The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-13 00:00:00

Procureur- General of Martinique. Committees had been formed in that island for raising subscriptions for the purpose of erecting a statue to the Empress Josephine. A commission, authorised by the Governor-General of the same island for the exa mination of the question relative to immigration, had resolved that immigration on a large scale ought to be effected without delay, and that the state ought to take part in it. In order to hasten the solution of the matter, the commission had adopted an address to the Emperor, praying him to allow a loan of 5,000,000 fr., to be reimbursed by annual instalments of 250,000 fr. from the general receipts of the colony, to be raised. The Emperor, to commemorate the opening of the Cirque Napoleon, which he attended, has pre sented M. Dejean, the director, with a magnificent pin, surmounted with an emerald and with dia monds ; M. Vjllain de St. Hilaire , author of the verses, "Dieu nous l'a ren du," which were sung on the occasion, with a valuable gold snuff-box ; and M. Laurent, of the Opera National, by whom the verses were sung ; M. Adolphe Franconi, chief of the performances, and M. Gosse and M. Barrias, who executed the paintings with which the interior is decorated, with pins decorated with brilliants. His Majesty has also presented M. Lejean with a sum of 600 fr. for distribution amongst the employes and servants of the establishment. The grand centre piece for a dinner service which M. Christofle is making for the Emperor, consists of a group representing the genius of War moderating the speed of his horses in a car, and of another, re presenting the genius of Peace in a car drawn by oxen, whilst in the centre is a figure o f France dis tributing crowns to the nationalglories. The groups are united by four pedestals, bearing figures of Force and Prudence on the side of War, and Justice and Clemency on the side. of Peace. The service, of which the centre piece forms part, is to comprise four large vases, representing the north, south, east, and west, with specimens of their respective productions ; and there are to be also candelabras symbolising the productions of science, art, and agriculture. - - Different public buildings have been mentioned as destined to receive the Staff of the National Guard. It is now said that it is to be for the present lodged in the Casino, in the Chaussee d'Antin. The enquete on the project for continuing the arcades of the Rue de Rivoli from the Passage Delornie to the Rue des Toulies has just been closed, after being kept open for eight days at the mairie of the 4th arrandissement. It has not called forth any opposition. The, director-general of the Musees has given notice that the public exhibition of living artists will open on the Ist of May next, at the Garde- Meuble, in the Rue du Faubourg Poissonniere. Paintings intended for the exhibition will be re ceived every day from the Ist to the 31st of March. The statues in the grounds of the Palace of Ver sailles are being cleaned, and an artist is at work in the:Palace in restoring the paintings of the co ronation and marriage of Napoleon 1., by David, which have been a little injured by time. The Prefect of the Seine has just given orders that the collectors of taxes in his department shall immediately proceed to the collection. All com plaints of overcharge are to be presented before the 10th of April. If the reduction demanded exceed 30fr., the application must be made on stamped paper. _ _ Suicides have of late been extraordinarily nu merous in Paris and the neighbourhood ; and se veral cases still occur almost daily. Baron Gustave de Rothschild has been elected a member of the Jewish Consistory of Paris. The Prefect of the Seine has announced that as the list of invitations for the ball to be given at the Hotel de. Ville on the 17th, has been definitely closed, it will be impossible for him to comply With any requests for invitations. A letter from Alexandria, of 30th ult., in the Constitutionnel, says :—" The French flag yester day floated' over the French Consulate, in honour of the accesion of Napoleon 111. and the proclama tion of the Empire. ATe Deum, at which all the French residents were present, was sung at the parish church. The Heron steamer, which has just arrived to replace the Fabert brig of war, fired a salute of 101 guns. The Viceroy has left for Lower Egypt, to inspect the agricultural and other Works going on in the Delta. M. Eugene Sue, who is now in Savoy, has com menced the publication of a new novel, under the title of "Le Lac d'Annecy et see Environs." It appears under the form of a feuilleton in the Offi cial Savoy Gazette. The severity of the gale which has prevailed in the English Channel for the last two days had not abated at eight p.m., and the express steam-packet was, for the third time in succession, compelled to seek shelter in Calais Harbour, being unable to make the English coast. The attention of the Government has begun to be attracted to the partial elections to the Legisla tive Corps which are to take place towards the end of the month. It is believed that neither Legiti mists, Orleanists, nor Republicans will put forward any candidates. In place of M. Audren de Ker drel, ex-deputy for Vitro, and M. de Calvieres , ex deputy for Alais, whose resignations in compliance with the Frohsdorf manifesto noticed at the time, the Government wishes to put up what it terms " candidates of conciliation," which of course means persons who have belonged to the Legiti mist party. For Vitro alone five persons are spoken of, all ex-Legitimists and present Napoleonists. It is believed that the choice of the Government will fi , ll on M. Freston de St.Aubin, who is said to be an intimate friend of the Marquis de Larochejacque lein, who, like him, has rallied to the Empire. A hostile meeting has taken place between Count Niewerkerque, Director of the Museum, and Col. Edgar Ney, There are several versions as to the cause of the meeting, which has its principal inte rest in the fact of both being intimates of the .tlys6e. The name of a lady is said to be mixed up in the affair. General Lawcestine, Commander-in-Chief of the national guard, quitted on Sunday the apart ment which he occupied in the Palais Royal ; but the guard of honour of the general staff of the national guard still remains here. It is not true that the general staff is to occupy the hotel Galifet, in the Rue de Grenelle. The Marshal Prince Jerome will not take possession of the Palais Royal until the repairs in progress shall he terminated, which will not be for two or three months. The Moniteur publishes a decree of the Em peror, giving the title of imperial to the Hotel des Invalides, the Polytechnic School, the Spe cial Military School, the Military Prytanee (for merly the military college of La Fleche), School of Cavalry, School of Application of the' Staff, School of Application of Artillery and Engineers, and Mi litary Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy. The other establishments of the artillery and engineers, such as the central depot, arsenal, waggon-trains, &c., will take the general titl es o f imperial esta blishments. The Minister of Public Worship has appointed a commission, composed of M. Godelle, Councillor of State (section of finances), M. de Mericourt, In spector-General of Finances ;M. Ogier, Reoftaeren dary of the C our t s o f A ccounts; M. Thiac, notary and M. Roy, Inspect or o f Fi nances, to arrange the ; division of the credit allowed for settling with the creditors of Monsignor Dupuch, Ex-Bishop of Algiers. Th e consulting consulting railwa y commi ss i on is nitively constituted. It will have to now give an o pi n ion on all subjects relating to ra ilways i and to cla ss ify the various lines to be concededinto lst, 2d, and 3d classes, according to their importance. The commission has at present to examine a consi derable number of applications sent in f or conces sions, amounting in all to not less than 70. The Courrier du Gar d states that the Minist er o f Police has written to the Insp e ctor-General of Po lice at Montpellier, declaring t hat by pardons will b e accorded to all persons condemned default f o r political offences, who may send in their adhesio n to the Government. orders have The Courrier du Havre states that to been sent from Cherbourg to all the ports not send any more sailors to that division for the man ning of the fleet, a sufficient number for the mo ment having already arrived. PARIS BOURSE Jan. 12.