The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-22 00:00:00

LONDON, MON DAY EVENING, OCTOBER, 22, 1855.

BANK OF LONDON,
Threadneedle.street, and 450, West Strand.
NOTICE. —The rate allowed on deposits has been raised from this
day to Si. per cent:

October 18, 1855. IIATTHEW MARSHALL, Jun., Manager.

OPTICE OF THE GAS LIGEIT AND COKE CO.,
IIORSEFERRY-ROAD, WESTMINSTER, 20TH OCT., 1855.
ir DO lIEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That, pur-
A. suant to the Bth By Law of this Company,
Fro acis Witham, Esq.,
kl,fxr. Luard Wollaston, Esq., and the present Auditors,
John William Sloper, Esq.,
ha-‘,4 severally given me notice in writing of their intention to stand
for the office of Auditor, at the election which will take place
at the
the 2d day of November next.
Company's GP.S Works, Horseferryroad, Westminster, on Friday,

By order.
• C. BURLS, Secretary.
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BY GIVEN,
BRITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, New-
NO'fICE IS HERE road, London.
HYGEIAN AGENTS duly appointed for the sale of Mr. Morison's
(the That the LIST for l A 55 of
Hygeist) Vegetable Universal Medicine throughout the world is
ROB' printed, and may be had gratis on application as above.
MORISON and Co., Hygeists.
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C IGARS. REGALIAS. To Noblemen,
Officers of the Army and Navy, and Gentlemen.
J. L. lIEUDEBOURCK respectfully requests a close inspection
of hirs choice Stock of superior FOREIGN HAVANA CIGARS.
Sold in Boxes at wholesale prices—U lb. sample boxes if desired.
Warehouse, 30, Walbrook, Mansion-house, City.

ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO
NOW OPEN for the winter season. The following
Music will be performed by his celebrated Band during
he week : March aux Flambeaux. Waltzes—The Lily
of the Valley (D'Albert), Zephir Lufte (Gung'l), Fenella (Tinney),
Ethel Newcome (Laurent), La Sultana (Bosisio). Quadrilles—Le
Rot du Pastel “.amotte), Les Hugenots (Laurent), Palermo (D'A '-
bert), Bride of Lammermoor (Tinney), Ii Trovatoro (Tutton).
Polkas—Des Hulands (Lamotte), Italie (Gaviolo), The Lillian (D'Al-
bert), Des Coucous (Bousquet), The &naves (Laurent). Galops—
The Imperial Guards (Laurent), The Hecla (Streather). Schottische
—La Guirlande de Pleura (Bosquet), La Varsoviana (Laurent). Prin-
cipal Cornet a Piston, M. Bouicours.—Doors open at 8. Admission
One Shilling,

TO LOVERS OF FISH.-100 GENUINE
YARMOUTH BLOATERS for Gs., nackage included.
THESE HIGHLY ESTEEMED DELICACIES AND CHEAP

ARTICLE OF FOOD
forwarded to all parts, on receipt of penny postage stamps or P. 0.0.
(preferred). Send full and plain direction; county, and nearest sta-
tion.—Address THOS. LETTIS, jun., Fish Curer, Gt. Yarmouth.
" This is the third season Mr. Lettis has supplied us with Yar-
mouth bloater; and we find the quality excellent.--J. Brashowe,
house steward, Blenheim Palace.—Oct. 20, 1854."
" Mr. Lettis,—As soon as you send out year genuine bloaters, I
shall be glad to have a supply as usual ; those I had last year gave
great satisfaction.—A. F. Courroux, Ambassador's Court, St. James's
Palace.—Oct. 1, 1855."
JOZEAIJ'S COPAHINE, or SACCFIARATED
CAPSULE% approved of by the french College ofPhysicians,
uccessfully administe red in the Paris and London Hospitals, and
,cknowledged by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder.
~See " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on appli-
cation.—Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor,
GABRIEL JOZEAU, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and
ill the principal chemists.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.
TRIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an
injunction was granted by the Hh Court o Chancery, and
on the lth June following was madeig perpetual,f against Joseph
,'ranklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou-
,and pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by
izoyal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the
dtz eharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine,
Vienna.

TRIESEMAR, No. I,
is a remedy for Relaxation, Spercnatorrho3a. and Exhaustion of th,
System, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate.
To those persons who are prevented entering the married state by
the consequences of early errors it is invaluable.

