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Another invention was made by a man who had a large dai- ry, containing upwards of one htindred cows, and finding it ve- ry expensive to get them milked, he set his wits to work and iiiveitted a machine. With Indian-rubber. gotta-percha, and springs. he milked them all otit as drv as possible. [.VIuCll laughter.] The captain amused his audience by relating the ctfocts of the milking machine upon the cows, and declared that the down-east Yankees were the most iitventive peo le possible, and were monstrously clever fellows. They IIIII’ a good story there. which was too good to be lost, and it was an astonishing matter. Tlte Yankee babies, when not eating or sleeping, were still doing sotnstlilug. and this is what they were thinking about-the Yankee asserted, that the baby was rolling its eyes round and thinking how to improve the cradle. _BUncontrollable lauglsten] He-thought that was suflicicnt of

ankee ingenuity for the present, but he would give them more specimens by-and-by. [Latigltlei-.]

AUSTRALIA.

RAPID lrtcrtnsn or Vict-ottis.—'l‘hsre is now lying before its a document of great interest and im ortance—the anniver- sary Address of the Chairman of ‘the elbourne Chamber of

inmates, on t e occasion of the annual meeting of the lat of April, 185'). The 1st of April, 1851, found Victoria still hang- ing by a thread to the older colony-of New South Wales. and it was only trcm the _lst of July, 185i, that she commenced her career as an inde ndent colony. At that time the population of the colony of ictotia amounted to about 70.000 sou ; it is now computed at lI5,000 persona, to which thirty or forty thousand at least must have been added. of wltose arrival we have no information. 'l'be imports had gradually risen -from a hundred and fifty-one thousand ounds in IBM. to seven hun- dred and forty-five thousand in 18 ; but in I851 they- exceed- ed this sutu by no less than three hundred and eleven thousand pounds,having risen to the extraordinary atuount of £1,056,000.

f we turn to the exports, we find thatotliey had increased from

two hundred and fifty thousand pounds in I844 to .€l.042. in 1850, and that in 1551 this amount was again increased by nearly .€400.000, the value of the exports of that year amount- ing to £1 ,4'23.000. Of this increase about £145,000 is-due to gold. In 1846 the population of Melbourne was l0,95-I, in l85l it had increased to 23.143; at the same periods the popu- lation of Geclong had increased from 2065 to 8291-—a rapidity of increase, we believe, almost unparalleled. ‘

EMIGIIATION To Aus'rrt.ir.iit.—-The crown revenues of New South Wales and the adjacent colony are estitnatesl to produce £1,000,000 per annum. and if a moiety of this were devoted to the purpose of defraying the direct cost of the passage of an emigrant from England to Australia, say £10 per head, men, wonten,and children included, the result would be an accession to the colony of 50,000 souls per annum. The total number of immigrants into New South Wales and Port Philip at the pub- lic expense for the seven years ending , was 41,477. averaging less than 6000 a year.—Sydney Herold.

Aus'rit.it.ts.—.-tdvices to the 1st July have been received. The price of gold had risen at Sydney to 65s. per ounce ; it had also advanced at Port Philip, and the mining accounts are favorable. n Peel River and at Hanging Rock, the yield is stated to be large. Severe floods had been experienced in many districts, and communication had been interrupted. The anti-convict movement is carried on with energy. Another pub- lic meeting on the subject had been held at Sydney.

IRELAND. Passengers can new travel from Dublin to London and back, by Kingston and.Ilol head, for 30s. each ! gentleman w c lately had an income of £500 ii-year in the county Clare, is now an inmate oftbe Auxiliary Workhouse, Bo- hsrbuoy ! A girl. named Margaret \'Valsh, has died in Galwny. from grief, at the departure of her mot r for America about it fortnight since. gentleman, at Monte (Westnieiitlt), has is sample of wheat grown on upon his form, n single grain of which, produced 72 full grown stems, containing 2862 grams. Esror.t'stxN1-s or THE Lu-I: Duxr: or Wni.t.i.~to1'ox.—The United Service Gazette gives the following as the military pay and allowances enjoyed by the late Duke of Wellington, viz:

Commander-in-Cliiel', £5909 13 9 Col., Grenadier Guards (special allowance) 1093 8 10 Colonel-in-Chief, Rifle Brigade, - 238 I5 5 Lord Warden. Cinque Ports, 474 10 0 Constable of the Tower, London, 047 9 7 Forage Allowance, 701 to 0

Total military pay and allowances, £9-I55 7 7 Tits “Aiuars.”—-The Royal Mail Steamer Arabia, bttilt .'or the Cunard line. is now getting her boilers on board in the

