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be furnished with forty acres of land , at the Government price , on credit . " The American papers notice the invention of a new sewing machine ; which , it is said , will be to needlewomen what the power-loom was to the hand-loom weavers . There is more than one article on the suhject in the Tribune . Tailors and sempstresses raise objec ^ tions to the new . machines , on the ground that the sewing is not durable , but a writer in the Tribune declares that he has seen shoes and shirts made with the machine ; and that the sewing is perfectly satisfactory . These machines are in extensive use . The Tribune enumerates no less than six different kinds .
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THE GOLD FIELDS . The news from Melbourne of the 7 th of September , brought by the Overland Mail , corroborates the reports of newly discovered gold fields , and of ever increasing productiveness in the old diggings . The remunerative character of the Echunga gold field , within twenty miles of Adelaide , South Australia , is established beyond doubt . The existence , too , of a large and rich gold field at Bengara , 180 miles N . by W . of Maitland , New South Wales , is again confirmed by the latest advices ; so that it is now proved by actual events , that a vast helt of highly auriferous land extends across the Australian
continent , from the Victoria gold fields to those gof Bathurst and its neighbourhood , and thence to the banks of the Hunter , and the back of Moreton Bay , a distance of about 400 miles . The actual width of this belt is unknown , but the portion of it already explored averages more than 150 miles ; hence the known auriferous portion of Australia comprises an area of more than 60 , 000 square miles . The New South Wales diggings continue to be deserted for those of Victoria , chiefly from the influence of the gregarious spirit which prevails among- diggers , but also in consequence of the periodical floods , which have been unusually
great this year , and have done much damage to life and property at Turon , Braidwood , and elsewhere . From October , 1851 , to the end of August , 1852 , the escorts had brought into Melbourne and Trelong , the astonishing amount of 1 , 771 , 974 ounces of gold , or between 73 and 74 tons . Even this enormous quantity does not represent the whole quantity raised in the province in these eleven months , and which is estimated at not less than 105 * - tons , worth upwards of ten millions sterling . The social condition of Victoria is still represented as deplorable in the extreme . Of the Government it is stated in very strong terms , that
it wants perseverance , energy , and wisdom , and that its " laxity , parsimony , and absolute imbecility ' have done the colony incalculable harm . Crimes of the most fearful character and degree abound on all sides . Highway robbery and burglary in broad daylight are common even in the towns . Murders are numerous , and remain almost always unpunished . The police are cowed , or are in league with the ruffians , and the administration of the law is fast sinking into contempt . Next to an efficient police force , an importation of female servants is urgently wanted in Victoria . The
small proportion of female immigrants landed this year in the colony has been absorbed by the brisk demand for wives . We are assured that the splendour of a digger ' s wedding is sometimes rather startling . Young Irish orphan girls , who win reel y knew the luxury of a shoe until they put their bare feet on the soil of d ' eforia , lavish money in white Hat , in at lO . v . or Vis . a yard for their bridal dresses , and flaunt , out of tho shop slamming the door , because the unfortunate storekeeper does not keep the real shawls at 10 guineas a-piece ! What a Mossing for our London ( shopkeepers if they could but catch such customers !
