ENGLISH INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 51, 24 January 1843, Page 3

ENGLISH INTELLIGENCE.

Escape of a Family from Drowning.— On Monday last, an accident occurred in the vicinity of Egremont, which had nearly been attended with fatal consequences to seven or eight members of a family. It happened remarkably enough, that the father of the family alluded to was witness to the occurrence, and assisted in the rescue of his children without being at all aware, for some time, how dearly he was interested in the result of the exertions which were making. The following are the particulars of the occurrence, so far as we have been able to gather them : —On Monday last, about tide time, a gentleman named Duffie, who resides at Egremont, was passing over the river.- As he neared the shore, he saw that a bathing machine, containing several children who had been recreating themselves in the f water, had by some means or other obtained an impetus on the steep beach, and that it was rapidly descending into deep water. In a few moments, indeed, it was afloat, and at the mercy of the current, driving towards the centre of the river. “ God bless me ”’ exclaimed Mr. Duffie, “ there’s a whole family of children afloat, and they will all be drowned.” He immediately sprang ashore and hastened to the spot, to render every assistance in his power. Meanwhile, Mr. Railton, proprietor of the machine, was making the most incessant exertions to rescue the family from their imminent peril. He pressed his horse into the water till it lost footing, and was compelled to swim. The machine was afloat, but half sunk, and from its unsteady motion, strong fears were entertained that it would turn over. Mr. Railton called aloud to the children to keep in the middle of the caravan, but it is questionable whether or not they heard him. At length he found it impossible to reach the machine with his horse, but, fortunately, some individuals had hastened after it with a boat. The poor little children were found on the seats of the caravan up to their necks in water. They were taken into the boat, and the machine was towed on shore. Mr. Duffie, who had been extremely anxious for the ’ fate of the little ones, was standiig on the beach waiting their arrival; but who shall speak his astonishment when he saw that they were his own children. It appears that they, with their attendant, eight in all, went into the caravan, and were, as usual, drawn a short distance into the water. Having bathed, £ one of the little boys, in order to enter the machine, climbed over the wheel, when the action on the spokes put the vehicle in motion, which, the bank being very steep, was accelerated by the weight inside. — Liverpool Courier. The Progress of the Harvest. —Another glorious week has been added to the weeks of the finest harvest in the memory of man. In Yorkshire and in Lancashire, as indeed in all the northern counties, a great part of the grain is cut, and much of it secured. The rapidity with which the harvest has advanced, and the small expense of reaping and gathering, as compared with ordinary years, is very remarkable, and the Irish reapers, who always come, over to this country in numbers in the autunm months, say that the corn disappears from the fields as by magic. "It is here to-day, and gone tomorrow.” We think that we are safe in saying, that more grain has been cut this year by the last week in August, than was secured in 1841 by the end of September. We find that in some districts of Lancashire, where potatoes are grown to a great extent, the root is decaying prematurely, and that the available crop will be therefore less abundant than was anticipated. This partial failure does not seem to extend to the turnip crops, either yellow, whites, or Swedes : nor have we heard of its existence in Ireland. The rain of Saturday night and Sunday refreshed the pastures and meadows . _\vithout-retarding the corn harvest, and cattle and sheep are generally in fine condition. The price of all kinds of butcher’s meat, like that of grain, is gradually and rather rapidly decli- ' ning.— Leeds Mercury. We {The Sun ) have heard a rumour that it is the intention of the Ministers to re-assemble Parliament, in a short time, in order to pass a Coercion Act for the manufacturing districts. We notice the rumour to express our entire and complete disbelief in it. Though the manufacturing population have ceased to labour, and in many cases have forced others to cease from labour, the actual outrages committed by them, > taking all circumstances into consideration, ® have not been of an aggravated nature. With the exception of their conflict with the police at Manchester, they have caused no deaths, and have: inflicted no wounds. They have broken windows, and in the Potteries have burned-down houses; but for these offences, particularly the latter, • which is a hemous crime, the law .already provides. Additional penal laws, or a Coercion Act, might exasperate the people, but could not prevent offences, and would injure trade. It would go far to reduce the manufacturing districts to the condition of Ireland. Such a policy would be indeed fatal, and we give the rumour that Sir R. Peel intends to adopt an emphatic denial.— Dispatch, Aug. 21. ► Coalition Between Lord John Russell and the Tories.—lt is well known in the political coteries, that a. coalition will be formed

