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ilASZARD'l ‘ JULY 30.

ITATI AND PUICU OP AUITIALIA. We have ust received _ancther of those

astc uments which have taught us to view plain, saber, practical truth as more and more extravagant than tlge wildest ' lotion. 'I‘he nome of t e

ins who showered n his avourite the miles of depd’: caverns and seclndadmuuntains gave him ncthin but the power of gratifying his passions, his lux- ury, and his magnificence. it never enter- ed into the head of Eastern mbulists to con- ceive the simultaneous enrichment of a we community, and to trace the effect of change on the daninies cfnstions and the commerce -of world. The tale usually represents the Sultan as richer and his Court as mere id, but leaves his as it found them,

f re u conquest and external ssion. Plutue dealt more favourably with the Australian colonies; his favours have been lavished on communities _instead of indivi- duals, and are felt almost as strongly on one side of the world as on the other. It is impossible within the limits allotted to us to give an adequate idea of the revelations contained in the report of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce, a document ably drawn u , and containing a statement of facts s as never before have been sub- mitted’ to the perusal of mankind. Progress and advancement are but faint and inade- quate terms to e reu what has been hap- pening in Port Philip: the thing, as witnes- sed there, has no name, for the world has seen ' in the least resembling it. All we can do is to call in figures to our aid, and leave our readers to estimate as well as they may, the facts of which those figures are the symbols. .

Eighteen years ago the province of Vic- toria was a sav e a unknown wilder- ness, inhabited by a few barbarous tribes, and contributin no more to the wealth and pro rose 0 the world than it would have done if its shores had been submerge beneath the waves of the Southern Pacific.

From that time to 185! its p as w wonderfully rapid—ita population had risen

e souls—its shipping inwards to 669 vessels, with a tonnage of l29,000 tons, and its revenue to £3&l,000, an increase, we believe, never exceeded by any commu- nity. Now mark the difference of a single year. In 1852 the population had bccome_ 200,000, the shipping inwards I657 vessel with a tonnage of 48,000 tons, and the revenue £l,578,000, of which £342,000 was raise from Customs. During the year 185! the value of imports amounted to £1,056,000; in I852 it increased to £4, 044,000; the exports in 1851 were £1, 424,000, in 1852 they had reached £7, 459,000; but, taking into consideration the large amount of gold which has lell. the colony, without being recorded, the total amount of exports is not, probably, less than £l5,(lJ0,000 rannum—thst is, every man, woman, an child 'in'Victosie, ces an export to the amount of 5 per head. But even this statement does not do fnlljustice to this astoundin influx ofpros- purity. The production 0 gold is taken from its commencement, when most of the labourers were inexperienced, andthe ma- chinery they employed rude and imper- feet. The colony was unprepared for so vast an accession to its population, and bad roads, and irriperfect supplies, and every other physical dificulty have impeded the industry of the miners. ' tom of alling all‘ or exhaustion in the old- field; the suppl is practically boun less, and seems toithnit an increase in propor- tion to the number of hands employed, and the greater fhcilities of transport, supply, and machinery. Seven hundred and twen- t thousand pounds have been voted by the

besides this, three railroads have been sanctioned, one to connect Melbourne with the port, another to connect Melbourne and Gee ong, and another to unite Melbourne and the gcldfields of the interior, each at a guarantee of five per cent, on the capital advanced for a period of '2l years. a may remark, in passing, that the town of Melbourhe, which in 1851 contained 23,000 inhabitant, ‘had increased by the end of 1862 to a population of &),lI)0, an amount 5 much kept dow_n by the impossibi- ity of findi house accommodation, and that the popixtion of Geelo had increased the same period them to M, . he prospects of railways seine estimate may be formed from the fact, that the car- ’ plies to ' Mount

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and r last’ year was stthe rate cf£l per‘ ten per mile, an that it is estimated that ' e of supplies during liter, from Melbourne

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eat and most decayed city of Spain orGcr~ man . Roads they have none, and the tree a which lead to the spots where nature Iquauders lier ‘treasure with so lavish a band are difilcult in summer, and‘ barely psmable in winter. ' masons and carpenters to build them houses, and “navvies ’ to make them decks and rail-roads. Till these wants are an lied it is vain for on men of talent w- ledge to see their fortunes in a land want- ing nothing w ‘ they have to give, and appreciating far more highl the coarsest manual, than the finest inte eetusl labour. This is the tendency of every new country. Physical material wants must an ‘ plied, and only when men have gained lei- sure from the struggle will they turn their minds to the cultivation of the intellect or the taste. What cruelty can be renter, what misconception more lamentab e, what betrayal of atrust more re rehensible, than to send a bqp or astudent lkom college, with a few poun s in his pocket, to seek his for- tune in a land which wants nothing that he can contribute, and will contribute, nothing that he wants? To send such a person to Austrailia is, in fact. to sentence him to work on the roads at ten shillings a-day,- good y, certainly, but a miserable avoca- tion or one brought /up with the feelings and aspirations of a gent emun.

