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      American Gossip. In The New York Tribune...

      be furnished with forty acre * of land , at the Government price , on credit . " The American papers notice the invention of a new sewing machine ; which , it is said , will be to needlewomen what the power-loom was to the hand-loom weavers . There is more than one article on the subject in the Tribune . Tailors and sempstresses raise objections to the new machines , on the ground that the sewing is not durable , but a writer in the Tribune declares that he has seen shoes and shirts made with the machine ; and that the sewing is perfectly satisfactory . These machines are in extensive use . The Tribune enumerates no less than six different kinds .

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      The Gold Fields. The News From Melbourne...

      THE GOLD FIELDS . The news from Melbourne of the 7 th of September , brought by the Overland Mai ] , corroborates the reports of newly discovered gold fields , and of ever increasing productiveness in the old diggings . The remunerative character of the Echunga gold field , within twenty miles of Adelaide , South Australia , is established beyond doubt . The existence , too , of a large and rich gold field at Eengara , 180 miles N . by W . of ^ Jaitland , New South Wales , is again confirmed by the latest advices ; so that it is now proved by actual events , that a vast belt of highly auriferous land extends across the Australian continent , from the Victoria gold fields to those of Bathurst and its neighbourhood , and thence to the banks of the Hunter , and the back of Moreton Bay , a distance of about 400 miles . The actual width of

      this belt is unknown , but the portion of it already explored averages more than 150 miles ; hence the known auriferous portion of Australia comprises an area of more than 60 , 000 square miles . The New South Wales diggings continue to be deserted for those of Victoria , chiefly from the influence of the gregarious spirit which prevails among diggers , but also in consequence of the periodical floods , which have been unusually great this year , and have done much damage to life and property at Turon , Braidwoorl , and elsewhere . From October , 1851 , to the end of August , 1852 , the escorts had brought into Melbourne and Trelong , the

      astonishing amount of 1 , 771 , 974 ounces of gold , or between 73 and 74 tons . Even this enormous quantity does not represent the whole quantity raised in the province in these eleven months , and which is estimated at not less than 105 ^ - tons , worth upwards of ten millions sterling . The social condition of Victoria is still represented as deplorable in the extreme . Of the Government it is stated in very strong terms , that it wants perseverance , energy , and wisdom , and that its " laxity , parsimony , and absolute imbecility '' have done the colony incalculable harm . Crimes of the most fearful character and degree abound on all sides . Highway robbery and burglary in broad daylight are common even in the towns . Murders are numerous , and remain almost always unpunished . The police are

      cowed , or are in league with the ruffians , and the administration of the law is fast sinking into contempt . Next to an efficient police force , an importation of female servants is urgently wanted in Victoria . The small proportion of female immigrants landed this year in the colony lists boon absorbed by the brisk demand for wives . We arc assured that the splendour of a digger ' s wedding is sometimes rather startling . Young Irish orphan girls , who scarcely knew the luxury of a shoo until they put their bare feet on the soil of Victoria , lavish money in white 1 satin at lO . v . or 12 . ? . si yard for their bridal dresses , and flaunt out of the whop slamming the door , bemuse the unfortunate storekeeper does not keep the real shawls at 10 guineas a-pioco ! What n blessing for our London shopkeepers if they could but eatoh such customers !

      Dancing Intkrdictki) At Rotheuham. Accor...

      DANCING INTKRDICTKI ) AT ROTHEUHAM . According to a report in the Daily News , which from private letters we believe to be generally correct , ltothcrhitin and Sheffield have been thrown into a ferment by the novel conduct of the Reverend R . MoHcly , vicsir of Rotlicrlmm . . It appears that it bus been cuntoinsiry for the fashionables of Kolhcrhiun and the neighbourhood to hold si Hiibseript . ion dress hall in the month of December , stud this year it wils announced to take place on Thursday , Deremder 1 (> , under the stewardship of three of I be We . st . Riding magistrates ,

