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December 17, 1853.] THE LE A BE R. $307 ...
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THE FIEST AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS..tEJco...
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"MILES GLORIOSUS" ON REFORM. The Western...
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AUSTRALIA : DIGGERS TRIUMPHANT. Tun Vict...
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JAMAICA NEWS. The steamer La Plata bring...
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TESTIMONY OP A "TKAVELLER IN ITALY." Som...
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Birmingham Cattle Show. The Good Town Of...
. strong . As for Cochin Chinas , they are larger , more awkward upon their legs , and heavier than ever , and , there , fore , will , no doubt , be considered more beautiful by discriminating judges . The black and white varieties are chiefly in vogue at present , but none are without their special admirers , who point put how splendidly the birds in some ' pens are feathered and 4 fuffed * oat , while those in others have discolourations of the legs , or some blemish equally fatal to their reputation and standing as fowls . At . this season of the year , when turkeys rise so much in estimation and in pr ice , it may not be useless to point out that the wild American species , distinguishable by its bronzed wing , car-Ties the palm away at all our recent shows for weight and excellence . Being close-feathered birds , they do not look so large as they are in reality . An erroneous impression
appears to prevail , that because wild in America they are / troublesome to domesticate , but this we are assured is not tLe case . A cock and two hens exhibited weigh 55 £ lb . Aylesbury ducks retain their old superiority , but there are some ¦ novelties in geese , the ' Embdeh' beating the ' Toulouse . ' Although the agriculturist may hold in some disparagement the poultry department of the Birmingham Exhibition , the ^ attractiveness of the whole display with the general public depends largely upon that feature . There is something in the very cock-crowisg which insures popularity , and the birds seem to have discovered that it is so— -for many of them are already suffering from their efforts to outcballenge each other , and if ghosts , as Shakspeare represents , are scared by such sounds , none will venture during the next few days within earshot of Bingley-hall . "
The display of pigs was " large arid splendid "think of splendid pigs ! Another . point worth notice , not in connexion with the pigs , by the way , was the company . It was not only numerous but distinguished .
December 17, 1853.] The Le A Be R. $307 ...
December 17 , 1853 . ] THE LE A BE R . $ 307 ^
The Fiest Agricultural Statistics..Tejco...
THE FIEST AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS . . tEJcoxLAXD is the first in the field with the much called-for /«* agricultural statistics . " The Secretary of the Highland Society has obtained , and forwarded to the Board of Trade , the statistics of three counties —Haddington , Roxburgh , and Sutherland . Mr . Hall Maxwell , in his letter to the Board of Trade , forwarding the results of this first experiment , gives some information as to how it was made . " The machinery employed in obtaining the estimates was simple , and proved efficient . In every district there was a -committee composed of the enumerator and of experienced farmers selected from and representing each of the associate ! parishes . The nature and object of their services were explained in a circular addressed by me to the members of these committees before harvest . Their attention was called iio the standing crops ; and they were requested to institute inquiry and obtain information within their respective parishes . Their observations were continued during the progress of the harvest ; and , at a later period , when experiments in thrashing and weighing had been made , the committees were convened-by their enumerators , the views of the members were compared and considered , and a statement was prepared and forwarded to me showing tlio average acre--able produce of each parish , in bushels of grain and tons of roots . " The corn produce of the three counties is 485 , 133 quarters , a little more than one-hundredth part of what is reckoned to be the home growth of Great Britain . The cost of obtaining these returns is not yet published .
"Miles Gloriosus" On Reform. The Western...
