The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-12 00:00:00

quent disappointments, attended with many discomforts,
it has a freedom and independence which may be sup-
posed calculated to recommend it to men indisposed by
inclination and habit to the ordinary restraints con-
nected with settled labour." The chance there is, too of
a brilliant success enables the man of anything like san-
guine temperament to surmount present toils and hard-
ships.
" I have made careful inquiryasto thenumberof Men
of this class who were identified with the recent insur-
rectionary movement. lam informed that about 30 of
_the 150 in the stockade were of those who had been con-
yids, and that,'*of these 30, 20 might be regarded-as in-
.duced to flionnect themselves with the agitation with a
view to plgnder. Even a,temporary success would have
furnished the most favourable opportunity for ac,(gran-
disement. the robbery of the,_stores,*&c.,.a.
course whick was commenced-and carried- to some ex-'
tent, many shafts were known besides in which.valuable
washing stuff had,tbeea-collected, and there was every,
-probability,that even a felv days of successful rebellion
would leave these heaps in gie power of the rebels."
The Arabian has broughe .5 8,0 0 0 ounces of gold
'on freight, 18,000 bales of wool, and 200 passengers.
Trade was improving. '
. A sample of coal front. Spring say, equal to the
best qualities of Port Arthur, had Seen eichibited
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, a.id
it was feared the worst had not been reached.

The gold market was quiet, at 3/. 17s. per ounce.
The Arabian fell in with ldrge quantities of ice
(some of the bergs very large) between longitude
1.70 and 40, west ; between longitude 56 and 40 she
experienced dense foggy weather, and, the ship was
Bove to several times, the icebergs being so very
numerons and the weather so thick that she was
frequently within a few yards of a berg before it
was detected. Crossed the Equator on the 1,5 th..
The Antelope left Melbourne, for the Cape of
Good Hope and Liverpool 'in company with the
Arabian. , ,

The Constance, Sultana, and Delgany, from Li-
verpool, had arrived at Melbourne. 'The Argo ar-
rived at Melbourne on the sth of December: - -

A MERICA.

`By the arrival of the Cunard Royal. fail steam-
ship Asia, Captain Edward G. Lott, we have ad-
the 28th ult., and Halifax to the Ist inst
The Asia brought 95 Passengers and.5528,62a in
specie. She reports the sailing of the Washing-
ton, for Southampton and Brernen,"from New York
on the 24th ult. The news by this arrival is not
important. _

the Royal Mail steam-ship Canada,, from hence
on the 17th ult., was. passed by-the Baltic on the
Ist of. March, 300 miles from Boston, making for
`that port.
An interesting scene occurred in the -United
States Senate -on. the 26th :ult. The sword: which
General Jackson wore through all his •campaigns,
and which, while on his death-bed, he 'presented to
his friend and C.OnapaniOn in arms, the late General
Armstrong, Was
.presented toy Pongresi. General
Cass, in pre4eriting "tlie.weipon.;, delivered an elo-
quent eulogy upon the public services • and private
virtues of the
..gallant hero of
_New Orleans,..
Bell folloired'm stiiin, and the eauclu-
tion'of.hisroMarks offered a joint resolution; ac4erit-
ing the sttnitir and thaUking Vie family of tka late
General Armstrong fore the .gitt: It-passed unani-
mouSl. • •
The &dietary of the Treasury-has- promulgated
an important decision relating to the carrying Of
emigrant passengers. It is as follows :
" If a ship does not carry a larger number of passen-
gem in, other parts of said vesssel than she is legallyen-
titled to carry on-her low& orlop decks, and said
:passengers have the:liPacei unoccupied by other goods,
not being ,their personal baggage, .in the part of said
vessel where carried, which are'prescribed by law,She is
not liable 0 the penaltiei imposed by said kiwi for an
e4cess of passongers, evpn though ,her lower or, orlop
docks may -be occupied in whole or in part for the-storage
in merchandise."

This settles-the matter controverajr kietWeen
the, merchants and shippers and Congress, and also
secures to passepgers the space allotted by the laws
to them while on shipboard.
The New York Heraldsays :—" Our Washington
correspondent states that there is no'doubt'but the
Senate will agree to the modifications of the tariff
as aclOpted by the house."