      and the gentry of the ( own and district .. Last week the Reverend Mr . Mosely wrote to the editor of one of the Sheffield papers , in which the advertisement of the intended ball had been inserted , inquiring by whose authority the names of the stewards hud been published , uh ho hud reason to suspect Mint ( lie names had been inserted in the advertisement by the committee without authority . The editor sit once answered the viesir ' s note , sind referred him to the ball committee ; nnd from them the vicar aseeiliiincd thai the names hud been published with consent . Accordingly , <«» ( Sunday uioruiug la « t the vicar entered the pulpit and

      read the advertisement of the ball from the newspaper , and laid particular emphasis upon certain stewards ' names . He also read the correspondence which had taken place between himself and the editor of the Sheffield newspaper , and held up the stewards and the ball to ridicule and contempt before the congregation , who were considerably amazed at the bare mention of the circumstance of the ball in a parish church ' . The congregation were much annoyed , and several attempted to leave the church , but were , solicited not to do so ;

      others were convulsed with laughter , and the congregation were in a state of the greatest consternation . The stewards felt themselves aggrieved , and they , along with the ball committee , held a private meeting at the Crown Hotel , Rotherham , to take into consideration the conduct of the vicar . They passed a resolution giving him the opportunity of making a public apology through the same medium in which he had given the offence , and , if he should decline to make any reparation , further proceedings will be taken . If the interdict be not removed , it will make a pretty case for a law court .

      Miscellaneous. Osborne Is, While We Writ...

      MISCELLANEOUS . Osborne is , while we write , still the abode of the Queen ; who , with the Prince and the children , seems to enjoy the sea air and delightful scenery of their island home . But no doubt they will spend Christmas at Windsor . Lord Raglan and Lord Derby have been on a visit to the Queen this week .

      Lord Palmerston Has Been Unwell Ever Sin...

      Lord Palmerston has been unwell ever since the Budget was propounded . He keeps his room , suffering from the gout , and is unable to attend the evening parties given by Lady Palmerston . Probably he will recover when the vote on the first item in the Budget has been taken , —at least , people maliciously associate the gout and the Budget , and talk of Chatham , who assumed the gout when politically convenient . Has he been concocting ' a new Budget ? Lord Carlisle delivered an interesting lecture on the Poetry of Gray at the Sheffield Mechanics' Institution on Tuesday . The lecture was elegant , kindly , and abounding in choice selections from the poet , but not new . It is pleasant to see popular lecturers coming out of the aristocratic classes : another proof of the real levelling tendency of the age—the levelling upward .

      The I ) uke of Cambridge has presented an ox for the Christmas Festival to the Poor , conducted by the Leicester-square Soup Kitchen , which will be roasted , and served out on Christmas-day . The Lord Mayor , also , has presented to the City Hospice a quarter of an ox , towards affording the committee the means to carry out their intention of feeding the destitute poor on the same festal day . Lord Dudley Stuart and Mr . Oliveira , M . P ., attended the celebration of the 28 th anniversary of the London Mechanics' Institution , in Southampton-buildings , Chancery - lane , on Monday . It was founded by Dr . Birkbeck . The Polish ball , held at the Guildhall on Wednesday , was attended with great success .

      Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs , commander-m-chief at Portsmouth , died , on Thursday , after a few days' illness . Professor Empson , of Hayleybury , and editor of the Edinburgh Review , died on Friday week . Mr . Ballantine , for many years the presiding magistrate at the Thames police-office , died on Tuesday . The will of the late Earl of Shrewsbury has been proved , and the personal property sworn under 100 , 000 ? . It directs that out of this amount there shall be paid , 500 J . to tho Rov . Thomas Doyle , bQQl . to tho Rev . Daniel Bock , 160 Z . to tho Rev . Dr . Winter , and there are sorao other legacies to his Histcr , and to servants . Tho Earl has directed the whole of his estates at Alton , Farley , and elsewhere , to bo converted into money , tho whole of tho proceeds , together with tho residue of his personal property , to be given to Mr . Ambroso Lisle Phillips , of Grace Dieu Manijr ,

