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arid some with very bad eyes . Others rheumatics , especially those subject to that complaint . The accounts in the newspapers here are very often incorrect in stating the numbers at Mount Alexander and Ballarat—some KO 000 But I met a gentleman yesterday who firmly believes there are 80 , 000 . He also stated to me that he came direct from Alexander , and met between 600 and 600 on the march for it . Bread at Alexander is 3 s . to 4 s . the 2 jjj ioaf everything in proportion . Now , as to"the size , m easure , and price of ale . When I came ashore here I had neither more nor less than one solitary sixpence . I asked for a glass of ale , and stood like a fool waiting for . i ,,,, ™ . The ale beean to warm my old heart , so I
mustered up all my courage to get my change . ' You are a strange ? , I suppose ? ' 'Yes , ma ' ' Now , the said class woul d take three to fill one imperial pint . Was I not wishing myself back again ! I was next thing to teetotal all the voyage , for the cabin-boys were as mean as needs be . Suppose I played to them , they never said , < Collie , will you taste ? ' So I was down on them , and would not play unless I was paid , which they would not however . The steerage passengers are co-equal with cabin now , and in most instances better , in fact . Jack is as good as his master here . I would not advise any coming here to cabin it . Only let people take necessary extras with them according to their means . Ordinary sized boxes or chests stand a better chance of not being broken than large chests . Keep in sight all heavy clothing , as well as light clothes . They are as useful this side of the line as with you . Onrkerv is very dear here , and anybody bringing odds
and ends , not wanted on the voyage , will find it an advantage . There is no starvation or beggary in this country , except some few indolent natives in that condition . Every one cannot make a fortune , but many will in a very short time . Merchants , speculators , &c , often make one in an incredibly brief , space , and publicans can do it in three years and less . A half-glass of brandy , called ' a noble , ' is 6 d ., in some houses id . ; a glass of rum , 4 d . This is the cheapest of all the drinks . Brandy is the principal drink here . Wine is 5 s . a bottle in or out of the public . The greatest inconvenience here is want of houses , more especially to those who have families . Before the golden
time the town was rapidly progressing . Within a gunshot of where I live , I heard a woman asking a young man 15 s . for a single room about the size of my kitchen . Now people of all classes are off to the diggings . I sent you a paper a short time ago ; and I hope you are not gone to Canada West , as I am confident this country would , suit your constitution better . Regarding the moral condition of the people here , I must say that morality is lax . Drunkenness greatly prevails , and that not on the sly , but quite open . The prevailing rage is for money—money ! and certainly they do send it flying about like chaff . Plenty of money , and good wages here for everything . "
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MISCELLANEOUS . Field-Marshal Excelmans was thrown from his horse , on the road from Sevres , and was killed , on Wednesday evening . He is one of the last of Napoleon ' s great generals . Mr . Thomas Gisborne , formerly member for Nottingham , a well-known and consistent Whig-radical , died on Tttesday , at Yoxhall Lodge , in Staffordshire .
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The Queen , with Prince Albert and the children , started from Cowes on Monday morning , for a cruise along the coast to the west , on board the Victoria and Albert , with seven war steamers in company . The scene off the island was very pretty . There was a deal of bunting fl ying on the splendid yachts of the Royal Yacht squadron . The small fleet got under weigh with ships dressed and yards manned . It was expected that the Queen would cruise until Friday , touching at Dartmouth , Plymouth , Torbay , and other ports . We are now entitled to say , tfcat Iiord Derby has not gained one inch in Scotland . We stand ( omitting Ayr . shire)—Liberals , 33 ; Ministerialists , 10 ; Peelites , 9 . If the fate of Lord Derby as a Minister depended on the Scotch members , his shrift would be short . —Scotsman . The Earl of Derby intends to preside at the meeting and dinner of the Royal North Lancashire ! Agricultural Association in Preston , on the 25 th and 26 th of August . — Preston Chronicle .
