THE SOUTHERN CROSS. Tuesday, August 9, 1853.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume X, Issue 638, 9 August 1853, Page 2

THE SOUTHERN CROSS. Tuesday, August 9, 1853.

LDCEO SON OnO. "If ' hare been extinguished, yet there rlw, A thomand beacons from the spaik 1 bore."

The " Hargraves" and " Galatea/ which bave arrived since our last, have added a little to our stock of English and Colonial intelligence ; our London files dating to the Bth of May, and the Sydney prints to the 28 th ultimo. From these several sources, we have compiled a Summary of the most recent and interesting events. The 'Sydney Herald' of the 26th ultimo, as will be seen by the following paragraph, gives another appointment to Lord Lyttelton than that which so lately excited the attention of our fellow-colonists : "We are informed (says the 'Herald') that intelligence has been received from private sources, that the Eight Honourable Lord Lyttelton was to be appointed GovernorGeneral of Australasia. His lordship is only thirty-six years of age, and is a "Peelite" in politics. In 1846 he was Undersecretary of State for the Colonies. Lady Lyttelton was daughter to the late Sir Stephen Glynne, and is sister to Mrs. ' ; . idstone. Sir Charles Fitzßoy, it is -aid, will be appointed Governor of Bombay " According to the naval intelligence of the 'Hampshire Telegraph,' of 7th May, the steam frisjate 'Desperate," Capt. Chambers, reported as having been appointed to carry Lord Lyttelton to New Zealand, was then lying in Plymouth Sound There had been frightful inundations in New South Wales Gundagai, so severe a sufferer by the floods of last season, had been, if possible, more awfully visited during the present. Life and property in several directions have fallen a prey to the devouring element. An attack, as will be seen by the following paragraph, had been made on the Victoria gold escort. Victoria. — The most startling announcement is, that an attack had been made on the private escort near Kyneton ; that six of .the escort men were murdered, and six thousand ounces of gold stolen. We hope this may be found to be an exaggeration, a3 no definite intelligence had been received, but that life had been lost and a large quantity of gold stolen, was beyond a doubt. — - Sydney Herald, July 28. The Commercial intelligence we give in another page.

The intentions of the Government with TAgnrd to tli© conveyance of the Australian mails, and genera.ly with respect to the mail-packet service on all lines, have been made known, and seem to have given satisfaction in commercial circles. They propose, as the contraefs fall in, not to renew them for any considerable time, but to call for tenders for each voyage, or perhaps for two or three voyages, and to give these temporary contracts to the parties who shall- undertake to make a voyage in the shortest time, It is thought that by this arrangement there will be secured both an increase of speed and a reduction of expense. The Postmaster-General is making arrangements for establishing a money order system between this country and the colonies. Whether India will be included in these arrangements it not stated; but it is not likely that so great an advantage will long be withheld from that country, after being conceded to dependencies of less importance. The Continental journals announce that there is to be a congress of sovereigns at Vienna in the latter part of this month. Among those who are expected to attend it are mentioned the Kings of Russia, Bavaria, Belgium, and Greece, and the princes of some of the minor German States. The Emperor of Russia, if he should not be present at the meeting, will come as far as Warsaw, to be at hand for consultation. The Turkish question is supposed to have set their Majesties and Serene Highnesses in motion. Louis Napoleon, annoyed at the prospect that Russia and Austria would divide Turkey between them, without giving him any share of the spoils, has sent to the Governments of Belgium, Holland, and Piedmont, a significant hint that, in the event of such a partition, those three countries must expect to be annexed to France. This unscrupulous and aud acious menacehas considerably alarmed the other, great' military powers, and hence the meeting for taking counsel on the subject.

