. P‘ .’ htion equal to that or this jeervra

From Papers by the last English Mall.

Anon-ioisar. raoas Ausraat.i.t.——The Inst files of the Syd- ney Morning Herald contain accounts of a new propeller invented by Sir 'I‘homas Mitchell, the Surveyor General ofNew South Wales, a trial of which in a small steamer at that port had just excited great interest. It is called the Bomeraag eller. and is constructed on the prllsim pf the weapon of that name used by the natives to kill game. gh the ex riment was only on a arrtall and imperfect scale, a speed of twelve riots an hour Iglinsl. a head wind is stated to have been obtained. The instrument is described to combine great strength and simplicity, while it has also the advantage that its motion in the waiter causes but a comparatively slight agitation, so that it is capable of being ado ted to canal hosts as well as to other vessels. At the conclusion o the trial, Sir Thomas Mitchell ex eased his conviction “that the weapon of the earliest inhabit- ants of Aasttnlin has now led to the determination iriatltemtttieally of the true forth by which alone, on the screw principle, high speed on water can be obtained." 'l‘he following extract of a letter ofthe latest date. from s merchant at S dney, indicates the expectation entertained by the people at that place that their own mines will not be totally eclipsed. even by the extraordinary yield at Mount Alex- , nodes. The writer also refers to the above-meiitiouod invention of an .

Thomas Mitchell Svortnr, June 22, 1852.

“I think we shall have some great diggings here soon. You will see that we shall have our Mount Alexander yet. as well as the Victorian. There are do its to the northward, on the Peel river, called the Hanging Rock iggi . which are being developed very quietly. The parties there are oing wonderfully well. We hear of, and see weekly large nuggets, cf 10 on. to ‘A0 oz., wards, hour that quarter. 'I‘hoy are doing as we|l—the few that are there

_ at Victori Sir Thomas Mitchell has been test" his new invention——the Bcmerang propeller—for steamers. in lion 0 the screw. He has tried it on a steamer here. and it has answered ver well. Sir Thomas as a. he will be able to get twenty knots an hour eat of it. It will be e very thing for ocean stenmships. He has taken out a patent, wie bouie to carr it out. Two or thine days ago. I received a letter from S daey, ew South Wales. under date the 80th of June last. from w ich I have selected same extracts. and subjoin them. because I have not observed the infor- mation in any of the English journals, and being of s more than pri- vate interest, I think you may desire to make ttsgolit in your valu- able paper. * ‘

F R A N C E s ACCEPTANCE OF THE EMPIRE BY LOUIS NAPO- LEON.

srsscu II an-1.1 ‘so ‘ml: snnitsss or nil: PltlsIDlN'I‘ or ‘I'll! ctnitsss or coiuunci: as sonorznux. I accept with eagerness the opportunity afforded me by the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce for thanking your great city for its cordial reception and its magnificent hospitality, and I am he py at the end of my journey to communicate the impres- sions have received. The object of my tour, as you are well aware, was to make rnyselfscquainted, by personal observation. with the beautiful ovinces of the south, and to ascertain their real wants. It as, however. led to a far more important result. may say, indeed, with a candourss far removed from pride as from false modesty, that never did a people more directly, more spontaneously. more unanimously testify a determination to free itself from all uneasiness respecting the future. by pla- cing in the same hands as heretofore, a power which sytqpat i- see with its feelings. The eople has now at last learned to value at their price the false hopes with which it has been czijoled, and the dan- gers with which it was threatened. It seetns, then. that in I852 society approached its dissolution, because each party consoled itself with the belief that amid the general wreck it

- might still plant its standard on the floating fragments. (Sen- sation, and cries of “ Vise I'Empersur I")

Now that its eyes are opened to absurd theories, the people has acquired the conviction, that those pretended Reformers were more visionaries, inasmuch as there has always been a disproportion and a want of cause uence between their expe- dients and the promised result. ( cud applause, and cries of “ True,true !”

