The New-Zealander. INWAIWI^—I Oil! H.N. M.iy 1(. /!"V Imm| if, Sill tons, W.jlKcr, nuclei .from Lon.loii. vi.v lklu-,1, iiml 1 l*c Cup' <>< 1(l "<Mirt with i;nvi inm.nt bton „ l'isscn^( i.i'. Captftiii Ilii Kmiii, f>lis. Itn Uson nn.l l.unilv, Hi. liuot, .mil /"o'iKiiof Ni'«' /'cil.uiil i'viicililcs, (id unmet!, 3't .i.'fill-., .ml "" children. AlnsU'i, Ji) ml. or i u atns—rum u.N. May IS. 11. M S. Dido, Un Sydney. ( i I'Ml!' I). TUn, 1/. tluhml Dint, Ini<r 2>o lons, Pollor, maßln. im Vji(!uaiso, vitli uuuhiib. lUo\mi iv. C.nnpbcll, I'ginl". KIKINC. AND IUIIUMHL IN A I'iU/K SIIII>-The lolloping is ;ui cvluct of d lellei dated Sicii«i Leone, Oit )ln%i u:— "On Hit- 22nd «t -lol) hist, Hie \l ttln Wil</t, 10, (Jon; Itnch. viili the litiiwl in eompain, <„!•imcd (ho l?ia/ilian In i£,u\lwu l\(>»n'<> ('iiiiwio, w Inch was Mil)sc(|iicMilh given in chaige to 1 lenlenant W- (.. Mansfield, UN., and foin -t'.urn ii, to he <onve>cd In St. Helen i loi idjudi< num. Owing id the adveise winds, and the unmanageable (|ii<il:licb dI the pn/e, the oflieer in <-(im;mind loinid it necessary lv altci Ills destination, and to bcu mi lei this place. On tlie Mill ot Aug»M, .iliinii inid(l.'i), tnool (liociew being engaged aloll, and tli« ullicis in the bunks Mht'ic the anus ueie stowed, the lieutenant, hriiig ;'!;'! I''1' njorncul pulling aiopewhich had liccn iccentl) '.pin od, was ininde oush as'-ailfd limn Ik'liuhl IS oi" <>l tin- pnscuiiis. (who w ii o Id in m nimil'ci, and dining Ui<- <l.i\ liuu'.ilJdu cd ill- hl'fil) <>f Ilic vchsi !) u ilh in :i.se used Im Ii p| mr; /iMUi'Dd At flu1 miiic uiomcnl ihe oilici pusuiKi. (niioiish attacked ihe wiilois in till1 luillkS Ullll, IIOKI lilt* UIH'Npl". It'll lull Ul c <»l tho .uss.uill, wcie.'.iivon fioiu llicn post wounded ;md mi,iimed. Lieutenant Mcuisln Id, lii)i»{j l'nid of a piece ol htevumd, !',all.iiitly, bnl mi ii|u,.lh, i!ont".idi«d with a Isi .'/ili.in ai nifd with ,i i nll.rs ; in the coiii'-e. ul a dopeiate t>ti ugyle. th(M)lli<"i iei(ivtd no lewci llian ninO w omids. nioieoi less heveie, in the hcul, aims, ami abdomen; a tfMMI *'"<\l which lie "oie I'imii^, nndi'i l^uvnli-nce, the nieans ul' h.ivmy him fioni nibtant death, 'i he two bailoibwho li.id teen occupied in the slnoiids having leached the <!eH,, ol runibe imaiined, the In'iilenanl, nearl) cvh.uistcd d\ piofiisu liiriuoi i ha;;e, m.uk'a violent ilioit to join them, in winch In- loitnn.ilel) pi»)V(d siiires'slul, though in his pio-iebs one ol (Ik- piisoneib dis( l,ait;ud at linn a mat me's jiiijsKi-l, ihe conlenlb ol which UntL elli;ct, lidlict in;: a most <! m^eioiis w ouml on his head, and Imiii;.',!!!" him loi .in instant lo the jiiound. llav iii;; mm cee.led in ieco\eiin^ his (eel, and yaihin<; his men, lie enconi.iged them to i n«-h .ill uj)'Mi tlien aimed anl.iyonibLs, a piece ol mjivho whn-h ih-ei' of then nnmliei peiloimed in tlie most d.niny inannel ; the lointh beaman (bincedead) Immii^ fun \ do (oinlxil l>\ his woundb, <md the lieuion.int irmbelt fdintitiji at thu inbl.mt fiom ioob ol li|ood. The uiUepiiliU of thts Unee {5i iti-.li taib tendeied tln-m moie than a nialch loi then aimuil antagonists,, whom they speedily ovei pow (Mod, one cd the pHsoneis leaping o"eiliuaid, and penshiii" in (ho waves. Helieving then ollii-ei lo lie killed, the mmiiu'ii, in tho e\ i' item en t ul I he moment, w eie al'uul inn liny the miiviviiiu pnsoneis ovei the vvhen l.ieul. Alaiibheld, paith icviviiiji, oiduicd them fo he nnpi isoned, thai then wounds should he wasltud, and thai the\ should he teseiveil to he dealt uilh li) the auliioi ilics lieie. On the Ist ol Seplemhei, the iiumci) l'nuwio, the scene ol this blood) encuunlei, enteied our poll. Lieut, ftlaiibiield, who since the day ol Ihe conllicl had t-caicely been able to stn hand oi fool, wab piumpll) convened lo bicK quaiteis, ,iud loi man) <l<i)s Ins hie Mils enliie!)1 debpaned ol by Ins medical attendants. The gallant litile eiew, all "wounded, wt'ie also looked allei in the best Jiinunei which skill and buiip.ilh) could suggest ; but, alas ! two of them weie soon lemoved beyond Ihe i each of human siiccoui, unu dying ol thednect consequences of his u omids, and the aucoud of the level induced by them. A (lei a loi Infill ol extieined.iugei on bhoie, Lieiitenani iMaiibheld'd poweilul ((institution bliowed symptoms ol H lumplmu; ovei Ins lnjuiieb, and he is now so Itii (onviileM'enl as to justify sanguine hojies ol complete lestoiation. Ytsleiday the J^ia/.ilian piisoueiti weie biought to tn.il hel'oie Jlie Clnei Justice, his llonoin Clnel Justice I'ine, and As&isiani Jiiiiyes I laddie and Lennon, on < !uu<;es of puacy, and attempt to mindei Lieut. W. 01.O1. ni.tiisfieM', it.N., and otheis. On the indictment being lead, seveial pu'iiiniiiaty objections weie lal en on the pait ol the pi isoneib I)) thu Sjiainsh Consul, as the only t epiebentative, ot a loicign counliy lit the cidony. The com I, altet some considtatiun, dedaied the toHowmy olijection fat.il to the pioeeedings :—" That the alleged a line had been coinmtled in an attempt to locapluie Hkjii own vessel, then nuclei the r>i;t/ilian (!,ig,,ind not amenable to Hiiti^h jinibdiclion, the sentence ol a (Joint of Admnalty nut having been then pionounced.*' His lloiioui, jn announcing the decision ol ihe (Joint, i,ai(J that the case being thus shut out hum an investigation on its incuts, he It-It called upon to state that, having lead attentively all the depositions connected with it, he consideied the conduct oi the pu/.e ollicer to have been maiked llnoughout I lie tiying circumstances by most piaibewouhy coinage ami foibeaianee. The jjiisoncis were then dibclmiged. T!>e buganline b,is been condemned by the Admitully Couit as a slavei." €M Jl3cto\Ecaifltfl>er« !!<• fii'l nM'l '(„r tio: Let al1 Vv ( '<X 'ion .mi)', t tii, l»c> Jliy tnnnti^'1., J 'ny Sic' , iiinl J jiml 's. :; • 7ui? da y, ma v 20. I.s 1 -sin ,11 !\\o di ;hic( y\u:; mike vAv i, a,» .1 colony "(• iVCH' ,>ll i^",lll}» I'M Ili' "J 'I' ill);—u'u'll mini n,r ,1 sli.iniM'i loom cuilcis, uul < w'dil ;i w i ', ,i!inoii 'jlolli'l iioiii oni \ >^.il>(ilii] y,— ahi ti d'-bc'ilHi! "Hi iil( !m1 .o\ ■!( i^ih i/ie, —>\ I' 1 rIMi"U'J)!., '\i', ' (')!!!' >H"i JtllUHuMaUlb ,i\oii| mo oui shoies Al th.it ill '.i .lions dale wh"ii debt ;iiul dilTitully weie oppies',m», u-., Nete^ily.- e\ei (lie leilile paieul <>l uncut ion – induced ,in cm in'.1-! Mini a slienuous mmkli aflei th.it most mipoilanl souue ol mII National andColonial wealth, :in a\ailahle expoit,— mihl, ,is 11 lo icw aid on I pel >e\eunt c. one, ol w hit h lilt1 hiohesl hope weie enleil.lined,- K.iun (inni. — was loimd It is, .1 Itis, too (me thai those hopi s li.ne pio\cd lint tiausienl, and that out die.nns ol i^iini h.i\e melted ,iu,i), m"\ei-Ihele.ss, ils tliscovciy u,is attended with the nio.-il beneficial icmills—much ol it lelthed M high puce, Mini Ibe c;ish ll lealised passed inlo cik iil.ifion Ml m moment the most oppoilune. Thai disco\ciy, iiiiloilunately, was mil followed up liy any olhei, and in conse(|iiente ofthelillle demand foi the now depiecialed ailicle, we, Ms cvpoileis, have been compelled lo icliogiade lo stain quo, if not lo a point )et uoise, because howcwi compaial uely unconsideied the \alue ol Our aggiegale shipments ol (!oppei Oie, TmihtM, Sulphur, liaik, Klax, Wool, Oil, Whalebone, &.c, ne gieaily Ic.ti Ib.it e\en those items h.ne i.ithei diminished than incieased. These aie matleis deeply to be deploied, as )(\ii.s have passed uilhout him"in", any olhei j.ilenl icsoiirce to well. Moicowi the aidoiu of di,sco\eiy ha-, been ebeclced, because we ha\c, 111111 >11< • 1111 loiliiilous i iicnmslaiu es, been Mi.lamed li not clinched, by the compulsoi y ilisbiiisemenls ol a laige and libel,il Milil.uy Clu-t, whose golden is>ue lias swelled out low us into mipoilame, oui tow nsmen into suhslance. This is all seiy good and \ei y desiiablc, liesides il is nothing nioic than |tisl and iialuial ibatthe paienl should suppoit ibe infant she has conveniently diopped in so distant ami difficult a ([iiaitei,—an infant which (heie is no doubt will eventually ami gcneiously icpay hei maternal siiht-ilin.lt*. Still, howevei, these rates will b.ne then limit, and it bebo\es the Ihoughllul to use e\eiy cndea\oui not meiely to