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 250,00 r. 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. Villain de St. Hilaire, author of the verses, "Dieu nous I'a reiidu," 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. Gesso 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 fig ure of France dis tributing crowns to the national glories. 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 s y m bolising the productions of science, art, and agriculture. Different public buildings have been mentioned a s 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 Delorme 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 Musses 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 Poistonniere. 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 corn- Plaints of overcharge are to be presented before the 10th of April. If the reduction demanded exceed 3 0fr., 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 ses 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 lie 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 Calvi6res, ex deputy for Alais, whose resignatio ns i n comp liancef with the Frohsdorf manifesto noticed at the time, the Government wishes to put up what it terms " candidates of conciliation," which of cou rse 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 fall 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 Zlysee. 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 be 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 es 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, Arc., will take the general titles of 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, Referen &,ry of th e C our t s o f A ccoun t s; M. Thiac, notary; and M. Roy, I nspec t or o f Fi nances, to arrange ge the division of the credit allowed for settling the creditors of M ons i gnor Dupuch, Ex_ B 9 i g s h o w i p t o h f Algiers. The consulting railway commission is now defi nitively constituted. It will have to give an opinion on all subj ec ts relating to railway., and t o classify the various lines to be conceded into Ist, import ance . according to th e i r 2d, and 3d classes , The commission has at p resent to e xamine a consi derable number of aillications sent in for conces iu to not less than 70. sions, amornting The Courtier du. Gard states that the Minister of Police has written to th e Inspector-General. of ill P olice at Montpellier, declaring that pardons wbe accorded to all persons condemned by default f or political offences, who may send in their adhesion to the Government. The Courrier du Havre states that orders have been sent from Cherbourg to all the ports_ not to send any more sailors to that division for the man ning of the fleet, a sufficient nu mber for the mo ment having already arrived. PARIS BOURSE Jan. 12.—The decline in pub lic 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. 10 c. , for the end of the month • Orleans Railway Shares, I,olof. ; R oue n, 995 f. ; Havre, 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 Medit erranean , 742 f. 50 c . ; G rea t Western, 670 f. ; St. Dizier and Gray, 520 f. ; Caen and Cher bourg, 628 f, 75c. ; Dijon and Besancon, 530 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 587 f. 50c.- ' • Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier (issued at 500 f.), 800 f. SPAIN. We have received Madrid journals of the 7th. Some of them publish the address to the electors of the Moderate committee. It is by no means a re markable document, and a private letter states that it did not appear to have produced much ef fect. The committee recommend s th e e l ec t ors t o make the same choice of deputies fo r th e C or t es 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 Government will be such as to satisfy the friends of constitutional li berty. The committee ad ds that it expects t h e Government will 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 42a ; the New Three per Cents. at 231 ; the Debt of the first class at 10g, and that of the second at 511. 