The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser

A regular physician, being sent for by fa quack doctor' expressed his surprise at being called in oil an occasion apparently trifling. Not so trifling, my good sir," replied the quacK, for, to tell you the truth, I have by mistake taken some of my own pills." The Gretna Green blacksmith is circulating advice papers in the north, directing people how to raach his tem- ptebythe nearest route. It is said that the enterprising gentleman intends getting up a series of matrimonial special trains during the summer. Snur fruit is tart-an inhabitant of Central Asia is a Turtu" A man praising porter, said it was so excellent a beverage taken in great quantities it always made him fat, I have seen the time," said another, "when it made yotj "When?" asked the eulogist. Last night—against a wall." Mr. M'Lean, shop front builder and picture frame maker, of Fleet Street, London, has just had put into his own shop front the largest plate glass pane yet in use the Iront wi!l have two windows, each composed of a single pane sixteen feet in length by ten wide. CHESTER CUP.-It is stated, upon good authority, that no less than £ .30,000 has been lost on the abovejrace in the port ot Hull—the resident locality of the mare "Nancy," The race was won by Joe Miller; Stilton, second; tony- three horses ran. The Aation publishell an extract from the Colonial Times (Melbourne) serving to confirm the reported escape of T. F. Meagher, and a,ids-ol We have additiona) ond authentic reason to believe that Meagher is by this time under the flag of Washington, and are aware that his escape was made while he was under arrest, and Qt course without breath 011 parole." A revolting outrage has been committed at Kilcatten. in Derry; some miscreant set fire at night to a detached sheep house belonging to Mr. Ogilby, and sixty sheep and lambs were roasted to death. Qgilby is a kindrheart d employer; but he is also a magistrate, and haa had to issue suiijiijojjses against some evil-doers. NEw DISCOVERIES AT NINEVKH.—Col. Rawlijisr.n, it seems, 'Hias opened out the entire place of sepulchre ol the Kings and Queens of Assyria." There they lie, it is said, in huge stone sarcophagi, with ponderous Jid« de- corated with the royal ornaments and costume, just as they were deposited more than three thousand years ago." RELIGION It; MANCHESTER, AND BIRMINGHAM —The bells of the cathedral Manchester could not be rung Oil her Majenty's birthday, from the tottering state ot the tower. At Birmingham, the tine old parish church of St. Martin is crumbling into tuins for want of repair. All the subscriptions have failed iii furnishing any sum adequate to the rt!lJ;tir3 required.

THE EDUCATION QUESTION. ANNUAL MEETING OF TUK METROPOLITAN CUCRCII UNION. The annual meeting of this society took place on Thurs- day, May 13. The chief feature of the Report, which was -ead by G. B. Hughes, E«q.. of the Temple, and of Penally Pembrokeshire, was the Education question. Mr. Hughes, in moving a resolution pledging the meet- ing to submit to no compromise of principle on the ground if-i-nere expediency, said, that as he should be followed by friends every way more c^p ilsle of advocating ilie particu- lar course proposed for adoption, and explaining its details, lie should avoid taking up the time of the meeting by trenching on what he considered to be their legitimate province. He should confine himself to saying a few words as to the relations which he thought the meeting would agree with him ought to exist between the Church of England arid the Government of this country in the matter of education, and endeavour to show that the pre- sent was a time when we ought, if possible, to secure State co-operation on fair and equitable terms and that the effort might now be in.ide with good hope of success. First, then, with regard (o education generally, he believed it to be the duty of the State to assist in providing for the education of the people of this country, whether Church- men or dissenter*; and that pecuniary assistance which he thought the State was bound to give, he thought the State, not only justified in seeing, but bound to see, properly ap- plied. The Church, in its present impoverished condition had not the means of giving a gent-reeducation to its members without state assistance; and such being the case, the Church, as he concf'ived, was compromising no prin- ciple by accepting help from the State, und allowing the State in return ("s far as concerned matters of secular teaching, but no farther,) to satisfy itself, by a svstPJn 01 inspection, that its assistance was not bestowed in vain. It was, he believed, only common justice andcommon sense to allow the State to see how its money was spent, and. what return it yielded. If theiefore a strict svstem of non- interference with the religious teaching of Church schools was secured, he thought the Church would have no just ground ot complaint. He could not for a inon)entallow that all State interference was to be forbidden, because the State might be taken to represent in some sort (though not properly) the lay element—and the laity lud nothing to do with the education of the people. (Cries of "No, no.") He believed, on the contrary, that the laity were not to be so released from their responsibility in the matter of edu- cation. (Cheers.) The great body of the Clergy, he was sure, were anxious, most anxious, for their co-operation and assistance. He was sure, also, practically speaking, that the work of Church education would never be pro- perly done until Clergy and hity jointly put their shoul- ders to the wheel. (Hear, hear.) They all knew the effect in mere worldly matters of "a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether." Let it not be seen in this instance, as in a thousand others, that the children of this world were in their generation wiser than the children of light. Why, he asked, was the Church, which, was Christ's body, so crippled and paralysed in this land, but because its members so often refused to act t-ogether and assist each other? Because the head distrusted the hand, and the hand repudiated the head -because all alike failed to realise the blessed truth that they, being many, were one body, and every one members one of another! (Cheers.) But conceding all this, he said, it might be asked why then were Churchmen to be so jealous and dis- trusful of State controul, and of the Committee of Council, up to the present time? Why did Churchmen write against them, speak against them, and struggle and agitate against them, by every means in their power? He be- lieved that honesty was always the best policy, so he would speak out openly and at once tell them the reason why. First, then, because the late Government evil intreated the Church, and endeavoured, to use a homely phrase, "to ride rough-shod over it." They sought to make the Church of England the mere slave of the State but before they could do so, it was necessary, if possible, to undermine Church education, and to destroy her traditionary teaching, i (Hear, hear.) It was necessary that her children should cease to be reminded of her high descpnt, and her lofty cbims,—how that "kings were her nursing fathers and Queens her nursing mothers,—how that the powers of earth and hell shall alike prove in the end impotent against her, before they could be taught to reconcile them- selves themselves even for a time Pharoah's bondsmen in Egypt! Hence they endeavoured as much as possible to impair and suppress the authoritative dogmatic teach- ing of the Church in her schools, with an eye to her lilt., mate degredation into a mere State Establishment. Surely, he said, as the avowed object of the late Government was to latitudinarianize the Church by every means in their power, Churchmen were justified in regarding their every act with snspicion,-ill watching them and opposing them at every turn! It was all very well to say, "measures not men," but the chal acter of the man is often the best exponent of that of the measure. We live now indera new dynasty. He I,)oke as a Churchman, and on the sub- ject of Church Education. He wished to make no poli- tical remarks; but thus much, as a Churchman, he would say we had a Government hostile to us on this question, — we now had one that was favourable. We had before enemies in high places, we now had friends to our cause friends whom we might, he hoped, make allies, by proper management, and the exercise of temper and discretion. (Hear, hear.) He thoueht Churchmen ought to spread their sails to this favourable breeze, and avail themselves of the blessed change in the political atmosphere. They should take tide at the flood, which would he hoped bring them to a haven ot rest. It was most desirable, if possible, to bring this question, which so long agitated the Church, to a peaceful settlement, if only it could be done, as he believed it might, consistently with sound Church principles. Churchmen, he thought, need not doubt the favourable mind of the noble earl at the head of the Go- vernment, who spoke out nobly on the education question in his place in the House, more than tweive years ago; an.) who was the last man in the world to eat his own words. (Cheers.) But he need not refer only to the past. Since Lord Derby's appointment to office he had shown that he desired as a Christian statesman to govern a Christian country and that it was his first wish, and his most fer- vent prayer, that pence and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, might be establisned among us for all generations. (Cheers.) Churchmen ought not to doubt either him or the supporters he had succeeded in rallying around him. Some of them were already tried Church- men. Of the others the best was to be hoped. Differing, as he feared he did, on this question, from some of those whom he most loved and respected and whose praise was in all the churches for their devoted and self-sacrificing attachment to the cause of Church Education, he had in the first instance felt very loath to be the proposer of the resolution which he had just read to the meeting but he felt he had no rir.{ht to flinch on that account. It certainly seemed to him the time (if ever) to reopen communications with the Committee of Council, with a view, if possible, to a satisfactory adjustment of the Education question and, so thinking, he begged to propose the resolution for their adoption. »

