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VUDANAMUTANA COPPER MINING COMPANY of SOUTH AUS MAMA (Limited). Capital, £135,000, in 45,000 shares of £3 each, £1 thereof to be aid on application tor shares, and a further sum of £2 per share at the expiration of one month from the date of allotment. DIRECTORS. John Robin Harris, Esq., Blackheath, late of Adelaide, Auditor of the Kapunda (South Australia) Copper Min ing Company. Esq., Ch em ical Works, Deptford, and Copper Henry Hills, Works, Amlwch, Anglesea. George Humby, Esq., Aberdeen. terrace, Maida-hill, N.W. Joseph Turnley, Esq,, Brighton, Director of the Great :s.l3rthern Copper Mining Company of South Australia. Thomas Hancock , Esq., Manager of the Great N orthern Copper Mining Company of South Australia. SOLICITORS. London—Messrs, Pattison and Wigg, 10, Clement's-lane, City. Adelaide—Charles Fenn i _Esq. BANKERS. London—Bank of London, Threadneedle-street, City. BROKERS. Messrs. Fenn and Crosthwaite, 3, Royal Exchange buildings, City. MANAGING DIRECTOR. T. Hancock, Esq, REGISTERED OFFICES. 1, Charlotte. row, Mansion-house, London. PROSPECTUS. This Company is formed for the purpose of purchasing and working several valuable Copper Mines, situated north of Port Augusta, in the colony of South Australia. The property comprises the " Yudanamutana," " Wheal Gleeson," " Martichudana Mines," and seven surrounding mineral sections (forming one compact block of 800 acres) ; also the " Wheal Blinman Mine,' constituting in all 880 acres, in 11 sections of 80 acres each, granted in Leases by the Colonial Government, under dates of August, September, and November, 1861, at a rental of 10s. per acre per annum for fourteen years, with a right of renewal for other fourteen years, upon payment of a fine, to be fixed by the Crown, of not less than £l, and not more than £2O per acre. The valuable character of these Mines is established by men of practical mining experience, whose testimony on oath, before a Committee of the House of Assembly at Ade laide, is subjoined, exhibiting undoubted evidence of the amazing resources of the Yudanamutana property, while practically this evidence is corrDhorated by the fact that about 75 tons of ore, valued at about £2,250, were raised and carted in ten days by nine men, and shipped for Lon don. Large quantities of rich ore can be promptly pro cured by mere quarrying, rendering it of course compara tively inexpensive in raising. The distance of the nearest Mine from Port Augusta is not more than 120 miles, while the farthest is about 65 be yond, with excellent roads. The Port Augusta Tramway Company, moreover, which is now in c ourse of initiation, under most favourable terms from the Government, will speedily give increased facilities of transmission from and to this district. The purchase of these several Mineral Properties, in cluding all ores at surface, has been made on the following equitable terms, without any restrictive rights or royalties, namely £25,000 in cash, and 15,000 paid-up shares, on as signment of the property, none of these shares being trans ferable till six months after the date of the issue. The Capital of the Company is ample for the adoption of vigorous operations at the various Mines, and will leave a large amount in hand as a reserve fund, while, from the profitable results which will accrue, early dividends may be reasonably expected. All charges for promotion, advertisements, Brokers' com mission, besides all preliminary, legal, and other expenses, up to and including the costs and tees of registration of the Company, have been defined and agreed for at 3 per cent, upon the nominal Capital of the Company. Applications for Shares may be made to the Bankers or Brokers in the annexed form; but no application for less than five Shares, or a multiple of five, will be considered, nor unless a deposit of £1 on each Share applied for is pre viously paid to the Bankerslof the Company. • To render the allotment as equitable as practicable, the Shares will be appropriated in full, in the order of appli cation, according to the Bankers' book. and the list closed as soon as the required number of Shares is subscribed ; but no allotment above 1,000 shares will be made to any applicant. A Select Committee of the South Australian House of Assembly was appointed in June, 1860, to take evidence on the Mineral character of the Northern District of the Colony. The examination of the following practical Mining wit nesses, by the Chairman, on the Yu danamutana p ro p erties is as follows : Mr. Ward's Evidence.—Could you give a rough state ment of what Copper there might be lying in the north ready for cartage P—l could not say. There is an immense mass of Copper lying on the surface at Yudanamutana. Mr. Alfred Frost's Evidence.—Poes the ore crop out on the surface, at any places you have seen, to any large extent ?—Yes ; atYudanamutana there is an immense lode. There are two sections, and in the northern section are four lodes running north and south, and one east and west; and in the southern section there is one lode—a very heavy body of green carbonate—varying from 6 inches to 27 feet thick. When you spoke of a lode 27 feet wide, is that solid ore, or rock and ore mixed P—That is all Copper • it stands about three feet out of the ground, as if the rain had washed the surface away and left it standing. At the eastern side of the lode it is very solid. Is the quality of it good ?—I have had some of it assayed, and it averaged 50 per cent. Is it likely, do you think, that a large quantity of ore would be raised ?—Well, Mr. Giles was with me, and he said he thought there was very nearly 1,000 tons of Copper on the surface. Mr. Giles's Evidence.—The quality of the ore you have seen—is it generally good ?—ln some instances remarkably good ; at Yudanamutana the per tentage is very high. Mr. Alford's Evidence.—Near Yudanamutana, I think, there is plenty of water for all the year. As far as going to Wheal Blinman is concerned, I believe you can ride up in the mail cart to within 28 miles of the Wheal Blinman, over a very good road. In fact if you keep the Northern road, it is like going over plains, and occasionally winding round the spurs f hills. In addition to this evidence, the reports of several min ing gentlemen are annexed, namely : Mr. Giles.—" The hill, where the great mass of Copper is cropping out, forms the Southern or Yudanamutana section. On the Northern section (Wheal. Gleeson) are five distinct lodes, four running parallel to each other, north and south, and one cross course east and west ; the ore is red oxide (Ruby Ore) at least 60 per cent." " The Yudanamutana Creek divides the two sections ; on rising the hill from the Creek going southerly, a great deal of Copper is on the surface ; near the top it is cropping out in great blocks, and the summit is crowned with an enormous mass of green carbonate in detached blocks of many tons weight each; large quantities of ore require only to be broken up to be fit for cartage and shipment." Mr. E. James.—`The lode runs north and south; it is 12 feet wide, composed of every sort of rich ore. Some, I think, will make a produce of 70 per cent. ; it is the richest place I ever saw—the best, I think, that has ever been dis covered north of Adelaide." Mr. J. Mole.—" I have just come from the Yudanamu tana Mines; it is the best place I have seen at the north— the lode being very large, and cropping three or four feet out of the ground, going down almost perpendicularly. There is an immense quantity of ore, showing, at surface, of a rich quality." James Giles.—" Wheal Blinman.