AR,
effectually, in thu short spacetRIESEM of three days, completely and entirely
eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs
have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health
ff a vast portion of the population.

,
is the groat Continental RemedyRIESEM-AR for that class of Disorders, which
unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in-
evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the
sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove.
TRIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell,
and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table
without their use being suspected.
Sold in tin cases at 11s. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into
separate doses, as administered by Valpean, Lallemand, Roux,
kc., &c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68,
Cornhill ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Ox-
ford-street ; R. H. Ingham, druggist, 46, Market-street, Manchester;
11. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, t 2,
Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street,
Dublin; Winnall, bookseller, High-street, Birmingham.

AUSTRALIA.

ARRIVAL OF THE MARCO POLO AND
MERMAID,
LARGE IMPORT OF GOLD.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.
The celebrated clipper Marco Polo, Capt. Clarke,
of the Black Ball line of Australian packets, ar-
rived at 3 p.m., from Melbourne, with the mails
from the Australian colonies, 350 passengers, and
125,000 ounces of gold (amounting in value to
nearly half a million sterling.) She left Melbourne
on the 26th of July, and has thus made the pas-
sage in 85 days. On the 26th of August she spoke
the Waverley, from Pisco, lat. 55.30 S., lon. 60.30
W.; Sept. 23, the Silver Cloud, from .Boston to
Valparaiso, lat. 10.30 N., lon. 28.29 W.; and on
Sept. 25, the Gleaner, from Callao to Cork, lat.
11.30 N., lon. 30.20 W., 76 days out.
The Mermaid, Capt. Devey, of the White Star
line, also arrived this afternoon from Melbourne,
•with 98,000 ounces, or nearly 400,000/. Her voyage
was delayed by having to call at Pernambuco for
provisions.

The White Star and the British Trident, from
Liverpool, arrived at Melbourne on the 18th July;
the South Carolina, hence, was off Port Philip
Heads on the 20th July.
The Kent, Coleman, from London, arrived at
Melbourne after '72 days.
The Marco Polo, in addition to other cargo,
brought 450 bales of wool and 120 tons of copper
ore.

There was great distress at Collingwood, and a
committee had been appointed at Melbourne to in-
quire into the causes, and to report.
The escorts from ount Alexander and Ballarat
on tho 13th brought 37,987 ounces of gold dust and
26,2011. in cash.

Agricultural operations are going on with consi-
derable vigour in tho neighbourhood of Ballarat.
Fencing, clearing, and cropping are, we are told,
proceeding in a style which shows evident earnest-
ness of purpose. The inhabitants are sanguine in
their anticipations that the district will ere long
become quite an agricultural one, and speculators
are already said to be on the look out for good sites
for flour mills.

The Goulburn Chronicle says that the yield of
gokl at the Tuena Creek diggings is fast improving.
The recent "rush " to Brown's Point had been
successful to an eminent degree, and the yield of
the precious metal has turned out to be greater
than at first anticipated. The Little River dig-
gings at Braidwood had been also -very successful.
A Sailors' Home was about to be started at Mel-
bourne.

