FEMALE INFLUENCE. [From the San Francisco " Picayune."]

New Zealander, Volume 7, Issue 493, 4 January 1851, Page 3

FEMALE INFLUENCE. [From the San Francisco " Picayune."]

It rriust be a source of much heart-felt gratification to the moral portion of our community, who really feel interested to see a good mid well regulated society gro v up and assume a controlling iind humanising influence in our city, to It now that the arrival of eveiy steamer biings to our shoies the wives and families of sotne of our most respectable citizens. There is in our estimation, no one thing so certain to affect for good th» habits and manners of society, as vntuous female influence. Of all places boasting of Civilization, we know of none where this influence is more needed, or where it is more desiied and bhould be more cordially welcomed than in San Francisco. Until fatteily, those of our citizens who have established themselves in business here, have left their families behind them, expecting in a few months, nt furthest, to quit the country for good and return to tliem. We are rejoiced to learn lint a change is constantly ; and lapidly taking place in th's regard, and that California and San Francisco are becoming sufficiently attractive to induce them to make one and the other really their Home. The effect which this is sure to product-, upou our society is no less beneficial than desirable. Hitherto theie havj been so few viituous females amongst us, that their influence in regulating society and giving it a high mor.il tone has been &cntcely felt. it has been fashionable — at least no one has felt that he was losing casto tlieieby— 10 visit publicly, snJ take a seat at the gambling tables which ofl'diid the sight of virtuous men, at every turn of our Miauls. Drinking, gambling, debauchery, lar liom being frowned upon, have been patronised by men who, in any other country, would no more risk their reputation, by even the suspicion of contact with such ' than they would risk their lives in the hands of ihe merciless savage. Instead of being frowned upon, gambling has been

Irgaliafil, nml theicl>y placed upon n footing with the licensed nnd rcsportnble dealer in merchandise. Bawdy-houses, if they have not been licensed, haic been placed under no legal restraints, and have been permitted to occupy the most conspicuous and central parts of our city. Gambling, dancing homes and grog shops have caused our nights to be made hideous, and I the best portions of our city to be laid in ashes, with impunity. I We take no pleasure in presenting this disgusting i picture to the view of our citizens. It is timcj however, th.it the truth should be published, that all who feel interested to see a dilkient state of society, should know exacttly where we stand, and how the influence of which we have spoken is to be exerted to effect n change. The number of respectable females U daily increasing in oar city. Already their influence is being fell and it will increase in proportion as their numbers increase. Such a thing as home 13 being Known i» Sin Francisco, where the business man letiro ii> the evening and find consohlion and icpose for his formcntino cares. Hciv, with his family, he finds nomettiiup; t<i excite the fond and noble sympathies ol Hs nnmie, and feels in what true happiness consis's. * His iif'uh. bour loses no time in making himself uuiaily h.ip,r, , by surrounding himself with the same ~-ourc>.s of cumfort and human felicity. It lias been will raid, bv an eminent divino, thif " the domestic fireside <s the great gnndian ol s r> ci'f / ngainst the eice^es of human passions,'' and tu.,t ' it is in its moral effects upon the mind and heart of mm that the influence of women is most impoitaut." Who does not feel the foice ami truth of lh;ss saying, an. l who will not exeit himself to promote tills influence. We have only to compare the present habits, customs and costumes of our gentle-men, with what ili»v were s>k or eight months dute— « ire have onlj to compaie the meagre crowd ol hombic? who now (i! Iquent the gambling saloons, with the throng of "cn'K'men who nightly reported thete feix or ci»hl jmmU's i^o — we have only to mark theultmnpts now made to cv - coal vice 3 which six months ago we r e public v— 'n <s,il>isfy ourselves that a marked, a and hapnj griur.viii'jj change has taken place in the hubi's and the Lone of (.'ll2 public niorils of our citi?-ens. All this, we believe, has been pi'ricipMly owirr; to tiie accessions winch for the laslfeiv mouths have been constantly making to our female society. With these evidences of the gicat imprnvemc.itwhich virtuous female influence has so soon *vio«i; !■ in our midst, what permanent ben-firs and blrsw, - ma/ \7C not hope and expect, a* an nb^if. of u able, refined and intelligent fom.'lcs .ire id Jed t ) n-w social circles, and their hum<\ni/u<g influence .1 qn ; 'e^ st length.