At resent the nation surrounds me with its sympathies, be-

suse do not belong to the family of the Ideologists. 'I‘o pro-

cmotc the welfare of the country, it is not necessary to apply new systems, but the chief point. above all, is to produce con- fidence in the present, and security for the future. For these reasons, it seems France desires a return to the empire.- (" Yes, yes," prolonged applause, “ Vice I’l:‘mprreur I")

There is one objection to which I must reply. Certain minds

seem to entertain a dread of war; certain persons say the em- 're is only war ; but I say the empire is peace (sensation).for raace deeires it, and, when France is satisfied, the world is tranquil. [These words uttered in a firm voice, and with strong emphasis, produced a magical effect. Enthusiastic bravos were heard from all sides.]

Glory descends by inheritance, but not war. Did the princes, whtvastly felt pride that they were the grand children of Louis XI ., recommence his wars .

War is not made for pleasure, but through necessity; and at this e och of transition, where. the side of so many ele- ments 0 prosperity, spring so many causes of death, we ms truly say,—V o to him who gives the first signal to a colli- sion, the consfluences of which would be incalcnlable. (Long and profound sensation.

I confess, however, that, like the Emperor, I have many conquests to make. I wish, like him, to conquer, by concili- ation, all hostile parties, and to bring into the grand popular current those hostile streams which now lose themselves with- out profit to any one. (Applause.)

I wish to restore to religion, morality, and opulence, that still numerous part of the population which, though in the ho- somc of the most fertile country in the world, can scarcely ob- tain the common necessaries of life. (Sensation.

s have immense waste territories to cultivate, roads to open, ports to dig, rivers to render navigable, a system of rail- roads to complete ; we have opposite to Marseilles a vast king- dom. which we must assimilate to France ; and we have to bring all our great western ports into connexion with the Am- erican continent by a rapidity of communication which we still vrsnt ; lastly, we have ruins to restore, false gods to overthrow, and truths to be made trium liant. (Prolonged applause.)

This is the sense which Iattach to the empire, if the em- pire is to be restored. (Cries of " Vice l’Empcrrur 1")

Such are the conquests whichl contemplate, and all you who surround me, and who like me, desire your country's wel- fare—you are my soldiers ! (‘*Yes. yes,” prolonged applause.)

ma INDIA AND CHINA.

The dates from Bombs are to the 15th September, and Hong Kong 25th Aug. ‘he English mail of the 9th August arrived at Bombay on the 5th Sept.

Nothing decisive had taken place in Bnrniah.

The Punjsub appeared quiet and settled.

In the N ixain’s dominions disorder remained as before.

i Tho ilnsurrectioéi in China continued rather favourable to the in no ists near anion.

The brig Amecia, from Singapore to Lsbuan, was lost and 00 persons ed, 45 of whom were Chinese. The Euro- ns lost were miners going to Lsbuan, under agreement to

't’hI:Esstern Archipelago Co.

A telegraphic despstcli, dated Trieste, 12th. says, 9000 En- lislt troops have landed near Horst, in the Persian Gulf. It Is_supposed that the object of their presence is to cause the aersians to respect the independence of Horst, which they reaten.

ITALY. Advices from Sini glia, in the Papal States, to the 3rd inst. state thst2e politicafpriscners were shot in three days.

SPA IN .

A was sunset in Madrid, on the 9th instant, that the Queen about to ,eaacsI all-the railway concessions, except the line of Alinsna, In consequence of the parties not having cfersd sefloient security for cotnpletion of the works.

AUSTRALIA.

If s rs are capital property in Australia, b aeI.t‘h'e?sI’a°mp,psper.nor advertisement duty. Argus tr’nrnpbantly exclsinis, " with the exception of the great tliuaderer, the mighty 1't'rrus itself. then is not one of the daily pots of the metropollq pf England that has a siren-

w. have ohm-oruui further enilgrntlea ma evr York I-Australia, the new ohms Dolphin, owned by ' on tho. themhsvisgresentl as free: New York. Many pf the emigrants

where there e Melbourne

are of the ter class, and the amount of speeie they esrriedjwith tbenvsrisd from 01000 to 060,000 each. TM]

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were all sup lied with shovels and picks, to commence finding " the root c all evil.”