between the Whig leader, in the House t>f Commons, and the Conservative Premier. In consequence of the prospect of this arrangement being carried into execution, Lord John Russell absented himself from the House at the close of the session ; and the task of reviewing the measures of the Conservatives during that period fell upon Lord Palmerston. Sir Robert Peel is to concede more to Lord John Russell, than the latter will yield to him, For instance, the Noble Lord’s views relative to the Corn Laws, will be respected and followed out. Sir Robert sees that some liberality, however small the amount, must be infused into his cabinet; and as both he and the Duke of Wellington detest Sir James Graham, this minister will be sacrificed to make way for Lord John Russell. The premier wishes to throw off a portion of the Tory yoke which presses upon him, for he sees the necessity of yielding to the spirit of the age ; but he could not venture to adopt a more liberal line of policy without previously insuring the support of some of the liberal party. Hence the notion of the coalition described. A Secret for a Farmer’s Wife.—While the milking of your cows is' going on let your cans be placed in a kettle of boiling Water. Strain the milk into one of the pans taken hot from the kettle, and cover the same with another of the hot pans, and proceed in like manner with the whole mess of milk, and you will find that you have double the quantity of good rich cream, and get double the quantity of sweet delicious butter. Try it. —Dumfries Courier. The Italian School, Hatton-Garden. — We have received a paper issued by the founders of the above school, and addressed to " the Promoters of Public Education,” to the contents of which we feel pleasure in affording the aid of our circulation. This document informs us that “ some Italian gentlemen, animated at once by a sense of duty as well as by sympathy for the situation of those numerous poor boys, natives of their country, who in England are not only far from their friends, but also without sufficient instruction to enable them to correspond with their families, resolved to found a gratuitous school for their benefit, which should serve the end of imparting that necessary information which every man ought to possess, and of imprinting upon their minds those moral principles which should teach them to love God, their country, and all men.” This benevolent design was carried into execution on the 10th of November, of last year, and the number of scholars now amounts to more than 230. The pupils, consisting principally of organ boys, and other itinerants, who add considerably to the harmless amusement of a large class of our population, as well as of another body, the image boys, who, as “ Art’s young missionaries,” probably fill a much higher office in our moral economy, are too poor to pay the necessary expenses, and thus, from November to June, the outlay amounted to 111/. 11s. whilst the receipts realised only 82/. 3s. We are sorry to learn that priestly bigotry has done its utmost to obstruct the rising institution, —ineffectually, however, and the number of pupils is at present limited only by narrow funds. Thus an appeal is now made to the English public, which will, we have no doubt, be sufficiently responded to. The school-house is at 5, Greville-street, Hat-ton-garden, where enquirers may see the working of the system every evening from eight till ten.

HOW TO GET ON IN LIFE.

" Who is this very stately personage approaching ?” said the ehevalier. "This is the lord Mayor,” said Mr. Longmore, "an old friend of mine. I will introduce you, chevalier,” and taking his two friends up, he made them known in due form to the chief magistrate of the city, " I don’t know what country you come from, chevalier,” he said; "but one thing is certain— England is the first country in the world, London is the first city of England, and I am the first magistrate of London. I have done it all myself, chevalier—l have done it all myself. When first I came to this here city, I wheeled a barrow.” "It is one of the things I most admire in the constitution of England,” said the chevalier, " that whatever be a man’s original rank and station in life, he can rise to the very highest offices and position in society by genius, per r severance, and virtue.” “A word in your ear, my dear chevalier,T said the mayor —" that’s what we tell the world, but ' there’s a great deal of in them assertions. Genius makes it 3 way once in twenty millions of times; perseverance, after having tried it through a long life, is still a clerk in a merchant’s office; and virtue thinks she’ll be obliged to go upon the town for bread to eat. No, no—a fortunate spec., a lucky hit, habits of saving, the accumulation of money, a loud tongue, a bold face, and a good deal of talk about honesty and liberality—these are the things that get on in London; Look upon everything here as a matter of barter and you may do anything that you please. Be as ostentatious as ever you like, but never be ostentatious but when it will pay. Be charitable, and subscribe to all sorts of institutions—it’s

