cribed
as a body of pure water, a mile in circumference, and 153 feet above the
sea. A line seventy-five feet long, was dropped into the centre without
finding bottom. It is estimated to furnish twenty-five millions of
gallons of pure water daily. In the neighborhood of San Francisco, San
Jose, Sacramento City, Sonoma and Bodega, large tracts of land have been
brought under cultivation: and the harvest of grain and vegetables will
this year go far towards supplying the wants of California. Nearly all
kinds of vegetables attain a size and flavor which are not equalled in
any other part of the world.

It is rumored that an expedition is about being raised in the southern
part of California, for the purpose of invading the Mexican province of
Lower California. A certain Gen. Morehead is said to have left with a
force of two hundred men, well armed and provisioned. There is also talk
of similar movement, having reference to the State of Sonora.

The Pacific Mail Steamship Company have made their depot in Oregon at
Pacific City, on Baker's Bay. The coast region of Oregon, from the mouth
of the Umpqua to Vancouver's Island, is rapidly filling up with
emigrants. Another steamer, of 100 tons burden, has been placed on the
Williamette, to run from Oregon City to the mouth of the Columbia. Gen.
Lane, the ex-governor of the Territory, has been nominated by a
convention of the people, irrespective of party, as a candidate for
Congress.

EUROPE.

The main topic of interest in ENGLAND is still the Great Exhibition.
Even the uncertainties of the Ministerial existence, the Papal
Aggression Bill, the Ceylon Question, and other measures, sink into
insignificance beside the imposing display of the products of all
nations, opened in Hyde Park. The continued support and encouragement
given by the Queen, who has visited it almost daily since the opening,
has contributed greatly to the success of the undertaking. The receipts
for the first two or three weeks were from $10,000 to $15,000 per day.
After the price of admission was reduced to one shilling, the receipts
decreased considerably; but in the last accounts, from fifty to sixty
thousand persons visited the building daily. The entire amount received
from the sale is already more than L50,000; and it is expected that the
proceeds will be sufficient, with the amount subscribed, to defray the
whole expense of the building. The limit for the admission of articles
has been extended to