—l opened the ground on the course of the lode and ascertained the width of the same to be six feet, two feet of which was solid dark grey ore. The lode is well defined, with a rich red gossan back, and the country soft. I believe that it will prove one of the richest Mines in South Australia; the distance from Port Augusta (about 125 miles) not being a serious disadvantage, as the road to that place is excellent." Captain J. B. Pascoe states, in letters datedNuccaleena, Sept. 19th and Oct. 17th, 1861 : " Captain James and men arrived here from the Yuda namutana Mine on Saturday last, having loaded 26 drays with first-class ore in ten days, with seven men, himself, and horse driver; never such a thing done in mining be fore, and they can do it again at any time." "I have examined the Yudanamutana; there is more ore in that mine than in all the mines I have seen in the north. " I could raise 1.0,000 tons of rich ore for £15,000." It may be here mentioned that the well-known Burra Burra, kapunda, and other rich mines are north of Ade laide. yet the foregoing reports express the conviction that the Yudanamutana Mines are the best ever discovered north of Adelaide. London, February, 1862. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 7h. Om.—Afternoon, 7h. 20m To-MORROW. -Morning, 7h. 50m.—Afternoon, Bh. 22m. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES, To the Directors of the Yudanamutana Copper Mining Company of South Australia (Limitei). Gentlemen,—Having paid £ to your Bankers, the Bank of London, for Shares in the Yudanamutana Copper Mining Company of South Australia (Limited), I hereby agree to accept such Shares, subject to the provi sions of the Joint Stock Companies Act. Name •• Address Date L.lO YAL ENGLISH OPERA, flu COVENT GARDEN. U:l.ler the management of Miss Louisa Pyno and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, THE PURITAN'S DAUGHTER. Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pe ; Mr. Santley , Mr. 11. Corti, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. A. St. Albyn, and Mr. W. Harrison. To conclude with HARLEQUIN GULLIVER; or, Giants a ne Dwarfs. Messrs. W. H., F., and H. Payne, H., E., and vi 'ain't and Lauri.MissJenny Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. Commence at Seven. ' H RA 12 It 1.• • it () Y A L, HAYMARKET, 1., , ,qer., Mr. J. B. Bnorstour. THIS EVENING, to commence with OUR AMERICAN Mr. Buckstone. COUSIN. Ld Dundreary, Mr. Sothern ; Asa Trenchard , or After which, a C omte Christmas Pantomime, LITTLE MISS MISPFET AND LITTLE BOY BLUE ;_ or, Harle quin and Old Da e ddy Lonulegs. Louise Leclercq, Charles Le clercq, Herr Col , G. Becket, and Miss Rosine. Commence a 7. it OYAL LYCEUM Manager--Mr. Edmund Falconer. THEATRE. - st, .1 THIS EVENIN I _,i Feb. 7, the new b etriginal Drama, entitled PEEP O'DAY : or, savourner i'es Y to' eeli , sh. Stessrs. nii:dmund F - Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles g m cone': : Mrs. D. P. Bowers. Miss Clara al At ter which, a new and orinal Burles sue Ext en titled LITTLE TIED RIDING HOOD or, , rh r , VaCanza, the _Rose, the Thistle, and the Shamrrek. Princit.alagles of ters by 31r Chas. Selby, Sir. Warlow, Miss Cicely Notta,raanca Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager--3 Tr. F. B. Chatterton. P •ices as usual. Poors open at hall-past 6, to commence at 7, Box-office open daily from II till I. 6 ).-• YA 14 PRINCESS'S THEATRF..— 1 Iti; Lcssee, Mr A. it f;:rip. TIM EVENING, THE EMIGRANT. Mr. W. J. Florence. Followed by THE YANKEE HOUSEKEEPER. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Florence. After which a Comic Christmns Pantomime, TON AND HIS CAT or, - Harlequin King Kollywot:A• and the Genius of Good Humour. The grotesque open" invented and written by Henry J. Byron , Esq ., author of the Princess's Pantomime of "Jack the Giant Killer ' Scenery by Mr. James Gates, Mr. H. Cuthbert, and numerous assistants. Good Humour, Miss Helen MissPau e in iereciOlessrs. Garden, Cathcart, Aiorland, Collett, Hast lainrrmond ; Dick Whittington, Miss Maria Harris; zeditc.ellow and the Cat, blaster ot the ter John Haslem, Harlequi. s r ir ated Gabriel Ravel ; Clown, Mr. Hildyard ; bine, miss crii. john Lauri ; Pantaloon, Mr, Paulo; Colum take, place at Two o'clock Adams. Morning Performances will o'clock every Monday till further notice. r eP , t., or - `-t • . •-• THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.— Mr. E. T. Smith, Lessee. THIS EVENING, LOUIS XI: Messrs. Charles Kean, J. F. Cathcart, H. Marston, Everett, Atkins ; Misses Chapman, N. Chapman, and Mrs. Charles Kean. To conclude with HARLEQUIN AND THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT; or, Old Mother Hubbard and her Wonderful Dog. Commence at 7. NEW THRATRE- ROYAL, ADELPHL - Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. 342 d, 343 d, 344th, 345th, 316th, 347th Nights of the Engage ment of Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault.—Last weeks of The Octoroon and The Colleen Bawn. - THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, theeat American Drama , entitled THE OCTOROON; or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA. After which, at 20 minutes past 9, the great Irish Drama of THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. and Mrs. D. Boucicault ; Messrs. Emery, Fisher, Billington, Eburne, Jamison, Grace, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Lewis ; Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Marston, Miss C. Denvil, Miss Latimer, and Miss Woolgar. • •-•- Box Office open from 10 till 5. N EW ROYALTY THEATRE, Dean-street, Oxford-street. Immense success of the new Operetta. THIS EVENING (6th time) A CHINESE ROMANCE' After which Offenbach's Opera Buffo, entitled LE MARI AGE AUX LANTERNES. Mr. John INlorgan, Mesdames Stanley, Payne, and Mason. To conclude with THE EARLIEST EDITION OF IL TROVATORE. Commence at half-past 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Last 6 Nights of the Pantomime. —Last 8 Nights of The Colleen Bawn. EVERY EVENING THE COLLEEN BAWN. To be followed with the wondrous feats of the greatest Equestrians In the World, Young Gunerius, Madlle. Halvor sen, and Mcns. Goldkette. Concluding with the Grand Comic Pantomime of JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE TO EDMONTON. In preparation, a gorgeous Eastern Spectacle, introducing Two of the finest Performing Elephants ever seen in this country. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. "THE ENCHANTED HASH " (SECOND EDITION) by Mr. E. Marshall, with Eleven Wonderful Transformations (the most talented performance ever attempted by a single person), at a quarter-past ten. Also the following extraor dinary combination of Comic talent, viz.: Mr. Randall, Mr. Frederick French, Mr. J. G. Forde, Miss Harriet Coveney, and Miss Greene. Grand Selections from LA TRAVIATA, by Mdlle. Negri, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, and a powerful Chorus, at Ten o'clock. Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, 6d.; Stalls aad Balcony, is. VICTOR JULIEN, " THE FLYING MAN , " at CANTERBURY HALL, Every Evening at half past Nine o'clock. I_IHE 0 X F O RD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, Two Selections Every Evening alternately from " Ernani," • Lucrezia Borgia," "La Traviata," " Simon Boccanegra," La Circassienne," &c., by the entire Company, Full Band and Chorus.—Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Solos by Mr. Viotti Collins (the great English violinist). And other at tractive Entertainments, the Comic portion by Miss Harriet Coveney, Messrs. Sam Collins, Wood and Son, E. Marshall, M. P. Foster, and W. Randall. - - - - Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, Ss. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. THE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, "LES MERVEILLES GYMNASTIQUES" By Masters HENRI and PFAU (aged Nine and Eleven years), From the "Cirque Napoleon," Paris, at which place they performed for Three Hundred Consecutive Nights, creating the utmost enthusiasm and excitement. The Double Feats on the Flying Trapeze of these Youthful Artistes are unsurpassed for daring, skill, and grace. They make their First Appearance in England at this Establishment on MONDAY, the 17th of February. TUE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 7, 1862, THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 52—highest since noon yesterday. 30—lowest this morning and during the night. 