near Castletown, being a distance ofsix miles. Por- tions of the vessel and cargo, consisting of chain-links, portions of gun barrels, swords, caps, fragments of wreck, shirts, &c., have also been picked up in vari- burning cotton were actually found at Poolvash, near Balladoole, at least six miles off. Mr. Boardman, ageut for Lloyd’s, of Douglas, and brother of Mr. Boardman, of the Sailor's Home, at this port, was engaged in rendering assistance to a vessel off Langeness, or he would no doubt have been among the sufferers. No vestige of the vessel remains; but fragments of wood, iron, copper, guns, and parts of human bodies, are strewn around the country for miles. It is not probable that the cause of the explosion will ever be correctly ascertained, but it is supposed that the powder was fired by a light from the pipe of some of the men who were smoking on board the vessel. Theatricals Abroad. A young English lady, who has lately appeared on the Continent under the name of Mdlle. Normani, promises to be one of the greatest celebrities of the day. From accounts received from Stockholm, where now is, we learn that she is creating an extraor- dinary sensation in the arduous character of Fides, in the ““Prophéte” of Meyerbeer, which she had per- formed to excessively crowded houses ten nights suc- cessively, without any diminution of its attraction. She has enabled herself to act and sing in Swedish, having acquired a perfect command of the language. Her first opera sung in Swedish was Mercadante's “Giuramento;” and she has also appeared in Flotow’s opera, ‘ Die grosse Fiirstinn,” and in Verdi’s “* Mac- beth,” in all which (as well as in the “Prophéte’) she has had the most brilliant success. Malle. Nor- mani is described as possessing a voice of great power and beauty, a pure Italian style, and all the qualities, mental and physical, of au accomplished actress. Mr. Bartley, of the Princess theatre, London, after fifty years of theatrical life, has now finally retired. Miss Edith Herand, a talented histrionic aspirant, made her debut at the Olympic theatre, London, on the 16th of December, in the character of Julia, in the “Hunchback.” The English press see in her a well in comedy or tragedy. The manager of the theatre at Breslau is giving frequent representations of a drama called “Luther;’ large parties to demonstrate, by their applause, their resentment at the Jesuit missions. They sometimes drive up in a procession of upwards of a hundred carts, and take the whole pit to themselves. On a late occasion they filled the whole tier of dress boxes, in their frieze coats and broad-brimmed hats. The European Corn Trade. [From the London Gazette, Dee. 31.) We have had a very quiet week in the corn trade, about Christmas time, when the regular course of business is more or less interfered with. ion we have on previous occasions expressed, in refer- ence to the probable future range of prices. The ten- may, perhaps, fora few weeks, continue down- but ere long we expect to witness renewed ty in the demand for wheat, and we are in- clined to think that any decline which may take }. place in the interval, will subsequently be fully re- covered. The scarcity of potatoes on this side of are, therefore, that unless the supplies of wheat, flour, &c., from abroad should prove larger than caleulated on, any increase which may take place in the deliveries from the growers scarcely suffice to prevent prices advancing, and we reckon on highcr rates during the first three or four months in the new year than we have yet had. The weather has slightly improved, of which furmers have taken advantage to proceed wi wheat sowing as far as practicable; still the greatly in arrear, and the opinion of practic culturists is, that the breadth of land under wheat culture will be mnch smaller than in moderately good average seasons, That this will have its influ- ence on the future cannot be questioned;,but we do not attribute the rise which took place in the value of wheat to what may hereafter take place so mach asto that which is already past. The first cause of the upward movement was, in our opinion, the discovery that, notwithstanding large importations from abroad, the deficiency of the last crop of wheat, and the extensive failure of the potato, had occasion- ed so great a consumption foreign wheat and flour that stocks in granary were rapidly decreasing, at a period when they might have been expected, in the ordinary course of things, to have increa i being a weil-known fact that the home, as well foreign supplies, are