lendei (be colony indepcmlt'iit of external aid but lo slum e\uy nei\e in development of its iiatuial lc.iouues by which alone it can de~ ,sei\e the appellation it has, by the sanguine, iccened, and by all ils dein/ens desned—thai pioml and enviable one—the Isiitain ol the Soulh ! We aie the youngest of Kngland's ollspiing, and il behind some ol oui ]iivenile lelalions in pietocious exhibition ol conimeicial, j),isloi,il, oi a^i iculluial capacily, the I.mil is less inoiu iiiteiual cajtabililies, tlian llnougb a senesol peiplexiniT ami paialysmg liifluenu's which lime,i)alience, and a wholesome mump;iation alone can regulate. To plant Colonies is an easy waller. To point their enei^ics and to icndei them a blessing lo Ibenisehes and a profit to the Slate demands a wise bead and a libeial band. Any scheme! may plan a Poyais ; but il iei|iines a disci uninating mind, and an enduring pin pose to tiain an infant settlement tlnoiigh all ihe successful steps thai meige in a mighty elliptic. We, an ollset ol some eight yeais existence, ba\e been twitted by oui Jnrnds, and sneeied al by oui rivals as little betlei than an Knglish ganison. (I may, peicliMiice, be lhat foi the moment we aie moie oi less so,— but h.i\e we no inhcicul lesoiuces likt-ly to whelm the garuson in the Colony ? 11 we look aiound, oui own baby struggles aie infinitely less painful I'un those which maiked the fn»t sell lenient oi New South Wales,—a creation, which nothing but the gold, the genius, and Ibe indomitable peisc\eiance ol Kngland, piexented being an aboilion; hewing it, as it weie, in less than hall ,i centiny, into a gieat and piosncious possession. In hunting ,iftoi .soil, lo uuse hei lood, Van Diemen's 1/and became sub-to loin >cd. and (o the population ponied upon those exile shoies, and the laush outlay of the public puise the conlioul and the sustenance o( lhat peculiiii population evicted, 1 lit* paiamount sowieignly ol lOngland m the South I\uifit is alone attiibulMble. Will anyone M'liliuelo .isseil that the u>->l b.tS been moie than the jiiolil, oi (hat, if M'ndible, Kiance would decline the soveieignly, at a buge and libeul [oemiinn^ l!y the foilunate mtioduUiou of fine wooled sheep, New South Wales and Van Diemen's l/.nid sped to catly and unexampled eminence. By foitunatemineial discovencs,\vhen baiikiupl ! anil begg;ued by land gamblings, South Aus- j Italia bounded fioin indtgeiue to opulence; and although we scarcely anticipate any such lailload stej) to wealth in oui own pccuhai f.uoui, we conceive we possess tntiiiisic ad\antages, which, when time and oppoifunity shall peinuti ibeti de\elopemenl, will |)iove us second lo none oi the piovmces aiound us. We foi get, at Ibe moment, the Kpitiiiean übo pioiejietl totewdld with luxuiious bounty the man who could tuinistei lo him a new sensation. Gtcat as might be the sicklied enjoyment of tins Sybaitte, we concene it must fall tinmcasuiably shoit of his—happy enough to discovei a sine and piactical means ot advancing the coiintiy he has adopted as his own. We have been led to indulge m thisstiain ol leflection thiougb peiusal of a paiagiaph in a Van Diemen s Land Journal. Jl is line the piospect theie held out is ol limited inipoitance, but as one souice oi industrial W( alth iftilurally opens up a channel foi anothci, and as lew commeiual sptings are yet discoveied we aie solicitous to call attention to this, and tu]nmie,y> upon oui leadm and concspoudeulb Ihe ouml henelils lie<|ticnlly icsiildno (mm small and inconsideinble Ix'i*ii)mnos,aiul (oni*\«* I In- iMinil tli.il may lie accomplished by |).iliciil published investigation, even li llmt nncstioalioi) should appeal lo lie pueule and |)iosy. On lel'eience to 0111 hsl of expoiK, in Oetohci, ISIS, we find 2(> tons of sulpliui valued .it C 2,")(), 01 about Ci) 12.5. \\U\. pei ton The .utiile is abundant heie, and bcin;j; so, ni' hope lo see the d.iffic cncoiuaged, not only as a sou ice of immediate gain to us, hut as ,i means of establishing a \aluable nianuliit luie,.ip|»lieahle nnlmeiely loa^i iculluial,bul to a \.uiety of olhei beneficial jnu poses. We may, in the fust instance, become evpoiteis ol the law material, hut il we can saw I'm^lil, and (liiiun ,->, would it not he woilh while to tin ii din attention lo its manultu tuie on the spot7 The following is the pam^iaph in cjuestion. SiiU'iiuitic A cm —TluMinj'Oiliinljtuijwscsto winch Snlplniiic Add c:m In1 upplicd as an jigiicultur.il ngcuts paiiicul .1 ly in its combination with hone-mnnnre, i, iiclmitU'W by thctnoht cxpcricncod prnrlicnl men in the UniUd Kingdom. TlicMibjpot bos also been under 1 lie consideration of a high auihoiily in V.vi Dicincn's Lund, us 111:17 be bi-cn by the following cxlrnct fioin :i letter fiom thnt pcisonagc to the CJnvcinnr «if New Zealand :—"Now, as one of thenicmuiby which the use of m:iniircN car be c\luniird, ] ntpuic bulphuiie Acul in Inrtfe (|tianlilich. I cannot net this, hcic—it has to be impoiljd from En^lanil—'iui I luar Hat you hnvo sulphur in large quantities. In whm form hit ? At what price could you t.lup it.' What would bo the luight? If 1 could once establish a iniuiut.icloiy ol solphiuic ii< id hero, at a lcnsonalilc i.ilr, it ini;;ht he lurn« dlO Imndirds of useful piupi^us. { ' II you lie-. with the sulphur, I will rnyull set the manutudoiy uoina;, and bhow people tlie use ol ihf i.rdclc." W» hoj c llmt the iitti'iiiiuii ot the jiiibhi* will be diiccUd to ihe piocess ot m.iiuif.uiiiiuig this acid. Sulphur may bo obtained in large quantities from New Zealand, and a confiidciable Mock ih now imported fiom tlu-nce. Tin; pi ice laid down al lloli.i I Town is 17 jv?r ton Should speculation ol this BorL be once earned out, we doubt nit it will prove of great advantage to the agiicultuiisLs of this colony, and lh.it it will ultimately form nnnlhrr impoilnnt link oi leciprornl cohiiikicc l)i-tw en this ismid and New Zuulaud.— VanDiemcn'n Land pnpt r. Since the alxne was in lyjie we have received an Adveiliseinent foi the sale of 1,000 bushels ol New Zealand Stone liime , an aiticlf ol the £M\-il<\sl aiclntedui.il and agi iciillural inipoilaiur—one thai ciealcsa consideiable coasting; li.ide m Hntam, and which no Jiope to see at(ompli,-.h a like beneficial li.iflic lieie. Sir John Franm.in. Tin1 giealesf anxiety is now rnlrtlained lot I lie ulfimale safely of Sii .John Kiunkun ami I lie Aiclic expedition undei ins command, ;uid e\ciy imaginable expedient of iclicf is being uiged upon the attention oi (io\einment. l)i. KiNi.,\viili much souml judgment, depiecalcs (lni sending of ships in search. Icsl (he intended p;u(y of iclief should ihemsches heeoine a paily ol disliess—a ciiciiinslance w Inch., crewlulc, has chanced wilh llio.ic dcspalched m tpiesl ol Si 1 John Kranmin. We may, pel – haps, be ])eimilled (o instance the occasion on which, whilst (Jowinor of Van Diemcii's Land, he, Lady Imunki in, and (he p.nly thai accompanied him, in an overland loin lo Macipuuie llaihoui, weie shut up foi Unee weeks in I hat haucn inhospitable spot, ieduced to I wo ounces oi salt pot k and a (piaitei ol a pound of biscuit a day. It was the depth of wmtei, the moiasses weie knee-deep in watei, the gloomy forests neaily impelvious, and the liveis ol those Alpine legions in a slate ol mighty flood. To ictiace theii steps w ilhoul food was impossible, and they were slaivmg undei Wellington Head in a small schoonei (the Brik/.i") of 42i) tons, on a liagment of a lation, which, oi necessity, was daily diminishing, until an easteily wind enabled them to push llnoiigh the nanow gut of that daugeious bar-hound poit. At this momeni ol exigency, (he (<o\emmenl schoonei Kn/\ wus despatched iiom llobail 'I'ow n, ami the cullei Vansiiaiu lion) Lauiiccslon, (o then leliel, hut the heavy westeily gales which detained the IJiui/i: at hfi anchois, pievented the other vessels liom heating lound the coast. An ovciland paily was also despatched with knapsacks heauly chaiged with food. At stalling it numbeied twenty volunteeis, uiidei Mi.Cai-DMi, sm\eyoi. lie, howevei, iell lame, and was (ompelled to letiuii. The olheis, having leached the.hanks of the lapul uvei Kianklin (a loiient which uses upwaids of lilty feet m flood), sepaiated fouileen oi the paily, afiei hghlening then knapsacks