The New York Herald Newspaper, June 24, 1853, Page 2

ADDITIONAL FROM AUSTRALIA. ‘The Digging: ef the Continent—Gold—Secial, Polltical, and General Miseellany—Arrivals —Deaths—Markets. ‘We are indebted to Mr. Maurice Linguist and Mesars. Arkell and Elliott for files of the Melbourne (Australia) Argus aud Melbourne Morning Herald, up to the 20th of ‘Mareh, by which we are enabled to present our resders with s highly interesting summary of the latest events in ‘that quarter of the globe. ‘Mr. Linguist left Melbourne March 24, in the ship Argo, for Callao, sailed thence to Panama, thence to As pimwall, and thence, in the Crescent City, for New York, arriving here on Wednesday morning. We extract the following from the commercial and monetary intelligence portion of the Melbourne Morning Herald of March 21:— The market remains at £3 17s. We = from ppt atin arrived today from Bendige, that some very rich holes had been bottomed at ‘the Waite Hill diggings, at the close of last week; in deed, the yield wan so much beyond the usual amount, ‘that great excitement amongst the diggers had been thereby produced. We are enabled to state, on the authority of persons well informed on Sydney affairs, that the establishment of a wint in that city is no longer regarded as doubtfal. The expedient adopted by the Legislative Council, of send- ing out funds for defraylog all expenses counected with the erection of such an establishment, at the same time with the application to the home government for the pri- vilege of coiving money in Australia, considerably strengthened that application; and from hints that have reached here, it appears bighly probable tbat Sir John Pakirgton, the late chief at the Colonial office, at once scoeded to the request. It remains to be seea (when mint is establisbed) whether the er cost of lador. dhe., at Syduey, as compared with the London mint, will leave apy pecuniary advantage to the Colonial mint, upor the present high rates of gold. At all events, how- ever, some convenience wust result from the power of meeting at home the demand for specie, whenever it —_ - abigges of havisg to wait for its uansmission from vop price of flour remains at £35; but large parcels to-day were offered much below that figure. Brandy is still advaneing in price, and gin sold at im- proved prices to-day. A portion of London porter, which arrived last week, changed hands at £12 10s. per Logs head. Some realized as much as £15. ‘Our Geelong contemporary devotes considerable space to the dircussion of the propriety of te immediate meps ior the establishment of a Commercial Exchange in that town. ‘The present week is expected to be very dull in respect of commercial affairs, unless some unexpected arrivals of — should infuse sudden animation into the import Tue Victoria Escort Compaxy.—The Argus, of the 21st of Mareh, thus alludes to the profits of the above com- pany and we can infer from the paragraph a pretty ac- eurate estimate of the weekly product of the Vicwria Fields. . “We regret to learn that this enterprising company will, in all probability, shortly elose its operations: it be- img found. that unless 20,000 ounces of gold per week are eomveyed by its evcort, the expenses are not covered. It therefore rests with the diggers themselves, during the mext two or three weeks, to determine whether they can make a required amount and have the escort kept on, or lose altogether what bas hitherto been so great = benefit to themselves and to the mercantile commanity.” The same journal informs us, that the Governme Esoort, from Bendigo and Mount Alexender rescaed Me bourne on Ssturday, March 19th, with 5 493 ounces of geld. The last certificate number from Mount Alex- = _ 8,306, from Bendigo 12,078, and from Fryer’s The Government Escort from the Ovens River diggins, arrived at :Melbourne. Sunday, Mareh 20th, at 11 4. M. with 4920 ounces of gold. The last certificate number was 1,879. SALES OF REAL ESTATE. Stubbs and Son sold on the ground, March 19, a por- ‘ten of allotments in the village of Ken: , adjoining it on the Government road to the race course, ‘and opposite to tue residence of Mr. Nankin. at prices — 16s. to 36s. per foot. Total amount realiz- Mr. John Mackenzie sold during the week five allot- ments Westby's paddock, of 31 feet 8 inches and 33 fee: 6 imehes frontages, at 30s. and 40s, per foot, £224 8s, 4d. ‘Two half acre lots in Kew, £100. Atletment No. 17, sec- tion No, 3, Warringall, with improvements, £230. ‘Four allotments, part of portion No. 69, St. Kilda, having 166 feet 4 inch frontages to two government roads, at £5 ver | foot, £831 18+. 4d, Allotment No. 7 sestion No. 1, Ema- raid Hill, £500, 268 feet frontage to Richmond Bridge road, and 122 feet to Chureh street, part of suburban section No. 26. £1000 The Upper Regions station Wim- mera, with 14,000 sheep, sundries given in, £14,000. Abont fifteen acres, in detached portions in suburban sec- tion No. 40, for £3,000, One acre Boroondarra, section ‘TM, £200. [From the Melbourne Morning Herald, March 22. Mr. Eawsrd Row sold, ye-terdoy, March’ 21, Mr. 'nomp- gou’s Paddock, Simpson's Road, in building allotments at the following’ prices :—Frontages to Victoria street. 24 feet, with 80 feet depth, at £2 6d to £3, do. Fyfe street, 14 feet, with eighty feet depth. £1 16e 6d to £2;do. toThom: | som street, 24 teet, with 110 feet depth, £1 43 two £1 lds, ‘The artecdance was xood snd bidding was very spirited, all the Jots being taken eagerly. Symone and Perry sold yesterday, March 21, at auction four acres of land, ia the township of Moorabbin, at £50 r acre Pejcha T Chariton cold at the Foreign and Colonial sale oon". yesterday, March 21. fine flour, from £25 15a to £20 15s per ton; potatoes £15 15s to £16 per ton; oats 198 bushel; Sort, ec Land ee ‘aed Ib; rasp- vy vinegar, 16s per doz; ginger wine, 2s 4d to 3s per gal- lon; pint pickles 16s 6d to 184 per doz; mustard, ee 64 to 10; cavendish tobacco, 4: to 6d'per Ib, in bond. Gilbert & Co. sold this day, March 22, potatoes, £15 to £16 per ton; onions, 44; clay pipes, 34 per 4 2s per gallon; hams 1s 24 per 1b; flour, ving#, 26 6d per barrel, and a general assortment of mer- ehandise from 40 to 23 per cent. THE LABOR MARKET—LATEST RATES. ‘The Argus of Saturcay. March 19, gives the following as the scale of wages then prevailing, observing at the same time:— The demand for every description of town and coun fey labor covtinues great. Working men fiod immediate employment and at high rates. Married couples (without family) per £. ‘appum with rations 70 Do. with family... 60 per annum Fs Hutkeevers, do........ oe eee 82 General useful servants, with rations BODUM ... 60. cere ree eee ceee eee 6. a — drivers, with rations, per week 2 10a 3 10 Bullock drivers. for the roads, perweek 2 10a 4 — Gardeners, per annum, with rations... 60 a 75 Cooks wale, per week ° 2 4 @ = ‘Waiters, per week.. — Wa — Grooms, per annum 60 —a 80 — ood he day =~De = © Com po: y 5 — —as Is 6d Basb carpenters, with 2—-a 3 — Stockkeepers, < 5 —as 1H Bleek+miths, acc work, and to horsesboeing, per day.. — 18a — 2 Good farmm laborers, weekly, with ri tions. eee eee +e Sa 1 15 Ploughmen, per week, with i wa — 40 Taborer-on the rosds, per day, with wood, water, and tent accommoda- tien.... te sees ctesecseese = — a — 10 Seamen, for Lyndon, for the run home, 48 —a 50 — Seamem, for Calcutta, for the ruu......40 —a 45 — Seamen. for Callao 0 — -- Coasting, per month « Sea 9 — FEMALE SERVANTS. Thorough servants, per annum oe ee Bouremaids,do....... 202-a HW — Laundrerses, do 30 ae 40 Bursemaids do —a 6 — sees 6 —-s OH — REPORTS FROM THE DIGGINGS. The correspondent of the Argus, writing urder da‘e of March 17, refers as follows to tne Mount Alexander dig The letter was written at Forest Creek. wod says: — The rush tothe gully opposite the Argus office, and which tekes its ~ise from the intermediate hills between Quartz Hill end Forest Creek, has more than realized the gross; vinegar, £29 per ton; her- | 8 z 5 5 5 Fi report goes that almost every hole bo! to remunerate for labor. Some few months Lene J elapsed since my last visit to ‘surprised last week, ou my had been so much improved. miles of the roads are certainly a credit to the government. The Black Forest is improved very