gencrally ona larger scale th three months after harvest than at any other time. Under these circumstances it is certainly not by any means improbable thatdemand may overtake stpply. The quantity of wheat on passage from the Balticand Black Sea, thongh considerable, is certainly not over- whelming; and, alter what is known to be on the way shall have reached us, a period of several months must intervene, during which the receipts will, in all proba- bility, be comparatively insignificant. The shipments from America for Great Britain have not been on an extensive scale for some time reduced state of the stocks a the seabourd, and partly to the scarcity of vessels, and con epenes, high freights. Meanwhile great activi prevails in all branches of industry at home, which alone is sufficient to stimulate consumption. ‘The la- horing classes are generally in full employ, and there- fore in a position to consume largely, and one of the ‘apest articles of food Is unquestionably bread. We have, nevertheless, as alveady intimated, had a dull week at Mark-lane, and business has also been quiet Hit ipaeslae markets. On Monday factors succeeded, with great difficulty, in obtaining the rates of that day se'nnight for the ‘best dry qualitics of and Kent wheat, and thongh the total quantity le was very small, it was finpossible to clear olf general runs without making some concession. ‘The decline was, in some cases, quoted at 1s. to 2s, per quarter, but, making due allowance for the infe- viority of the quality, the difference in price hardiy he regarded as a full to that extent, Wednesday the English ¢ there were few sample: mnillers were, how ‘i fons, that it was fou: On ands were nearly baye, and fresh up this morning; the so exceedingly cautions in 1 impossible to ob- terms than before. The arrivals of wheat ihave been moderate, v 7,780 quar- There lias not beca much country demand, and Joeal buyers have confined their operations to a3 na 4 compess as their immediate wants have permit- he sale has consequently been slow, but good quatities were not obtainable on easier terms, either ng, than last week, and for hofders have insisted on most promising young actress, who will shine equally | and the peasants from Protestant villages come in | but thisis by no means an unusual circumstance | n Meanwhile | nothing has occurred to induce us to alter the opin- | the channel, as well as in Iveland, is from day to day | becoming more apparent, and the consumption of | breadstuff's is increasing in proportion; the chances | will | Sar On ate te te | the principal ports on | for Ghirka 47s. to 489., and for ian 396. to 3% 6d. per quarter, cost, freight, and insurance, has been asked. town made flour have been steadily . Country tlour has in some, cases been sold a trifle cheaper than in the early part of last week, and American has also been somewhat more pressingly offered. There was a small show of home grown barley on Monday, and the supply has since been very moderate. Really fine malting sam- ples have met with rather more attention, have commanded very full prices, whilst the commoner kinds have moved off somewhat slowly, at late rates. Foreign barley for grinding has been taken in retail quantities, at similar prices to those current last week. Malt has met with a fair share of attention, : and its value has been well supported. The arrivals of oats have been small, and factors have endeavored to establish an advance, in which, however, they have not succeeded, the dealers having kept out of the market, and the consumptive dena havin, been far from extensive. Beans have sold somewhal tardily at previous prices, and we are unable to re- port ‘any improvement in the value of peas. A cargo of Galatz Indian corn, arrived off the coast,. was sold early in the week at 35s. per quarter. Markets. GEORGE BADENACR’S CIRCULAR. Liverroot, December 81, 1852. Brer.—The transactions in this article have been mode rate, importers being inclined to have outside prices for new. Our import of this season’s cure has been larger than usual, being about 3,500 tierces, against 650 tierces, same time last year. Our stock, in im ’ hands, is computed at 4,000 tierces, (of which about 2,000 tiercos are new,) against 6,600 tierces, saine period last season. PorK.—Some trifling sales of French have been made, toarrive, at the outside quotation—Irish curers still de- manding 85s. ‘There is scarcely any stock, of any descrip. tion, in the market, with the exception of about barrels American, of ordinary quality, of last season’s cure. We have had no import, this season, from America, Bacon.