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I ) ANC 1 N ( J INTKR 1 HCTKI ) AT ROTJIF / IUIAM . A (! C (> iti > iNCi to u report in the Daily News , which from private letters we believe to be generally correct , Rofhcrhum and Sheffield have been thrown info a ferment by 1 he novel conduct of the Koverend \ l Mosely , vieur of Kotherhsini . I ( , appears that it has been customary for the fashionables of Itofhcrhain and the neighbourhood to hold a . subscription dress ball in the month of December , and this year it was announced to take place on Thursday , Deceindcr |(! , under Mm ; stewardship of three of the West ( tiding mam . stral . cH ,
and the gentry of the town and district . Last week the Reverend Mr . IMosely wrote to the editor of one of the Sheffield papers , in which the advertisement of the intended bull bad been inserted , inquiring by whose authority the names of the sfewnrds had been published , i \ h he bad reason to suspect ( hat the mimes had boon inserted in the advertisement by the committee without authority . Tho editor at once answered flic vicar ' s note , nntl referred him to the ball committee ; and from them tho vicur am-ei'tunicd that tins names bud been published with consent . Accordingly , on { Sunday morning lnat tho viour entered tlio pulpit mid
read the advertisement of the ball from the newspaper , and laid particular emphasis upon certain stewards ' names . He also read the correspondence which had taken place between himself and the editor of the Sheffield newspaper , and held up the stewards and the ball to ridicule and contempt before the congregation , who were considerably amazed at the bare mention of the circumstance of the ball in a parish church . The congregation were much annoyed , and several attempted to-leave the church , but were solicited not to do so ;
others were convulsed with laughter , and the congregation were in a state of the greatest consternation . The stewards felt themselves aggrieved , and they , along with the ball committee , held a private meeting at the Crown Hotel , Rotherham , to take into consideration the conduct of the vicar . They passed a resolution giving him the opportunity of making a public apology through the same medium in which he had g iven the offence , and , if he should decline to make any reparation , further proceedings will be taken . If the interdict be not removed , it will make a pretty case for a law court .
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MISCELLANEOUS . Osborne is , while we write , still the abode of the Queen ; who , with the Prince and the children , seems to enjoy the sea air and delightful scenery of their island home . But no doubt they will spend Christmas at Windsor . Lord Raglan and Lord Derby have been on a visit to the Queen this week .
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Lord Palmerston has been unwell ever since the Budget was propounded . He keeps his room , suffering from the gout , and is unable to attend the evening parties given by Lady Palmerston . Probably he will recover when the vote on the first item in the Budget has been taken , —at least , people maliciously associate the gout and the Budget , and talk of Chatham , who assumed the gout when politically convenient . Has he been concocting a new Budget ? Lord Carlisle delivered an interesting lecture on the Poetry of Gray at the Sheffield Mechanics' Institution on Tuesday . The lecture was elegant , kindly , and abounding in choice selections from the poet , but not new . It is pleasant to see popular lecturers coming out of the aristocratic classes : another proof of the real levelling tendency of the a # e—the levelling upward .
The Duke of Cambridge has presented an ox for ttie Christmas Festival to the Poor , conducted by the Leicester-square Soup Kitchen , which will be roasted , and served out on Christmas-day . The Lord Mayor , also , has presented to the City Hospice a quarter of an ox , towards affording the committee the means to carry out their intention of feeding tho destitute poor on the same festal day . Lord Dudley Stuart and Mr . Oliveira , M . P ., attendod the celebration of the 28 th anniversary of the London Mechanics' Institution , in Southampton-buildings , Chanccrylnne , on Monday . It was founded by Dr . Birkbeck . Tho Polish ball , held at the Guildhall on Wednesday , was attended with great success .
Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs , commander-in-chicf at Portsmouth , died , on Thursday , after a few days' illness . Professor Empson , of Hayleybury , and editor of the Edinburgh Review , died on Friday week . Mr . Iklhintine , for many years the presiding magistrate at the Thames police-office , died on Tuesday . The will of the late Earl of Shrewsbury lias been proved , and the- personal property sworn under 100 , 0007 . Tt directs Unit out of this amount tliero shall be paid , 500 ? . to tho Jiev . Thomas Doyle , 600 ? . to tho Rev . Daniel llock , 150 ? . to ( he Kev . Dr . Winter , and there are some other legacies to his sister , and to servants . Tho Karl has directed the whole of his estates at Alton , Farley , and elsewhere , to \ ut converted into money , tho wbolo of the proceeds , together with the residue- of bis personal property , to bo given to Mr . Ambrose Lisle Phillips , of Grace Diou Manor ,
Leicestershire , arid Mr . C . Scott Murray , of Danesfield , Buckinghamshire , both of whom it will bo remembered seceded from the Church of England , some yearn since , and joined the communion of the church of Rome . This has afforded a subject for speculation . By tho Mortmain Act no sum exceeding f >( K )? . enn bo left for religious purposes , nnd it is therefore generally believed that all bough thin large amount of properly baa been left unconditionally to Mr . Phillips and Mr . Murray , there is a tacit understanding that it is hereafter to be applied to the benefit of the Roman Catholic ; church . This supposition is sfrengthened by tho fac ( , that in u will made some time , ago , tho whole of his lordship ' s property wits left fo Dr . Walsh , and in the event of his decease to Cardinal Wiseman ; hut ( his was revoked by a codicil in favour of Messrs . Phillips nnd Murray , who urn lo divide tho property equally between them .