oi as much food as they could spaic, making then way buck lo.the habitable pail, of the colony, the leniaining six pushing lesolutely onwaids into the veiy lieaitof a land ol desolation and doom, w heie cannibalism and death had, not many yeais piewously, been tiagedies oi icpeated occiiiicnce. The suflenngs oi Ibis gallant little baud weie inciedible. liy .1 seiicb of (he most ingenious continanecs (hey ciossed the Kiaukim, navigated the bioad and beautiful Goidon,and followed Sir John's paily step by step, until they leached Wellington Head and the coast beyond, whcie, finding the gafl, main boom, and othei wieck of a small cialt,lhe impiession they enteitained of the loss of the Hui i'/.i became conlinned, and, with empty haveisacks, they began retiacing their ste|).s lo the located district. It was a dicadful niaich , then kangaioo skin knaj)sacks and eveiylhing that could possibly be leudeied edible had long been consumed, and, feaiful of eacli othci, they had strayed apait and laid (hem down to die, when, piovulendally, in the last stage of exhaustion, they weie Ji'Mncyl by a sewnd po.it y wut to their ichci. -r n»r?"TKira»jin»iM»i TII E N E W -ZEALAND E 11. l)i Km. llms .iKMir-. uii)>( feasibly tli.il ie licl by ships m,iy In- coin ci led |<> disticss /// ships, mid ih.il il is ipulc possible lo go on multiplying mistoitune :iml miseiy He ihercloie points oul Ihe likclibootl ol t In* ice bound \oyageis being be.iul ol and ]»ob;il>ly got at by an o\eiland journey anoss a poilion ol (he Ameiican Continent, and by coasting ceitain bays and sounds \isiled in (he couise ol ioimci exploiations. Any patly despatched by surb ;i loute l)i. Kinc volunfeeis to lead. We sinceiely liust thai GoM'ininenl will not only adopl the sut>i>e^lioiK but stme by eveiy means to e\tiu-ate oni gallant lellow count)ynien I'ioin Ihe ho/en legions amid which they h;ue so lons.; been hemmed. We enteitain a fond bill anxious hope that the benignant Ptovidence which basso fiequently and so nieicifully deli\eied Sn John I'uan'm in. and in whose loving kindness he has e\ei leposed a high and holy 11usl, will jet guide him safely lluough the ]>ciilsth.it eiivnon him, and lestoie him and his dauntless I'olloweis to the aims of then [\i mihes,and the dcsiies ol'thtni counliy. Wi lm\c been obligingly favoured wilh tlnccof the latest Cape p.ipeis fiom which lie aie enabled lo exfiacl ,a vanely of deeply inlercstiim, inattei. Sit llahiw Smii ii's piogicss appe.u^ lo have been uniosl tuinnphant and saf isl.k loiy one. The del,ills, which will lie iound in <uio-Ihei colinnn, will, we donbl not, be peiu.sed wild inleiise inteie^t. The manly suu-eidy of Ills ;uldiesse% lo the lately liisiugeul Hoeis aie models ol soldieily elo(|iience—dnectcil slap al (he heail, and cleat as sunshine lo (he inulcislaiuling. His Excellency has prowd himseli as miicii the enfanlc yule of peace as of V idoiy. fliii Mmksiy's Biunnuv.— Wednesday, being the 2!)lh annueisary of Her Majesty's l>iitlij, (he day will he obseived as a holiday— the hanks and other public offices benifi closed. The 58th t eminent will paiade .it hood in the Alheil banuck sqitaie, w heie they nil) he tevieived by Majot Geneial lJnr, and file a Jcu de joie, in honom of (he d,i). Ciiidtj of ltiMl.Uion have hecn issued by the (lovemoi and Mis. Clkks, who will enleilain .1 latge paily al a ball and Mippci, in celebialiou of the aiispu ions e\en(. l'H'\\ -Mk.inn Rn.i\h;ni\—The loveis of liaiinony will deploie, in common with omsehes, the unsellled stale of the \\eathei,and theaihaneed penodol the se.ison u hirh n ill pie \enl the jjeiloimaiue oi the Bund I'm some time to come, llowevei we I nisi, te ban lempa Inentol reviendia, and that, uitli a .sharpened appetite, A\e shall leUun to indulgence ol a dclighliul and icfined enjoynient. From a vaiiely of J-Jritisli .loinnal.s uilli which we h.'ivc been favouied we aic enabled to contmut' oui precis ol passing events in Kuiopc. The civil wai of Sw llzerland had Ikmmi extinguished, the Canton of Neufchatel,—llic last to gi\c m—having signified its submission, and Us readiness to pay tlie fine, ,C 18,000, indicted by the federal Council foi Us failuie in supplying its Militaiy Contingent foi the late wai. Th<; loss on the side ol the federalists is stated at 88 killed and 385 wounded—that of the in>uigents has not been asceitamed hut it is supposed to be at least loin times giealer.— The Kicneh muskets and cannon .supplied fiom the arsenals ol Louis Fhillipe to the " Voioif of (he licague" aie now in the hands ol the federal government for the destruction of which they weic given. So ends the war of the Sondeibund, and the inteivcnlion on which M. Guizol had set his heait, must await some Inline occasion. The fine levied fiom Nenfcluitel is to be appiopnated to the widows and ol plums of lho>e who fell in the stiuggle. The Resident of the Diet infoimed that, body that Su Sli.itfoul Canning had dcdaied to him tli.il Kngland, animated by the most fiiendly hpint towaids Swil/ciland, would oppose any intci vculion by othei powers, considei ing that Switzeiland now enjoyed peifecr lianqnilliLy. The seveial Italian Slates appeal <<» he m a veiy unsettled condition. The "Gazette- d.c Fiance," on the faith of a lettei liom Genoa of the 7th of Dcccmbei, announced that news hail anived theie by a sleamei fiom Naples, that Naples had usen and pioclaimed its independence, and that, the King and Royal family had taken icfuge on boaid a ship of wai.— Sicily, likewise, was in full insunection, the cuiient icpoit being thai the entire population had useri, declaung themselves independent, of the Neapolitan Ciown, and placing themselves undo the piotctlion of Gical Biitaiti. The Toulonnais ol the 14th December, states that an English squadion was still at Leghorn, and that its piolonged stay m thathaiboui had ])ioduced an excellent efleel on the minds of the Italian population. The King of Saidmia had oulered the loililicalions ol Genoa and other points of the coast to he placed in a state of defence. The Titan steam coivcttc had iclinned Jo Toulon aftei landing at Civila Vecchia the aims supplied by Fiance to the Pontifical Government. A somewhat ludicious scene occuncd on the amval of this corvette. She was denied fiee pialique hecause a man had died of choleia on board a Fiench licvant packet in hei passage to Constantinople and Malta, and .she was accoidmgly oideicd. into (juaiantme. Captain Chopait vainly objected. that Toulon, Uym U'luch \ifi &vlod mvi

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The New-Zealand er. INWAIWI^— I Oil! H.N. M.iy 1(. /!"V Imm| if, Sill tons, W.jlKcr, nuclei .from Lon.loii. vi.v lklu-,1, iiml 1 l*c Cup ' <>< 1(l "<M ir t with i;nvi inm.nt bton „ l'isscn^( i.i '. Captftiii Ilii Kmiii, f>lis. Itn Uson nn.l l.unilv, Hi. liuot, .mil /"o'iKiiof Ni'«' /'cil.uiil i'viicililcs, (id unmet!, 3't .i.'fill-., .ml "" children. AlnsU'i , Ji) ml. or i u at ns — rum u.N. May IS. 11. M S. Dido, Un Sydney. ( i I' Ml!' I). TUn, 1/. tluhml Dint, In i<r 2>o lons, Pollor, maßln. im Vji ( !uaiso, vitli uuuhiib. lUo\mi iv. C.nnpbcll, I'ginl". KIKINC. AND lUIIUMHL IN A I'iU/K SIIII>The lolloping is ;ui cvluct of d lellei dated Sicii«i Leone, Oi t )ln % i u: — "On Hit- 2 2nd «t -lol) hist, Hie \l ttln Wil</t, 10, (Jon; Itnch. viili the litiiwl in eompain, <„!• imcd (ho l?ia/ilian In i£,u\lwu l\(>»n'<> ('iiiiwio, w Inch was Mil)sc(|iicMilh given in chaige to 1 lenlenant W- (.. Mansfield, UN., and foin -t'. urn ii, to he <onve>cd In St. Helen i loi idjudi< num. Owing id the adveise winds, and the unmanageable (|ii<il:licb dI the pn/e, the oflieer in <-(im;mind loinid it necessary lv altci Ills destination, and to bcu mi lei this place. On tlie Mill ot Aug»M, .iliinii inid(l.'i), tnool (liociew being engaged aloll, and tli« ullicis in the bunks Mht'ic the anus ueie stowed, the lieutenant, hriiig ;'!; ' ! I'' 1 ' njorncul pulling aiopewhich had liccn iccentl) '.pin od, was ininde oush as'-ailfd limn Ik'liuhl IS oi" <>l tin- pnscuiiis. (who wii o Id in m nimil'ci, and dining Ui<- <l.i\ liuu'.ilJdu cd ill- hl'fil) <>f Ilic vchsi !) u ilh in :i.se used Im Ii p| m r ; /iMUi'Dd At flu 1 miiic uiomcnl ihe oilici pusuiKi. (niioiish attacked ihe wiilois in till 1 luillkS Ullll, lIOKI lilt* UIH'Npl". It'll lull Ul c <»l tho .uss.uill, wcie.'