      Leicestershire , and Mr . C . Scott Murray * of Danenneld , Buckinghamshire , both of whom it will bo remembered seceded from ( he Church of England , some years since , and joined the communion of tho church of Rome . This has afforded a subject for speculation . By tho Mortmain Act no sum exceeding 600 / . can bo left for roligious purposes , and it is therefore generally believed thataUbough Unit largo amount of property has been left unconditionally to Mr . Phillips and Mr . Murray , Micro is a tacit understanding that , it i » hereafter to be applied to tho benefit of tho Roman Catholic church . This supposition is strengthened by tho fact that in a will made some time ago , the whole of his lordship ' s property was left to Dr . Walsh , and in tho event of his decease to Cardinal Wiseman ; but this wun revoked by a codicil in favour of Messrs . Phillips and Murray , who uro to divide tho property equally between them .

      According To The Latent Aceoiint.Fi From...

      According to the latent aceoiint . fi from China , the rebel chief Tien-toh Was still sucoossfully bonding bis revolutionary army in its march to power . Tho Melbourne arrived at St . Vincent ' s on tho 28 tJi of Novemb er , in her outward passage . The captain reports that all jh now satififnciory .

      Mr. Uruco, Of Dyffryn, Lias Been Elected...

      Mr . Uruco , of Dyffryn , lias been elected without opposition at Mertbyr , vacant by tho doatli of Kir John Guest . Mr . Knicfl is a ' nophow of Sir Lewis Knight , Hruee . Tho float in Lord Hertford ' s borough of Lisburno has been sought by Mr . Inglia , tho Derbyito Lord Advocate of Scotland , arid an independent conservative * , Mr . Smyth . Lord Hertford ' s nominee has boon beaten by a low vottm , and I . i'ilmrno crows on itn independence . A public mooting of tho Economic Kreobold Land Association , on Monday evening , wns hold in tho Literary Institution , . Tohn-strotit , Eitzroy-Bquaro , for tho purpose of

      explaining the objects of this association . Mr WilH «« Coningham , President , in this chair . Mr . GeoWa T & 2 * £ ¦ c - 5 * ichbll ?> ** - t * * *> and ^ w addressed the meeting in explanation of the objects of th Association . At the close of the meeting a considerabl number of new shares were taken up . Dissatisfied with the Budget , a body of Jamaica nrn pr ietors met at "Willis ' s Eooms on Tuesday . Mr . Gu-od one of the delegates from the island , submitted a memorial on . the state of Jamaica for presentation to Lord Derbv This pacific course did not satisfy a proprietor named Smith . He proposed a resolution , stating " that the time had arrived when the Assembly of Jamaica should refuse to levy any further taxes on the ruined inhabitants of that island until the Government of this country consented to afford them that relief to which they were justly entitled " The bellicose party were quieted after a smart discussion by the assurance that " sometbihg would shortly be done for Jamaica ; " and tho memorial of grievances was carried

      - The first general meeting of the members of the newly , established Freehold Land Society was held at the Freemasons' Tavern . Viscount Eanelagh presided , and was supported by many minor lights of tho late Protectionist party , such as Lord Alfred Churchill , Mr . J . W . Benbow M . P . ; Sir C . W . Codrington , Bart ., M . P . ; Mr . T . W Booker , M . P . ; Mr . Henry Pownall , and other gentlemen The Chairman stated that shares representing a capital of 75 , 000 ? . had been issued , and 11 , 000 ? . had been actually received . The average number of shares held by subscribers was two per head . Deputations from the executive committee , accompanied by the secretary , had visited in succession Norwich , Brentford , Kingston-upon-Thames , Croywich

      don , Eeigate , Hainpstead , Ips , Chehnsford , Colchester , Great Yarmouth , Gravesend , Greenwich , Woolwich , Deptford , Rochester , Stratford , Derby , Nottingham , Liverpool , Putney , and Ealing with the most satisfactory results . The position of the society was primaril y defensive . The counties in which the influence of opposite societies at the present moment was most prevalent were Middlesex , Surrey , Kent , Herts , Essex , Beds , Bucks , Norfolk , and several others . As a first step towards counteracting such influence , the property at Putney , on the banks of the Thames , called " The Cedars , " the adjoining property , lately the site of the College of Civil Engineers , and also the Rectory estate in the middle of the town of Ealing , in Middlesex , had been purchased .

