§"*g. .t" total i _ J the precious metal during » fie 3', _, at to above a million and it- half atdli ' . It is expected that some - come to a good market. in! no HASZARITS (ii-\'I.l'.'l' l‘ ts, DECEMBER. 10.‘ _ a and raved hfling to prevail a, and it could not have 'opportuih time. The rtioa oft is vast amount will be secured a the Bank of England; but the gold biottght b the James Baines has been ul- rgady sol to-the Bank of France, and it is probable, that some of the other arrivals will attract buyers from the same quarter, -as the demand for gold on Continental ac- -. count is notoyet satisfied. uch satisfaction is felt as the arrival. of the James Buines, and, although the voy- age was a protracted me, no amount of alarm was felt in Liverpool regarding her aafety. Anxiety to u certain extent did prevail, but not.nt all like the feeling on- tertained in London, uliere many under- writers and insurance otlices inadc pretty considerable profits. The Australian advices to hand by the Lightning extend to the 18th of August,nuil tire of a satisfactory ciiai-tictei-. l-‘ruin the gold fields the accounts tire, on the whole, favouiable——lhe escort frnin the dig-gings being much above the aviei-age, and the prospects ofthe e-i.-uiiig summer encourag- ordar to allot; the Dublin flail to pal!-3 permitted it to proceed along the line, to _ _ _ ’ ink- sifiited not to be cognisant of what is go. but the railway policeman,‘ instead of“ changing the points so as to allow the ballast train to run into the "siding.” a sand pit on its way, to be filled. th _ ing, probably, that itwould reach its destination before the arrival of the pas- senger traiu. Uiifortiiiiately, before many moments had elapsed, the Dublin train came up and ran into it, completely smashing both itsclfand the ballast train. The catastroplie is described as being of fearful extent, and our informant has mentioned that on, leaving Waterford be ascertained the number killed and wound- ed was then not exactly known. Up to that time, however, the bodies of five: persons llllll been foinid quite lifel.css.—' Among the _wounded passengers is Dr.; White, of llnblin, lnspector of Lunatic, Asvlums, who lies in a precarious state‘. in '\‘t'aterfor . ? Tltcrc is an easy crcdiility in the ptib-'_ lic mind of l~lnj_~land, says the London; Jlorning .‘lllt’£’I‘ff8(.’I', which is often pro-' ductivo of inculcnlulile mischief. We display :1 wonderful alacrity in believ-. ing what people say, even where the! tllllt‘('t‘.tlt’lllS of the party making the aver-: inent, show that they have no right tui expect that any asseveration wliich they; ing. New gold lields had been iliscovi-reil in New South \Vules, and had uttractedl m~iny persons from the \'ic.tori.t diggiiigs; but the soil not proving so aurifnrous H5 ex- pccted, numbers of them had returned. were fully sustained. (iood English fem- ale servants were scarce. Tue demand for gold had been considerable, at 759 (Ed per ounce. \\"ool is in active request, and in some instances an advance had been ob- tui ed. 'l'lie Money Market has presented a rti-'. ther easier position, but the iiiaxiiiiitiii rates of the Bank of England are intiintained. First class short tlaito bills liuve been dis- counted at 7 per cent., but for longer bills higher rates are i-xtictetl. lti Lombard- street and in the Stock ltlxcliangt-, the sup- ply of money has llllpl'0Vetl, owing to the - steady investments of the public. It was thought by many parties that the llnnlrof England directors would have ninth» in fur- ther change in the rate of(ll.~‘couut, espe- cially on lon_-_r hills, btit tho expectation proved unfounded. The exports of specie to the East Indies amounted to nearly .