—We have had no imports of this season’s cure, and have no stock. Larp.—A fair business has been done, at steady prices! Our stock is estimated at 130 tons. CresE.—We have had no import of cheese during the last three months, until last week, when a small parcel was recived by a dealer. : Arpies.—The two last steamers bring a limited quanti- ty. Our demand this weck has been moderate, without any improvement in price—the dealers having previously Jaid in their Christmas stock,—and upon the amount ef success they may meet with in clearing off these will de- pend the price to be realized for the late import. JAMES M’HENRY’S CIRCULAR. Livxrroor, Dec. 31, 1852. Provisions.—In bacon no change can advised; Irish moves steadily. Beef is taken on arrival at previous yates; fine parcels worth extreme quotations. Pork tends upwards. Lard is held for an advance. has been a small import of cheese, which will searcely end pro- fitably in present relative condition of markets. Irish butter has advanced, and it is not likely therefore that shipments to the United States can be continued. Tantow is more steady, but transactions are unim- portant. Crovensren is much enquired for. Breapsturrs.—Not much doing—buyers and sellers are ‘alike indifferent—some late arrivals of wheat haye been | cleared, ex ship, at a decline of 2d. to 3d. per 70 lbs. ‘The outside iguicta dane for flour are nominal—400 quarters white corn, from New Orleans, sold for 30s., ex ship, and re-sold at an advance of 1s. to 2s. Corrox.—The market has been dull, and prices favor- ing buyers, all theaweek, and since the error in stocks | was made known, the desire to realise has increased, and a full 14d. per Ib. decline has been submitted to for Ame- ous parts of the parish of Rushin. Sowe pieces of 7 rican descriptions generally. A fair business is doing in anchester, Stock, this day, 577,820 bags, of which ‘8,820 are American; do., last year, 423,730 bags, of | which 20 were American. Sales this week, 39,700 bags, including 20,620 American—1,450 bags being on speciation, and 450 for export. { BARING BROTHERS & CO.’S CIRCULAR. Loxpox, December 31—5 P.M. The colonial and foreign produce markets haying been cloxed this week for the holidays, we have merely to re- cord the transactions that have taken place by pri contract. Cofiee is 1s. dearer; breadstuiy barely m: | tained; cotton has declined 3¢d._ Prices of metals gene rally tend upwards, and tin is4s. higher, Money has been in more demand, without, however, any change in the rates | of discount. Bullion in the bank, by the last return, | amounted to £21,165,224, being a decrease of £344,031, and gol continues in request for export; but the arrivils this week have been very large, especially frow Australia. We quote America da 7 ; bar silver 5s, 1334 | leave off 10034 a | which eprived on 29th instant, we have received advices from Bombay to 8d December, and from Calcutta to 24th. | November. We have no change to notice in the quotations of ican stocks. The demand for the federal bonds and | inscriptions still continues. CocuvaL continues in request, and abont 400 bags silver grain haye changed hands privately at extreme Fates," None is now 10 be had under 8a, 114. for Mexican, | and 4s. per Ib. for Honduras and Teneriffe. Corree lias attracted more attention, and Ceylon has | been dealt in to some extent at an improvement of 1s.; | the principal transactions have been in native, of whick | 10,000 bags have changed hands, from 46s. 6d. up to 483., | closing firmly at the latter figure, and about 500 caska | plantation, principally from 6s. 6d. a 57s., being propor- tionate rates. From the continental markets the advices are devoid of interest, as usually the case at this period of the year. In Holland, the total stock of the ‘Trading | Company is about 272,000 bags, against 257,000 bags last | year, while the stock on land on warrants is about pp 157,600 bags, against 166,500 last year. ‘The total delive | ries during the year have been 1,034,000 bags, against 54,000 bags in 1851. In the corn trade, this week, dulness has prevailed, and most kinds of English and foreign wheat and flour have | been cheaper to rell, though no alteration is made in quo | tations. Last week the average price of English wheat | was 45s, 11d., and the quantity returned 114,022 quarters Floating and arrived cargoes of wheat and Indian corn are heli firmly by importers, who have declined acceding to the somewhat lower terms offered by buyers. Corrox.