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 florins. The transit duties yielded 82,3701, which were 12,6981 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 Monarohy 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 Siecle," have been seized in Ba varia, in consequence of a passage relative to that kingdom. The translations in which this passage is omitted are allowed to be sold freely. MONTENEGRO. The Montenegrins have left Szabljak, after hav ing demolished the fortifications. The Turks, fear ing that the place was undermined, did not at first venture to enter. Two of Prince Daniel's relations are dangerously wounded. The Pasha of Scutari has assumed the offensive, and Omar Pasha (the Commander-in-Chief) is advancing towards the mountains. The foregoing is taken from the °est- Correspondenz, and is probably correct. The Trieste Zeitunj says that 1,000 Montenegrine s are still in Szabljak, and that a sanguinary battle had taken place, in which the Turks were " mercilessly cut to pieces." SWITZERLAND. The Basle Gazette of the 10th inst. contains the following :—" We lately announced that the Aus trian Government hael.addressed a remonstrance to the 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." The Zurich Gazette of the Bth publishes the fol lowing notice of the Consul of Saxony in Switzer land :—" The ordinance of the Saxon Governmeni,, 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 the total 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 be con structed to . facilitate operations. The pri ces 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 3 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 Marre 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 25,568,881 lbs. in 1851, and 23,000,875 lbs. in 1850. The quota tions varied, according to quality, from 3 doh. 10c. to 5 dots. 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 HAVANNAH. Intelli g th ex e l i ce h l e v r a m s on the North Cospatrick Bailli e H am ilton, serving a y j p e s e t e t y r , d a s y e h r i p e c ei v e Vestal,d at 26 t , h e c a A p d t: n Am ah e o fi n ca th an e dlOWthesotf I D a d i e e e e s m s b t e a r t i a n e , lt w , Consi era were cruising in th e ne i g hb our h o od. d ord b ers le aasll atw well, v a a n il d that a squad ron o f s t eam - s hip s un der his - excitement prevailed at Havannah owing h win a g d British subject, Pl assy L awrance , who • kidnapped fro m th e I s l an d of Vevis, and sold into slavery, a t H avannah, having contrived to make her es ca p e an d take refuge on board the Vestal to been a 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," aid will probably have the effect of in ducing the Government of this country to make further inquiries into the horrors of slavery, to which, it Would appear, even British subjects are liable to be subjected. The poor woman Plassy Lawrence was compelled to prostitute herself, and her children were sold into slavery. The marks of the most savage flogging were evident on her back when she went on board the ship. The Vestal was under the guns of the batteries and surrounded by the Spanish fleet, but her gallant cap t a i n would not listen to a n y proposal for giv ing her back to her inhuman masters, and she re mains safe under the protection of the British flag, although she is but a humble subject of that country. AT WSaTIkOienRPORT.--OR they oveyto a o long the near female, I MPUDE NT STREET ROBBERY Sunday evening two g entlemen were g Wellington-road, Stockp ort, when Heaton Chapel, a resp ectabl y dress ed who ap peared to be in great dist ress, and suffe ring severe a They kindly offered to assist her home ; and after pain little delay their offer was a cce p ted with see ming Rra n : tude, and the lady took t he p roffered arm of each-gen tleman. But they had not go ne man y y ards wh en 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 be 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, 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, ever 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 Empire, 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 aad 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 2,209,3451. 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 31. 7s. 6d. per ounce ; the Victoria fields, Mount Alexander, Bendigo, and Ballarat sell their yields at 31.105. 