£600,000, of which only about £27,000 URI in gold. la the Grain-growing counties, with fav- ourable weather, wheat sowing may be considered as almost concluded in most of the important sections of the kingdom, and a colder temperature improves the condi- tion of what is being brought to market, so that with lari supplies of home grown there, is rather less dependence than of late upon foreign drawn from toe outports. The trade closed somewhat lower in price, but a disposition existed to pt;i'chasc rather more freely at the reduction. In the Provision market,some excitement ‘has prevailed, prices oflrish Butter having advanced 2: to 3:: per cwt, owing to needy ' buyers. The fullest prices asked for south- ern hraada were ll5s to US per iiwt. The deck of old Bacon is now nearly cleared ill. Inquiries for new are nurnbrous, and, as English and Irish continue to rule high, early arrivals of American, '1' fine, will Lardrhaving run lcountry, and of the consequent Ct)l‘t.l:llll_\’ The labour market was dull though wagesicl the nllIazice.—“c do not llt‘ll"\'(‘ at ‘word of it. There is in real friendshiplground. l mar make should he rccciw-l as true. It is thus with the assurances \\'lllt‘ll the Fri-ncli govcriiincnt are now j.:i\'iin= us of thoroughly friendly f('Clllt;{ tu\\':irtl; this on the part of the head ‘if that (lovem- ‘incnt towards us. There is, on the con- trary, tt decided, though covert, hostility. ,lle never yet said or did a single thing ,bccmtse he regarded it as calculated to iromote his interests. And it is because he unows that, were the alliance with 5 England to be broken up, he could not himself survive a moiith, that he ;kr-cps an outward appearance of friend- ;ship for this country. With us his pro- 'll‘SSl0llS of fricnd::liip go for nothing. What can be the worth of the bare word of one who has again and again violated his most solemn oath! 'l‘hongh in words the Emperor is with Ens, yet, at heart, he is with Russia. If :it were otherwise, he would not have ‘lost a moment in ignominionsly dismis- sing Count Walcwski front his cottncils, after the fact had been made patent to all the world, that the latter is the veri- cst creature of Russia, and was doing the work of the Czar more efliectunlly in the foreign ollice in Paris, than if he had been the prime minister of Alexander in the Chancellery of St. Petersburg. Louis. Napoleon can not pretend to be if.:uorat—‘ of the fact that Count Wtilcwski was surely and systematically selling France to ltussia.—Yct Louis Napoleon con- tinues to repose the same confidence in him as before.—-—And not only so, but in- stead of at once dispensing with his ser- vices. he lavishes on him unmistakable proofs of undiminishcd fricttdship. So long as Count Walewski remains where he is, or occupies any post whatever in the Napoleoiiistic Government, so long have we “confirmation strong,” that the Chief Magistrate of France is play- ing false to its,—is, in reality with Russia, and only awaits what he may regard as very scarce, an advance of 2: to 3s per cwt has been aid b needy buyers. American Beef and orlt or ships’ stores are dull and without any improvement. ' The Cloimel Clirouiclc ivasthe follow- account of azdrendfu railway uatas which took place on’ Wednesday " evening at about 0 o'clock, ll ‘ r- took place on tho‘ aterford anal ’ nny Railway, near nkitt, about in'iles'frotn the former city, by which tires -or . ; ve ‘l ballast n for-, genious and perseveiing nature are made trainthy Russia. Dunltttt, iniand when out’ “ a favorable opportunity to appcanin his real colours. Even were Louis Napoleon now to dismiss C("lllll Walewski, we should not regard the circumsttinc is as any proof of the abjurotion of his Muscovite predilec- ll0t‘::;, or of his sincere frienilsliijffor Eng- d lttl‘.