mucl altbough the road through it does not show any mat improvement; the lice, with the exception of a mile or two, is cleared of trees for about forty yards wide, show- ing that it is intended on a future day to complete the work. I was much pleased to find that even this dreaded portion of the road can boast of havi . commodation, known as the Black Forest Inn, the Proprietor of which isa most civil, aud obliging young man, named William Cunningham Hunter. The want of accommodations on the roads has been very much felt for a jong time, and even to this day, out of about twenty licensed accommodation houses, from Forest Creek to yurne, scare half a dozen are deserving of encour- agement, for together with indifferent accommodations, ae is an article which is very much needed at these places. On Saturdey, March 19, a party of four men returned to Melbourne from the diggings, having in the brief space of one month cleared, after paying all expenses, about TF man. worked for the greater part of the ‘time in a gully in she vicinity of Mount Korong. QUARTZ CRUSHING AND SLUICE WASHING. ‘A correspondent of the Melbourne Argus, writing from Balaarat and Kureks, March 18, —** For some days says: past the diggings bave been placarded with notices of Rreeting for the purpose of petitioning the government to permit sluice-washing—a plan of proceeding which, so far as Ihave been enabled to ascertain its merits, appears feasible and even desirable, since it does not appear that it would in any way interfere with the operations of those diggers who prefer the present system of digging, but is calculated to give a certain fair rate of wages to the many who have been otherwise unsuccersful. The meeting was held yesterday, aud turned out » mi- serable failure, and completely falrified the prediction of the cerrespondent of the'Morning Herald, viz. ; that he was satisfied, frem the state of the public feeling upon the subject, that the diggers would ‘in the event of the gov- erment refusing their sanction,’ proceed to erect the amechines upon their own responsibility, organise Lynch Jaw, and set the government at defiance. The following abort account of what occured at the meeting will show how completely the correspondent in question had de- ceived himself :— The meeting was called for two P. M.; about three P. M. pearly one hundred had collected, the unfa- vorable state of the weather beset Seca: to prodaca assemblage; when Mr. Thompscn, origiator of the scbeme, having risen for urpore of openin; the meeting, was immediately assailed by the unit voices of those assembled. A tall powerful digger mounted the platform, and shortly closed the whole proceeding, by apnouncipg, in the name of the diggers, that should any attempt be made to erect such @ macbine as the one | proposed, it should be instantly broken to pieces and all persons concerned driven from the ground. This short speech having been delivered, the meeting was broken up, and the assembled igrers rapidly dispersed. So satisfied, however, are the self-organised committee of ultimate success, that they pecpons to call another meeting upon the subject thisday three weeks. BACCHUS MARSH—IDLINGS IN THE BUSH. ‘The travelling correspondent of the Argus writes from Border Ion, Bacchus Marsh, under date March 17, and aay: ‘What can induce Balaarat diggers from Melbourne to foby, vay of Geelong! ‘The road by Bacchus Marsh is ike a rail hitherto, with one trifling exception; and when Watt’s bridge, across the Ws , behind the Border Inn, is completed, which will be in'a few days, the only bad part of the journey to the diggings will be aveided by # short cut from here to Ballan, across a tolerably level country. I cannot say in what state the entrance to the Marsh will be in winter, for, owing to the dilatcriness and bad faith of the government, the whole summer bas been allowed to pass without any- thing being done. In October last a petition was rent by the inhabitants, two thousand pounds were granted, a committee formed by official sanction, a sur- veyor sent up, everything apparently arranged, and now at the eleventh bour, after along and mysterious delay the committee are informed that a new road is in projection, and that until a decision ix come to nothing can bedone. Had this bern known in time the inhabi- tapts themselves would doubtless have made exertions and effected tomething by public subscription. It is te be boped that it is not yet too late. This is a delightful spot for residence. sounds ill, but it is omer. Bacchus March is alluvial flat, about three miles io leogth, with an average breadth of a mile anda half, soreading out far wider in some parts,|surrounded by an amphitheatre of picturesque hills, and traversed throughout by the ever running Wer- ribee. I have looked at the scene in the day time, and 5; moonlight, and in the larid eee of a blazing stubblefiel: and, in every aspect, with admiration. The inhabitants— about four hundred—are contented, thriving, and hospi table. The inns are good, and not exorbitant. Crook*s sa magnificent house fora country village—the stables, I should think, unequalled in the colony. In both. the epee civility ie met with, and drunkenness and disor- rare almost unknown. The Roman Catholics, as usual, are far before us here, having s neat brick church, « school, and a priest; while the only other thing of the kind in the place is a poor little affair, ealled a rational school, containing sbout thirty children. ‘The master, with the salary of balf a constable, with- out schoel’materiais, indebted to the charity of one neighbor for a bench, to ancther for a very small ta- ble, and so on, drives knowledge under difficulties, like a Spartan hero, and gives satisfaction to the guar- dians of his young ideas. Two hundred a has been guarantied by the people for a Chureb of England minia- ter, apd complaints are rife against the bixhop, because none has been seat. The Presbyterians are active just now, and about to begin buildi The fine house and estate of R. N. Clarke, E<q., in the midcle of the Marsh. have been leased by government at £600 @ year, for three years, to be used as a court house and station for mounted police. The situation is Oe dea avd probably haif the rent is paid in consideration of its beauty, for a more charming residence it would be almost impossible to ima, Youngs’ steam mills are also an | interesting feature in the laudseape, and do great credit to the enterprising activity of the owner. A surveyor i now busy laying out a new township at the west end of the Marsh, which will be put up to auction in Geelong, in the mouth of June, when, let lucky diggers, or new ar- | rivals with smal capital wishing to settle, take advantage | of this smal! turn of the lock, and secure a homestead. A healthier or prettier «pot, or a more agreeable neigh- borbood, they will hadiy find elsewhere. The distance from Melbourne is thirty-five miles, and the The Argus says, writing of Fin 1d: pordent writes—It is now many months since Dr. Ward caused to be published the statement, ‘that men at work at the diggings ai Fingal were averaging one unos per man per day,’ and that he cannot discover, from the earnest inquiry he has made, any man has been rewarded 5 | with more than a few grains for a week’s labor. We expectations of many of the diggers, some of the holes | having yielded from one to seventeen pounds weight of the precious metal. The richest holes, however, have | Deen thore nearest the Creek, some of which were more | than forty feet deep. As ix usually the case, those par ties wbo bave sunk holes on the higher portions of the | gully, where the depth was inconsiderable, have found their claims, in many instapess, to prove a blank. To or thres fresh rnshes have also taken place in the direc- tion of Campbell's aod Fryer’s Creeks. being done at Dirty Dicks, and others of the back gallios, notwithstanding the absence of water; and a1 the aceater part cf there gullies intersect a series of ranges of con- siderable elevation, of quartz formation, I have no doubt ‘that the whole of them may be profitably turned ap when © reports of new diggings being diseovered ata place called dandy Creek, about twenty miles from Bendigo, snd about forty tive m les from Forest