—The decline in public securities made further progress at the Bourse to day. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 105 f. 25c., and the Three per Cents. at 80f. 10c., for the end of the month ; Orleans Railway Shares, I,olof. ; R ouen, 995 f. ; avre, 512 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 845 f. ; Basle, 355 f. ; Paris and Stras burg, 787 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 885 f. • Lyons to the Mediterranean 742 f. 50c. ; Great Western, 670 f. ; St. Di z i er and Gray, 520 f. ; Caen and Cher bourg, 628 f, 75 e . ; Dij on and Bsancon, 530 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 587 f. 50c. • Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier (issued at ' 500f.), 800 f. • SPAIN. We have received Madrid journals of th e 7th. Some of them pub lish the address to the electors of the Moderate committee. It is by no means a re markable- document, altd a private letter states that it did not appear to have produced much ef fect. The committee recommends the electors to make the same choice of deputies for the Cortes as they would have done if the changes in the consti tution proposed by M. Bravo Murillo were still to be presented, as it is by no means convinced that the propositions of the present Gove rnment will be such as to satisfy . th a friends of const i tutional li berty. The committee adds that it expects the Government w ill do all in its power to defeat its candidates, The numerous defections in the Mo derate party are stated in private accounts to have given great chance to the ultra opposition, the pub lic feeling being opposed to any compromise on the constitutional question. The Governor of Madrid had convoked the principal electors of that capital, and informed them that the Government intends to allow free action in the elections, requiring only an abstinence from illegal excitement. A sharp shock of an earthquake was experienced four days ago at Fos, on the frontier of Spain, but it lasted only a short time. The weather, which had been very fine, changed all at once, and in the mountains there was a fall of snow. At Foix, de partment of the Ariege, there was also, three days ago, a shock of earthquake, it oscillated from the east to the west, and shook the pictures, etc., hanging to the walls of apartments. 'The Three per Cents. were done at 42i ; the New Three per Cents. at 23g ; the Debt of the first class at I.oi, and that of the second at 5/1. AUSTRIA. The Austrian Government recently published a return of the Customs' receipts from the Ist Nov., 1851, to 31st Oct., 1852. The import duties amounted to 22,028,671 florins, presenting an in crease of 2,349,974 florins, compared with the pre ceding year. The new tariff having effected consi derable reductions in the the export duties, the re venue from that source was only 27,053 forms. The transit duties yielded 82,3701, which were 12,698f1. more than in the preceding year. There was also an increase in some of the minor branches of the customs. On the whole, the total Customs' receipts were 2,452,4501 more than in 1851. It is stated in letters from Vienna that the paper money of the Monarchy is resuming its normal value. Not only has the exchange on money, which last year was not less than 20 per cent., fallen to 7, but it is asserted that several money changers do not receive without difficulty the pieces of 20 kreutzers in exchange for paper money or bank notes. The Weser Gazette publishes the text of the note addressed by the President of the Germanic Diet to the Marquis de Tallenay acknowledging the re ceipt of the official notification of the accession of Louis Napoleon to the throne of France. The note states that the Diet has received with satis faction the assurance that the policy of the French Government, as regards foreign powers, will not be changed, as it sees in this declaration a guaran tee of respect for existing treaties and the mainte nance of the 'territorial limits, on which the political system of Europe and the general peace depend. Some of the German translations of the work of M. de Montalembert, entitled " Des interets Ca tholiques au XIX Siècle," have been seized in Ba i-aria, in consequence of a passage relative to that kingdom. The translations in which this passage is omitted are allowed to be sold freely. MONTENEGRO. 1 The Montenegrines have left Szabljak, after hav g demolished the fortifications. The Turks, fear g that the place was undermined, did not at first ; enture to enter. Two of Prince Daniel's relations kre dangerously wounded. The Pasha of Scutari Cas assumed the offensive, and Omar Pasha (the ommander-in-Chief) is advancing towards the mountains. The foregoing is taken from the Oest iCorrespondenz, and is probably correct. The Trieste Zeitung says that 1,000 Montenegrines are still in Szabljak, and that a sanguinary battle had 'aken place, in which the Turks w ere " mercilessly 'cut to pieces." SWITZERLAND. The Basle Gazette of the 10th inst. contains the Following :—" We lately announced that the Aus trian Government had addressed a remonstrance to he Federal Council respecting the expulsion of the Capuchins who did not belong to the Canton of ;Ticino. We learn to-day that the Federal Council !has replied to the Cabinet of Vienna that its ,grievance against the Ticino Government was un founded, and it consequently expressed a hope that it would not recur to the reprisals with which its `note threatened that Government." _ 1 — The Zurich Gazette of the Bth publishes the fol lowing notice of the Consul of Saxony in Switzer land :—" The ordinance of the Saxon Government, of the 18th October, relative to the participation of the Saxon subjects residing in Switzerland in operative and other similar associations, having been badly interpreted, the undersigned has been authorized by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Saxony to declare that it was erroneous to infer from the terms of the ordinance that it has for its object to compel the Saxon workmen living in Switzerland to quit that country. Its sole object is to caution Saxon subjects against entering any operative or other similar associations, because their disobedience would expose them to a rigorous surveillance after their return to Saxony." MAURITIUS. The advices from Mauritius come down to the 12th of November. The events of the past month had not proved of much interest. The planters were engaged with their crops, and had been fa voured by dry weather. Complaints had been made in some quarters of the yield of the cane, but it was generally presumed that th e t o t a l quantity of sugar produced would be slightly in excess of last year. The introduction of vacuum pans in the manufacture had been successful, and further orders had been sent to England for an increased supply. More powerful mills would also b e con structed to facilitate operations. The prices of sugar had slightly recovered, several parcels having latterly been sold at an advance. Specie, Bank post, Treasury, and Australian bills had been received to some amount, which had sufficed to keep a healthy check on exchange, which ranged from 3i to 4 per cent. discount. The returns from the Custom-house for the quarter ending the 10th of October showed a heavy re duction in the imports compared with the same period in the two preceding years. The branch of the Oriental Bank had been regularly opened, and it was announced that its operations would embrace general banking business, with the exception of the discount of local bills. The Commercial Bank had just issued a half-yearly statement of its affairs, the result exhibiting a profit of 7.41 per cent. The Governor had been temporarily residing at Belle Marro Estate, Flacq, and had been visited by the principal planters of the district. The definite reply of the Hova Government to the Chamber of Commerce respecting the precise conditions on which they would consent to open the ports of Madagascar was daily expected. At Bourbon the small-pox had diminished, but there was no imme diate prospect of a total cessation of the disease. The total shipments of sugar up to the 10th of No vember were 29,494,198 lbs. against 25,568,8811b5. in 1851, and 23,000,875 lbs. in 1850. The quota tions varied, according to quality, from 3 dols. 10c. to 5 dols. 50c. There had been little fluctuation in the terms of freight. Second-class vessels had been taken up as low as 2/. 