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 14,560,000/. sterling —that is to say, if the productiveness of the goldfields remains what it was in July, August, and September last. There is of course no sign of any falling off ; on the contrary, the yield has been increasing from month to month ever since the first nugget was found. " The weekly yield," says the Melbourne Argus "is constantly increasing. So is the number of diggers." Still, the paper from which we quote calculates that a persevering digger can easily procure an ounce a week. On the same authority we state that the digger spends half an ounce for his living, which leaves him profits at the rate of half an ounce per week. That there are large finds, too, that some are unsuccessful while others dig out a fortune in a week, has been mentioned in former reports, and is again incontestably proved by the latest advices. In September, a certain digger at Mount Alexander, picked out a noble solid piece, 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-hPI 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 gmivinustgeotuhvinese us fac o ts f t hk he e these u t h t i a o t capa bilities of the Victoria gold fields, and it hints that convince t v i e c n ul t a h r s e ' most assertsc a 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 which 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, aro 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 and very creditably too. particular number of the journa l was brou g h t out, 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. R 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 BANK 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 cent. ; in March, April, May, June, July, August, September, and October, the premium was 11 per cent. 1852—1 n January the premium was 11 per cent.; in February bills were issued at 3 per cent. end S e xt d E se O p Er tem LA b x er n a . discount ; in March at 41 to 6 per cent. ; in April at 6 to 41 ; in May and June at 31 ; in July at 5 to 31 ; in September, August at 5 to 31 ; and in the present month bills on London are issued at 31 to 41 per cent. discount. t u th be completed Australia n —The n S o o says —the returns of land sales for the quarter instant, but the amount3o,ooo/. unßegtiliBthtere 7th The auction sales on the 23d and 30th Sept., averaged 1/. 17 s . 3 d. per acre, bein g 17s. 3d. per acre above the upset price. The ' allotments m of land gold at 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 IT istant, and the sum of 10,381/. was realised, PAY OF THE MILITARY IN AUSTRALIA.- - With respect to the contemplated increase in the milit: try here, the British Government is advised to raise he pay of the soldiers, to mitigate temptation to the gold fields. With respect to the officers, it is stated thatin In dia an ensign receives 201. per month; in Ceylon and Hong Kong, 15/. ; but in Australia, only 81.—Geebsg l 'a Per. PRICES OF WHEAT AND WAGES IN ILi JSTRALIA.— . . . Adelaide.-Wheat, 7s. 3d. per bushel, ix np. ; flour, fine, 221. 10s. per ton of 2,000 lb s. ; b rea d, best, ls. 2d. per 4 lb. loaf ; wages, 75., daily labourers. .Ikrelbourne.- Wheat, Bs. per bushel, imp. ; flour, fine, 2 61. 10s. per ton of 2,000 lbs. ; bread, best, Is. Id. peg e 4 lb. loaf; wages, 155., daily labourers. Sydney.- -Wheat, Bs. per bushel, imp. ; flour, fine, 231. per ton of 2,000 lbs. ; bread, best, lid. per 4 lb. loaf; wages. , 75. 9 daily labourers. Rob e rt Town.--Wheat 9s. per 1 Bushel , imp.; flour, fine, 241. per ton of 2,000 lb s. ; b rea d : , best, 11d. per 4 lb. loaf ; wages, no recent information.. PRICES OF BEER AND SPIRITS IN A:USTRALIA.- Adelaide.-Beer, bottled, 11s. to 12s. per doz.; Brandy, Martell's, 12s. per gallon in bond ; Wine,. Port 481. to to 551. per pipe, Sherry 251. to 401. per ditto ; Sugar, Java, 201. 12s. 6d. to 211. 10s. per ton Tea, Congou 61. 17s. 6d.. to 8/. per chest, Hysonskin. 4/. 17."-s. 6d.; Coffee, Java, sd. to Bd. per lb.; Tobac co, 1 - Jarrett's Negrohead, 2s. 6d. to 3s. per lb. Melbourne..-Beer, bottled, lls. to 12s. per doz. ; Brandy, 115fartcll's, 17s. 6d.; Wine, Port 201. to 501. fir pipe, Sb .erry 301. to 501.; Sugar, Java, 161. to 20/. per ton ; Tea, Congou 41. 10s. to 51. 10s. per chest, Hysonskin 31 . 10s. to 41.; Coffee, Java, 6d. to 7d. per lb.; Tobacco, Barrett's Ne grohead, ls. 9d. to 2s. per lb. Sydney.-] 3eer, bottled, 10s. to 12s. per doz.; Brandy, Martell*, 135.; Tea, Congou 41. 10s. to 5/. per chest, Hysonsl m i 41. to 41. 7s. 6d.; Coffee, Java, 6d. t o 7 d. per lb .; T o b acco, Barrett's Negrohead, Is. 10d. to 2s. per lb. THE DOGS OF AUSTRALIA.