.iivon fioiu llicn post wounded ;md mi, iimed. Lieutenant Mcuisln Id, lii)i»{j l'nid of a piece ol htevumd, !',all.iiitly, bnl mi ii|u,.lh, i ! ont".idi«d with a Isi .'/ili.in ai nifd with ,i i nll.rs ; in the coiii'-e. ul a dopeiate t>ti ugyle. th(M)lli<"i iei(ivtd no lewci llian ninO w omids. nioieoi less heveie, in the hcul, aims, ami abdomen; a tfMMI *'"<\l which lie "oie I'imii^, nndi'i l^uvnli-nce, the nieans ul' h.ivmy him fioni nibtant death, 'i he two bailoibwho li.id teen occupied in the slnoiids having leached the <!eH,, ol runibe imaiined, the In'iilenanl, nearl) cvh.uistcd d\ piofiisu liiriuoi i ha;;e, m.uk' a violent ilioit to join them, in winch In- loitnn.ilel) pi»)V(d siiires'slul, though in his pio-iebs one ol (Ik- piisoneib dis( l,ait;ud at linn a mat me's jiiijsKi-l, ihe conlenlb ol w hich UntL elli;ct, lidlict in;: a most <! m^eioiis w ouml on his head, and Imiii;.',!!!" him loi .in instant lo the jiiound. llav iii;; mm cee.led in ieco\eiin^ his (eel, and yaihin<; his men, lie enconi.iged them to i n«-h .ill uj)'Mi tlien aimed anl.iyonibLs, a piece ol mjivho whn-h ih-ei' of then nnmliei peiloimed in tlie most d.niny inannel ; the loin t h beaman (bincedead) Immii^ fun \ do (oinlxil l>\ his woundb, <md the lieuion.int irmbelt fdint itiji at thu inbl.mt fiom ioob ol li|ood. The uiUepiiliU of thts Unee {5i iti-.li taib tendeied tln-m moie than a nialch loi then aimuil antagonists,, whom they speedily ovei pow (Mod, one cd the pHsoneis leaping o"eiliuaid, and penshiii" in (ho waves. Helieving then ollii-ei lo lie killed, the mmiiu'ii, in tho e\ i' item en t ul I he moment, w eie al'uul inn liny the miiviviiiu pnsoneis ovei the vvhen l.ieul. Alaiibheld, paith icviviiiji, oiduicd them fo he nnpi isoned, thai then wounds should he wasltud, and thai the\ should he teseiveil to he dealt uilh li) the auliioi ilics lieie. On the Ist ol Seplemhei, the iiumci) l'nuwio, the scene ol this blood) encuunlei, enteied our poll. Lieut, ftlaiibiield, who since the day ol Ihe conllicl had t-caicely been able to stn hand oi fool, wab piumpll) convened lo bicK quaiteis, ,iud loi man) <l<i)s Ins hie Mils enliie!) 1 debpaned ol by Ins medical attendants. The gallant litile eiew, all "wounded, wt'ie also looked allei in the best Jiinunei which skill and buiip.ilh) could suggest ; but, alas ! two of them weie soon lemoved beyond Ihe i each of human siiccoui, unu dying ol thednect consequences of his u omids, and the aucoud of the level induced by them. A (lei a loi Infill ol extieined.iugei on bhoie, Lieiitenani iMaiibheld'd poweilul ( (institution bliowed symptoms ol H lumplmu; ovei Ins lnjuiieb, and he is now so Itii (onviileM'enl as to justify sanguine hojies ol complete lestoiation. Ytsleiday the J^ia/.ilian piisoueiti weie biought to tn.il hel'oie Jlie Clnei Justice, his llonoin Clnel Justice I'ine, and As&isiani Jiiiiyes I laddie and Lennon, on < !uu<;es of puacy, and attempt to mindei Lieut. W. 01.O 1 . ni.tiisfieM', it.N., and otheis. On the indictment being lead, seveial pu'iiiniiiaty objections weie lal en on the pait ol the pi isoneib I)) thu Sjiainsh Consul, as the only t epiebentative, ot a loicign counliy lit the cidony. The com I, altet some considtatiun, dedaied the toHowmy olijection fat.il to the pioeeedings :—" That the alleged a line had been coinmtled in an attempt to locapluie Hkjii own vessel, then nuclei the r>i;t/ilian (!,ig,,ind not amenable to Hiiti^h jinibdiclion, the sentence ol a (Joint of Admnalty nut having been then pionounced.*' His lloiioui, jn announcing the decision ol ihe (Joint, i,ai(J that the case being thus shut out hum an investigation on its incuts, he It-It called upon to state that, having lead attentively all the depositions connected with it, he consideied the conduct oi the pu/.e ollicer to have been maiked llnoughout I lie tiying circumstances by most piaibewouhy coinage ami foibeaianee. The jjiisoncis were then dibclmiged. T!>e buganline b, is been condemned by the Admit ully Couit as a slavei ." €M Jl3cto\Ecaifltfl>er« !!<• fii'l nM'l '(„r( „r tio: Let al 1 Vv ( '<X 'ion .mi)', t tii, l»c> Jliy tnnnti^' 1 ., J 'ny Sic' , iiinl J jiml 's. :; • 7 u i? da y, ma v 20. I.s 1 -sin ,11 !\\o di ;hic( y\u:; mike vAv i, a,» .1 colony "(• iVCH' ,>ll i^",lll}» I'M Ili' "J 'I' ill); — u'u'll mini n,r ,1 sli.iniM'i loom cuilcis, uul < w'dil ;i w i ', ,i!inoii 'jlolli'l iioiii oni \ >^.il>(ilii] y,— ahi ti d'-bc'ilHi! "Hi iil( !m1 .o\ ■!( i^ih i/ie, —>\ I' 1 rIMi"U'J)!., '\i', ' (')!!!' >H"i JtllUHuMaUlb ,i\oii| mo oui shoies Al th.it ill '.i .lions dale wh"ii debt ;iiul dilTitully weie oppies',m», u-., Nete^ily.- e\ei (lie leilile paieul <>l uncut ion - induced ,in cm in'. 1 -! Mini a slienuous mmkli aflei th.it most mipoilanl souue ol mII National andColonial wealth, :in a\ailahle expoit, — mihl, ,is 1 1 lo icw aid on I pel >e\eunt c. one, ol w hit h lilt 1 hiohesl hope weie enleil. lined,- K.iun (inni. — was loimd It is, .1 Itis, too (me thai those hopi s li.ne pio\cd lint tiausienl, and that out die.nns ol i^iini h.i\e melted ,iu,i), m"\eiIhele.ss, ils tliscovciy u,is attended with the nio.-il beneficial icmills — much ol it lelthed M high puce, Mini Ibe c;ish ll lealised passed inlo cik iil.ifion Ml m moment the most oppoilune. Thai disc o\ciy, iiiiloilunately, was mil followed up liy any olhei, and in conse(|iiente ofthelillle demand foi the now depiecialed ailicle, we, Ms cvpoileis, have been compelled lo icliogiade lo stain quo, if not lo a point )et uoise, because howcwi compaial uely unconsideied the \alue ol Our aggiegale shipments ol (!oppei Oie, TmihtM , Sulphur, liaik, Klax, Wool, Oil, Whalebone, &.c, ne gieaily Ic.ti Ib.it e\ en those items h.ne i.ithei diminished than inci eased. These aie matleis deeply to be deploied, as )(\ii.s have passed uilhout him" in", any olhei j.ilenl icsoiirce to well. Moicowi the aidoiu of di,sco\eiy ha-, been ebeclced, because we ha\c, 1 1 11 111 1 >11< • 111 1 loiliiilous i iicnmslaiu es, been Mi.lamed li not clinched, by the compulsoi y ilisbiiisemenls ol a laige and libel, il Milil.uy Clu-t, whose golden is>ue lias swelled out low us into mi poi lame, oui tow nsmen into suhslance. This is all seiy good and \ei y desiiablc, liesides il is nothing nioic than |tisl and iialuial ibatthe paienl should suppoit ibe infant she has conveniently diopped in so distant ami difficult a ([iiaitei, — an infant which (heie is no doubt will eventually ami gcneiously icpay hei maternal siiht-ilin.lt*. Still, howevei, these rates will b.ne then limit, and it bebo\es the Ihoughllul to use e\eiy cndea\oui not meiely to lendei (be colony indepcmlt'iit of external aid but lo slum e\uy nei\e in development of its iiatuial lc.iouues by which alone it can de~ ,sei\e the appellation it has, by the sanguine, iccened, and by all ils dein/ens desned — thai pioml and enviable one — the Isiitain ol the Soulh ! We aie the youngest of Kngland's ollspiing, and il behind some ol oui ]iivenile lelalions in pietocious exhibition ol conimeicial, j),isloi,il, oi a^i iculluial capacily, the I. mil is less inoiu iiiteiual cajtabililies, tlian llnougb a senesol peiplexiniT ami paialysmg liifluenu's which lime,i)alience, and a wholesome mump; iat ion alone can regulate. To plant Colonies is an easy waller. To point their enei^ics and to icndei them a blessing lo Ibenisehes and a profit to the Slate demands a wise bead and a libeial band. Any scheme! may plan a Poyais ; but il iei|iines a disci uninating mind, and an enduring pi n pose to tiain an infant settlement tlnoiigh all ihe successful steps thai meige in a mighty elliptic. We, an ollset ol some eight yeais existence, ba\e been twitted by oui Jnrnds, and sneeied al by oui rivals as little betlei than an Knglish ganison. (I may, peicliMiice, be lhat foi the moment we aie moie oi less so, — but h.i\e we no inhcicul lesoiuces likt-ly to whelm the garuson in the Colony ? 