It is rumoured that one of the present members for the county of Dorsetshire is about to bo called to the Upper House , and that an arrangement is in progress , if not completed , for supplying tho vacancy which will bo thonco created . —Poole Herald . Tho famous Koh-i-Noor is being recut . Tho Duko of Wellington placed it in the machine , and cut tho first facet . Two Dutchmen are responsibly charged with tho work , under the superintendence of tho Messrs . Qarrard . A man fell from the main rigering of tho 1 ' rmce Regent on tho 13 th , and wont overboard insensible . Commander Caldwoll instantly leaped after liim , dived , brought him tip , and saved his lifo . Commander Caldwell saved two men from a similar death at Lisbon .
Wo havo much pleasure in stating that , on tho recommendation of tho Earl of Rosso , president of tho Royal Society , tho following pensions havo boon granted : —2001 . per annum to Mr . Hind ; 100 ? . per annum to Dr . Mantcll ; and 761 . to Mr . Ronalds , of tho Kow Observatory . — Athe > uftum . Tho Rev . J . E . Gladstone , who was to havo preached at his now chapel at St . Mary ' s , Torquay , on Sunday last , was prevented doing so by a further monition from th < : Dean of Archoa . ifo will not bo ablo to preach within tho province " of Canterbury , until ho ban Homo further stops . A letter from Mr . Edward Pugin appears in tho Times of Tuesday , contradicting the Btiitoment which had boon inado in tho liuildur , that his fathor , tho eminent Romancatholic architect , had boon brought to destitution by his religious zeal , and had boon removed to a public houpital for want of funds to support him .
Tho annual gathering at Tiptreo Hall , where Mr . Meohi carries on his experimental farming , took plaooon WedneN-< lay . Thoro wore Homo 250 guests . Mr . Meehi led them over his farm , stopping ovory now and then to oxpatiato on the peculiarities of his system , and explain tho processes of agriculture . Tho two principal points in tho day ' s performance woro tho operation of liquid manures , which are convoyed in pipoH over tho whole farm ; and tho exploits of three rival reaping machines . At four o ' clock the guests sat down to dinner in . ( ho barn , and ho , under tho cheerful inttuoneo of tho most cordial hospitality , comp leted a day equally delightful and inNt . rucl . ivo . A special train convoyed Mr . Mechi's visitors back to town at nino o ' clock . A gentleman in Blackburn hafl in his possession a shiall piocu of printed calico carefully wrapped ui > in . i > ai > or .
which is evidently not of modern make , on the outside of which there is the following memorandum , explaining the reason why this otherwise insignificant relic has been preserved with such care : — " The block from which the enclosed cloth was printed was the first ever cut by Robert Peel , now Sir Robert Peel , Bart ., when he and his brother Jonathan , now of Accrington House , were apprentices to Thomas Yates , of Moorgate Fold , Livesey , near Blackburn , with whom they were boarders . "—Blackburn Standard . Mr . Vincent , the eminent surgeon , died on Saturday evening- suddenly , at his country residence , Woodlands ,
near Wrotham , Kent , having reached an advanced age . Mr . Vincent commenced the study of the profession at an early age , and on the 20 th of March , 1800 , was admitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons , of which institution he was elected a councillor on the 12 th of July , 1822 , in the vacancy occasioned by the decease of Mr . Chandler , and in 1832 received at tho hands of his colleagues the highest honour they could offer him , that of the president ' s gown . He was again elected to this honourable position in 1840 . Mr . Vincent was perhaps better known from his long and intimate connexion with St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , of which institution he was the senior surgeon . The experience there gained was afterwards embodied in his " Observations on Surgical Practice . " ... _ .,
Mr . Digby Seymour , the new member for Sunderland has been accused by his opponent , Mr . Fenwick , of dishonesty in his political opinions . Mr . Fenwick went so f ar as " to obtain and publish letters from several members of the northern bar , including Mr ,. Campbell Foster , giving their opinion as to Mr . Seymour ' s politics . Mr . Seymour , in a speech , accused Mr . Campbell Foster of having been a , party to this imputation from personal resentment . A correspondence took place through Mr . Dearsley , a mutual friend of the parties , during which Mr . Seymour made an apology , whichwas accepted . However , on Monday last , Mr . Seymour and Mr . Foster met in the . robing-room at York Castle , when some altercation took place relating , as it is supposed to the question whether Mr . Seymour ' s letter was a sufficient apology . Mr . Foster , at length , struck Mr . Seymour three or four smart blows across the shoulders with a cane which he had in his hand . A struggle took place , in which
both of the learned counsel came to tho ground , when the parties were separated by several barristers who were present . The judges being informed of tho matter , summoned Mr . Foster and Mr . Seymour into their privateroom , and having admonished them , for their conduct , bound each of them over in the sum of 500 / . to keep tho peace for the next six months .