      The Birmingham cattle show has been held this week , It was very successful . The stock was excellent , and the variety of crosses , especially in sheep , great . Poultry , as usual , attracted the greatest share of attention ; and sales were effected to the amount of 1100 L The prices for single birds were enormous ; and the competition for some of them beyond all precedent .

      Several Ruffians, Implicated In Garotte ...

      Several ruffians , implicated in garotte robberies and daring burglaries in the northern counties have been convicted this week m the assize courts . This practice of garotting is now so common that severe punishment is needful to arrest its extension . It is the English equivalent for Thuggism . The body of a man murdered by a stab through tne eyo and brain , reaching as far as the back of tho head , has been found on the public road near the western borders of the Forest of Dean . He had previously been seen drinking in company with a man named Grccnhaf , now in custody . „ .. ,. . , , , J 41 L-UOIA / Vl » ¦ A . 1 I Catholic has been

      Mr . Daniel Donovan , a Roman priest , convicted of assault upon a woman named Murphy , a convert to Protestantism , who took relief in Bcrmondsoyirom ministers of bothreligions . According tothccvidonce , JJonovan called on Mrs . Murphy , and reproached her lor having her infant child baptised by a Protestant minister . Urowing angry , he struck hor slig htl y three times with his umbrella , and desired her landlady to turn hor out of tho house . The landlady took away the bed , and UiM « woman had to sleep on the floor . Donovan was found guilty of tho assault , but recommended to niorcy . was fined 51 . ; which was paid amid the howling of tl women in tho court . Both Donovan and Murphy had to

      bo convoyed away privately . . . - ,, Figures , omnipotent as they are to tho minds of J Cockera of this planet , are not so to nil m « n . A ™* instance of this occurred on Monday . Mr . Lt « chal n wn « a stationer in Budge-row . Ho was rich , and wouM not behove it . 1 'iguren , plainly showing prosperity , buhi . u i j him indicative of tho bankruptcy Court ; he read 8 , 00 * - in stock , and 60 , < XXM . in bills" as uiumoBtionablo Higiw * failure . He had no wifo to net him right On Mond jy > rose early , went to his warehouse in Bivigo-row , | himself with a rid ., pistol ; bought original ! y Uxlchj himself against tho Chartists on tho 10 th of AV ,, i ^ Of course , tlie jury found u verdict of temporary duai ^ o 1 X 1 Mr . Martin , tho station-master at Hey ford ™ ' tho lalo fatal accident happened there , has boon a ' . ™ < ; gs John Caton was killed by a train at the Kings ou terminus on Tuesday . The train was moving ¦ bI «> wly , gently struck Caton ; greatly frightened , mstuiul ot g » iu h out of tho he under the carriage miner k

      way , ran . , out ol t 10 way , no ran nw wu «"' - . l . i . iincil CoinponHRtl . nl to the amount ,, f ' 2000 / . huHb .-on •>> ' ^» from tho Brighton and South Coa «« , Railway < . «« n |> y >^ tlm lorn to his family ooeanioned by tho c wiHi ' ( JrovoH , killed in an accident which , through thon « . gH , MJ of tho ¦ driver , occurred near Arundol , in Nov « i » ib «> r , l « i »^ Tlioro havo boon Biirious lloodn in North Wlx [( * ; ^ man him boon d . owi . od , and a roiil deal <> t 1 » I ' J , troynd . A . mountain . lake near W Ponrhy b «> houinlH , and Hwopl iway many Iiouhoh . A l . « n « - '

      through Mio ntroolH of Haiigor . , At tho recent /^ of the ( JoMon Kleooo , tho ^™ 2 Austria won , tho decoration of that order wl . ic » «»• » > bi . loi . KiMl »«> Ch-ulcHof Burgundy , and whu ^ ' t , o ., l . ro tho magniticeut dmmoud eon ... Ion « U > h - ^ third plaeo amongst tl . oHo «* inlm K , and winch w w « million of florin « 7 Tho docoratio ,., winch w . w made pa

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 18, 1852, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18121852/page/8/