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    KOSSUTH . A PSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENON . ( From the Etonomut . ) ffijatevtr may be tbe merits of Kossuth ' s policy ^ .-tiie vices of his private life , his influence over hU Siotrra-en is very treat . The fact is attested by tifftote career- Th « POjer of Itienii , the rise of SrwniwH , the elevation of Bonaparte , i 3 « more ^ ordinary than this village attorney becoming ^ Mvernor of feudal , aristocratic , aud imp erial i & flriUK M - thi , t character , deoosin „ * i » iL ,. „

    , g I ftpswrg , anf sustaining for some time an une ' ^] contest with Austria and Russia . Defeated in % end by jealousy and treachery , the bulk of the ;« p ! e remained true to him and hU cause . So - ^ person in tbe late convul sions , nor even i , ? " , BHt French Involution , attuned a like elevator possessed similar influence . Theatens of SsBjjprte s ttoona were laid for him by the de-^ lion 01 all previous authority , and he only - ^ . . ed up the giddy hei ght by years of military .. ^ nd numerous victories . To find any resemtisce to Kossuth in the present day . we most go lUjitf European or Asiatic provinces of Turkey ^ rt a fanatic Dervish , or a mai . iac Mollah . Eome-. ^( S kindles en thusiasm amongst the rnde inhabi-- ^ and makes the Sultan tremble in Constanti-^ . le for his soverei gnty Though removed from iPaEsary . the influence of Kossuth over tbe minds r-m countrymen depending on his nersonal nniu is not des , f be

    ^ troyed * weakened , if it be ^ even strengthened b y his exile ; and , compared i tpitot great fact , hispohey and his private chavser trifling matters not worth y of much cona eratioii . -Riiathemay have done , or what he may have Ree led , is like the deeds and negligence of ¦ ¦ ~& rs ; it ™ « he man himself who is the marvel it erations have been compared to the Puillinlcs « at the eloquence of Demosth enes , directed to a is leuow citizens , continued for some time and 3 Ting for its burden a single subject , was feeble in ¦ consequences compared to the eloquence of Kssu th . By his tongue and his pen he has made ^ ioself the wonder of the age . What we stated 23 * eek of his facility in adapting bis language a i bis sentiment to his audiences is confirmed by •^ proceedings since . On Monday ( the 3 rd inst 1 of

    ^ dressed a large body the working classes 2 Copenhagen-fields , and to say he was aa familiar da their ideas , and appealed as skilfull y to their aP * % « / oars ' tfieir Prejudices , as Mr . Vargas 0 Connor or the late Mr . Hunt , would be 5 jPghim an injustice . He appealed much more 33 lBlJy ; he carriea the crowd with him ; and hia - « ch will be admired when read by the most in-= 3 feent of the working ciWBBBj -while the most 2 & y and most popalar orations of these leaders ; er , read with « w «| i or disgust b y those who ap-Jjuded the orator . Take , for example , his remarks u commencmg his address on Monday : — " Genera , I most warmly thank you for your onerous aliments Ol active and operative sympathy with

    a ireeflom ana independence of my native land , jelosely connected , as you have rightlv jud ^ edah the freedom and independence of other nnjas on the European Continent . It is to me rjfcly gratifying to know that a large party of the : <*< meeting belongs to the working classes i is gratifying to me because , if to be-K to % wori \ ing classes implies a man -iose livelihood d epends on his own honest « j industrious labour , then none amongst V 0 U is more right to call himself a . working man a I so to call myself . I inherited nothing from j dear father , aud I have lived my whole life by joirn honest and industrious labour . This , my Edition , I consider to have been my first claim to

    7 people a confidence , because , well they knew at being in that condition I must intimately know -wants , the sufferings , and the necessities of the sple . And so assuredl y it was . It is , therefore , that » practically devoted my life to procure and seat political and social freedom to my people , not is race , not to a class , but to the whole people . sdes , I devoted all my life for many years by ^ practical me ans of associations to extend the sfitof public instruction to the working classes , to forward the material welfare of the a < mculr-ts , of the manufacturers , a « d of the trading ' Amongst all the enterprises to that effect , ¦ . hat time of my life , when I was yet in no public 3 k , but a private man . tbereis none to which 1 look ' with more satisfaction and pride than to the

    anon ior the encouragemen t of manufacturing ry—to its free schools—to its exhibitions , to 3 , and to its affiliations . Besides conferring se material benefits , it proved alsopoHUuenencal , by bringing in closer contact and ok friendly relations tho different classes of my a . "native land , by interesting the working classes ue public political concerns of our nation , and so developing a strongly united public opinion to *" ort me in my chief aim—which was conserving aunicipal and constitutional institutions of my t t

    : try—o substitute for the privileges of single * s the political emancipation of tbe whole e , and substituting freedom to class privileges impart to the people the faculty of making the tstitntion a common benefit to all for all—in a H , to transform the closed hall of class p rivi-$ -into an open temple of the people ' s liberty . " ill that is precisely what the most intelligent of r working classes are saying every day of their H . It is tbe same with his well expressed won as to the homage to be paid to the

    xnulti'I said al Southampton tbat in these demonilionaof the operative classes I recognise tbat nral instinct of the people , before which every iridnal greatness must bow down vfith respect . same acknowledgment I Lave to make on this own , only on a larger scale , and in a higher iee . " low flattering-, too , is what follows , and not the i flattering because many amongst ourselves i attention to foreign affairs not very desirable -e working classes . They , however , we know , ftain a different opinion : — Allow me , firstly , to congratulate you OH the Etion which you have hereby proved that you ? te to public mattersto the glory as well as to

    , interests of your country , aud to the freedom interests of humanity . Afajethis public spirit it decrease , may every Englishman forever feel it is the basis of all constitutional organisation , ' Under s republican or a monarchical form , ^ it is the public opinion of the people "which I give direction to the policy of the country , that it is therefore not only the right , but also toy of every honest citizen to contribute to development and expression of that public ion , of which the legislative , as well as the cities are , and must be , faithful representa-;¦ Allow me , secondly , to congratulate you on rest and happy instinct with which , bestowing attention on public concerns , you have seized