.(From the Free Presi Ctfrretpondent ) The examination into the case of Mr. Stafford, and the Admiralty corruption of the dockyard people,' has' severely damaged the Perbyites. The revelatiops are the most disgraceful' to the late Ministers, at least to, those who had the rudder of the Admiralty; and most creditable to Sir F. Baring, who sefems'to have done all in his [power to put #n end,to the disgraceful, barter of -votes ,for employmenf;and promotion. The effect of all .this will Jbe that, the dockyard people will lose the franchise, and well do they, at least many of them, deserve to lose it," for Lor&^Jdhn BusselPhas"given notice of a*Bilt"ib that Effect, which must be carried.' " ■i r »L'J7^'t" 'The'young Prince'will; it% is said; be named''Leopold George Dum/aa^ Albert; and his sponsor^ will-be the Kings-of Belgium and Hanover, and.therj)uke/of Cam-

The electric telegraph system is spreading widely and rapidly, and promises to increase its rate of progress. We have a new company forming here, that proposes to convey sho/t messages for a shilling, and also to accommodate the mercantile world' with separate private wires— such a wire wholly private is expected to cost about £400 a year between London and Manchester Wires are being laid down connecting the Palaces and the Club houses with the House of Commons, and it is intended to have bells ring simultaneously in every part of the House and the various clubs when divisions take place. Perhaps at some future time every M.P. will sit at home, and the debates ■will be carried on electrically. A wire has also been laid down, connecting London with Ostend, and messages were sent through on the sth instant. But the crowning proposition connected with the subject is that of a telegraph to India, China, and Australia, by Nice, Genoa, Spezzia, Corrien, Algeria, the shores of the Mediterranean, Alexandria, &c. It is af firmed by a French paper, the ' Patrie,' that a general convention of the Powers will be entered into for the purpose, and that Sardinia, Tunis, and Egypt, have already agreed to it. At the instigation of Austria, the Germanic Diet has pressed Prussia to address a complaint to England on the subject of the refugees. The Prussian Government, however" has replied that there is not sufficient ground to justify such a step being taken. The news from Turkey is tranquilising, although the mystery which was still observed at Constantinople in regard to the state of affairs, has led to a complaint from Lord Stratford respecting the reserve exhibited towards him. Russia continues her armaments, and it is said that Lord Stratford had written to Admiral Dundas to advance towards the Dardanelles} but we have not yet heard of our fleet having left Malta. According to the convention respecting the Holy Places, Russia requires to be placed on an equal footing with France ; an arrangement to which that power will not, of course, agree, as it would virtually annul its treaty of 1610. A quarrel has arisen between Greece and Turkey, respecting some villages on the frontiers of the two countries. The Divan has instructed its representative at Athens to state that if, within a month, the contested territory is Hot evacuated by the Greeks, the Porte would drive them out by force: A note to this effect has been communicated to the Protecting Powers. The affair has caused much excitement at Constantinople. The Viceroy of Egypt has at length succeeded in his negotiations with the Porte, vrho has recognised him as the head of Mehemet Ali's family, the members of which have been a source of constant annoyance, and impeded him in his administration of the country, by their intriguing and scandalous behaviour. Hereafter all matters of litigation will be settled in Egypt, without the necessity of a res urce to Constantinople. The concession obtained by the Peninsular and Oriental Navigation Company has created a great deal of jealousy on the part of foreign powers. It is reported that a new French Steam Company has been organised, with a large subsidy from the Government for carrying the mails from Cherbourg to New York, and thence to Chagres, with a Hue on the Pacific- from Panama to Sydney, touching at Tahiti. This company is to be called the "Leverseurs Steam Company," with a capital of £2,000,000. Another Steam Company is also being projected under the patronage of the Belgian Government, to run ships from Antwerp to New York and Chagres, which will serve as a feeder to the Pacific lines, bringing German passengers to Australia by that route. Trade continues steady and prosperous. Stocks are everywhere reported as small, and orders as plentiful. The rise in. wages continues to be general, and the comforts of the working classes and their' employers on the increase. At Birmingham, the prosperity of the middle classes is shown by the rapid extension of new "dwellings— upwards of 3000 during the last year, besides warehouses, manufactories, chapels, and schools. The iron-trade continued very brisk. Employment is very abundant in the Nottingham trade. The hands are described as getting independent, and the rapid growth of the town has roused^ the building trades to demand large advances : additional hands were flocking m last week, but there was still From Leeds we have the same reports : the .business of the month has been over the" average; prices have been higher, and wages higher also ; and this, it is thought; will operate 'against the continuance of the trade at the present rate/ Nevertheless stock* are low. The demand for labour in this quarter is also described as unprecedented,during the •last quarter "of a century ; ! arid' although some of the artisans are 'behaving with great improvidence, they are the exception. -Tlie high price which the manufacturers are compelled to charge for their l gdodsis tbe-majn limit of ,prqductipn at-Bradford, where wages are" high 'and' raw material is •j dear* , From Gloucester f! ,we, have also 'flourishing reports.— Spectator, ' May 7th\- '"■ Promotion.— War £>$cc, 6th May.— ' £Bth; Foot— P. ay master- 'Serjeant J. B. R. ■ Harrison/. of r tofisBth^oot, to'be, Ensign, t withp^tpurchase^yicei'pighe, promoted,. , _' -A large fleet of armed vessels,, belonging | to, different, nations, were reported in the Chinese Seas. A Russian and an American frigate touchednt Singapore, the latter on Tielfaff-Toijphtjxpeaifio^to JapaV 1 The.Cjafca.olic, Bishop a^ljlew Caledonia ied in Aprillast, -"- •