A Devonshire farmer, writin from Melbourne, says. “The publicens here are making th r fortunes as fast as they can tell it ; so much for them. 'l‘he number of people at the dif- ferent diggings at this time is estimated at 50,000." He goes on z—-‘‘ I have two horses constantly in taking stores to the diggings for the storekespers, for which I receive £40 for each journey. occupying rtiie days, and one horse continually draw- tog water for the people in town, for whie ' 25s. to 30s. per day. This is worthy of being called lwrsehire. We live about a mile and a half from town, and keep a dairy of forty cows, and send all our milk to the town by a spring conveyance, and sell it at aahilling per quart.”

A Manchester man, writin from Adelaide, says, “ The amount of gold raised to the present time, little more than five months from the first discovery of Mount Alexander diggings, cannot be less than £5,000,000, wliilo the average number of hands at any one time upon the ground cannot exceed thirty thousand. The average result, then, is over .6‘ 0 per man for five rnonths' work. The cost ofliving does not exceed from 10s. to I6s. per week. according to the season of the year. The quantity sent to England up to the present time is not tar short of £3,000,000, valued at mint price; and the quantity that will be raised this year will not, I expect, be_ less than .€IlI,000,000. There are many hundred Californians ‘at the diggings; they bear unanimous testimony that nothing 'in Ca- lifornia has been seen at all equal to the diggings in Victoria. The success is very unequal ; still no one can persevere with- oiit doing well. As many false statements are afloat as to the character ofthe heslthiness and conduct of those at the dig- gings, I feel bound to say that the diggings are..as a body, as well conducted as any class of labouring people in the world. The locality is healthy, and provisions comparatively cheap. There have been some scenes of disorder; but an eflicient po- lice force is now being established. and life is safer at the dig- gings than in the city of Melbourne ; in fact, as safe as in Lori- dou itself.’

1111 El\'GLAI\I). .

The Queen has left her Ilighland home, and reached Wind; sor; the Premier, after rusticsting in his Lancashire retreat, has departed for the scene of his oflicial labors ; the members of the Government are all flocking towards Downing street; and the leaders of the opposition are bracing their nerri-s for the coming struggle on the duos’-ofthe new Palace in West- minster. Yesterday acabinet council was to be held, when the exact day for the meeting of Parliament would be fire

Asrttviti. or -nit: ittitcs: At.sr:s-r vitost -riir: ARCTIC Ru- otoNs.—'I‘his vessel which was fitted out and left Aberdeen about eighteen months ago. chiefly at the expense of Lady I"ranklin,returned oti Thursday night, but without any intelli- getice of Sir John Franklin. The Prince Albert, however. communicated with the North Star at Ilcecliy Island, and brings the gratifying intelligence, that Wellington Channel is this year clear, and that one of the steamers and one of the sailing vessels had proceeded up to explore the regions of Captain Penny's alleged discoveries. This mucli-vexed point will therefore now be definitely cleared up; and, should the statements of Captain Penny turn out to have been correct, he will be entitled to, and we doubt not, will receive that full mood of approbation which hua_been as yet withheld from him in well-informed quarters. We shall wait with anxiety the reaiilt ofan investigation undertaken under such favourable cir- cumstances, not that we have cny_strong expectation that tra-

ces of Franklin will be found, but it is most desirable that the I

doubts resting on Captain Penny's charts should either be jus- rjfied or removed. The only other point of any consc~_u._-nee that Mr. Kennedy seems to have ascertained is, tli:it l*ru.-ntford ]j.y_ imm.-distely northward of Iloothia. is not a land defined buy. as marked in the present charts. but an open channel, which, it is said, ‘Mr. Kennedy traced west, so far as the vici- nity of the 100th degree oflongitu e.

Considerable shipments of potatoes have been made during the past week, from Dublin to New York and New Orleans.

According to the Cork Constitution emigration from all the Irish ports continues unabated, and in some instances it has been even increased.

An extensive bed of sulphur has been opened in Egypt, be- tween the village of Kench and the Red Sea, at the unit called Bahar el mppper Egypt. It is soon to be worked-

The London Trinity I-Ionae have built a steam yacht, the Ircnc, expressly for speed. On her first trial she ran 17,’, knots an hour, and is believed to be the fastest steamer afloat.

