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      A Peep At Melbourne. Onk Of The Thousand...

      and some with very had 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 50 000 . But I met a gentleman yesterday who firmly believes there are 80 , 000 . He also stated ' to me that ho came direct from Alexander , and met between 500 and 600 on the march for it . Bread at Alexander is 3 s . to 4 < s . the 4 lb . loaf—every thing in proportion . Now , as to tho size , measure , 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 change . The ale began to warm my old heart , so I mustered up all my courage to get my change . ' You are a

      _stranger , I suppose ? ' ' Yes , ma ' am ! ' Now , the said glass would 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 fine as with you . Crockery is very dear here , and anybody bringing odds and ends , not wanted on the voyage , will find it an advantage . There is no starvation br 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 c .., in some houses id . ; a glass of rum , 4 _tZ ; Thi 3 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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      The Duchess Of Kent Collision. As Inques...

      THE DUCHESS OF KENT COLLISION . As inquest was held at the Town-hall , Gravesend , on Wednesday , respecting tho death of Sir . John Sard , who was a passenger on board the Duchess of Kent at the time of her collision with the Ravensbourne off Northfleet . Mr . Sard , who was a traveller connected with a large commercial house , was returning from Egypt , and left Ramsgate by tho Duchess of Kent . His non-arrival at the time when he was expected caused some anxiet y to his friends , and hearing that the body of a gentleman had been found

      in the Thames , they made inquiries , which resulted in his identification . Several articles were found upon the body which wero recognised as tho property of the missing traveller , and ho was more particularly identified by the buttons of his trousers , which ooro tho name of his brother , a tailor . Some of the circumstances , and tho conduct of the persons who had possession of the body , excited a suspicion which induced tho coroner to make a searching inquiry . A lettor from the proprietors of tho Ramsgato Hotel , stated a report that ho was Been rushing down to the cabin after the vessels came into contact .

      James Weston , a li g hterman , stated that he had found the body . He had given it into tho charge of Mr . Godfrey , an undertaker , who had searched it in his presence . Godfrey , the undertaker , stated that he had applied to 'he Commercial _^ te _, aiB-Packet Office , in London , and had been totn by the rriasfetfana- _motu or tno _Janeiro . ™ _ . _* . * _£ ,,, that , Ihey did not know that , such a person m the deceased was lost . They had advised him to bury the body and keep the , property found upon it . Tho brother of Mr . Sard gave , evidence that , the trousers produced belonged to his lost relative , and recognised the articles found upon him . Mr . T . Holt , a friend of the deceased's , found his higgage , bearing his initials , at the Commercial _Steitni-I ' _ackel , Office , and was told that Ihey had been taken from the Duchess of Kent .

      The Coroner said that there could be no doubt that the deceased was a passenger nn board the Duchess of Kent , fhe proceedings * were adjourned for a fortnight .

      Att Km 1'Tel) Suiol Des. Rnitwk Cases Of...

      ATT KM 1 'TEl _) SUIOl DES . rnitWK cases of attempt at suicide on the part of Women , were brought before tho Worship-street Police Court on Tuesday . A young Irishwoman , named Anno Sp'dler , had been deduced , and on the birth of her child had obtained a warrant ugtiiu . it the father , which was dismissed , us she stated , through the perjury of a female relation of the hither . Tin . father had , however , for koiiio time allowed her a Hinnll sum of money , which ho paid weekly . On Monday last , nlie called with her infant at hia lodgings , to obtain her allowance , which had fallen into linear , but was told that , the father was not at , home . She then made HUch u dint ill-banco as to collect , a mob , and to induce the landlord of the house to procure a constable to remove her . Ah soon an fibe reached the street , she threw down her child upon the pavement , and ran oil" at ber utmost , « p _« _' < _-d , so that the oflicer had great _difllculty in overtaking her , For tho protection of herself , nn well M of hor infant ,

      Att Km 1'Tel) Suiol Des. Rnitwk Cases Of...

      she was 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 for a week , in order that she mig ht have tirfte for reflection . On hearing this sentence she exclaimed , " Then my poor baby shall not go to prison with me—that I am determined . " So saymg , she placed the babe on the floor of the Court , and walked off to her cell . The magistrate _ordered the child to be sent to the workhouse , till the mother should be liberated .