Army. — General (Xii>Ett. Head Quarters, Sydney, July 25, 1853. General Order 73. The Lieutenant-General directs it to be announced to the Troops that Major-General Sir Robert Nickle, K.H , has arrived at Sydney, and by Her Gracious Majesty's appointment from this date becomes his successor within tho extensive range of the Australian Colonies and New Zealand, as Major-General on the Staff. In retiring from a command which he has held with satisfaction since the year 1847, General Wynyard is anxious to record his sense of the zeal, temper, and ability^ with which the numerous right-minded individuals, of every rank— from the private soldier to the superior officer — have sought to aid him in the discharge of his duties. Thus impressed, he will long maintain the ties of soldierlike regard by which he has become united to them all ; and it will be with no ordinary interest that General Wynyard will hereafter, note the career of the Troops in these colonies, whether it be that, in the | spirit of true soldiers, they continue to merit the approbation of their officers, or whether, by virtue of Her Majesty's liberal regulation and warrant, they become settlers in the Australian Colonies, where be trusts they will carry with them into private life the love of order and obedience to the law which they derive from their military training. With these assurances the LieutenantGeneral bids the Troops farewell. By command, (Signed) E. Macarthur, Lieutenant-Colonel D.A.G.

The Overland Mail, received yesterday, supplies no further Southern intelligence; the Wellington papers which came to hand having been anticipated by those conveyed by H, M. Ship Calliope. The Taranaki files are from the 13th to the 27th ultimo, inclusively. The 'Cashmere/ Captain Pearson, arrived from Auckland on the 6th, and sailed for Batavia on the 11th. The nomination of candidates for the office of Superintendent took place on the loth. There were three competitors, viz.: — Messrs Charles Brown, W. Halse, and J. T. Wicksteed If we may credit the Taranaki Herald, the Returning Officer would appear to have been afflicted with defective vision in counting the show of hands, which, of course through the merest inadvertency, he declared to have been in favour of Mr. Halse. But "this decision" says our contemporary, " was violently opposed by many, and for a moment disturbed the propriety which otherwise marked the- whole of the proceedings ; and it is but fair to add that many impartial lookers on, dissented from the decision of the Returning Officer. " The necessity for a poll having been previously foreseen, the circumstance was unimportant, except that scrupulous truthfulness in such matters, as near as it is possible to arrive at it, is every way necessary to proper confidence in the officer who is trusted with the important duty of presiding on such occasions. " The poll commenced at 9 6'clock on Saturday morning, and before 11 it was understood that Mr. Wicksteed had virtually resigned. That gentleman polled a few votes early in the morning, and abstained from further exertion until the arrival of his supporters from Omata, when there appearing no probability of gaining his own election, Mr. Wicksteed released his friends from their engagement to vote for him, without attempting in the slightest degree to influence their conduct in regard to either of his rival candidates. "At 12 o'clock the state of the poll was as follows : — Brown, 142 ;— Halse, 121 j— Wicksteed, 12 11 The polling for the two highest candidates went on briskly, the majority for Mr Brown gradually increasing, and finally closed at 4 o'clock, when the numbers were : — Brown, 173 ;— Halse, 138 ;— Wicksteed, 12. " The total number of the voters is stated at 353, so that 30 of, the whole constituency neglected to poll" „. ,