10s. ; first-class at 21. 15s. to 3/. The rice market remained steady without material alteration. Late arrivals of wheat and flour had unfavourably influenced quotations, which were generally lower. IMPORTANT FROM SAVANNAH. miralty, that he r ship es Intelligence w as yesterday received at Majesty's26t,hecaApdt . Cospatrick Baillie Hamilton, serving on the Nrtl America and W es t I n di es s t a ti on , was a t _, Havan nah on the 10th o f D ecem b er last, all well, that a sq ua d ron of steam-ships under ordershis and an ol were cruising in th e ne i g hb our h oo d . Considerable excitement pre va il e d at H avannah ow i ng to a British subject, Plassy Lawrance, who had been kidnapped from the Island of Vevis, and sold into slavery, at Havannah, having contrived to make her escape and take refuge on board the Vestal. Application had been made by the British Govern ment for the release of the poor woman, but in vain. Her sad case will, without doubt, be made public, and prove a fitting sequel to "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and will probably have the effect of in ducing the Government of this country to make which, ab le t i o t be would subi further inuiries into the horrors of slavery, to beeped even British subjects are The poor woman Plassy Lawrence was compelled to prostitute herself, and her children were sold into slavery. The marks of the most savage flo gging were e v id en t on h er back when she went on board the ship. The Vestal was under the guns of the b a tt e ries and not . listen_ to any proposal for giv surrounded by the Spanish fleet, but her gallant captain would ing her back to her inhuman masters, and she re mains sa f e under thnetpra humbleofoteotionis the ah j ß ec ri t tis of h flag, that although country. she is but IMPUDENT STREET ROBBERY AT STOCKPO RT , ___ O ll Sunday evening two gentlemen were walking' Wellington-road, Stockport, when they overtook, nearalong Heaton Chapel, a respectably dressed female, who ap peared to be in great distress, and suffering severe pain, They kindly offered to assist her home ; and after some little delay their offer was accepted with seeming 'grati tude, and the lady took the proffered arm of each. gen tleman. But they had not gone many yards when their sympathy with the lady's distress was entirely destroyed by one of them discovering the hand of the invalid in his pocket, from which she contrived to abstract sixteen shillings. Whilst he was threatening to give her into custody, four ruffianly looking fellows, in the garb of excavators, made their appearance, and as they seemed inclined to he rather rough, and took the lady's part, the gentleman thought it prudent to make their escape with all convenient speed, leaving the sixteen shillings behind them, Geelong, by Messrs. J. B. Hutton and Co., near St. Paul's, Little Scotland, brought 81. and 11/. 5. The whole sale realised nearly 6,0001. There was a Govern ment land sale at Belfast on the Ist and 2d instant, and the sum of 10,381/. was realised, PAY OF THE MILITARY IN AUSTRALIA.-With .respect to the contemplated increase i n th e m ilit ar y here, the British Government is advised to raise the pay of the soldiers, to mitigate temptation to the gold fields. With respect to the officers, it is stated that in India an ensign receives 201. per ninth ; in Ceylon and Hong Kong, 15/. ; but in Australia, only 81.-Geelong Paper. PRICES OF WHEAT AND WAGES IN AUSTRALIA.- Adelaide.-Wheat, is. 3d. per bushel, imp. ; flour, fine, 221. 10s. per ton of 2,000 lbs. ; bread, best, ls. 2d. per 4 lb. loaf ; wages, 75., daily labourers. Melbourne.- Wheat, Bs. per bushel, imp. ; flour, fine, 261. 10s. per ton of 2,000 lbs. ; bread, best, Is. 4d. per 4 lb. loaf; wages, 155., daily labourers. Sydney.-Wheat, Bs. per bushel, imp. ; flour, fine, 231. per ton of 2,000 lbs. ; bread, best, 11d. per 4 lb. loaf; wages, 75., daily labourers. Hobart Town.-Wheat 9s. per bushel, imp.; flour, fine, 241. per ton of 2,000 lbs. ; bread, best, lid. per 4 lb. loaf ; wages, no recent information. PRICES OF BEER AND SPIRITS IN AUSTRALIA.- Adelaide.-Beer, bottled, 11. s. to 12s. per doz.; Brandy, Martell's, 12s. per gallon in bond ; Wine, Port 481. to to 551. per pipe, Sherry 251: to 40/. per ditto ; Sugar, Java, 201. 12s. 6d. to 211. 10s. per ton ; Tea, Congou 6/. 17s. 6d. to 81. per chest, Hysonskin 41. 17s. 6d.; Coffee Java, sd. to Bd. per lb.; Tobacco, Barrett's Negrohead, 2s. 6d. to 3s. per lb. Melbourne.-Beer, bottled, lls. to 12s. per doz. ; Brandy, Martell's, 17s. 6d.; Wine, Port 201. to 501. For pipe, Sherry 301. to 501.; Sugar, Java, 161. to 201. per ton ; Tea, Congou 4/. 10s. to 51. 105. per chest, Hysonskin 31. 10s. to 41.; Coffee, Java, 6d. to 7d. per lb.; Tobacco, Barrett's Ne grohead, is. 9d. to 2s. per lb. Sydney.--Beer, bottled, 10s. to 12s. per doz.; Brandy, Martell's, 135.; Tea, Congou 4/. 10s. to 51. per chest, Hysonskin 41. to 4/. 7s. 6d.; Coffee, Java, 6d. to 7d. per lb.; Tobacco, Barrett's Negrohead, ls. 10d. to 2s. per lb. THE DOGS OF AUSTRALIA.-A local act, to abate the nuisance of dogs, has been passed. The streets of Adelaide are infested by swarms of wretched mongrels, individually contemptible enough, but sometimes the cause of serious accidents by yelping at the heels of spirited horses, and causing them to bolt in affright. In the country districts (the bush) clogs, that have been left by their owners when . they l went tho diggings, have crossed with the native wild dog, and produced a bteed of ferocious animals, very destructive to the flocks of sheep now remaining half tended, and sometimes dAngerous even to mankind. The bill just passed is in tended to meet these evils, by authorising the summary destruction of every dog that is not registered by his master, and duly collared and numbered. DEATH OF THE COLONIAL TREASURER OF VICTORIA. -The Hon. the Colonial Treasurer of Victoria, Alastair Mackenzie, Esq., who has been for some time past la bouring under severe indisposition, expired y es t er day evening, at nine o'clock, at his residence, Collingwood, at the age of 48. He was the only son of General Mackenzie, of Inverness (Scotland).-MelbourneAkgus. THE CROPS.-At no period in the history of the colony was there ever such a prospect of a large and abundant harvest. The land under cultivation in 1850 was 64,728 acres, or at the rate of upwards of an acre for every man, woman, and child in the province. Since then, no re turns have been published by the Government, but the quantity of land under cultivation may be safely assumed on the two years at 331 per cent. increase. This would give between 80,000 and 90,000 acres at present under cultivation, and of this the proportion of wheat, and barley, and oats, would be fully two-thirds. THE COINAGE.-The Assay-office is issuing gold tokens, each containing 5 dwt. 15 grs. of gold, and valued at 20s. The tokens are, in fact, coins ; they are circular in form, and stamped on both sides. On the obverse they have a Royal crown and the date of the year ; on the reverse-the weight, the fineness, and the v a l ue o f th e piece are specified. The execution is very good ; and it is creditable to the colony that the dies were engraved, and the Machinery for striking the coins made, in Ade laide. Similar coins, of the value of 51. and Ss., respec tively, are in preparation. The latter will be of great service here, silver having almost altogether disappeared from circulation. MONEY MARKET.