-A local act, to abate the nuisance of dogs, has been passed. to streets of Adelaide are infested by swarms of wretcl xed mongrels, individually contemptible enough, but son letimes 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) dogs, that have been left by their owners when they went to the diggings, have crossed with the native wild dog, and. produced a breed 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 reg i s t ere d b y hi s master, and duly collare 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 yesterday 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).- M dbourne Argus. 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. Sinc e th en , 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 33i 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 value of the 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 55., 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. 1 ls, cash, firm ; buyers. Sovereigns : Bd. to 9d. each premium, buyers. Melbourne Bank notes Bd. to 9d. premium, buyers. Money : 10 per cent. on freeholds. 121 per cent. on other securities. Rates of freight : Adelaide to London or Liverpool, wool, ld. to lid. per lb. ; copper, 50s. per ton ; copper ore, 50s. per On ; bullion, A 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. SHIPPING NEWEL—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 hi c h i s th e usual English rate. It appears that at Sydney the vessels lying in the harbour, quite deserted by their crews, comurised 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 King George's Sound, 800 tons—amounting in all to 86,262 tons, exclusive of coasting vessels. _ LABO ' llli.—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 lls. a day, and three glasses of grog. Printers have 12s. a day, and le. 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 second nature to them. THE TURF IN AUSTRALIA. —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. TlAATElCALS.—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, besid es 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. W e h ave no doubt this inti mation will be sufficient to p u t t h e police on the alert, and act up to the instructions of the Mayor, which are not merely to arrest the proprietors of the establishments, b THE AUSTRALIAN S MAIL.-- may find on the premises. h eam Packet Australian, email from London, ut brought evey r by person th e Royal whom they Mail l consisted of nineteen leathern bags of the largest size, being just as much as Mr. Liardet's horses could pull up from the beach on the two drags. This was probably the largest mail that has ever b een d e li vered at the Post office ; although mails twice that size have frequently been dispatched thence for L ondon. —Melbourne Argus. id B UILDIN G SOOIETIEE!.—T waymaking in Melbourne A u s tr al ia . W e l earn rap Argun that at one meet i ng of the Melbourne Society, thereceipts of the eveni ng am ounted to 2151. 19s. 4d. Eleven s h ares were a l so fromieie s th is eßuilding sold, at the following premiums, six at 161. ls. 6d., an d five at 151. 10s. 6d. ABSTRACT OP RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE. Thursday's Government Gazette cont a i ns an abstract of the public receipts and expenditure of thi s prov i nce for the cusarter ended 30th June last , front which we prese n t the following compendium : The ordinary revenue for the quarter derived from import duties, rents of Govern m ent wharf a n d b on d e d store, postage, fines, licences, n, depasturingcertificates, assessment on stock, forfeitures, fees of court, and fees of office, together with sundry reimbursements, mis cellaneous receipts, and interest, &0. , amounted to 24,9581. 13s. 10d. ; and the t o ta l of ordinary expendi ture being 11,9341. 19s. ld., the r e remains a sur pl us o f 13,0231. 14s. 9d. But upon t his i s chargeable th e cos t of the following establishments : 6d. ; colonial trealurer , 235 /. Bs. Id. ; audi tor-general, Ls. ;law offices, Lieutenant-Governor, 1500:30.1; c olonial secretary, 4241. is. . ; Supreme C our t, tor-general, 2501. 4s. ; total, 2,336/. 15s. 7d., leaving a nett available surplus of 10,6861. 19s. 2d. The land fund revenue for the quarter amounted to 13,2201. lls. id. ; and the total expenditure being 3,6181. 7s. Bd., there is a, nett surplus of 9,6021. 