‘.l; we should look it on it only as a measure which hchad a opted from con- sioerations of soiiud policy. It is a fol’-' ttfnate circumstance that, in times like tinuea to show the cloven "foot by his re- tention of Count Walewalrl at the head of foreign alfairs,——we should have such a man as Lord Palmerston at the head’ of the Government. He is too clear- in on; while his consummate skill and ability asa diplomatist furnish us with an‘ uudoubt guarantee that he will not allow tliiscountry to be overmatched by Russian cunning. backed by the faith- lessni-ss of the French Ruler. What would have been the condition of Eng- land in this momentous crisis of her his- tory, had such a man as Lord Aberdeen been still at the head of affairs? Why. this country would, in that Ct so, by this time have been, in effect, a province of Rus.;i:t,—nnother addition to the over- grown doiniitions of the Czar. (.‘harlo_v Napier, writing to the Times, says :-—" The next time you honour me with one of your tinprinci; lC(l attacks, it will be more crciliuible to you if you will adlicre to the truth." We sue that kossiitli is still lecturing in l‘l‘tlgl:\tttl on the present state and fit- ture pro~pects of Italy. Colonel (lord-iii 'l)ritintnonil, of the tlildstn-:uii (.'n:trds, is (lead. llo pro- C(‘CLl('tl to the (‘ruin-.;t in May, ls.)-3, to conimzind the tirst or Cl'l!t!C:llI '-nttulion. He was in his l\‘th year. The .qrbroaIIi Guide incntions, that .1 few il2i_\s a;_'o, farm labourers wt.-rt-. vurrviiig stocks ofcoi-n from it held it fi-w inilvs li-oin t\l'l).t:tllll with three inches of is low on the New l“l€I.D-l.\'lAlt§ll.aLS.-—'l.‘ll(‘I‘C is ti ru- inour in London to the etfect that four new field-iiiar.-hails are about to be t.‘l‘t‘l'llt‘tl, namely, the llnko of Cflllll)l'lllgU, Lord Scctton, Lord (ilough, and Earl Caitlicnrt. AS for the Duke, his pI‘utlinliou is only :1 question of time, and the other three oili- cers named have well earned the highest honours of their profession. The only additional expense caused would be in the case ofthe Diilte of Cambridge, who, being on the staff, would gain additional pay to the amount of.£3000 a year by the pwmo- tion. The other otlicers, not being active- ly employed at present, would merely re- ceive their present emoluments as colonels ofregiments. Thus the King of the lie!- gittns is it field-marshal, and he receives no pay; Prince Albert only that of Colonel oftheGrenadiei: Guards: and Lord.-i Coin- herincre and Strafford that of the is: Life Guards and Coldstreani Guards respec- tively. - Pi itis Swi.vni.r.ns.—-Tlie Paris swindlers, or c/icvaliers d'indu.vlrie, as they are wliiin- sically te:-‘med, are certainly the most ac- coinplished professors of the art ofthieving to ho found in any European capital. A case has just occurred which shows the cleverness, address, and cunning of this class l.t ll t-ltl'll(lIl'°' All Itld g(_in(Iemnn' stoppiugjthe other day on the Boulevards to oxtiiaine the engravings displayed in a shop window, used a very ltumlsoine eye- luss to assist his vision. ln a few ttI0- mcnts, having ceased to employ the glass, and being aboi-. to do so arguin, he found that only the string to which it had been attached remained. The glass it-self dis- appeared, abstracted by some skilliil hand. Upon discovering this loss, the oh! gentle- man g'ew inuch excited, and (ll‘l:W upon himaeli the attention ofthe bystanders near by his agitated manner. A stranger among t'ie crowd, seeing his embarrassment, po- litely offered his am to the old gentleman until he had recovered himself. The offer was gratefully accepted, with all the unsuspcctingness of on old man wl~o sud- enly finds himself disturbed from hit usual state of mind by an untoward occurrence, and the two walked away along the Boul- evarda. On the way the old gentleman grew confidential, charmed by the ;-ftlfipl-‘ the present——wlten efforts of the most in- to ovorscarcli this conntry,. August Ally” still con-l thiaing conduct of his companion. e en- tered into details about his domestic mat- ters; gave his address; described veiy ini- nutely a service of plate that had been pre- \r I :»deter.'nined upon the aqrmrucfioa I a ' ? aefiil tohllll some time before; told the mine ofbfi where and nor __ aadst with when Ito ' ‘to no