—The money market has scarcely varied since the last accounts. The increase of avail able capital, and the scarcity of openings for its invest ment, owing to the exorbitant price of labour, have pro duced no perceptible effect upon the value of money, excepting by raising the price of raw gold, which now brings 71s. per ounce. This is partly owing, however, to the prevalence of the conviction that a branch of the Royal Mint will soon be established either here or in one of the other Australian capitals. The quotations are :—Burras : last sales at 1231. cash, and continue buyers. Gold : 31. 11s. cash, firm ; buyers. Sovereigns : Bd. to 9d. each premium, buyers. Melbourne Bank notes Bd. to 9d. premium, buyers. Money : 10 per cent. on freeholds. 124 per cent, on other securities. Rates of freight : Adelaide to London or Liverpool, wool, id. to lid. per lb. ; copper, 50s. per ton ; copper ore, 50s. per ton ; bullion, per cent. ; Swansea, copper ore, 525. 6d. per ton ; India, copper, 20s. per ton ; Mel bourne, landed on wharf, 30s. to 355. ; Sydney, landed on wharf, 355. to 435. ; Swan River, nominal, subject to agreement. Port Wakefield to Swansea, copper ore, 525. 6d. per ton ; London or Liverpool, copper ore, 50s. per ton, with 5 per cent. primage. The rates for wool are merely nominal, no quantity of this season's clip being ready for shipment. NEws. - ---The desertion of seamen still con tinues, and is likely to continue. Of all classes in the community, the sailor is the most easily led away by excitement, and it is not wonderful to find that on their arrival here there is an almost immediate desire on their part to escape from their engagements. When the only inducement was a difference of 21. a month between Eng lish and colonial wages, it was with difficulty English ships kept their crews ; but now that the ordinary rate of seamen's wages in Sydney is 101. a month, it would be impossible, irrespective of the attraction of the gold fields, to keep sailors at work a t 21. 10 s ., w hich is th e usual English rate. It appears that at Sydney . the vessels lying in the harbour, quite deserted by their crews, comprised a tonnage of 31,735. In Hobson's Bay, Port Philip, there were vessels amounting to 45,305 tons ; at Adelaide, 8,422 tons ; and at Ring George's Sound, 800 tons--amounting in all to 86,262 tons, exclusive of coasting vessels. LABOUR.—The demand for labour is increasing, and employers are sadly put to their shifts. Shipwrights are getting 15s. a day, and as a natural consequence do not do two-thirds of a -day's work for their money. Labourers on wharves are paid Us. a day, and three glasses of grog. Printers have 12s. a day, and is. 6d. .an hour overtime. All descriptions of building me chanics in demand, but the great expense of building at present is from the price of materials. Quarrymen, brickmakers, sawyers, and rough hands of that class, are just the men who do well at the diggings : they can stand the bush privation, and handling a pick or shovel is T se H e E ond Tu n it at p to them lA.—The love of racing seems to be as great in Australia as it is in the mother country, and most of the papers contain long sporting programmes of some sort or other. The entries for the chief stakes, however,-appeared to be restricted to horses bred in the colony. THEATRICALS.—Theatricals of every description ap pear to be in a most flourishing condition. Every town or district has its theatre ; while the capitals of the three colonies, in addition to the theatres, boast of several musical societies, besides a troupe of equestrian per formers. DENS OF INFAMY.—Representations have been made to us that gambling and other dens of the worst charac ter have latterly sprung up in neighbourhoods hitherto free from such nuisances. We have no doubt this inti mation will be sufficient to put the police on the alert, and act up to the instruction s of the Mayor, which are not merely to arrest the propriet ors o f the establishments, b Royal whom Mail they l m a y find on the premises. THE AUSTRALIAN'S MAIL.—ST iI tIII Packet Australian, e mail from London, brought v gh e t r the consisted of nineteen leathern bags of th e l arges t s i ze, being just as much as Mr. Liardet's ho r ses cou ld p u ll y up from the beach on the two drags. Thi s was pro b a bl y r ue person the largest mail that has ever been delivered at the Post office ; although mails twice that size have frequently been dispatched thence for London. —Melbourne Argus. BUILDING SOCIETIES. — The system of building so cieties is making rapid way in Australia. We learn from the Melbourne Argus that at one meeting of the Melbourne Building Society, the receipts of the evening amounted to 2151. 19s. 4d. Eleven shares were also sold, at the following premiums, six at 161. ls. 6d., and five at 151. 10s. 6d. B a a s s u e s a s b m st e ra nt e t on the of this pr ov i nce f or expenditure z t t ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDIT URE. Thrsldic ay rec puubC: pvtesr n andn ent Gct the quarter ended 30th June la s t , from Which w e p resen t the following compendium : The ordinary revenue for the quarter derived from import duties, rents of Govern me nt wharf and b on d e d stock,store, licences, postage, d fie p n a es s , turin forf gcertificates, eitures, c in f fees of court, and fees of office, together with sundry reimbursements, mis cellaneous receipts, and interest, &c., amounted to 24,9581. 13s. 10d. ; and the total of ordinary expendi ture being 11,9341. 19s. id., th ere remains a surplus o f 13,0231. 14s. 9d. • But upon this is chargeable the cost of the following establishments : The Lieutenant-Governor, '5 O Ol. ; Supreme Court, 6871. 12s. ; law offices, 2391. 10s. ; colonial secretary, 4241. is. 6d. ; colonial treasurer, 2351. Bs. id. ; audi tor-general, 2501. 4s. ; total, 2,3361. 15s. 7d., leaving a nett available surplus of 10,6861. 19s. 2d. The land fund revenue for the quarter amounted to 13,2201. 11s. Id. ; and the total expenditure being 3,6181. 7s. Bd., there is a nett surplus of 9,602/. 38. sd. available for immigration expenditure. The quarterly abstract of revenue and expenditure of the Colonial Government of South Australia, arising out of the discovery of the gold fields of Victoria, is also satisfactory. The charges at the Gold Assay and Smelting-office, and the gold escort dues, amounted to 4,305/. 115..1d. ; and the total expenditure for the Assay office establishment, escort, and bullion departments, and that of the Assistant Gold Commissioner, resident in the colony of Victoria, being 3,2321. 14s. 5d., th ere was a surplus of 1,071/. 16 s. Bd. available to the subse quent extension of this self-supporting branch of the public service. We cannot close our notice of this very satisfactory financial condition without expressing our regret that we have not the opportunity upon this occasion of review ing the accounts of the quarter lately ended, which are likely to present materials for a still more satisfactory statement. The customs receipts are known to have been very large ; and judging from the land sales already .published, and statements as to the private contract sales of land by the Government during the past month, our impression is that the total amount realised by sales of public lands during the quarter ended September 80, will not be short of 30x000/. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN INIG, JANUARY 13, 1853. THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD DIGGINGS. The steamer Australian, though anticipated by the Marco Polo has brought a mass of interesting and important intelligence from the Gold Colonies. Its leading feature is the continued and increased prosperity of all the fields. Since the return of spring—that is to say, e ver since autumn commenced in England—the New South Wales' mines have exhibited symptoms of activity and success. On the Turon a field known as Church-hill has been opened, with the promise of a large yield. Many mining parties are known to make as much as 15 ounces per day. On the Mountain River Creek, five miles west of Mulgunia, another new field is being worked with the best result. At Tambaroora the men at work are doing wonders. There are about 600 of them who, in one fortnight, obtained 3,000 ounces of gold. This is at the rate of 15 ounces per man. "In many instances , " says a cor respondent of the Sydney Morning Herald, " a single dish of earth yields half an ounce of gold ;" and at one particular spot in that locality three men took 20 ounces in one day. Accounts of such large yields, to be complete, must have a seasoning of nuggets also. A twelve-ounce nugget has been found at Bald Ridge, on the Dirt-hole Road, and a great many nuggets, of the respective weights of from seven to 14 ounces, are reported from the new gold field of Bingara. Mr. Commissioner Bligh, who has again visited Bingara, states in his report that he had the " greatest confidence in the productiveness of the Bingara mines," adding that no gold field has ever been opened by so small a number of adventurers with such uniform success. What that " success" must be like is shown by the fact that diggers have been known to complain of ill-luck after having gained two ounces before din ner by merely scratching the ground ; for as yet deep sinking is entirely unknown at Bingara. The diggers are all " surfacing," and yet they are all doing well. The Hanging Rock. diggings on the Peel River are in good report, not only on account of their large yields, but also because the country is said to to be exquisitely beautiful. " Never, perhaps," says a correspondent of the Sydney Empiro, did men pursue their daily toil in such delightful and beautiful workshops as these ravines, where the dark foliage of the oak, the rugged and fantastic piles of rock, and the numerous cascades combine to form pleasant pictures." Unfortunately the sojourners in this Eden are addicted to shocking habits of intemperance ; they " gain largely and spend freely," as they say in the gold colonies, and the consequence is that the attractions of the richest fields—such as the Hanging Rock, for in stance—are marred by disgusting scenes of riot, debauchery, and drunkenness. The New South Wales' gold companies have received an addition to their number. A native association has issued a prospectus of a plan for working a certain quartz vein on the Lower Turon. The Turon. Golden Ridge Quartz Crushing Company have engaged a Brazilian miner to report upon their claim, but in anticipation of this gentleman's report they have tested their quartz at Sydney. The results are truly startling. Four ounces of quartz—thus it is literally stated in Mr. Lloyd's Sydney Gold Circular—yielded 12 dwts. of gold, or at the rate of 1,2001. sterling per ton. Another specimen of quartz, "in which no gold whatever was visible," was tried by another assayer, and produced at the rate of " 152 ounces of gold per ton of quartz ;" and a gentleman who returned from the company's claim in September, stated that there were hun dreds of tons of quartz which were at least equally rich. If these statements be substantially correct the Great Nugget Vein will be shamed into utter nothingness, for the " scientific of Sydney" valued the nugget vein quartz only at 1161. per ton. The people of New South Wales, who live in a state of amicable rivalry with the golddiggers of Victoria, exult in the continued prosperity of their own fields and the brilliant future which is opening for their companies ; and they protest on every occasion that the yield of gold per man in New South Wales is greater than the yield of gold per man in Vic toria. Certain it is, although the mining popula tion• of the former colony has never at any time been large, that gold to the value of 2,209,345/. sterling has been shipped from New South Wales since the first discovery of that precious metal. In one respect the gold fields of New South Wales are certainly inferior to those of Victoria. The Victoria gold is fine and pure. The Sydney brokers acknowledge this much, by paying a small advance on the metal imported from the rival colony. The New South Wales' gold sells at 3/. 7s. 6d. per ounce ; the Victoria fields, Mount Alexander, Bendigo, and Ballarat sell their' yields at 3/. 10s. 9d., even at Sidney. The Victoria accounts, too, are great in figures. But then it must be recollected that there are not less than 100,000 people employed in gold digging in the province of Victoria. Nevertheless, there is somewhat imposing in the fact that from the 3d to the 26th of September last the yield of Mount Alexander and Ballarat amounted to 366,193 ounces. The average yield of a week is 80,000 ounces, which, at 70s. an ounce, re - presents an annual yield of 14,560,0001. sterling —that is to say, if the productiveness of the goldfields remains what it was in July, August, increasingtnugget and September last. There is of c o u rse no s i gn o f any falling off; on the c on t rar y, th e yi e ld h as b een f r w o as m ofd month found. ggers The weeklynt h e ver y sinceed,saysthe the Melbou rne A rgus "i s constantly increasing. So is firsth enumber Still, the paper . from which we quo t e ca l cu l ates that a Persevering digger can easily procure an ounce a week. On the same authority we state that the digger h spends half an roauntecoef half forhi a s noee living, leavesw pe h r ic l h veek. T h h a i t m t p e r r o e fi a ts re at ia t r h ge e finds, too, that som e are unsuccessful while others dig out a fortune in a week, has been mentioned in former reports, and is again incontestably proved by at th Mountelatest adAlviexcaens.derl,npiScekpetdemoubt a nobleer,acertasoilinddlyeegeer, about nine pounds of pure gold, besides a great quantity of smaller nuggets around it. The value of the " find" was from 8001. to 1,0001. Another man found between nine and ten pounds of gold imbedded in the pipeclay. A party of miners at Bendigo, obtained in a day 208 ounces, and this yield " increased as the party got further into the dip of the rock." The Daisy-hill Diggings, though the operations have as yet been confined to surface washing, were daily gaining in public favour. At Reid's Creek, near the Oven's River, 180 miles north-east of Melbourne, two men are reported as having picked up 17i ounces in one day. These two men computed their earnings generally at eight ounces per day. The Melbourne Argus, in giving these particulars, asserts that facts like these must convince even the most cautious of the capa bilities of the Victoria gold fields, and it hints that he would be a bold man who would dare to compare the yields of New South Wales with the inexhaus tible treasures of Mount Alexander, Ballarat, the Eureka, and Bendigo. In spite of the large number of emigrants from all parts of the world who reached the colonies in Aug. and Sept., the cry for labour was as loud as ever. But it ought to be remarked that in this respect New South Wales is in a more favourable position ; - wages at Sydney are exactly one-half of what they are at Melbourne. The quotations of the labour mar ket have already been given in a former report. It appears, however, that even at the exorbitant rates *hich are freely given all trades and professions are languishing for want of manual labour. Money cannot buy it. The Melbourne papers change their correspondents almost every month. Journalism is beaten out of the field by the superior attraction of gold digging, and even of dray driving. Several gentlemen who reported for the Melbourne Argus are, it is stated, on the road " driving drays," for that it appears is the more lucrative profession. How the journals which reach us in due order, and in such mighty file, are brought out, is an inscru table mystery. Compositors and pressmen are not to be had, even for the high wages which that species of labour commands in the gold colonies. " It has come to the worst," says the Argus in one of its last numbers, " the editor is left alone this morning to bring out the paper with his own hands." Australia is the land of marvels, for that particular number of the journal was brought out, and very creditably too. FACTS AND SCRAPS PROM AUSTRALIA. ESTABLISHMENT OF A MINT AT ADELAIDE, &c.