    « y pomt which really is the most important agst all in which the mind and the heart of ishmen can be interested . That point is the 0-uof the European continent . " iving so cleverly appealed to opinions supposed mere elevated and disinterested than ordinary *?? , see how skilfully he afterwards applied en" to what are described as more vulgar consigns ;—lea live by honest labour . You have your manured products to dispose of , for which you MTge free markets and free trade . Xow , it is ' : oas as tbat two and two make four , that set Europe becoming free , England can have PO trade with Europe . I will show you by that the amount of trade with absolutist ! ¦ « and Austria is 7 d . per head , whereas the

    id of tho trade of England with a free country h the . Republic of the United Slates of ica , is 7 s . per head . TVhat a difference ? utisin _ gives to your trade and industry a et of 7 d . per head , freedom gives a market of r head . Is not ibe freedom of Europe , then , ftion of vital interest to you ? Let us look • sequences . Suppose the price of the bread iMieof you consumes be three or four pounds ; this price yen have , by the repeal of the cornprobably not gained more than from fifteen igs to a pound . Certainly a great benefit , upposc the 120 miliums who inhabit Itussia . la . Italy , and Hungary , to become free , and free , to consume as much of your manufacas the United States ( thoug h in part highly facturing themselves } consume per head , that I srive a market of at least sixty millions

    ster-J England , which would prove a benefit of two ee pounds a year per head to you . " '«« are only specimens . Ivery address is full lilar appeals founded on some great principle , ' general at once popular , true , and good . ce last week his address to the people of the d States has been published , and a paper wore ated to interest the Americans in his favour , ? ke them support hia cauf e , it is impo ssible » e can only afford room for one sf-e-> but it appeals most forcibly to the vanity of v usins . After aivins a succinct history of tie » nan siroggJe , ~ dweiling on the exertions and 5 Of the Hungarians , M . Kossuth said : — ree Citizens of America I from tout history ,

    m the star of hope in midnight gloom , we our confidence and resolution m the doubtful » i severe trial . Accept , in the name of my 7 t oen this declaration as a tribute of grati-And yon , excellent people , who were worthy chosen by the Almighty as an example to ne world how to deserve freedom , how to ? ^ cw to use it-you will allow that the jri ans , though weaker and less fortunate than urongh the decaying influences of the old can society , are not unworthy to be yonr ors , and that jou would be pleased lo fee the f £° S ! orio , 2 S fla £ cnihh zon the conhle M the Hungarian coat-of-arms , "When desi untied ddhmce at B ? and began the bloody

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    war , your inspiring example upheaved the nation as one man , and legions , with all the means of war appeared to rise from nothing , as the tender grass sho -Is up after spring showers . " V Z T r i f W the mm * the Society of Jfjienda of lul y , on Wednesday , ( the 5 th inst ., ) Knowing that they are generally composed of persons who demand interference by arms in the cause of liberty and identif y Mazzini with that cause , he went further than usual in advocating interference : — 6 " When I hear men speak of the moral force of public opinion , I must frankl y confess my belief that it ia very rarel y that public opinion is previously restricted and clearly confined within certain limits—when men say that although such be our public opinion , we will not avail ourselves of those media of action which circumstances may render necessary—then I believe that in that conwar , your inspiring reamr . i » „ .. i „ . — j . i ..-.. t

    dition of things it is very possible that public opinion will not be of any wei ght . Public opinion , to have an effect on the freedom of the world must be ready to say , 'Sow wo will go to war if our opinion be misled . ' Such pronunciation would be a difficult thing to obtain in En-land , where there are numerous classes who would he terrified at the name of war ; still , if you merely declare th « t you sympHthise with the cause of freedom , but will never in any case take up arms for it , such public opinion merely gives a charter to despotism . I will not say that there is not one or another party which does not concur with him and his aims—I will not say that the whole Italian nat = on is included in his individuality ; but this , I know , that a very large party—tho only party that has a futura in Ital y—is returned in his person ( M . Mazzini ) . "

    Such opinions were admirably well adapted to that particular auditory . It is not merely , then , that M . Kossuth writes and speaks clearly a foreign language ; that has been done by many others . We have bad within the year to speak of Signor Mariotti ' s work on Italy , written in English with remarkable elegance and power . Subsequentl y we noticed the scientific work of Mr . Adorno , a Mexican gentleman , not long resident in England , written by him in English that a native might envy . It is not an uncommon thiug for Germans , after a residence in England , Or some acquaintance with our countrymen , to write English extremely well . Mr . Beckford wrote " "Vathec" in Yrench wi th all the ease and

    charm of a Parisian ; Goldoni , an Italian , after some years' residence in Paris , wrote a comedy in French which acquired great celebrity , and long kept possession Of the Prench stage ' in company with the comedies of Moliere . To compose Latin and Greek is common to sohool-boys and professors at Oxford . "Whatever there may " be surprisin g in any or all those achievements is equalled br the knowledge possessed by Kossuth , the Hungarian , of the English language , and his facility of using it . He never before was in England , he cannot have seen and familiarly communicated with many Englishmen . He has VfOTked , as he S'lys , for his own living . He has been busily and continually engaged for many years as a reporter

    , as an editor of a paper , as a statesman , with the highest and most important affairs , and his mastery over our language is itself almost a miracle . But when to this we add an eloquence that , in speaking to Englishmen , is as influential as the orations of Brougham or the sermons of Chalmers ; 'which affects the hearts and rouses the passions of the multitude more , perhaps , than they ever did ; which stirs the blood of Englishmen , and kindles their political enthusiasm like the speeches of Chatham ; Kossuth ' s power appears to us superior to anything of the kind before heard of in ihe his . tory of mankind . The man is a psychological phenomenon , such as has very rarel y , if ever before been known amongst men .

    Other foreigners have of late years crowded into the country , some of them making as great or greater pretensions than Kossuth , but not one of them has ever very successfully addressed in English an English audience . At the dinner which followed the meeting on Monday M . Louis Blanc had to speak to hie health : he has now been three years amongst us , associating with literary men , while he is devoted to literature ; he replied in Prencb . Signor Mazzini has appeared more than once in public ; he is hi ghly esteemed by many por-# ons , but hia orations are not remembered . " llerr Kinkel has been here . M . Ledru Rollin is still

    here : the former lectured on German literature , but neither of them , nor any foreigner except Kossuth , has spoken at any length in English , much less acquired a reputation as an English orator equal to that of our most renowned speakers . He stands alone amongst crowds of political refugees in the wonderful mastery he has obtained over a foreign language , and in the wonderful knowledge he has acquired of the sentiments adapted to different classes and descriptions of men , The only circumstance that we remember at all akin to his power is the preaching of Peter tbe Dermit , who must have addressed tbe different Christian nations

    m their own tongue when he roused Saxon and 2 Corman , Frank and German , Lombard and Dane , aud kindling in all the various people of Europe a wonderful religious enthusiasm , impelled them on Asia , and induced millions of men willingly to lay down their lives for their faith . A question of some importance is , how did Kossuth acquire this power ? Is he himself conscious of possessing it ? The address to the people of the United States , composed in the very beginning of

    1 S 50 or tbe latter end of 1849 , was written in Magyar , and was translated in the United States . It la to be inferred , therefore , that KoSBUth , at that period , was not sufficiently master of tbe English language to write in it , muchle .-s to trust himself to speak in it . He could not have acquired the power by art and industry before that period , nor could he have had any knowledge of its existence within him till he reached our shores . It was impossible that he should have had from experience any consciousness of the Influence he was destined

    to exercise when be came hither . He came as an exile , he has spoken , and he finds himself at home . If tbe enthusiasm for the man have become less boisterous than at first , it seems to be spreading wide . It is calmer but more earnest . Judgment has come to the help of impulse , and hasty , ignorant , blind devotion has changed to intelligent and lasting admiration . There are many signs of change in those who were ready " to scoff , " but are now content " to pray . " Three weeks ago he knew nothing of England , and he was unknown and unsupported . Xow he is familiar with many persons and things , and millions of men , not Jons ago strangers to his name , are now ready to peril their lives for his cause . They would do 88 much for Kossuth as for their own government and country .