33—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.77. WrxD—Easterly ; fresh, with fine weather. THE SUN.. LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 7, 1862. The debate on the address was necessarily one marked by an almost solemn unanimity. The speakers felt what the country felt with them, that in perusing that debate, her MAJESTY might na turally expect that no party differences should jar upon her own feelings. If she be supposed to take no notice of the discussions of the Houses on the business presented for her consideration, it were yet straining fiction to absurdity even tc suppose she did not read last night's debate. Every one felt that he was speaking, as it were, in the house of mourning, and all the necessary ad vertence to public business was characterised by a tone of expression which harmonised with the public sorrow all felt themselves required to re present. The Speech itself, and, of course, the Address, furnished indeed no topic on which party feeling coull well lay hold, bat there was not the disposition to introduce such topics. The Opposition speeches, the most important on this occasion, had but two chief subjects to express —their sense of the value of the Prince they had lost, and the excellent conduct of the Government in reference to America. The Washington Cabinet will certainly learn from the debate the entire unanimity of the great British parties, as well as of the public, in regard to the act of which they were guilty, and they will learn something more. They will learn that those members of the press who insisted on the want of dignity shown by Mr. SEWARD in detaining the prisoners after he knew that the capture was illegal, are in entire accord with our alternate Premier, Lord D . ERBY, and doubtl ess w i t h t h e Go vernment itself. Ministers could not well say in their position what Lord DERBY could and did say in his, that the American Government had not acted on the principle which is recognised as honourable between all gentlemen—that of making immediate reparation as soon es we are convinced that we have injured another :—" Applying the principle to na t'ons, I cannot but express my deep regret that when the American Secretary of State was con vinced, as he was long before the termination of these negotiations, that the capture was illegal, he should have kept the persons captured for a considerable time in all the rigours of a not very merciful im prisonment, and that he not only hesitated to grant the reparation which in honour and in justice was due—l am speaking, of course, of the American Government in general—but should have sanc tioned language which was wholly unwarranted by facts, and permitted impressions to go abroad calculated to excite the most bitter animosity between the people of the two countries. Lastly, I think it greatly to be regretted that, having made up his mind that reparation and apology were necessary, the American Secretary of State should have waited until the formal demand was made, not privately, but officially and formally, thus waiting not to consider how much reparation he should give, but how small a measure of repa ration would satisfy the imperative demands of Great Britain. By the course which.they pursued the Federal Government have placed themselves and their people in an undignified and an unworthy position, and have shown that they apologised not from a sense of justice, but on a demand backed by force, and that they only gave the reparation we asked for because they knew that this country would be satisfied with nothing less." We cannot doubt that her MAJESTY'S Government agreed with every word uttered by the noble lord, althou g h with Mr. DisnAeu, under the circum stances, they desi re d to put the most generous an d liberal con s t ruction on thieiFheedtewraol leadersGTov. o:yernment all the words and deeds of seemed not willing to pass over too lightly the subject of the blockade. evidently, th a t it was it here was some suspici on hardly an effective one from a legal point of view. It was mentioned that on this subject the fullest ..;~;. rnE SUN " !LONDON, TRIOA, EVENING, FEBRUARY 7. 11862. information would be expected from the Govern- ment ; nor has the Government the wish to with hold such as they have• No wish was expressed to break it hastily, but it will not be allowed to pass quite unquestioned. Lord DERBY took occasion to pass an eulogium, which is certainly well de served, on the operatives in the cotton districts. lie noticed the fact that to the master manufac- :urers the failure of the cotton supply was no great loss, they having before so immensely over- stocked all markets. But to the operatives working 'or wages there was no mitigation. Yet nothing like unreasonable complaint had been heard even from them. This, said the noble lord—" reflects the highest credit on the good sense and patriotism of the working men." The subject of recognising the Government of the South was touched on, and in a way which the North will perhaps think rather too encouraging to their antagonists. Lord DERBY thought " the time was nearly come, when they might be called on to recognise the so far successful revolt of the seceded States." His lordship did not wish to act prema turely, and he quite approved of the present rela tion of England to the States, regarding each party, impartially, as belligerents. It would not be well to recognise as an independent government one which might not have the power to maintain its independence. Lord RUSSELL himself looks in the same direction as Lord DERBY. He thinks many months cannot pass before it will be seen whether or not the Federal States are able to accomplish the task they have undertaken—of reconstructing the Union. He held that it was far better that the knowledge of their inability to do it should come from the failure of their own efforts, than from any intervention on the part of any foreign Power. In this his Lordship has but expressed an opinion already extensively uttered by the press ; but the point which Mr. LINCOLN will chiefly notice is that neither Lord DERBY nor Lord RUSSELL expect them to go on long, if we let them quite alone. The most likely cause to bring about a termination of hostilities—the want of money on both sides— was not adverted to. Humane considerations appeared alone to be thought of in the British Parliament, though we have not noticed any men tion of them in the States themselves. A people and a prince obtained the commendations of all. Lord DERBY, as he had not failed on former occasions to censure acts of the French EMPEROR, felt the greater pleasure in expressing his grati tude for the kind support he furnished to the English claim in the case of the Trent-- a kindn!ss, he thought, really quite as great towards the States themselves. And the people of Canada well merited the notices of their loyal zeal which they so liberally received, for probably nothing has done more to soften down the brag ging tone of the Americans than finding that Canada, at the hazard of war all along her frontier, so thoroughly preferred the franchises of subjects of the British Crown to those she might have enjoyed as a thirty fifth section of the Divided States. Pro bably the conduct of the colonists has done more to preserve themselves and England, too, from insult for a long time to come, than any other of the events associated with the out rage on the Trent. As yet but one subject has even been announced which will lead to any difference of opinion —the Education minute. Lord LYTTELTON came down primed with a speech on the subject, but even he deferred it on the intimation of Lord GRANYILLE that their lordships would have a full opportunity of discussing the whole subject next Thursday. Lord DERBY, in lengthy peri phrastical language, congratulated Ministers on their having—for this was what he meant—not proposed a single measure of Political Reform, but only measures of Law Reform. In a word, Lord PALMERSTON offers a non political session—Lord DERBY says u I heartily accept it." Cariboo, about which we wrote on Tuesday in general terms, appears to be situated, not simply upon the south branch of the Fraser river, " south bank" though it is called to this day thereabouts, but really and truly upon the main body of the broad and rapid stream of that new Pactolus. The aceurate observer to whom we