ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 895, 1 March 1854, Page 3

ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

The Cholera in Dublin. — We regret to say that cholera, of the real Asiatic type, has made its appearance in Dublin. No official reports of deaths, or the causes of death, are published, so that it is not easy to learn the facts in such matter* ; hut there is no doubt that four "or five ca-es of cholera of the very worst description m. de their appearance in that locality on Sunday evening, and that oefure nexl morning three of them teiminaied in death. — Liverpool Times, November 14. The first experiment under the new Act passed for ihe abolition, of transportation to penal settlemeuts abroad, commenced last week, fo'.u conricts having been liberated on Iriday, and foor on Saturday, from the Warrior convict-ship, sta- ! tioneil off Woolwich dockyard. The«e convicts | have each served between three and {our yea>s»ot the period named in their sentence, and re'lirn to ibeir friends, or to any employment they m«y obtain, unfettered by any restriction*, saveftose of avoiding the haunts ot thiev-ps, and as ocinting with bad characters; in which case they may bs again apprehended, ami sent to the hulks without any further trial. They will then be kept at the hulks until the full period of their original sentence. Other convicts will be libarated during the week, and in subsequent weeks, upon the same terms, until room is made in the Warrior for a number of convicts recently sentenced to undergo penal servitude; and they in their turn, after ihree or four years' hard labour in the dock* yards, will be afforded another opportunity ot retrieving their character, . and returning to the paths of honest industry. It is stated that Capt. Denhara is now iv the South Seas, with the view of teporiing upon some new and suitable place of transportation to which the Government may send convicts, if the experiments about to be made should not answer, and if the leniency of the Crown should be abused. At present the liberty which the convicm just set free have obtained will be equal in every lespect to a free pardon, as they may now engage in any enterprise for their own benpfit, and have every advantage which a free pardon could have given tbem.

Colonial Wool Sales. — The colonial sales of wool commenced on the 20th uh., and have proceeded without interruption. At the commencement tbe attendance of buyers, both manufacturers and dealers, was considerable, but prices were very irregular, and biddings extremely languid, with great indisposition to rperate, except at a decline varying from a Id. to 2£J. per II)., averaging about 2d. as compared with August rates. As they progressed, however, a better feeling was manifested. -The-'sales were brisker, and prices may be considered a shade in favor of the sellers. Jt being reported to the manufacturing districts that wool was selling at a much lower price than was the fact, a large number of fresh buyers came to town, and this, for the present, has caused the increased spirit and firmness generally observed. Tbe quantities arrived in time for sale consisted of about 19.200 bales ot Australian, 26,000 Victoria, 6000 Tasmania, 4309 Adelaide, 1900 New Zealand and Swan River, 5600 Cape — making a total of 57,900 bales — Prices Current. — New Soush Wales : scoured fine, 2s. to 2s. 6<l. per lb. ; middling, Is. 7d. to Is. 9d ; inferior, Is. 6d. to Is. 7d ; lambs, Is. ]od. to 2s. 4d ; skin, Is. 4d. to Is. B|'l. ; pieces and locks, Is. 2d. to 1». 61. ; grease, 10d. to Is. 2d. — Liverpool Times, Nov. 14.

Charles Dickens. — Charles Dickens is now on a walking excursion through Italy, sustaining health, and pickiug up facts tor future use. — Liverpool Times, Nov. 14. Progress of the , Cholera. — Iv the week ending Saturday last, 102 deaths from choleia took place in London, being an increase of three over the preceding week. In the fourteen weeks ending Nov. 5, 559 deaths from cholera have

occurred in the metropolis, against 323 in the corresponding period of 1848. In the last four weeks the mortality from cholera progressed as follows-— 45, 83, 98, 102; wliiht .iv the same periods diarrhoea and dy>entery were fatal in 55, 48, 43, and 42 canes, showing a constant decrease. — Liverpool Times, Nov. 14.