    Such an extraordinary phenomenon cannot be without its meaning . All * the remarkable men who have appeared in the world have been signs of much more than themselves—of a diseased condition of society , or the heralds of sreat coming changes . Kossuth is obviously one of " what Mr . Carlyle calls the Heroes of mankind , and those who have for sometime been looking out for a man may find , perhaps , in him the person sought . Asia is the land of prophets , the birth-place of religious creeds . Every prevalent form of relig ion that influences all the generations of men , Buddhism as well as Christianity , Mahominedanism as well as Brahminism , had its origin in Asia . The iiJuence of Asiatic thoughts and Asiatic eloquence has for many

    ages been conspicuous in human affairs . It would not , therefore , be singular for the child of an Asiatic race , endowed with an Asiatic mind , and the eloquence , which is one of the attributes of Asia , to be the prophet of a new political creed . Can it be that he is intended to he the common voice and the centre of union for that democracy of whose sentiments he appears so apt an interpreter , now apparently ripe for united action Hitherto it has not found a leader , but has been generally deceived , betrayed , and deserted by all the demagogues in whom it has put its trust .

    Whatever may be the real mission of such a man —the sign of a great disease or a great improvement—and whatever may be its results , the peculiar Adaptation of his sentimets to others and his v ; ist influence are facts which must not be overlooked . It is of infinite impoi tsnee , also , that his iiiflnei ce should be rightly directed . We shall have lived and studied indeed in -vain , and statesmen and public writers will boast veiy erroneously of their knowledge and "wisdom , if they are unable lo n » ike such a phenomenon the instrument of good , and if thf y allow it to become the source of disorder , disturbance , and convulsion . What he has hitherto

    done seems unimportant in comparison to what , ii he live , he may do . That his nJuence should be guided by wise councils is r . ow a matter of some consequence to the civilised world , as well as to M . Kossuth . If with a universal diffusion Of calicoes and cutlery , of tea and coffee , there is also to be a universal diffusion of similar moral qualities and similar political creeds—if the union of mankind by trade is to be followed by their union tbrounh similar political sentiments and forms of government — if a close moral as well as a inaterial connexion te in tbe course and order of nature —and if 11 . Kossuth be an instrument for promoting that one—it must be the

    dut y of ah men to bring it about piacefully , and with as much respect as possible for the prrjudices and privileges , for the dignities and rights of those who e superiori ty , the tffspring of a past , will be incompa tible with the future condition of society . AI Kossuth ' s address has found ready acceptance in the United States . The journals , which there are an expression of the people ' s feelings and opinions , have praised it much . Both in America , King with refugees from all parts of Europe , ind here amongst ourselves , and on the ccntinrnt , the interference of the great American democracy in the political affairs of Europe is tpoken of and nvoked , Overtbat democracy M . Kossuthisobviously destined to exercise great power . We may

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    imagine what his influence will be there from his address and from what it has been here . Over Europe too , that democracy , influenced by bim , win , in its turn , exercise increasing influence . It has already had great effect , tfo art can conceal the magnifacent growth of the United States in power , nor disguise its causa fron the suffering people of Europe Tho old statement of a great abundance of land being the source of the wonderful prosperity , is put down alike by tho acknowledged fact , that labour produces all wealth , wins it from the sea and the deep caverns of the earth , as well as from its fertile , illumined , and gladsome surface —» nd by the fact that in the slowly-improving or retrograding countries of Europe , land , in rela-_

    tion to people , is more abundant than in tho inhabited portions of the state . To prevent tho influence of the American democracy over the population of Europe—to check the admiration ol" the principles of its Government , which has already led to imitation in the most renowned nation of Europe , and which is daily growing in strength and influence as its vast resources and rapid improvements become known—is now impossible . Those governments on the cominenr , therefore , will be wise which recognise these facts in time , and take measures , like the President of the French Republic , to make the multitude the supporters of order , by showing a deference to their wishes , and admitting them to a share of political power .

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    ¦ » ¦ LORD PALMERSTON AND THE KOSSUTH DEMOKSTllATIOKS . ADDRESSES AND DEPUTATIONS TO THE FOREIGN MINISTER . On Tuesday evening an event elucidafing the opinions of the Foreign Minister in reference to the recent public demonstrations in favour of KoS ' sutb and the cause of Hungary took place , on the occasion of the presentation of addresses from the borough of Finsbury and the parish of Islington to Lord Palmerston , at the Foreign Office , congratulating his lordship on the aid he rendered the Sul . tan of Turkey in effecting the liberation of the late Governor of Hungary .

    It appears , that Mr . Daniel Harris , the secretary to the Kossuth Committee for the borough of Finsbury , wrote a letter to Lord Piilmerston , asking tha noble lord whether it would be convenient for him to receive a deputation for the purpose of presenting to him the addresses a » reed to at large public meetings which bad been held in the borough of Finsbury and parish of Islington , to which that gentleman received the following reply ;—" Foreign Office , Nov . 15 , 1851 . * ' Sih , —Iu reply to your letter of the 13 th inst ., I am directed by Viscount Palmerston to say that he Will he glad to receive the delegates from

    Finsbury and Islington at the office , either Monday or Tuesday next . " I am , Sir , your most obedient servant , "Daniel Harris , Esq . H . Stanley . " In pursuance of this communication the deputation waited upon Lord Palmerston on Tuesday afternoon at five o ' clock , at the Foreign Office , Downing-street , and consisted of Mr . W . Sbaei-i , Mr . P . Barnes , barrister , Messrs . Thomas Lewis , D . Harris , Green , Browne , James , Janson , Mudie , Moore , Wakelin , Medley , Elt , Georgo Rogers , M'Claren , J , H , Parry , barrister , Pike , and C . II . Williams .