35. 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. ld. ; and the total expenditur e 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., there was a surplus of 1,0711. 16s. 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 30, will not be short of 301000/. P 6 St.' 20 20 12 St. 16! 20 5 2 40 100 100 100 1C) 103 20 50 25 50 50 50 25 25 25 St. 50 100 Bi, Aberdeen . Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Junc....... Birmng. Wolverh & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh & Cheshire Junct...... Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons.... Do., £2O Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. 184 100 100 all all 45 all Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Dublin&Belfast June. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ....... Do. New East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... Do., (£lB E. & Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do., d 0......... ...... Do., B. & C T 111; SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Baslnees done this day. East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk. & Binning. June.... Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb.Prth.&Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk.. Do., A. 5t0ck..,... Do B. 5t0ck...... 100 100 100 100 100 ,100 all 100 114 all all all 3 100 100 10 St. St. 20 40 25 25 St. 1100 42 34 all (Great - Southern and Western (Ireland).. 'Great Western.. ...... Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle.. Do., Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths ....... ..... Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern. Liv.Crsby.& So uthpt. London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Bright. & S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,10/. Sh. C London dr S. Western rindmirry.diColeraine Lndndrry. dz Ennisk. Manch.Shef. dz Lincln. Do., Man. dz Lin. Un. Midland ..... ........ Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares ..... Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newmark et 14 Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd 7i Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor 100 Norfolk.. 3i 10) 100 100 100 103 IDo., New....... Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, N 0.1.. , Do., No. 2............. Do., i A Deferred ... Do., i B Guaranteed North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. & S.Westrn. Juno. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... Scottish Central ...... Scottish Midland...... Shrewsbury &Birmg, Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock... Shrewsby. & Herefd. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Do. Halves, d 0....... Do. Oswestzy . ....... (Shropshire Union . paid up at p. South Devon. South Eastern......::; South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun D 0..... Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railwa r Vale of Neath.., Watcrfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11........ West L0nd0n.......... Woodford. York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. PREFEREN 'Aberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. e... Bristol & Exeter 4 p cent. Stock ......... Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO ... Chester dr Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... Cork&Bandon 5i p.c. Dundee PerthdrAber deen Junction....... EastA nglian 10s) 6 per cent.......... .. Do. (25) 7 per cent.. Do. (27175) 7 p. et.. 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.cts. East&WestYorkshire Junction, Fifths Edinb. Prth . &Dundee Glasgow di S. Western guar. 5 per colt. Great Northn. 5 P.C.. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Great Western, fixed per cent Lailash. & Yorksh., F. £2O. Do., 6 p. c., Stock... Leeds Northern, 6 p. . cent., No. 1 ......... Do., No. 2............ Do., No. ------------ Do. , Quarters, 1848. London and:Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. Do. New Gurr. 6p.e. Lon. & N. West. Coy. & Nun., 5 p. C. Stock. London &S.Western,, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color. i Shales . Condndiy. & Ennisk. Shares I ffanch.,Shef., &Lin., Shares, No. 1...... Do. New, £lO Do., £6 . ....... Harypt. &Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 41 per cent....... Do.. Afid.Consol. 