Even with the goods which other coun- tries can contribute Victoria has, as ap- pears from the scale of prices, been but scantily supplied; but there is a marked distinction between those thin s which she can procure from abroad an those which she must, ii-om necessity, produce for her- self. Till this inequality is reduced every- body's mind will be absorbed in more ma- terial progress. The owner of thousands who cannot get a house, until he is released -from the necessity of livi in a tent or a bark but, will scarcely think of a tutor for his sons or a governess for his daughters. We feel it right to couple the account of this unprece ented prosperit with this warnin , because we are wel aware that every s ip carries out to Australia its con- tribution of young men and women destined to verty and wretchedness from a neglect of this very obvious consideration.

one or SAM si.icir's YAIN3. (From Sam Slick’s Wise-S—a-we and Modern Instances.)

Although women are not endowed by nature with the same strength as men the aim deficient in real courage, when there is it fit. wo- man that would scream and faint ifs mouse was to run over the keys of her piano, could face fire, shipwreck or death in any shape, with calmness an coolness that nothin' but faith in Providence can give. I recollect a curious circumstance that occurred down to Keuuebse, durin the revolu- tionar war. had it from one o the family. Old aptain Eldridge and his son had to leave home one da to attend a meetin’ of the King's friends and t era was nobody left in the house but his daughter Mary and a hired gall, both ou’em about eighteen years of ago. Well, things went tty much till sundown, when there was an awful npresr in the yard. Such a yelllii,' and sersamin,’ and squeelln,’ and runtin,’ and scamperin, uTer as heard. " hat in natur is all that. In ly 1" said Miss Eldridge. “ Lord only knows, miss" said she, “ unless it’s the reb- els aseeaiu of the captain's swine for the fort. The cowardly villisns know that the men folks are all away and I shouldn't wonder if it’s them taking the chance to plunder." “ Well if the men are gone the Sins aint,” said miss; " and l‘ll treat em to a ct at any rate. IfIdon’t hit ’em ‘em, for cowards ou’t like the

n to Let me door. lord a’ mercy on ns,” said she. “ it's a monstrous t big black bear, a ' ’ ofi the old sow in his

kitchen fire and ran after the besr,wavin’ it round and round to keep the More bright, and screamln’ and shoutin’ at the tip of her voice, for wild varmints are awfiill sored of fire. But the bear warii’t so as y dsrnted; he stopt, and showed an awful row of harrow teeth, enough to fri ten an one. But on she went, came up to h , and etched him a blow of the hot, sparkling, harddwood ' coals, right across e the business for him. Bruin dropped lg, that seampered cl’ to the aty roariu’ asif o w- in’ warn’t inst quitess as ticklin‘.) spill then he made f0l"bllO ence,which wals built 0 on rsn ' stu ,nottrees nor es,

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.“Letgo. ' and ran for _t; and he ulled out his head, and after her quick stick. ut it was no go. After sjiiuipor two he fell,

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and the and tell again, and then he t up, and a red about with his head fiugi ' and lhll vythnd bled to tli. lle qua the largest bear ever seen on the Keunebec r ver. - - Well, aouie of the neighbours skinned it for her; and what do you think she did with the far i" “ Made a mufiof it," said Uollingwood. “ No." “ Trimmed a sleigh!" “ No." " Made a counterpane l" ‘* No. ’ “ A mat for the bed-side l’ “ No." " h“ what on airth did she do wifi it then!" “ hy, she had the skin shaved close, and took the fiir and spun it into yarn, and .vowed if she married an ofioer in the Kin ’s service, she would knit a battle- shirt for h , that he might be reminded of the courage of his wife ; and if she married a civi- lian, and ever had sons, the first shirt they should ever ut on should be one made of the hair of that r, that they might be brave and victorious!" “ Well, di she ever marry ?" said the caphin. ‘- Yes. she did, one of the mildest and meekest of men, a cler an of the Church of England, that was settl afterwards in Nova Scntia, as and as peaceable a mis- ' as the society ever em loyod. Now, that's uman natur agin.” “ ell, it aint my idea or what's nateral,” said Collin ood. “for like seeks like, the brave like brave : birds ofn feather flock together. You know who peop areby their associates." “ Excuse me,” ss_is I, “ you’vc got it wrong. The natur of matrimo- ny is one thin . and the natur of friendship is another. A ta man likes a short wife ; a great talker likes a silent woman, for both can't talk at once. A y man likes a domestic gall, for he can leave or to home to rinse children and make pap, while he is enjoyin’ of himself to rties. A man that haute any music in him, It chimes