    The deputation , who were introduced by Mr . Shaen , were received by the noble lord with the greatest courtesy . Mr . Dasibi . Harris then read to Lord Palmerston the addresses which had been unanimously agreed to at large public meetings , and which his lordship had come up from Windsor expressl y to receive , Lord PilMERsroN said he felt extremel y flattered and highly gratified by this expression ef opinion on the part of so large a number of his fellowcountrymen for his exertions in endeavouring to promote the cause of national freedom of those nations who stood in need of it . The government were fully aware of the sympathies of the British nation in favour of the cause of Hungary ; but , of course as the organ of her Majesty ' s government ,

    who was in friendly alliance with the great foreign powers which had been referred to , it could not be expected tbat he ( the noble viscount ) should concur in some of the expressions which had been used in the addresses . He felt , however , that it was highly gratifying to have been instrumental in aiding the cause of the patriotic Hungarians and Poles , who , without British intervention , would no doubt have been doomed to perpetual imprisonment , and sacrificed their freedom , if not their lives , in the cause of their country ' s independence . ( Hear , hear . ) They never could have been rescued from the fate which a walled them , even by the aid which the government of this country was enabled to afford , had not the government been backed by public opinion

    here . There was no question of tho great moral power which the government of this country had over foreign affairs so long as tbe government were backed in the exercise of that power by the public opinion of the people , No doubt the moral power or the British government was immense—more than people generally imagined—but it would be only effective so long as the people and the government went together , ( Hear . ) There could bo no doubt but with regard to its Hungarian policy the government had been backed by the people , as was instanced by the fact of the appeals which bad been made from all quarters and from all the large towns and cities in the kingdom urging on the government of this country interference in that important

    question . It was not necessary that England should exercise a power with its armies , with its bayonets , or with its cannons . The moral power , where the government was backed by tbe people , would do a great deal more . The moral power was greater than anything else , but even that could not be made effective unless the government and people acted in unison . The government , more especially the foreign department , were sometimes accused with keeping go much secrecy with regard to their transactions with foreign powers . It was said there ought not to bo so much secrecy in diplomacy , but ,

    upon the same ground , that men in the ordinary business transactions of life did not make public all the details of such transactions , until the bargain in which they might be engaged were completed , so also was it necessary that the publication of the proceedings of diplomacy should bo left to the judgment and discretion of that department of the government , in order properly to transact tho business of the nation . The noble lord again said tho reception of those addresses just read , and the general ttXpmsion of approval of his conduct on the part of his countrymen , afforded him unfeigned pleasure and gratification .

    Mr . Shakn observed that be felt that the people Of England had been hitherto somewhat lukewarm and callous as to the relations of this country with foreign questions ; but recent events , coupled with the circumstances that encouragement was hold out to them by the government that they should do so , would have the effect for the future of making them equally alive to foreign as to domestic subjects . Lord Paljiekstov remarked that one of the difficulties in foreign affairs which was felt was from the fact of tbe great bulk of the people caring generally little about them . The government had no desire to be urged on to war , although they were desirous of upholding the nationality of foreign

    countries . At the tune when Hungarian affairs were agitating the world—he did not allude to recent demonstrations here , but these wbich Jed to the step on the part of the government—were the great demonstrations held in Glasgow , Edinburgh , Birmingham , anil nil the great towns , as well as the metropolis . When forty or fifty addresses had reached him from all the great towns he forwarded them to Sir Stratford Canning , to show him that it was not mertlv the wish of the government , but the wish of the people , that he should interfere and prevent that , if possible , which other powers were

    demanding ; and that it was only that circumstance which rendered the government in a position to grant aid if it were needed . But the Sultan , to do him justice , was most willing to lend his aid , » r , d to co-operate with this country in carrying out the wishes of the British governninnt . [ lle : w , hear . ; At the same time , however , a great deal of good generalship and judgment was required , and during the pi-ndiug struggle a good deal of judicious bottle holding was obliged to be brought into play . ( Hear , hear . ) His lordship having again expressed his gratification at these marks of confidence and approbation on the part of the people ,

    The deputation withdrew , highly gratified v ? itb the warm reception they had received from the noble viscount .

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    Pauper Chiluuks . —Inne reports made to the poor Law Bo ard , on the education and training of pauper children , presented to parliament , have just been printed by order of the House of Commons . The reports are made by Sir John Walsham , Mr . Dovle , and Mr . Farrel . Mr . Doyle has eight counties , comprising forty-three unions in his district ; 37 of the unions have workhouses . On the 1 st w December , 1849 , there were in the workhouses of the 37 unions , 1 , 782 children , and on the 1 st December , 1850 , the number was 1 , 675 . From the

    1 st of December , 1849 , to the corresponding period of last year the number admitted was 3 , 411 , and a large number was discharged . In Mr . Farrell ' s district tkerc are 58 unions , of wbich 38 are agricultural unions . On the 1 st of October , 1650 , there were 3 , 650 children in the workhouses , of whom 1 , 050 had parents living . Of the children 3 , 024 were in the schools . Sir John Walsham is of opinion that the formation of district schools will be of no benefit , whilst their formation depends on the const-nt of boards of guardians .

    lscr . BASE 07 inn Morkvng Mails . —The undermentioned have been added to the list of morning mail towns : Andover , Bury ( Lancashire , ) Crawley , Oakham , Pitersficld , Perestcign , Sherborne , Winslow , and Yeovil ; and the towns of Oldin , Sleaford , and St . Keots-struck out .

    The Gold Diggings Is Australia. By The L...

    THE GOLD DIGGINGS IS AUSTRALIA . By the last accounts received we learn that £ r szs " « tr t 4 Thaol-n ,. »„ j n ' - , C " were sold t 0 Messrs . t T he a d e t ails o f tt ^ i W ™ W - » „« ..., »;„„„ . n . ^ 6 Wl ° ° f business and of ronns f „ rntl , tl e if / 0 - " ?" " * GXtracts of Jett « 8 wi " \ W-1 Y « fc " ™« tion . The first is from * T ™ JZ ? - Co - > d ! , ted A ^ * t 16 th :-iJll ) ; 7 b , rllie 8 forth n « w t' -easures . The riLl "" S . newly at an enJ » ie western road is crowded again with thousands of nibrim . to Onhi . — - ""