" MILES GLORIOSUS" ON REFORM . The Western Flying Post reporteth that Mr . William Miles , one of the members for East Somerset , delivered himself as follows at the meeting of the Bruton Agricultural Society last week . He was responding to " the County Members : " "We aro promised a new Reform Bill ; and having had some little employment as chairman of election committees , I think that if a Iieform Bill was necessary in 1832 it ia certainl y not unnecessary now ; because there can bo no doubt that corruption exists lo a very great extent among tho borough constituencies of England . ( Cheers . ) Now , I think that any well-digested scheme of reform which will euro that , and enable honest men to . send their representatives to
Parliament , will bo worthy of support ; and that any person bringing forward a proper measure for that purpose will dcsorvo the thanks of lua country . ( Loud cheers . ) I know not what tho measure will be ; it will bo difficult to frame ; but whonever it is brought forward it shall havo my very beat consideration . Because it is put forward by Lord John Jiuasell , that ia no reason why it rsliould bo thrown out . Having stated thus much , you know what my opinions aro upon tho subject ; you know whut they havo beeni ; and what my endeavours havo been to support those opinions . And as long as you continue mo in tho honourable position « i which you havo been pleased to place mo , I shall maint ain thoao opiniona for tho general good ° * tj 10 < 0 ll » fl Ti whether agricultural , commercial , or manufacturing . " ( Loud ¦ C Hoors . )
Every Uttlo helps , and every soldier counts in a campai gn . Who knows whatwould not fall if the L ories were to abolish corruption !
Australia : Diggers Triumphant. Tun Vict...
AUSTRALIA : DIGGERS TRIUMPHANT . Tun Victoria steamer arrived at Falmouth on Saturday with mails from Austral ia and tho Capo . Tho Australian accounts como down to tho 2 . 'Jrd September , on which day tho Victoria steamed out of Jl otaon ' tf Hay . Tho intelligence from tho colonies Konerully is of a most satisfactory diameter . At kyuney tho rural and pastoral districts to tho north
were very prosperous , and high prices were given for stations . The city is free from robberies , and handsome buildings are rising in all directions . A Government surveying party was on duty at Port Curtis or Port Gladstone , 800 or 900 ' miles north . This port is said to possess many facilities as a convenient outlet for wool and other agricultural produce , now conveyed expensively by land to Sydney for export .
The market price for gold at Melbourne was 3 / . 17 s . —rising . Wonderful discoveries were making at the new Ballarat diggings . Three men in six days are said to have raised 192 lb . weight of gold . The diggings are healthy , and the diggers are adopting a more scientific mode than formerly ; they sink a shaft , from 6 to 12 feet diameter , to a depth of from 20 to 100 feet , and from the base work radiating tunnels , which are connected at the outer ends by a circular , tunnel . All the produce is sent up the shaft .
Referring to the social condition of Melbourne , the Argus says : -. " There is one aspect of our social condition , respecting which it is of essential importance that correct ideas should be entertained in Europe ; it relates to the supremacy of law and order , the security of person and property . We are far from saying that all is accomplished in this respect that is desirable ^ or that every man who contributes to the revenue of the State has a right to expect . " The outrages to which we had so often to refer eight , ten , and twelve months ago , in and around Melbourne , are now of comparativel y rare occurrence- —a fortunate state of things , however , whichvwill not long endure if our Legislative Council do not make a vigorous stand against the unwise and mistaken interference of the Duke of Newcastle
and the Imperial Government with the measure which the Council passed last session against the unrestricted admission into the colony of conditionally pardoned convicts from Van Diemen's Land . : " Provisions in general are not dear , in proportion to house rent ; at least tea , sugar , butchers' meat , aiid potatoes are at a reasonable price : but bread , milk , butter , and such vegetables as turnips , cabbages , & c ., are still at a Jiigh figure ; the quartern loaf is Is . 6 d . It is evident , then , that the first and necessary expenses which meet a man on landing are rery heavy ; but let not the newcomer be therefore discouraged ; if he is the sort of man suited to the colonyand almost all working and labouring men are—he will soon be in a position to meet his expenses , and also to put by