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By adver- tising in local journals the business announcements of tradesmen of the town and neighbourhood, without trouble to themselves, are brought before all classes of the inhabi- tants, at the mere cost of the price of insertion. Adver- tisers are mainly concerned in the existence of newspapeis, and in their growing circulation. The great majority of newspaper renders in this country can, indeed, only be ap- proached by advertisers through the medium of their own local journals.Newton. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—GRAND TERMINUS AT PADDINGTON. Very extensive works are being carried out to form the terminus of the Great Western Railway at Paddington. They are now near completion, and will en- tirely alter the aspect of the terminus at Paddington, an,1 give it an imposing appearance. The new terminus is being constructed on that large area of gronnd on the side of the Prince of Wales's bridge, below which the present temporary structure stands. The style of structure, as ap- plied to railway purposes, is entirely new, being the design (in conjunction with Messrs. Fox and Henderson) of Mr Brunei, the company's engineer, and it is formed as nearly as possible after the model of the central aisle of the Crystal Palace, both the departure and arrival platforms consisting of a continuous iron roof, 800 feet long, and 80 feet span, formed of ribs of wrought iron rivetted together, with two i lofty and elegant transepts near each end, and the light being admitted through the glass medium, now popularly known as Paxton's glass roofing. This building runs parallel with the whole of Eastbourne-terrace, and between is the carriage-road parted from the terrace by an iron pali- sading, with flights of steps for foot passengers. The arri- val platform faces the Paddington canal, there being be- tween them a large nnellcloseri space to- cab stands and carriages. There are entrance and departure gates, book- ing offices, first, second, and third class waiting-rooms, of a superior order, wirh an elegant circular room and suite of apartments for her Majesty. The company's range of offices are abuve the booking offices, along the whole length of the terminus. There is alto a central vestihule in the middle of the terminus for passeng rs to promenade in, with refreshment rooms, newspaper rooms, and electric telegraph Statjpn. The two lines of rails are to be brought up to the bridge to the new terminus, at the end ot which there is a covered gallery, by which the passengers arriving or departing by the trains may reach the splendid bote), built for the company by Mr Hardwick, the architect, lit a cost of £ jit,0t)0, and called the Great Western Hotel, situate close to Hyde-park and Kensington-gardens. An immense goods s'tuion is being constructed by Messrs. Sherwood below the bridge, abutting on the JIarrow-road, with a viaduct and hydraulic lifts, to communicate with ifie canal, and altogether the olltlay on thtse Irnprnvernpnts at Paddington cannot amount to much less than £ 200,01)0. DhHISO INSTANCE OF ROMJSH INTOLERANCE.—The squire of a parish in Cheshire has recently called his tenantry together, and announced that if they could not make up their minds to join the Church of Iiotne, lie would serve them with notice to quit his property. Iff is himself u pervert to I'opery. This has naturally excited a strong <eeung.—A poor blacksmith, when summoned into the presence of his landlord, replied, Sir. thesti black hands have aii^ady earned my bread with honour, and they sh:tll do so again, in some oilier R)acp, rathei than I should join your religion."—The Rector of the parish requested the Hev. Ro. P. I'lakenpy to preach to his people on the subject. According!}' on Monday, the 12th, that retired district witnessed a most animated scene. <\ large assembly of children walked in procession to church, which w.ts both in the afternoon ind the evening, by all classes. The church was crowded to overflowing at night, and they say .til;li such a congregation never assembled belore. Then- is not a single Romanist in the parish, and yet the squire has commenced a Romish chapel in the neighbourhood, and calculates upon filling it by compulsion. No doubt In intends also, to colonic the district. Surely it is liigli time that the Protestants should bestir themselves, stritij that the emissaries of Roijie are already Jjrgitiuit!" tp resort to violent ineans.

SINGULAR ELOPEMENT. The Ne.w York Henild, of the 7th instant, gives the fol- lowing account of a singular etopement from this country and its results,:— Yesterday afternoon a very extraordinary affair took place before Mayor Kingsland. respecting the capiureof an Eng- lish gentleman, namcn Dr. Andrew Ploomer, of Iirigliton. linglnnd, on the complaint of Colonel T. A, Howard, of the British army, who charges that the Doctor his defrauded him of £ l,i)00 sterling, amounting to about 9,000 doiUrs, under the following circumstances, as detailed by the Col. before the Mayor-: —It seeins the colonel and tin* doctor were intimllrc friends, residing at Brighton, England, and a few weeks ago the colonel concluded to take a tour, and left for Boiilougne; but previous to leaving, the doctor, knowing tlm the colonel had the above-named amount of money in the house, persuaded hi.n to let him (the doctor) place it in his bank for safe keeping during his absence. The colonel having implicit confidence in his friend the doctor, agreed to the proposition, arid accordingly let him have the money. The doctor then deposited the money iu the bank to his own credit. The colonel left on his tour but scarcely had he he it gone a week before the doctor conceived a plan whereby to possess the funds himself; and in order to do so, he drew the money from the bank, aban- doned his wife and four children, and eloped with a M:ss Emllls Patterson, a girl of very genteel appearance, nine- teen years of age, and rather good-looking, the daughter of a neighbour, a riding-master in the town of Brighton. They now, together with the 9,000 dollars took passage for this country in the steam.ship. Niagara, arriving at Boston on Saturday last, and forthwith proceeded to this city, as man and wife, putting up at the Irving House. As soon as the elopement was discovered, the colonel was advised of the fact, an I,-ascertaining that the guilty persons had taken passage in the steam ship for this country, he there- fore took passage himself in pursuit in the steam ship Europa, which arrived at this port on Thursday evening. Tlje counci) of the British Consul was sought by Colonel Howard, and Mr. Bowyer, one of otir expert officers, was sent- to ferret out the whereabouts of the runaway doctor. The matter now being placed in the hands of the police, Mr. Bowyer started on the search, and the same night succeeded in detecting the doctor lit I he Irving-House. The fact was communicated to Mr. Howard, the proprietor of the hotel, who gave the officer soine information respect- ing them. Me said that the doctor on Monday morning informed him that a trunk containing a good deal of Ids wife's wardrobe had been lost, and therefore wished to be recommended to a store, in order to replenish the clothing. Mr. Stewart's store was recommended for that purpose, and the doctor and his wife made purchases amounting to 200 dollars. The bill was sent to the desk of the hotel,and paid by Mr. Howard. As the whole affair could not be construed into a criminal matter, a civil suit was brought by the colonel agai stthe doctor, for the recovery of the money. On this suit a writ was issued, with an order to hold to bail. All now being in readiness, Mr. Bowyer called upon the doctor, about two o'clock, and requested him very politely to accompany him to the mayor's office, for the purpose of examining some lady's wearing apparel I supposed to be the articles alleged to be lost by his wife. The doctor consented to go" and the otfiqer ushered him into the private office ot the mayor,, where he was requested 10, be seated. In a few niinu.tes, alter, instead of being shown some wearing apparel, who should be introduced to the room but Colonel Howard, the claimant of the money. The colonel, who is a man possibly over fifty years of age, became much exejted, and exclaimed. "Give me back my money, Sir." The doctor replied, in a very cool and col- lected manner, I have no money of yours. You loaned me some money, but I have no money belonging to you now." The Deptrty Sheriff then served the process) and took him into custody. The doctor himself arrested, requested counsel. K^-Uecordcr Tallmage was seat for whom he engge(I to act in his behalf. Miss Emma Patterson was then brought before the Mayor by the proprietor of the hotel. A letter from her parents was handed to her by the Mayor, brought by Col. Howard, written in the most affectionate manner, imploring her to return and receive their forgiveness; also a lett r, exhibiting deep feeling, from the wife 01 the doctor, was shown to the mayor, deploring the terrible disgrace bro ight upon herself and children by the conduct of her hu bind. Emma refuses to return, and exhibits much love and o:her attachment for the doctor. They embraced "ach other at parting in the mayor's office. The doctor wag taken off by the sheriff to gaol, and Emma back to the Irving House under the escort and protection of Mr. Howard, the pro- prietor of the hotel.