buying in the funds of public opinion, which give better interest than any others that I know of. But never think of giving away half-a--crown without there’s somebody to see it. As a magistrate, be as rigid and stern, as patient and attentive, as considerate and as careful, as you like when the newspaper reporters are in the justice-room; and, as a politician, be as liberal as it is possible to be in public speeches and declamations —assert the interests of many, take up the cause of the oppressed ; but grind your workmen and your labourers in private, get a per centage oft’every man, and if you have once nailed a man to undertake a contract, keep him to it, though it break him and send his wife and children to the workhouse. No, no, chevalier, you have not hit it all. What you mean is, that any man in England can get on that has cunning and knowledge of the world, and may rise from the handles of the barrow to the hand of the baronet. Then all the people who would have kicked him if he had said a word in his former station, will be glad to come to a ball like this, and eat his ices and drink his champagne. I flatter myself I’ve got all the fashionable people in London here to-night.” The Cape of good Hope Shipping List reports the loss of the ship Abercrombie, Robinson, 1,415 tons, in Table Bay, on Sunday, August 28tli. She arrived there on the 25th, having on board the head quarters of the 91st and a detachment of the 28th regiments, in all about 500 souls. Surf boats, waggons, &c., having been sent from Cape Town, the -whole of the soldiers and crew were landed in safety. On the same day the Waterloo, prison ship, 414 tons, bound for Hobart Town, with 219 convicts, and a detachment of the 98th regiment, in all, about 300 men, was literally dashed to atoms ; and we are sorry to say the loss of life in this instance has been very severe, being 143 convicts, 4 women, 14 children, 15 soldiers, and 13 seamen. By the Royal Mail Company’s steamer Dee we have received intelligence of the loss of the total loss of the Company’s steamer Medina, Commander Burney, on the morning of the 12th May, she having struck on a reef of rocks whilst entering Turk’s Island, on her outward route. The crew and passengers were fortunately saved. Among the latter were his Excellency the Earl of Elgin, the newly appointed Governor of Jamaca, his lady and suite, who made their escape from the wreck with his lordship’s despatches only. Who’s to Blame ? —The riots in Lancashire, &c., &c., have, as might have been expected, given rise to much discussion in the daily papers with respect to the causes of these discontents, or, as we have headed this article—Y/ho’s to blame ? As Sir Roger deCoverly sagely remarks, " much may be said on both sides,” both, as regards the manufacturing capitalists and their workmen. A reduction of wages ! —Why the Corn-laws, the iniquitous Corn-laws, rendered, if possible, still worse by the juggling sliding, scale of Peel, prevent the manufacturers from finding a market for their manufactured goods in countries that, if no Corn-laws existed, would be glad to take them, —America, for instance. How can it be expected then, where the market for their goods is so " Cabined, cribbed, confined,” and where of course the profits upon their outlay must be so materially diminished, how can it be expected that they will continue to give the same wages to their workmen as they were wont to do in a state of high commercial and manufacturing prosperity ! So much for the capitalists; but now for the workmen. What is the condition of the labouring classes at present ? They work 100 hard, and are too little rewarded. They see others, the lilies of the field, who " toii not, neither do they spin,’ living in luxury.and comfort, while they themselves are obliged to labour from " rosy morn” to " dewy eve,” and for this labour they are badly, insufficiently paid ; is it strange, then, that they should be dissatisfied and discontented with their condition ?—that they should be ready to join in any emeute, however wild or visionary, if it hold out to them the even distant hope of bettering the present state of things ? “ It would be as easy,” said one of the popular orators during the times of the French, revolution, —“ it would be as easy for a people to rise into commotion without having grievances to complain of sis it would be for‘the' sea to heave into billows without the winds.” We are no advocates of physical force. The great problem, which modern civilization is working out is, that great political changes and improvements s«ft be effected by moral means—by the irresistablb influence an'4' progress of the principled of trnth and justice. But then, on the other hand, the#® is & Unfit beyond which oppression cannot go, without bringing down vengeance, retributive and- annihilating vengeance, upon the heads' of the oppressors. It behoved the* rulers- of the land then, at the present moment, deeply and seriously to consider whether things have hut one course to . fake, to- grant justice to the people. » NEWfc Corn SqAlb.— The duty dir foreign wheat has advanced to-day, as anticipated, to 9s. per quarter, and duty at Bs. has been paid to an extent that will yield almost 700,000/. to the public, revenue. This