    , wrfrlfl At * n *? ote ? b >* the riches laid open to the SLii ! - the di « ers have been K ' % hindered . „ their opemions by the rise 0 f the waters ; but at the Turon tho general success far n « oWth « «* ° b . ' Irecei " ' » l o"cr from Magquoid the other day , ill which he says , ' These dig . Sri !! ' riCher ' Ithink th ' ' / ° « or the people in Sydney aro at present awave of . I walked up and down tho river yesterday for several hours , and every one I conversed with Appeared t- > ho do n « well . I stood by and saw a great deal of gold collected from

    tho different cradles ; one party ( Hails ) within the last three weeks has collected upwards of £ 1 , 000 ; and when I yesterdav , at three p . m . was talking to Mr Hall , and asked ' him what had been his luck durinir the day , he took out of his pocket a bag containing 21 b of gold , wbich he had procured before dinner . In thus instancing Mr . llall s luck I do not mean you to understand that it is common , because , so far from this being the case , I believe he has been the most fortunate individual as yet upon the river . Neverthtdess , all the others who aro working alongside him are

    doing well , and have plenty of gold- On the other parts of tho river people are likewise doing well . One man of a party of three had made £ 80 in a fortnight tor his own share ; and instances of luck similar to this are by no means uncommon . ' My cook has a brother-in-law working nt Oakey Creek , a tributary of the Turon , and he and his party of eleven have for some time been raisint ; their seven ounces per man per day , or nearly £ 24 Stirling in value . This is the Arabian Ni ghts over again . The government send down an armed escort with the mail once a-week , and the last few weeks they have

    h ; id over £ 10 , 000 worth weekly , besides which a great deal has como through the Post-office and by private opportunities ; so that probably the quantity at present received weekly is not far short ot £ 20 , 000 . The last ship , the Boadiceo , which sailed this day week for London , had £ 50 , 000 worth on frieght . This must convince tho most sceptical that there is no esaggeration in what has been promulgated . Sydney , meanwhile , is becoming deserted , and there is little or no business doing privately . At auctions prices have been very low , and forced sales do not realise cost and charges . "

    The writer of another letter , dated August 8 th , says : — " The famous hundredweight Of gold is sent to England by this vessel , consigned to Matheson And Co . This , I believe , is the largest mass of gold that the world has ever SCOIl . Unfortunately the aboriginal native by whom it was found smashed it up , to separate it from the quartz . It is still , however , in its present state deserving of your inspection . " Tho subjoined , also , is to a leading London firm : —

    "Sydney , Aug . 15 . " Though I wrote to you not further buck than tho 5 th , I cannot allow a ship to go without a line upon the present gold prospects . Really , day hy day the thing is growing more astounding . A piece of 501 b . weight is just picked up , and plenty of 41 b ., oil ) ., Clb ., and Tib . each . Sydney is rapidly becoming depopulated ; the men are off from every house My carpenter , gardener , labourers , and groom go next week . My mason is gone . Happily , my buildings are finished , or I suppose they would not

    have been . The attorney ' s clerks are all gone , or going ; and , indeed , from every trade as well as profession men are away . You neither hear of , nor see anything , but gold , or golden equipments . The shops are doing little or nothing , and the offices less . Meanwhile new gold-fields are , day by day , added to the old . Men are leaving good diggings of 20 a . a day each , to fall upon richer ground , and from £ 100 to £ 200 per month p er man is not looked upon as anything out of the common . The newspapers do not tell half . "

    FDBTHEB rinilCULABS . The " Mhuvst Free Press" records the discovery of a lump of gold , whose weight far exceeds anything which the most sanguine had expected of the Australian diggings . The following is the account in the colonial newspaper : — " Mr . Suttor , a few days previously , threw out a few misty hints about the possibility of a single individual digging four thousand pounds worth of gold in one day , but no one believed him serious . It was thought he was doing a little harmless puffing for his own district and tho Turow diggings . On Sunday it began to be whispered about town thsit Mr . JLerr , Mr . gutter ' s brother-in-law , had found a hundredweight of gold . Some few believed it , but the townspeople generally , and amongst the

    rest tbe writer of this article , treated the story as a piece of ridiculous exaggeration . The following day , however , set the mutter at rest . About two o ' clock in the afternoon , a pair of greys in tandem , driven by W . H . Suttor , Esq ., M . C ., made their appearance at the bottom of William-street . In a few seconds they were pulled up opposite the " Free Press" office , and the first indication of the astounding fact which met the view was two massive pieces of the precious metal , glittering in virgin purity , as they leaped from the rock . The townspeople were on the qui vive and about 150 were collected around tho gig to catch a g limpse of tho wonder . Tho two pieces spoken of were freely handed about amongst the assembled throng for some twenty minutes , and the vehicle

    was pointed out as containing a square box , the repository of the rest of the hundrvdweight ol gold . It was then convoyed to the . Union Hank of Australia . In the presence of the manager , David Kennedy , W . 11 . Sutler , and T . J . Hawkins , Esqg ,, and the fortunate proprietor , Dr . Kerr , the weighing commenced , Dr . Machattie officiating , and Mr . Parrand acting as clerk . The first two pieces already alluded to weighed severall y 61 bS . 4 oz . 13 dwt 8 ., besides which were sixteen drafts , of olbs . 4 oz . ench , making in all 1021 bs 9 oz . Sdwts . Prom Dr . Korr we learned that he had retained upwards of 31 bs . as specimens , so that tho total weight found would be 106 lbs , —all disembowelled from tho earth at one time . A nd now for the particulars of this extraordinary gathering . A few days previous to

    the finding , an educated aboriginal , formerly attached to the Wellington Mission , and who has been in the service of W . Kerr , Esq ., of Wallawa about seven years , returned home to his employer with the intelligence that ho had discovered a large mass of gold iimblU'st » heap of quartz upon the run , whilst tending the sheep . Gold being the universal theme of conversation , this sable son of the forest was excited , and provided with a tomahawk he had amused uiumlf hy exploring the country adjacent to his employer ' s land . His attention was fir .-t called to the spot by observing a spot of some glittering yellow substance upon the surface of a block ot the quartz , upon which he applied his tomahawk and broke off a portion . He then stai ted home and disclosed the discovery

    to his master , who was soon on the spol , and in a very short lime the three blocks of quartz , containing the hundredweight of gold were released from tho bed where they had rested for ages . The largest of the blocks was about a foot in diameter , and weighed 75 lbs . gross . Out of this piece COlbs . of pure gold was taken . Before separation it was beautifully encased in quarlz . The other two were something smaller . Tlie auriferous mass weighed lis nearly as could be guessed from two to three hundredweight . > 'ot being able to move it conveniently , Dr . Kerr broke the pieces into small frag , ments , and ; hcrcin committed a very great error . As specimens , the glittering block would have been invaluable . From » the description given by him , as seen in their original state , the world has seen noth ! ig like them yet . The heaviest of the two h > r « e pieces presented an appearance not unlike a

    honeycomb or sponge , and consisted of particles of a crystalline form , as did nearly the whole of the gold . The second larger piece was smoother , and the particles more condensed , and seemed as if it had been acted upon by water . The remainder was broken into lumps of 21 b ? . to 3 U ) 8 . and downwards , , -md were remarkably free from quartz or earthy mutter . The locality where tho gold was found is the commencement of an undulating table land , very fertile , and is contiguous to a never-failing t-upply of water in the Murroo Creek . It is distant about fifty-three miles from Huthurst , eighteen from Mudgec , thirty from Wellington , and eighteen to the nearest point of the Macquarie Itiver , and is within eight miles of Dr . Kerr's head station . The neighbouring country has been explored since the discovery , but , with the exception of dust , no further indications have been found . "

    Wvsteh Assizb .—On Saturday Last Commiss...

