ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 103, 19 October 1863, Page 3

E NGLISH EXTRACTS.

It is said that the cause of the Queen of Prussia's visit to our Court, is not any difference between herself :and> the "Kinar ; but that her object is to obtain, the. exercise of Her Majesty's influence to abate tjj.ie too ardent liberalism' of the Princess Royal." The impression is current in Berlin j as well as in English circles, that the Princess an<? her father-in-law have not fpy some time b 'en on the best of terms? arid' tliat Her Royal Highness has made no secret of her dislike to a line of policy which sh*» probably considers likely to endanger her children's crown. The -Neio York Times congratulates the new Federal General Meade.on having been botn in Spain, and conseqneitly not eligible for the office of Pxesident. •* Owing to this hapy accident, -there is no danger that the approaching campaign will be political as well as military ; so that we will have one eye on Lee and another on *' the Radicals" or " the Democrats" at home, or that he will march apd fi^ht with a view to the appearance which his exploits will make on ' the record ' " There are just 519,971 houses in England and Wales assessed to the house duty over L2O a-year, of which 875,448' are not above LSO a-year, 101,91-8 between that and LI OO a-year, and the remainder 42,595, above LIOO a-year. Tins gives tis a fair notion of the number of the opulent families and of the well-to-do middle class 1 families. Of the former there must be somewhere about 50,000 *in England and Wales — fer their income in houses of LIOO a year and upwards must vary from LIOOO a-3'ear and upwards^ of the latter, with incomes varying, sayfroni LSOO to LIOJO a-year, there must be just double the number of families, — about 100,000. The lower middle class (in wealth), with , incomes between L2OO a-year and LSOO, number again much more than double' both 'he ethers. The New York Herald says^ —" Since July, 1862, fifty -seven steamers and ninetyone sailing vessels left Nassau for the rebel ports. Fifty-one of the former and* forty-rive of the latter landed Iheir cargoes, affording immense aid to ffce rebels, and realising vast sums for the speculators. Forty-four steamers and forty-five sailing vesseis reached Nassau from the Con- j federacy during the same period." » ] The ' Treasury have at length yielded, and removed from the Galway contract • the clause which sought to compel the steamers to enrry mails to St. ' Jolin*s. ; The steamers will start from Liverpool, j The Indian Government offers to the ' holders of the L 5,000,000 of debentures due in October and the L3,0()0,000 of debentures due in April, 11562, (lie option of a 4 per cent, stock, irredeemable for twen'y-five years.