Government notices had been posted over the
diggings, announcing that the " miner's right "
was required to be taken before the 19th of July,
in order to qualify for the possession of the fran-
chise, and the diggers must be prepared, if re-
quired, to give the necessary notice on or before
the 15th day of September.
Money (=ays the Journal of Commerce) is scarce
among a certain class ; but the really solvent trader
finds so difficulty in obtaining discount at 7 per cent.
for bills at ninety days, and 8 if for a longer period—
a rate of interest we conceive low, considering the value
of mosey elsewhere, and the still somewhat unsettled
state of our affairs. The Government, too, we are happy
to state, is taking most energetic measures for improv-
ing its financial condition. Expenditure is being de-
ferred wherever practicable, and in other cases mate-
rially lessened—a course which must shortly place the
colonial finances on a sound and satisfactory basis. The
Government has also acted prudently with respect to its
debentures ; the step taken must be productive of ulti-
mate good, although it may cause some temporary diffi-
culty. Instead of selling them at the absurd price for
which one of our local banks tendered—hoping thereby,
we suppose, to repeat the success of the contractor of
the corporation loan—it has for some days past been
advertising them, and with satisfactory results, at rates
commencing at 10s. above par, and at a gradually in-
creasing discount, according to the period over which
the currency of the debentures extends.
Os the subject of our staple export, gold, we have the
most satisfactory evidence to offer. Not only is the
quantity produced so far this year greater than that ob-
tained during the same portion of last year, but most
undoubted testimony presents itself daily that it will
continue to increase; and this statement will not cause
any surprise to those of our readers whose information
has kept pace with current events. Besides the usual
primitive mode of cradling, machinery of various kinds
is now applied to gold mining to a large extent. Quartz
crushing is attracting considerable attention ; and al-
though at present we cannot report any general amount
of success, yet we are aware of some instances in which
almost fabulous quantities of the precious metal have
been obtained from the quartz matrix.
The establishment and commencement of the opera-
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tions of the Sydney Mint have lately occupied a large
share of the attention of the mercantile community.
Considerable difference of opinion exists as to the proba-
ble value of the establishment to our neighbours, one
party alleging that it is a mischievous and expensive toy,
and another that it is a great boon. Experience alone can
reconcile these statements, or prove which is the correct
one. We believe, however, that the former party will
come off victorious, particularly as the coin has not been
proclaimed a legal tender in this and the colony of
South Australia ; and as the law-officers of the Crown
here have ruled that it is liable to the gold export duty
on its re-exportation.
Telegraphic communication has been discussed, and
will undoubtedly claim more attention at an early date.
Its value has been demonstrated by that already in ope-
ration, and its extension to Sydney and Adelaide would
be productive of much benefit. Indeed, we believe the
time is not far distant when we shall find ourselves in
the full enjoyment of daily telegraphic intercourse with
Europe.
The Gold Export Duty Bill works more harmoniously
than was anticipated ; and the same may be said as re-.
gards the amount of revenue which it produces.
The high price which breadstuffs have been realising,
and a continuance of which for some months to come
seems almost a certainty, has led to a large extension of
agricultural operations. We have no reliable data to
show the acreage of this extension, but that it is a fact
the concurrent testimony received from every district
affords abundant proof, and no doubt can be entertained
that the results will be as satisfactory to the producer as
to the consumer. In connection pith this subject we
may here state, that since September last, when the first
cargo was imported, not less than 900 tons of guano has
been purchased by the agriculturists of Victoria, at an
expense of about 151. per ton. We observe also that
about 60 tons have been imported and sold at Sydney
within the last fortnight, the price realised being from
131. 10s. per ton.
The executive has lately made a concession to the ship-
owner which we have much pleasure in placing before
our readers. We allude to the announcement that ships
calling at any of the ports of the colony for orders or
assistance, without breaking bulk, shall be exempt from
all charges, except for services actually solicited and
rendered. This, with the assistance of the telegraph to
the Heads, mast prove advantageous to the shipper and
the consignee.
A reduction will no doubt be at once made in the
pilotage chargeable upon ships arriving in the various
ports of the colony. The present rate is excessive in
amount, and not as fairly levied as it might be. We
think it would be preferable to charge it upon draught
of water, and not upon tonnage, as at present. From
returns submitted to the Chamber of Commerce on Wed-
nesday last, and published in another part of this issue,
it appears that the pilotage received from Ist Septem-
ber, 1854, to 30th April 1855, at Melbourne, Geelong,
and the outports, was 43,6881., and this has not only
enabled the pilots to pay themselves at the rate of 9001.
a year each, but to credit a decayed pilots' fund with
4,820/,, and to purchase the entire stock of vessels,
boats, &c., necessary to carry on their occupation. The
decreased tonnage arriving in Hobson's Bay renders the
present staff of pilots quite unnecessary.
The immigration returns before us, for the quarter
ending sth July, 1855, exhibit a balance in favour of
arrivals over departures of 16,200. This includes Chi-
nese, who continue to arrive in considerable numbers,
and will do so, we believe, notwithstanding the stringent
enactment which was passed at the close of last session
with the view of preventing, or, at all events, regulating
such immigration. Assisted immigration appears to be
no longer necessary : the more extended information of
our vast resources being apparently sufficient to supply
us with as many of that very superior class—voluntary
immigrants—eeasacnanobueterreya, which has been designateddily employed. Indeed, there
"destitution." We would be far from asserting that
" distress" does not exist ; but that either the colony, or
our social or political arrangements, have necessarily
caused or aided to produce it, we do not believe for a
moment. With the exception of a few cases, which are
unavoidable wherever a large population is congregated,
we believe the cause of the distress may be traced to the
conduct of the individuals suffering from it.
A movement has been made, which, it is believed, will
result in the establishment of additional lighthouses on
our coast, the late melancholy wrecks on King's Island—
another has just occurred—having forcibly impressed the
necessity of such works upon the attention of the autho-
rities of this and the adjoining colonies.
The experiment made by the Oriental Bank Corpora-
tion of allowing interest on current account balances,
does not appear to have been very successful, inasmuch
as a notice has been issued that "in one month from the
30th ultimo, interest on such balances will cease."