immense accumulation, in the first place, 1 off corn in bond, enhancing the price to the prejudice of the consumer ; and then the effect, in the second place, of entering for home consumption so much as 1,000,000 quarters simultaneously on the very nick cf harvest, to the great loss of the English farmer; forms a beautiful illustration of the " steady trade in corn,” which the Premier boasted of as a sure consequence of his modified sliding scale. It is not a whit better than the jumping scale; If there had been no change in the old law, the same accumulation of wheat in bond would have taken place this year, and it would have paid nearly (if not entirely) the same rate of duty. We doubt very much at least, if all the skill and capital of the Corn Exchange could have done much better -with the system of the averages, under the old law, than they have managed to accomplish with the new. Ruinous speculation occurs just as much under the new law of 1842 as it did under the former act of 1828. It must be reformed altogether, but the people of this country never yet obtained any conces* sion from the aristocracy, except by working on their fears; and we fear much they never ' will. Nothing is granted with a timely graee from good will or affection, but everything must be extorted; at the eleventh hour, by dread that worse may come. The consequence is, that when the object sought for has been so given it is little valued when obtained, and the breach between the higher and lower classes of society still remains as wide and open as before. The iudustrious classes are praised by their rulers for their " patience” so long as they lie down and starve quietly by the road side,- mumbling out with their last breath, " Confidence in my governmentbut so soon as hunger and want drive them to deeds of violence they are shot. —Sunday Times. Marshall’s Flax Mill at LeedS; —The following particulars respecting this stupendous building have been furnished by an eye-witness, who has been permitted to inspect it a few weeks ago. The building is 132 yards long, and 72 yards wide (inside measure) —one story or 20 feet high. The roof consists of seventytwo brick arches, supported on seventy-two iron pillars of the Corinthian order, and secured together by strong iron work. The brick roof has a thick coating of composition, to prevent the w r ater from coming through, and is covered with earth, from which has sprung up a beautiful grass close. There are 66 glass domes, 48 feet round, 11 feet 6 inches high, containing 10 tons of glass ; all iron window frames. Total weight of roof, 4,000 tons. Cost, with the machinery, upwards of £200,000. There are steam-engines, 100 horse power each.;.and one engine 7 horse power, which does nothing but blow either hot or cold air into the room. The building covers more than two acres of ground; it is supposed that 80,000 persons might stand in the room, 60,000 upon the roof, and 50,000 in the cellar. Chatham. —The Penelope frigate, 46 guns, was taken into dock on Thursday week, when several shipwrights were immediately placed upon her, and commenced the operation of cutting the frigate in halves, for the purpose of converting it into a steam ship. On Saturday the process of removing one half of the frigate from the other was performed in the presence of upwards of a thousand persons. Two large booths were erected on eacli side of the Penelope, and were filled by naval and military officers and gentry of the neighbourhood. The sight was both novel and astonishing; three ropes were made fast to the head of the vessel from three portable capsterns, which were fixed in the ground facing the dock. These capsterns were worked by nearly two hundred convicts. On the arrival of the Right Hon. Thomas L. Corry, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, with Sir William Symonds, the surveyor of the navy, and Captain R. Brandredth the naval architect, and Captain-super-intendent Sherriff and other officers, the word was given for all hands to work. As soon as the parts of the ship were observed to separate, the dock-yard band struck up playing " Oh, dear, what can the matter be,” amidst the cheers' of the people assembled. The fore part of the ship having been brought up to the mark allotted, left a space between the two halves of the ship, exactly 62 feet, Whieh is to be immediately filled in with new timber. The Pehelope will thereby be lengthened to upwards of 200 feet. She is to have placed in her two engines, of 650 horse power, and to have stowage room for 600 tons of fuel, complete stowage under hatches for 1000 troops, with four months’ store and provisions, exclusive of' a crew of about 450 men. Steam Navigation on the Thames.. — There are now 16 steam vessels running daily between Gravesend and London, the same number to Woolwich; 26 to Greenwich, numerous small steamers, the boats of the Watermen’s Company, and of the Woolwich Company between Greenwich and Black wall; there are eight steam vessels constantly going up and down the river on the way to and from Dover, Ramsgate, Margate, Herne. Bay, South end, and Sheerness. The General Steam Navigation Company musters 49 first class steamers, all sailing from London, a fleet superior to the steam fleet of any of the Continental

