The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-10 00:00:00

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ROBERT A, MITSN & CO.)
ADMIRALTY BROKERS,
BROKERS FOR THE ,SALE OF SHIPS AND
o.la STEAMERS, SHIP VALUERS, &c.,
• 3, York-buildings, Dale-street.

CURRY, KELLOCK, and CO.,
~ BROKERS FOR THE SALE AND. PURCHASE
44470k\ OF smrs AND STEAMERS, SHIP VALUERS
AND APPOINTED BROKERS TO THE HIGH
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0 URT OF ADMIRALTY, Walmer-buildings,

Water-street,

By order of the Mortgagees.
This Day (Tuesday), the 10th instant, at One o'clock, at the
Brokers' Saleroom, Waimer-buildings. Water-street,
The British-built Fishing Sloop
PRINCESS CHARLOTTE,
1,4 39 17-100 tons register ; built at Liverpool of the
beat materials, in 1850; is fitted out withe-
all
• fishing gear complete, and now ready for ircun
diate employment. Dimensions: Length, 49 feet 7-10ths ;
breadth, 13 feet 9-10ths ; depth, 8 feet 8-19ths. Lying in
Wellington Dock. A to •
CURRY, KELLOPK, & co, Brokers.

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THE COLD FIELDS OF AUSTRALIA.

The Melbourne Argue, of the 17th of May, says
Since the supply of water has been more abundant the
yield of gold has improved and been well maintained ;
but still a large proportion of the population on the
goldfields is in an unsettled state, and many men are
wasting their time for nothing. If the number actually
at work could be ascertained the average per man
would no doubt be good, but with so many idly shep-
herding at new rushes, or waiting, as some of the least
energetic and persevering of the miners too commonly
do, for what they consider good information of a
likely place to try their fortune, the average yield
per man for all who are classed as producers of gold
is much below what it should be. This winter the
population will be even more unsettled than usual, for
many broke adrift a month or two back from their old
ties and proceeded to Snowy River, whence most of the
Victorian miners have returned, but only to pass the
winter ; and many who have not yet been there are de-
termined to go, and will require little inducement to get
rid of any encumbrances they may have, and take part
in new rushes here, if only for practice sake, and to pre-
pare them tot the more important movements in the
spring. This anticipated exodus has caused no little
anxiety among the merchants and business people here,
for it would be very injurious to the trade of
Melbourne if an extent of rich ground should be found
to detain away a large number of their present cus-
tomers, and if these should draw their supplies from
another port, and send thither the gold they raise also.
All this is not only possible, but probable, too, and the
imminency of the risk has led to the adoption of a
course of action which may convert the threatened
danger into a great gain and benefit to this colony. A
large part of Gipps Land, in the direction of the
Snowy River, and the other streams which take their
rise is the southernmost extremity of the Australian
Alps, is quite unexplored, and in deference to the wishes
of the public the Government is now fitting out two
parties of the best Men selected from some hundreds of
applicants for the thorough prospecting of the most likely
localities near these rivers. One party is to proceed at
once to the Tambo, and explore the country between
it and the Snowy River, endeavouring at the same time
to ascertain where some parties of miners who occa-
sionally visit Sale with parcels of gold to dispose of are
working, while the other Government party is to
examine the streams more to the westward, and try all
thubo place. whcic avid has been asresay found in
greater or less quantity. Assistance in the way of tools
and rations is also to be afforded under certain con-
ditions to properly organised parties of experienced
miners, who, being more unfettered in their action, and
depending on their own exertions for any return, will
be quite as likely to make important discoveries as the
paid men. Captain Cadell, too, has been rendering
aid in his own peculiar way, and, after an exami-
nation of the Snowy River, declares his expectation of
as great success in the navigation of it as he has already
had with the "Murray mid its tributaries on the" other
side of the mountains. The attempt is to be made; and
if such should be • the result, and a good road be found
up the ranges from the highest navigable point on the
river, the trade of Kiandra must chiefly pass through
Gipps Land. But we have great hopes of rich and
extensive gold fields being found within our own terri-
tory, now that this comparatively unknown portion of it
is to be so fully explored.
On the older fields there have been few important
changes of late. Inglewood, the best of the new- ones,
is quite overcrowded, although the auriferous country
around it must be of much extent, and some parts are
very rich. A few days since a lump of gold, weighing
exactly 188 oz. 15dwt. after being freed from quartz and
other impurities, was found on the surface of the ground
by some men out prospecting in the scrub. This
weighed 2200 z. in the gross, and was covered with
mass when first picked up by the lucky finders. Reefs
also abound in this district, and must be extensively
worked in time. The finding of nuggets of a good size has
been rather a common occurrence of late. One of
501 b. weight was taken into Castlemaine last week by
two men, who would give no information as to where
they found it, but some of the many persons on the
watch for intelligence regarding the locality of their
claim have decided that it must have been taken from
some partially-abandoned ground at Yandoit, from a
spot in which the same party of men previously obtained
gold to the value of upwards of £l,OOO each. Nuggets.
of less weight have been rather more common, and,
among others, two of 60oz. and 1440 z. respectively were
found by Chinamen, near Creswick. The deep leads of
Ballarat have been often referred to for their extraordi-
nary richness, and in one of the late papers from there
some particulars of the yields from a few of the claims
on these are given. Thus, on the Inkermann Lead one
company has obtained from as much of the gutter as
they have already worked £120,000, or 240 per foot;
another on the same lead, £26,000, or £l3O per foot;.
another, £36,000, or £l2O per foot; another, £28,000,
or £93 per foot ; and another,. £B,OOO, or £5B per
foot. From three claims on the Golden Point Lead the
returns are,—from the first, £18,505, or £37 per foot;
from the second, £36,000, or £45 per foot; and from the
third, £15,000, or £3OO per foot. None of these claims
are worked out, and the returns appear large, but it
must be remembered that the gold is found at a great
depth, and that thousands of pounds are frequently ex-
pended before the gutter is reached. Some of the shafts
on the quartz reefs in this district are now down more
than 300 feet, and one has been sunk to a depth of 470
feet. There have been some very large yields from quartz,
too, within the last few weeks, and not the least remark-
able of these was announced a day or two since. Ten
tons of quartz taken from a reef near Rushworth, in the
Goulburn district, produced a cake of amalgamated
gold weighing 6440 z. 2dwt., or close upon 640 z.
to the tun. Some of the newly-discovered
.reefs near
Morso's Creek, in the Ovens district, have also yielded
very largely. From thirty tons taken out of a claim on
one of these, no fewer than 1,738 oz. 11 dwt. were
obtained, or an average of 44 oz. 11 dwt. to the ton.
Several reefs have been lately opened in the neighbour-
hood of this creek, and some of them are said to pro-
mise even better than did the reef from which the stone
alluded to was obtained. In this district veritable
diamonds have also been found, although none of much
value have yet been discovered. One, about the size of
a pea, has been within the last few days submitted to
every test except the final one of combustion, and has
been declared a true diamond by all the jewellers and
lapidaries who have seen it. This was found among the
black sand which abounds in the district, and where
there was one diamond, there must be more; and for
the future, no doubt, precious stones will be. more care-:
fully looked for than they have been hitherto. .