are indebted for so many graphic particulars about it, describes its sources as being within a distance of sixty or seventy miles westwardly from the range o f the Rocky Mountains. And further he observes—" The bend of the river, which embraces the new mineral region within its curve, runs a course north-west 180 miles, and then takes a south-west course of about 50 miles in length. This large section of country is believed, from the appearances presented on various parts of the surface, to be auriferous, both in quartz (gold matrix) and in placeres, throughout its whole extent ; but the portions hitherto ' prospected' (as the miners phrase is for the search for, and for the discovery of gold) are confined to the dimensions already given-50 ti 30 miles." This delightful region is, in point of fact, within the limits of what is marked down upon the maps according to that tautological and wholly unimaginative way they have of naming localities upon the other side of the Atlantic, New Caledonia. Anything but a definite de scription, it must be admitted, seeing that there are New Caledonias in all parts of the world in dreadfuL multiplicity. There are, how ever, in the New Caledonian part of British Columbia, places like that wondrous gold region hitherto but little known—in fact, but a very few years back not known at all, but henceforth destined, we may rest assured, to be world famous under its mellifluous Indian name of Carriboo! Carriboo lying, It would seem, in north latitude 53.20 degrees, and west longitude 121.40 degrees, at a point situated almost equi distant between Antler Creek, Swift River (otherwise Cottonwood River) and Sweep River, all of which," says the correspondent, " flow and run in opposite directions, from a chain of mountains called ',the Bald Mountains." It is amusing to note the list of pet names given by facetious miners to various mining lccalities worked during the past season :—Chisholm's Gulch, Davidson's Gulch, and Hall's Gulch (" Gulch " being Yankee for a ravine), Antler creek, Keithley's-creek, Hawey's, Williams's, Nelson's, Lowhee, Cunning ham's, Lightening, Vanwinckle, California, Canon, Grouse, Goose, Steven's, Salt Spring, Burns's, Snow shoe, Jack of Clubs, and Last Chance Creeks, all of them being in fact, if not always (like the last mentioned) in name, creeks, i.e., streams of more or less magnitude—the majority of them being diminutive, pouring down from the spurs of the Bald Mountains, already more than once men tioned, in range rising to a height of seven or eight thousand feet above the level of the Pacific. From another creek alone, in the month of May, 1861, there were taken out we learn—end this, moreover by R hat the miners call raw hands and the sailors call green hands, gold to an amount hitherto undreamt of among the adventurers. Most of the diggers there in Antler Creek winning with ease gold to the value of 200 dollars a-day, and this, moreover, when sifting the earth and rubbish from it by the rude agency of the o ld-f as hioned rocker. That is—on th e average , and among the new hands ; two hundred dollars worth of gold per them ! That is, in other words, £2O l clear between sunrise and sunset—for the beginners. Others, the more skilled, it may be, also the more lucky finders, gaining more largely—even though themselves hampered with the old slow sifting aid of the rocker. One miner, for example, is described as gaining thus exactly double, that is, £4O in a day, or 400 dollars worth—a couple of others £44 ss, or sixteen ounces—nay, one hippy-go-lucky, a veritable Mr. SMITH by name, as many, upon the average, as from twenty-six to thirty ounces of gold and upon one fortunate day 31 lbs. in gold, to the value of £lB5 odd shillings! Nearly two hundred pounds sterling in solid gold gathered up in a single day by this one man. Reading of facts like these, surely for the youth of England, the cry will now be as, according to Mr. KINGSLEY'S brilliant novel, it was three hundred years ago--" Westward, Ho !" LATEST NEWS. PARIS, FEB. 7. The Jlloniteur of this morning says :—" It is incorrect that General Prim will take the supreme command of the allied troops in Mexico. Each general will preserve the integrity of his com mand. " The Corps Legislatif has confirmed the election of Dr. Pamard as one of its members, the validity of which had been disputed." ST. PETERSBURG, FEB. 7. The Journal de St. Petersbourg of to-day, in an article on the budget, shows that the state of the Russian finances, if compared with that of other countries, may be considered favourable, and adds —" An increase in the ordinary income without any augmentation of the taxes may be expected." ST. PETERSBURG, FEB. 6. The following are the details of the estimated expenditure and income of the Russian empire for the ensuing year, as set forth in the budget : Expenditure.—National Debt, 54 millions silver roubles ; Imperial Household, 5 millions; War De partment, 110 millions ; Naval Department, 201 millions ; Home Department, 71 millions ; Finan• cial Department, 27 millions ; Pensions, 13 mil lions; Ministry of Public Works, 9 millions; subsi dies paid to various branches of industry, 8 millions. Income.—By poll tax, 28 millions silver roubles ; land tax, 25 millions ; property of the State, 12 millions; tax on liquors, wine, &c., 124 millions; Customs, 32 millions ; Postal Department, 7 mil lions; stamp dues, 6 millions. DRESDEN, FEB. 6. The official Dresden Journal of to-day publishes a co/respondence from Warsaw, announcing that judgment had been pronounced by the court martial on the catholic priests imprisoned in the citadel. Four canons are condemned to transportation to Siberia, and one to imprisonment in the fortress. COPENHAGEN, FEB. 6. In to-day's sitting of the Rigsraad, the President of the Council declared that it is the desire of the Government to establish the freedom and indepen dence of Denmark and Schleswig, no matter with or without legislative connection with Holstein. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. 6.—The market has been rather less animated to-day, and the business done has been at a slight decline on the rates of the previous day. Threes, for the Account, are now at 74f. 25c. The Railway Share Market has been also rather heavy. The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents... 100 Credit F oncier 1335 Do end month.... 100 35 Belgian 4} lOl 3 per Cents Do. end month 7l 25 Roman Bank Shares 3020 i Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 760 i Spanish Threes 49 Do. Account 761 25 ! Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern .... New ditto .. 930 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 1075 .. 1080 Geneva 357 50 .. 365 Southern 717 50 .. 721 25 Western Eastern Sardinian 328 75 .. 325 Austrian Lombard INDIA. The following is from the Bombay Gazette of the 13th January : The South-Eastern Provinces of Pegu, Arracan, Moulmein, Martaban, Amherst, and Tenasserim have been united, and placed under the adminis tration of Colonel Phayre as lieutenant governor. The supreme Government has authorised the im mediate issue of a first distribution of the Lucknow prize money at the rate of 17 rupees each share. Lieutenant-Colonel Norman, C. 13., has been ap pointed secretary to the Goverument of India in the Military Department, in succession to Major- General Sir R. Birch, K.C.8., who retires. The future effective strength of the European force for all India is fixed at 73,577 men. The force will be distributed as follows :—Bengal, 44,91'6 men, at 1,100 rs. per mar, total, 4,91,07,600 rs. per annum; Madras, 15,161 men, at 1,100 rs. per man, total, 1,66,77,100 rs. per annum; Bombay, 13,500 men, at 1,100 rs. per man, total, 1,48,50,000 rs. per annum ; which give a total charge for the European army of 8,09,34,700 rs., which sum is less by 84,16,100 rs. than the amount spent for this purpose in the year 1860-61. The native army now amounts to 111,112 men and officers, divided into 156 regiments, distributed as follows :—Supreme government, 13 ; Bengal, 60, including all the Sikh and Punjab battalions; Madras, 52 ; Bombay, 30 ; Pegu, one local regi• ment of sappers. Since 1858-59 no less than 64,065 men have been struck off the strength of the native army, by which the country has saved more than a crore of rupees. The Delhi prize money, consisting of jewels, gold and silver plate, has arrived in Calcutta, and been valued at one crore and 20 lakhs of rupees, of which 14 lakhs have been received in silver. The Governor-General of India passed an ordi nance, under date the 27th December, prohibiting the exportation of saltpetre except in British vessels hound to the ports of London or Liverpool. On the 3d instant a modified ordinance was passed declaring that " it shall be lawful to export saltpetre in British vessels bound to any port of the United Kingdom." The following statement, showing the financial position of the several guaranteed railway companies quoad the government, has been published in the Calcutta azette at the request of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce : Amount authorised to be raised. Capital, £36,454,040 ; debenture loans, £11,878,960—t0ta1, £48,333,000. Amount paid by the railway companies.