Clyde. They are of tubular construction, the tubes running

sthwartsbips. with the furnaces of the two boilers facing each

other. The boilers are shipped in sections. and riveted toge- ther in the hold of the ship. They are the largest boilers ever constructed, and are intended to supply steam to the largest engines ever built. The Arabia, from her immense size and symmetrical proportions, is a source of great attraction to stran era

Biiitoir Rtri-itscnrt.n.—0n the assembling of Parliament, the baron intends to take his seat and vote in the election of‘Speak-

er, in order that the House may adopt some measure with a

vliew of finally bringiig; the question of Jewish disabilities to a

c oae. ,

Eighty-two of the London police have volunteered for Aus- trails. at seven shillings and sixpence a day, passage, and all expenses paid.

The authorities contemplate the introduction of engines of full, instead of auxiliary power, to sjich vessels as may be built for the service, as it has been found that the expense in the end would not be much more, while a greater certainty would exist of the general eflicisncy of the vessels supplied with full- power engines.

Il(POI'l‘AN-’l' Drscovuttt itr Nitvmrn-riva Srttrs A1‘ Sr:A. —It may not be generally known that the latitude ofn ship ctiiinot be taken ,if the tun and horizon be not both visible at the same titne. and the artificial horizon used on land to obtain the latitude of II plrice. cnnnot be used at sea, owing to the constant motion of the ship destroying the horizontal surface. We understand tlist Mr. Brindsen, ofblount Saint Ililaire, C. E., has perfected a mode for using the artificial horizon at sea, no that it is perfectcdly uninflu- enced by the motion of the ship, and the latitude may be taken nt all times when the sun is visible. Such a discovery will tend much

to the security of Boating property—the preservation of the lives of

our hardy sailors--and must command the attention of merchants owning ship property. 'r1'otv.—Great Britain new consumer upwards of 81,500 bales of cotton weekly or more than 1,600,000 holes annually, with n pr ruse ofconuumption from year to year much larger pro rata than the increase of po ulation. According to late and authentic statements of the Englis manufactures, it seems that there are in Great Britain 2l,000,000 spindles in constant motion. spinning up- wnrds of l0ll,800,000 banks, (or 600,000 miles) of yarn per day, in length suliicient to circumscribe the globe 2,000 times. Out of this immense production, in one country only, about 180,- . rds of yarn are exported to foreign countries, the remain- _ der being converted into cloth, lace, and other fabrici. There are also in operation in Great Britain at this time. 220,000 wer-looms each of which will produce, on an average five to six pieces of cloth per week; each piece about 28 yards long. or a daily product of 0.800.000 srds. (or 8,660 III as At an English bath‘ place latel . one of the bsthingmen under the direction ofthe-mot r oft‘ ild, immersed it three times in the sea, in disregard of its int ' fear and pitsouserlss, and the child died on the spot of fright. _.

UNITED n'l'A'l'El.

Tun Fats or Cons Arrncacivtno.—0ur relations with Cuba. on account of the recent outrages to _II|O.AIlI‘OflBll| lug,‘ are attracting much attention. and causing special inquiry on all ads and is every State. If the United sow govsrnnwnt has ordered dnyvesasl to proceed immediately to Cuba, we learn. that it is the sloop of war C site, which sailed in great busts yesterday, for the purpose. probe ly, cfmulring inveatiflsons on _t g spot. She was towed out of port lit' the forenoos. Mississippi steamer in petyst ready for sea. cti hecoutit of the want of seamen; but she, use, will soon be ready. and then, it is‘ s she will also td Havana. We have not lrsnrdyet. what the Presl- t or the portion of the cabinet new at Washington have done.

or intend doing. but we have reason to believe. fioiri what we hear from . that the recent iutsllissos ll-om cubs bus reacbetl Mr. Webster at Ilarslillsld. and he used as his great ruled a deep prsfss sensation. salsulatd to reuse the great states- nisuiaio the highest estivlty.—-.N'. 1’. Harald. . Neal Dew. Esq... |"l‘.'d".‘:"" ""7 00:.“ 0'0 uewl slsatsdsesatstula Maine is: a tonne?! NOI- ’ adtbres-fosrtbssftlis.llsussofRspss-

Frsrurvc 'l-'.s'r.tai.tsrtarxiv'r- A-r Gt.ctrcns'rna.—There lie at Gloucester twenty fishing tirms, fitting at about three hundred fishing Icltounefj nmnned by some three thousand men. Solve these concerns can on a large business. and at their commodiouu and spacious whar s. manage the fisheries an an extenslvo Mille- lllessni. Wonson & Son lit out this year forty-five echoonera. This is probably the lurgest concern engaged in tlus busincu in New_ Eng- la bout 450 men are employed by this elitsrprisitg firm In coil and mackerel fishsriss.— oslon ruvellsr.

