The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-15 00:00:00

" GOVERNMENT ESCORTS.

" The escorts from Mount Alexander and Ballarat ar-
rived at the gold-office department of the Chief Commis-
sioner of Goldfields yesterday at the appointed hour, and
brought the following returns :

Quantity.

Gold,

Cash.

No. of last

Name of Goldfield. oz. dvils.
£ s. last receipt.
Castlemaine
Sandhurst
Ballarat
Avoca
Creswick's Creek
Fryer's Creek 2l 0 1,582*
Amherst 3Ol 0 160 0 48*
Tarrengower ll5 15 865*
Maryborough 2,486 0 115 0 1,155*
Ballarat 1,820 5 --t
Cres wick's Creek
Kingower
Castlemaine

Total 27,665 0 1,576 14
* This includes all gold and cash deposited for escort up
to the sth inst.
1- Left at Geelong, en route to Melbourne.
For Adelaide.

We take the following from the Melbourne Argus,
of the 13th of February :
" The escorts from Beechworth arrived at the gold-office
Department of the Chief Commissioner of Gold fields yes-
terday at the appointed hour, and brought the following
returns, viz.:—

Quality.
Gold. Cash. No.oflast
oz. dwt. £ s. d. receipt.
Beechworth 5,925 0 430 0 0 4,266*
Snake Valley
Buckland River

Name of Goldfield.

Total
* This includes all gold and cash deposited for escort to
ho 6th inst.

M. DROUYN DE L'HUY'S AND THE

FI-4ENCR CABI iV.6 T.

A Paris letter in the Independancc of Brussels
gives the following account of the reasons which
determined M. Drouyn de l'Huys to withdraw
from the French Cabinet. The fact of its being
copied into the Momiteur gives it importance :--
"It wa,Q on the question of the proposition of Austria
that the Minister, who has so completely associated him-
self with the foreign policy of the Emperor, found
himself obliged to maintain an opinion different from
the resolutions of his Majesty. The propositions of
which he recommended the acceptance by France would
have had the effect, it appears to him, either of re-esta-
blishing peace, if it were accepted by Russia, or of
securing the immediate and energetic co-operation of
Austria in the war, if Russia should refuse it. In a
word, Austria, after having come to an understanding
with the Western Powers, and having been autho-
rised to declare their adhesion to her proposition,
would have put it in the shape of an ultimatum, which
she would have addressed to Russia, with the intima-
tion that its rejection would be followed by a declara-
tion of war. This, it must be admitted, would have
the advantage of explicitly binding Austria. But
ought that advantage to be sought for in the conditions
fixed by the propositions of Austria ? The Emperor
did not think so. I have not yet received any in-
I formation to make me sufficiently acquainted with

the conditions and terms of the Austrian propo-
sition ; but it is certain the English Government
decided on rejecting it. The Emperor therefore hart
the same motives for refusing it—that is to say, that
it did not offer such a peace as would give suffi-
cient guarantees to the Powers which bad made so
many sacrifices to defend and secure European right.
His Majesty had, moreover, a desire to maintain in
all its integrity and force the alliance with England,
and the feeling of that Government on the question
being already known, had beyond any doubt a certain
weight with him. I cannot, I repeat, express any
im was aver e,
opinion on the proposition itself ; but, whatever may
have been the merit of it, there is no doubt that M.
Drouyn de l'Huys adopted it on conviction and after
mature reflection. He did not think that he could re-
amain
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organ of views and
felt that he could not, either usefully for the and he
Emperor,
or with dignity to himself, continue to serve as a
Minister when he could no longer participate in the
policy of the Emperor. lam assured that the Emperor
did not without regret part with a Minister whose ser-
vices had given him the highest satisfaction, and I may
state as a fact that his Majesty did not accept the resig-
nation of M. Drouyn de l'Huys without using the most
affectionate solicitations to induce him to change his de-
cision."

INSPECTION OF THE NEW METROPOLITAN CATTLE-MAR-
KET.—The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, Sir George Cornewall Lewis, visited the new
Metropolitan Cattle-market, at Copenhagen-fields on
Saturday, accompanied by John Wood, Esq., the chair-
man of the consolidated committee of the corporation,
who was also a member of the commission appointed
upon the 23d of November, 1849, "to inquire into the '
state of Smithfield-market, and to report thereon ;" also
to " inquire into the state and management of all mar-
kets in the city of London for the sale of meat." The
right hon. gentleman was recaived by Henry Lowman
Taylor, Esq., the chairman of the market improvement
committee, and J. B. Bunniniz, Esq., the City architect,
at the new market-place. The Chancellor of the Ex
chequer intimated to the gentlemen connected with the
corporation his entire satisfaction at the arrangements
which had been made by the corporation "concerning
the premises," expressing, at the same time, his surprise
at the exceedingly prompt manner in which the whole
of the works had been carried out. There can be now
no longer any doubt but that the first market day for
the sale of cattle, in the new Metropolitan Cattle-mar-
ket, will be on Friday, the Ist of June. The inaugura
ion will take place a few days earlier.