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suits, and recreations, (what they call conge- nial souls ;) a toper for a toper, a smoker for ii. smoker, s horse-racer for s horse-racer. a prize- fi hter for a prise-fighter, and so on. Matrimony ’ contrasts; fr-ieiidsliip seeks its own counter- parts. Well, the lady had three sons, and as soon as they were born they had the bears shirt put on; and one thin is mrtin, they were all three men of nndou coura . One was killed in battle in Canada, a Captain in the Bri- tish army. e other two were civilians, men that nobod would think of takin’ a libert with. The hair a irt is in existence still. I see it my- self, ,and have a small bit of the yarn to home now. '

VTIMPEELNCE. UNITED KINGDOM ALLIANCE 51. Princess Street, Manchester, June 91, 1863. To NATHAN S. DIIIL, Esq., . ., St. John, New Brunswick.

Dear Sir,—We mke the liberty of forwarding to your care the enclosed Address of the Exe- cutive Committsa of the United Kingdom Alli- ance, to the friends of Temperance and social reform in New Brunswick. We doubt not the deep interest you hke in the Temperance move- ment, and in the, social elevation of the people of your interesting Province, will induce you, in concert with others like minded, to ma this friendly communication as widely known as his ; and we shall be glad it‘ the frater- na sentiments it expresses are generally and ful‘ly reci ted throughout your Colony. _

e enc osea copy of an Address the Commit- too are now issuing-“ To th Britain and Iraland"—-also list of General Council to lat June, with copy of Constitution, te., of the Alliance.

We are, dear Sir, Your‘s in the common cause, Wimsn Gswriiosrs Teens 3. Banana.

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snnama or ran xxncurivs coiisri-rs: or ran uiiirso xutnnoii ausssa, Formed June lat,-1853 to procure the Legislative su pression of the trellis in Intoxicating ors.

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New Brunsiaicl, British America. Friends-—With no ‘ordinary feeling of interest and solidtude, we send you an A rose of congratulation and frets greeting,

‘his being the day on which your no lo anti- elect, we doubt not it will f a new litical history. Since, ent sustained with a earnestness, we cannot but ex-

is. t on the evils con- nected with and resulting from the Liquor Trale. You have seen its iniqnities, and can understand better than we can describe, its vile and horrible atocities. With you as with us. that Tralc is new race by its fruits

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and disoitsc. they would pause-ere they united so great ll llllotl of social turbulence and public dcuiiiriilimti-iii. Lnuk to it friends. we beseec you. in iiun-, lent the good results ofyour past efiirts be t‘t)\llliA$l'lllIlllll08tl by equal i not pre- pondcratiug evils. The accompanying paper will intiniah to on that not only has your example attracted our attention, but that we have commenced to follow _\‘ul|l' ate it. ()n the Nth February last the Provisions Committee of the ‘- Lnited Kingdom Alliitm-o" resolved to send out an Address privately, to some of the leading friends 0 Temperance and social reform, pro- posing that an orgiiliization should he formed, raving for its distinct and declared object the to- tal Legiialative suppression ofthc entire tritflc in all intoxicating liquors. The Ooiniuittee ' not calculate on lmlllg able to secure more than fifty names before the scheme was announced to the public. But having earnestly consider- ed the matter, the firmly resolved that if but fifty good men an true would join their stan- dard, they would raise the or of entire sup- pression. Feeling, however, t e vast and ino- mcntuous character of the work they were un- dertaking, the Committee deemed it wise when filly names were obtained, to proceed with their canvass until they secured one hundred. Hav- ing one hundred ndhcsious they were encour- aged to think it more than ssible that one hundred and fifty, if not two iundred could be

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got for the first list of General Council. In order,

toaccomplish this. and in other res ts to con- solidate their plans and augment mir means and appliances for future action and agitation, the Committee determined to defer the convo- cation of General Council until the coming Autumn, at which time the Alliance is to be publicly insu urated.