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Mr . Hruce , of Dyllryn , has been elect oil without opposilion nf Merthyr , vacant by the death of Kir John ( Jucst . Mr . Hruco in a nephew of Mir Lewis Knight Ifruco . Tho sent iu Lord II orf ford's borough of liishurno him been nought by Mr . Inglis , tho Derbyito Lord Advocate of Scotland , and an independent conservative , Mr . Hrnyth . Lord 11 cH ford ' s nominee lias been bouten by a lew votes , and Lishurnc crows on its independence A public inciting of tho Koouoinie Freehold Land Association , on Monday evening , wan held in the Literary InatiUUiou , Johu-utroyt , ifiUryy . square , for thw purpotM of
explaining the objects of > this association . Mr . William Coningham , President , in the chair . Mr . G-eorge Bird , Mr . C . F . Nicholls , Mr . James Bigby , and Mr . Cramp , addressed the meeting in explanation of the objects of the Association . At the close of the meeting a considerable number of new shares were taken up . Dissatisfied with the Budget , a body of Jamaica proprietors met at Willis ' s Rooms on Tuesday . Mr . Girod , one of the delegates from the island , submitted a . memoriai
on the state of Jamaica for presentation to Lord Derb y . This pacific course did not satisfy a proprietor named Smith . He proposed a resolution , stating " that the time had arrived when the Assembly of Jamaica should refuseto levy any further taxes on the ruined inhabitants of that island until the Government of this country consented -to afford them that relief to which they were justly entitled . ' * The bellicose party were quieted after a smart discussion , by the assurance that " something would shortly be done for Jamaica ; " and the memorial of grievances waa carried
The first general meeting of the members of the newl yestablished Freehold Land Society was held at the Freemasons' Tavern . Viscount Uanelagh presided , and waa supported by many minor lights of tho late Protectionist party , such as Lord Alfred Churchill , Mr . J . W . Benbow M . P . ; Sir C . W . Codrington , Bart ., M . P . ; Mr . T . w ! Booker , M . P . ; Mr . Henry Ppwnall , and other gentlemen . The Chairman stated that shares representing a capital of 75 , 000 ? . had been issued , and 11 , 000 ? . had been actually received . The average number of shares held by subscribers was two per head . Deputations from the executive committee , accompanied by the secretary , had visited in succession Norwich , Brentford , Kingston-upon-Thames ,
Croydon , Eeigate , Hainpstead , Ipswich , Chelmsford , Colchester , Great Yarmouth , Gravesend , Greenwich , Woolwich , Deptford , Rochester , Stratford , Derby , Nottingham , Liverpool , Putney , and' Ealing with the most satisfactory results . The position of the society was primarily defensive . The counties in which the influence of opposite societies at the present moment "was most prevalent were Middlesex , Surrey , Kent , Herts , Essex , Beds , Bucks , Norfolk , and several others . As a first step towards counteracting such , influence , the property at Putney , on the banks of the Thames , called " The Cedars , " the adjoining property , lately the site of the College of Civil Engineers , and also the Rectory estate in the middle of the town of Ealing , in Middlesex , had been purchased .