money to join one of the many buildiug ; and freehold Jand societies which tho high price of land and extravagant renta have called into active existence within the last few months . English readers given to such pursuits as market-gardening , poultry-keeping , dairy-farming , & c , will form their own conclusions of the prospects of those following such callings in a country with a range of prices like those quoted in our market report . Battersea gardeners , Surrey fowl-tenders , and the dairy pebple of Kent and Essex will probably lick their lips at the thought of cauliflowers at 2 s . a-piece , eggs at 5 s . per dozen , and milk at 2 s . per quart . We can assure one and all of such that we have room for thousands of them ; that these high prices do not arise from any natural scarcity ; that the gardener will find plenty of land , tho dairyman any number of cattle , and the poultrywoman hens
innumerable . "Jt must bo distinctly understood , in spite of all the ' croaking' letters wliicli have swarmed in tho English papers , that tho industrious workman may secure employment at "high wages the very day ho Linda ; while , at the same time , the clerk , shopman , or broken-down city idler lingers about , our streets dispirited , unemployed , and misorable . "
The fact of the greatest moment , however , has reference to the complete triumph of the diggers over the Government in the matter of the license fee . Perhaps our readers will remember that Mr . Latrobe , Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria , has never shown any abilities equal to the post he filled , and that he has been repeatedly in conflict with the inhabitants . Jn the matter of the gold license , Mr . Latrobe has behaved with peculiar weakness . When tho gold was discovered he insisted on 3 / . a month from the diggers , saying , when it was urged that they would not pay it , that they must . However , tho diggers did not pay , and the fee was reduced to 3 Os ,
Nevertheless , the diggers havo kept up constant complaints ; and during the months of June and July the agitation gathered strongly to a head , rousing up the diggers of Bendigo , the Ovens , Goulburn , and other places , to form an association , and embodying not only their grievances in a memorial to Mr . Latrobe , but prescribing their demands . Mr . Latrobe rode tho high horse ; ho was " prepared for anything , " tho " Jaw must be observed ; " in fact , ho had collected troops and artillery , and did seem , prepared to make a "determined " stand , " as he expressed it . Meanwhile , throughout August , the agitation went on gathering greater strength and impetus ; at
Goulburn , the commissioners , among whom we find " Mr . Uorne , " wero compelled to refrain from enforcing tho fee for ' tho last ten days of August , and to release prisonors .- Hy tho 1 st September , tho day for renewing the licenses , the JJendigo men had determined to " tender " ton shillings , and if that w ' ns not received , to pay nothing . In order that those who adopted these views might bo known , they agreed to wear a red ribbon in the buttonhole , and red ribbons wore the order of the dny . Government had sent up a force- but Ahoy yielded , and a notice was issued stating , on authority , that the fee would not bo collected for September .
Here was a change I The fact is , that " iirm ^ nd determined " man , the Lieutenant-Governor , had on the 30 th August proposed to the Legislative Council the total abolition of the fee ! A committee met , and it was agreed to recommend the council to pass a temporary act commuting the . 30 s . a month into 2 / . for the remainder of the year ! Of course this was equivalent to the success of the diggers ! But here our " accounts drop the story .
We Have News From The Cape Of Good Hope ...
We have news from the Cape of Good Hope up to the 7 th November . At that date three regiments had left for Madras . Colonel Nesbitt , of the 60 th Foot , Commandant of British Kaffraria was drowned on the ] " 13 th of October , in crossing 1 the Kieskamma river . Some apprehensions were entertained that the Kafirs would revolt again as soon as their crops were gathered . The Orange Sovereignty people continued to be excited on the subject of the proposed abandonment of the country by the British . They hope to have their case Well stated in the British press , and they have sent two delegates to represent them in England .
Jamaica News. The Steamer La Plata Bring...
