On Monday night a public meeting, convened by the Hunter River Gold Mining Company, was held in the theatre of the Mechanics' Institution, Southampton-buildings. The company, according to the prospectus, is formed "on the cost-book principle," for working a rich mineral district

LivEnPoor..—,By the Royal Mail steam-ship Asia, Commander Lott, we have advices from New York to the Bth inst. The steam-ship Pimarria was to leave San Francisco on the 15th for New York, with a large amount of specie on board, one house alone having shipped' 875,592 dolls. The

Jenny Lind, according to the last accounts, was preparing a mall edition of " Goldschmidt's Animated Nature." We should think that the most ultra-temperance man would not object to lemonade made in the Little Peddington style : Traveller: Pray, give me some lemonade. host: Yes,

Sap. 24.—We have the pleasure of reporting a gradually increasing improvement in the general position of the produce market.. Several circumstances have combined to produce this effect; and being each of a sound character, and the result of wholly inartificial causes, we have al

PANORAMA OF THE FIELDS.—By the courtesy of Mr. Prout, we passed a very pleasant evening in a visit to the Gold Fields one evening during the past week. if the intending emigrant need any stimulant to support his wavering resolution, a visit to the above Panorama will fully suffi

will be payable to the purchaser on the decease of a gentleman, HOW in the 65th year of his age. it is a tirst charge upon real estates of ample value inl England, created' under a marriage settlement, as a provision for a younger child, who haring attained his majority some yea

received from the Solicitor to the Treas;iry, forbidding the distribution until satisfactory evidence was aflbrded that the scheme was no lottery On receipt of the communication au interview was sought, but without avail, the - Solicitor being abs..nt from town. Under these circ

LANE.—The quantity of English wheat on offer in to-day's market was very moderate, and in middling condition. Selected parcels moved off steadily at full prices. In low and middling kinds next to nothing was doing, but we have no change to notice in the quotations. The imports o

s. d. s. d. Calf skins, light (each)l Oto 2 0 Ditto, full 4 6 0 0 Horse hides 5 0 0 0 Polled sheep 2 10 3 8 Half-breds 2 8 3 0 Downs 2 4 2 6 Lamb skins (each) 2 3 3 6 Since our last report the import confined to about '22 tons. From t continued large, and in excellent ness is do