The Birmingham cattle show has been held this week It was very successful . The stock was excellent , and the variety of crosses , especially in sheep , great . Poultry , as usual , attracted the greatest share of attention ; and sales were effected to the amount of 1100 ? . The prices for single birds were enormous ; and the competition for some of them beyond all precedent .
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Several ruffians , implicated in garotte robberies and daring burglaries in the northern counties have been convicted this week in the assize courts . This practice of garotting is now so common that severe punishment ia needful to arrest its extension . It is the English equivalent for Thuggism . The body of a man murdered by a stab through tho eye and brain , reaching as far as the back of tho head , has been found on the public road near the western borders of the Forest of Dean . Ho had previously been seen , drinking in company with a man named Greenhaf , now in custody .
Mr . Daniel Donovan , a Roman Catholic priest , has been convicted of assault upon , a woman named Murphy , a convert to Protestantism , who took relief in Bermondsey from ministers of both religions . According to the evidence , Donovan called on Mrs . Murphy , and reproached her for having her' infant child baptised by a Protestant minister . Growing angry , he struck her slightl y three timos with his umbrella , and desired her landlady to turn her out of tho house . Tho landlady took away tho bed , and tho poor woman had to sleep on the llo ' or . Donovan was found guilty of tho assault , but recommended to mercy . _ Ho was lined f >? . ; which wan paid amid the bowling of tho women in tho court . Both Donovan and Murphy hud to bo convoyed away privately . minds of tho
Figures , omnipotent as they aro to tho Cockers of this planet , arc- iiot so to all men . A sml instance of this occurred on Monday . Mr . Lesclialhut whk a stationer in Budge-row . Jlo was rich , and would not bcliovo it . Figures , plainly allowing prosperity , H « oni « d t <> him indicative of the Bankruptcy Court ; li « read " HO . OOlM . in stock , and 50 , 000 / . in bills" iw unquestionable signs ot failure . Mo had no wife to set him right . () n Monday , rose curly , went to his warehouse in liudge-row , anil Mhofc himself with a riflo pistol ; bought originally to dclerul himself ugninst tho Chartists on the 10 th of April , 1 NI » - Of courmi , the jury found a verdict of toinporury derangement . Mr . JVfnrt . in , the station-master at Hey ford when tho lato falal accident happened ( herehas been dismissed .
, John ( , ' alen was killed by a train at the King ' s Cn > sfl ( el-minus on Tuesday . The train was moving slowly ; it gently struck Cal . cn ; greatly frighto-ncd , instcud oi getting out of tho way , bo ran under the carriage . . . ConipciiHii t ion to the amount of 12000 / . has been obtained from tho Brighton and South Count Kail way Oompany , lot thn loss to bis family occasioned by tlie < leal . lt <>\ " ''• < - ! roves , Killed in an accident which , t | trough tho « eghg ( ' ' " of the driver , occurred near Arundol , in . November , J . 8 *> L There have been surioim ( loodH in North WnloM . <> no mau has been drowned , and a groat , deal of property dcHtroyed . A mountain-lake near ( iniut I ' enrhyn hroko u « bounds , and swopl . away many houses . A torrent ran through tho streets of Hangor .
At ( he recent /^« of tho Golden Fleece , tho Emperor m Austria , wore the . decoration of that order which formerly belonged to CliarleM of Burgundy , and which Jiu » i » 'J contro tho magnificent diamond < "oriBidurod to hold I no third place iuiioiignt tboHti oxiMfing , und which in worth •» million oi' Uoriuo * Tho doconUiw * . wliicU watt wmdo yft * t
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1204 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
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According to tho latest accounts front China , ( ho rebel chief 'rion-teh was still MiicccsHfiilly heading bis revolutionary army in its march to power . Tho ninl / joitriii ! arrived ad St . Vincent ' s on the 2 Hth of November , in her outward pannage . T | ie captain reports that all i . s now satisfactory .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 18, 1852, page 1204, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1965/page/8/
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