Creek, have » tendency to éraw thousands from here. Already great numbers have gone, and numbers are preparing to A company ix objet the pure which will be por ing for its aral land, ed off into small lots and lewsed for eterm of this company succeeds it will reaily be an acquisition for those diggings. The poor man meutiored in # jormer communication, who was taken from r & mass of earth which had fallen on bim, has sinee died of injuries rec Avother rush has for the last few days tak Bpeeimen Gully. A rach alee took place about half a wile north of where this gully joios Barker's Creek on the Bendigo rond. Stores are being built at this placa from which it would apvesr that the locality is favor- Tam informed that at the commencement of the Bendigo diggings there is at least (ive miles of a canvass ftewn:lip, densely populated, where the inmates are ewsiting the commencement of the rainy reason. Ona cr two minor rushes bave also taken piace to other parce of Barker's Oreck ‘The Melbourne Post Office authorities appear to be adopting quite a “cirele sailing’ system in repard to forwarding letters. | last week received a letter from ‘the Ovens hich had been doly posted in Melnourne; from thence it was despatched to Portland Bay, and subse. quently reached the place to which it was originally ad- Ereneed, nawely, Quarty Hill. Forest Creek. I am sorry to find tha’ robberies are again becoming rife at Fryer’s Oreek. On Saterday night lavt & oan was shot while in the ect of robbing a store at Campbell's Greek, An attempt was aivo made on Mr. Macleare’s store, at the name place, where, also, at the rame time, a Duteher’s shop was eased of what meat it contained, thus leaving the boteher minus the necessary supply for his Sunday morning customers. The weather has been very changeable forthe last | week. of rain. The Geelong Advertiser, ef March 2, eays:—'Thi ernment continues to make a show of activity in prepara. tions for the employment of the dredge in deepening the ship chanel a} thls place. A notice ia the government This evening we are visited with heavy showers Something is also | cannot afford our correspondent any information more satisfactory than that he appears to be in possession of. There is gold in the vicinity of Fingal, and on the east coast, witbout doubt; and some day ft will be found in quantities to remunerate the labor of persons engaged in rearch of it; the difficulty at prevent is being in ignorance ¢f ite whereabouts ; that is all.” LOCAL IMPROVEMENT—LEGISLATIVE AND MUNICIPAL PROCEEDINGS. Referring to house building in the ciiy of Melbourne, the Argus says :— ‘We are very glad to ob-erve that a spirit of active enterprice in the building line is displaying itself amongst some of the lesding trace+men of the eity. The exorbi tant prices 0’ building materials and the high wages of labor are, doubtless, rerious drawbacks to the spirited projectors; but we think that the proportionately high ienis attainable for houses cf every kind sufficiently jas- tify extensive building in the city, asa safe and profita- investment of capital. Amongst other edifices in the urse of erection, we may meation the following: -A store in Flinders street. for William Nicholson, Haq., M. L. €., at a cost of about £11,000; a store in Swanston t, for Mr Po-«ell, the icoumor ger, at a cost of about 0; # store for Mr, Hart, of Collins street, at a cont of about £3,500; and a company has projected en areata, to rua from Lousdale street into Little Bourke street, with a i] shops at each side, after the fashion of the oe e cost of this will be about £10,000. edifices are ail from the de: of Collins street, architects; and the de- ized by that blending of utili:y with vaste which is so desirable in our publi: build In addition to the above, we observe many eredi ings. table erections coing forward, and we hear of many oth. ers under consideration. The City Council are about to call for ‘enders for a first rate market on the Western Hill, and the Free Masons are about to build a solendid hall and tavern, for their order, at the eaet end of Collins street’? At the close of the proceedings on Friday. March 18, the coune'l was prorogued until July 12 "The address to Her Majesty which was carried was proposed by Mr. Gregeen. At a meeting of the City Connell hela March 21, a by law, for the extension to the whole city of «0 much of the Melbourre Building Act. as modified by another bylaw of the City Council of Melbourne, which requires notices of ictention to build to be given to the builoirg surveyor, and regulates the formation of future treets within the city, as regards obtaining due width, wae acopred un ously A table of rater aud fares to he charged by liesnesd car- tere for the conveyance of good and o herarticles within the city, end the distance to whieh such licensee carters shall be liable to go. as fixed under by law No 3, of the Covneil of the city of Melbourne, was alo ado RAL MISCELLANY. The Geelong correspondent of the Argus writes: © Mr vin bere haw ennouneed bi tion of dramaticiog © Tom’s Cahin, and pres to the public oa the boarés of the Theatre Royal mg. Mr. ©. intends wikely to omit the more racred portions of this ront thrilling tale Tsay wirety, becaure I do thick the atage of @ theatre no place for rnch scenes ax the death of and also because I doubt the possibility of any one acting ar Mrs. Stowe hae written. ’’ A good chance for a negro dramatist. ‘The Lnein Moria Dutch ehip, arrived at Geelong from Liverpool, March 21, with about 50 passengers, 124 deya out Tre ship cargo from New York arrived at Melbourne March 2°, after a good paseage. She sailed npon Decem ber 16, 1652 The four: tion stone of a new Scotch churoh was laid h of Doutta Gaile, near the Five Mile creek March 17. The caremony wns performed way by the Rev. Jonn Reid, of Mulls recently called to be the minister «f the implored the blessing of the Almighty to Om Saturday, March 19, in the afternoon, eleven or twelve prisoners effected their escape from one of the convict gangs working at Collingwood stockade, near Melbourne. With the exception of two, all the men were Ou Friday, March 18, passing along he }) & man was al at Dandenesg, when he was met by six mounted bush- who ordered him to stov and give up his money, refused todo. Provoked at this refusal, to beat the man in a most brutal manner. was perfectly imsensible and unable to move. They then robbed him of £10, and decamped. Tent robberies and burglaries, and more substantial dweliingr were of very frequent occurrence. The perpe- tratore generally ercaped srrert. The Melbourne Argus, of June 22, says :—No little amusement was caused at the Police Court, on v, by the appearance of two German Mormons before the Bench in the relative positions of complainant aud defend- ant. The litigants were man and wife, and the fallen were the circumstances elicited. Some time ago Carl Zahar. a German operative, refusing to maintain his bet- ter half, was summoned before the Police Court, when the presiding justices made an order allowing » certain for her support. This Zabar continued to y for some time, but being s Mormon; and believing elf to be a “King, s prophet, anda preacher,” he sold off reme little bc ahd he held at Collingwood, dia- tributed it amongst o1 of his sect, and some poor sons who required it, leavirg his wife all the time with- out any sort of provision. It was also surmised that be iatended to leave the country, and this led to the present proceeding: him. The most recriminatory ‘‘scenes’’ were en- acted between Buch as neither bench nor public could understand. Mr. Jobn Stephen ventured to interfere, yy giving an exposition of the communist laws of the Mormons, and got nearly devoured by the husband for his pains. ‘The wife declared that ber ‘lord and master’ was a false ‘ophet, with whom she could not consort any longer. je declared that he would aj become reconciled to her if she would obey his rospiece commands in every respect ; but she was a sinful and going the wrong way. The finale was, that the defendant was or- dered to find two sureties in £100 each, that he would, for two years, 7 hs wife tbe stipulated sum formerly allowed ioe tri he declared his inability to do, and in default was sent to the watch-house. ‘The rame journal informs us. that ‘asa gentleman was returning from Mag lene the night before last, he found iceman lying ‘ drunk’ across the gutter, near St. r’s church, Melbourne. Over the prostrate guardian of our lives and property stood his ehum, im a pensive attitude. The name of the ‘ mighty fallen one,’ the muser eaid, was O’Neil, and information was given of the tact at Swansto street police office.”’ twurne yeoplo with cirsas pedormanose Dighty. urne wi cus oes nightly. The pst house of Melbourne ha: * black hole’”’ at- tacked for the confinement of prisoners. Both are un- healty in the extreme, and both magistrates and prisoners sufier equelly. One rogue complaining of the “ black hole” to another of the fratervit; distfoguahed no less by his unpretending professional modesty than by his caustic humor, he pool © It?s all for the best, my dear sir, I've gota Co ape constitution, and in all probability brothers Pleadwell and Chatter, being =— in the lungs, Til have the whele place to myself in two months, and pe tape seat on the bench to Soot." Pleasant specu tions these, and in our eyes well worthy of the learned profession. The Argus of March 23 says:—For the past few days the wea:her has undergone several changes from rain to sunshine, and vice versa. We are informed that several parts of the interior have been lately visited by some co- pious supplies much required at the time in consequence of the scanty supply-of teed. A four days’ sale ef government crown lands terminated upon the 14th of March, at Melbourne, and the proceeds neted £89,315 13s. 6d. An available discovery of coal was reported to have been made in the Leschenauelt, district of Western Aus- by a Mr. Elliott. The news was brought to Mel- , by Steamer Chusan, from King George’s Sound. DIED, At Williams’s boarding house, Williams street, Mel- bourne, on the 20th inst, aged 45 years, Peter McLach- lan, late merchant and Bank agent, Pulteney town, Wick, Scotland. GEELING GOLD CIRCULAR. ‘The price has advanced on that of last week, the buy- ing figure being from 76s. 9d. to 773. Since last circular an alteration bas taken place in the bank exchange to the extent of 44 per eent—this in favor of gold. The quantity offering is on the increase, but still with the great population now at Balaarat, and the undeuiable good luck of many. the escort shows littls improvement, seeming to stick obstinately betw four and five thou sand ounees: success must be the exception, a large num- ber cappot be making wages. ‘Nuggets are found daily from about 1 Ib. to 3 Ibs., but now attract ro attention. Pennyweight Hill is still spoken well of, and a range leading from the Canadian Gully has beed opened within the lsst two days, and is promising well. Reports are curvent that the parties at work on the Yardy Yalloek have succeeded in striking » paying field, and that the precious metal is got with an unusual small degree of lsbor, but this wants confirmation. From Creswick’s Creek and Mount oe there is bo intelligence of any interest; they are said to be an- swering toierably well, ° Since last cucular, there has arrived, by escort, as follows :-— te Government escort, Mount Alexander. ++ 6410,050 . ©” Ovens river...... 9,870 sy “ Balaarat. Priva’e escort, Mount Alexander Total........00.. or ececerees Exchanges on London drafts against geld 1 per cent. Freight of gold delivered in London, yea. Kardinia street, March 19, 1853. THE MABREETS. Saturpay, March 19, 1853, GRAIN AND FLouR —Alison & Knight's mill—Fine flour, £24 per ton: seconds do., £22; bran 4s.; wheat 10s. 6d. Dight & Rucker’s mill—Fine flour. £35; seconds, £33; bran, 4s. W. &C. Degrave’s mill—Fine flour, £35; sec- onde, £33; bran, 4s. ‘MiscELLaNnous — Messrs. Little & Co. sold on Saturday, 19th March, at their produce sale rooms, Adelaide flour, £28 to £83 10s. per ton: black oil, £85 per ton; American flour, at £2 74. 6d. per bbl.; do. slightly damaged, at £2; do. eagle brand tobacco, 31. 2d. per lb.; bran, 4s. 2d. per ‘bushel; oats, 198. per bushel. R. M. Martin & Co. soid on Monday and Tuesday. 14th and 15th of March, the stock of Messrs. Moore & Co., of Collins street, at fair prices; also, at Messrs. Morey & Co., st Richmond, their extensive stock of drapery, which realized about 30s. x cent on invoice prices; ction rooms on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 1th, 18th, and 19:h, oats, in bulk, 188. per bashel; cracked maize, 10s. 3d. per bushel; bran, 4s. per bashel; flour, £34 per ton; hay (Adelaide) £22 per ton; Liverpool soap, £20 per ton; ginger wine, 20s. per dozen; lemon syrup, £18 per dezen; English eheese, 1s. 6d. ‘per 1b.; & 3. per dozen ; port, 30s. lozen; claret, 18s. ickles, pints, 18s. per dozen; quarts, 228. per dozen. jenelry,t50 per cent on London prices. Propuck.—A bout 85 loads entered the Western market during the week ended 19th March. Prices nave not altered, although a rise in most articles is anticipated. bbager 6s. to 12s. per dozen; parsnips, 68. per dozen; rrots, 68. per dozen; turnips, 68. per dozen; lettuces, per dozen; pears, 6s, per dozon; plums, French beans, 1s. per lb.; peas, 3d. per quart: grapes, per Ib.; peaches, 6s. per dozen; sweet melons, 1s. 6d. to 2s. each; cueambers, 2s. per dozen; applea, 18. to 2s. per lb.; cggs. 58. per doven; butter, 33. par Ib.: onions, Sd per Ib ; potatoes, 228. to 233. per cwt.; Van Diemen’s Lana potater, 17# per cwt.; turkeys, 84. each; geeve, 14s. a couple; fowls, 8°. per pair; Gucks, 9s. per pair. Invorcts,—Blankets, saleable; boots and shoes, water- tights and laceups, in demand; canvass, saleable; mole- skin trousers, good stock on hand; slop clothing, good quality saleable; boadeloths, good quality taken on fair terms; narrow cloths, Gitto; flannels, scarce; ginhams, not much demand; hosiery, ruitable for the season, sale: able; shirts, regatta, good quality very scarce and want- ed; ditto, striped. ditto, searce, ditto, white cotton, linen fronts. ditto; ditto blue serge, market full; saddlery, a fair inquiry Tor good; stationery, certain deseriptions in demand. Invoxr Dourtes —All spicits 7s. per proof gallon; cor- dials, 7s. per gallon; wines, 1s. per do.; all tabacco, per lb ; tea, Sd. per ib.; coffee, 10, per cwt.; all other gocds free. LiGHiexacr-—15e. per ton, from Hobson’s Bay to the wharves, Meibourne; 20s, per ton on bonded goods, from do, to do.; acd 50 per cent on above charges on chips moored below the lighthouse. CantaGe—ba, to 7s. per load in town. Freicuts 10 Loxpox.—Tallow, 40s. to 50s. per ton. and t; gold, 434d. per ounce, delivered at tha bullion ; per Fteamer, 6344.; wool, greasy, 34d. per Ib. ; do., washed, 44. per Ib.: hides, to 26s. per ton; tal low, £1 10x, per ton, and 6 per cont; oil, £3 per ton, aud 5 per cent. i ¥XCUANGE ON LonpoN,— Bank drafte, par; private bills, (with produce hypotheeated,) 13 per vent discount The Maine Liquor Law in Michigan. (From the Detroit Advertiver, June 21 | The election in the greater part of the wards paxsed off very quietly yesterday, with the exception of the Seventh, in which there were frome turbulent proceedings, which was the means of call'sg outa heavier vote ia favor of the adoption of the law ia other portions of the erty. ‘The voie is very light, whish of oourse wes expected, but | it wae herdly expected that a majority would be obtained city ‘or its paeen hief and most active opponenta of the law were among the German population. A very | the Irish vowed for its adoption, » na among them standing at th tributing the tickets all day. Iodeed when wa +e very small majority obtained in the Kighth werd population of hh is at least nine tenths adopted zens from Ireland, it rhows that they were at least ey divided on the quee ‘The seturns re from the country show de and overwhelming majorities, and leads ua to exo the ougregate mojority in the State for the law wil not be less thon teenty thousan osu] around the Fads of St, Mary bay loog been a theme yr anxious solicituce, but all dousts as to ita apeedy completion wee, as is generally kaown, most effeetun ty dispelled on the Sth inst. A force of some two huniwed men are already at work, including those eogiged at juserying rene on at. Jove Island, for the construction of the locks, &e. Harvey, the superintendent, t* a