Tho Woni.o‘s Fun. in New York, is tdvertised to be open-

ed on the 2d of May, I853. The site ‘granted to the compa-

‘uy b the city government. is the square facing the Distribut- ing Reservoir. of which tltdy have a ten years‘ lease, at a no- minal rent. The building is to be entirely of iron and gla_ss, in the form of a Greek crou. with a dome over the ititersectlutr Each diameter of the cross is to be 305 feet lontt, and l49_feet wide and the dome will he I30 feet high. There will bewitliiti the structure, a space of lll,000 square feet oti the ground, and 09.000 square feet in the galleries. The estimated cost ts

3 105.000.

Quicu-'l‘a.tvi:t.t.t.~io.--Passengers fl'0Il‘ Milwaultie to New York—s distance of l.500 miles--come on iti two days and sixteen hours. provided they are fortunate in inakittg the con- nections. What would folks have said of such a journey fifty years ago i _

The LYNN News states that, the number ofshocs made in that city last year is 4,571,400 pairs—or 14,000 pairs per day —or 1.200 pairs per hour-—or 90 pairs per niinute—or oiio pair every three seconds.

A Rosisnric Suictnit.—A named Patrick Barlettreceritly committed suicide in Pike County. Alabama, by hanging bim-

selfsoon after his marriage. The Troy Pslladittm says—“ had hurt in love with a young Indy, but was prevented by some means, from marrying her. and wedded another. Soon after his marriage. he carried his wife to see his parents. and there met the young lady, his former love, to whom he appeared to have been devotedly attached. Their feelings on meeting over- came their sense of ropriety. and they rushed into each utlier’s arms, embraced, an were melted to tears. This seems to have revived, in a ten-fold degree, his love for her: and after

carrying his wife back to her parents. said that he would go to

'l‘ro'y and mail a letter, which he had written‘. but it appears he

came to the determination on the way to destroy himself. which u did. in the manner above described."

S1-itistnits on A Naw Pitiitcti-t.n.—A new plan for building steamers has been brought upin England, and an experimental boat built to run from London to Boulogne. This boat is 235 feet long, 20 feet beam, of 250 tons burden, and has an engine of 50 horse power. The bow and stem are filled with fixed air like a life boat.—If it meets llto expectation of the inven- tor and the builders, two immense vessels of 10,000 tons, and 1.000 horse owcr, will at once he built on the same plan they will run Ieom London to the Eastlndies in 30 days, with- out stopping on the way. .

Cun.i.—'l‘he troubles with Cuba are assuming a serious its- pect. 'l‘he Crescent City has been refused ndrnittance intotbe port of Havana, unless she first dismiss one of her officers.- The commander of the Cornelia has been seized. and the mails on board riled by the Spanish authorities at Cuba. In conse- quence of these aggressions, an armed force ltas been ordered to Havana by the American government, with orders to protect the rights ofthe American citizens. The sloop of war Cyarir. is on her wa to that ort, and it is said that the steamship lllisrissippi has also been ordered to follow her immediately.

WWW CALIFORNIA.

New Oitt.uAru. Oct. -, l8.'i2.—The steamship I-'.l Dorndn, has arrived at this port front Attpinwnll, N. G., bringing diitcs from San I-‘rtmciscc to the 16th September, brcuglit down to.Pauoiuri by the steaninlii p Golden Gate.

The Go on Gate had $2,000,000 on freight. .

The mining intelligence continues very favourable,and the papers chronicle the discovery of several large lum s

There have been some further movements iimongst the miners against the Chinese, and a public meeting had been called at James- town on the su jsct.

‘W SANDWICH ISLANDS. .

Late dates from the Sandwich Islands report the prevnluttce of a serious epidemic at Honolulu, which bod very materially checked business. ' '

The Government of the Sitndwich Islands ‘bud promulgated a

treaty of reciprocity with the United States.