Presentation of' a Medal to SerjeantMajor Naughten, 58th Begiment. On Saturday last, when the 58th Begt. assembled on parade, Lieut.-Colonel Wynyard, announced to the men that he had then to perform one of the most pleasing duties of a Commanding Officer. That duty was to present a Silver Medal, accompanied with an annuity of £15, to Serjeant-Major James Naughten, which Her most gracious Majesty had been pleased to confer, for meritorious service, upon this very deserving non-commissioned Officer. Lieut.-Colonel Wynyard proceeded' to read a lengthened document detailing .those services; after which the Serjeant-Major was called,, to the front j. [when,, advancing, with ; uncovered head, 1 he was invested with the medal j for which he expressed a lively sense of gratit ude to her Majesty, as well ■as to Lieut. Colonel Wynyardfor his interest in procuring such a testhntmiat for him.

What's jn the Wind ? A Meeting of ,a very extraordinary character took place at Onehunga on the 2nd inst , amongst the Pensioners and Settlers of that village j. the sole object of which, so •far. as we can understand it, was' to appoint a /Deputation— of which Mr. Smythies 'was named the principal, — to wait .upon Dr. .Bacot, to request that gentlenian,-r-as Briigade.iMajor Greenwood had'consented to be put' ih nomination as a candidate to reprei jsent the Pensioner Settlements- in (he Ge-J

neral Assembly, — to retire in Major (xreenwood's favour. We designate this meeting and its proceedings as very extraordinary, if not something more ; and for this very sufficient reason, that the Pensioner Settlements being empowered to elect two representatives, — unless there was something in the move more than meets the eye, there existed no reasoij whatever for the retirement of l>r. Bacot. However, Mr. Stnythies and the meeting appear to have thought otherwise, and so solicitous were they on the subjeot, that I Mr. Smythies addressed an urgent note to I Dr. Bacot to know when he would receive the deputation. We append tho reply which' Mr. Smythies gratuitous epistle elicited:-—

Ho wick, AucDit 3rd. 18=>3. Sir.—l «•■ aitoniihed to receive a letter anting me to meet a deputation from O'iehungn, to canvait the propriety of my con'etting an election for the Petitioner Settlement* with Brigade Major Green« wood, ft appear* to me that Brigade Maj >r Greenwood had much better nimtetf contult hit friend* at to the propriety of hi* contesting a neat with me. A» I w«» fir«t in the fi^ld.! shall certainty notreo<-i«e any deputition on any tucb •uojeut Thou who like Mnjif Greenwood, may vote for him without atkintr my leave and if they are » «•• fird with their own conduct. 1 do not »cc why they »hould be anxious to secure my good opinion. Hoping thit I shnll not be troubled agiin on to cxUaordiuttrj «»übjeiT, I remain i Your obedient lerrant, J. Bacot. H. Smytbiei.E q.