The following " communicated note" is published in
the el/on/tem,-
de l Armif? After the campaign `of
Italy an anonymous letter was received by the Minister
of War against an officer who was accused of not having
done his duty at the battle of Solferino, where he fell
into the power of the enemy. An inquiry took place,
and another officer was proved to have written this
cowardly denunciation, for the purpose of securing to
himself a favour which he feared might be disputed by
his comrade. Ho has been definitively excluded from
the ranks of the army for this dishonourable conduct."
GARIBALDI'S ENGINEERS.—A letter from Genoa says:
—I have
.hitherto forgotten to . mention an incident
which occurred here. It was at the time of the depar-
ture of Garibaldi, when engineers were wanted for the
steamers. Several presented themselves, and,. under
pretence of the danger they had run, demanded fabulous
sums for their services-3,000 f. or 4,000 f. a month—se
but after some discussion terms were •agreed on:
length came the turn of a Freda' engiiieeie:Wboee
decided air announced a man wlio-value—
" And you, what ate your conditioneer - =mine
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are gratis :
A QUAINT FLEMISH STORY.—The aatirratiVb
" Charles and Elegast" is as follows :7.--(lne night an
angel appeared to Charlemagne, ordering him to
rise and become a highway robber. The monarch, at
first astonished, believes it to be a dream, and pays
no attention to the injunction. But the angel
repeats the order,. and Charles is forced to recognise
the finger of God. He obeys. 0n his road he
meets a knight clad in black armour, and
mounted on a
charger, also black. It is " Elegast,"
proscribed by
the king on account of his irresistible propensity to the
profession of a robber, a pastime much in favour at that
time with many of the nobility. They both ride on in
company, and Charles is not long before he ascertains
that this man, hunted clown like a wild beast, is
more attached to his suzerain than are many of his
courtiers. They arrive before the castle of Eggeric,
one of the king's chief vassals. Elegast, who to
his calling of robber unites the talent of subjecting
all persons and things to his enchantment, casts
into a deep i
6-eep every living being within the pre-
cincts of the castle. But. when he wishes to carry off
tho saddle belonging to Eggeric' the bells with which
it is ornamented make so much noise, that the vassal
and his spouse are awakened. The latter declares
that the noise is imaginary, and that the mind of her
husband is only disturbed by agitating thoughts ;
Eggeric then avows to her that he is at the head
of a conspiracy which is to break out on the follow-
ing day, and to end in the assassiaation of the king.
The lady, related to King Charles, tries to dissuade he
husband from this wicked project. Eggeric, as a last
argument, strikes her on the face with so much violence
that the blood gushes from her nose. Elegast steals to-
wards the bed of the married couple, receives into his glove
the blood of the lady, and p-onouncing some magic words,
the whole castle is again plunged in sleep. He then relates
to the kingall that he has overheard. Charles, forewarned,
takes his precautions, and at the moment when Eggerie
with his friends and vassals penetrates into the royal
dwelling, he is arrested. The king having ascertained
on all points the truth of Elegast's statement, punishes
the traitor, whilst on the other hand he reinstates his
faithful servitor in the possession of his rights and
property. Charles then understands why on that night
God had forced him to appear in the character of a
robber.—Eleinisla Literature by Octave De(apierre.