_-Z‘ - NEW BRUNSWICK. S1-usr is ‘fill Gets or Sr. Lswttnivcr:.—'I‘he Ertslcrrt Chronicle furnishes the sulijoined extract of .1 letter from a gentleman of St. John, N. ., dated Sliediac, Oct. 7, and the subjoinetl item :—

" I arrived here this morning, and find that land has risen a hundred per cent. in a w Much money has changed hands here to-day, and more will to-riiorrow. '' 0 *

“ I am perfectly satisfied that a steamer from Pictou to Char- lottetown. Bedeque and this place, would be by far the best undertaking going next year. '1 his will be the centre ofa large business, as there will be 1000 men at work on the Railway from this to the Bend, which is to be ripened for trafiic in the spring of I854. Already a site is being looked out here for warehouses for a forwarding firm in Canada."

We learn from a gentleman in Pictcu. that for some time past he has had in contemplation the making an attempt to start such a communicatiott as that mentioned above.

RAILWAY Linounnns.—'I‘lie St. John Morning News in- forms us -‘ that the firm of which Mr. Jackson is a member have upwards of 00,000 labourers either in constant employ- tncnt, or on hand ready for active service whenever required.” It is further stated that “ vessels will be taken up in England this winter for the purpose of sending out 10.000 labourers to these Colonies early in the spring." The News suggests to the St. John aliipowners the propriety of addressing Mr. Jack- son on the subject. _

Wm NOVA SCOTIA.

The fall fishing has been very limited on the whole coast. Herring and Mackerel, which used to be no plcitty, have be- come rare birds in these parts.-— C. . cits.-

A letter has been received from Roderick Ross, Esq., late of this Settlement, from Adelaide, Australia. The passengers who accompanied ltitri out in the Margaret, seemed well'pleas- with the country.—Sl. Arin’s Correspondent if the C. B.

«mes.

1ifl7tTS2A1ItIH>’S GAZETTE.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1852.

The Steamer Ross left here on Friday morning Inst for Pictcu. but from the stormy state of the weather was obliged to return. 'I'he weather continuing very blunteriug and think, she did not leave ngttin until esterdtty morning at 9 o'clock. rind returned lust iitglit. Tlte papers brought by'hur do not contain any particular news.

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The weather today presents rather a wintry appearance, a small quantity of snow having fallen for the first time this season.

jijin BLECTIVE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Tin: Royal Gcsttm of the I8Ih instant has a series of Resolu- tions. said to have been proposed by the Hon. Mr. Mottivr, Provin- cirtl Secretary of Canada, to the House of Assembly, as a basis wharson to ground an Act for an Elective Legislative Council. Mr. Martin pr s that Canada should be divided into 60 Sections, as nearly aqua as possible in population, and that each section should elect one member. s qua ' ’ a clots in be the same as for the election of metnbsrn for the Lower House.

h uitlified to be elected, to be subjects, by birth or naturaliaaticn, o the age of twenty-one years, w may have been members of the Legislative Council of Lppcr or Lower Cttnudu. or of Canada as it now is, or oftltose who have served in the Le isla- tlve Assemlilicncf either of these Pravincun, or who are, or are been, Wardens or Mayors of municipal Districts or Counties, or of an Union or Division of Counties, and of any City or Town. The dlsquliflcations of Members of Assembly extended to the proposed

tlvs Council. ' Governor General to have the power of dissolving uhbsr or both Houses of Psrlisrnsut. whenever advbsd so to do.

No pscuvthry qualification naennry. .

. The Legislative Council to elect their are lpsaltsr. and to have the liver of tryiq iiupeaslussts preferred by the I.sgislsiivs.As- “Q " ' . 1 ' ‘v . . Wittit-s_spscttotltlsscbsuie,thseditereftbsRoysl Gsuushus tltsfollewiugrstuarbsivp _., , .,.

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-tlttit Elective Councils are ridiculous.

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“ 'l‘hese resolutions are ably discussed by the Canadian press, but in no instance th_at we have seen with greater ability than by the Toronto Globe, whose arguments against the scheme above propoundcd are quite unanawerable, and demoitstrate the absolute folly of disturbing the present constitution ofthe second branch ofthe Legislature. in the vain hope of making it better. If in were disposed to advocate any change, it would be the entire abolition of the second branch—certsiitly not the election of a body from a privileged class, to obstruct the action of the people's representatives. and to be at the same, time an enor- mous drain upon thepublie purse. We transcribe the remarks of our Canadian contemporary. for the sditicstion of those in our own Colony. who have hitherto pretended to IIIQOVQI 8'?“ beauties in the elective principle. as applied to the Legislative Council.”