JAMAICA NEWS . The steamer La Plata brings news up to the 27 th of November from Kingston . Sir Henry Barkly had obtained the first success of Ills policy . The House of Assembly was in session , and had passed the Import Duty Billwith some important reductions of the tariff . A great struggle took place relative to the duration clause of the bill , which the retrenchment party wished to limit to the 3 lst of December , 1853 ; but , after several divisions , it was carried , by a majority of one , to extend its duration to the-30 th of December , 1854 . The bill has been sanctioned by the Council and Governor . The question of responsible government was fixed for debate on Wednesday , the 20 th , and it was contemplated Government views would be carried out and the guarantee loan accepted , as all jJarties were tired of the general dead lock . The return made to the Honse of Assemblies by the Receiver-General showed a deficiency of 200 , 000 / . up to the January quarter , which would have to be added to the debt of the country , as it never could be discharged by ordinary taxation .
Testimony Op A "Tkaveller In Italy." Som...
TESTIMONY OP A " TKAVELLER IN ITALY . " Some time since the Times published an admirable letter in defence of the calumniated Liberals of Italy —especially of the movement , or national partysigned , " A Traveller in Italy . " On Thursday , the same journal printed another letter from the same pen . We cut out one or two passages of interest even for our readers , who have been kept well-informed on the subject . The first relates to the advocacy of assassination by the Papal party : —
" During tho existence of the Roman Republic emissaries from Gaeta wont about tlio provinces endeavouring to influence the superstition of tlio lower orders , and again excite * a Jacquerie against the Liberals ; such documents aa tho following were circulated among the peasantry : —' Republicans or liberals mean only men who would destroy our religion itself and all its ministers . Gather yourselves together , and plunge your weapons into tho hearts oftho . se enemies of God , and pray to Him that Ho will destroy them utterly , even their very infants , —exterminate their race . ' These emissaries did not succeed in their object , or but very partially ; yet , is it to be wondered at , when these things aro
considered , that tho Liberal causo was sometimes stained , as at hnola and Anconn , by the assassination of persons who were known as supporters or spies of the fallen Government ? Safli , who was Minister of tho Interior under tlio Republic , in enjoining upon the authorities of Ancona ( lie most wovero measures for the punishment and repression of" thtse assassinations , wrote thus : — ' The perpetrators of these crimes aro traitors to the Republic , and ruin tho work of an entire people in tho cuusc of their redumption ; every act of illegality or of violence which bean * tlio Htanip of political revenge- is an oxeciablo relic of past finwa , and un imitation of tho crimes oi ' priestly Government . '"
The second vindicates the gallant Garibaldi , and the devoted Ugo UassL " Among thoHO Italians who lmve most boon tho victims of calumny and inimepre . sontntion h Garibaldi . During tho bico of Homo Iio was rein-enented in tho I'Veneh papers , and soinetimen in tho JKngh . sh , « a a leader of Uoiulottieri , a . brigand , u pirate , a cliiof of unsiihsuih . Listen for a moment to his history . Horn in tho middling rank of life , ho wart obliged to Ih ' , when ntill young , from hi . s native city , Gonoa , during a iier . soculion of tho « ect of Carbonari , of which ho
was a member . Ho afterwards went to tho Brazils with tho object of engaging in Homo commercial undertaking , but , devoted to tin * caiiho of liberty , ho noon joined u . small band of Italian iefugeen who wero . serving us volunt . fle . ra in Montevideo , defending tho cimiho of liberty and the republic . Hid tl « 'Hi )() ' r « to courage ., hia personal prowesa « h n Noldior , and hiij Jioroi . sm , never utained t > y any not of cruelty , nuulo him tho tliemo and admiration ot tho country ; he qniokly rose to tho rualc of general . Itut Garibuldi wan r / toro than a warrior . troin devotion to ciuino winou
II' ho took uwjiy nio , it was a ho believed to bo that of Immunity , nnd ho disdained to contaminate the purity of hi . s motive by receiving rieliCM or rewanlH for liiw «« rvi « fH , uml ho lived ulwuya in tlio groateat poverty . In JH 47 ho roturnml to Italy . IIin tleodH at Homo arc well known . When tho aiogo of Komo waa over , nnd tho city taken pam-Hbion of by tho French , ho oolloottsd ubout
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 17, 1853, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17121853/page/7/
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