Cosrmtotu-rioit as Sirvi:iu.—A dreadlul conflsgration took place at Smyrna on the night of the 26th ult. It began at the entrance on the cart, from the Jews’ quarter, and in the course of six hours completely destroyed the whole of the gold-work- era’ and clotlies-makers‘, hesiles numerous c iffce and eating houses, and other buildings. The number of magazines des- stroyed is between 5000 and 0000. Happily the cur.fla-gratiun did not extend to the European Bazaar. A great quantity of goods has been saved.

- UNITED NT.~\'l‘ld§.

The Buffalo Courier says the potato crop this year will be uncom- monly large and good. In Genessee and youiing counties the yield was never larger, and so far its has been seen. it is entirely free rem rot.

In Northern Vermont potatoes are selling by wltnlesnle at twenty- five cents per bushel, and yet they are retaitlcd in Llcston at from 90 cents to $1 per bushel.

Caaironrtiaxv Mist-r.—'I‘he Secretary of the American ‘Prea- sury has issued proposals for building I mint at San Francisco, the cost not to exceed $300,000.

Orders have been received at New York for the immediate fitting out ofthe sloop of Wll‘ Marion. the Vincerum and Porpairr. for the survey of the China Seas, and they are nearly ready. They have been fitted up with light spar docks. and atnply provided with whale ats.

t. Owen Shaw. in a letter to the Governor of Texas, states that he had s1'ight with the Indians on the 17th September; there were nineteen men and one woman in the Indian party, so all were killed but one. Of Capt. Shaw's part no one was hurt.

Aivo-runs Ganlt-r Iivntutut-rroiv lsx-rirto.—.N'ew Or- leans. I2th.—It is estimated that the another present at the Cuban indignation meeting last evening reached 20,000, being the largest ever held. 'I‘here were 200 Vice Presidents, and speeches of a powerful character were made from four ditferont stands. Resolu- tions in favour of immediate redress were adopted and a copy or- dered to be transmitted to the President of the United States.

m— LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. CANADA. , (Reported for the Colonial.) Ri:sot.t"rioits to be proposed in the Legislative Council, by the Hon. Thomas McKay, on Monday, the I8th day of October,

instant :— ' Resolved, I.—That the present Constitution of this House is defective.

from present state of the markets.

lilIA\.S;/.'N.\.I!RlIl)’S onznj11"ua.

_'rUnsnAir, NOVEMBER _ 2.‘ 1852.

It is not slittle amusing to hear the most of the old and often very intelligent members of the community haunting the low price ofagricultural roducs at tlte present day. and assertihg the utter impossibility o it farmer over attaining to independence urtdarths Whcii any allusion is lnudc_ to the periods ofthe late French and American wars, they almost with one accord cry out, " Oh! those were times when a man might live; a fair price was paid for produce. and paid in cash, too-—no notes that would not pull in other countries; the coins then consisted ofgolden guineits, doublonna and joes, s g nieh pillar dollars, that were current over all the world." We well remember a song that we used to hear, about " the glorious days of good ueen Bcss;" this was in our extreme youth; when, however, we became a little more conversant with the true state of affairs under the reign ofthe virgin queen. we were enabled to ascertain that, however superior were the times then, compared _with those preceding them, they would sadly full in the estimation of even the most pre'udiced admirer of the olden times. when placed in the balance wit those of the present day. If Queen Elizabeth could have visited the late Crystal Palace on one of the days when so many sdniiriii thousands passed through its various departments, she would herself httve been obliged to confess that. however great, or civilised, or refined England was in the days of her supremacy, the meanest of the subjects of Queen Victoria that then stood beneath her astonish- ed eye could possess himselfof more of the comforts, and even of the luxuries of life, than the greatest of her cnurtiers. So, we think, it would be with some of the worthies of past duysin Prince Edward Island. could they be, in like manner, summoned to behold the pre- sent state of things here. Let us put it to the proof. Powerful as we are. we admit that we cannot summon Walter Patterson or Edward Fanning to appear before our editorial throne; we have. howevey, what we t ink will answer quite as well. if not better— for they might refuse to answer, or answer unttuly—tlie account books ofn inercltaiit doing extensive business during a period of time extending frorri the year I777 t-I I796, and previously and sub- sequently tlieroto. A ew extracts from tlieae will. we think, abun- dntitly prove. that the farmer of llte present day is fully as well, if not better pnid. than the one who lived 75 or 56 years since; and from other sources we shall obtain infornintion doivn to the year