Louis Pnii-UTic's PuuiMiTirv. — A letter from Pan'?, of Sep. Blh, in the In Icp^ndcnre, oflJiussc's, says — Sinre Loub Philippe's death, the journals have bui«n spcikin; of the lortune wlrcli he Ina left, ami it has been even taid that tli«s legacy duties Would aniounl t,> Borne millions. I fiii'l the c>in£(reraliun which I &u> pectcd in these accounts is greater than I had supposed. The landed, p.operty belonging to the late King contains about BG,OOO hectares (the h^cUie is nemly 25 English acres) thus divided : 45,000 compr.sed in iho donalion made by the King to his childieu oa Annual 7, 1839, and of which he reserved to himself the life interest; 13,000 belonging to the King himself; and 28,000 bequeathed to him, for his life only, by ahvluar A-ilcluUli.-, hi ! aisier- Tnegros3 revenue of this pro^ci ty, calculated on an average of ten years, is 2,069,000:. Since 1818, it has been smaller, and for 1851, will n if, it is supposed, amount to moie than 3,900, 00'Jf. Bnt^from all this it is necessary to deduct the expenses of taxes, insurance, mnngement, agency, S-z., amounting to 1,61 l,ooof There therefore remains a rcver.ue of 2,378, 000f., which, at, 3 per cent., represents a capital ol neaily 79 millions. In this valuation I do not comprise non-productive property, such as chateaux, parks and gardens, which, it must be admitted, are not without tniportince. For instance, the Park of Monceaux, in the Faubourg Roule, rtobe to Paris, is altogether unproductive, an d eontai'is 1 9 hectare-., worth sny 2 OOO.OOOf; also the Park of Neuilly, containing nea\ly 18G bec'ares, gives no revenue," yet, if Bold in lots, it would give at least 4,0j0,000f. I ought to mention that I have included in this slate meut the property of the Duke d'Aumile'* domain, of which the Queen Marie-Amelie has the life use, and which givei about 137,000f. a yenr. In fine, to be exact, I ou«ht not to pass over in siloncethe moveiblo propei ty of the Kins, consisting of raatteis held in common by bun and MaJame Adelaide, arising from canal shares and tontiuen, which, without nny exoneration, must be worth 325,0Q0f. a jenr ; alsJ Government securifes, belonging to Louis Philippe himself, amounting to lOo.OQuf. a year, including 3'),oo<K. a year in the Five per cents, for the Chape's of J)rcu\ and Neuilly. Bnt this situation, so brilliant in appcaranee, is considerably diminished by the enormous debts contracted almost exclusively for the woiU undertaken at Versailles and in the Royal palaces. The names of the executors of Louis Philippe are now known; they are MM. de Moutaluet, Uupin, Sen. de Monttuorency, Laplagne, Ban is and Scribe, foimerly advocate at the Couit of Cassation.

Na noNAL Debt.— Names of the National Debt Commissioners, Hie numbers and dates of meetings, and the names of the Commissioners who attended the meetings, timing 'tha peiiod from 1832 to 1845. (Sir Henry Willuiuhby). This return has its origin in the mistrust so geneially felt in the management ot public institutions by gent'eincn who have oilui business to attend to, or who owe their appointment to ii<> personal qualification beyond that of holding some particular office. The Commissioners fjr the redaction of the Nationil Debt ore all (X officio— the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Master of ihe Rolls, the Chief Bui on of the Exchequer, the Accountant Geneial of the Court of Chancery, the Governor and Deputy Governor cf tho Bank of England. The meetings ale quarterly, «n<! they amount, for the fourteen years comprised in the return, to fifty-six. Th<s attendances 'ohow the \alua to be attached to the services of such dignified Commissioners. Of the seven, the Speaker of the Iloos? of Commons and (he Chief Baron iuve not attended a single meeting during the fourteen y.i«"» tho ftla&tp) of the Rolls has attended ten, and the Aot-ounUni-Geneial of the Couil of Chancery three. The teal tnatiugeis are the Chancellor of the Exchequer, r.nii the Governor and Deputy G -vernor of tha B»n!tof England. Two must constitute a quorum, or oUe Ilia [Mi lies must occasionally ei-pirate without doing au>« business; for in three instances that uum'oqi cni^y attended. The Drop uf Watuk. — A Fuble — "Alas 1" said n diop of wa'.ur to her many sisteis, " how can 1 my giatiludc to the gods for luvmg cicjlud me! t am &o insignificant, and it is but buldoin iv.v I riae to the burface of the ocean, and can reflect the sky and stirs." As she spoke thus, an oyster sucKed her mti» his shell, where che changed into a peail. r lhe oy-.-ti>r was thrown by the waves upon the beach, i*nd tlu j drop of water became the ornament of a loyul ci own. -=> /jessing.