ye tiemwn highly capacitated for bis offies, and under hie Able rupervieion, the work will undoubtedly be compied at the apnormted time, May, 185 Were it not for the presenen of a Alery, there would be with #0 large a fu lexiand Plaindealer, it Martia’s | Tur Sip CanaL—The constraction of a ship | his party, and in defence of the resolutions in rela- tion to Presidential appctieeants recently re- jected by the Gubernatorial Convention. He commences his letter with a history of the ob- noxious resolution which has caused so much excite- ment. He acknowledges that he drew up the resolutions,and Suet i. the fifth was in the follow- ing words, as o1 jrawn:— evolved! mn ots ponies ourselves with the belief that eur distinguished fellow citizen now at the head of the govermment of the United States, will not in bis future appointment ik the old guard of the demo- cratic party, upon mut rely for successful sup port it all the emergencies which may ari.e in the pro- gress of his administration; nor confer too many favors om those who support the platform for one purpose and spit upon it for another, and who have no real sympathy for the great national democratic 'y, or its princtples. With regard to the object of the resolutions, Mr. Burke says:— In dratting the whole series of resolutions, the pre- ceding one included, my object was to show to the world that, at this crisis, when there was apparently a disposi- tion manifested on the part of some ve abandon the proud osition on which the democracy of New Hampshire had ene stood, and which won for them from the democracy of the Union the high compliment of having one of their pumber nominated and chosen to the Presidency of the United States, we stood firm and unchanged. It was with this view thst I penned the whole series of resolutions. And, in order that they might not contain anything which might be deemed exceptionable, I showed them to several Jeacing members of the democratic party, in and out of the Legislature, some of whom approved them all without alteration, and some only +uggested striking out the word “future” from the fifth resolution. And when I offered them to the committee, I am quite sure that I remarked that I had shown them to some of our demo- cratic friends, who suggested striking out the word ‘‘fu- ture.” I said I preferred the whole, but I was willing to have the committee make any alteration which the: ht deem proper. One gentleman alone—Mr. 2mith, of Dover, I think—was opposed to the fifth resolution entire. And after discussion and amendment with my entire consent, they were adopted by the committee, and ordered to be Te; to the Convention. And it is my fixed impres- sion that ie Eee who reported them to tte Con- venticn (Mr. Robinson) moved their ad»ption tn the com- mittee, after they had been amended by striking out the word “tuture’’ and the last clau'e. And, after they had been thus amended, my imprersion is that they passed the committee without dissenting voice, the gen' first objecting to the fifth resolution acquiescing in them by his silence, é The assertion of the Patriot, that the most offen- sive portion of the resolution was stricken out in the committee, and that a large majority of the members of the committee disapproved the whole of it, Mr. Burke pronounces false, and he stigma- tises this assertion as a furtive and base attempt, on the part of the editor of the Patriet, ‘to i the chairman of that committee by misrepresentations, and to insult the remaining members of it.”’ Mr. Burke continues:— But there are other misrepresentations in the article of the Patriot which itis proper for me at this time to cor- rect. It attempts to give the impression that Messrs. Chase, of Conway, and Williamson, of Claremont, disap- proved of the resolutions. With its characteristic pro- clivity to misrepresent and falsify by way of inuendo. it aye — Mr, Conway, also declared that he cor- Gially approved of the course of General Pierce,”’ thus at- tempting to give the impression that Mr. C. also disap- proved of the resolution, which isa false impression. It also attempts to give the impression that the fifth resolu tion was abandoned and disowned by the committea, which is also false and slanderous upon the intelligeat and honorable men who composed that committee. One of the most intelligent and able members of that commit- tee, and of the House of Representatives—Mr. Felton— remarked substantially. in his place in the Convention, that he did not consider the resolution as involving an attack on the administration, but since it was objected to, he would go for striking it out for the sake of harmony. Now. with reference to the committee, I do not believe tingle gentleman ‘comporing it wished or designed to e either a covert or an open attack up mn the admin- istration. I did net, and I presume that others did not. But I candidly acknowledge that I did wish to have the democracy of New Hamp-hire present a clean and straight- forward record to the worid—to s'and on the national platform, as the third revolution asserts, unchanged—and that, ifthe truedemocracy had been overlooked, and free toilers, coalitionists, and disupionists bad been taken too much into favor, the democracy of New Hampshire were not responsible for it. This was all I designed to aseert. 1 made these statements frankly to the committee, and I vowed there shat my only purpose was to pre-erve the integrity of the democracy of New Hamp+hire intact and untarohed This I now rep and thie I will ever reaintsin, whether or not it may be regarded as fictions by the puicxant and very consistent editor of the NV. H. Patriot. And 1 do uot heritate to express the belief that 8 wajority of the democracy of New Hampshire, and also of the Jate Ocnvention, entertain the same wish and de- sire. If uot they are ready toabandon their position upon the national platform, and to become a bye-word and a reproach throughout the land. Mr. Burke then gives an account of the fate of the resolutions in the Convention. He says, ‘‘ they were furiously assailed by Mr. Samuel H. Ayer, a very smart and very exuberant little gentleman from Man- chester, who seems to imagine that the defence and protection of Gen. Pierce and his administration rest upon his Herculean shoulders,” on whose motion the th resolution was stricken out, “nobody objecting and nobody caring particularly whether it was in or out.’ He says that both Mr. Ayer and the Patriot have onal grudges which they desire to satisfy. The former, Mr. Burke states, erroneously attributes to him an article which appeared in the Argus and Spectator, published at Newport, N. H., the village in which Mr. Burke resides, and which commented in very pungent terms upon Mr. Ayer’s address on the reception of Hon. Daniel Webster at Manchester. The editor of the Patriot is personally hostile, be- cause— +I (bir. Burke) resisted through the columns of the Argus and Spectator the elaims put forward by the N. //. Patriot, to the effect that it was chiefly to the efforts of Jobn H George, Chairman of the State Committee in 1851, that the State was saved from the effects of the tueachery of Jobn Attwood.” Mr. Burke continues: And who are these personal assailants of mine? In the first place, we have Mr. Samuel H. Ayer, the eulogist of Daniel Webster. Next, Wm. M. Butterfield, who has him- relf been a free soiler, as I have been informed, ania well known Wilmot proviscist. I have been informed that he was once the editor of a paper in Massachusetts, which in New Hempshire would have passed for a sound aboli- tion paper. Certain it is, that when I war at the head of the Parent Office at \ Corte eee in 1847, I was written to by » very distinguished democrat, then a residunt of this State, for a contribution in money, avd also in arti- cles for the New Hampshire Patrict, to aid im rescuing the Stat: from the coalition of whigs and abolitionists, into whose bands it had fallen. I sent the money and the communsications under the signature of ‘* Mount Weshington.’’ The two last were upon the history of the compremives of the constitution touching slavery, and upon the general quertion of slavery and abolitionien They set furvh apd advocated the very doctrines which the Patriot has ce been compelled to advocate. but they were then rejected by its prevent editor. Those arti cles I subsequently rent te the Argus and Spectator, in which paver they were published, and afterwards copied into ihe Washington Union, And third behind the scene, in this instance, we have Job» H. George, the Chairman of the State Committee a young gentlewan who, in 1540, was singing songs, as I an informed, in herd cider procersions—a good enough whig for thore times. This is the sort of stuff that bas reon fic to make war on me. It may be a matter of wander why I should eondescend to bestow 60 consequence upoa them. My reply is that I do it Secause, unfortunately, they seem to have got posression of the democratic or: ganivation of the State, and are determined to use it for the agpiendisement of themselves, even i¢ it involves the ruin of the democrat ic party. These persons bave never ceased to misrepresent me. General Pierce, they joined in circulating vue story, as I understand, that I was opposed to his nomination, which wax utterly false. They have also cireutated the story unctasirgly, that General Pierce was my percousl enemy, which, ir General Pierce’s written assurance ix true, 18 utterly false, General Pierce never had any but kind ard friendly oftices from me from our first acquaintance, twenty years ago,to the present time. And he knows that I bave defended him from the eclumniea of enemies when it required some courage to do it, and under cir- cumeterces in which those who now at‘emot to shelter themrelves under his payee. in order toaszail others, would have slunk away in very fear. These are the factionists who desire to make trouble in the ranks of the demoerasy of New Hamoshire, merely to grutify a feeliog of persona! hostility which they have against me, and perhaps some other individuals, And if there should be a rupture, upon them will be the re spopribility. After defending the resolutions, one and all, Mr. Burke says they “‘are such as the democracy ot New Hampshire must stand upon, or they must abandon their position on the plattorm of the Baltimore Con- vention.” The following, in continuation, is signifi- cant:— 1 avo the resolutions in whole and in part, and will stand by them. Not designing to cast auy censure upon the President, [ did design to preserve the consistency of the democratic party of the Granite Stute, especially with regurd to the slavery question and the compromise Aad ui After thi nomination of such I believe to be the rentiments of a dewided majority of the Convention, and of the democracy of New Hamp auive, Aud I go farther. Treating the mandate of the New Hompshire Patruk with the seorn it deserves, I frankly bat not approve of the apgolat © colers, Coalitionista, dicunionist: or unbl they have brought themselves within the oF the 4th revolution, adopted by the ate Con . If the Presi¢ent ha« appointed a wan to his eabi twho on a short time pines @ leading fedecalixt, 1 frenkly that 1 do not approve of it. And T bave not seen the first sound democrat that does xpprove of I he ben appointed a leading disunionist ty the Csoi- Ido eo: approve of it. It he bas appointed lea free soilers, or ecnlitioni#te Ido wot approve of is 1 would sty this to him personally, ax I now eay it publicly to the ceople of New Haunpshire not in any pirit of uo- frierabiness cr hostility, but with a sincere de.ira that his adn tnisiration should be conducted sue essfully aad glo- vieusly for bimwelf aud his country. And thousands nv0a thoveanes of ibe true deweerscy of the Uatow, w whom he owes Liv (rumoban® election, Lanow, entertain pre ginely the same rentiments, And if L know Gen Pierce, he wilise-pect thove sentimenis, aod the mea who have the erursge and honesty to utter them. Lut nndur the detation ot such an individual as Wiliam M Buttertield use we to bave no freedom of thought aad rpeeoh ? Ard con we met express our O#n uvferstanding of Cor prnaiples end sentiments except npon the psto of berg denowoced a4 foctioniata and ordered to whut up our mou'b.? Such seems vo be the order of the day; of thing: in New but be aware that there tent, which may burst into control. They should bear in mind that ing Ciseontent at the attempt of a few palt at the capitol, perpetually to control of the democratic rie They should bear in many old and tig veterans have been obliged to give way for the young man—a man of excellent qualities and sound principles, as I believe—who has been nomi- nated for Governor. That those who have been disap- inted will sustain the nomination, and that he will be Fium tly elected, 1do not doubt. But that there is some feeling of dissatisfaction and chagrin left behind. I am equally sure. The individuals to whom I allude should ponder these things, ard beware how they fan the embers of strife. In my judgment there is more paril banging over the democratic party of this State and of the Unon at tha moment, than there has been for years before. It requires prudence, caution and forbearance, to preserve its integrity and ita ascendancy. In conclusion Mr. Burke remarks that he ‘shall make no war upon the democratic % ciples, usages. or candidates, but upon the contemptible little cabal at the capital, who, sheltering themselves under the shield o! democratic party, are willing to hazard its unity and success to gratity reset dislike to one or more members of the party.” The letter, the main portion of which we have given, is published in the Newport Argus and Spec- tator. 1t will doubtless be copied into the Concord papers, and will add to the excitement which exists among the democracy of that State. We have dwelt at considerable length upon this disaffection among the New Hampshire democracy as one of the prominent si of the times. It is Mogulas fet, although disaffection in the ranks of the democracy revails to a greater or less extent in every State of e confederacy, the first itive demonstration ainst the administration should eome from New jampshire, the home of President Pierce. Our London Correspondence. ALBEMARLE STREKT, PICCADILLY, Lonpon, June 7, 1853. The Eastern Questeon—Aid to the Sultan—The Anglo-Indian Bill—News from the Cape—Pusey- ism and Popery—The “Irish Brigade”—The Chinese Rebellion—Railways, Telegraphs, Tiea- tres, §c. The last despatches from the East send us tidings of the Czar’s intense indignation at the Sultan's re- fusal to comply with the demands of his satellite, Menschikoff, and informs us also, that he ordered a large detachment of his land forces to advance by rapid marches on the Moldavian frontier of Turkey. This looks like business, and we understand, more- over, that orders have been sent to our Mediter- ranean fleet to hold themselves in readiness to sail from Malta to the Dardanelles. As respects any po- sitive information, however, as to the intentions of government with regard to the Czar, we are still as much as ever in the dark, and like the rest of the world without, we can but conjecture on the future. That Nicholas has a great itching to revenge the affront by war there can be no doubt; but perhaps he hag caution sufficient still left to prevent him from draw- ing on himself the hostility of England and France, which he will unquestionably have to encounter if he persists in enforcing his claim by arms. The con- sequence, of course, would be to involve Europe in a pene war; and we think the Czar himself will not anxious to precipitate so disastrous a result. Already has Omar Pasha a large army of veteran troops ready to defend the northern frontier of Euro- an Turkey, and it would take no long time for the ‘rench to send an army to reinforce them, and g0 | effectually oppose the advance of the Russians by land; while at sea, it is well known to every one ac- quainted with the subject, that the fleet of that coun- try, imposing as it aj rs, would stand no chance whatever with the British in a matter of fact naval e:gagement. Wan, therefore, in spite of present ap- pesrances and the Czar’s threats, seems on the whole still unlikely; and, certainly, if it should be the case, we shall have to attribute it quite as much to the indecision and backwardness of our own ministers as to any other cause; for had we, in the | first instance, firmly and positively expressed our determination, at