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An electric telegraph is now being laid down between Ireland and Scotland ; the points of contact being Donaghadee and Portpatrick . Tho War Office lias issued a circular memorandum , permitting officers , when riding or walking in the neighbourhood of their quarters , to wear " a plain blue frock-coat : ' but it must be buttoned up so as to conceal the waistcoat entirely ; and never worn on parade , on tlio march , at exercise , or any description of duty . The extension of British manufactures in ^ the East formed the subject of the interesting meeting of tho Manchester Commercial Association on Saturday . The new commercial fairs at Kurrachee and Sukkur afford the markets , and one main object is to facilitate the introduction of our goods into Persia via Trcbizond .
On Saturday , tho 120 vestrymen and 40 directors of the poor of St . Pancras were served by Messrs . Sharpo , Field , and Jackson , tho solicitors to tho Poor-law Board , with copies of a writ of mandamus , issued by the Court oi Queen ' s Bench , to compel the authorities of the parish to reinstate Mr . Eaton in his office of master of the workhouse , from which he was dismissed some weeks sinco by tho vestry , for alleged misconduct , and without tho consent of tho Poor-law Board .
At a meeting- of tho Commissioners of Sowers , held nf . Guildhall on Tuesday , a complaint was made that put pans , used by tho street orderlies Cor collecting tho tilth from tho streets , were allowed to lio against , tho doors of houses . Remarks wero mado by several of the members in reprobation of the street-orderly system , as being tho cause of tho unnoyarico complained of . It was , however , ultimately decided that tho evil woidd be remedied by fitting covers to tho pans , und il was resolved that Una plan should be carried out .
Tho committee which was appointed in tho year 1860 , by tho parish of llornney , for tho purpose of re-opening certain public footpaths which had been obstructed by tho Great Northern Railway , havo at hist attained their object . Their hucccnh was celebrated by a parish dinner at t . ho Gate House Tavern , lligligale . Mr . Toiilmin Smith wart presented with a hundsouio silver inkstand and a fjold pen , as a testimony of tho zeal and ability displayed by him in tho matter . JIis health was drunk by tho company on tho proposal of Mr . Asliurnt . The Rov . Dr . Lang- lias recently submitted some fine specimens of Australian cotton to Mr . Thomas Itii / . ley ,
President of tho Manchester Chamber of < Jommoiw , whoso judgment in regard to tho qualities of thin material is considered to Imvo frreat weight ,. 11 is stated thai , theno samples woro produced with hucIi facility us to afford every expectation of realizing considerable profits , in easo tho article , was of good quality . Tho reply of Mr . Uazloy expresses liis opinion that , wich mjporior and excellent attributes of perfect cotton have been rarely seen in Manchester , and thai , tho samples indisputably prove tho capability of Australia U > produce most useful and beautiful cotton , adapted to tho Kiitflinh nmrkelH , in a rango of value from ( W . to Us . M . per II ) .