IRHIGATIO.V.— Mr. Mechi has written to the Times stating that his irrigation by subterranean iron pipes with hose and jet, worked by steam power," is completed on 170 acres—"It is necessary here to enter into details; suffice it to say that the cost, independent of steam engine, is E3 15s. per acre, added, as it were, to the fee simple of the estate. The working cost of conveying and applying to each acre fifteen tons of liq^iifie I manure, or water equiva- lent to a heavy rain of five hours duration, is about Is. 61. per acre. The liquid is distributed through a fan-like gutta percha spreader, issuing as a broad, thin, glassy sheet and descending in heavy drops like a thunder shower." A HEHD OF YAKS FUOZEN IN THE STREAM. -I\t the moment of crossing the Mouroui Ousson, a singular spectaele presented itself. While yet in our encampment, we had observed at a distance some black shapeless objects ranked in hie across the great river. No change either in form or distinctness was apparent as we advanced, nor was it till we were quite close that we recognised in them a troop of wild oxen. There were more than fifty of them en- crusted in the ice. No doubt they had tried to sirim across at the moment of congelation, and had been unable to dis- engage themselves. Their beautiful heads, surmounted by huge horns, were still above the surface; but their bodies were held fast in the ice, which was so transparent that the position of the imprudent beasts was easily distinguishable; they looked as if still swimming, but the eagles and ravens had pecked out their eyes. Wild oxen are tre uently met with in the deserts of anterior Thibet. They go in herds, and during the summer descend into the valleys in search of water; but in the winter they remain on the h.,ights, and content themselves with eating the snow and some L herbs of excessive hardness. These animals are enor- mously large, their hair is long and black, and they are especially remarkable for the size and superb form of their horns. They are said to be extremely fierce. If any are discovered at a distance from the herd, the chase may be ventured but the hunters should be numerous, that the shots may be sure to take effect; otherwise, if the creature be not killed, there is great danger of his turning upon his pursuers, and tearing them to pieces.-llrlc's Travels. IMPORTANT TURNPIKE TOLL CAsE.-At the petty ses- siones, at Biburyon the 7th instant, the Rev. W. Evanson, of Jnglesham, appeared to a summons for refusing to pay the toll at a certain gate erected on a bridge at Lechlade, known as the Lechlade Bridge Gite," The refusal was grounded on the fact that the bridge having been erected seventy years, at a cost of £ 1,900, and the toll let at a rental of jglOO per annum, leaving-a surplus, after paying principal and interest, of £ 2,800, the purpose of the toll had already been fulfilled. There were further objections as to the right to demand toll. The magistrates dismissed the case. PULVERISED PEAT.—A most important discovery has- heeD mllde by an eminent agriculture) professor of chemistry, that finely pulverised peat will effectually deodorise the most offensive putrid matter, and destroy the most fcetid odours; in fact, that it possesses the wonderful disinfecting properties of charcoal, that by mixing it with common nightsod in about equal proportions, one of the most valu- able manures is made, and proved by experiments not inferior in the results to the best South American guano. It may be made at all seasons and stored away for use, or the land dressed with it immediately. This valuable ma- nure may be used as a top dressing, or drilled, or dropped in with the Seed, at the rate of from 6DO cwt. to 800 cwt. per acre, and it may be applied with benefit to any kind of crop. It may be sown with the seeds of all green crops, and it will push them into early and rapid growth. It will also be found highly serviceable in all garden crops, shrubs, and fl ivver beds. MANY CIULDREN AT A BiRTH.—In the Natural His- tory of Wiltshire, by John Aubrey, F.K.S., is the following passage:-u At Wishford Magna is an inscription to Thomas Bonham, and Edith, his wife, who died 1473 and 1469. Mrs Bonham had two children at one birth the first time and he being troubled at it, travelled, and was abroad seven years. Afier his return, she was delivered of seven children at one birth. In this parish it is a confident tradition that these seven children were baptised at the font in this church, and that they were Lrought thither in a kind ot charger, which was dedicated to this church, and hung on two nails, which are to be se n there yet, near the belfrey on the south side. Some old men are yet living that do remember the charger. This tradition is entered into the register book there, from whence I have taken this narrative, 1659." DESTRUCTION OP A BRITISH SIlIP RY GUNPOWDER. -We have received information of the total destruction of the British ship Mary, of Liverpool, in the Bonny River, on the 19th of Jan uary, fhe Mary had partly discharged her outwat d cargo, and received a portion of her homeward one on the day of the explosion. What is technically known as the caboose" built on the ship's deck, ha.1 be- come as dry as tinder, and by some means it caught fire. There was at that time on board between two and three hundred barrels of gunpowder; and the cap'ain and the crew, twenty-five in number, finding themselves unable to quench the flames, threw themselves overboird, and got safely on board the adjacent vessels. About twenty minutes after the breaking out of the fi-e the Mary blew up, with a tremendous report, and soon scarcely a vestige of her was visible. VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.— By an accurate measurement of the enormous jet of glow, where it first bro.ke out on the side of Manna Loa, it was ascertained to be 500 feet high. This was upon the sup- position that it wis 30 miles distant. We are of the opinion it was a greater distance—say from 40 to 50 miles. With a glass the play of this jet at night was distinctly ob. served, and a more oublime sight can scarcely be imagined. A column of molten lava, glowing with the most intense heat, and projected into the air to a distance of 500 teet, was a sight so rare, and at the some time so awfully grand, as to excite the most lively feelings of awe and admiration, even when viewed at a distance of 40 or 50 miles. The diameter of this jet is supposed to cover 100 feet. In some places this river is a mile wide, and in others more con- tracted. At eome points it has filled up ravines of 100, 200, and <300 feet in depth, and still it flowed on. It en- tered a heayy forest, and the giant growth of centuries was cut down before it like grass before Oc mower's scythe. No obstacle can arrest it in it? descent to the sea. Mounds are covered over, ravines are filled up, forests are de- stroyed, and the habitations of man are consumed like flax in the furnace. Truly, He touched the hills, and they smoke." We have not yet heard of any destruction of lite from the eruption now in progress. A rumour has reached us that a small natire vil!age his been destroyed, but of this we have no authentic intelligence. Two vessels had siiled from Hilo, both ¡¡¡¡(!c, t.) their utmost capacity with people who desired to witness this great eruption. The eruption seems to have broken out through an old fissure, about one-third down the side of the Manna Loa, on the north-west side, and not fpom an old craier on the summit, called Mocquqweoweo. Ti,e altitude of the present erup- tion is about 10,000 feet above the level of the sea, and from the bay ol II ilu (Hyron's Bay) must be some 50 or 60 miles. If it succeed in reaching the ocean at the point supposed, after having filled up all the ravin, s, gulches, and inequalities of a very broken country, it will UII- d lubtediy be one of the mo.it extensive eruptions o! modern d i y s,—Polynesian. THE ADVANTAGE OF TWO DOCTOUS.A surgeon tc) one id the public institutions in Nottingham, on visiting a club patient the other day, was surprised to find a profes- sional brother from another club in attendance upon her. How long have you been called in?" "Fivedays since," W"s the repiy. "Thf same as tnyself." On naming it to patient she said, VY by, genth men, big people have two doctors, and as my husband is in two clubs I thought so NOllld I." my good woman," continued the fit.si speaker, "but you have two onlers, what do you with them V "Oh," replied she, I fetch the medicines, ai d tiike'cm both."—Npttinyhum O'tpurdinn.

