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    • STATISTICS OF THE WEEK . r\
    • REMOVAL.
  • Adverts (12)
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      M The Stakof Ffljedom. L»~-» "

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      Statistics Of The Week . R\

      STATISTICS OF THE WEEK . r \

      Progress Op New South Wales.-The Syaney ...

      Progress op New South Wales .-The Syaney Herald of May Sth l as t , publishes the following statistics on the produce of the diggings , as well as on tlie revenues and general movement of population in the colony : Ounces . Ounces Gold exported up to this date 393 , 794 Lying in harbour . 50 , 0 , 00 In the banks and private hands in town . 40 , 000 And at the mines , say . . 20 , 000

      Total . . 503 , 794 Deduct from quantity received from Victoria . 148 , 061 _^ Leaving produce of our mines , . 355 , / 33 Exported from Melbourne up to April 23 . . . 668 , 682 Estimated quantity in banks and private hands in Melbourne .. .. 50 , 000 And on the mines , say . 50 , 000 Making a total ot * .... / oo , bdii And showing a grand total of . 1 , 124 , 415 Which , at 56 s , per ounce , gives a value of . . £ 3 , 654 , 348 lo 0 The licenses for gold digging yielded up to March 31 ; Nhw South Wales . . £ 4617113 0 Victoria 74 , 079 0 0 Etcort fees up to March 31 : New South Wales . • 4 , 310 13 0 Victoria 8 >* 24 16 9 The immigration at New South Wales up to May last was as follows : From England . . 4 , 029 California .... 2 , 219 Australian Colonies . . 6 , 915 Foreign parts . . « 1 * 752

      14 , 915 The emigration from New South Wales up to May last was—To England ... 329 To California . , . 808 To Port Phillip and Australian Colonies . . .. 5 , 225 To Foreign parts ... 221 Making a total of . 6 , 733 Increase of population in New South Wales from external sources , . 8 , 242 Amount of gold in the Adelaide

      Assay-office up to 20 th April was £ 222 , 678 18 7 Number of persons who had left Adelaide for the gold mines , up to May last , was . .... 18 , 000 The crown revenue in New South Wales and the adjacent colony was expected to reach , a million sterling per annum . During the week ending the 8 th May last , 5 , 000 ounces of gold had reached Sydney . The Slave Trade . —In the last session , Mr .

      James Wilson procured a " return , as nearly as the same can be furnished , of the number of slaves embarked on the coast of Africa and landed in Cuba and Brazil in each year from 1842 to the latest date to whicli the accounts extend . " The reader -will not fail to observe the qualifications with which these figures are set forth . The return extends from 1842 to 1851 , both years inclusive , and this

      offers a considerable field for survey . The chief promoter of this infamous commerce is Brazil , which has always been the largest purchaser of human flesh . From 1842 to 1850 there were imported successively , year by year , int o t hat country from Africa the following batches of slaves ;—17 , 435 , 19 , 095 , 22 , 849 , 19 , 453 , 50 , 324 , 56 , 172 , 60 , 000 , 54 , 000 , and 23 , 000 . It will be observed from these fiwares that from 1842 to 1845 the slave traffic ,

      thougli not apparently declining , was , at any rate , stationary , whereas , in 1846 , it received an extraordinary impulse , which for four successive years nearl y trebled its results . It is unnecessary to add that this increase coincided with those legislative acts which opened the British markets to Brazilian sugars . In 1850 , however , though the sugar trade

      retained all its freedom , the importation of slaves fell to 23 , 000—scarcely one-half its recent amount ; and in the next year the returns were more remarkable still . According to the paper before us , the figures , which from 1846 to 1849 had ranged from 50 , 000 to 60 , 000 , dropped in 185 . 1 to 3 , 287 showino- a decline in this nefarious traffic to less

      than one-fifth of the smallest importation previously known . The share of Cuba in this detestable commerce , though large in proportion to the extent of territory , is absolutely much smaller than that of Brazil . The numbers of the slaves imported into this island during the ten years specified were respectively , 3 , 630 , 8 , 000 , 10 , 000 , 1 , 300 , 410 , 1 , 459 , 1 , 500 , 8 , 700 , 3 , 500 , 5 , 000 . It will be seen that

      these figures present a singular and not very explicable contrast to those extracted above from the Brazilian returns , and that they indicate some sources of encouragement or discouragement entirely peculiar . In 1844 , the traffic was exceedingly large : the next year it suddenly decreased by more than four-fifths ; and in 1846 , it declined to its lowest point .

      Gardening Calendar. Haudy Fruit Gaudex.—...

