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      - ~ - ^ zz . ¦ —¦ __ ^ ment of Holland had undertaken to act the part of mediator between tlieirasdble Yankees , and the obstinate Japanese u the invitation of a friendl y power , and in following ' mt the track winch was commenced m 1844 , 1 have promised ml gooa offices m favour of an attempt to obtain modifications in fhe system of exclusion hitherto maintained by the einph e of Jap an . " * * ======= =======:=== ^_^ ment of Holland had undertaken to act the part of m ^^

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      UNITED STATES . ( FROM OUR OWN COIiRESrONDEXT . ) New- YokK , SEPTEMBER 8 TH . Another terrible steamboat catastrophe on the river Hudson makes evident the truth of what I wrote a few weeks a-o when the steamer Henry Glay was burnt and a very great number of lives were lost , in consequence of the criminal recklessness of those m command of the vessel . In demanding the enactment of a law to make steamboat racing a capital offence , Mr Sackett well knew that such a measure only was capable of WcventW these wholesale assasmations denominated " Steamboat Accidents . "

      This latest "accident ; ' tookplacelast Saturday at the Sailer ties landing , two miles from Bristol , and forty miles this s de of Albany . Thesteamer Reindeer , under the command of bantam Famliam , leit this city on Saturday morning at eiott o ' clock having on board a large number of passengers . At ° the Bristol landing those in charge of her did not let off the steam in order that the steamer might shoot away as quickly as if she had never been stopped at all . The consequence was , that when the full force of the steam was at once let upon the encr ine one of her pipes instantly exploded , and the steam penetrating into the cabin where the passsengers were sitting at

      dinneranum-, of them killed on the spot , and a great many so severely scalded that they have either died since or are not expected to recover Another dreadful accident took place on the Casacto Lake oil the 2 nd mst ., which resulted in the death of one man and seven gu-ls . It seems that a large number of 5 ^ 110- men and women from the surrounding villages had assembled at Casadaga for the formation of a pic-nic party on the island in Casadaga Lake . Twenty-four of them embarked in two boats for the purpose of rowing to the island , while the remainder passed round by the shore . A pretty stiff breeze was blowing from the south , and when about half way across , one of the row ^

      locks of one of the boats broke , and the frantic movements of the girls terrified at the mishap and the gale , caused the boat to capsize and throw the occupants into the water . The si ^ ht of this catastrophe gave rise to the same fatal spirit of alarm and confusion among those on board the other boat , the consequence of which was that they also were plunged into the water . The first of the boats was soon righted and its passengers safe , the others were less fortunate : notwithstanding all the exertions made to save them eight of the party were drowned .

      In Charlestown , on Saturday , an Irishman , named Maloney , rushed from his house in a fit of insanity with a knife in his hand , and before he could be secured , he inflicted frightful wounds upon a number of persons , some of whom , it is feared , will not recover . General Cass made a vigorous democratic speech at Tammany Hall on Thursday night ; in fact he stripped to his shirt sleeves in order to " go it . " The following passage from his speech is

      somewhat remarkable : " I want to give to the landless and the poor that wlilch they want . That is my doctrine , my friends . i have voted for it , and I mean hereafter to speak and vote for it again . 1 should like the glorious sight of a community , stretching along our vast inland frontier , each family keepingits own land , and every one with elements of prosperity within their reach . Men are better than land , or rather land is good for nothing without the labour of men ; and I do not believe that there is one thing more important than the preparation of

      a just and patriotic system to give to every man a tract ot land , "where he can live with his family comfortably . You talk of adding to the wealth of nations , and you talk of elevating human nature in the scale of being ; but what would more conduce to these than such a measure ? And you talk of the glory of the nation : but what is more glorious for us , or more useful to the Republican institutions of the world , than such a distribution of the public domain of this country ? I would require a man to settle on the land for a few years , cultivate it , and show a desire to improve it , but would not give it him as a mere object of speculation ; and after a few years , I am for giving it to him freely , and let him hold or sell it , just as it pleases his caprice or

      inclination . " And I am for nothing of the sort ; give it him to hold or sell it at his caprice or inclination , and in a few years the land will all revert to the thrifty few , while the unthrifty , the foolish , and the " fast" men will have not only an opportunity , but an express temptation to rob their children of their inheritance . ^•' , no , Cass , you cannot " elevate human nature" that way . A letter from Toronto of the 1 st inst . says : "On Sunday night a serious fire occurred in this city , and consumed some