THR GOLD FIELDS OF AUSTRALIA. The lot al papers continue filled wiili reports of new dis- coveries of gold. At Sydney the Rev. Mr. Clarke bad returned from a "prospecting" tour made on behalf of tin Government, and had communicated the discovery of the existence of gold in granites of a peculiar character in the counties of Saint Vincent, Argyle, Morrv, Dampier, Wal- lace. Wolleslev, as well as the basins of ShOalhnveii, Mnr- rumbridgee, the Hume and Snowy river. The accounts from the northward state that gold had been found in t!v neighbourhood of- Tamworth, near the river Petl. The quantity of gold received by escort and remittance ill th" week previous to the despatch of the intelligence wis 5,1 '28 07. valued at about The price had slightly ad- vanced, and w,.s at the latest date quoted from G2?.6J.<o 04s. fid. The following extracts-from seveml of the letters which have been published will be found interesting. One party writing from Melbourne on 7th of January says—" Long ere this you will have learnt the opening of the Victoria Mines of Slathnrst and Mount Alexander. To these must now be added apparently inexhaustible regimis, all around the Mount. 1 n point of fact, the yield is actually incredible, and daily increasing. The pursuit of gold-digging absorbs all other vocations; nothing is thought of, spoken of, or written about, except gold. Businesseontraets of all kinds —the social compact, domestic content, the relation of master and servant, and all other ties, either civil or reli- gious, are in a state of-disruption beyond the power of language to describe. Six weeks, a month, a fortnight,— nay, even a week's labour, producesoccasionally prodigious sums. 1 saw four men lifting a seaman's chest into a dray half an hour ago,almost too heavy for their united strength. This chest contained the product ot six weeks' labour, and contained at least two hundred pounds of gold. The banks and the post office are working double hours: all other de- partments are crippled for want of hands: male servants are not to be had, even at extravagant rates; women are not much better. Murriages are IIO.v in high favour al- most all the single men ariive from the diggings with gold enough to maintain a wife. So far the abstraction of young women from service is desirable, be the inconvenience what it may; but there are other channels for expenditure where profligacy and licentiousness are exhibited on a fearful settle, amid the riot of waste and reckless prodigality. En- ormous sums are squandered by the n'iggers and their fami- lies. Every Jack has his Jill, and Jack has more money besides than his master of the preceding month. I ssked the waiter, and then the chambermaid of the inn where I stop, to send me out a small bun fie of linen to the laun- dress; they, however, stated that they could not find any person willing-to wash. Under these circumstances I went to the haherdilsherfor aSllpply. I notice this as an instance of the state ot things here, which are fast assuming a Cili- fornian character, with respect to the rate of high prices, equally for the necessaries and luxuries of lite. Do you want a pair of boots, the price is £ 1 10s.; a pair of strong shoes, 20s. Then there is such a consumption of bottled beer, champagne, and oilier wine?, spirits, and tobacco, as i would astonish a new comer." As to the effect of the new addition to the exportable commodities of the colony the writer observes The to- tal quantity of gold shipped to this date from Victoria is 102,470 oz. since the 2kh ultimo, and preceding 117,82;} oz., or, in round numbers, 220,300 oz., which taken at £ 3 per ounce only, give £ d(J0,0f)0, or fully as much as the Sydney people have shipped since the discovery in May last. The effecl of such an immpnse arhliliol1 ()feXpPflable commodity to the customary transport of wool and tallow, has been a most extensive or extended issue of bank notes, far beyond the ordinary regulations of banking principles-- for which, indeed, there was no help. In fact, (he whole circulation of the three banks may be said to be our, tn proof of whjch I obtained, with same difficulty, X tIO, on Wednesday last, from one ot the Anglo btnks, and on an- other occ..bion I We a Dank in Sydney quite cleared bltiks stand so high in the public estimation that little can be apprehended from their expanded circu- lation still a large addition to their coin is necessary in the absence of an assay-office, making out- gold in bars a legal tender und( rag Ivernment stamp, or a branch mint. which would be still better, though I foresee a <1 itlicuIty in obtain- ing from the home Government a branch mint. An assay- office, however, in the hands of the Government, issuing go d bars of certain fineness and weight, will, I think, be nec ssary. Under such an arrangement, our gold would speedily assume a convertible iorm for remittance to any part of the world." Another letter from Melbourne says: —"At this moment I c tnnot get a pair of boots m ide or mended in Melbourne, it I were to give any money that might be asked. I get my bread at Callingwood by sufferance. The haker will not undertake to supply me regularly, but will do the best he (a1. I pay 5s. a load for water, and 3'.s. for a single horse load of wood. It is with difficulty a dray can be obtained to carry a box, and if obtained the charge is ad libitum. The Judge's servants are all gone; he has put down bis carriage, and his sons clean the knives and shoes,—this, I assure you, is true,-and wheel their afflicted father about in an invalid chair. J n this state he goes to his court of a day. The men from the geld fields are rolling in gold, rind so perfectly reckless of it, that the anecdotes told of them are not only amusing but astonishing. One man put a jC5 note between two pieces of bread and butter, and ate it up as a sandwich. Another rolled two Z5 notes into a small ball, and swallowed it as a pill. Another went into a con- fectioner's to eat a few tarts, put down a .C5 note, and would not accept the change. They seem to have no idea of the value of money, and take their losses and robberies as com- placently as philosophers, merely remarking 'Well, there is plenty more. This was the remark ot a man at the bank when he had been rohhed of a cheque for ,Cl it), and which had been cashed before he caileef about it." A third person, writing from the Mount Alexander dig- gings, on the 18th of Janturv, says Provisions, Sic., are at a high rate here—Hour, 5d. per lb.; ham and butter, 2s. Gd. per lb.; oats, 18s. per bushel; slop boots, 24s. a pair com men pitchfork and shovel, lOs, each. These rates are under those of several stores in the district. The cattle owners now want men to look after their sheep. The price of labour is most enormous: a man is worth Pl pcrdav. The gold discovery is ruining the neighbouring colonies — Adelaide, Van Dieman's Lomd, &c., which are last becom- ing depopulated. At night the sight of the thousand lires around us is very pretty, and the incessant firing of guns and pistols rather astounding. Almost every man is armed and I can assure you the state of the society requires it, for crime in almost every shape and form is being perpretrated almost daily. You may suppose a gold ifeld a most original sight; ata distance itctlll oilly be compared to an immense army, encamped in myriads of tents of all shapes, sizes, and colours. From where I wrireare the main diggings in the country: they extend for about ten miles, and about three weeks contained from 12,000 to 15,0.,10 persons; be- sides there are many other places close at hand, and gold issti); being found at several new places throughout the colony. To give you an idea of the business I am carrying on, I may tell you I sent down 2oJb weight of gold, and about .S200 in checks, per last escort, the proceeds of one week." All seem to be in dread and bewilderment in con- templating the effects upon the colony of this ceaseless glut of gold. Further accounts from Adelaide, South Australia, report it to be almost entirely deer.1 by the labouring popula-. tion, including the miners at the Burruburra Mine, the shares of which undertaking had in consequence decline to and were unsaleable at, £ i'J0.