      GARDENING CALENDAR . Haudy Fruit Gaudex . — "Whenever the groundbecomes dry enough for treading on without injuring the borders , let the pruning of hardy fruit trees , as Apples , Pears , Plums , 5 cc , be put in hand , more particularly if there is a large a mount of this kind of work to be done—begin with the orchard and open quarters first ; Currants and Gooseberries are better left till towards spring , as birds in hard winters are very destructive to their buds ; Raspberries may have the old wood cut away , reserving the shortening ofthe young ood till spring . —Gardener's Calendar .

      Guide To The Lecture Room. Literary Inst...

      GUIDE TO THE LECTURE ROOM . Literary Institution , John Street , Filzroy Square . —Friday evenings [ 6 ] a Discussion . —Xov . 28 th [ 7 ] , Mr . Henry Tyrre ll , ' Hood , Humourist , Poet , and Philanthropist . ' Hall of Science , City Road . —Nov . 23 th [ 7 ] , Thomas Cooper , ' History of England . ' Secular Hall , G oldsmiths' Row , Hackney Road . —Nov . 28 th [ 7 \ Mr , R . Cooper , * Priestcraft . ' Tower Hamlets Literary Institution , Mor p et h Street , Bethnal Green . —Nov . 2 Sth [ 7 ] Mr . Henry Nicholls , 'Political and Military Character of Wellington . ' Commercial Hall , Philpot Street , Commercial Road East . —Nov . 28 th [ 11 a . m . and 7 £ p . m . ) , Mr . C . Southwell will lecture . —Discussion after the lecture . —Discussion on Tuesday ( 8 ) , Thursday ( 8 ) . Saturday evenings devoted to the advocacy of Teetotalism .

      Assembly Rooms , Vauxhall Bridge Road . —Nov . 28 th [ 8 ] Mr . Mc'Oubery , ' Present Condition and Future Prospects of the Working Classes of the United Kingdom . ' White Horse , Hare Street , Bethnal Green . —Every Sunday evening , a Lecture or Discussion . Secu l ar Inst i tu ti on , Charles Street , Old Gavratt , Manchester . —Nov , 28 th [ G ] a Lecture . Progressionist Hall , Cheapside , Leeds . —Nov . 28 th [ 6 £ ] a Lecture . Ec l ect i c Inst i tute , 14 , Garthland Street , Glasgow . —Nov . 2 Sth [ 6 £ ] a Lecture . Mutual Improvement Society , Five Ways , Dudley . —Nov . 28 th [ 7 ] , Mr . S . Cook , 'The Congregational Conference recently held at Bradford . ' Bradford Secular Society , Mitchell ' s Temperance . Hotel , Union Street . —Every Sunday evening [ G ] , a Discussion .

      Ad01407

      DEATHS . Major General Thomas Fenn Addison , of Chilion-lodge , near Su db ury , left home on Tuesday , the 9 th inst ., in his usual good health , for London , to make arrangements for attending the funeral of the Duke of Welllng . on , On arriving in town he repaired te the Green Dragon Hotel B i sh op sgate , and on retiring to rest on Wednesday night teft orders to be called shortly after seven o ' clock in the

      Removal.

      REMOVAL .

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      j / i TRUELOVE , Bookseller , Periocical and jLJ e Newsvendor , of No . 22 , John-street , Fitzroy-square , adjoining the Literary Institute , begs to inform his friends and the public that he is removing his busines to No . 240 , Strand , thi-ee doora from Temple-bar , where he intends to keep a supply of all Publications having for their object the Social Elevation , Intellectual Improvement , and Political Enfranchisement ofthe People . E . T . has a large Stock of New and Second-hand Books , which he is prepared to sell at a great reduction E . T . "will have Furnished or Unfurnished Apartments to let at his new residence , 240 , Strand . Remember the Address—240 , Strand , three doors from Temple-bar .

      Ad01408

      npAXES ON KNOWLEDGE .--TI 10 Asso-JL ciation for Promoting the Repeal of these Taxes will hold their ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING at Fxeter-hill , on Wednesday , December 1 st . The Chair will be taken by DOUGLAS JE 11 ROLD . The Meeting will be addressed by Richard Cobden , M . P ., T . Milner Gibson , M . P . ' , Charles Knight , Rev . Thomas Spencer , M . A ., Dr . John Watts , nf Manchester , and Samuel Wilderspin . Doors open at C . Chair taken at 7 . Platform tickets may he had of J . A . Novello , 69 , Dean-street , Soho , and 24 , Poultry , C . D . Collet , 20 , Great Corara-street .

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      rpHE O'CONNOIVVILLE ESTATE .-To be JL sold , the lease or freehold conveyance of the House and two acre farm , late in the occupation of Thomas Martin Wheeler . The land is in first-rate condition , the barn and outbuildings are of a substantial character ; the trees & c , sre of a superior description , and there is an abundant supply of water . The rent barge is very moderate it being decidedly the cheapest in reference to quality upon the Estate . For particulars apply to Thomas Martin Wheeler , 4 , West-street , Soho . All letters must contain a postage stamp fer reply .