—The Council has voted addresses to the Queen, praying for the establishment of a branch of the Royal Mint in this province. It has also addressed the Governor in favour of a measure making gold tokens, of an uniform value, a legal tender, and his Excellency has consented to intro duce an act to that effect. Tokens of 1/. value have al ready been struck off.at the Assay-office, and will be issued so soon as they are constituted a legal tender. The machinery in the establishment referred to is calcu lated to strike off 10,000 tokens a day. RELATIVE PRICES IN ADELAIDE OF BANS BILLS ON LONDON.-1850—In September, October, November, and December, the premium was 1 per cent. 1851—In January, February, November, and December, the pre mium was 1 per ce n t. ; i n March, April, May, June, July, August, September, and October, the premium was 14 per cent. 1852—1 n January the premium was 1§ per cent.; in February bills were issued at 3 per cent. discount ; in March at 41 to 6 per cent. ; in April at 6 to 44; in May and June at in July at 5t03/ • in 31 ; August at 5 t o 34 ; and in the present month bills' on London are issued at 31 to 4i per cent. discount. SALE OF LAND. —The South Australian Register of September, says---the returns of land sales for the quarter ended September 30, will not be completed until the 7th instant, but the amount will, in all probabilitir,,exceed 30,0001. The auction sales on the 23d and 30th Sept., averaged 11. 17s. 3d. per acre , being 17s. 3d. per acre above the upset price. The allotments of land sold at THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Aberdeen . Ambg. Nottng. Best. Eastn. Junc....... Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey......... Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct...... Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons.... Do., Bristol & Exeter...... Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Dublin&Belfast June. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ....... East Anglian (.£25 L. & E. dz L. & D.)..... Do., (£lB E. & H.).. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do., B. di 6. : . ...... .. East Lancashire ...... East dr West Ind. Dk. & Birming. June.... Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb.Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk.. Do., A. Stock Do., B. 5t0ck...... Great Southern and Western (Ireland).. Great Western........ Irish South-Easters. Lancaster & Carlisle.. Do., Third 5....... ..... Laneash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & So athpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright. & S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths • Do. ,10/.5h.,34.303...0 London & S. Western Do Landru.d/Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.&Lincln. Do., Man. & Lin. Un. d Miand . . ....... Do. Birming.& . berby Midland G.West.(lr.) Do. i Shares Newcastle & Carlisle.. Nevi Newpt.AbergliHtfd Newry dr Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint do Rostrevor N0rf01k...... ....... Do., New ......... Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred ... Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. & S.Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union .. Do., A. B. C. &D. fully paid up at p. c South Devon South Ea5tern....... .. South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dtin Do Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Rai1way......... Vale of Neath ...... ... Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriek West Cornwall.. West London. Woodford ..... York Newctl. & Berw. Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. PREFERENI Aberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. C... Bristol & Exeter 4 p. cent. Stock ..... Do. 4 p. c. Shares .. Caledonian £lO ..... Chester • & Holyhead Guar. si per cent... Cork &Bandon 5i P.C. Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction....... EastA nglian (23105) 6 per cent ' Do. (25) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. ct 1 Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2.... ••• ••• Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do., £lO Deben. Sh EastLancash. 6 p. ctn. Ea.st&WestYorkshire Junction, Fifths Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. sp. c Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. pram Gt. Southn. &Westn (Ireland) Eighths Gt. • Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Great Western, fixed 4 per cent..... ILanCash. & Yorksh.,' F. £2O. IDo., 6 p. c., Stock... Leeds Northern, 6 p. cent., No. 1 ......... I Do., No. 2.. Do., No. 3 Do. , Quarters, 1848. London and:Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... Do. P 185 - f 2 . .. . .t . 5p cS . Do. Convertible, sp. c., 185 2 .. . . .. ..... . Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. Lon. & N. West. Cov. & Nun., 5 p. c. Stock. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color Shares Londndry. & Ennisk. Shares. ffanch.,Shef., &Lin. Shares, No. 1...... Do. Nevr:lo.: Do 26 Marypt.6tCarl. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do.. Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do.'Consol. Bristol dt Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4} per cent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 5i per et Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c. Do.. Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon. Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. DO. 4i per cent S. Yorksh.4p. c. Gnar Stock.& Hartl. Guar sp.c.till 1 Ju1y,1856 Waterfd. &Kilk.6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pref Do York& N. Midland H & S. Parch JOINT-STOi lAiistmlasia British N. American Colonial [Commercial of Lon. don English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. al Australia London and County London Joint Stock & Westminster National Prov. of Eng. Do. New National of Ireland Oriental Bank of Corporation. Do. New Provircial of Ireland Do. New Royal Anstraln.Bkg & Gold Importing, Company South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Baldness done this day. 30i !I 6 i i 1081 67 XlO7l ' 1123 t I 291 47 79 j i 9 pm. 80i f3O pm. 14i Closing Prices Yesterday. 304 - 31 - 7 10 - 11 6i 6 d 22 -- 224 3 -- 21 a 107 --109, 67 -67 A 23 236 17A -- 18 3 -24 d 8i -9, - 6 14 - 9 - 10 7i - 8 754 - 76, 55 - 60 76 - 78 28 29 6 7 1 9 i 7 - 7 POi 41 - 43 120 - 122 , 105 -- 107 93 6 1-- 93i 1-- 7 88 -- 90 11i 121 p 83 -83 i 31 -- 3gd 2 -- 2id 16 —l7 l ' 9 91 11 2 p 107 -108 i 123 -- 123 i 3 4 p 1 —1 p 91 92 5 • 4 d 4 —3 d 11 12 19 20 29 30 3 3 d 79 79 46 48 51 -- 52 4 -- 34 d 21 —2l 55 57 8 -- 8i 21 --d 3§A 9A 631 ----23 64 d 2A.— d 4- 3 d 8 9 3 —4i p 51 52 96 98 64 - 65 65 67 75 - 80 19 - 20 9 - 10 14 - 15 3i - 2i 22 -23 i 81 - 82 381 13 - 13 3 4 - 2i 2$ 13i -- 14 9i -- 10 27 -- 28 9i -- 10 71 -- 72 7 -- 7d 2 -- 2id 58 -- 59' E SHARES, ••• ...... 1109 -•- II: iiii --- iosl 19 20 id —ip 6 - 64 3$ - 311 3 1 7= 4 1 11 - 1 p 14 - 18 - 184 j, - g 16'6 -__-.le 1112 114 at 9 1 -161, 1 1091 - 114 par p 152 154 •.• - p --43 8 - 84 13i - 13 1 9 - 10 11 -11 i P 1 -li p 150 -- 152 23 i3i P 6 -- 64, 2 - 2i 101 - 102 25i - 26 2 ' 2j 11 - 11 17 .1n p 16 —17 i Par — a . 26 —26 i 19 - 20 id par 103 105 - 51 I - i BANKS 11 - lA 2i - 38 • •. .".• ... 48 - 72 - 74 8 i - RA LWAYS. B afford and Ble tehley Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee Do. without gr Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do. wthtguar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6p. cent ' Glstr.&Dn:Fr. Glas. Barr. & Neilsn.Direct Do. New. Hrtlpl. Dk. di Railway__ Hull & Do. Shares. Do. i Shares. Lon.& Greenw D o . Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per et... Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar IMidld.Bludfd. Northern and Eastern 4. c. Do. 6 per ct.. Do. Fixed sp. c' Prest.. 6i Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn.&llit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do i Wilts &Somrstl RAIIWATB. Agna Fria Anglo Californian ... Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co General Golden Mountain.., Great Polgooth . Lake Bathurst Liberty Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita ........ Mexican&S.Americn New Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymme Iron Santiago de Cuba South Australian..,, Tin Croft ...... United Mexican Waller . West Mariposa Yuba Closing Prices Yesterday. 