» NATIONAL LAND COMPANY. —Mr. Goalclnp, the olli- cial manager of the winding up of this affair, has instituted a suit against Messrs. Wearing and Pinnock, two of the representatives of the company, for fraud, in respect to fyi estate sold by them to Mr. Feargus O'Connor, the purchase money of which he was enabled to put in his own pocket. The defendants put in an answer twelve hundred folios in length, four hundred folios of which consisted of bills of cost between the defendants and their solicitors. Mr. Good- chap took an exception to the proxility of this answer, which, on appeal, was confirmed by the Lord Chancellor, THE NKWLY DISCOVERED GUANO ISLANDS.—From a correspondence which has taken place between the Liver- pool Shipowners' Association and the Earl of Derby, we perceive that the Government of Peru has officially put forward claims to the newly discovered guano islands in the Pacific, The chairman of the Shipowners'Association wrote to his lordship on the 21st instant, suggesting that steps should be taken, consistent with the law of nations, to obtain the benefit of the discovery of those islands for this country: or, if they belonged to Peru, that his lordship would consider the expediency of endeavouring to negociott- a treaty under which this country may be enabled to avail itself, on the most favourable terms, of the guano ot the islands. In answer to their second suggestion, the associa- tion have been informed that the attention of the Foreign Office has been called to the s ubj ec t. -Liverpool Albion. GENERAL LOPEZ STILL ALIVK!—The New Orleans Crescent, of the 29th ultimo, has the following paragraph One of the returned Cuban prisoners states that he is cre- dibly informed, and has reason to believe, that General Lopez was not garrotted, but that another individual, a no- torious criminal, who very much resembled Lopez, was the sufferer in the tiagic scene at the Plaza de Armas. Our informant states that Lopez is confined in one of the dun- gpons of Havannah, where, without light, without clothing, solitary, and scantily fed, he is daily subjected to the most excruciating tortures. Spanish invention, it is said, has been put to the rack to invent tortures sufficiently refined for this scourge of royalty in the Antilles. Without en- dorsing the story, we give it tor what it is worth." THE DEFAULTING TAX AND RAn; COLLECTOR.—A public meeting of ratepayers of Cheltenham and others was held at the Townhall, to take into consider .tion the best mode ot proceeding, in consequence of the demand made by the Commissioners of Assessed Taxes, in order to make up the deficiency occasioned by the defalcation of the late collector, Mr. Samuel Onley, sen." The High BdilifF pre- sided, and after some discus ion it was resolved to appoint a committee to take such steps as might be deemed neces- sary under tlie circumstances. It was stated that Mr. Onley's defalcations amounted to 5s. ljd. on tlu Property and Income Tax, and 9131 14s. 2d. on the As. sessed Taxes, making a total of £ 962 19s. 3^d. The ori- ginal sum, speaking in round numbers, was about 1,(500, but about £ 400 was afterwards collected, and about X200 was produced from the sale of Mr. Onley's effects, so that the real deficiency was reduced to a little under £ 1,000 ANOTHER COUNTRYMAN PLUCKED.—A powerful fellow named John Burns, who was stated to be well-known to the police, was charged at Worship-street, on Tuesday, with having stolen ten sovereigns, the property of George Powell, a farmer, living at Titson-gate. near Wisbeaeh Cambridgeshire. It appeared that the piosecutor, who had come up to sell some agricultural produce, was refresh- ing himself in the Fghting Cocks public-bouse, in Brick- lane, Spitalfields' when the prisoner, who was there, and who was shortly joined by another man, began to relate wonderful stories of his fighting prowess, which the prose- cutor not seeming to credit, a challenge was given by the prisoner to right him for torty sovereigns aside. The pro- secntor considered the stake too high, but said he would do so for ten sovereigns, the fight to take place the next day, which was agreed to, and the stake lodged in the hands of the other man, whom the prosecutor knew to be an occasion a) market porter. No sooner was the inoney deposited, than the two men exchanged signals, and bolted off and disap- peared. The prisoner, on Ioeing afterwards apprehended, said he had understood the money, all of wich he hid spent, to have been a gift. He now persisted in the same decla- ration, and was ultimately remanded for the completion of the evidence previous to his committal. A FACT.—Nearly two centuries ago, a person named Boyce, who was a farmer, residing in the hamlet of Chesterblade, in the parish of Evercreech, Somerset, laid an information against a man of Cranmore. The offender was convicted in the penalty ot'JtTO.; and the whole of the penalty at that time belonged to the informer, but Boyce refused to accept it. The jus- tices then ordered it to be given to the chapel of Ches- terblade, upon which the informer took the ntoncy and placed it under a stone, of the cross which was standing near the chapel. The clergyman of the parish then L'taimed the mouey, and from that time to the present i he 1: 1 0 has been bearing interest, which is o the poor ot Chesterblade the day afier Christmas iy in every ye^r, |

GOLD IN ENGLAND. Every geologist know? that gold exists in small quan tities in some ot the Welsh mountains, in the Gram- pian Hills, and ill many of the rocks of Ireland, but the cost of extricating it would exceed the value of the Metal. At North Molton, it is found in sufficient abundance to be remunerative, and apparently to leave an ample. profit and with it is associated copper of the greatest richness, and in a larg" qllantity. The gold is almost pure, being 11 carat above standard, or 23J carats gold, the purest being 21 carats This is vrv remarkable, but nevertheless surprise should r;#' he felt at the discovery of the precious metal, when it is remembered that Devonshire possesses all the indi- cations favourable for the development of auriferous ores. We know from the gold torques, fibulre, and other massive golden ornaments found in the tombs of the ancient Britons, they have possessed the precious metal in considerable quantity, which must have been derived trom alluvial deposits; and Devonshire may have been one of the localities from which they ob- tained their supplies. We now find moreover, that these boulders, or rounded pebbles, a point on which we were uncertain, do not exist in the locality, and consequently, there is further and more complete evi- dence of formations Oil which safe prediction may be made that gold exists in sufficient deposits to make it of great commercial value. The boulders, or round pebbles," writes a corres- pondent from South Malton," are not so large as in some localities, from the fact of the streams being of a gradual fall, and the country to the north of the Bri- tannia Mine being of a quartz description, consequent- ly not so liable to be operated on by water, or other changes of the earth. lint it should be remem- bered that the low lands between the hills are very narrow, compared with other countries; there- fore, whatever gold may have been carried from the higher ground, must be deposited within a limited space. I should think the flat of the low lands does not exceed, on. an average, for several miles south from the Britannia Mine, moiv than 100 to 150 fms., at a right angle with the course of the stream. The peb- bles containing the gold were from 7lbs. weight down to those of smaller sizes. These pebbles are of the red sandstone description, intermixed with quartz and portions of gossan. The quartz, of course, from its re- sisting nature, has been operated on by the changes going on in the earth to such an extent as the red sandstone. A gentleman practically acquainted with geological and mining matters, who was here last week is of opinion that all the quartz carries gold, from its character so closely resembling the Californian and Australian quartz." It is the opinion of many geologists that gold is only found near the surface, and decreases as the lode des- cends, although they all allow that at the St. John del Rey Mine the reverse is the fact, but meet the point by saying it is the exception to the rule. When an expection to the rule is acknowledged, it cannot be denied that others may exist, and gentle1"^ who have been for years practically connected with tlie vvoiks at Mario Vfcitio, assert that the lod^ at the Britannia imit-je is exactly similar to that of the St. o.i dei Rey, where the gold-bearing stones continue at the present great depth. The matrix of the Britan- ma is precisely the same, and there is, consequently, good reason to believe that the gossan gold-bearing lode at the Britannia is totally distinct from the cop- per lode, although running with it. This is, of coures, a grand and geological question, which cannot be de- termined for a long time to come and if it were only with a view of solving this point, the Britannia Com pany deserves the support of all parties, but more es- pecially of those who delight in the fascinating pursuit ot geology. Altogether, therefore, this discovery must be hailed as the introduction of a new and important e'»j j We le.'°'ce henceforth gold will be super- added to the staple metallic wealth of England.—Min- ing Journal,

LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The 58th annual meeting of this society was held on the morning of the 12th inst. at Exeier-hall, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presiding. The proceedings having been op- ened by prayer, his Lordship addressed the meeting, expressing in very glowing terms the deep interest which he and all the members of the Corporation of London felt in this institution, and urging npon the meeting that the time in which they lived teqnired a great increase ill their individual labjurs to push for- ward so holy and benevolent a work. The report was read by the Rev. Dr. Tidd, the foreign secretary. It commenced by noticing in terms of great regret the death during the past year of many of the society's most valued friends and servants, but notwithstanding t lis thpy had been enabled somewhat to augment their operations in Polynesia, India, and China. There were altogether 170 European clergymen and 700 na- tive teachers employed by the society. In de- tailing their missionary operations, the committee no- ticed with concern tlipt the treaty which guaranteed perfect freedom to their missions at Tahiti was by no means ob-erved. The natives were prevented by an indirect and powerful influence from rendering any voluntary assistance, and many obstructions were placed in the way of the teachers. The French Go- vernment, in obedience to orders from Paris, has last year celebrated the anniversary of the French Repub- lic, which happened on a Sunday, with various irre- ligious amusements, and the Rev. W ittiam Howe, for inviting the natives not to join with them on that day,! was indicted for attempting "to bring the Govern- ment into contempt," but acquitted. Notwithstand- ing these diliiculties, Popery was not progressing in the island. The accounts from Raratonga were satis. factory, but not quite so from the West India missions in consequence of the low rate of wages which the people obtained and the pressure of unequal taxation tendering them able to assist very little In Deme- rara and Berbice the missions were prospering, but the condi iou of China and India still remained most lamentable, and these places still presented an enor- mous field for missionary societies. In Madagascar the persecutions continued, and no less than 18 native people suffered death for their Christianity in 1850. The condition of South Africa was rendered deplor- able by the war, and the peaceful natives as well as the missionaries themselves had been molested by the suspicions and violence of the colonists. The income for the year had amounted to £65,316 15s. 8d., exclu- sive of nearly £:4.,000 raised for special objects. The expenditure amounted to £72,830 Is. Cd..aud although there appeared this deficit, the total income received was £ l ,000 over the amount obtained last year. This report was agreed to, as were also a number of resolu- tions in accordance with the views of the meeting, which, after thanking the chairman, broke up. BRITISH AND FOREIGN ANTI SLATERY SOCIETY. -The annual meeting of this society took place on Monday week in Crosby Hall, Bishopsgaje-stveet—Mr G. W. Alexander occupied the chair, and said, he was happy to state that more progress had been made in many countries towards the abolition of slavery. Since the establishment ot this society the practice had been abolished in several important dependencies of the British Crown, and more recently it had been abol- ish in many of the princ ipal nations of Europe, parti- cularly in France, acts have been passed by the Go- vernments of Sweden and Denmark for the suppres- sion of the slave-holding system. It was, however, deeply to be regretted that i,n the United States the Legislature were favourable to slavery-three millions of human creatures being held as slaves in that coun- try; and Even British subjects, if they happened to be coloured, were not safe from oppression in certain parts of the States. A report was read, which stated that the committee had directed their attention to several questions of great importance, connected with the abolition of slavery and the slave trade the right of the emancipated classess the laws affecting immi- grant labourers the privileges of British coloured sub- jects trading to or visiting foreign ports in which sla- very exists; the liberation from bondage of British born negroes who had been clandestinely removed from the British colonies, and sold into slavery by sen- tence of the Mixed Commission Courts at the Havana, Rio de Jeneiro, and Surinam; and the sugar duties in relation to the extinction of slavery and the slave- trade, and the general prosperity of the emancipated colonies. The report was adopted, and a resolution was passed deploring the progress of the slave power in the United States, and urging the necessity of re- flewed exertions on the part of the society to abolish the practice. Other resolutions ware agreed to and the proceedings terminated. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION.—The follow- ing extract from a letter written in 1845 by Mr. Blenk- ley, icemaster on board the Terror (one of Franklin's ships), to his wife has just been published, and gives encouragement to the hope that the party is still alive: —" Disco Island, July 12th. 1S45. "The season is very open, much such an one as when we came out with Captain Ross we are all in good health and spirits; one and all appear to be of the same deter- mination, that is, to persevere in making the north- west passage. If we are nor home to the fall of '48, or early in the spring of '49, you may anticipate we have made a passage, or likely to do so, and if so we may be from five to six years (it might be into the seventh), and should it be so, do not allow any person to dishearten you on the length of onr absence, but look forward with hope that Providence will at last re- store us to you." The following extract lrom a letter on the same subject, dated Hong Kong, March 28th, is not without interest to the public:—"There have been hete no less than 31 whalers from the Arctic sees. It may interest yon to know that they almost all believe that Sir J. Franklin is safe, and that ke has got through the ice barrier into waters, where he will not be reached until a mild season arrives, which they say the present will be. Most ot them have now depaited. They say Franklin will not suffer for want of food. They give strange accounts of the Esquimaux vibrat- ing from the Asiatic to the American continent and back again, carrying their boats, made of skins and whalebone, over the ice, and launching them when they met with open water. They all confirm the fact that the whales found in Beg ring's Straits and in Baf- fin's Bay are the same species, proving the existence of a passage for a whale of the Arctic species, they say, has never been seen to the south of 22 deg. of latitude, so they cannot have doubled either of the Capes (of GOlld Hope or Cape Horn), and the whale is under the necessity of making his presence known by coming to the surface to blow." SUPPRESSION OF TIIP, SUNDAY FAUl AT BATTKRSEA.— The Commissioners of Police have caused the owners of the booths, shows, and awninys, which, tor some time past ha>" permitt-'d to rem-iin standing in 13attersea Fields, to pull down their erections, the Woods and Forests hiving de- termined to abolish the f::ir held by these squatters every Sunday on the site of the new Batter.-sea iat-k. hi the- course of Sunday last the ground was entirely clear. and the gipsies, with their ene tinpuient, were compelled to-de- part. A strong body of police were in attendance to appre- liend any one who might attempt to revive the fair.

THE LONDON MARKETS. FROM THE "MARK LANE EXPRESS. MONDAY, MAY 24. The weather has been cold the last day or two, with the wind easterly hut the reports from all parts of the kingdom respecting the aspect of the growing crops are favourable. There was a very small show of wheat this morning by land- carriage samples from the neighbouring counties, and there were scarcely any offers from Lincolnshire and Cambridge- shire- The demand was tolerably active, and at the rates of Monday last sales were readily effected: but no advance could, he established. The transactions in foreign wheat were quite unimportaut holders were however firm, and where sales were made fully as high terms as those current on thia day se'nnight were realized. There were few offers ot float- ing cargoes near at hand, and there being scarcely any ar" riyed off the co-tst undisposed of, little wasdone in this branch "f business. We can notice no improvement in the demand for town-manufactured flour. Fresh Norfolk and similar orts were rather dearer, and American was also held for some advance. Barley of home-growth was in short supply; and though but little inquired for, previous prices were steadily supported. Foreign was taken in small quantities for leeding at late rates. MElt hung heavily on band, and the turn was rather against the seller. In addition to the oats reported, there were ten or a dozen cargoes (principally from Danish and Dutch ports) fresh up. The dealers con- sequently expected to buy on easier terms, and factors being tin willing to make any concession, the operations were not extensive. English beans were scarce, and maintained their previous value nor oould Egyptian be brought lower than on this day week. Peas, owing to the announcement of a government contract, were held with increased firmness. Indian corn afloat was held at former rates. Shillings per Quarter >> HEAT, Essex and Kent, white, new.. 39to43 fineupto49 Ditto ditto old.. 39 43 „ 49 Ditto ditto red, new.. 37 39 41 Ditto ditto old.. 37 39 „ 42 Norfolk, Lincoln, & Yorksh.,red, new 38 40 „ 41 Ditto ditto old.. — — „ — Ditto ditto white, new 40 42 „ 44 Ditto ditto old.. — — BARLEY, malting, new 21l 32 Chevalier 32 3S UISTILHNS -20' 29* Grinding 2f} 29 MALT, Essex, Norfolk, & Suffolk, new M 5$extra 58 Ditto ditto old 43 46 „ 49 Kingston, Ware, & town made, new 5n 59 „ #P. r* ,■ u d'tt0 0kl 51 « 53 OATS, Kngltsh feed, new ig 20 fii»s 90 Potato,old 01 ol „ fji Scotch feed 01 2? fX'ra Ditto potato S \k Irish feed, white -JQ ljne jj? llvr^w:b.v;v.v,v.v.v-» « 8? BEANS, Ma^gan 27 28 °,^ 27 h'™ S JS -» « I'iaeon H ™ & Pr. AH, white l'toi]Vrs'. f- U_ Maple & » 35 Grcv 1'" "'jf FLouit; to'v'n made'(per'sa'ck Vso'lbV)' 3? IV Country mark? /m j £ TOfcniGN GRAIN- V HEAT, Dantzic,mixed 4] to43high mixed45 47extra53; (b;ru:h red 37 39 white .'19 4S, Odessa, bt. Petersburg,and Riga,. 33 35 fine 37 39! LAKLEY, grinding ofj 2& Ft.oua, French, per sack 23 32*'finJ33 35' American, sour per barrel 18 19 sweet 20 22!