6 p.c. St: Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 5i per ct Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent INoith British ........ ' 'North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester di Wolverh. £15,6 p. c Do Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed...., Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Illin),8 p. c. Do. 5 per cent........ south Devon . Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of R 1 08.6 d. Do. 44 per cent S. Yorksh.4p. c. Guar 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 11, & S. Parch 30 i 4 61 ri i 75 1105 1 94 2t 1071 7 123 i 1 29f 791 i 9 47 f 30.2 S BO ii 38 72 1 pm. pm. 14i ~.~0 304 304 30i 50 95 12a 12i 20 20 JOINT-STOP all all 25 20 20 35 10 22ii all ,Australasia British N. American Colonial Commercial of Lon don English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. 01 Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond. & Westminster, National Prov. of Eng. Do. New National of Ireland Oriental Bank of Corporation.....,.. all all 2i 10' Do. Now Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Importing Company South Australia Union of Australia- Do. New Union of L0nd0n.. ,,, I 79 40 A2Ol 131 i 2i 9i 1101 106 lio9i 1514 231 82 3 5 $ i 43 . A 3 121 1 St. St. 25 I 11?, 100 100 181 RAILITAIrs. Bedford and Bletchley.... Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee Do. without gr Birm.Woly. & Dudley guar. Do.wthtguar. Buekghamsh . Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent..... Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Glas. Barr. & , Neilsn.Direct Do. New Leming Compans. London dr N. West. Gt.Westn Do Do ........ D 0........ L. & N.W. Caledon... at. Notrhn Gt. Westn. Caledon Do Yk. New & Berw Y.&N. Md Do lirtlpl. Dk. di Railway Hull 4/ Selby. Do. Shares. Do. i Shares. Lon.dlGreenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per et Manch.Batou and Matlock Middlesbro' di Redoar S. Eastern Do Norfolk Do Lu. &N. W & Midld Stckton & Darlingt. Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per ct.. Do.Fixedsp.c Prost. & Wyro Do. Shares. Roystn. & Do.Shepth.St. Shof. Roth. di Goole g . 5. p. c S. Staffordsh WearVallcygr 6 per cent Do Wilts &Sonirst E. Count Do L. & IS . W &Lndt Yk Do Gt.Northn IDo Closing Prices this day. 30 - 31 29i - 30 30 - 31 2 9 - 30 10 9 - 111 54 56 L 4B - 150 33 - 34 Ll 3 • 114 56 -- 57 27 -- 28 14 -- 14 25i -26 i 19i -- 20 24 -- 26 3 - 31 .07i 10 64 66 - pm 52 - 154 .52 - 154 Lancmh.& Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. & Darling Do IGLlVesta I- 6(1 RAILWAYS. Antworp&Rotterdam BolgianEastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara Dijon and Besanon. Dutch Rhenis:i East Indian 31 - 32, 1 , .034 - 106 Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do. Ms. (Ist i55.)1857 Do.Bds. (2d i55.)1862 Luxembourg. _ _ !Do. (Railw;y).. Do. (Canal), • - ,Lyons 6t Mediterran, Madras IMaria Antonia , ',Do. New Namur & Liege (with interest) IDo. (ex interest), Northern of France., Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds. (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs.; NorwegianTruukPrel Orleans & Bordeaux Paris and Lyons Do. Bonds. Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & 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. 53 per c. Pref.... Western of France.,. Nest. of Switzerland Agua Fria Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austria. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek , Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Copia.po English and Austin. Copper Smcltg. Co General Golden Mountain Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Lond. &Califon'. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexican&S.Amerien New Granada . Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quarts Rock Rhymme Iron Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Mariposa Yuba LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 149 i 30 - 303 6i - 103 -- 11 63 -- 6 d 22 -22 A 3 -- 2 107 -- 100 671 -67 i 23 23. 173 -- 18 3 -24 c 8,1 - 5i - 14 -13 j 9 - 10 74 - 76 55 -• 60 76 - 78 27 - 29 61 - 63 79 - 80 40 - 42 .19 - 121 05 -- 107 1 934 - • 931 6§ - 7 88 - 90 11i 12ip 83 - 83. 