—Capi tal, £28,443 585 ; debenture loans, £9,058,909; total, £37,502,494. Amount withdrawn by the railway companies. —ln England, £14,316,655; in India, £22,942,800; total, £37,259,455. Balabces standing to the credit of the railway companies, £1,545,601; amount advanced in excess, X 1,302,562. The Bheels have broken out into insurrection in great force at a place called Chudda, about 80miles north-west of Alalligaum. A Vice-Admiralty Court is to be established at Bushire fur the suppression of slavery. His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army met with an accident while pigstick ing at Jummno with the Maharajah of Cashmere. Sir Hugh Ruse got "first spear" at the pig, which charged between his horse's legs, threw him, and gave the Commarder-in-Chief a heavy fall. He was not severely hurt. Sir Hope Grant, Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army, was sworn into office on the 26th December. The budget estimate of government customs duty for the year 1862 63, has been calculated by the authorities at about £2,800,000, or 20 lakhs below the estimated amount of the last year, which Nuts about 3 crores of rupees. Two hundred and fifty officers of the Bengal army, including the newly admitted captains, had taken Sir Charles Wood's pensions, up to the 20th December. On the 15th December the retiring poll stood thus :—Bengal—field officers, 98; captains, 18; total, 116. Madras—field officers, 81. Bombay— field officers, 31 ; total, 112 ; captains, Bombay and Madras, 19 ; total, 247. A revision of the establishment of peons or male nursery maids attached to the various fficers under the government of Bengal only, has led to an annual saving of 31,250r5. Two inferences may be deduced from this fact—first, that aimilar reductions are feasible (lsewh ere ; an d secon dly, that savings, even in apparently petty items, are not unimportant. The New Council of the Governor-General is expected to hold its first sitting on the 15th of this month. The New Council of Bombay is not yet constituted. At present the membership includes Europeans and five natives. The governor has the power to appoint two more non-official members, and it is hoped he will exercise it in appointing a European as one of them. A Bombay Christian Literary Association has been formed, and opened, with an inaugural ad dress by the Lord Bishop of the diocese. The association is formed on a broad basis of Christian union. The prodnct of the last cotton crop is now pour ing into Bombay from the various cotton district 9. The health of the city and island of Bombay has considerably declined. Cholera is prevailing ex- tensively amongst the poorer classes of the native community. The weather is cold and seasonable. COMMERCIAL INTELT.IGENCE. (From the Times of India). BOMBAY, JAN. 11, EVENING. The money market has undergone but little change during the fortnight. The Bank rates remain unchanged, except for short-dated paper, which has been reduced to 6 per cent. Government securities have fallen in value here, conse quent upon the lower quotations from London. Closing quotations are as follows :—Fours, 85:1. ; Fives, 98 ; Fives and -a-Half, 104 i, Exchang--Rates on London are again lower for this mail. We quote Bank paper 2s 9-16 d; first-class local credits, 2s Old to 2s 11-16 d ; documents, 2s 13-161 to 2s Oid. THE HARTLEY COLLIERY ACCIDENT NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, FEB. 5. The inquest on the bodies of the men and lads killed in Hartley New Pit was resumed in the chapel at Seaton Delavel this afternoon. Mr. N. Blackwell again appeared for the Govern ment. There was a considerable number of viewers present, but few pitmen. John Short, engineer to the colliery, was recalled, and was interrogated by Mr. Blackwell as to the strength of the machinery of the pit. The weight of the beam he stated was 42 tons, and the total _ • weight on the beam working both in and out was 107 tons locwt 3qrs 121 b. •Mr. Horsley, engine builder, who fixed the engine up at Hartley, and completed it in 1857, believed that the accident to the beam had occurred through a spear or spears breaking. If all things had been going on right, and there had been no broken spears, he was confident that the ordinary weight carried by the beam would not have broken it. During the time that the engine had been at work there had only been one main spear broken, It occurred in September, 1858. Two of the wet spears broke in the high set pumps, and damaged the key in the crosshead of the engine. The engine at the time would not be going over four and a half strokes per minute, and would be loaded the same as at the time of the accident. Mr. Humble, the resident viewer at the was recalled and examined by 'qr. Blackwell. He stated that when he penetrated into the furnace drift on the afternoon on which it was discovered that the men were dead, he found two of the bodies lying upon the furnace-bars, but the coals and cin ders were carefully raked off the bars. The men who were lost in the yard seam had access to fresh water within 40 yards of where they were found deed—indeed, so.ae of them were found lying within three yards of where the water was flowing down the shaft. The workings in the low main seam were extensive ; the output of coals averaged about 350 tons a day when the pit was working. There was a staple from the low main seam to the yard seam, with a ladder in it. There was also a staple from the surface to the high main seam, about 31 fathoms in depth. The distance from the high main to the yard seam was 32 fathoms. He could not answer what would have been the expense of putting a staple from the high main seam to the yard seam. It had never been considered by hire. At the time of the accident they were making every effort to reach the Mill Pit, and had that been accomplished there would have been two shafts from the bottom of the mine. It was expected that this would have been effected in from four to six months if the accident had not taken place. This was not suggested by the Inspector; it was being carried out by Mr. Carr. No fault had ever been found with the general management of the colliery. There is only one dike of any importance in the Mill Pit, and it bad already been cut through by Mr. Jobling. If the drift had been completed before the accident, all the men and boys would have been saved, as they would have been got up there. Mr. William Richard Cole, viewer at Bebside, produced a book which he took from the pocket of Amour, the back overman, at the time that his body was found near the furnace. It contained the fol lowing entry :—" Friday Afternoon, at half-past 1, Edward Armstrong; Thomas Gledson, John Har ding, Thomas Bell, and others took extremely ill. We also had a prayer meeting at a quarter to 2, when Tibbs, Henry Sharp, J. Campbell, Henry Gibson, William Palmer , . . . Tibbs ex horted to us again. H. Sharp also." Mr. Coulson, master sinker, was again examined, and, in answer to Mr Blackwell, said that the cost of a staple from the high main to the yard seam would have been about £3OO at the outside. It would, however, have taken 15 weeks to complete it. Of the great number of winnings he had made he had sunk about 24 single-shafted pits out of the 84 he had completed. To a considerable extent it was the practice in this part of the country to sink one shaft at first, and subsequently to make another shaft at a considerable distance from that first sunk, the distance of the second shaft being regulated by the dip of the coal, or to speak mme generally, it is regulated by the circumstances brought to light by the exploration from the first shaft, without a know ledge of which a second shaft could not at all times be put down. The Hartley Pit shaft cost £3,600 sinking. Now, he calculated that two Bft Gin pits in the same situation would cost £4,500 to finish them in a similar manner to the single shaft. An other 12ft 3in pit, including the same materials, but sunk under more favourable circumstances, would cost £2,600. The two Bft bin shafts, instead of the 12ft 3in, would cost £3,100. But in the one case — Hartley—they had 600 gallons of water in a minute; at the other place comparatively none. In answer to Mr. T. Foster, Mr. Coulson said that in sinking through a place making a quantity of water the tubbing would cost £4.800 more. To this might be added additional engine power and additional pumps and spears. He bad based his calculations upon a shaft to be sunk 100 fathoms deep. Mr. T. E. Forster said the only damage he anti cipated in the Hartley colliery was from water ; but up to the time of the accident he never had the slightest hesitation to go to the colliery himself had he been requested to do so. He thought a double shaft was not absolutely necessary. Such an acci dent as this could not have been contemplated by anybody ; but he was in favour of two shafts. Tllft VERDICT. " That John Gallagher, on the 22d January last, was found killed in the workings of the New Hart ley Colliery, having died therein from inhalation of gas, being shut up in the yard seam of the said col liery on the 16tL of the said month, when the shaft was closed by the accidental breaking of the engine beam, which, with other materials, fell into the working shaft of the pit, and there being no exit therefrom, all access to the deceased was cut off, .nd he perished from the cause above mentioned, The jury cannot close without expressing thei r s trong opinion of the imperative necessity of all working collieries having at least a second shaft or outlet, to afford the workmen the means of escape should any obstruction take place, as occurred at New Hartley Pit; and that, in future, beams of colliery engines should be made of malleable, in stead of cast metal. They also take occasion to notice with admiration the heroic courage of the miners and others, who, at the risk of their own lives, for so many nights and days devoted their best skill and energies to rescue the unfortunate men who were lost; and that everything that hu man ingenuity could accomplish was done towards this humane object." The inquiry terminated at four o'clock. ANOTHER AI URD PR NEAR BRIDG- WATER. On Wednesday evening last another shccking murder took place within two miles of Bridgwater, the scene of the murder of Moses Anthony by Matthew Doyle, which occurred so recently as the previous Saturday night. From the particulars which we have been enabled to gather it appears thut the man who committed the deed is named Wm. Chard, jun., a gentleman farmer, about 34 years of age, and the son of Mr. Wm. Chard, a very wealthy and respectably connected agricul turist. The victim is Parnell Stowe, a servant in the employ of the younger Chard, who lives at Andersea, on the banks of the River Parrett, in the parish of Weston Zoyland. Between six and seven o'clock on 'Wednesday evening this girl's master shot her with a double-barrelled gun in the left side, just above the hip, and the probability is that the charge entered the left kidney, causing death. Information was at once forwarded to Sergt. Pavey, of the S.omersetshire constabulary, who proceeded to the spot, and took the deceased's master into custody. The prisoner asked the sergeant, " Can you prove it ? Wait until you see the result of the coroner's inquest, and see whether it isn't brought in as manslaughter." He afterwards said it was a bad job, and was an accident. The sergeant took him to Weston Zoyland, and yesterday he was brought before the county magistrates, w h o re manded him. The prisoner was dr unk at the time of the occurrence, and when in that state on pre vious occasions he has frequently been heard to threaten to shoot people. The gun was hidden after the murder by one of the prisoner's labourers, but when asked for by the police it was produced, and was found to have been recently discharged with cross or middle-sized shot. EXPORT OF SPECIE.-- LIVERPOOL, Feb. 6.—The Canadian screw steamer Bohemian, Captain Burgess,which sailed hence this afternoon for Portland, took out £lO,OOO in specie. A NEW CUNARD STEAMER.—Yesterday the China, a new screw steamer of 1,539 tons register, arrived in the Mersey from G reenoc k , w h ere s h e had been con structed. The dimensions of the China are—length, 323 feet; breadth, 40 feet 6 inches; depth, 27 feet 6 inches ; and 550 ho se power. The China carries out the United States mails to New York on the lot of March, POLICE iNLALLIGENcE.—( This hay.) MARLBOROUGH STREET. HOUSEBREAKING.— W tn. Un win, 27, Rathbone place, was charged before Mr. Yardley on suspi cion of breaking and entering the house 11, Percy street, Tottenham-court-road, and stealing £4 in silver, 40.5. in postage stamps, the property of Mr. Fredtrick Win. Rowney. Mr. E. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, pro secuted. Michael Prady, time-keeper to Mr. Rowney, artists' colourman, said on Wednesdiy night last he left the premises at half-past seven, and he was the last person there, and everything was then safely fastened, including the trap door on the roof of 11, Percy-street. Yesterday morning, about half-past 8, he found the drawers in the counting. house all pulled out of the tables, and a desk open, and some of the cupboards had the locks broken off, having been locked overnight. He then found at No. 10 the trap door open, and he saw the door broken ()flits hinges, evidently done with a "jemmy" or crowbar. Mrs. Landford, 27, Rathbone-place, said the prisoner came to the house last Monday to look at the bedroom at the top of tile house. He said he was about a situation, and if he got it the room would suit him very well. He then left, but came back and took the room shortly after. He was let in on Wednesday night by her husband. He could see the next house from the parapet. In answer to Mr Yardley, the witness said there were 13 houses between hers and Mr. Rowney's. The husband of the last witness said on Wednes day night prisoner wished him good night, and he left him in the loom. He had other lodgers, and each had a room. Lambert, 68 E, proved finding three desks in the counting-house forced open, also two cupboards at the house No. 11. He found the trap door and the loft door wrenched off. He also found footmarks on the leads leading to Rathbone-place, and also knee-marks. It was very easy to get from Percy street to Ra.thbone-place over the roofs. There were also knee marks corresponding with the pat tern of the prisoner's trowsers. At the station he told the prisoner the charge, and he said he knew nothing about it. He also said he was not in a situation, and had not been after one, and on ask ing why he had toid his landlady that he had, he denied doing so. Prisoner's sister refused to give any account of him. In answer to Mr. Yardley the officer said the marks appeared fresh ones. Mr. James Aylmer Kelly, clerk to Mr. Rowney, proved that when he left the premises £1 Os. 7d. was in a till in the desk, and he missed it. About 130 persons were employed on the premises. Mr. Yardley said there was sufficient evidence for a remand, and the prisoner was remanded for a week. LAW IA 7'ELLlt7' _ENC.E.—(This Day.) ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly.) MOTION FOR JUDGMENT.