In what particular school of Logic the editor of the Royal Gazette has been educated, we are unable to say; his method of. reasoning being conformable neither to the syllqgietic nor the inductive modes. A Canadian proposes that there ahoul be an Elective Council for United Canada, under the supposition that such a Body is indispen- anbly ncceasar . the flrut of his resolutions be to that effect. If this is not carried. all discussion as to the remaining resolutions is useless. Neither the editor of the Toronto Globe nor of the Prince Edward Island R cl Gcseue seem to be aware of.tbIs to us all-. irnportant fact. T a former. giving the first resolution tlts go.-by. proceeds to sltsw—and in this we agree with him—the absurdities

inconveniences of the scheme d b Mr. Menus. and tltsttce draws the sweeping conclusion that Eective Councils are unnecessar ; and further still, that it would be better to do awn with Legis utive Councils altogether. The preiniim. We llllfllh WI I hardly warrant the conclusion. It does not follow, ccause r. Moitriv hns proposed ll ridiculous scheme for an Elective Council, The editors of the Prince Edward Island R0 al Gazette and of the Toronto Globe newspapers are iuconsequentiu reusoners; but does it follow from thence, that all editors of newspapers are inconsequential reosonersl No! But this is one of the peculiar methods by which these people endeavour to mislead. By seizing upon the weak ints of tits details. Ind successfully turning thetn into ridicule. t ey succeed with the titans of light readers. who would sooner laugh than think; but by the serious and reflecting they are treated with proper contenipli If“! the parties using these illogical weapons lose more than they gain. But let us follow therit: _ we not—says the Toronto Gfobr—dispense with the second hamber altogether? We do tint think any reformat‘ (the italics are our own) will say that in Canada, the people have too much power over the House of Assembly. UNI’ 0 ¢’l“'l‘ upon its ocliori is required; Conservatives may say so. but not Reformrrs. Then why choose a House which would be a pre- ventive of direct legislation for the removal of grievances 3"

IIere we have it; this is precisely what in uinied tit-a Ihorou h- going unmitigated democracy. We have already rendered the '0- vernor—say they—powerless; he can act but by the advice of the Executive Council. rind the Executive Council is the mouth-piece of the majority of the Rephscntutives of the People: ll|O|'¢f0f0 WIN“- uver the latter determine upon, in law, from which there is no appeal. This in the language of all despots, “ I am deterntined to hitve my own wn ; why. then, ask the advice of others.’ ltt our youth.we were taught Ihttt all modes of Governments were resolvable into three: Monrtrch , Aristccracy. and Democracy; that each had its concomitant evi . And it was further impressed upon us. that the

government of our Motliev Coutitry was hap ily I C0IlIblMll0n Of all three; the King representing the first. the louse o the second. and that of the Commons the third: and that each acted as a clue]: upon the other two. by which these evils were avoided; and that it was in consequence of this bitlrtncs of power, that the country had thriven, and prospered, and maintained itselfirittict. when other countries had fallen ii prey to an all-grasping usurper, who gave away thrones and principalities at will; but I suppose we must now any with Moliere‘n Mock Doctor, " We have changed ull these things. Formerly the heart was on the left side, and the liver on the right; but now it is that the liver is on the left side, rind the heart on the right; ' or, itccording to these political quacks, the three estates are new merged in one—tlie Commons alone. Did ' never occur to their memories that the experiment was once tried in the Parent State, when the Long Pnrliztment. as it was culled, voted itselfsupreme, and deservedly met tlte fate which bodies so constituted must sooner or later tncet.’ If there be no check to the representatives of the people, what is to hinder their voting their session perpetual; and what is to prevent some American Cromwell from telling therwfihat he hath no further need of them, titid erecting himself into n despot uubr the name of President, or Governor for life. or with succession to his heirs? We hardly think, hotflvef. that even the Rslbrmers. us they term themselves, will attempt to go that length, however much they may win it. have said. that we disapprove of “I. Moativ's plan- altheugh we agree with him. that the Council should be sctivs; and the point wherein we disagree with him is, that he allows both looses to be elected by the native persons—'rn I, maltln two Ilousea of Representatives of the same constituencv, instead o one. 'l.‘liis, it is evident, would be no im rovementt still less advantage would be gained b restricting the right of election to persons peculiar class. \ ethink that Mr. Monriv has rnnds n gt fundamental error—-it is on the qualifications of the electors that we should depend for the benefits that would result from u well-conuti- tuted Senate, or Legislative Council. We should care little how far the franchise was extended for the popular brnnclt, provided it sled do a secure and unnlteritble basis for the other; wltile we would allow all ranks and classes a voice for the fortner, we would restrict the votes for the latter to those sensed of a freehold in the soil : and in this we should nppronch nearer to the model sfl'ord- ed by the Mother Country than by any other irtode. '