IMPERIAL AVERAGES FOR LAST SIX WEEKS £ s■ (t. £ s. d Wheat 0 40 11 Rye 0 .31 7 Barley 0 2S 6 Beans 0 30 3 Oats 0 1!) 7 [ Peas Q 29 9

BREAD. The prices of whejtten bread in the metropolis are from 6id to 7d; and household ditto, 5d. to fid. per 4lbs. loaf. RUIIER, BACON,& HAVIS.— MONDAY, MAY 24. English butter market is steady, and a fair amount of busi- ness was transacted since our last. Since otu-tatt the demand for new Irish butter landed has been slow and limited, imA prices for most kinds about 2s. per cwt. cheaper. In bacon there were was only a moderate business transacted, and nOt change worth notice in prices. In hams no new feature. Dorset, hne weekly 76s. to 80s. per cwt. Imtn middling tiOs. to 70s. resh 6s. to 10s, (j'd. per. doz. lbs. I

TALLOW MARKET-MONDAY, MAY 24. Although the deliveries have been very moderate, holders. generally are firm, at last week's advance on the quotations. To day P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 37s., and for delivery dtiring the last three months 31is. per cwt. Town tallow,. 3(is. per cwt. net cash rough fat 2s. Ojd. per, 8lbs.

POTATU.-SOUTHWARK,WATER.'HDR, MAY 24. Since our last report the supply has been more than equal' to the demand, which, together with growing weather, has, caused a fall in prices, with a heavy trade. The following- are this day's quotations:- York Regents 100s. to 1208.) Scotch ditto 80s. to 100s. -r) » CuI>s 70s. to 80s. 5 Lincoln and Wisbeaeh —s. to s. o "Kent and Essex 8os. to 110s! ? Cambridge and Wisbeach 70s. to 100s.)

S MI f II PI EL D MARKET.-MoNDAY, MAY 24. Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with foreign stock, the general quality of which was inferior. The arrivals of beasts from our own grazing districts being on ? very moderate scale, Newgate and Leadenhall well cleared of their late receipts, and the weather favourable for slaugh- tering, the beef trade ruled somewhat active at an advance on the quotations paid on Monday last of 2d. per Sibs. The primest Scots realised 3s. lOd. per H)bs.. and a good clearance was effected. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridge- shire we received 1,600 Scots, shorthorns, and other breeds from various other parts of England GOO Herefords, Runts, Devons, &c.; and from Scotland510 horned and polled Scots, aos being by se:C Notwithstanding that the supply of sheep was slightly on the increase, the demand for that description of stock was tolerably firm, and in some instances prices fur- ther improved 2d. per SIbs. A few very superior 9 stope Downs produced 4a. per 81 bs.; but the more general top figure for mutton was 3s. lOd. per BIbs. Lambs—the num- her of which was not large-were in fair request at last week's currency, viz., 4s. 2d. to 5s. 4d. per Slbs. From the Isle, of Wight 500 head came fresh to hand. We had a steady salo for calves, the value of which had an upward tendency. The pork trade was heavy, at late rates. Per 8 lbs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Coarse & inferi- Primecoarsewool- S. (I. a. orBeasts ..2 6 2 8 led Sheep 3 6 3 8 2nd q/lality, do. 2 10 3 2 Primesouthdown Prime Oxen 3 4 3 6 ditto 3 8 3 10 Prime Scots, &c. 3. 8 2 10 Large Calves 3 4 3 10 Coarse and infe- Prime small do 4 0 4 4- nor Sheep 2 10 3 0 Large Hogs.. 2 6 3 4 2nd quality, do 3234 Small porkers.. 3 6 3 8 Lambs, 4s. 2d. to 5s. 4d. Suckling Calves 19s. to 23s.; and Quarter-old Store Pigs 1/;8. to 19s. each.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.—MONDAY, MAY 24. The better qualities of Kent and Sussex hops meet with ? ready sale, at our late qootations. In old hops, also, sorntl business continues to be done. Per cwt. Sussex pockets 108s. to 125s. Weald of Kent 120s. to 145s. Mid. and Edst Kent 140s. to 250s. Farnhams. —s. to s.

SEED MARKET. There was a slightly improved demand for canaryseed, but the article was not dearer. In quotations of other kinds of seeds we have no change to notice. Canary (per qr.) new 37s. to 39s., old 33s.t039, C,Iovei-seed, red -s. to -so fine. h. — — Ditto white Linseed (per qr.) sowing 50 55 Linseed Cakes (per ton) 160 170 Trefoil (per cwt.) 21 26

MANURES, MAY 17. Guano, Peruvian per ton X9 5 0 „ In quantities under 5 tons „ 9 10 0 Nitrate Soda ,,]5 0 0 Nitrate Potash or Saltpetre „ 28 0 0 Salt 1 50 Bones, J inch per qr. 015 0 p » „ VUSt 17 0 Rape Cakes per ton 5 0 0; Linseed Cakes "S 10 OJ

HAY MARKETS.—SATURDAY, MAY 17. At per load of 3(5 trusses. Smithfield.Cumberland. Whitechap Meadow Hay 70s to 903 72s to 92s 70s to 90s Clover Hay 75s 100s 75s 97s 75s 100s Straw 25s 30s 2fis 31s 25s 30s

UARK. Per load of 45 cwt. English, Tree £ 12 0 0 to iC13 10 0 Coppice. 13 0 0 15 0 0

TIMBER. iC a. d £ s. Baltic Timber per load of 50 cubic 8 feet 2 7 6 to 3 h I Yw. Deals per standard hundred 10 10 0.. 15 10 0 Deck Deals, per 40 feet 3 inches 0 12 6.. I 2 0 Pipe Staves,per mille ..110 0 0 ..140 0 0 Lathwootl per fm. of 6 tiet £ 10 0 .[ 8 0 Red Pine Timber, per load 2 10 0 2 17 E.w-d«"o 2 o' 4 0 « mrch onto 2 5 0 3 10 Elm ditto 2 10 O 4 10 0 Oak ditto 4 q 0 5 10 0