—The sales have been 1,800 bales East India, | at rather lower prices. At Liverpool middling Orleans | was quoted yesterday at 5 9-1¢d., witlra dull market, and | a decline of ‘one-eighth of a penny on the week. us, &e.—China camphor has been eng) uired for, and 97s. G1., a 100s. per ewt.; Turkey opium, | 12s, a Ts. td.; euteh, 295. 6d.; Gambier, firm at 266. saffron dealt in at 228. 6d. a 22s; quicksilver offered freely at 2s. 4d. Hyenv.—St Petersburg clean hold firmly at £39.; out shot and half clean nominal; Manilla, £39 a £46; Jute, £13 a £19; Sunn, £21 a £28; Bombay, £20 10 a £27. IniGo continues to be yery firmly held, at 3d. a 44 advance on the currency of the October sales. Advices from Calcutta to the 24th of November state: The new crop is coming in freely; but, so far, the season has not opened, the only sale being 28 chests F. & 8. Gud- ghat Jesoore, at Rs. 160 per maund; the prices of the | year before last are talked of, though growers are looking Yor more Troy 01 3 in active request, and the makers from, jay to day are less incl incd to make sales; quotation: quently show a wide range—common bars in Wales t at £8 15s.a £9, and rails £9 10s, a £10; quieter at 78s. 6d., cash, for mixed numbe Leap ix again, dearer, and the market almost bare. | We quote British pig £23 10s., sheet £24 10s., retined| her easier, of Black Se: UW with no demand for present| on the way, have been made} all cargo of Galutz at 51s., cost, freight ; for cargoes delivered holders are firm at ales have been made for spring shipments from the Avov at 46s., deliv haye imported into London this year 244,000 qv. against | 145,000 qrs. in 1551, and the present stock is computed at} 13, st 10,000 last year. kinds of fich remain nominally aslast quoted | no transactions having taken place since our last. Oliv still held at £55. £60. Palm 32s. 6d., Cocoa nut 353. 40s. Pape in good demand at 36s. for English, and 36s, for foreign refined; good brown commands 3s. a Sts. Linseed steady ab 20s. 64., for prompt delivery, an he next three months. cr quote Bengal white at 10s. 6d. a 12s. 3d. zo 10s. u 10s. (da; Madras 10s, a 11s.; Arrwean 9s. 6d is held firmly at 25s. a 808, for Bengal, wit 0 tohs within that range. Nitrate soda 16s, 1 A. cargo Of 400 tons sold to arrive at 16s. “iik (raw) is firm, und a steady business has been d hinas. ca all | Jong reel 13s. TER lias attracted more attention, and salés for ship. ment have been mare of 1,100 tons at £19, and 400 tons a! £19 6s. with 250 tons on the spot at £107, 6d. Shee rcar.—The only sales reported have been 10,000 unclayed Manilla at 18s. 64., and 600 boxes damaged yellor Haya ‘The refined market is very firm, and a, 1 demand fs looked for when the market opens ihe stocks held by the trade have become mut © nothing new from the Continent” | ports. Tattow has been quict through the week, and the ket closes without lite at 452, on the spot, and for Spring, with rather buyers for the Int three months of next yea: at 44s, Our stock on 27th instant was 48, 322 casks, against (4,261 casks same period last year, when St. Petersburg ¥. ted Sts, Od. on the spot. , Te4,—There has been rather more inquiry for common Congou, at 104(d., and medium and better kinds, from 1s. upwards, Holders continue extremely firm, in antici poten of an setive demand at the turn of the year, when olders are expected to replenish their stocks. —Prices of British were advanced 4s, on the 27th nd we now quote common blocks, 102s.; bars, refined, 1054., at which saclters sclt ‘sparingly, a& | inst., | 109 | thelr 'stocks are very low. Hunea is held at 99 a 100s; | straits, 978. Tin plates are also dearer; I. €. coke, 200 308.; I. C. chareoal, 37° | TURPRvise,—British spirits firm, at 485. Gd. per ewt. | Post Orr 0 stablished-—Tow- ersville, Chantanque county, 1y. ¥., Charles H. Moore, postmaster; Woodward's Hollow, Erie county, N. Y- Stephen Woodward, postin: Indian River, Lewis county ’ rent, postmaster; Ore Ph: ilifernia, Chauncey Langdon, Livermore Ranche, Con- Costa county, California. 'Tuality Plains, Wash- on county, Oregon, N. changed—Redwood, ie Francisco county, California, changed to Stein- , bergen. Scoar Hovse Burnt Lourstana,—The y of Dr. J. Pritehuid, in the parish ut ILerville, near the conspmed by fire on the a large brick suge ‘ ch, was entirely night of the 3d inst. It wa house, with all the modern im- ii | provements, and conta 6 ho and 50,600 sallons of mol hesides t &e. ‘Nhe lows is estimated at $50,000, on wh P. hada We are indebted to a for the ¢ cnce-New Orleans Picayune, Tent