11 we look aiound, oui own baby struggles aie infinitely less painful I'un those which maiked the fn»t sell lenient oi New South Wales, — a creation, which nothing but the gold, the genius, and Ibe indomitable peisc\eiance ol Kngland, piexented being an aboilion; hewing it, as it weie, in less than hall ,i centiny, into a gieat and piosncious possession. In hunting ,iftoi .soil, lo uuse hei lood, Van Diemen's 1/and became sub-to loin >cd. and (o the population ponied upon those exile shoies, and the laush outlay of the public puise the conlioul and the sustenance o( lhat peculiiii population evicted, 1 lit* paiamount sowieignly ol lOngland m the South I\uifit is alone attiibulMble. Will anyone M'liliuelo .isseil that the u>->l b.tS been moie than the jiiolil, oi (hat, if M'ndible, Kiance would decline the soveieignly, at a buge and libeul [oemiinn^ l!y the foilunate mtioduUiou of fine wooled sheep, New South Wales and Van Diemen's l/.nid sped to cat ly and unexampled eminence. By foitunatemineial discovencs,\vhen baiikiupl ! anil begg;ued by land gamblings, South Aus- j Italia bounded fioin indtgeiue to opulence; and although we scarcely anticipate any such lailload stej) to wealth in oui own pccuhai f.uoui, we conceive we possess tntiiiisic ad\antages, which, when time and oppoif unity shall peinuti ibeti de\elopemenl, will |)iove us second lo none oi the piovmces aiound us. We foi get, at Ibe moment, the Kpitiiiean übo pioiejietl totewdld with luxuiious bounty the man who could tuinistei lo him a new sensation. Gtcat as might be the sicklied enjoyment of tins Sybaitte, we concene it must fall tinmcasuiably shoit of his — happy enough to discovei a sine and piactical means ot advancing the coiintiy he has adopted as his own. We have been led to indulge m thisstiain ol leflection thiougb peiusal of a paiagiaph in a Van Diemen s Land Journal. Jl is line the piospect theie held out is ol limited inipoitance, but as one souice oi industrial W( alth iftilu rally opens up a channel foi anothci, and as lew commeiual sptings are yet discovei ed we aie solicitous to call attention to this, and tu]nmie,y> upon oui leadm and concspoudeulb Ihe ouml henelils lie<|ticnlly icsiildno (mm small and inconsideinble Ix'i* ii)mnos,aiul (o n i *\«* I In- iMinil tli.il may lie accomplished by |).iliciil published investigation, even li llmt nncstioalioi) should appeal lo lie pueule and |)iosy. On lel'eience to 0111 hsl of expoiK, in Oetohci, I SIS, we find 2(> tons of sulpliui valued .it C 2,")(), 01 about Ci) 12.5. \\U\. pei ton The .utiile is abundant heie, and bcin;j; so, ni' hope lo see the d.iffic cncoiuaged, not only as a sou ice of immediate gain to us, hut as , i means of establishing a \aluable nianuliit luie,.ip|»lieahle nnlmeiely loa^i iculluial,bul to a \.uiety of olhei beneficial jnu poses. We may, in the fust instance, become evpoiteis ol the law material, hut il we can saw I'm^lil, and ( liiiun ,->, would it not he woilh while to tin ii din attention lo its manultu tuie on the spot 7 The following is the pam^iaph in cjuestion. SiiU'iiuitic A cm — TluMinj'Oiliinljtuijwscsto winch Snlplniiic Add c:m In 1 upplicd as an jigiicultur.il ngcuts paiiicul .1 ly in its combination with hone-mnnnre, i, iiclmitU'W by thctnoht cxpcricncod prnrlicnl men in the UniUd Kingdom. TlicMibjpot bos also been under 1 lie consideration of a high auihoiily in V.vi Dicincn's Lund, us 111:17 be bi-cn by the following cxlrnct fioin :i letter fiom thnt pcisonagc to the CJnvcinnr «if New Zealand : — "Now, as one of thenicmuiby which the use of m:iniircN car be c\luniird, ] ntpuic bulphuiie Acul in Inrtfe (|tianlilich. I cannot net this, hcic — it has to be impoiljd from En^lanil — 'iui I luar Hat you hnvo sulphur in large quantities. In whm form hit ? At what price could you t.lup it.' What would bo the luight? If 1 could once establish a iniuiut.icloiy ol solphiuic ii< id hero, at a lcnsonalilc i.ilr, it ini;;ht he lurn« dlO Imndirds of useful piupi^us. { ' II you lie-. with the sulphur, I will rnyull set the manutudoiy uoina;, and bhow people tlie use ol ihf i.rdclc." W» hoj c llmt the iitti'iiiiuii ot the jiiibhi* will be diiccUd to ihe piocess ot m.iiuif.uiiiiuig this acid. Sulphur may bo obtained in large quantities from New Zealand, and a confiidciable Mock ih now imported fiom tlu-nce. Tin; pi ice laid down al lloli.i I Town is 17 jv?r ton Should speculation ol this BorL be once earned out, we doubt nit it will prove of great advantage to the agiicultuiisLs of this colony, and lh.it it will ultimately form nnnlhrr impoilnnt link oi leciprornl cohiiikicc l)i-tw en this ismid and New Zuulaud. — Van Diemcn' n Land pnpt r. Since the alxne was in lyjie we have received an Adveiliseinent foi the sale of 1,000 bushels ol New Zealand Stone liime , an aiticlf ol the £M\-il<\sl aiclntedui.il and agi iciillural inipoilaiur — one thai ciealcsa consideiable coasting; li.ide m Hntam, and which no Jiope to see at-(ompli,-.h a like beneficial li.iflic lieie. Sir John Franm.in. Tin 1 giealesf anxiety is now rnlrtlained lot I lie ulfimale safely of Sii .John Kiunkun ami I lie Aiclic expedition undei ins command, ;uid e\ciy imaginable expedient of iclicf is being uiged upon the attention oi (io\einment. l)i. KiNi.,\viili much souml judgment, depiecalcs (ln i sending of ships in search. Icsl (he intended p;u(y of iclief should ihemsches heeoine a paily ol disliess — a ciiciiinslance w Inch., crewlulc, has chanced wilh llio.ic dcspalched m tpiesl ol Si 1 John Kranmin. We may, pel - haps, be ])ei milled (o instance the occasion on which, whilst (Jowinor of Van Diemcii's Land, he, Lady Imunki in, and (he p.nly thai accompanied him, in an overland loin lo Macipuuie llaihoui , weie shut up foi Unee weeks in I hat haucn inhospitable spot, i educed to I wo ounces oi salt pot k and a (piaitei ol a pound of biscuit a day. It was the depth of wmtei, the moiasses weie knee-deep in watei, the gloomy forests neaily impel vious, and the liveis ol those Alpine legions in a slate ol mighty flood. To ictiace theii steps w ilhoul food was impossible, and they were slaivmg undei Wellington Head in a small schoonei (the Brik/.i") of 4 2i) tons, on a liagment of a lation, which, oi necessity, was daily diminishing, until an easteily wind enabled them to push llnoiigh the nanow gut of that daugeious bar-hound poit. At this momeni ol exigency, (he (<o\emmenl schoonei Kn/\ wus despatched iiom llobail 'I'ow n, ami the cullei Vansiiaiu lion) Lauiiccslon, (o then leliel, hut the heavy westeily gales which detained the IJiui/i: at hfi anchois, pi evented the other vessels liom heating lound the coast. An ovciland paily was also despatched with knapsacks heauly chaiged with food. At stalling it numbeied twenty volunteeis, uiidei Mi.CaiDMi, sm\eyoi. lie, howevei, iell lame, and was (ompelled to letiuii. The olheis, having leached the. hanks of the lapul uvei Kianklin (a loiient which uses upwaids of lilty feet m flood), sepaiated fouileen oi the paily, afiei hghlening then knapsacks oi as much food as they could spaic, making then way buck lo. the habitable pail, of the colony, the leniaining six pushing lesolutely onwaids into the veiy lieaitof a land ol desolation and doom, w heie cannibalism and death had, not many yeais piewously, been tiagedies oi icpeated occiii icnce. The suflenngs oi Ibis gallant little baud weie inciedible. liy .1 seiicb of (he most ingenious continanecs (hey ciossed the Kiaukim, navigated the bioad and beautiful Goidon,and followed Sir John's paily step by step, until they leached Wellington Head and the coast beyond, whcie, finding the gafl, main boom, and othei wieck of a small cialt,lhe impiession they enteitained of the loss of the Hui i'/.i became conlinned, and, with empty haveisacks, they began retiacing their ste|).s lo the located district. It was a dicadful niaich , then kangaioo skin knaj)sacks and eveiylhing that could possibly be leudeied edible had long been consumed, and, feaiful of eacli othci, they had strayed apait and laid (hem down to die, when, piovulendally, in the last stage of exhaustion, they weie Ji'Mncyl by a sewnd po.it y wut to their ichci. -r n»r?"TKira»jin»iM»i TII E N E W -ZEALAND E 11 . l)i Km. llms .iKMir-. uii)>( feasibly tli.il ie licl by ships m,iy In- coin ci led |<> disticss /// ships, mid ih.il il is ipulc possible lo go on multiplying mistoitune :iml miseiy He ihercloie points oul Ihe likclibootl ol t In* ice bound \oyageis being be.iul ol and ]»ob;il>ly got at by an o\eiland journey anoss a poilion ol (he Ameiican Continent, and by coasting ceitain bays and sounds \isiled