that day. The stranger attaatively, and r utter scoin;_t_lIs gs otd,inan to the door of the house‘ _ ed he friend with whom IO had t ins, had. him adieu, and plant to cIll"aiid in him kin roply to|tltl' ' lhtidh the othu He ept so firm y to jord tlu immg. diiitely went to the old g" _ II'l house, ‘ addressed the servant by Ian ; said he had been requested by liar ter to ask for several items of the service plate, which he minutely described, and as credentials showed the eye-glass of the old gentleman. The aarvaat imagining that everything was right, gave the articles required to the stranger, who carried them pway. Alniogt directly alter he had left the house, how... ever, with his valuable piircol, he was ac- gostcd byh ‘ta een watc ' niovetnettta,,and,wlio cognised lllmgtls a man of good"M and family, who had for some tinle become ti skilfiil member of the h oruble fraterni- ty swindlors. The cheva er is. of course, safely lodged in prison, and awaits his condeinnutiou. .ius'i'iut.i,i. Messrs. James B-tines and Co.'s " Black Bull” clipper Lightning arrived in the Mersey on Thursday morning, the filth inst., liriiiging advices from Melbiyurne to the ‘.‘h't|i August. Froiii Melbourne to Cape Horn the run was made in l4- days I6 hours, Cape Horn to the Equator I9 da 3 ti hours, Equutorto Pico, Western ldan s, I!) days, Western Islands to Liverpool [1 days. ’l‘otul, 84. The winds durin the run were 31 days fair, 13 days light, 4 days c:ilin, and ‘.21 days head winds. There in not inuch important news. The require- incnts of the new Constitution Bill had 'i~ondi>.i-ud it a ditlicnlt inzitier to obtain can- ditlnti-s professing the “property qualifi- 'cation.” As to the ultimate result ofthose olections nothing definite is said in the ad- ‘viccs brought by the Lightning, although ‘it wassuspectcd that the ministerial ty in the new Legislative Council woul find itself in it minority. Our Sybey advice‘ inform us that a mini.-iterial crisis was imminent. Upon this subject a Sydney correspondent writes:-"Ministers have announced a set of measures which they are prepared to bring forward, but they have not yet laid their bills on the table, or even described them, so that we are not yet in possession of the full ministerial policy. Their sclietne for the re-arrangc- ment of the public ofiices has been 0- pounded in order that they might get leave to create a new department of land and public works, and transform the Auditor General from it political into ll judicial oflicer. The opposition, wishing to bring on a discussion on the general question of nilininistration, objected to consider the rcsoliitions of the Ministers, which related only to the one department, to be changed. Donaldson gave way and substituted a resolution declarin it expedient to have live departments as specified in their plan. Mr. Martin brought forward an amendment containingtlie scheme he propounded ‘ the draft rcpoit brought itp by himself as ‘ch.-iii-nnin ofa select commilee on the subject last year. The opposition, having no better ground to, take, adopted Mr. Murtin’s scheme, but alter ll long debate it was rejected, on a division, by 29 to M, At the same time, ministers freely adinittad that their own programme was by no satisfactiry to themselves, but they were partly held in bondage by too Constitution, Act. They agreed to the iinpropriot (felting l I l I having the Solicitor-General in the net, especially if that oflicer had to form the duties of crown roaacntar.‘-' They also, in opposition to Illord Russell's express ryqueat, declared desire to have the ministerial subject to unnutlvotn. Amongst t _ yo-~ jects for depattmantal reform laid the ministers, was’ one concoctedsfl Surveyor-General of your colqty, tr‘ by him and Sir William Deni- for they ap ar to have he heads toget or on the treat The inhabitants of tl urplidl railway to the Mnrray._,M0at'p’_”d . 4“ . J... I of justicd. who ha_§_ _:‘