all hazards, to stand by and sup- port our old ally the Sultan, Prince Menschikoff would never have dared to bully and browbeat him as he has dstaly done at Constantinople. The pre- sent, however, is no longer the time for deliberation and negotiation, but for downright action; and if war is in Gy way to be prevented, it will be so, not by diplomatic cleverness and tact, but by shewing the Czar that we ate prepared for the worst, and determined, vie et armis, if necessary, to maintain the integrity and independence of Turkey. Too long heve we played into the hands of Nicholas, too long allowed ourselves to be made his catspaw and tool We must now show that we are independent of him, and can ourselves, even unaided by them, pursue an independent line of action. On Friday night last, Sir Charles Wood, the Chief Commissioner oi the India Board, treated the House of Commons with a speech five mortal hours long, in which he gave a labored account of the history of our transactions with India, of course mentioning all he thought suitable, and omitting whatever might be disagreeable, but saying little, very little, to the point. In fact his speech. dispassionately considered, was so bungling and ineffective that it might very well be classed in the same~cate; as his memo- rable budget. Nota single one of all the enormous abuses—judicial, financial, or agricultural—which have so long disgracefully marked our Indian policy, did he attempt to reform; and reaily, all that ne did picpose was to alter the constitution of the govern- r Bats to make eighteen directors do the busi- ness of thirty, and to vest the power in the crown of appointing six of that body, together with some pn ipennr. respecting the futare disposal of their | ‘ivil and military patronage, and the better educa- tion of the functionaries sent out for civil purposes, and the admission of natives to inferior judicial offices. This is all, or nearly all, that Sir C. Wood proposed; and verily he might have said all this in five minutes instead of five hours. Indeed, as Mr. Bright bath properly observed, he eee ey just as well have left the matter wholly untouched, as far as re- gards all the good that such a measure is to do to suffering India. We trust, however, that there is still some spirit in the House, and that it will not consent to a renewal of the company’s charter, without insisting that this body shall set itself se- riously to the task of sweeping away the chaos of abuses that prevails in every department of their go- yernment, and fairly beginning to do what the; have long professed—to rule the people of India wi a view to the proepaty and welfare of the native population, and not solely for the purpose of fillin, their own pockets by extortion, plunder, and a tot exhaustion of the resources ofthe soil. The debate was continued last night, and is again adjourned. The Caffre war has now fairly come toa close, much to the satisfaction of the British and Dutch settlers; and though Hottentot banditti still prowl about, and murders are now and then committed on the frontier, this was only to be expected at the close of so protracted a struggle. The inquiry into the causes of the rebellion is going on, and the good sense of the Governor in making it entirely open, and among the people whose conduct is under investiga- tion, gives great confidence to all the well disposed— in fact, these frank and fearless proceedings have already produced a most beneficial effect on the pub- lic mind. The crowning event of all, however, is the arrival of the constitution, which, we are happy to eay, promises to be a panacea for all the colonial cvances, inasmuch as every party either is or ap- years to be satistied with its provisions. Long may it be ere these peaceful, well-deserving colonists, are again troubled with the aggressions of such ma- reuders—such murderous enemies to civilization as the Caffres ! Archdeacon Wilberforce, the brother of our trac- tarian Bishop of Oxford, has just published a book, inv he advocates “the real presence,” or, in other words, the doctrine of transubstantiation, maintaining also that the Lord’s Supper is a sacri- fice, and cught to be offered daily. Now this is no- thing but rank, rampant Popery; and though such a doctrine will certainly mect no encouragement in the House of Commons, it would not be difficult for him to introduce his system, bit by bit, if he could but get a convocation. It certainly matter for congratulation that the government liave so firm] ret their faces against the re-establishment of this body, which unquestionably would prove a death- ead to sterling Protestantism inthe Church of Eng- and. ‘These potentates of our iron roads, the directors, have lately had a severe lesson taught them respect- ing their responsibilities, by a verdict of manslaugh- ter brought against the Chairman and Superintend- ent of the Southwestern Railway fora fatal accident, willnlly caused by their own negligence. TT! as it should It is now high time that the principals should suffer; for while subordinates and tuinor oili- cials have been mulcted and punished, they have too long escaped. Ot course we shall hear more of this matter ; for though the Coroner issued his warrant for the immediate apprehension of the Hon. Mr. Scott, M.P., and Mr. Besttie, it is quite possible that their proper punishment, of a year’s imprisonment, will be got nd of by some qnirk or scheme of the lawyers. Nevertheless, whether the punishment be really inflicted or not, these magnates will be taught to mind w they are about—taught to feel that they are mnsible both in their persons and pro- perty for the lives and general security of those whom they undertake to convey from place to place, and whom, also, they have deprived of all means of avelling, except by their own exclusive mode of ance, A splendid example of submarine engineering has just been prevented by the establishment of an elec- tric telegraph between Orfordness, on the coast of Suffolk, to be vening,on the Dutch coast, a direct distance of 115 miles. The whole was effected in = =z | pation of a single river by European vessels of war, | and that even could it be so destroyed, the bolstering | Kindness,” produced last night at the Theatre Royal, seo A aaa Toy the Monands steamer, Of 540 tons, attended by sate of in ti 127190 ‘alle te length, and was safely conveyed over the we mh AE mien 2 ae Messages in the course of the day. thus accomplished is nearly double tempted, and consider th gale—and the inhos; nature ef the coast, operation ranks as most successful yet recorded. in the annals of telegraphic engineering. In a debate on the Charch on yy last, Lord John Russell, probably in the heat of argu- ment, gave vent to some expressions respecting opposition of the Irish Roman Catholics, asa body, to liberal institutions, and their general disloyalty the British government, which so excited ire of Messrs. Sadlier, Keogh, and Monsell, now holding important official situations in Ireland, that these entlemen immediately sent in their resignations to ford Aberdeen. As their services, however, could ill be spared, and it wasthought desirable to pre~ vent any appearance of dissension in the cabinet, an apologetic reply was sent, repudiating, on behalf of self and the majority of his colleagues, the senti- ments too uncom) senting expressed by leader of the House of Commons; and Lord John Russel having himself apologized for the affront thus offered to the it body of the Irish people, the offended partieshave consented to retain office. Such is and ever will be the consequence of associating in the same administration such incongruous and discord~ ant materials as those composing the present cabi- net; and as such occasions for dispute and offence 4 are likely again and again to recur, we augur bu’ ‘ little permanence to the existing ministry, A coa- lition cabinet crumbled into dust in 1807, which contained in it some of the very first talent in the country; and what took place with Fox, and Sheri- dan, and Grattan, may again occur under Russell, Gladstone, and Clarendon. Unanimity is the es- sence of strength; and this, it is very clear, is not to be found in our present executive. We add the words of Lord John, which formed the causa belli in this ministerial fracas. 