    Wvsteh Assizb . —On Saturday last commissions were issued for holding a special assize of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery for the counties of Lancaster and York . The judges , Mr . Paron Parke and Mr . Justice Erie , have issued tho precepts for holdin a the nssiae at Livevpoftl c-vi Saturday , the Clhof December . Mr . Justice Maule and Mr . Uaron Piatt have fixed Saturday , the 13 th of December , for opening the . commission at York . The Elkctbic Lionr . —This lig ht is at length to be brought into practical operation . The Lancashireand Yorkshire Railway Company intend almost immediately to illuminate the several tunnels along their line by this powerful and new practical system of illumination . The adoption of the electric light at these points is not for experimental purposes , but for permanent use—all the difficulties which have hitWto beset the subject having been entirely surmoussttd , —Jfim '» o Jw »« l .

    A Steamer In A Typhoon . The Peninsular ...

    A STEAMER IN A TYPHOON . The Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamer Pekin experienced a severe typhoon between Hong Kong and Singapore , on the nisjbt of Oct . 1 , whicli nearly proved fatal to her . Tlie foJlowiiiii letter from a passenger describes the awful scene wlriU ) occurred during tbo storm — " On Monday , September 29 , at two p . m ., wo left Hong Kong with twenty-four passengers , viz ., three ladies and twenty-one of the sterner sex , consisting of a itir sprinkling of all nations , professions , and avocations . We had a remarkably fine start , and were congratulating ourselves on the probability of a speedy and pleasant passage to Singapore . On Wednesday forenoon , the 1 st of October , the barometer began to fall , with a rising sea and increasing wind , which , however , blew so steadily from the same quarter ( north-east ) that Captain Baker did not expect more than a strong nc-rth caster . * tho first of the season' in those latii '"

    tudes , and made preparations accordingly , observing that should it turn out a tyuhoon , according to Piddingtou , the course he was then compelled to steer , on account of our proximity to the P . iracels shoals , would bring us into its centre , and that his only alternative , in erent of being unable to carry oa through it , would bo to heave to , as soon as he had left them sufficiently far to leeward , which he calculated would be about eight p . m . The increasing fall of the mercury during the afternoon showed the probability of his extreme apprehensions being realised , aud the short period of daylight remaining was occupied in making everything snug . At seven p . m . both wind and sea had in ' creased to an extent which showed the wisdom of these precautions . At 7 40 the ship was

    rolling fearfully , and two fine large quarter heats were literally blown into the air , the heavy iron davits , three inches thick , having snapped like pipestems . At eight p . m . Captain ilaker ordered the vessel to bo hove to , which manoeuvre was executed after an infinite deal of trouble and danger , the whole of tho work having devolved on the captain and officers , the greater part of the crew ( Lascars ) being hid away . From ten p . m . until two p . m . the gale increased to a perfect hurricane , and the most sceptical was satisfied that we were in a typhoon , and one of no ordinary nature , At this time no descri ption , however powerful , could realise the horrors of our situation . The vessel was pooped three times , and each visitation was attended by a catastrophe . On one occasion

    Captain Baker , three officers , and the men at the wheel , were all carried off their feet , and , but for the providential circumstance of the vessel being on the rise nt tho time , would have heun carried overboard . Indeed , the conduct of these brave turn is beyond all praise , and to their exertions alone , under God , do we atribute our being now alive to tell the tale , as it must have been evident to any that it was next to impossible for a vessel to be placed in a more critical or hazardous situation . In a word , the emergency called forth the energies of all , and each in hia station , did his duty as a man and a Hritiah seaman . It would he injustice here to omit noticing the eminent services rendered by Mr . Blake , chief engineer , and his staff , who were in close attendance during the whole of this trying

    night ; although they also snft ' ered from the defection of part of their crew , who fled simultaneously with the Lascars on deck , thereby throwing the work on those whose attention was required elsewhere , They succeeded , however , in keeping the engines working through tho most critical part of the night , when a stoppage , however short , might have been attended with fatal results . The noble vessel , too , seemed instinctively alive , as it were , to the peril , and gallantly did sho sustain the unequal strife , and prove the faithfulness of herconstruction . On deck , when any ono bolder than his fellows ventured from the saloon , nothing could be seen or heard above the fierce blast of the tempest but the clear , calm voice of our skilful commander , issuing his orders as coolly and composedly as if it

    was a case of no unusual occurrence , and the equally collected and prompt responses of his active and energetic officers as they proceeded to put them into execution , thereby inspiring the most timid with confidence . At midnight the scene in the saloon was painfully striking . Without any exhibition of active fear , it was evident , from the low and rapid whisperings passing between those who were not hors de combat , the eager crowding round and anxious inquiry of every arrival from the deck , that every man knew his danger , and felt it too . After the vessel was pooped the last time , and the saloon , as before , deluged with water , she remained entirely motionless for a few seconds , and then 'the boldest held his breath , ' seeming to cast a glance of mute inquiry around , the

    purport of which could not bo misunderstood In these remarks no implication of want of mental courage is intended i on the contrary , the silence and calmness exhibited were well befitting the occasion , and though the recollection of this ' night of terror' may not speedily pass from the minds of those present , there are occasions on recent record of infinately less risk where tha absence of similar firmness has materially increased the actual danger . The ladies were happily in ignorance of tbo danger until itwas over . Unlike Wellington at Waterloo , * daylight under any circumstances' was now the fervent wish of all ; and when Captain Baker came

    down to the sa ' oon for tho first time during the whole of the gale , at 2 30 a . m ., his look gave us hope that the worst was past , and this was confirmed by his opinion that the mercury waa rising . Then , and not till then , did we , with feelings of lively gratitude for our preservation and lightened hearts , proceed to temptjunwilling rest after this eventful night . Day broke on a most dismal and distressing scene . Out of seven fino boats , six were missing . Vore and main topmasts , companion ladders , stanchion booms , davits , trusses , and many other articles familiar onl y to the initiated , were also wanting , and the deck was covered with the debris of the wreck . The other casualties

    reported were the death of a fine Sydney horse , Goliath , well known on the Hong Kong turf , and 0 UV COW , whose loss was much regretted , besides a fearful mortality in the sheep pen , & c , As the day advanced the wind and sea gradually abated , and Jong before midnight we were steaming on our Course in safety and comfort , thanks to him who holds the waters in the hollow of His hand . At noon , barometer 29 . G 5 ; midnight , 2 S . 80 . Ebon , wind K . E . "

    Du Bjukt's Hevalenta Arabica Pood Is A P...