The Southern Election. We have been furnished with the following returns of the Poll as taken at Rangiawhia and Kawhia : — Rangiawhia. Kawhia. Goodfellow 9 7 Taylor 9 2 Newman 9 5 Macky 0 8 Dilworth 0 5 Buckland 0 3 Hogan 0 0 Assuming these figures to be correct, the following will be found to be the state' of the gross Poll. Newman f ... 244 Dilworth 222 Taylor 209 Macky 189 Goodfellow 183 * Buckland 162 Hogan 162

The Rebellion in China. Our China Journals, — which reach to the 19th of March from Shanghai, and to the 28th of the same month from Hong Kong,— i furnish us with a successive narrative of the progress of the great Rebellion, now, apparently, verging towards a close by the overthrow of the Tartar dynasty. According to the "North China Herald," the Imperial troops have been routed in every encounter in the open field; nay, such has been the superior military skill of the insurgents that city after city has fallen under their attacks, until Nankin, the ancient capital of China, has either succumbed or been placed in such eminent jeopardy, that the Imperial Officers have found it necessary to solicit the aid of the foreign consulates to avert its overthrow. The reigning Emperor and the Insurgent Chiefs are each-carrying on a sharp cannonade of Edicts and Proclamations; but those of the latter being enforced by victory are evidently the more telling. In the meanwhile, the trade of Shanghai is greatly paralyzed, and the ordinary routine of commercial inter course seems to be more than half suspended, through the apprehension of the Imperial Authorities. Shanghai was being placed in a posture of defence: — that defence consisting of the feeblest barricades, and one light gun planted in the street opening upon the principal City gate. We give below a few extracts from the 'North China Herald', illustrative of the state of affairs, and foreshadowing the extremity of China's peril. .. Bat (he question it. "have tbe rebels tbe sympathy of the people, and is tbe proipect of a change of roasters welcome to the nation at large?" Taking i he opinion of many native*, we hate consulted, si our guide, we conclude that Although the mm with whom the insurrection originated are neither esteemed nor liked by their northern brethren, yet any change it is esteemed mu«t be for the better, and throughout the country the feeling seems to be growing deeper, that the emotions and oppressions of tbe M ndarins are no longer to be borne. Thus, these Mandarins are in nine cases out of ten Chi nese, yet the re*pon«ibility for their misdeeds is Uid to account of the Supreme Government. This deep feeling of diisatisfaction has been adroitly turned to account by tbe rebel leaders, and while they exact contributions from the rich, they oitentationaly hold out to the poor. Their discipline it is said is severe.. The reign of lien.teh is t> u«her in the dawn of official virtue ! and in short tbe Radical Reform by all felt lo be necessary «• then to be rffecttd ! As foreigners resident in this country the spectacle of a great nation convulsed to its cent.* in the struggle for empire, nut only challenges our earnest attention as a grand political problem, but as con cerned in its trade it alio behoves us to look to tbe future^afid f enderrj>ur to dv cover how our interests are thereby lo be effected. On the 1,7 h March, despatches were received b» H. E 'theTuouf.se from the Governor of Keangwo, r quiiing Mm to implore the Foreign Consuls',. to send immediate assistance to N«nking,~and »uvo«, .as we' understood, tbat unless foregn aid were afforded, the City of Nanking mutt fall into the bands of the Insurgents, who, are represented to ' amount to above thirty thousand men ; Rumour s»id it meeting of tbe Foreign Consul wa* to take place for consideration of the subjfct. We are credibly informed, however; that no such meeting was con templated. and, md fed His evident, that witbou' forces, and steamers, were sent up hither from Hongkong-— uo foreign «#»i»tance cmi dbe afforded worth notice— independent of its being the brst po icy of all civilised pow-rs, to leave the Chine»e to their o»n disputes, and not interfere |irema urety, so as to risk the future opportunity tbat wt 1, in all probabi'tty. arise ere long, to mrdiate rftV luajly; an'd'f.ofiihe'bepifa of "(he world ut large, by