in (he couise ol ioimci exploiations. Any pat ly despatched by surb ;i loute l)i. Kinc volunfeeis to lead. We sinceiely liust thai GoM'ininenl will not only adopl the sut>i>e^lioiK but stme by eveiy means to e\tiu-ate oni gallant lellow count) ynien I'ioin Ihe ho/en legions amid which they h;ue so lons.; been hemmed. We enteitain a fond bill anxious hope that the benignant Ptovidence which basso fiequently and so nieicifully deli\eied Sn John I'uan'm in. and in whose loving kindness he has e\ei leposed a high and holy 1 1 usl, will jet guide him safely lluough the ]>ci ilsth.it eiivnon him, and lestoie him and his dauntless I'olloweis to the aims of then [\i mihes,and the dcsiies ol'thtni counliy. Wi lm\c been obligingly favoured wilh tlnccof the latest Cape p.ipeis fiom which lie aie enabled lo exfiacl ,a vanely of deeply inlercstiim, inattei. Sit llahiw Smii ii's piogicss appe.u^ lo have been uniosl tuinnphant and saf isl.k loiy one. The del, ills, which will lie iound in <uioIhei colinnn, will, we donbl not, be peiu.sed wild inleiise inteie^t. The manly suu-eidy of Ills ;uldiesse% lo the lately liisiugeul Hoeis aie models ol soldieily elo(|iience — dnectcil slap al (he heail, and cleat as sunshine lo (he inulcislaiuling. His Excellency has prowd himseli as miicii the en fanlc yule of peace as of V idoiy. fliii Mmksiy's Biunnuv. — Wednesday, being the 2!)lh annueisary of Her Majesty's l>ii tlij, (he day will he obseived as a holiday— the hanks and other public offices benifi closed. The 58th t eminent will paiade .it hood in the Alheil banuck sqitaie, w heie they nil) he tevieived by Majot Geneial l J nr, and file a Jcu de joie, in honom of (he d,i) . Ciiidtj of ltiMl.Uion have hecn issued by the (lovemoi and Mis. Clkks, who will enleilain .1 latge paily al a ball and Mippci, in celebialiou of the aiispu ions e\en(. l'H'\\ -Mk. inn Rn. i\h;ni\ — The loveis of liaiinony will deploie, in common with omsehes, the unsellled stale of the \\eathei,and theaihaneed penodol the se.ison u hirh n ill pie \enl the jjeiloimaiue oi the Bund I'm some time to come, llowevei we I nisi, te ban lempa Inentol reviendia, and that, uitli a .sharpened appetite, A\e shall leUun to indulgence ol a dclighliul and icfined enjoynient. From a vaiiely of J-Jrit isli .loin nal.s uilli which we h.'ivc been favouied we aic enabled to cont mut' oui precis ol passing events in Kuiopc. The civil wai of Sw llzerland had Ikmmi extinguished, the Canton of Neufchatel, — llic last to gi\c m — having signified its submission, and Us readiness to pay t lie fine, ,C 1 8,000, indicted by the federal Council foi Us failuie in supplying its Militaiy Contingent foi the late wai. Th< ; loss on the side ol the federalists is stated at 88 killed and 385 wounded— that of the in>uigents has not been asceitamed hut it is supposed to be at least loin times giealer. — The Kicneh muskets and cannon .supplied fiom the arsenals ol Louis Fhillipe to the " Voioif of (he licague" aie now in the hands ol the federal government for the destruction of which they weic given. So ends the war of the Sondeibund, and the inteivcnlion on which M. Guizol had set his heait, must await some Inline occasion. The fine levied fiom Nenfcluitel is to be appiopnated to the widows and ol plums of lho>e who fell in the stiuggle. The Resident of the Diet infoimed that, body that Su Sli.it foul Canning had dcdaied to him tli.il Kngland, animated by the most fiiendly hpint towaids Swil/ciland, would oppose any intci vculion by othei powers, considei ing that Switzeiland now enjoyed peifecr lianqnilliLy. The seveial Italian Slates appeal <<» he m a veiy unsettled condition. The "Gazette- d.c Fiance," on the faith of a lettei liom Genoa of the 7th of Dcccmbei, announced that news hail anived theie by a sleamei fiom Naples, that Naples had usen and pioclaimed its independence, and that, the King and Royal family had taken icfuge on boaid a ship of wai. — Sicily, likewise, was in full insunection, the cuiient icpoit being thai the entire population had useri, declaung themselves independent, of the Neapolitan Ciown, and placing themselves undo the piotctlion of Gical Biitaiti. The Toulonnais ol the 1 4th December, states that an English squadion was still at Leghorn, and that its piolonged stay m thathaiboui had ])ioduced an excellent efleel on the minds of the Italian population. The King of Saidmia had oulered the loililicalions ol Genoa and other points of the coast to he placed in a state of defence. The Titan steam coivcttc had iclinned Jo Toulon aftei landing at Civila Vecchia the aims supplied by Fiance to the Pontifical Government. A somewhat ludicious scene occuncd on the amval of this corvette. She was denied fiee pialique hecause a man had died of choleia on board a Fiench licvant packet in hei passage to Constantinople and Malta, and .she was accoidmgly oideicd. into (juaiantme. Captain Chopait vainly objected. that Toulon, Uym U'luch \ifi &vlod mvi

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,i\oii| mo oui shoies Al th.it ill '.i .lions dale wh"ii debt ;iiul dilTitully weie oppies',m», u-., Nete^ily.- e\ei (lie leilile paieul <>l uncut ion - induced ,in cm in'. 1 -! Mini a slienuous mmkli aflei th.it most mipoilanl souue ol mII National andColonial wealth, :in a\ailahle expoit, — mihl, ,is 1 1 lo icw aid on I pel >e\eunt c. one, ol w hit h lilt 1 hiohesl hope weie enleil. lined,- K.iun (inni. — was loimd It is, .1 Itis, too (me thai those hopi s li.ne pio\cd lint tiausienl, and that out die.nns ol i^iini h.i\e melted ,iu,i), m"\eiIhele.ss, ils tliscovciy u,is attended with the nio.-il beneficial icmills — much ol it lelthed M high puce, Mini Ibe c;ish ll lealised passed inlo cik iil.ifion Ml m moment the most oppoilune. Thai disc o\ciy, iiiiloilunately, was mil followed up liy any olhei, and in conse(|iiente ofthelillle demand foi the now depiecialed ailicle, we, Ms cvpoileis, have been compelled lo icliogiade lo stain quo, if not lo a point )et uoise, because howcwi compaial uely unconsideied the \alue ol Our aggiegale shipments ol (!oppei Oie, TmihtM , Sulphur, liaik, Klax, Wool, Oil, Whalebone, &.c, ne gieaily Ic.ti Ib.it e\ en those items h.ne i.ithei diminished than inci eased. These aie matleis deeply to be deploied, as )(\ii.s have passed uilhout him" in", any olhei j.ilenl icsoiirce to well. Moicowi the aidoiu of di,sco\eiy ha-, been ebeclced, because we ha\c, 1 1 11 1 1 >11< • 111 1 loiliiilous i iicnmslaiu es, been Mi.lamed li not clinched, by the compulsoi y ilisbiiisemenls ol a laige and libel, il Milil.uy Clu-t, whose golden is>ue lias swelled out low us into mi poi lame, oui tow nsmen into suhslance. This is all seiy good and \ei y desiiablc, liesides il is nothing nioic than |tisl and iialuial ibatthe paienl should suppoit ibe infant she has conveniently diopped in so distant ami difficult a ([iiaitei, — an infant which (heie is no doubt will eventually ami gcneiously icpay hei maternal siiht-ilin.lt*. Still, howevei, these rates will b.ne then limit, and it bebo\es the Ihoughllul to use e\eiy cndea\oui not meiely to lendei (be colony indepcmlt'iit of external aid but lo slum e\uy nei\e in development of its iiatuial lc.iouues by which alone it can de~ ,sei\e the appellation it has, by the sanguine, iccened, and by all ils dein/ens desned — thai pioml and enviable one — the Isiitain ol the Soulh ! We aie the youngest of Kngland's ollspiing, and il behind some ol oui ]iivenile lelalions in pietocious exhibition ol conimeicial, j),isloi,il, oi a^i iculluial capacily, the I. mil is less inoiu iiiteiual cajtabililies, tlian llnougb a senesol peiplexiniT ami paialysmg liifluenu's which lime,i)alience, and a wholesome mump; iat ion alone can regulate. To plant Colonies is an easy waller. To point their enei^ics and to icndei them a blessing lo Ibenisehes and a profit to the Slate demands a wise bead and a libeial band. Any scheme! may plan a Poyais ; but il iei|iines a disci uninating mind, and an enduring pi n pose to tiain an infant settlement tlnoiigh all ihe successful steps thai meige in a mighty elliptic. We, an ollset ol some eight yeais existence, ba\e been twitted by oui Jnrnds, and sneeied al by oui rivals as little betlei than an Knglish ganison. (I may, peicliMiice, be lhat foi the moment we aie moie oi less so, — but h.i\e we no inhcicul lesoiuces likt-ly to whelm the garuson in the Colony ? 