    Du Bjukt ' s Hevalenta Arabica Pood is a pleasant and eflectual remedy ( wiiliout medicine , inconvenience , or expense , as it saves fifty times its value in other means of cure ) for nervous , stomachic , intestinal , liver , and bilious complaints , however di-eply rooted , dvspepsia ( indigestion ) , habitual constipation , diarrhoea , acidity , heartburn , flatulency , oppression , distension , palpitation , eiuptious of the skin , sickness at the stomach during pregnancy , at sea , and under all t-ircumstances ,- debility in tne aged as well jib infants , fits , spasms , cramps , paralysis , rlieu . mutism , gout , < tc , The best food for infants and invalids generally , as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach , nor interferes with a flood liberal diet , but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner , and restores the faculty of digestion and nervous and muscular energy to the iflost enfeebled . The only remedy which has obtained 30 , 0011 tesiimcnials of cures , from Lord Stuart de Denies , the Venerable Archdt-aeon Alexander Stuart , of lioss ;

    Major General Thomas king ; Drs . I ' re , Shorland , and llatviy , and other persons ot' the highest respectabili'y . A copious extract oi' 5 o , ( iU 0 cures sent gratis hy l ) i ; Uakky and C » ., 127 , New llond-stiect , Loudon , Cuiition . —The name of Messrs . bv Dinar ' s invaluable food , as also that of the linn , have been so closely imitated , that invalids cannot too carefully look at the exact spelling of both , aud also Messrs . Du UiKni ' s address , 127 , New ' JUond . strect , London , in order to avoid being imposed upi . n by Erra-Irnbi , Ileal ltaralencu , Lentil I ' owder , i'aunt Flour of Lentils , Arabica Food , Arabian ltrvalcnta , nr other spurious cuinpumtls Ot peas , beans , lentil powder , Indian and oatmeal , under a close imitation of the name , which have nothing to rcuoimnend them but the reckless audac-ity of their ignorant ; and unsirupul > US compounders , and which , thouyh admirably adapted for pigs , would play sad bavock with the delicate stomach of an invalid or infant . —Si-e Advcrtisiwncu t in our ( to-day '*) column .

    Statistics or Convicts . —A Parliamentary blue book has just been printed , eontaininsr Lieutenant-Colonel Jebh ' s report for the year 1850 on the discipline and management of convicts . On the Slst of December , 1 S 50 , there were C . 12 S convicts accommodated . Of tho number 2 , 20 'J were in separate confinement , 2 , C 9 S employed on public works , 034 in invalid depots , and 510 in the juvenile prison at Parkhurst . There was accommodation , as it is termed , at the end of the year for G , 4 S 1 convicts . On the 1 st of January , 1850 , there were in the convict establishments 5 , 050 , and tho number received in the year was 2 , 949 . In the year 2 , 495 were disposed of , leaving , as already stated , 6 , 128 in the prisons . In tho same year ( 185 * 1 ) the number transported was 2 . 092 , of whom 1 , 380 were sent to Yan

    Dienien ' s land with tickets of leave , 884 to Western Australia for public work , 933 to Norfolk Island as incorrigible , and 284 for public works at Bermuda . There wove 14 removed to lunatic asylums , and 13 to the Philanthropic Society ' s farm school . There were 247 pardons granted in the year , of which 11 were free , 20 conditional , 105 on medical grounds , and 111 on the expiration of a moiety of sentence , under a rule . There ¦ wore 13 escapes and 116 deaths . In Milbank tho average expense was £ 24 19 s . 7 d . per head ; PentonviUe , * 2 o 9 s . ; Portland , £ 23 Ida . 8 d . ; hulks , £ 22 4 s . lOd . In Milbank the earnings of the prisoners averaged £ 2 15 s . 5 d . ; in PentonviUe , JE 319 s . lid . ; Portland , £ 15 19 j . ; and iu tho hulks , £ 8 6 s . lOd . Tbe : wcr » ge cost of each prisoner a year in England and Wales was £ 2113 s . 3 d .

    A Relic of Bjskvekuto Cbh . im . — A discovery of a very interesting nature has just taken place in one of the cells of tho Castle of St . Angelo , on the wall of which , towards the corner , a rough and nearly effaced indication of Christ on the Cross wai brought to light n few days ago . This drawing or painting ia thought to be that which Benvenuto Cellini , in his admirable autobiography , mentions having executed with charcoal and brickdust on the wall of his prison , when confined by order of Fope Paul III ,, in the Castle of St . Angelo , in tha l © w lo 39 .

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    Borough Op Lambeth. On Monday A Meeting ...

    BOROUGH OP LAMBETH . On Monday a meeting of the electors of tlie borough of Lsmbefch » -as convened by . Mr . \ V . Williams , M . P ., at the Horns Tavern , Kennington , to hear an account from the hon . member of bis stewardshi p . Mr . w . Williams , upon emerging Irom his comniitlee-room with his friends , was greeted with a manifestation of public enthusiasm . Mv . Dalton was voted into the chair . The Chairman , in opening the proceedings , said the borough of Lambeth was very differ , ntly situated from the Small rotten boroug hs about which they had all been reading lately , where the electors were all bought and sold like cattle in the market . These disclosures spoke volumes \ a favour if the

    extension of the franchise , and putting an end to the corruption and perjury which existed in all the smaller boroughs . ( Cheers . ) Mr . W * . Williams then presen t ed himself , and was warmly received . He said he appeared before them in pursuance of a pledge which he had given at the last election , to meet them at the terminition of every session and explain his conduct . He had not been one day absent from the House of Commons when it met last session , and he had been present at & sery division upon any matter of importance . ( Hear , hear . ) The hon . member proceeded to pass in review the principal measures and debates of the session , and the votes he had given therein . He had opposed at every step the Government bill for the removal of Smithfi ^ ld-marUct , because it was

    unjust to make the butchers on the souih side of the water buy their cattle at a market so distant as tbe one about to be held under Hishgatc-hi'l . He had also opposed the Government bill t <> consolidate the water companies , and had wished to see the water supply for the metropolis placed under the entire management of a body to be elected by the ratepayers . He had supported Vhe n-pesd of the window-tax , but had opposed the imposition of a house-tax , because thou > ands would have to pay the house-tax who were exempt from the window-tax . lie had voted in favour of a bill for secular education , on the ground of the impossibility of hitting upon any system of religious instruction agreeable to every one . With regard to the Ecclesiastic *! Titles Bill , he had received no petitions to present against

    that bill , and no representations were made to him from tbe borough against it . On the contrary , lie received a great many petitions in favour of the Government bill , and he had supported the Government in it , believing that it did not affect the Religious rites of the Roman Catholics . He , however , opposed tile extension of the bill to Ireland . Being interrupted by a cry of " Come to the Sunday Trading Bill ! " the honourable member shortly afterwards applied himself to this subject . He had attended several public meetings while canvassing the borough , and at all the question was put to him , whether he would support or introduce a Sun « day Trading Bill ? Mr , Pearson , whom he succeeded in tho representation , had brought iu a bill on the subject the year before , and being ;\ stranger