31 - 2 - 214 17 - 174 81 -- 9 t 1 -- 2 107, -- 108 i 123 -- 123 i 3 —4 p 1 -- 1i p 91 -- 93 5 -- 4d 4 -- 3 d 11 -- 12 19 -- 201 29 -- 30 3. -- 3 79 -79 i 46 -- 48 51 52 4 —34 d 24-2 1 81 81 55 57 8 21 2i i d 88 39 61 61 d 2k 21 4* - 3 d 8 9 3i 43 p 50k 513 96 98 64 - 65 66 68 70 - 80 19 - 20 9 - 10 14 - 15 3i - 2i 221 - 23 80 - 814 38 - 3 13 - 13 4 --- 4 21 2 13 -14 i 9 - 10 27 - 28 94 - 10 711 -72 i 7 -- 7 2 -- .2id 58 -- 59 E SHARES, ••• .'.'..... 1109 -• 1111 05 •- 1071 19 -- 20 d P 6 -- 64 _4 p := 14 -14 i 18 —• 183, I *ii :a —l2s 1112 - 114 gi - 9 - fir .09j - 110; par i pl 152 - 154 o• .'". ••• .. - •.. •• - ••. -- ... • ..' •.. ,• " ... ... ... -43 8 - 8 13} -13 i 9 -- 10 10i -11 i i-- i I) .1 -I - ji pl 150 - 152 Z 3 - p 6 -236 i 2 - 21 101 - 102 25i - X ••• ••. 2 , 2i 11 - 11 -16 17 17 17; Par 26 - 26, i• 7-: 20 id —par 103 - 105 5i 51 i - hi BANKS. 82 - 84 1k - 3i - 3} ille , O. ...... .. 48 - 50 73 - 74 9 -I. 1 FOREIGN. Closing Prices this lay. 1 i dis 1 -- 2 13i -14 i - 1 p 2 lid 6 —6lpan p Par P 1 —l6 p I 4 - - 1 - 10 p 2i - •.. _ ••• 71 - 34 141 - 15} lit - ]iip 38 -- 40 38 -- 39 30f -- 314 4 -- 5p 19f -- 20 p / 9t -- 10 3 -- 3ip i b 5 5i 4 d par 9i —lO p id par 4 li p 4 ---; i ),,, _ P Pa l :: I P Par p i - P 8 10 4 -- 5 2 -- 2i 29 -- 30 -- lli -42 P ii 3 4 -- 3 iP l 7 -- 7i Bustnes this day. Business done this day. 31 30i 10 9i IR $ 21 3 2i i i x d MISCE: 'Australian Agricult Canada (Crystal Palace. lEstern 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.. 'EOUS 100 20 10 50 50 63 - .65 ii -_-_-_ 12b7 62 60 703 63 60 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 th e ma i n — 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 abac'; ; 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. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 1 1.—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, leaky, &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 hen assisted in hero leaky, having struck on the Gunfleet Sand. CLYDE.—Sailed—Garteherrie, Demerara. DUBLIN, Jan. 11.—The Leonora, Chester for Llanelly, and a screw steamer, supposed to be the Pearl, were in contact last night, and the former received damage. BRIDPORT, Jan. 12.—The Honors was run down by the Emigrant, arrived at Mobile ; five of crew saved ; master drowned. PwLLHILL, Jan. 12.—The Glenaehraosnboeef nAsboetraovfron h shore ber n ut it ;:• c ff ic s , t n e. le . n.—The maMangoaky. aa _ THE FINE ARTS AND THE " A.RT-3-01JRNA"—Thus, then, the first great step has at length been taken to place the Arts of Great Britain on a sure, lasting, awl extended foundation; and while we congratulate the country on the State -recognition of their necessities, we may, without arrogance, as 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 the of it within. For four teen years we have been labouring to rouse the country to a sense of its requirements ; our Journal, its thousands monthly from one end of the kingdom o t? the other, and in channels where its influence coul . d n n o t f fail of being effective, has hitherto fulfilled its missemeted, circulating advancing the Arts, of causing them to be in resp f - a the and regarded as necessary to the wel it is thus far nitude ; we have reason to feel pride th em exits as to be country. Our primary aim was one of n o at well- be in g mag accomplished amid so many diseou h rag , yet remain s can an d se fallen to our lot. Much, very much, iota while done, and our zeal shall not abat e one , __ so 10/ 0 1g of the serve the cause with which we . Second R „, il closely identif ed.—Art-Journal & 1 4W 002117448i04. 11 - d— a par, 1 11 ) par A p 4 4 fl P lip 1— lip 26i 7 2 6 7 11 -= 12 71 - 84 ; ;co 270 ••• 25j R n 3 2 14 56 64 6 1 1 I 41 1 4 i 1 41 i 111 LITE I,' _4 T U .%. The Parsis ; or Modern Zerdusthians. 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 por trait of Hafed. Ireland • An Inquiry into the Social Condition of the Country, with Suggestions for its Improve- ment. By Daniel liesiian. Chapman. A little work, well worthy of attention, in which, among other thing's, 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 be mg the Prize Treatise on the Fine Arts of the Exhibi tion, will be perused with interest by many. In the course of his observations, the author justly remarks that in the present clay, • having printing to help us to spread kno w l e d ge, we are apt to un derrate the i nfluence of painting and sculpture in former ages in educating the people. By their ministry