30 - 31 294 - 303 30 - 31 29 - 30 109 - in 54 56 L4B - 150 33 - 34 113 114 56 -- 57 27 -- 28 14 -- 14 25i -- 26 19i -- 20 24 -- 26 3 - 31 1074 64 -- 66 ._ p m 152 - 154 1 152 - 154 i — 4; d 31 33 - 1056 - 106; 1 -- 2 13i -14 i l i p 2 ld 6f —6 2 t pin p Paz' — P 1 —ljp 1.1 8 - 10 p 2i- •.• -- ••• gi - 8 74 34 - 34. 141 - 154 iii :: iiip 38 - 40 38i -39 i 31 - 314 - P 20 - 204 - 10 3 i - i -- ipxn 5 -- 53 d-- par 10 -104 p 131 30i 31 3 10 4i 4 1 41 i 1 R i lii a Btraines3 this day. Business done this day. FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterclam BelgianEastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara (Dijon and Besangon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junet. of 3' ante Gt.Westernof Canada Shares Do. Bds. (Ist i55.)1857 Do. Bds. (2d i55.)1862 Luxembourg.. _ _ Do„ (Railway) , Do. Do. (Canal).. Lyons & Mediterran Madras 'Maria Antonia Do. Now Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 20e. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Orleans & Bordeaux Paris and Lyons Do. Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Com & Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Southern of France St. And. & Quebec(A) Tours and Nantes Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5i per c. Pref.... Western of France... West. of Switzerland Closing Prices Yesterday. 1 1 P P 4 p 7 p p p par p Par p p 8 10 4 - 5 2 - 2i 29 - 30 41 -42 i 3t - 3ip 7 - 74 li 1 d d— A (1 P d par, 101 # •-• r - 4 - lAp lfi - lip - 26h -- 27 i 6 - 7 - i P 12 MISCE: 'Australian Agricult Canada Crystal Palace ... Eastern Steam... Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Netherlands Land.... Peninsular & Oriental Do. Do. CrystPalace of France Royal Mail Steam ... South Austral. Land Univeral Emigration and Colonization.... Van Diemen's Land Submar. Telegraph .. 8 - 8 1 -7 P - i P LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jan. 13.—Wind at Noon, S.W., light breeze, and fine clear dry weather. DEAL, Jan. 12.—Wind, S.W. by NV., blowing hard. Arrived—Charlotte Hage, Rio Janeiro, for Copenhagen. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 12.—Wind, W. Arrived—North At• lantic, New Orleans ; Calcutta, do. ; Indian, Monte Video ; Wm. V. Kent, New Orleans ; Queen of the West, New York. Sailed—Arctic (s), New York. The Provin cialist of Londonderry was fallen in with on the 23d of December, in lat. 36 N., long. 51 W., with the signal, " I require immediate assistance," at the gaff end, and the ensign down at the main— by the Walton, arrived here on the 10th inst. from St. Domingo, which hailed her several times, but receiving no answer, considered that she had been recently abandoned, the ship being without either long boat or quarter boats, and the main and mizen top sails double-reefed and aback ; she was very buoyant and easy, and not shipping water. Mem.—The Provincialist sailed from Philadelphia for this port about the 4th of December, and was erroneously reported to have arrived here on the 10th instant. QUEENBTOWN, Jan. 11.—Wind, W. Arrived—Charles Holmes, Liverpool for New York, leaky, &c. GRIMSBY, Jan. 12.—The Bealah has been got off shore. The Ann Moore, of and from Shields, has been towed in here, with bows stove and loss of bowsprit, &c., from con tact with a brig. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 12.—Put back—Sea Queen, Hong Kong. STROMNESS.—Arrived—Laurel, London for Shields, &c. _ .• PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 12.—1 t has blown a gale all day, and continues at W.S.W. HARWICH, Jan. 12.—The Albion of Newcastle has been assisted in here leaky, having strack on the Gunfleet Sand. CLYDE.—Sailed—Gartsherrie, Demerara. DUBLIN, Jan. 11.—The Leonora, Chester for Llanellv, and a screw steamer, supposed to be the Pearl, Were I n contact last night, and the former received damage. BRIDPORT, Jan. 12.—The Honora was run down by the Emigrant, arrived at Mobile ; five of crew Rav e d ; master drowned. PWLLHILL, Jan. 12. A. raThe Glenaeron of be been got off shore. VOll has LIMERICK, Jan. n.--The Mangohas been g o t off shore leaky. THE FINE ARTS AND THE " ART-JOURNAL."—ThRS, then, the first great step has at length been taken t to place the Ails of Great Britain, on a sure, lasting, and extended foundation; and while we congratulate the country on the State -recognition of their necessities, we may, without arrogance, assume that, in a variety of ways, the columns of the Art Journal have largely con tributed to this result. There are many in Parliament who know and feel this, and who have not been slow to acknowledge it out of the house, though they have refrained from making mention of it within. For four teen years we have been labouring to rouse the country ltin to a sense of its requirements ; our Journal, circul a tin g to g its thousands monthly from one end of the kingd o m u __ the other, and in channels where its influence cn ss l i d on no of t fail of being effective, has hitherto fulfilled its be respected, advancing the Arts, of causing them well-being o f the and regarded as necessary to the ll country. Our primary aim wa l s one o f w no i i n t f i e s rig u rn as l a gi ride that nitude ; we have reason to fee be fallen to our lot. Much, very 7 abate one iota w long and so accomplished amid so many dmiPsucocuhr,aygeenit reeninhtsitasnisvetollean done, and our zeal shall; we i h . ave se b co ee n n d s R e ° port of the serve closely th i e de c n au t g ed w . i_th A ty ournao g)gal Commission. I R i 75 79 40 120 105 i 93 21 13 i 72 1 124 12i 2Q 20 20 17 20 20 20 20 20 33A 10 20 30 20 1. 40 50 90 1 10 1 28i 100 100 5 20 1511 231 Leasing Compans. London di' N. West, Gt.Westa Do L. N.W. Caledon Gt.Notrhn Gt. Westn. lealedon IDo Yk. New. & Berw YAN.Md Do Do S. Eastern Do E. Count Do Do L. dz/S . W diLn& Yk Do LINES LEASED AT FIXRD RENTALS- Norfolk Do Ln. &N. W & Midld Stckton dr Darlingt. Midland Gt.Northn Do Lancash.& Yorksh MrMClean • Stoat. & Darling , Do Gt.Westn 1257 62 60 65 63 GO _ - EOI7S ;60 - 270 - ... • G 5 - Gi 16 149,1 cx new pm. x. n 1. 1 1 2 1i 24- 1 1 64 6i 1 11 ii 1 la 4 2 q 3 21 i i LITEBAT U R R. The Pcirsis ;or Modern Zerdusthians. A Sketch. By Henry George Briggs, author of " The Cities, of Jugarashtra. Oliver and Boyd. An interesting account of the present condi. tion of the children of Iran—the fire-worshippers-- endeared to the lovers of Moore, by his noble po x _ trait of Hafed. Ireland : An Inquiry into the Social Condition of the Country, with Suggestions for its Improve. meat. By Daniel Keshan. Chapman. A little work, well worthy of attention, in which, among other things, the further formation of rail ways, and the development of all means for exer cising Irish industry, are justly set forth as the principal means for promoting the prosperity of Ireland. The Prize Treatise on the Fine Arts Section of the Great Exhibition of 1851, submitted to the So ciety of Arts in competition for their Medal. By Henry Weeks, A.R.A. Vizetelly. Although published so late in the day, this being the Prize Treatise on the Fine Arts of the Exhibi tion, will be perused with interest by many. In the course of his obs erva ti ons, the author justly remarks that in the present day, having printing to help us to spread knowl e d ge , we are apt to un deriate the influence of painting and sculpt ure i n former ages in educating th e people. By their ministry the beautiful incidents of Ch r i s ti an i ty were ► imprinted indelibly in the hearts of the people ; and in still earlier times, amid the horrors of Paganism, Art was even then the handmaid of virtue. In the 'delineation of Silenus and the Satyrs w as verified the truth that the indulgence of sensuality levelled men with the beasts of the field. In these and many other of his reflections, Mr. Weeks h a s f u ll y justified the choice of the awarders of the prize. Freedom and Independence for the Gold Lands of Australia. By J. Dunmore Lang, D.D., A.M. Longmans. Dr. Lang, who was recently one of the Represen, tatives of the city of Sydney in the Legislative Council of New South Wales, has just published a comprehensive