The first 0 June has been selected as the sppro riste day for this ollicinl initiation of the [nite Kingdom Alliance, in respect to its be- ing as already intimated, the day on which yo r New Brunswick Act to prevent the trallic #11 intoxicating Liquors comes into legal efiect.

lied our organisation been suliiciontly ripe and ready, and had it been practical on other grounds, we should have gladly made this the

ay of public inauguration. that, however, could not be accomplished without undul pre- cipitating our plans, we could not risk t e in- terest of the movement to gratify private wishes and feolin a.

You wil please to ncce t this Address, one of the first acts of the first ecutivc Council, as though it came to you emanating froiu the entire body of the General Council, every niombcr of which, we doubt not, will full and cordially concur in every expression 0 I inpathy and good ' it contains towards t ie friends of

ompcrnnce in New Brunswick:

Signed on behalf of the Execiitive Committee.

ii. lliitvxv. (‘liai'rman. Nsrii. CARD, Trmiurer. §‘ArlUla Porx, Hon'y. Secretary. ii. AWTBO i-ii . . Tnos. ll. Baaiiaa: A"‘""m'u S“ 3'" Committee Room, 52, Princess-street, Manchester, June 1st, 1853.

GLEANINGS FROM LATE PAPERS.

Sumuiiuvi: Truossrn us-rwitxx [simian AND Aiiaiiics.—'l‘he following important announce- ment-has appeared in the Morning Advertiser :-

“ Arrangements are for advanced towards- oompletion, for laying down a submarine tele- graph between the United Kingdom snd Amo- rica. It is intended to connect the two countries, or rather, the Old and New Worlds, by means of Galway and Iialifax—these being the two nearest points of communication. The dtstance is about 1,600 miles. The perfect priicticabilit of the thin has been guaranteed under the hen of netirly u l the eminent engineers of the day. and various parties have sent in estimates for the execution of the work. These estimates vary from £800,000 down to £300,000, and it is a remarkable fact, that some of the most respect- able firms in the country. When this extraor- dinary project has been carried out, we shall be able in alf an hour to send messages from Lon- don to New York, and receive messages from the United States in about half an hour. And not, we on ht to add, from New York alone, but from t c interior of America, the electric tele- graph being laid down for upwards of 2,000 miles up the country.

Admiral de la Susse has been superseded by Vice Admiral llamelin in the command of the French squadron in the eastern water . The latter is a youn r man than the British Admi- ral Dundns, an the chin is an act of courte-

which will allow the British Admiral to hke ills precedence in the movements of the fleets.

It is understood (says the Daily News), that in consequence of the cut pressure of public business. Parliament will not be prorogued until after the 20th of August.

UNITED STATES.

Orrmxo or run Iimvsrsisi. Exiiisrrioit sr Nrw Yosit.—0n Thursday last, the industrial Exhibition was o ned in e presence of about 000 persons. The President of the United tates, who assisted at the openin ceremonies, landed at Castle Garden at ten" o’c w warm y ' . At half-past 11 the proces- sion took the line of march up Brcadwa , and arrived at the Palace at half-past2 o‘cloc , hav- ing been delaycd by a shower that fell about 12. e scene inside was very gorgeous. Amon the distinguished persons resent were Lor Ellesmere and suite. Pr ident Pierce‘s ad- dress was very brief. He thanked the Mayor for the kind and patriotic expressions with which he had recived him, and said :—“ For the first time Iaddross, within their own bor- ders, the citisens of the Empire Gig, now, be-

ond all controvers , the commercial metropo- lie of our {in The rapidity‘ air, with which New York has arisen to so com- position as one of the most im r- tant cities upon the globe, has no paral in r . Already the enterprise of our iner- chante, genius of your sh? but , the daring splrlt of‘your vast trad ng marine, are begin to in c you llrst in the markets of my oountrymen—-hero is ledger of eoiaaieree the accounts of the nations of the earth."

The display, so far as the Americans are con- cerned, is not at all creditable to them. most every article they have failed to anything to be com with the productions of other counties. In hot had it not been hr the foreign contributions, the exhibition would