      40 , 000 or 50 , 000 dol . worth of property . It broke out a little before ten o ' clock in a wooden building , rear of King-street , near Ge orge-street . The block in which it originated was covered with buildings , except on one side—Kmg ' s-street—and the fire communicated to all the wooden buildings in about an hour . In half an hour more they were consumed . It also crossed Palace-street on the south , and burnt everything between Kelson-street on the west , George-street on the east , and to the water of the bay on the south . There is no doubt that the fire was caused bv incendiarism . "

      % the latest accounts from California the immigration of Chinese continues unabated . The following , relative to the Celestials , which I cut from the Placer Times , is amusing : " A great deal of excitement has been caused among the children ot the Flowery Kingdom now sojourning in San Francisco , by a manifesto from the great " Atti , " who claims to hold the power supreme over all the Chinese in this land of gold . The document which has caused this great commotion is of the nature of a reward for one Le-Achan , well known as an interpreter and sort of general a «* ent for his brethren in their transactions with the outside barbarians or white folks . Atti accuses Achan of

      all sorts of devillish devices to defraud and degrade his nation . That he encourages the payment of licences , poll taxes , and ° ther impositions , to such a degree that not a rival escapes his rapacity . All men of the three great Hongs ( Provinces ) are called upon to know that 800 dollars will be given for the suppression of Le -Achan . Among other high-handed measures of the magnificent Atti , he has sent a Committee to the residence of a number of females from the flowery land , to inform them that , unless they forsake their evil ways , and cling only to their own people , they shall forfeit their lives . He warns them 01 the dreadful tortures in store for the disobedient , who are taken to the great house , " C yap-in coon , " where they will be stripped and bastinadoed on the bare back , and compelled to suffer other miseries too horrible too mention . The poor creatures are al

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      iSaS ^ S ^ S ° ' " llradM — Iwvi " ( 1 Jeadful tragedy occurred on the 2 lsfc of Mav on board the bark bacramento , on her voyage from Panamat ^ Honolulu A ^ olv ^ A ^ TT n miQd J ? ! msOn ' w ° olf 6 rk took his scene of Pv .-t f "T ST ^ the heart . A terrible ? un un tho ,-vi lg T f J llOlU' Accordingly , he was bodyXalKr alKl ' " " ' * " «* - ^ » d the =

      The excitement in Cuba continues to increase The latest SSSTtK , f ™ * " ^ eTorLnfon oS ? theSJ n f here \™ * ttem P ' at in ™ ° n bv the men of So be i *•^ Vr " ' T tllout doubt ' attai * ^ dependence , lont P * klltallty has Stated the " fair island too

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      THE NEW AUSTR A LI A N G OL D REGULA TI O N S . ( From the Sydney Government Gazette , April 2 . ) Colonial Secretary ' s Office , Sydney , March 29 , 1852 . His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased , with the advice of . the Executive Council , to direct that the following consolidated and amended code of regulations for the management of the gold fields be published for general information : —

      1 . ALLUVIAL GOLD . ¦ 1 . CROWN LAKD LICENSES . 1 . No person will be permitted to dig , search for , or remove gold on or from any land , public or private , without first taking out a license in the form annexed . All gold procurred without due authority will be seized , as being the property of the crown , in whose possession soever it may be . 2 . The license fee for crown lands has been fixed at one pound ten shillings per month , to be paid In advance . These licenses only extend to the extraction of alluvial gold , matrix gold being the * subject of other regulations , which will be found in a subsequent part of the present code .

      3 . Licenses can be obtained on the gold field , from the commissioner or assistant commissioner , appointed by his Excellency the Governor-General to carry the " regulations into effect , and who is authorised to receive the fee payable thereon .

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      4 . \ o person will be eligible to obtain a license , or the renewal ot a license , unless he shall , produce a certificate of discharge from Ins last service , or show to the satisfaction of the commissioner , or assistant commissioner , that he is not a person improperly absent from hired service . 5 . Persons desirous of establishing claims to new and unoccupied ground by working in the ordinary method for alluvial gold , may have their claims marked out on the following scale to each person , namely : 1 . Fifteen feet frontage to either side of a river or main