      A married woman , named Maria Mitchell , being 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 so 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 .

      A young woman , named Sarah Richardson , was _walking with her lover by the Regent's Canal , near tho 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 f or a week , to be brought , to their senses .

      Miscellaneous Field-Marshal Exceltnans W...

      MISCELLANEOUS Field-Marshal Exceltnans 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 Oisborne _, formerly member for Nottingham , a well-known and consistent Whig-radical , died on Tuesday , at Yoxhall Lodge , in Staffordshire .

      The Queen, With Prince Albert And The Ch...

      The Queen , with Prince Albert and the children , started from Cowes on Monday nforning , 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 flying 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 , that Lord Derby has not gained one inch in Scotland . Wo 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 .

      Tho Earl of Derby intends to preside at tho meeting and dinner of the Royal North Lancashire Agricultural Association in Preston , on the 25 th and 20 th of August . — Preston Chronicle . It is rumoured that ono of tho present members for the county of Dorsetshire is about to be called to the tipper House , and that an arrangement is in progress , if not completed , for supply ing the vacancy which will be thence

      created . —Boole Herald . Tho famous Koh-i-Noor ia boing reeut . The Duke of Wellington placed it in the machine , and cut the first facet . Two Dutchmen are responsibly charged with the work , under tho superintendence , of tho Messrs . Garrard . A man fell from , the main rigging of the Brincc Regent on the 13 th , and went overboard insensible . Commander Caldwell instantly leaped after him , dived , brought , him up , and saved his life . Commander Caldwell saved two men from a similar death at Lisbon .

      vro-. r-. tt much pleasure in _nf-nting that , on tho recommendation of the Eurl of _Rosse , president of the Royal Society , tho following pensions havo been granted : —200 / . por annum to Mr . Hind ; 1001 . per mrnum to Dr . Mantell ; and 751 . to Mr . Ronalds , of the Kew Observatory . — Athmwum . The Itev . J . K . Gladstone , who was to havo preached at his new chapel at St . Mary ' s , Torquay , on Sunday last , was prevented doing so by a further monition from the Dean of Arches . Jle will not ho able to proach within tho province of Canterbury , until ho has some further steps . A lettor from Mr . Edward _I'ugin appears in the Times of Tuesday , contradicting tho statement which had been made in tho lluililer , that his father , the eminent Itoniancatholic architect , had been brought to destitution by bis religious zeal , and had been removed to a public hospital for want of funds to ( support him .

      The annua ! gathering at Tiptree Mall , where Mr . Mechi carries on his experimental farming , took place on Wednesday . There wero some 250 guests . Mr . Mechi led them over his farm , slopping every now and then to expatiate on the peculiarities of his system , and explain the processes of agriculture . Tho two principal _pointa in i \ u day's performance were the operation of liquid manures which are conveyed in pipes over the whole farm ; ami the _exploits uf three rival rea p ing machines . At four o ' clock the guests sat down to dinner in the barn , and ho , under the cheerful influence of the _iuohI . cordial hospitality _tromploted a day oouully delightful and instructive . A Hpociul train conveyed Mr . M colli'a _visitora back to town at nine o ' clock . A gentleman in Blackburn has iu his possession a funall piooo of _priulod _cujico carefully wrapped up in paper ,

      The Queen, With Prince Albert And The Ch...