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LORD J. RUSSKLL'S ADDRKSS TO THE KLKCTOKS OF THE CITY OF LONDON. GK.VTLEMEN":— More than 10 years Iiave elapsed in ce I was requested by a deputation of electors to relinquish the seat which I then occupied and become a candidate for the-city of London. I was at that time in the enjoyment of the confidence of the electors of Stroud, and I had no reason to fear that I should lose that confidence at the ensuing election but I was urged to quit that honourable position on the ground that the buttle of free trade WHS to be fought, and that the best field foi such a contest was the metropolitan city of the United Kingdom. I accepted your invitation, and after a close contest was elected by a narrow majority. The proposals which the administration of Lord Mel- bourne had lain before Parliament bore the character of of a marked but gradual advancement to the policy of free-trade. The heavy tax on the importation of corn was to be exchanged for a fixed duty. The differential duties on the imports of foreign sugar and foreign timber were to be greatly reduced. These proposals were virtually rejected, and the ministry of Lord Melbourne was at an end. The policy of Sir It. Peel from 1842 to 1845 was based on the most enlarged principles of commercial freedom. The articles of corn and sugar were indeed little affected by that policy. But at the end of 1845 Sir R. Peel pro- posed to his colleagues the total, though gradual, repeal of the duties of corn. He received the support of the whole Liberal party in carrying a bill for this purpose through both Houses of Parliament. In June, 1846, Sir R. Peel, after accomplishing this great measure, resigned office. In announcing his retirement he expressed a hope that his successors would continue his policy, namely, the promotion of a free intercourse with foreign nations. The late Ministry fulfillerl this hope In 184(5 we introduced and carried a bill for the gradual repeal of the differential duties on sugar. The principle of that bill is still in vigour, and in July, 1854, the duties on foreign and colonial sugar will be equal. In 1849 we proposed and carried the repeal of the Navigation-laws. Last year we equalised the duties on coffee, and reduced the dif- ferential duties on timber. At the same time we have not been unmindful of those great interests from which an unjust protection was with- drawn. For instance, in conformity with the suggestions contained in the report of a committee of the Hous" of Lords, we reduced by £500,000 the stamp duties, which pressed heavily on the sale and transfer of land. With similar views we extended and enlarged the advances for draining and agricultural improvements which had been sanctioued under the administration of Sir R. Peel. Tho repeal of the Navigation-laws has been followed by a reduction of the burdens imposed upon shipping by the light dues, which have been diminished, in the case of the coasting trade, to little more than oue-fourth of their previous amount. Other important changes have been made, intended to raise the character and promote the interests of the mer- chant shipping of the country. The question of the Merchant Seaman's Fund, which had so long been a source of discontent among our sailors, has been brought to a satisfactory conclusion, with the aid of a liberal contribution from the public purse. The general commerce of the country has been assisted by the in isased provision m::de for colonial and foreign packets. In respect to our sugar colonies, we favoured immigrate n and public works by loans guaranteed by the Home Go- vernment. It is not necessary for me to celebrate the success of measures int n )ed to continue and complete the policy of free trad". You will find the more recent facts, furnishing the mest conclusive proofs of the wisdom of that policv, in the financial statement of the present Chancellor of the Exchequer. That speech deserves your attentive study. The flnancial results of the policy of the last ten years may be thus summed up :— 1. Custom duties have been repealed'or reduced to the extent of £ 9,000,000. 2. Excise duties have been repealed or reduced to the extent of £1,500,000. 3. Stamp duties were reduced in 1850 to the extent of £600,000. 4. The window duties have been commuted for a house tax, by which relief was given to the extent of £ 1,200,003 5. The produce of Customs. Excise, Stamps, and Taxes, was in 1842, £ 48,000,000; in 1851. £ 46,BOO,000. Thus the relief to the country has been £12,200,000; the loss to the revenue only £ 1,400,000. With these facts be ore us for our information and gui- dance, I can have no hesitation in accepting the challenge to decide finally, completely and conclusively, the contest between protection and free trade. What the present Ministers may propose to the next Parliament I cannot divine. For myself I shall be ready -to contend— 1. That no duty should be imposed on the import of torn, either for protection or revenue. 2. That the commercial policy of the last ten years is not an evil to be mitigated, but a good to be extended not an unwise and disastrous policy which ought to be reversed, altered, or modified, but a just and beneficial system, which should be supported, strengthened, and upheld. There are, however, restrictions on the pursuits of industry which still require our attention. The transfer of land is still clogged by legal difficulties, expenses, and delays which unfairly diminish the value of that cpecies of property, and, to a great degree, prevent its becoming an investment for tne savings of the industrious classes. The machinery of the department of the customs ought to be SIT.T Sified to the utmost extent consistent with the safety of i-i. revenue. It should be the object of the legislature to remove, as far as possible, those remaining burdens or restrictions upon the shipping interest which still impede their pros- perity. Leaving questions of commercial policy, I must now advert to other subjects of importance, which, during the career of the late Ministry, required from time to time our attention. In 184i, the perils and alarms of commerce induced us to assume the responsibility of suspending the laws regu- lating the issues of the Bank of England. In 18848, the revolutions on the continent of Europe led to a threatened disturbance of the public peace in England, and wild pro- jects of insurrection in Ireland. These dangers were met and overcome. In 1846, 1847, and 1848, recurred the fear- ful destruction of the potato crop in Ireland by an unknown and mysterious disease. The ravages of a dreadful filmine were mitigated by the expenditure of nearly £!J,OOO,OOO of money in wages to the unemployed and food for the <»«rving. Such were the measures of immediate relief. The Acts of Parliament which have been passed for pro- moting the great trunk railways, for loans for arterial drainage and land improvement, for the sale of encum- bered estates, tor amending the provisions of the Poor-law, and lastly, for a large extension of the franchise, will, it is hoped, lay the groundwork for the progressive improve- ment of Ireland. The last five years have seen the wise enjoyment and sound exercise 01 constitutional freedom in the great united province of Canada. Instead ot bickerings between the upper and lower provinces, dissensions between the legislative councils and representative assemblies, and an executive vibrating between arbitrary power and helpless inaction, we have seen all the powers of the qale working harmoniously together, and a marvelous advance in re- venue and population has rewarded their efforts. I trust that this example will not be lost, either upon other colo- nies in circumstances somewhat similar, or upon the legis- lature at home. In the West Indian colonies the two great changes effected within twenty years, from slavery to freedom and from monopoly to competition, have, no doubt, been severely felt; but, generally speaking, these colonies ap- pear to be now seeking for a revival of prosperity where alone it can be found-in improved methods of cultivation and manufacture. Reviewing the policy of the last five years, it has been matter of sincere satisfaction to us, who have presided over that policy, to witness on leaving office the people in the enjoyment of greater comfort and increased means, pubiic credit fully sustained, taxes largely reduced with scarcely any loss of revenue, peace preserved, and the name of England respected throughout the world. The chief canse of these results must not, however, be sought in the conduct of any existing men, or in any recent measures. They flow from the spirit of our people, from Magna Charts and the Bill of Rights, from the freedom of public discussion, and the temperate use of power by the Crown, the Parliament, and the people. It was from a confidence in this wise and considerate use of popular strength that we thought it at onc.. just and prudent to extend the right of voting for members of Parliament. It appeared to us I that the advance of the working classes in knowledge and intelligence ought to be accompanied by an increased share of political power. I am aware how difficult a task it is In wdjiMt, in any plan of representation, the respect due to ancient prescription with the claims of advancing trade, increased population, and growing intelligence. But it appeared to us wiser to endeavour to make this adjustment when various propositions for the purpose cou!d be calmly weighed and deliberately settled, than to wait for the storm, whentheconnictoftheetements might overpower the voice of reason, and the rush of the encroaching tide overwhelm the footmarks of experience. I have no reason to regret that discussions have been raised upon this sub. ject, for in my opinion great advantages may be derived from thos« discussions when the question shall come again under deliberation. There is not a subject not strictly connected with the franchise, but which has an important bearing on the safety of our institutions. I allude to edu- cation. Voluntary effort has done much but the means of instruction, even in reading and writing, are still un- attainable by a great proportion of our working classes. I can only say I shall pay unremitting attention to a question which so deeply effects the future condition of the people. Upon another question, which last year so greatly absorbed the time and attention of Parliament as to stop the progress of many useful measures, I have but few words to say. In arresting what we considered to be an invasion of the tem- poral right-; of our Sovereign and ot the nation, we were scrupulously careful to maintain inviolate the sacred principles of religious liberty. In the same spirit in which I proposed the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts, and constantly supported the con- cession of the Roman Catholic daims, I shaii continue to act. One portion "lour fellow subjects is still excluded from the privilege of sitting in Parliament, or holding office under the Crown. The ensuing elections must determine whether the representatives of the people wi(I be prepared by large niarjori- tiesro remove the useless and degradingdisabilitie*. The oath taken by members of Parliament ought to be the same tor all -simple and not coniplex,a bond of union, and not a badge of distrust or a source of religions discord, I have thus laid my opinions before you on many subjects of past and future interest. I have shown you that while much lia* be»n done much remain for ua to do. You wiii rejni,se. as f do, to oh- serve that contest* for just and useful reforms. though baffled lilt are ever won." Measure* of reli^i. anti COffi- mercial liberty have in our own time had their origin, their periods of discissions, perhaps of discouragement— have suf- fered their hour of crisis and doubtful victory—nave had their day ot signal triumph,—and finally have tati."n their place /timing our permanent institutions. Thus it haQ been with the question of Koinan Catholic disabilities; thus it has been Willi parliamentary reform; thus it if. about to be with free trade. In this !aU stiuggle I haye played a secondary but not unimportant part, It will he no mean glory if, honoured w ;th the name of yuur rrjirvswiutiw, I shall be caabled to iKomote that great cause which is about to obtain from the electors oi the L:iti'ed Kingdom its final and irrevocable triumph. Let it, however, be recollected, that if the adverse party is to be encountered with success, it must be met by the free trade reformers in a body. Large and useful improvements in our laws and administration can only be effected by the cordial union and untiring energy of all friends of enlightened progress, commercial freedom, and civil equality. I remain, gentlemen, your faithful and obliged servant, J. RUSSELL.