      2 . Twenty feet of the bed of a tributary to a river or main creek , extending across its whole breadth . 3 . Sixty feet oi the bed of a ravine or water course . 4 . 1 wenty feet square of table land or river flats 6 . These claims will be secured to the parties for ' such time only as they may continue to hold licenses for the same unS in cases of flood or other such unavoidable accident as shall , in the opinion of the commissioner or assistant commissioner render a suspension of the work inevitable . " > muuu , 7 . The above licenses may-be cancelled , " and the claims forfeited , in consequence of the , conviction of the holders , in any court ofcompetent jurisdiction , of the illicit sale of spirits or if any disorderly or riotous conduct endanger the public morals or peace . ' l

      b . lersons found working alluvial gold on any land , public or private , without having previously paid the license fee to the proper officer , shall pay double the amount for such license ; and m default , be proceeded against in the usual manner . ' 9 . If any dispute shall arise in respect of any claim , reference should be forthwith made by the complainant to the commissioner or assistant commissioner of the district , who will lose no time in hearing aiidsummarilydetermimngthe caseon the spot according to the evidence adduced on either side , civinff due notice , of course , to the party complained of . If necessary he will tc-ute the proper measures for placing and maintmnine the successful party in possession of the claim .

      2 . PEIVATE LAXD LICENSES . With respect to lands alienated by the crown in fee simple tne commissioner will not be authorised to issue licenses under these regulations to any persons but the proprietors , or persons authorised oy them in writing to apply for the same The license fee for such lands will be one-halt' only of that payable lor crown lands . Persons holding the same and workin ' o- on ' crown lands , without licenses applicable thereto , will be liable to the payment of a double fee ; and all gold obtained without due authority will , as in the case of crown lands , be seized as beino ' the property of the crown . to

      o . WATERIIOLT 4 S . 1 . Persons desirous of draining ponds or waterholes , for the purpose of obtaining- alluvial gold , may make application in writing to the commissioner or assistant commissioner of the district , describing accurately the locality . Such applications shall be decided by priority , and shall be immediately recorded by such officer in a book to be kept by him for that purpose which shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of applicants . If there . should be no valid objection to the apnlicationirom interfer with

      , ence alluvial digging , or other sufficient cause , the right to drain the waterhole will be conceded to the applicant on payment of such number of licenses as shall be proportioned to the area of the waterhole , calculated at the rate ot 25 feet square for every license . A claim for emptying a waterhole will be deemed to extend 12 feet from the back defining the boundary of such waterhole , together with sufficient . space for the erection of machinery and for other necessary purposes , to . be determined by the commissioner or assistant commissioner of the district .

      2 . I he commissioner or assistant commissioner is empowered to make , such temporary regulations as may be necessary to prevent inconvenience to other licensed persons from the carrying on of operations of the above nature .

      4 . RESERVOIRS FOR WASHING GOLD . 1 . Persons desirous of constructing reservoirs or dams in the gold fields , for the purpose of washing gold , should make application to the local assistant-commissioner , who will , if the same should appear to him unobjectionable , grant the requisite permission . 2 . The reservoir or dam will be reserved for the exclusive use of the applicants , in all cases in which such reservations will not , in the opinion of the . assistant-commissioner , be detrimental to the public interest .

      f ) . EMPLOYMENT OF LICENSED LABOURERS . 1 . The owners of all claims who may employ on hire , to assist them in working alluvial gold , and who may take out licenses for them , will be entitled , on application to the commissioner or assistant-commissioner of the district , to have the licenses of such men transferred to other labourers , in the event of their quitting their services or ceasing to work for them . The licenses must iu every such case be produced to the commissioner or assistant-commissioner , who will endorse thereon , without anv additional fee , the name of the transferee .

      IT . MATRIX GOLD . 1 . CROWX LAND . 1 . Persons desirous of working auriferous quartz veins may make application in writing to the commissioner or assistantcommissioner of the gold district , accurately describing the locality . Such application shall be immediately recorded by such officer in a book to be kept for the purpose , which shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of applicants In case no previous application shall have been made in the manner above described , and should there be no valid objection to the proposal from interference with alluvial digsine or anv other sufficient . cause , the commissioner , on the same being approved of by the government , shall notify to the povemment his acceptance ot the same The applicant shall then cnteSa a bond , binding himself and his partners , should the government be satisfied with the sufficiency of the parties , jointly andW Au H —i ° ! - J ! - ^ T ( W tf 10 per cent , on a . 1 gold obtained , to an officer to be appointed for that purpose by the government If the government be not satisfied with the sufficiency . of the applicant , then two or more solvent and responsible parties must be named . ' He shall further be bound to permit such officer to reside on the land in the neighbourhood ot the works , at such spot as may be assigned by the commissioner , and also to give such officer access at all reasonable times to the buildings or premises , and to all books and accounts connected with the production of gold ; also to give all necessary facilities for the collection of the royalty , daily or weekly , as may be found most desirable . * " " '