      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 tho 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 , nenr Blackburn , with whom they wero boarders . "—Blackburn Standard . Mr . Vincent , tho 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 Surgeon ? ., of which institution he was elected a councillor on th ' e I 2 ffi of July , 1822 , in the vacancy occasioned by the' _decease of M _* r . Chandler , and in 1832 received at the 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 1810 . 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 . Fen wick , of dishonesty in his political opinions . Mr . Fenwiek wont so far as to obtain and publish letters from several members of the northern bar , including Mr . Campbell rosier , giving their opinion as to Mr . 'Seymour ' s politics . 3 i r . Seymour , hi a _sjiccch , 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 _atfYork Castle , when some altercation took place relating , as it is supposed , to the question whether Mr . Seymour' sle'i fer 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 io the qrouud , when the parties were separated by several barn ' s ! ors who were present . The judges being informed of the mailer , summoned Mr . Foster and Mr . Seymour into their private room , and having admonished them , for their conduct , bound each of them over in the sum of -500 ? . to keep the peace for the next six months .

      An Electric Telegraph Is Now Being Laid ...

      An electric telegraph is now being laid down between Ireland and Scotland ,- the points of contact being Donaghadee and Portpatrick . The War Office has 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 fo conceal ihe waistcoat entirely ; and never worn on parade , on the march , at exercise , or any description of duty . The extension of British manufactures in the Fast formed the subject of tho interesting meeting of the Manchester Commercial Association on Saturday . Tho new commercial fairs at Kurrachee and Sukkur afford the markets , and one main object is to facilitafe the introduction of our goods into Persia via Trebizoiul .

      On Saturday , tho 120 vestrymen and 4 . 0 directors of the poor of St . _Pancras were served by Messrs . Whavpe , Field , and Jackson , tho solicitors to the Poor-law Board , with copies of a writ of mandamus , issued by the Court , of Queen's Bench , to compel the authorities of the parish to reinstate Mr . Katon in his office of _niaslei- of ( he workhouse , from which he . was dismissed some weeks since ? by the vestry , for alleged misconduct , and _wil bout the consent of tho Poor-law Board . At a meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers , held at Guildhall on Tuesday , a complaint was made that the pans , used by the street orderlies for collecting Ihe filth from the streets , wero allowed to lie against Ihe floors of houses . Remarks wero made by several of Ihe members

      in reprobation of the . street-orderly system , as being the cause of the annoyance complained ot . 11 , was , however , ultimately decided that the evil would he remedied by fitting ( rovers to the pans , and it . was resolved that this plan should be carried out . The committee which was appointed in the year _IRfSO _, by the parish of Ilornsey , for the purpose of re-opening certain public footpaths which had been _ohslructod b y the Great Northern Railway , have af hist attained their object . Their success was celebrated by a . parish dinner at " the Gale . House Tavern , H'i ghgate . ' Mr . Touhnin Smith was presented with a handsome silver inkslund und a gold pen , its a _testimony of the zeal and ability displayed by him in the matter . His health was drunk by the company on the proposal nI ' Mr . Ashursf .

      1 he Itev . Dr . bung has recently submitted some fine specimens of Australian cotton to M r . Thomas Ha / ley , President of Ihe Manchester Chamber of (' oiumereo , wliow : judgment , in regard lo the qualities of this material is considered to have great weight . 11 , is . staled lhat these samples wero produced with such facility as lo afford every expectation of rculi / . iiig considerable profits , iu case the article was of good quality . The reply uf Mr . Itu / ley expresses his opinion that such superior and excellent attributes of perfect cotton have been rarely seen in Manchester , and lhat the samples indisputably prove the capability of Anal _ralitt to produce most iccl ' ul and beautiful cotton , adapted to the Knglish markets , in a range of value from (\ _tl . to 2 . _s-. ( Uf . per Ih .

      A deputation' from the Metropolibin ¦ _fyinitiiry Association , consisting of Viscount I _' . hriiiglon , Ihe commit ten , and the Itev . M . W . busiguun _. Dr . Han-eft , and Mr . Charles Walsh , tho honorary secretaries , wailed upon Mr . Wnlpolo at the Homo Ollice ou _Siilui-dny , fo preset t a memorial against Iiii _Hiincliouing Copcnhagen-flelds or any otha

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), July 24, 1852, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24071852/page/11/