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
MELBOURNE, July 25.—This market is at present ex-
cessively dull, and there is little or no prospect of any
material improvement for a couple of months. The cause
of this is the continued cessation of orders for the inte-
rior. We learn from parties who have recently visited
the various gold fields that stocks are very hea,vy. With
few exceptions, the storekeepers there are sound, but
rimy hitve severely hampered themselves by cever-speett.
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Wien in the early part of the season. Competition is
very severe, and profits generally can with difficulty be
realised. Thechief object seems to beto quit stocks without
a loss, and thegreater part having been laid in when goods
in Melbourne and cartage were very low, they are
now sold on the diggings at a very small advance on the
present Melbourne prices. The miners generally being
well off, the consumption is large. Building operations
are commencing on the gold fields ; the miners are get-
ing up their families, and a large. population is settling
down in the various townships formed around the centre
of the gold fields. There has been a great increase in
cultivation this year. The crops are now springing, and
the season having been very favourable,. they look re-
markably well. There is now no doubt f the continued
success of quartz crushing, and of a.large increase in the
yield of gold ; and on the whole the prospects of the
country, and of a considerable improvement in trade,
after the next few months, are certainly good.
Breadstuffs—The flour market has of late been un-
settled,
and there is some uncertainty whether the present
prices will be maintained. There can be no doubt, how.
ever, that supplies in the colonies are very deficient, and
in all probability remunerative prices will be maintained
till about six months hence, when the new crop comesin.
Soft Goods—The market is overstocked, even with
summer goods, and only particular descriptions will be
wanted to complete assortments.
Liquors.—ln consequence of the cessation of ship-
ments stocks are much reduced, and holders are firm,
but there are wry fewitransactions. The best brands of
brandy, Geneva, and English gin are particularly scarce.
Burton ales are held for 101. Porter and bottled malt
liquors are very dull.
Tobacco is getting scarce, and when trade revives all
kinds of negrohead and good cigars will bring good
prices.

Coffee.—There is no first, quality Jamaica in the mar-
ket, and prices are firm.
Groceries, Provisions, and Oilmen's Stores.—There is
little demand, but prices generally are maintained.-
Pearl barley, split peas, oatmeal, butter, cheese, candles,
salt, dried apples, currants, and pork are advancing.
Building materials of all kinds are at present unsale-
able.

Grain, &c.—Oats, barley, and all kinds of home•fed
are declining.

Metals.--AII kinds of mining tools, pig and bar iron,
border plate, suitable hardware, and machinery, are in
fair demand.

FREIGHTS.
To London. To Liverpool.
Wool
Tallow
Hides
Gold 4d to 6d oz. 4d to 6d oz.
Do. in large qpantites 4d oz. 4d oz.
Bones and horns sos to 63s ton 55s to 60s ton
Dead weight
Light goods 6os to 80s ton 50s to 60s ton
Bank Discounts.—On bills under 95 days' currency,
7 per cent. ; over 95 days' ditto, 8 per cent. ; renewals,
10 per cent. ; overdrawn accounts, 10 per cent.
Gold.—Price charged by brokers, 31 17s 6d to 31 17s
9d per oz.
Wool.—Super. fks., is 3d to is sid per lb. ; scoured,
Is 2d to is 4id ; fair to good, is 2d to is 3d ; low to
middling, is to is 2d ; greasy, 6d to 8d ; slips, 10d to
is 2d ; handwashed, lld to is id ; sheepskins, each,
2s 6d to 3g.
Tallow—Mutton, 31 to 31 5s per cwt. ; mixed, 11 17s
to 21 ; station, 21 to 21 9s.
Hides—Cured, heavy, 12s to 12s 3d each ; grinders,
11 to 11 10s per ton ; ditto, shanks and hoofs, 21 2s to
2s 5s ; horns, 11 to 1151 per 100.