11 we look aiound, oui own baby struggles aie infinitely less painful I'un those which maiked the fn»t sell lenient oi New South Wales, — a creation, which nothing but the gold, the genius, and Ibe indomitable peisc\eiance ol Kngland, piexented being an aboilion; hewing it, as it weie, in less than hall ,i centiny, into a gieat and piosncious possession. In hunting ,iftoi .soil, lo uuse hei lood, Van Diemen's 1/and became sub-to loin >cd. and (o the population ponied upon those exile shoies, and the laush outlay of the public puise the conlioul and the sustenance o( lhat peculiiii population evicted, 1 lit* paiamount sowieignly ol lOngland m the South I\uifit is alone attiibulMble. Will anyone M'liliuelo .isseil that the u>->l b.tS been moie than the jiiolil, oi (hat, if M'ndible, Kiance would decline the soveieignly, at a buge and libeul [oemiinn^ l!y the foilunate mtioduUiou of fine wooled sheep, New South Wales and Van Diemen's l/.nid sped to cat ly and unexampled eminence. By foitunatemineial discovencs,\vhen baiikiupl ! anil begg;ued by land gamblings, South Aus- j Italia bounded fioin indtgeiue to opulence; and although we scarcely anticipate any such lailload stej) to wealth in oui own pccuhai f.uoui, we conceive we possess tntiiiisic ad\antages, which, when time and oppoif unity shall peinuti ibeti de\elopemenl, will |)iove us second lo none oi the piovmces aiound us. We foi get, at Ibe moment, the Kpitiiiean übo pioiejietl totewdld with luxuiious bounty the man who could tuinistei lo him a new sensation. Gtcat as might be the sicklied enjoyment of tins Sybaitte, we concene it must fall tinmcasuiably shoit of his — happy enough to discovei a sine and piactical means ot advancing the coiintiy he has adopted as his own. We have been led to indulge m thisstiain ol leflection thiougb peiusal of a paiagiaph in a Van Diemen s Land Journal. Jl is line the piospect theie held out is ol limited inipoitance, but as one souice oi industrial W( alth iftilu rally opens up a channel foi anothci, and as lew commeiual sptings are yet discovei ed we aie solicitous to call attention to this, and tu]nmie,y> upon oui leadm and concspoudeulb

Ihe ouml henelils lie<|ticnlly icsiildno (mm small and inconsideinble Ix'i* ii)mnos,aiul (o n i *\«* I In- iMinil tli.il may lie accomplished by |).iliciil published investigation, even li llmt nncstioalioi) should appeal lo lie pueule and |)iosy. On lel'eience to 0111 hsl of expoiK, in Oetohci, I SIS, we find 2(> tons of sulpliui valued .it C 2,")(), 01 about Ci) 12.5. \\U\. pei ton The .utiile is abundant heie, and bcin;j; so, ni' hope lo see the d.iffic cncoiuaged, not only as a sou ice of immediate gain to us, hut as , i means of establishing a \aluable nianuliit luie,.ip|»lieahle nnlmeiely loa^i iculluial,bul to a \.uiety of olhei beneficial jnu poses. We may, in the fust instance, become evpoiteis ol the law material, hut il we can saw I'm^lil, and ( liiiun ,->, would it not he woilh while to tin ii din attention lo its manultu tuie on the spot 7 The following is the pam^iaph in cjuestion. SiiU'iiuitic A cm — TluMinj'Oiliinljtuijwscsto winch Snlplniiic Add c:m In 1 upplicd as an jigiicultur.il ngcuts paiiicul .1 ly in its combination with hone-mnnnre, i, iiclmitU'W by thctnoht cxpcricncod prnrlicnl men in the UniUd Kingdom. TlicMibjpot bos also been under 1 lie consideration of a high auihoiily in V.vi Dicincn's Lund, us 111:17 be bi-cn by the following cxlrnct fioin :i letter fiom thnt pcisonagc to the CJnvcinnr «if New Zealand : — "Now, as one of thenicmuiby which the use of m:iniircN car be c\luniird, ] ntpuic bulphuiie Acul in Inrtfe (|tianlilich. I cannot net this, hcic — it has to be impoiljd from En^lanil — 'iui I luar Hat you hnvo sulphur in large quantities. In whm form hit ? At what price could you t.lup it.' What would bo the luight? If 1 could once establish a iniuiut.icloiy ol solphiuic ii< id hero, at a lcnsonalilc i.ilr, it ini;;ht he lurn« dlO Imndirds of useful piupi^us. { ' II you lie-. with the sulphur, I will rnyull set the manutudoiy uoina;, and bhow people tlie use ol ihf i.rdclc." W» hoj c llmt the iitti'iiiiuii ot the jiiibhi* will be diiccUd to ihe piocess ot m.iiuif.uiiiiuig this acid. Sulphur may bo obtained in large quantities from New Zealand, and a confiidciable Mock ih now imported fiom tlu-nce. Tin; pi ice laid down al lloli.i I Town is 17 jv?r ton Should speculation ol this BorL be once earned out, we doubt nit it will prove of great advantage to the agiicultuiisLs of this colony, and lh.it it will ultimately form nnnlhrr impoilnnt link oi leciprornl cohiiikicc l)i-tw en this ismid and New Zuulaud. — Van Diemcn' n Land pnpt r. Since the alxne was in lyjie we have received an Adveiliseinent foi the sale of 1,000 bushels ol New Zealand Stone liime , an aiticlf ol the £M\-il<\sl aiclntedui.il and agi iciillural inipoilaiur — one thai ciealcsa consideiable coasting; li.ide m Hntam, and which no Jiope to see at-(ompli,-.h a like beneficial li.iflic lieie.

Sir John Franm.in. Tin 1 giealesf anxiety is now rnlrtlained lot I lie ulfimale safely of Sii .John Kiunkun ami I lie Aiclic expedition undei ins command, ;uid e\ciy imaginable expedient of iclicf is being uiged upon the attention oi (io\einment. l)i. KiNi.,\viili much souml judgment, depiecalcs (ln i sending of ships in search. Icsl (he intended p;u(y of iclief should ihemsches heeoine a paily ol disliess — a ciiciiinslance w Inch., crewlulc, has chanced wilh llio.ic dcspalched m tpiesl ol Si 1 John Kranmin. We may, pel - haps, be ])ei milled (o instance the occasion on which, whilst (Jowinor of Van Diemcii's Land, he, Lady Imunki in, and (he p.nly thai accompanied him, in an overland loin lo Macipuuie llaihoui , weie shut up foi Unee weeks in I hat haucn inhospitable spot, i educed to I wo ounces oi salt pot k and a (piaitei ol a pound of biscuit a day. It was the depth of wmtei, the moiasses weie knee-deep in watei, the gloomy forests neaily impel vious, and the liveis ol those Alpine legions in a slate ol mighty flood. To ictiace theii steps w ilhoul food was impossible, and they were slaivmg undei Wellington Head in a small schoonei (the Brik/.i") of 4 2i) tons, on a liagment of a lation, which, oi necessity, was daily diminishing, until an easteily wind enabled them to push llnoiigh the nanow gut of that daugeious bar-hound poit. At this momeni ol exigency, (he (<o\emmenl schoonei Kn/\ wus despatched iiom llobail 'I'ow n, ami the cullei Vansiiaiu lion) Lauiiccslon, (o then leliel, hut the heavy westeily gales which detained the IJiui/i: at hfi anchois, pi evented the other vessels liom heating lound the coast. An ovciland paily was also despatched with knapsacks heauly chaiged with food. At stalling it numbeied twenty volunteeis, uiidei Mi.CaiDMi, sm\eyoi. lie, howevei, iell lame, and was (ompelled to letiuii. The olheis, having leached the. hanks of the lapul uvei Kianklin (a loiient which uses upwaids of lilty feet m flood), sepaiated fouileen oi the paily, afiei hghlening then knapsacks oi as much food as they could spaic, making then way buck lo. the habitable pail, of the colony, the leniaining six pushing lesolutely onwaids into the veiy lieaitof a land ol desolation and doom, w heie cannibalism and death had, not many yeais piewously, been tiagedies oi icpeated occiii icnce. The suflenngs oi Ibis gallant little baud weie inciedible. liy .1 seiicb of (he most ingenious continanecs (hey ciossed the Kiaukim, navigated the bioad and beautiful Goidon,and followed Sir John's paily step by step, until they leached Wellington Head and the coast beyond, whcie, finding the gafl, main boom, and othei wieck of a small cialt,lhe impiession they enteitained of the loss of the Hui i'/.i became conlinned, and, with empty haveisacks, they began retiacing their ste|).s lo the located district. It was a dicadful niaich , then kangaioo skin knaj)sacks and eveiylhing that could possibly be leudeied edible had long been consumed, and, feaiful of eacli othci, they had strayed apait and laid (hem down to die, when, piovulendally, in the last stage of exhaustion, they weie Ji'Mncyl by a sewnd po.it y wut to their ichci.