the beautiful incidents of Christianity 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 was 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 has 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 comprehensive history of that country, to which work we shall take an early opportunity of referring ; and, in addition to that labour, he has m 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." Oli ver an d 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 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— s 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 voluthe 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 Ireland. 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 Martineau, together 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 n um b ere d, 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 music. The compositions selected are sterling and popular, including old and new masters—Mozart, Beethoven, Calcott, Arne Weber, Meyerbeer, Donizetti, an d others, down to Henry Russell—are faithfully given ; and we can heartily recommend this che a p m us i ca periodical to all who wish for sterling productions at a very moderate cost. SURRENDER OF A MURDERER. —11l the Sun, of the 4th instant, appeared an account of the surrender of a man named Robert Thornley, to the police at Staly bridge, near Manch es t er , as having been implic a t e d in a murder which was committed in 1847. The substance of his statement was, that he had improper intimacy with the wife o f a man named James Brooks, at Godley, near Hyde, and that he procured her some arsenic, at her request, which she administered to her husband in some pudding. Brooks died suddenly, and an in nest was held on the b o dy, and the jury decided that he had as a collier. On the strength of died from the effect of a hurt in the head which he had baf::lyr thweermeiterumwedas,ar::nedsteedx.anun. this statement, the woman, received when working who marriedTh Thornley soon The rema ns of Brook's surgeon ; but as he was unable to detect the presence examined by Mr. Alcock, poison, the accused was discharged.. But Mr. Alcoc . k subsequently analysed another ,portion of the s that was less decayed and he then found arsenic in remain large q u antities. Thi s discovery was communicated to Mr. Little, th e hi gh constable, who ordered the woman to be again app re h ended ; 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 remanded in order to give time for the production of further evidence. e.,.,... THE FORCE OF IMAGINATION.—BuckIand, r the r il i n u g guished geologist, one day gave a dinner, after o f the most Mississipi alligator, having asked a gool t _ l . .._r_ . H i s most distinguished of his classes to dine . with . 11 17` yie an d taste. His guests congregated. The. splendidly, with glass, china, and plate,ow d o. To ed his house and all his establishment were di i n n n g er ced with excellent soup. . aving fiorn a d commenced after n f the ay. the soup ?" asked the doctor, after _.. d g uurnian- ~ turtle is it own plate, addressii . g an a s f wered the o th d er an • y green fat." "Very good, indeed, se I do not I n c it has somewhat not I I only ask be i e s a h u ead. ~ 1 thn "not unpleasant but The doctor sho t ok ,, h sai _ d another :0 replied Buckland ; of a musky tagblb; looked t A as ll e, alligat or ' la fellow whom I dis xeille,lan . peculiar." euliarly 'whom , w - a , a general rout of the whole guests. ing --*" There d pale. Half-a-dozen started up from sand you have just been eat- Every one Lu vv rn o e or three ran out of the room, and only the table. T i had stout stomachs remained to the close of s : n "the te d e t a h y i "If I told them it was turtle, or terra- entertainment. " See what imagination is" "I birds'-nest soup, salt water amphilia or fresh, or pin, or m s manorPneina, gluten of a fish from the maw of a sea bird, they the would have pronounced it excellent, and their digestion been none the worse. Such is prejudice." "But was it really an aligator ?" asked a lady. "As good a calf's , t , h n. o d t e g head as ever wore a coronet," answered Bucklan‘l. Anecdotes of Profenor Burnam& THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVf:NING, JANUARY 13, 1853. 17 5 9 100 all 100 1 100 10 - all all x. d. all 13.5 24i 30 20 1 to all an all all all all all all