The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-10 00:00:00

ATTSTRALIA.

• PL-firlOU:i:Et,
Arrived off, the ship Admiral, which left Port
Philip on Dec. 7. Landed mails and passengers.
The Ballarat rioting had terminated, partly in-
duced by Mr. Forster, the Colonial Secretary, hav-
ing resigned his office.

"ha steam-ship Argo arrived at Melbourne, from
England, Dec. 6, all well. The steam-ship London
passed the Heads Dec.ll, with tronps from Hobart
Town. Price of gold unaltered.

LATEST FROM AUSTRALIA.

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.

This forenoon, at eleven o'clock, the White Star
line clipper ship Arabian, Capt. Bannatyne, from
Melbourne, arrived off Holyhead, in 79 days. She
sailed from that port on the 20th December.
Her cargo consists of gold, wool, &c. She is
expected in the river early to-morrow morning.

We have received files of papers from Melbourne
to the 7th December.

No further disturbance had taken place. Martial
law had been proclaimed at the gold fields at Bal-
larat, to commence on the 6th December. The
principal leader of the diggers had been arrested.
The Argo had arrived.
In the Legislative Council on the 6th December,
pursuant to notice, Mr. Miller moved :
"That the Lieutenant-Governor, having been placed
in a painfully embarrassing position since his arrival in
Victoria, is entitled to the sympathy and support of this
Council, and it pledge■ itself, by every means in its
power, to aid him in restoring and maintaining law and
order."

In seconding this motion, the Colonial Secretary
made the following statement :

" Most of the disaffected," he said, "who did not form
the bulk of the diggers, and many of the leaders, were
foreigners, while the real hard-working diggers were de
lighted with the timely intervention of the Government.
He read extracts from despatches received that day from
Captain Pasley and Commissioner Rede, showing this to
be the case ; that order was now entirely restored, and
that 417 licences had been issued in one day. He was
also truly happy to say that the majority of the prisoners,
as well as of those killed, were foreigners."
The Argo, which left England on the 4th Octo-
ber, took out the famous news of the capture of
Sebastopol„ and the Melbourne papers are full of
that interesting event.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(Prom the Argus, of Dec. 7.)
The gold market, partaking of the general excitement,
was without transactions yesterday. The Admiral
cleared for London with 55,606 ounces of gold, and a
very large cargo of wood.

ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIAN.
(By Llectric Telegraph.)
LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, 9 a.m.

The Arabian, which loft Melbourne on the 186
of December, arrived here this morning with ad
vices to the 16th.

She has broughtsB,ooo ounces of gold on freight,
18,000 bales of wool, and 200 passengers.
At Ballarat all was quiet, the miners gradually
resuming work. Captain Evans had left the
camp, and an entire change of the officials was ex-
pected. • Trade was improving.
At a public meeting on the disturbances at Vic-
toria, held at Hobart Town, an amendment,
condemning the acts of the Legislature of that
colony, wa+propOsed and carried.
A sample of coal from Spring Bay, equal to the
best qualities of Port Arthur, had been exhibited
at Hobart Town.

The prospect of gold being found in Tasmania
was considerably strengthened.
At Sydney trade was much depressed. English
and foreign goods were being sacrificed daily, and
it was feared the worst had not been reached.

The gold market was quiet, at 31. 17s. per ounce.
The Arabian fell in with large quantities of ice
(some of the bergs very large) between long. 170
and 40 West ; btween long. 56 and 40 experi-
enced dense foggy weather, and the ship was
hove to several times, the icebergs being so very
numerous and the weather so thick that the ship
was frequently within a few yards of a berg before
it was detected. Crossed the equator on the 15th.
The Antelope left Melbourne for the Cape of
Good Hope and Liverpool, in company with the
Arabian.

The Constance, Sultana, and Delgany, from
Liverpool, arrived at Melbourne.

BANK OF FRANCE.

The following was the, situation of the Bank on
Thursday, March 8 :

Fr. c.
... 241,379,130 50
... 199,500,365

Cash and ingots
Cash at the branch banks
Dins due yegtprdny to he paid to•day
Bills becoming due in Paris, of which
59,244,736 f. 53c. are from th• branch
banks 156,344,992 33
Bills in the branch banks
Advances on coin and ingots
Do. in the branch banks
Do. on public securities of Francs 25,285,536 10
Do. in the branch banks
Do. on railway shares and bonds 58,820,000
Do. in th• branch banks
Do. to the State by treaty of
June 30, 1848 65,000,000
Rentes of the reserve fund 12,980,750 14
Rentes of disposable funds 52,572,954 18
Hotel and furniture of the Bank
Real property of branch banks 4,692,425
Expenses of administration 688,638 38
Sundries

550,021 85

1,020,305,705 24