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l)i Km. llms .iKMir-. uii)>( feasibly tli.il ie licl by ships m,iy In- coin ci led |<> disticss /// ships, mid ih.il il is ipulc possible lo go on multiplying mistoitune :iml miseiy He ihercloie points oul Ihe likclibootl ol t In* ice bound \oyageis being be.iul ol and ]»ob;il>ly got at by an o\eiland journey anoss a poilion ol (he Ameiican Continent, and by coasting ceitain bays and sounds \isiled in (he couise ol ioimci exploiations. Any pat ly despatched by surb ;i loute l)i. Kinc volunfeeis to lead. We sinceiely liust thai GoM'ininenl will not only adopl the sut>i>e^lioiK but stme by eveiy means to e\tiu-ate oni gallant lellow count) ynien I'ioin Ihe ho/en legions amid which they h;ue so lons.; been hemmed. We enteitain a fond bill anxious hope that the benignant Ptovidence which basso fiequently and so nieicifully deli\eied Sn John I'uan'm in. and in whose loving kindness he has e\ei leposed a high and holy 1 1 usl, will jet guide him safely lluough the ]>ci ilsth.it eiivnon him, and lestoie him and his dauntless I'olloweis to the aims of then [\i mihes,and the dcsiies ol'thtni counliy.

Wi lm\c been obligingly favoured wilh tlnccof the latest Cape p.ipeis fiom which lie aie enabled lo exfiacl ,a vanely of deeply inlercstiim, inattei. Sit llahiw Smii ii's piogicss appe.u^ lo have been uniosl tuinnphant and saf isl.k loiy one. The del, ills, which will lie iound in <uioIhei colinnn, will, we donbl not, be peiu.sed wild inleiise inteie^t. The manly suu-eidy of Ills ;uldiesse% lo the lately liisiugeul Hoeis aie models ol soldieily elo(|iience — dnectcil slap al (he heail, and cleat as sunshine lo (he inulcislaiuling. His Excellency has prowd himseli as miicii the en fanlc yule of peace as of V idoiy.

fliii Mmksiy's Biunnuv. — Wednesday, being the 2!)lh annueisary of Her Majesty's l>ii tlij, (he day will he obseived as a holiday— the hanks and other public offices benifi closed. The 58th t eminent will paiade .it hood in the Alheil banuck sqitaie, w heie they nil) he tevieived by Majot Geneial l J nr, and file a Jcu de joie, in honom of (he d,i) . Ciiidtj of ltiMl.Uion have hecn issued by the (lovemoi and Mis. Clkks, who will enleilain .1 latge paily al a ball and Mippci, in celebialiou of the aiispu ions e\en(. l'H'\\ -Mk. inn Rn. i\h;ni\ — The loveis of liaiinony will deploie, in common with omsehes, the unsellled stale of the \\eathei,and theaihaneed penodol the se.ison u hirh n ill pie \enl the jjeiloimaiue oi the Bund I'm some time to come, llowevei we I nisi, te ban lempa Inentol reviendia, and that, uitli a .sharpened appetite, A\e shall leUun to indulgence ol a dclighliul and icfined enjoynient.

From a vaiiely of J-Jrit isli .loin nal.s uilli which we h.'ivc been favouied we aic enabled to cont mut' oui precis ol passing events in Kuiopc. The civil wai of Sw llzerland had Ikmmi extinguished, the Canton of Neufchatel, — llic last to gi\c m — having signified its submission, and Us readiness to pay t lie fine, ,C 1 8,000, indicted by the federal Council foi Us failuie in supplying its Militaiy Contingent foi the late wai. Th< ; loss on the side ol the federalists is stated at 88 killed and 385 wounded— that of the in>uigents has not been asceitamed hut it is supposed to be at least loin times giealer. — The Kicneh muskets and cannon .supplied fiom the arsenals ol Louis Fhillipe to the " Voioif of (he licague" aie now in the hands ol the federal government for the destruction of which they weic given. So ends the war of the Sondeibund, and the inteivcnlion on which M. Guizol had set his heait, must await some Inline occasion. The fine levied fiom Nenfcluitel is to be appiopnated to the widows and ol plums of lho>e who fell in the stiuggle. The Resident of the Diet infoimed that, body that Su Sli.it foul Canning had dcdaied to him tli.il Kngland, animated by the most fiiendly hpint towaids Swil/ciland, would oppose any intci vculion by othei powers, considei ing that Switzeiland now enjoyed peifecr lianqnilliLy. The seveial Italian Slates appeal <<» he m a veiy unsettled condition. The "Gazette- d.c Fiance," on the faith of a lettei liom Genoa of the 7th of Dcccmbei, announced that news hail anived theie by a sleamei fiom Naples, that Naples had usen and pioclaimed its independence, and that, the King and Royal family had taken icfuge on boaid a ship of wai. — Sicily, likewise, was in full insunection, the cuiient icpoit being thai the entire population had useri, declaung themselves independent, of the Neapolitan Ciown, and placing themselves undo the piotctlion of Gical Biitaiti. The Toulonnais ol the 1 4th December, states that an English squadion was still at Leghorn, and that its piolonged stay m thathaiboui had ])ioduced an excellent efleel on the minds of the Italian population. The King of Saidmia had oulered the loililicalions ol Genoa and other points of the coast to he placed in a state of defence. The Titan steam coivcttc had iclinned Jo Toulon aftei landing at Civila Vecchia the aims supplied by Fiance to the Pontifical Government. A somewhat ludicious scene occuncd on the amval of this corvette. She was denied fiee pialique hecause a man had died of choleia on board a Fiench licvant packet in hei passage to Constantinople and Malta, and .she was accoidmgly oideicd. into (juaiantme. Captain Chopait vainly objected. that Toulon, Uym U'luch \ifi &vlod mvi

fioc (torn Choleia as well as the lest of Fiance, lhal lie had heen sent with arms and despatches foi the Pope. The sanitaiy ofhceis leplicd, that they had been enjoined to subject to quaiantme all \essels coming from the Fiench Mcdileiranean poits, and that no exception could be made in his favour. The Captain haung thieatened eithei to thiou the aims inciboaul 01 take I hem back to Fiance the sanitaiy officcio held a consultation with the authoiitie.s, at which it was lesolved (o peinut ihe aims to be landed in a icmotc pait of the haiboui and to fumigate the despatches. A Commissaiy wasaccouhngly deputed to notify that decision to M. Chopait, and, on arriving alongside the \essel, the papal functional y sli etched out a long pair of tongs to leccive the despatches. M. Chopait, irritated by those udiculous piecautions Hung his despatches at the head of the Commissary, who was himself oideied into qnaiantinc duimg twelve days. — The Caidinal Sccictaiy of State, on hearing of the affair, immediately duccted those sanitaiy measures to be suspended. Count lladetsky,commandcr-in-chief of the Austiian army in Lombaidy, had refused his sanction to the arrangement concluded foi the evacuation of Fcrraia. Count Lutzow, the Austiian Ambassador at Rome, had written to Vienna tor ficsh insti actions. Mattcis were assuming lather a retrograde turn at Home, and in disgust thereat, M. Pietro Ferrcti, brother of the Scci clary of State, had resolved In letire to Naples, where he formcily resided, and followed the piofesbion of a banker. In Spain, the Queen mother and the Afiancecados paity had received a salutary check, Nanacz, in lllustialion of the conciliatoiy and onslilulional spiiit in which he was resolved to cany on the government, having given a minute accountof what had passed in leference to the return of Espaitero. and that he himself would be the first to take the exile, his former mal, by the hand, and leinstafe him among the senatois of the kingdom. The .surest test of the sincerity of this language was the intense iiritation it produced among the Fiench faction, and in the seciet councils of Chiistina. The latter, with a high hand, demanded of her daughter, the instant dismissal of Narvacz, a demand howevci, which was lcsolutely lesisted. Thus Chiistina and the French, at enmity with Naivaez, denounced by ihe Cortes, their intrigues exposed by Scnor (.ioyena, the head of the last ephemeral administiation, and detested by the nation, will in all piobability, be foiccd to foifeitthc position they lnne legained, 01 consummate their enterprise by some coup d'etat. M. Piscatory, a man, (accoiding to the Tmr.s,) instigated by a virulent hatied of England, a seivile obedience to his palioin, and an insolent contempt foi the lights of otheis, has been selected for embassy from France to Madiid. The subject of the want of national defences was eliciting a \eiy great degree of attention in England. The lettei, or rather the alleged letter of the Duke of Wellington, is all but pionounced by the Standard, to be a forgery. Ne\erthelcss, new foils at Portsmouth, and elsewhere, are in course of erection, and the Dublin Evfning Posr says, " It is understood the augmentation of the army, including artilleiy, will be 12,000. The militia are not lo be called out; but in their place, an army of rescne, somewhat similar to the Geiman Landwchi, and lo be officered from the half pay list, will be foi mod." In the Austrian cmpiie, one man out of 78 is a soldier. In Great Britain and its dependencies one in 426 ; and in the United States one in 2947. Steam sla\c ships aie becoming somewhat common, thiee escaped from the noilhem pait of the station, with full caigocs, last September.