809, it ctinipurntively modern date. accompanied b the like reaitlt. It is worthy of remark, however, that in those days t esttme sciircit of coin xvua felt;~fur this some merchant issued what he called cash notes, for two and six-pence c:icli,nnd these were freely t.ilu:n,even by the highest in rank, and they were, we doubt not, a great con- venienc

In making comparisons, and in drawing conclusions. our attention will be confined wholly to articles of common use, leaving luxuries out of the question. Ten. sugar, and tobacco are things Wlllcil have been rind will long continue to lie in great demand uniting all classes of society, and have now, by cutiimon curiae-nt,‘; liccoiiie I’t!Cl(Ullt£lI uniting the necessaries of life. Let us see Wllill the prices of those were in the year I778. Ilysoti tea wire from l2i. to Ms. (id. per II).. or from Ms. 6d. to 17s. of the present rate of currency. that in fully I00 per cent. more than at this tiiiie—tlie uitenfihis, liowevt-r, was, tve may rv-:isonuli!_v suppose, confined to the rich. Bnhezi was the beverage ofthe rriiddle and lower ranks; the price of this was (is. 6d.—nbout 7s. 9d. now; the 2s. 6d. soucliong ofthe prescntdny is a better article than was the bohea of that. So that tea was 200 per cent. dearer than at present. Sugar was 9d, = I0.}d—l00 per cent. Tobacco was .-.s. ., or 3:. of our currency——I00 per cent. likewise. Soap was I0d., --I Is.; and candles ls. 3d., ls.l3d. the first 100, and the lntter.60 per cent. higher than at present. A yard ofprinted cotton cost a dollar—6s.; the same price. or a little more, was demanded for printed linen. Now Is. 6d. will purchase nrd of best printed cotton at the present day, and, all things can- si ercd, equally good with that of l778—here is an advance of800 per cent. A yard of fine tiicslin, furnished to a farmer's wife, is charged at I2s., = 1-Is. Id.; this would he upwards of 300 er cent. at the dearest shop in Cliarlottetoi\'n—for what was called no mud- in then, would hardly be called so noiv. It must be rcnicmbt-red, that we are now taking extracts from in book kept in it store where every article of coinirion use or necessity was sold, and where, we take it for granted, it considerable advance was charged on the invoice prices—for this is alwa s the case in a new country, where there is little competition. and urge capitals are seldotii itiet vtilli- and for this reason we are induced to draw the conclusion, that the articles sold were not of the very highest quality, but such as were coinmcn to people of what were then called the middling classes in England—a much wealthier and more respectab eclnas than isdeaig- nated by the same term now. It Is. in fact. a qustttion whether any each class exists row; or every man is a gentleman, and every

dy. and, as far as attire goes, the best criterion of true gentility is the plslnnesn sad wantof preteoaion by which persons are distinguished. There are a few articles more to add to our list, and we will close the invoice. pair of worsted stockings were charged at 6a.—upwai-ds of 7s.—800 per cent. at least; Ribbed cotton stock- ings 7s. 6d., = 93.-we doubt whether the article is manufactured at the present day, they tvent down with knee buckles and knee hreecli.-.1; at all events, a better article could be had now for 2s. 6d. Slanlloon cost »Is.; it pair of wool cards 3s —l00 per cent. glass l:., = ls. 2d.-300 per cent.. Salt cost 6a., or 7a. ‘.’.d., r husliel. Among the miscellaneous list of articles, we find a spell- in book—the only book ir'oiitionetl—at 2s.. or ‘ls. ~Id—from 100 to 200 per cent.; a quire of paper. ls. Cd. to 2s., = ls. 10d. to 2s. -Id It may relieve the dullness of this catalogue, to state that, among vttrious other charges similar to the above, the eye is startled at finding :56 6~. sterling _-.= £9 9:. currency of this day. charged us having been paid for an sinbroi cred satin waistcoat; and the same sum for it silver liilted sword.— is these days of degeneracy (in dress) a man might be clothed from head to foot with the price 0 the one, utid llll wife and two or three children with that of the other.