The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-17 00:00:00

MINING INTELLIGENCE•

(From the Mining Journal of this claY')i3 tilil:
The mining market has been partioularlY o eft
week for shares in general, whilst for one or tOpti
mines mostly in demand, such as Grambler
Aubyn, South Frances, and others, no seller% bel
be found. The principal feature of the Week' //to
the renewed attempt to establish auctions for ortio
of mining shares, the first, or " trial" sale, haiiiill)!A,
off on Wednesday. As to the effect these sales "000-
upon mining generally th• re are so many and such.% te;
ing opinions, that we scarcely know what to thiladiihg,'
them, and shall watch with some interest the re fieLo-
a few more trials. So far as the first has go rid,
lieve it is generally considered as a failure, theeoo.
obtained for shares being in many cases 50 Perry/P.:*
low quoted, and a few days since marketable/ P,broll°,ll
The Gold Mining Share Market has been dull w ASE
Ctiv-
out the week, and yesterday not a single trawl'
alf,
effected. n
In Miscellaneous Shares the market has bee"
and prices firm.

We understand that Lord Palmerston will eb
raised to the Upper House. ce4 br
The Chancellor of the Exchequer annosadodmi
night that the Budget will not be brought fcr;ct
fore Easter. Our readers will, perhaps, vice.'ii •
we gave this information a week ago.
We understand that there is a renewed e%Pecth to 're
of an early visit of the Emperor of the Frolic,: 'Awe
country, 'and that the Empress will probah,oi
guest of her Majesty at Buckingham Palace shy'
Easter. •
We are given to understand that private leteV:e:
been received from the Crimea from General 'La tA
' •
in which the general of engineers who contribo iato
fall of Bornarsund describes the Russian arellif of
most wretched condition, and speaks confides
i•
To
prospects of taking Sebastopol by storm. if ba
The Earl and Countess of Bradford and le ea
arrived in Belgrave-square for the season. , orii•
The Earl and Coantess of St. Germans bo'is'pah'i
at Claridge's Hotel, from the Viceregal Lodge' or aglio
A meeting of the shareholders of the Cliet6be 91
Holyhead Railway Company will be held °nl.
instant.
The directors of the Belgian Eastern Jelleh•6:
way Company have made a call of 10s. Per s- Oh°
able on or before 19th April. c
The sick and wounded soldiers from the -1;00
have died in Liverpool are to be buried "„blio
over which a monument will be erected )31P-
D~frt
scription. T, rd saes
THE LORD MAYOR'S BANQUETS.--The c,„ the %tett
intends giving a succession of banquets don, n° r, 1151
ing month, commencing with the Easter &lithe -
will this year be honoured with the presence°
ter
of Cambridge. 0,
Reliable advices from Paris represent tb!,,og
as absolutely " possessed" by the idea °fir men
bastopol ; and as incessantly studying oess_„,'•if
surrounded by charts, plans, and other te teelnie
The past history of Louis Napoleon shows he wbri •
with which he adheres to ' any project upon OOP
has once set his heart ; and may be said t'°
guarantee that Sebastopol must fall. 0101
MAILS FOR AUSTRALIA.—The clipper obi_Pornisikivjg
will he detained in the Downs till Sunday' 11;
order to afford mu chants an opportunity o;ers, ;of
the;r letters per Argo. All letters, ilowciVe woe:lto'
intended for despatch on this occasion miletoto
addressed " per ship Ballarat" at Deal, s" .00
A Vltl,
night. tteli' fog"
THE FAST DAY.— The Lord Mayor is to a do. of bets
service in the afternoon of Wednesday, the
humiliation, and prayer, at St. Pawl's Cat
the Bishop of London will officiate.
Cie boo
THE ROCHESTER MULDER.--11031.
MAIDSTONE, Mardi 16.—This morning "'"ketb
I.er
appointed for the trial of the
Laws, for the murder of her mistress at Rocline.t.bre cot!ft,,
vrry extraordinary clrcuinstances, the doors12:00
•;• •- bv I cr,oi a-. to 1 vi'`,.eopeilw.,
. tP
, •^: • t ut.)
; • k his sea ,
I,IJO j1ik,61% LOO _woe lif
young girl, Elizsue_,
vs
bench, and a few minutes afterwards the
turned P. 17"
appeared in The Sun, The jury _
placed at the bar. The facts; of the cas
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