tbc ext nsion ot facilitus for comtnerc hi «ud «enmil in'ercnurse with the Ciiiuese, thnu^hou this T»(t Empue. Iv a subsequent number, the editor of the N.G. Mail writes thus ; — Wjt have again some vrry impurtant prodama. lions of the im urgent cbiefi this week. If the fact be, at ii commonly reported, that Nanking ii, eitb-r 5a the hands rtf the Incut-genta. or juar on »he eve of being captured by them ;— it must be pretty clear that tbe prestige of the Tartar Dynnty it totally dissipated, and that the governm-nt no longer pos | seises any means of checking and subd«tng the ruing of the Chineie, a?ainst an usurpation now above two hundred year* old. Should the revolutionary chief* be successful in th^ir enterprise, as we have elsewhere r xpresned our opinion ii very probable, — we hope they will fulfil the declaration* mad« in th«ir several proclunutioat. The causes assigned for the preten rising, are calculated to in«ure popularity and support, from the masnes of this |*opu)"ti* Euopire ; and the new Dynwty would, un loubtedly, be upheld, if, it carried out to completion, ih« antiouncemrnti it has made, in it* several msni'rstoes. We should glad'y bail turha state of things in China, which h«», lor the last fe« centuries, been pretty much at trade i», at the present moment— at a complete stand-itill. The preceding was, amongst other matter, prepared for our Friday's issue, from which it was necessarily excluded by pres- \ sure upon our space. By the subsequent arrivals of the 'Margraves' and 'Galatea/ we have been put in possession of later numbers of the North China Herald and Hongkong Register, — the former to the 9th, and the latter to' the 22nd April. From these it would appear to be all but certain that the cause of the insurgents was about to prove triumphant. In a future number we shall furnish ample particulars of the progress of this strife ; — in the meanwhile, we present the following brief 1 details from the Sydney Herald of the 26th tflfc. The insurrection in flhtna hns been attended with «o much success, that iheie i» now every piobability of the Tartar dynmty beinj expelled. The rebels havr taken Annoy and Nanking, and were march'ng on Canon. Their army is said to ha 80,0f>0 men, •ell disciplined, and it is evident that they haw the bulk of the people with them, as Nanking was c«p tured wiih the los< of one man only, who was killed for refusing to givt up hit master's horses. No plunder was allowed, and the greatest regularity provailed. It has only bern recently diicovr-red that the 'ln» mrgents are Christens of the Prototant form of win-chip, »nd anti.idolators of the strictest order. Tney arkn wledge but one God, the Heavenly Father, the AU-wisp, All powerful, and Omnipresent Creator of the world ; with him. Jesus Christ, as the Snviour of m-inkind, and also the Holy Spirit, as tbe Uit of the Three Persons of the trinity Their chief on earth is a person known as "Tie-ping-wang tbe Pri ce of Peace," to whom a kind of divine origin and mission is ascribed. Par, bow ever, from claiming adoration, he forbids in an edict the application to himself of the terms ■•Supreme," "Holy," and others hitherto constantly assumed by the Emperors of China ; but which he declines teceiving, on the ground that they are due to God alone. Their moral code, the inmrgenU call the ''Heaven'y Rules," which, on emminition, proved to be the Ten Commandments Tbe ob-er vauce of these is strictly enforced by the leaders of the movement, chiefly Kwang-tung and Kwang te, —men who are not merely formal profe«'ors of a religious cystem.but practical and spiritual Christians deeply influenced by the belief thai God is always rith them. The hardships they have • offered and ■be dangers they have incurred, are punishment* «nd trial* of their Henvenly Father ; the surce-sen they have achieved are instance* of Hit grace. In conversation they "bore" thr. more wrld y minded by constant recurrence to that special attention of the Almighty of which they believe themielves to be the obj-cU. With proud humility and with tbe glistening eyes of grtti'ude they point back to tht fact, that at tbe beginning of their rnterprWe, some four years ago, they numbered but one or two hun* died ; and that, except for the direct help of their Heavenly Father, they never could have done what they have done. Sir G. Bonham in one of Her Majesty's steamf rs had been to Nanking, and had interviews with the rebel chiefs, who ataured bim of their desire to open ta« ktngdum to foreigner*.