history of that country, to which work we shall take an early opportunity of referring; and, in addition to that labour, he has in the volume before us, which has been evidently a labour of love, set forth in very logical reasoning and very eloquent terms the right of our colonies to inde pendence—enforcing his plea by the example of a child arrived at years of maturity being exempted from parental control. We commend the volume very earnestly to the public attention. Its justice will be admitted by the majority ; but the conclu sion of that majority will, in all probability, be that the time for Australian independence is not yet come—the child is not yet able to dispense with. the parent's protection. The Gold Discoveries and their Probable Conse quences. By Patrick James Stirling, F.R.S.E., author of " Philosophy of Trade." Oliver and Boyd. This work being " an inquiry into the laws which determine the value and the distribution of the precious metals, with historical notices of the effects of the American mines on European prices, in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth cen-e turies," will be especially welcome to the political economist and those interested in the currency question. To all, it will prove more or less attrac tive, seeing that all are concerned in the results to which it alludes. Mr. Stirling considers that, " should gold continue to be supplied to us for a. few years longer, at the present unparalleled rate, it seems impossible to doubt that the consequence will be a great social and commercial revolution— a disturbance of the relations and distribution of property—not unlike what took place in England in the reign of Elizabeth. Six years ago, the annual produce of gold and silver did not much exceed twelve millions sterling ; last year it was twenty-seven ; now it is forty." The Chemistry of Gold. Orr and Co. The new number of "Readings in Popular Literature " is the " Gold-Seeker's Chemical Guide," which treats of the chemistry of gold, with modes of mining, washing, and assaying gold ores, and gives hints for distinguishing them from similar substances found in connexion with them. This little volume is by J. Scoffern, M. 8., and is illustrated most profusely with engravings of the various fossils and other matters which it describes. Letters from ire/and. By Harriet Martineau. John Chapman. ___ _ These letters were originally published in the Daily News, and are now reprinted in a compact form. They give an interesting account of the in cidents of a visit to Ireland, as they presented themselves to Miss Harriet M ar ti neau, t oget h er with that lady's opinions on the subject of Ireland. Parker's Discourses on Religion. John Chapman. This is the last volume of Mr. Chapman's " Ca tholic (or universal) Series," in which he has pub lished many American and German works on theology by men of different creeds, but works many of them worthy of attention. The present volume contains some discourses by Theodore Parker, minister of the second church in Roxburg, Massachusetts. In the conclusion of this work are some remarks on practical Christianity, which might with advantage be considered by many Christians ; among whom, however, the author, we fear, cannot be numbered, although so fully alive to the moral beauty of Christianity. Magic and Witchcraft. Chapman and Hall's " Reading for Travellers " gives us this month a sketch of some of the curiosi ties of Diablerie, the history of which is yet to be written. The author justly remarks, that " a grand error, and such alone as can at any time essen tially affect the opinions of mankind in general, is ever the imitation or caricature of some grand truth." The Musical Bouquet. Sheard, High Holborn. We rarely notice cheap musical periodicals —the printing and getting up being generally of the kind not acceptable in drawing-rooms ; but a volume of the Musical Bouquet has acci dentally come under our notice, and we are so pleased with its contents in every way, that we feel bound to cordially recommend it to our musical readers. The printing is not in, the unsightly type usually adopted in this order of publications, but of first-class character in its appearance, and the paper is better than much that we have turned over even in full - priced . The compositions selected are sterling and popular, including old and new masters—Mozart, Beethoven, Calcott, Arne, Weber, Meyerbeer, Donizetti, a n d others, down to Henry Russell—are faithfully g i ven . and we can heartily recommend this cheap mus i ca l periodical to all who wish for sterling productions at a very moderate cost. SURRENDER OF A MIIRD ERER.--In the Sun, of th Thorn laseyh, atgthbeeepnoilimce implicated teSdtainly4a committed in 1847. The P substan ce 4th instant, appeared an account of the surrender of e murderbmr ai bridge, gnamed;w nearh whi c h c ß h o wb Manchester,ea r s t of his statement was, that he had impr oper inti macy with the wife of a m an named James Broo ks at Godley, near Hyde, and that he procur e dt her e some arsenic, at . sudde r nl y, to a h n e d r husba nd in her snm e re p q u u d e din st, g w . hi ß ch rnn s k he s d a i d ed body, and the jury decided that he had, of a hurt in the head which he had , a w c h ol o li m er ar . rd w ei a ce s dei h vfr e en l d d mw o th n hee tli ne e viiffeocrkting this statement, the Nvom as an mar ried the stren gth after the murder w body weregthsooenf exhumed, arrested. The rema ns of Brook's _ and examined by Mr. Alcock, surgeon ; but a s he was unable to detect the presence Poison, the accused was discharged. B u t M r . Al coc k . subsequently _analysed another p or ti on o f th e rema i ns that was less decayed, and he then found arsenic in large quantities. This discovery was communicated to Mr. Little, the high constable, who ordered the woman to be again apprehended ; and on Saturday last Mr. Little took a portion of the remains to Mr. Crace Calvert, pro fessor of chemistry in Manchester, for that gentleman to analyse. Thornley and his wife were examined before the magistrates on Monday last, but were remand e d nn _. order to give time for the production of further evi d ee distin- THE FORCE OF IMAGINATION.—BuckIand, th e secting guished geologist, one day gave a dinner, after d ma ny of the a Mississipi alligator, having asked a goo d him H is most distinguished of his classes to dine with good style and house and all his establishment were .1 r table looked The dinne taste. His guests congregat ed. and plate, and the meal splendidly, with g lass, china, a ~ n o w do you like commenced with excellent sou. having finished his the soup ?" asked the docto r, ale our mand of the day. own plate, addressing a faro red the other ; " turtle is it v ery good, indeed , W ang I do not find any green fat." not ? I only ask bec ause I of a musky ,‘ I think it has som ew h at 'The doctor shook sa id another : " not unplea san t b ut peculiar." A tastii,, hi s hea a ' llig a t or s have," replied B uc kl an d ; cu li ar ly so. The fellow whom I dis e ca yman pe • g, a,nd whom you have just been eat sected this mornin general routof " There was a the whole guests. in -- turned pale. Half-a-dozen started up from Every one the t a ble. Two or three ran out o f th e room, and only those w ho had stout stomach s rema i ned to the close of an excellent entertainment. " See what imagination is" said Buckland. "If I told them it was turtle, or terra pin, or birds'-nest soup, salt water amphilia or fresh, or the gluten of a fish from the maw of a sea bird, they would have pronounced it excellent, and their digestion been none the worse. Such is prejudice." "But was it really an aligator ?" asked a laxly. "As good a calf's head as ever wore a coronet," answered Buckland.— Anecdotea of Professor Buckland. i 50 50 50 25 St.; St. St. St., St. '5O 40 25 25 15 50 St. 16 16 20 20 10 St. St. St., 64 20 20 12i St. all all 8i 100 100 10 25 10 1.0.1 4.0 100 100 100 100 18f 100 100 all all 45 all all 113 100 11,i all all all 3 100 100 100 all 3i 100 13 6i all 100 100 100 100 100 20 10 100 all all 25 20 20 10 20 35 x. d. 11i 100 100 181 all all 13.5 all 15 all all all all all all