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      rpHE SHILLING SUBSCRIPTION IN AID JL OF EUROPEAN FREEDOM . 1

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      POLITICAL BEETJOEE COMMITTEE .-JL This Committee is established to afford assistance to the European exiles driven to take refuge in this country by the despotic governments of the continent . The Committee desire , w h ere pract i cal , to find employment for the unemployed , and to give pecuniary aid in cases of unquestionable need . The co-opevation of the friends of freedom and humanity is earnestly solicited .

      Ad01411

      VTATIONAL EEEORM ASSOCIATION . — „ 1 Sir JOSHUA WALMSLBY , M . P ., President . JOHN WILLIAMS , Esq ., Treasurer . Bankers-Messrs . PRESCOTT , GROTE , . fc Co . PRINCIPLES OF THE ASSOCIATION . 1 . —Such an extension of the franchise as will confer the right to be registered as an elector upon every man of full age , not subject to any legal disability , who for twelve months shall have occupied any tenement , or portion of a tenement , for which he shall be rated , or shall have claimed to be rated , to the relief of the poor . 2 . —The adoption of the system of voting by ballot . 3 . —The limitation of the duration of parliament to three years . 4 . —Such a change in the arrangement of the electoral districts as shall produce a more equal apportionment of representatives to constituents . 5 . —The abolition of the property qualification for members of parliament . Offices of the ' Association , —41 , Charing-Cross . Z . Hubbesty , —Secretary .

      Ad01413

      T 1 TERARY and SCIENTIFIC INSTITUJ _ J TION , John-street , Fitzroy-square , SUNDAY EVENING LECTURES . Doors o p en at s i x o 'clock . Commence at Seven . Admission to Hall , 2 d Gallery , 3 d . The Apollonic Society , accompanied by the powerful Organ of the Institution , will perform a selection of Choral Music , before and after each Lecture . Classes , —Writing and Arithmetic—Sunday Mornings from 11 till 1 . French Sunday mornings from 11 till 1 . Grammer , Fr iday Evenings from 8 till 10 . Terms 4 s . per qr each . Phrenology , Sunday afternoons , from 3 till 5 . Terms , 3 s . per quarter , including free admission to Mr . Peter Jones ' s Lectures on Phrenology , on Sunday after- noons , from 4 till 5 .

      Ad01414

      ENLIST ! ENLIST ! IN THE BRITANNIA NATIONAL LAND SOCIETY . GLORIOUS SUCCESS I ONE PENNY PER DAY WILL ENABLE YOU TO BE YOUR OWN FREEHOLDER . T \ ULY Enrolled pursuant to the Act 6 and 7 U William IV ., cap . 23 . and empowered to extend over the United Kingdom . Shares £ 30 . Entrance One Shilling per- share . Rules to members threepence . Subscription Sixpence per week or 2 s . 2 d ner month . l Offices ( temporary till Christmas ) 13 , Tottenham Court , New Road , St . Pancras , London ; after Christmas at the Offices ( purposely erected ) No , Ia , Great George Street , New Road . St . Pancras , London . Secretary—Mr . Daniel William Ruffr , No . 1 A Great Geor g e S treet , New Bon d , St . Pancras . ' London , of whom Shares can he taken up daily and fall information obtained .

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      ASSURANCE FOR ALL CLASSES . LONDON AND COUNTY ASSUBANCE COMPANY FIRE , LIFE , ANNUITIES , ENDOWMENTS . ( Incorporated b y Act of Parliament , ) 484 , OXFORD STREET , LONDON . ( Near , the British Museum . )

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      THE ASSOCIATION for PROMOTING the REPEAL of thb TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE . ' President—T . Milner Gibson . M . P . Treasurer , Francis place . Sub-Treasurer , , T . Alfred Novello . Chairman , Richard Moore . Secretary , C . Dobson Collet . Committee—W . Addiscott ; T . Allan ( Edinburgh ) -, J . Baldwin ( Birmingham ); J . Bainbridge ; J . C . Beaumont ( Wakefield ) ; Dr . Black ; E . Le Blond ; Dr . Bowfcett ; J . Bright , M . P . ; C . J . Bunting ( Norwich ); II . Campkin ; W . J . Carloss ; J . Cassell ; C . Cowden Clarice ; It . Cobden ,

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      OOCIETY OF THE BIlMJ 5 s ~ WlTALY . O-OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY : —! . By public meetings , lectures , and the press—and especially by affording opportunities to the most competent authorities for the publication of works on the history of the Italian National Movement—to promote a correct appreciation of the Italian ciuestion in this country . 2 . To u . se every available constitutional means of furthering the cause of Italian National Indenendence . in Parlia-

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 27, 1852, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_27111852/page/14/