A deputation from the Metropolitan Sanitary Aasociat . ion , consisting of V iseount Mbi-m ^ ton , tho committee , and tho Rev . M . W . I'UHifriiau , Dr . Iturrott , and Mr . ( JharloM Walsh , the honorary Hoerctarios , waited upon Mr . Walpolo tit ; tho Homo ( Xlico on Saturday , to pn-Hoi . t a memorial aiminjHt i » in Bunctionliifjj Copenhujjcn-fieldH , or any otho
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THE DUCHESS OF KENT COLLISION" . Ax inquest was held at the Town-hall , Gravesend , on Wednesday , respecting the death of Mr , John Sard , who was a passenger on board the Duohess of Kent at the time of her collision with the Ravonsbourne off Northfleet . Mr . Sard , who was a traveller connected , with a large commercial house , was returning from Egypt , and left Ramsgate by the Duchess of Kent . His non-arrival at the time when ho was expected caused some anxiety to his friends , and hearing that tho body of a gentleman had been found in the Thames , they made inquiries , which resulted in his identification . Several articles wore found upon the body which wero recognised as tho property of tho missing traveller , and ho was more particularly identified by tho buttons of his trousers , which boro tho name of his brother , a tailor . Some of the circumstances , and tho conduct of tho persons who had possession of tho body , excited a suspicion which induced the coroner to make a searching in-, qniry . A letter from tho proprietors of the Ramsgato Hotel , stated a report that ho was scon rushing down to tho cabin after the vessols carno into contact . Jamos Woston , a lighterman , stated that ho had found tho body . Ifo had given it into tho charge of Mr . Godfrey , an undertaker , who had searched it in his prcsonco . Godfrey , tho undertaker , stated that he had applied to tho Commercial Steam-Packet Office , in London , and had boon told by tho master and mate of tho Duchess of Kent , that they did not know that such a person as tho deceased was loaf . They had advised him to bury tho body and keep tho property found upon it . Tho brother of Mr . Sard gave evidoneo that tho trousers produced belonged to his lost relative , and rocognised tho articles found upon him . Mr . T . Holt , a friond of tho deceased ' s , found his luggage , bearing his initials , at tho Commercial Sfceam-Paekot Of lice , and was told that they had been taken from tho DuohoBH of Kent . Tho Coroner said that thoro could bo no doubt that tho deceased was a passenger on board tho Duchess of Kont . Tho proceedings were adjourned for a fortnight .
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ATTEMPTED SUICIDES . Turku cosoa of attempt at suicide on the part of women , woro brought beforo tlio Worship-street Polico Court on Tuofiday . A young Irishwoman , named Anno Spiller , had boon seduced , and on tho birth of her child had obtained a warrant ; against tho father , which won dismissed , as sho stated , through tho perjury of a fomalo relation of tho fathor . Tho father had , however , for Homo timo allowed her a small sum of money , whioh ho paid wookly . On Monday last , she called with hor infant , at hia lodging , to obtain Itor allowance , which had fallen into urrear , but was told that , tho fathor was not at homo . She then mado such a disturbance as to collect a mob , and to induce tho landlord of tho houso to procure a constable to rornovo her . As nooii as nho reached tlio street , who throw down her child upon tho pavement , and ran oil' at hor utmost , npood , ho that tho oflloor had groat difficulty in overtaking her . For the protection of horuolf , a * well us of hor iniaut .
she wad locked up in the station-house , where she appeared to be safe . However , after an hour or two , she was found " senseless , quivering all over , black in the face , and almost lifeless . " She had twisted her apron so tightly round her neck , that it was some time before the utmost care and attention could restore her . She stated that , she was destitute , and near starvation , and as she could no longer obtain anything from the father , she had determined to abandon the child and destroy herself . As she did not express any sorrow for what she had done , she was committed to the House of Detention tor a week , in order that she might have time for reflection . On hearing this sentence she exclaimed , " Then my poor baby shall not go to prison with me—that I am determined . " So saying , she placed the babe on the floor of the Court , and walked off to her cell . The magistrate ordered the child to be . se nt to the workhouse , till the mother should be liberated .
.. . . A married woman , named Maria Mitchell , t > e « Jg violently inflamed with jealousy , consoled herself by drinking , and meeting another woman in the Hackney-road , about ten o ' clock on Tuesday evening , she began to quarrel , and became bo violent , that a constable was obliged to lock her up . An hour after , she was found lying on her side on the floor of her cell , her neck tightly bound with the hem torn off her garment . She was so far gone that the surgeon had great difficulty in restoring her . Kichardson waiK
A young woman , named Sarah , was - ing with her lover by the Regent ' s Canal , near the New North-road , between three and four o ' clock on Wednesday morning , when some quarrel took place between them , and the girl suddenly threw herself head foremost into the water . The young man immediately jumped in , and did his best to save her ; but the water was deep , and she sank several times before he could get her to the land . The two women , Mitchell and Richardson , were both committed for a week , to be brought to their senses .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 24, 1852, page 703, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1944/page/11/
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