-IN RE BAYLIS. This was an application to discharge an order to tax a solicitor's bill of costs. His Honour, the Master of the Rolls, said that if Mr. Falconer would pay three guineas to Mr. Baylis he would discharge the order. Mr. Baylis to deliver up to Mr. Falconer all books and papers in his possession within one week, which was assented to. No costs of motion on either side. COURT OF DIVORCE. THWAITES V. THWAITES. This was a suit instituted by the wife for judicial separation on the ground of cruelty; the respon dent pleaded denial and provocation. Dr. Twiss and Dr. Wamby were for the peti tioner; and Mr. Karslake and Dr. Spinks for the respondent. • Mrs. Minerva Thwaites, the petitioner, said she was married to the respondent in 1849. They re sided in Bristol, where her husband carried on the business of a dentist. In the latter part of 1851 Mr. Thwaites complained of our eldest boy coming into the bed-room; and in order to prevent it she got up no less than nine times. Her husband complained of such a disturbance, although it was at his desire she tried to prevent the child coming into the room. Ste was called a selfish woman, and was afterwards kicked by Mr. Thwaites. He got up shortly after, and feeling faint from the effects of the blow, she called her husband, and he gave her a glass of brandy and water. In the summer of 1854, when her infant son William was at her breast, she was struck by her husband. In July, 1856, her husband showed her some gold he said he had been saving for the education of his boy, and quarrelled with her because she answered al l his questions in the affirmative. Her husband was in the habit of firing pistols in his woik-room and used to get intoxicated. He used to wake the children and pinch her while she was in bed without her saying a word to him. At diff rent times he prevailed on her to allow him to extract 16 of her teeth, and while her gums were in an excoriated state he refused to allow her pro per fled. The separation took place in 1861. There were four children. In cross-examination, the petitioner stated she considered the cruelty commenced after the birth of her second child. While she was in a very precari ous state her husband had kicked her in bed. After this they slept in different apartments. She was not in the habit of accusing her husband of being drunk. She was on as good terms with her hus band as forbearance would allow. She used to com plain of the food that was given her after her teeth had been taken out, but she was always told her food was cut off the joint provided for the family. It was always the hard portions of the joint she had brought her. While she had the children under her care no complaints were ever made of the filthy state of the child. The little girl ce:tainly was never in such a filthy state as to have contracted a disease. She never threatened to show the child to the neighbours, and accused her husband of ill using it. The child was never sent away from home in consequence of the neglect of cleanliness. She left home in 1860. While she occupied a separate room she used it for all purposes. The servants used to complain, but they did so without cause, as she obviated every cause of inconvenience or unpleasantness. Willie she was at Welsh's all communication between her and her husband was carried on by means of mes sages brought by the servants. She never abused her servants. Her servants had said her con duct was not that of a mother. When she confined herself to her room in 1860, she for some time endeavoured to direct the household affairs, but she was so insulted that any attempt to keep up her position was entirely useless. She never insulted the servant, Hannah Dade, in her husband's presence. Hannah Dade had accused her of being a kept mistress, and she had replied that she (Dade) was Mr. Thwaites' kept mistress. The witness was then minutely cross-examined on seve ral points, hut she denied ever having given her husband cause for his ill-treatment. The case is expected to last the whole day. TBIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 7.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly ; moderate breeze, and very fine seasonable weather. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning, Arrived—Gem, from St. Ives; Ann, from Plymouth; Alice Richardson, from Sunderland. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 6—Clarissa, from Terceira. Arrived, Feb. 7—Providence, from La Uncon ; Puzzell, from St. Michael's; Perseverance, from Medirublik ; Han nah Eleanor, from Stettin; Speedwell, from Mauritius. Passed, Feb. 6—John Temperly,DE AL. Friday LodnadyoMn,ofronrißngo.ra bay ; Hollingside, from London, for Sydney; Behrend, from Memel, for Dublin ; Lily, from London, for Shanghai; Vicar of Bray, from London, for Adelaide. LORD VANE TEMPEST.—There was a brisk fight in General Banks's command the other day. One of our officers, a Capt. Young, who had been dismissed from the service for improper conduct, saw fi,, for what reason know not, to make an assault on Capt. Stewart, Assistant - Adjutant-Gene al, a gentleman better known in England as Lord Vane Tempest. Capt. Stewart took the matter with coolness, and inflicted fearful "punishment" upon his assailant, with weapons of nature's own providing, Polishing him off most artistically. The coming up of the provost guard put a stop to the little affair, and well for poor Young too, who found that he had met with an old hand. The American verdict is, that Captain Stewart served Captain Young right; for it the later had anY gr.,und of complaint against a gentleman who has hand somely volunteered into ourarmy, and whom we have found a valuable friend, he should havo had resort to the mode that is customary with gentlemen, and which is more proper in military circles than it is atnoog civilians. As it was, he got the worst of it, and in such full measure, that it is not probable he will try the " rough" manner of pro ooeding again in a hurry. The will of Mrs. Mary Massie, formerly of Ross" shire, N.B. late of Royal-crescent, city of Bath, relict of Watkin Williams Massie, Esq., was proved in London ou the 2d of January, the personalty sworn under £160,0 00, the executors nominated being her nephew, Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, and Wm. D, Hull, Esq. THE COAL TRADE.—The, depri as 7 on in trade and the mildness of the season have had a rt markably de pressing effect on the consumption of coal in the metropolis during the past month. In January, 1861, the respectil r ailways having access to London carr i e d 136.900 tons ! a , ew ts'; this year for tho correspondi ng p er i o d b u t 126.27 0 tons 16 cwts—viz., the London and North-Western, 49,001 tons 18 ewts ; Great Northern, 38,682 tons 11 ewt s; Eastern Counties, 26,763 tons 17 ewts ' • Great Wester !), 10,909 tons : Midland, 5,048 tons; Chatham and Dover , 349 tons 15 ewts • London, Tilbury, and Southend , tons; showing a decrease of 10,629 e nd 18 ewts. The portation of sea-borne coal has declined still more consid erably,—from 302,774 ton s i n J anuar y, 1861, to 233, 0 V tons in the past month, being less by 69,754 tons. ROYAL FREE _HOSPITAL. The thirty-fourth annual general Court of the governors of the Royal Free Hospital, which is situate in Gray's Inn-road, was held in the board room of the institution yesterday afternoon. General WATKIN occupied the chair, and among the gentlemen present were—Dr. Marsden, Dr. Hassall, Dr. O'Connor, Rev. J. B. Owen, Mr. Grant, Mr. Warre, Mr. Bowyer, Mr. Septimus Goldsmid, Mr. Boodle, Mr. A. Marsden, Mr. B. Head, Mr. Snow, &e. The Rev. J. B, OWEN read the report, and Mr. S. S. SMITH the financial statement and medical report, from which it appeared that the past year had been a very successful one, inasmuch as the receipts of the charity amounted to £8,602, which enabled the committee to clear off the balance of a mortgage which had weighed heavil y on the resources of the charity. It also appeared that the hospital was rapidly emerging from debt, and that the committee confidently depended upon making a large addition to the accommodation for in-patients during the present