>owers, and which carry merchandise and pro)ertv to the amount of a million sterling weekly, and whose consumption of coals exceeds in value 50,000/. per annum. There are lot fewer than fifty other large steamers trading' jetween London and various ports in Great Britain and Ireland; 23 steam tugs, varying from 30 to 100 liorse-power, each exclusively jngaged in towing ships between Gravesend md the Pool; 20 iron and wood steamers navigating the river above the bridge, between London-bridge and Chelsea; two constantly running’ between the Adelphi Pier and Putney; and five to Richmond. This is a vast amount of steam power unequalled upon any river in the world. There is never fewer at any one time than 5000 persons afloat in the steamers during the summer season, on the river Thames. Tins Tiutk Version op Her Majesty’s Tasting the Grog.— During her Majesty’s last visit to Portsmouth, on board the Queen, strict orders had been given to the men that when her Majesty came down to the lower deck to see them at mess, they should not speak a word, but preserve as profound a silence as possible. Jack of course was too much taken up with watching the royal visitor to think of talking, save perhaps the desire of whispering to his messmate a comment or so on the meteor passing before him. All was still. Her Majesty tasted the cocoa, and approved of it; yet all was still. Her Majesty

then inquired whether there was no stronger beverage allowed the men, and forthwith a tumbler of “ three-water grog” was handed ! her. She raised it to her lips —when Jack forgot his orders, and three distinct cheers ran round j the deck with such “ a will” that the ships J sides seemed to start with the sudden ex- j plosion. The honour done was more than a ; sailor could bear without clearing his heart by j a huzza; and her Majesty must have read in these honest cheers the spirit with which the British tar is ready to meet her enemies—for ,he “enters, into action with the same enthusiastic cheering which then burst on the royal ear. He meets friend and foe with a similar greeting —a voice fraught with terror to the one, but in the other, inspiring trust, security, -and confidence. Experiments in the Marshes at Woolwich. —Vice-Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, G.C.H., and Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, Knight, of her Majesty’s gunnery ship Excellent, at Portsmouth, arrived at the marshes at half-past 10 o’clock, on Friday, to witness experiments with two 24-pounder guns constructed according to an invention of Baron M. V. Walirendorff, of Stockholm, who was also present on the occasion. Lieutenant-General Lord Bloomfield, G.C.8., and G.C.H., LieutenantColonel Chalmer, Major Sandilands, BrigadeMajor Cuppage, and a number of officers of the Royal Artillery, were also present. Eight rounds only were fired at a range of 1,250 yards, four of the shot being covered with a thick kind of serge, and four with lead about two-tenths of an inch thick. The object to be gained by Baron WahrendorfFs invention is to be able to load the guns used on board of vessels at sea from the breach, many valuable lives having been lost during the last war by the difficulty of running out and in the guns when naval engagements took place. The loading at the breach is effected on this plan: By having the gun bored all through, and after putting in the ball first from the breach end, then the charge of powder, and lastly a chamber amply secured and air tight, that no danger may occur at the rear. The firing was good, the second ball entering the target at the long range of 1,250 yards. The charge of powder was two pounds less on each round, and it was found to give the shot a greater elevation than by the common practice, which was easily accounted for, as the covering of lead gave less windage. It was observed that the shot covered with lead caused a recoil of about a foot more than the recoil of the gun charged with shot covered with serge. The baron is the proprietor of extensive mines, and supplies the greater portion, if not the whole of the ordnance of Sweden, and can speak English fluently, and being present, was able to explain fully the merits of his invention to the naval and military officers ; but it is probable further experiments will be made with it at sea before a decision as to its introduction or rejection is resolved upon. Abyssinia. —The Augsburg Gazette of the 29th ult. publishes the following intelligence from the north of Abyssinia : —The Egyptians had invaded that country in March last near Madana, and having advanced to Woehin, they sabred 400 Abyssinian soldiers, and sent 200 prisoners as slaves to Sennaar. It was said that the Egyptians subsequently advanced to Gandar. Two Frenchmen, Messrs. Ferrer and

Gallinier, who are distinguished geographers, had arrived at Gandar. Mr. Bell, the English traveller, had arrived at Adowa in the month of April. The English mission, which left Aden last year, had arrived at Showa. The German naturalist Shemper remained at Adowa. M. Dabbadie, the French traveller, had made considerable progress in the composition of a dictionary of the Abyssinian language. The Fortifications of Paris.— “ I regard/’ says M. David, “the fortifications of