1 am far from denying that there are many members of this House, and many members of the Oatho- lic persuasion, both in country and Ireland, who are Nearer tile thine andthe libecianiet te eountry; but I am convinced that if the Roman Catholic cle: had increased power given to them, and if they, as - siasticx, were to exercise greater control and politi influence than they now do, that power would not be ex- ercised in accordance with the geoeral freedom that pre- yails in thi: country; and that neither in respect to poli- tical power nor on other subjects would they favor that general freedom of discussion, and that activity and en- ergy of the human mind which belongs to the spirit of the British constitution. ‘There is not a sentiment here with which we can- not most heartily coincide; and really the gentlemen officials ia Ireland must be very thin-skinned to take offence at ane Eee acne of cee ree ae tty gener: eld in this country respecting the Serie Gers of the Romanist clergy and ity of that country. ‘he last mail from India gives us accounts of the yet further mined of the insurrection in the southern provinces of China, and of the insurgents deterthi- nation to advance forthwith on Pekin. At Shanghae and Canton, the people are thoroug pecalrzed and trade has for some time been in a of stag- nation. We learn, moreover, that the British and American Commissioners have acceded to the appli- cations of the Chinese government, and sent steam+ ers up the Yang-tee-kiang to the relief of Nankin, the occupation of which was immediately threatened by the revolutionary army. This step may, proba- bly, for a time, check the insurrection, and save the Tartar dynasty; but those best informed on the subject are of opinion that the outbreak is far too serious and extended to be crushed by the occu- up of the Tartar dynasty would be anything but fa- vorable to the progress of true civilization, and the extension of foreign intercouree and commerce in the Chinese Empire. This revolution, however, has had one good effect on the Chinese Ministry—namely, that they have proposed to legalize the sale of opium, and encourage its cultivation in China, the soil of which is stated to be peculiarly favorable to the growth of the opium plant. his is a step in ad- vance, aud may be followed, perhaps, by other mea- sures of a liberal character, that may redeem the Chinese government in the estimation of ‘the great commercial rations of the world. This news, however, is far from being acceptable to the East India Company, who have real: millions a year by their contraband trade in opium; and the company has another source of annoyance in the extraordinary falling off of their monopoly trade in salt, amounting toupwards of two millions. This latter falling off, however, is owing entirely to John’s overweaning love of silver—for he has been for years and years 80 impoverishing the country, and su ex- hausting its resources by over-taxation, that the peo- ple under his rule are now become so poor, as to be compelled to forego the use of this important neces- sary of life. Verily, John, thou hast been weighed in the balances, and art found wanting—and thy kingdom shall be taken away and finished ! Mrs. Crowe’s new and original play of “ the Cruel Haymarket, was a decided success. The acting was undeniably good, in proof whereof I give the cast— Messrs. Buckstone, Barry, Sullivan, Howe, W. Far- ren, Mesdames Fitzwilliam, EHen Chaplin, Reynolds and Howard. Mr. Buckstone has gone to great ex- nse about the scenery and dresses. The play has n brought out under the able superintendence of that New Yorkite, Mr. Chippendale, who has already established himrelf as a great favorite here. A new ‘aul, entitled ‘“ farce by Mr. Howard “ahestineg Rapping,” is underlined at this Theatre for turday ext. Mlle Rochelle is in town. Mr. Allcroft, at the Little Strand Theatre, came out with a new piece last evening, styled ‘ T’was I.” Miss Rebecca Isaacs enacted the js asy part. Signor Bottesini played at the Palace three nighte last week, and Jullien conducts the next ball. Mlle Rachel's “ Adrienne Lecouvreur” has again taken the town by storm; and it is to be hoped that Mr. Mitchell, her manager, will continue to meet with the support due to his unfuiling liberality. Mr. Wiilert Beale has returned from Scotland, and Dr. John Joy, with Mr. and Mrs. Simes Reeves are expected from Ireland next Monday. Mrs.S. Reeves, the great English tenor, has engagements at con- certs, three per diem, for the next two months—pro- fitable work. The doors of poor old Drury Lane Theatre were opened wide last evening. A new drama called “St. Marc” was produced with but indifferent suc- cess, although Mr. Davenport and Miss Fanny Vining did all their utmost to support it through five dreary acts. It was closely followed by the feature of the evening, Mr. Markwell’s new legendary ballet, “ The Spirit of the Valley.” M. St. Leon and M’lle Plunket were encored in every dance, and were, with the author honored by a call trom a very crowded audi- tory. Messrs. Smith and St. Léon are likely to make a long pe during this short summer season. (ours faithfully, Don Caisar. Visit of the Officers of the Steam Frigate San Jacinto to the Grand Pacha of Cairu. [From the Boston Transcript June 22.} The day previous to our return tothe ship the pre- sentation took place, and as it wasfar more gorgeous than that of the Sultan’s at Constantinople, 1 will give you the programme :— At 1 P. M. the Grand Pacha sent four of his state carriages, four fine Syrian and Arab horses attached to each, for us at the hotel, with a guard of Janizariea ard a few mounted soldiers. We were al! ready in full dress. Our Captain, the Consul General, Judge Jones, ovr Vice Consul, aud a member of Congress elect trom New York, Caleb Lyons, of Lyonsdale, were seaied in the first carriage; Lt. Lanman, Lt. Perry, Lt. Queen, Lt. Stetson, of the St, Louis, in the second; Purser Rittenhouse, Chief Engineer Everett, Dr. Wright and Mid. Sig tk in the third; in the fourth, hiid Smith, a Mr. ish, of New York, Mr. Sturt, of Philadelphia, and an Kuglish gentleman— dragomans and Janizaries, with their silver mounted canes, bringing up the rear. The Pacha was at his Vitae outside of the city about two miles, and we jad to go as fur through the city. The horses did ngt go out of a walk through the streets. Every window and door was crowded with people staring at us out- side barbarians. At the several military posts we passed, the guards presented arms, bugles sounded, and drums beat. Upon nearing the palace, a most splendid Syrian horse, richly caparisoned, was led by two Arab s in front of the carriages, and, as we found ‘wards, was a present from His Highness, together with a rich scimetar, to our Consul General. On entering the gates of the palace, two regiments of youths, from 12 to 16 years of age, were drawn up in military order; a large band of music com- menced playing; the troops presented arms Whilst we alighted and ascended to the audience room— spacious one, but not so richly furnished as the Sul- tun’s at Constantinople. The Pacha rose on our en- | trance, and we were individually presented to him, after which he motioned us to be seated, when long pipes with jeweled mouth-pieces, similar to those of the Sultan, but some of us thought richer, were offer- ed. After pulling awhile, coffee, in jewelled cups, was brought, and the audience ended, having lasied | abont twenty minutes. ‘I'he Pacha is a jolly looking | fellow, about forty years of age, and, Lhave no doubt, | is as fond of the good things of this lifeas anybody. | Our return to the hotel was in the same order, the | gift horse being led in front, prancing and capering | about to the admiration of all. The next day we left Cairo for Alexandria, and arrived on board ‘ship next night. Our trip down the Nile was very inter: | esting. Pyar Cour pr Soveu,—We learn that six laborers, | foreigners, employed in the orick yard of Mr. KE Preu, ia Deerfield, sbout half a mile trom this city, were «un- Htruek about noon iocay. Two of them have alresdy died, wad the other four are iv a critical condition, We oi! 20% learn their pasaws.— Utica Observer, June 20,