year. From the medical report it appeared that nearly 100 beds had during the year been kept constantly occupied, which had enabled the medical officers to admit into the wards 1,015 poor diseased persons, besides 175 cases of severe accident, making a total of 1,190 in-patients; in addition to which, 50,496 of the destitute sick poor had been admitted as out-patients, besides the number remaining on the books at the close of the previous year. The number of attendances by poor persons requiring advice and medicine during the year had been no less than 149,015. The report gratefully acknowledged the eminent services of Dr. Marsden, the founder, and suggested that some more perma nent memorial Of his services should be instituted. The annual expenditure was given at £8,998 Os.2d, The report of the committee concluded by warmly eulogising the great services w hich had been ren dered to the hospital by th e physicians, Dr. O'Connor, Dr. Hassall, and Dr. Co ckle, and also by M.D., Thom as H. the surgeons, W. Marsden, Esq ., Waklev, Esq., Weedon Cooke, Esq., Victor de Meric, Esq., Alexander Marsden, Esq., and Fre derick J. Gant, Esq. Mr. SNOW moved that the report and balance sheet be adopted, printed, and circulated. Mr. GANT seconded the motion, and it was car ried unanimously. On the motion of Dr. MARSDEN seconded by Mr. BOWYER, the following gentlemen were unani mously elected to form the committee of manage ment for the current year :—W. W. Bra ms t on Beach, Esq., M.P., T. Beale Browne , Esq., J ames Bowyer, Esq., J. P. Bull, Esq. , Charles Candy, Esq., Alexander Dobie, Esq., General Dutt on , Sep timus Goldsmid, Esq., Edmund Halswell, Esq., Benjamin Head, DA., j?li Hoop er , E sq ., James Hopgood, Esq., William Lawrence, E sq ., Alderman A. L. Mocatta, Esq. , Sir Francis G. Moon, Bart. ; Alderman George Moore, Esq., T. M. Nelson, Esq., Rev. J. B. O wen , J. S. Phene, Esq., W. T. Pritchard, Esq„ B. C. Robinson, Esq., Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alde rman; George Simpson, Esq., Wm. Stevens, Esq., William Tegg, Esq., Thomas Wakley, Esq., W. E. Wal misley, Esq., Wm. H. Warre, Esq., Gen, Watkin, W. C. Watson, Esq. On the motion of the Rev: Mr. OWEN, seconded by Mr. BOODLE, the following gentlemen were elected as auditors : Thomas Cotterell, Esq., E. W. Davis, Esq., and John Goldsmid, Esq. Mr. J. S. PHENE proposed that a vote of thanks be given to the members of the comrrittee of ma nagement for the past year, in acknowledgment of their unremitting and unwearied exertions in pro moting the interests of the hospital. Mr. S. GOLDSMID seconded the motion, and it was unanimously agreed to. Votes of thanks were then tendered to the trea surer, Mr. E. Masterman ; to the auditors ; and to Dr. Marsden, the founder of the hospital. Dr. MARSDEN, in returning thanks, said it had been a great gratification for him to co-operate with the committee. They had worked together in a spirit of the greatest harmony, and hoped that good feeling would never be interrupted. The institu tion had flourished for a number of years, and he attributed that result to the good management of the weekly board and the general committee. A cordial vote of thanks were next given to the honorary medical officers of the charity for their services, a continuance of which was desired. Dr. MARSDEN proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Smith, their able and zealous secretary, who had, he stated, been for nearly thirty years connected with the hospital. He had been secretary for five years, and he had invariably devoted his energies to the promotion of the interests of the charity. Dr. O'CONNOR said he had great pleasure in seconding the resolution. As one of the medical staff of the hospital, he could bear testimony to the truth of all that had been said in praise of the ser vices which Mr. Smith rendered. No man could dis charge the duties devolving on him more faithfully than Mr. Smith, and no one could be more atten tive to what was necessary in the wards of the hospital than he was. He was ever ready to fur ther the interests of the charity by every means in his po.ver. The gentlemen who had more oppor tunities of seeing Mr. Smith at the weekly board than he (the speaker) had were well able to vouch for his 'efficiency in that department; but having, as one of the medical staff, many opportunities of witnessing the zeal and judgment which he dis played, lie would cordially second the motion. The motion was cordially agreed to. Dr. O'CONNOR then, in a few appropriate re marks, proposed a vote of thanks to the Press for the support it had uniformly given to the institu tion. Dr. MARSDEN seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. The statue of Dr. Jenner, of small-pox-vaccina tion celebrity, has been removed to Kensington-gardens. It is placed on a new pedestal in the vicinity of the stone bridge spanning the Serpentine, on the Bayswater side. This statue, it will be remembered, was sonic time ago pro moted to a distinguished place near the Nelson Column in Trafalgar square. THE SUMTER AT GIBRALTAR.—Ad vices recently received in Liverpool from Gibraltar state thst the Sumter was inert at tne above-named port, being detained through the difficulty of obtaining coal. A meeting of the agents and others connected with the coaling business there had been held, at which it was agreed not to supply coals to the Sumter except for cash, the paper which was offered by her captain in payment, although on good houses, not being deemed eligible. The advises referred to also represent the crew and officers of the Sumter as fine fellows, but nautical men in Gibraltar say the ship has no fight in her. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH IN THE STRAND THEATRE.—Last evening a melancholy case of Budd( n death occurred in the gallery of the above theatre. Mr. P. Bowman, of 71, Long-acre, a master tailor, accompanied his sister and a grandchild to witness the performances. After seeing the first piece, " Old Phil's Birthday," at which he betrayed great emotion, he retired and partook of refreshments. On his return he resumed his seat, but had scarcely done so wh en h o f e ll back insensible. He was conveyed to King' s C o ll ege H os pital, but on arriving the re was pronounced to be dead. The deceased was 64 years of age, and has, it is said, latterly been much depressed in spirits, arising from pecuniary embarrassments brought on by slackness of trade. THE ROAD ACROSS HYDE PARK.--The St. Pancras Vestry, on the motion of Mr. Lawford, unani mously resolved to oppose any attempt to make the new road across the park at the expense of the Metropolis, and called upon the members of the Aletroplitan Board to oppose it in that body. Mr. Farrer said the Exhibition r ommissioners last time realised a profit of £150,000, and as this road was for their benefit, let them pay for it. EXPORT OF COAL FROM GREAT GRIMSBY.—The following is a return of the coal exported from the port of Great Grimsby during the month of Jannary :—To France, 3,601 tons ; to Prussia, 318 tons ; to Norway, 66 tons ; to Denmark, 265 tons; to the Hanseatic towns, 1,056 tons; to Italy, 312 tons; to Spain, 194 tons. Total foreign, 5,8.12 tons; total coastwise, 1,188 tons. Total, 7,000 tons. THE ROYAL PORCELAIN WORKS AT WORCES TER have long and deservedly been (after the Cathedral) the chief attraction of the town. In its galleries are to be seen the successful attainments of the high, st aim of the most graceful and the most useful of arts; and so great is the fascination of the ever-changing variety of form, deco ration, and colour, and so exquisite the drawing, grouping, and finish of many of the more imoortant works, that we have generally found that our visits have been prolonged to hours when a short stay was merely intended. This, there fore, will be a favuurable opportunity for collectors and families supplying themselves with the famous Worcester porcelain—an immense variety of which is, we learn, to be disposed of by private sale—a course incumbent upon a c hange in the firm. It is gratifying, however, to know that the works are to be continued in all their force and in tegrity.