Paris as a measure disastrous for our finances, useless for the defence of the kingdom, dangerous to the capital in time of war, and to public liberty in case of insurrection or of tyranny. The fortifications are disastrous for our finances, not only by the cost of their construction, but by the perpetual maintenance of an immense materiel of artillery, by the constant renewal of ammunition and provisions, and by the expense of the numerous garrisons which must be kept up even in times of . profound peace. Useless for the defence of the kingdom, because, under good generalship, it is the circumference that defends the centre, as the limbs defend the. heart; because to restrict oneself to the centre of the circle is to contract one’s operations, and lose those means of succour and strength which are gained by enlarging them ; because it is assisting the enemy to blockade the Government, and paralyze every mode of action ; because it was thus that the League fell before Henry IV., and by a directly contrary manoeuvre, Charles VII. reconquered his kingdom; because all the generals of antiquity and of the middle ages, walled-up, besieged, or on the defensive, fell, either by famine, assault, or conflagration. All the modern capitals, on the contrary, having i been taken almost without resistance, have re- | mained uninjured, and have reverted to their | original possessors. The fortifications are : dangerous to Paris in time of war, because it ! is attracting to this city, which contains the ! greatest riches of the state, both material and | intellectual, the lightning which would destroy ! them : because it is exposing 1,000,000 of in- ! habitants to die of hunger within its walls, j after a siege of a month or two; for shells and I other projectiles of modern invention would ! quickly reduce this great work of centuries to ! a heap of ruins impossible to reconstruct, and | Paris would share the fate of Babylon and 1 Palmyra, of Carthage and of ancient Rome, in : endeavouring to avoid it by a defence which 1 was impossible. They are dangerous to pubj lie liberty in case of insurrection or of tyranny, | because a great insurrection, which had made itself master of the streets and houses, could only be subdued by the forts, and the forts would be obliged to destroy the city to crush the insurrection.”

Curiosity at Windsor Castle. —A very extraordinary and interesting natural curiosity has lately arrived at Windsor Castle, where it has been placed upon a large pedestal in the grand vestibule (leading to the Waterloo Chamber), to which the public are admitted. It was recently in the Royal conservatory at Kew (having been sent as a present to the Sovereign of this country from China), whence it has been transferred to Windsor Castle, and evinces, in a peculiar manner, the extraordinary perseverance and ingenuity of the Chinese, who, during the progress of the growth of plants, have discovered the means of so transforming or training their roots as to make them assume the shapes of various animals. The singular curiosity referred to is supposed by some to be the root of the large Chinese dog-rose, and by others to be the root of the vine. It is about three feet in length, and of a proportionate height, and bears a close and extraordinary resemblance to the shape of a lion, having the legs and feet, head, tail, and body, with its shaggy mane, most rudely perfect. By what means the Chinese acquire this mode of expanding and shaping the roots of plants is still a mystery, although many ingenious enquiries and researches have been made on the subject. This, however, does not appear so extraordinary as the power some of the Chinese possess of dwarfing plants, for it is known they will produce an oak, not more than five or six inches in height, bearing acorns, and the same with respect to orange and lemon trees, of the same dwarfish character, also bearing fruit. Some specimens of these trees have occasionally been brought to this country, but none have lived for any length of time. The root referred to is well worth the attention of the curious.

Amusing Anecdote. We have twice alluded to the recent meeting of the Roman Catholic clergy at Woolton, and have stated that the Rev. Dr. Shepherd had had the honour of dining with them. Among the clergymen present was the Rev. Dr, Folding, Archbishop of Sydney, New South Wales, who wore on his finger a rich gold ring, in which was set a topaz. Dr. Shepherd, observing the brilliant, remarked, that Sydney, alias Botany Bay, had had the reputation of being inhabited by a population not remarkable for their morality, nor for their regard for meum et tuum ; but he was happy to think that a great change had, of late years, taken place, in this respect, and that persons , and property were both much safer there, than they had been, formerly; a change, he no, doubt, \vl>icji. ;i pastoral vigilance of his Grace and v his energy had;had no slight share in promoting. ' The Archbishop said that, he and liis-clergy,had everted themselves; to the ptm.ost to raise the standard of morals' in New South Wales, and he was pleased to think that the Rev. Doctor had received information of the marked change which had been wrought in the colony. Dr. Shepherd rejoined that he had not, as the Archbishop had supposed, any information to that effect; he had the proo

from liis Grace’s own hand, the brilliant ring on whose finger satisfied him that, had there not been a remarkable change in the habits of the people of Botany Bay, he could scarcely have succeeded in bringing away with him so valuable an article. Dr. Polding and his rev. brethren were, we need scarcely say, convulsed with laughter at the Rev. Doctor’s wit and humour.