    to the local feelings of tho borough , he considered he was acting in accordance with the wishes of tho inhabitants in pledging himself to sup port such a bill . Bo it understood , that this was a purely local question , for the bill was confined to the metropolis , lie was attacked in the House of Commons and at the clubs on account of this bill , but never by any one in Lambeth . lie was entreated by members on all sides of the house to withdraw his bill , after it had passed a second reading , and to substitute one more perfect for it , but he determined that the house which had supported him on the first and second reading , should either pass it or reject it . The bill was thrown out and lost . ( Cheers . ) For himself , be considered that ho was merely acting ministerially in regard

    to the bill , and that it was not necessary for him to have an opinion either for or against that question . He took it up as a local question , but he told those who were favourable to that bill , that there was no hope of its being carried unless it vrere taken up by the Government , and after the defeat of the bill , he asked to be absolved from taking up the question again , and he now stood clear of tho bill . Ho bad hiade that bargain , and he hoped he had now made his peace with those who were opposed to it . ( Cheers . ) Mr Hume and himself had divided the house no less than twenty-two times against votes of supply , and the reductions tbey proposed amounted to not less than £ 3 , 000 , 000 of money . While centralisation was going on in the government , the city of London were keeping everything

    to themselves , although they only included onetwentieth part of tho population . The inhabitants of this metropolis- ought , in his opinion , either to have corporations in their respective boroughs , or to have a single corporation for tho entire metropolis . ( Cheers , ) The rate-payers ought to havo themanagment of the millions about to be laid out on public markets , sowers , cemeteries , wafer , lighting , and public improvements . ( Hear . ) Tha Ministry had promised the people a new Reform Bill , and he did not believe Lord John Russell would bring forward a paltry measure , to be rejected and scouted by every one . He ( Mr . Williams ) would do all in his power to obtain a measure of reform which should embrace the principle of giving a vote to all householders and occupiers of property rated to the poor . ( A Voice , — "No , let ' s have Universal Suffrage I" ) lie had not the

    least objection to if , if he could get it . ( A laugh . ) The new measure should also include Triennial Parliaments and Yote by Ballot , and should make a complete smash of those small rotten boroughs where , as in St . Alban ' s , six-sevenths of the constituency sold themselves . ( Cheers , ) The hig h , priest of corruption had told the public that ho knew what was going on in these places , and that St . Alban's was only a sample of the smaller class of boroughs . If the nsw bill did not sweep away thesesinks of corruption it would be better to sell tho seats by public auction and put the money into the Treasury . ( Laughter and cheering . ) The lion , member in conclusion begged the electors to judge him not by this or that particular vote of which they disapproved , but by hia general conduct , and resumed his seat amid cheering , after inviting any elector to ask such questions as might occur to him .

    Mr . Masks , Mr . Flower , and other electors having put questions to the lion , member , which appeared to the meeting to be answered satisfactorily , Mr . Jones moved— " That the meeting having viewed with great satisfaction tho conduct of Mr . Williams during the past session , and having heard his answers to the questions now put to him , regard him as eminently entitled to tho unabated confidence of his constituents . ' ' Mr . T . VVkucer , in seconding the resolution , faid he considered it an honour to tho electors of Lambeth to have secured the services of such a member , and hoped they would long retain him The resolution was put and carried unanimously . After an acknowledgment from Mr . Williams and the usual vote of thanks to the Chairman , tho proceedings terminated .

    Cupper Ships.—The America Clipper Surpri...

    Cupper Ships . —The America clipper Surprise , to which we alluded in our last two articles as the competitor of the Stornaway , arrived in the Downs on the 10 th inst ., in 105 days from Whompoa , being two days longeron the passage than the Stornaway . The Oriental has not yet arrived , and is , therefore , completely beaten . Although the Stornaway is neither Liverpool built nor owned , her success is deeply interesting to Liverpool ; her commander , Captain Robertson , having previously earned a name for himself as commander of one of the ships belonging to this port , lie has now shown that the Britisli flag can be triumphantly carried on the seas fastest of other

    in competition with the ships nations . This is an encouragement to our energies , for , having been successful once , we need not despair in future trials . A colonial clipper of tho name of lUoomvr is now on her passage from St . John ' s , 'New Brunswick , to Liverpool . Her builder , borrowing from the h yperbole of his neighbours across the border , writes that " she is so sharp thas it will cut you through to look at her . " The golden riches of Australia will give an encouragement to these vessels corresponding in some measure with that given to American clippers by California , for anxiety to reach the El Dorado mu-1 ensure the pre . ference for speed . ' —Liverpool Albion . about the

    A Lvmuav Mmjualen . —Daily , noon , loungers under the " Linden" at Berlin are startled by the extraordinary appearance of a tall , lanky woman whose thin limbs are wrapped up in a long black robe or coarse cloth . An old crumpled bonnet covers her head , which continually moving turns restlessly in all directions . Her hollow cheeks are flushed with a morbid coppery glow ; one of her eyes is immovable , for it is of gjass , but her other eye shines with a feverish brilliancy , and a strange and awful amile hovers constantly about her thin lips . This woman moves with an unsteady quick step , and whenever her black mantilla is flung back by the violence of her movements a small rope of hair with a crucifix at tho end is plainly seen to bind her waist . This black ungainly woman is the quondam authoress , Countess Ida Ilahn-Hahn , who has turned a Catholic , and is now preparing for a

    pilgrimage to Home to crave the Pope s absolution for her literary trespasses . —Iveser Zeitvmg . TUB B . EFOBM COSJEUBSCB AND MbKTIMO . — We understand that the conference and meeting of the leading reformers of Lancashire and Yorshiro has been fixed for Wednesday the 3 rd of December . The object of tho gathering what steps shall be taken with tion of tbe Prime Minister , of the government to introduce form iu the next session of ference will commence at in tbe morning , and in ffl meeting in the Free Trade U *«»•

    Ia "To Consider Reference To The Aec'ara...

    ia "to consider reference to the aec'arathat it is tue J"iSgL a & ff ) $ SS ^ 3 ^\ P"i , aro m ^®^ K halfjpwjg w « « ° ^ % 11 ^©^ $ a .-M f ^ ^; ir jKaw C :, I £ V'l ^ -iJ r ia "to consider wnau erence to the declarathat itisthe mtention duce a t &* rtSS } & t &\ balf-p as & Jl Wt o' cjock ^ J 9 zoning W **>> * . ^ MS 8 ^ fc prfl ^ * wmJwm

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 22, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22111851/page/7/