      2 . All buildings , machinery , or other improvements erected or made on the land , shall be considered as additional security forthe due performance of the conditions of the bond . 3 . The claim shall consist of half a mile of , and in the course of , the vein , with , a-quarter of a mile reserved on each side of

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      L Wlmt September 25 , 1852 . mTT _ n % THE STAB Oe FKEEDOM . qo TT ~ = ==== ; ; == — —__ ^ - — _!___

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      INDIA . A ™ i - ' 6 re J . ei ed om' file of Calcutta papers to the 7 thof S ' f tlcl P atl 0 n of « ie overland mail , but we have no mtelU gence from Bombay by this arrival , the mails from that poit having failed m reaching Aden before the departure of the steamer for Suez . e ¦ ¦ m ? f he C vernev . ! leral ^ turned on the 6 th of August to Calcutta , after paying his visit to General Godwin at Rangoon , and k was hoped that the result of that interview would be a speedy advance into the heart of the Burmese territory .

      The chief event of importance which had occurred at the seat ot war , since the departure of the last mail ,, had been the capture ot j ^ rome , by a fleet of light steamers , under the command-of Captain Tarlton . The capture had been effected with the greatest ease and the loss of only one life , and there was every reason to believe that the steamers might have reached Ava with very little difficulty , as the river was found to be navigable during the rainy season for steamers , of light draught all the way to the capital . Under these circumstances , the Fabian policy of the commander in Burmah gave rise to considerable discontent .

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      form substantial support to a throne—the days of the Tartar dynasty appears fast drawing to a close . Ohoo , or Tson , the Prince of the old Ming family , who has several times made known to his countrymen that he is anxiously watching the progress of events , still remains in the back ground ; cautiously , perhaps , anticipating the time when—the country from end to end being in a state of anarchy—the throne will reyerfc to his possession an easy prize .

      CHINA . The following is from the Overland Friend of China , of July Defeated in every encounter—without money to carry on the contest—its prestige broken—and from within ' and from * without altogether wanting in that affection and sympathy which alone

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      The accounts received from Melbourne to the end of May are very favourable . From Mount Alexander , Ballaiet , and other diggings , the news was cheering in the extreme . Fresh discoveries are daily being made . Among the latest are diggings at the Anaki Hills , about twenty miles from Geelong . On May 24 th , the escort from Mount Alexander brought into Melbourne no less than thirty-one thousand four hundred and seventy ei ght ounces of gold , the result of a week's diggings . This exceeds by some 8 , 000 ounces any weekly quantity received yet . A railway from Mount Alexander to Melbourne was about to be

      constructed . Immigration proceeded at a most astounding ratio . Hundreds were arriving daily by vessels from the sister colonies—California , and elsewhere—every ship being literally crowded with passengers eager to labour at the diggings . The total quantity of gold exported irom Port Philip or Victoria , up to the 22 nd May was 82 tons 4 cwt . 2 qrs . 19 lbs . 8 oz . ; value at 60 s . per ounce , 2 , 323 , 908 ? . The news from Sydney of the out-turn of the mines was of the most cheerful character . Gold in abundance was being obtained from the bed of the lluron—58 ounces were obtained by one gentleman , in a day , and a private letter notices that two others were getting it by shovels-full . Total exported to May , 13 ,

      1 , 429 , 8821 On May 13 th a successful Tasmanian obtained a nugget which weighed 3 lb . 4 oz .. It was found embedded in clay and quartz in a gully between Forest and Fryer ' s Creeks . It was a rich and massive specimen , and sold for £ 120 . Is . 8 d . Port Philip ( Melbourne and Geelong ) papers to the end of May notice with elation , the rapid strides the colony is making , The anti-transportation movement is not overlooked : the agitation , indeed , is stronger than ever , and there appears to be but one feeling in the colony on the subject . The Legislative Council of Victoria has reiterated the desire of the colonists that

      convict importation shall cease . The petition agreed to at the monster meeting held at Melbourne on April 2 nd , was couched in the most determined language , going so far as to declare that should the imperial government persist in forcing convicts on the new colony through Van Dieman ' s Land , it must inevitably drive them to seek refuge from such heartless tyranny and oppression in national independence .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1697/page/3/