The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-07 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

ARRIVAL OF THE INDIAN QUEEN.
LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.
The Black Ball clipper Indian Queen, Captain
M'Kirdy, belonging to Messrs. James Baines and
Co., arrived in the river on Tuesday night, after a
very rapid passage of 78 days from Hobart Town,
from which port she sailed on the 17th of March,
with 50 passengers, and a small box of specie, in
addition to the following cargo-2035 bales of wool,
164 bales and 10 cases of leather, 71 casks sperm
oil, 5 hhds. skins, and 3 cases brushware.
The Indian Queen brings advices from Melbourne
to the 13th March—three days later than previ-
ously to hand, up to which date neither the Red
Jacket (out 75 days), nor the Lightning (out 66
days), had arrived.
The arrival of English news was looked forward
to with much anxiety by the inhabitants of Mel-
bourne, the latest advices from England being De-
cember 10.

An open air meeting was held at Melbourne on
the 24th of March, for the purpose of considering
the extraordinary conduct of Government in post-
poning the trials of the Ballarat rioters. Resolu-
tions condemnatory of the course pursued by Go-
vernment were passed, and a subscription entered
into for a defence of the remaining prisoners. The
insult offered to the jury by the Attorney-General
was also censured, one of the speakers, Mr. Aspi-
nall, stating that it was understood the Attorney-
General intended to resign as soon as he was able
to pass a measure prohibiting trial by jury.
Another large nugget of gold, weighing 481 b.,
had been taken from a hole at Ballarat.

A letter from Geelong, dated 12th March, says :
—" The improvement noticed some time past in
provisions continues to progress. Rates are tend-
ing rapidly upward, and merchants are determined
to hold rather than credit any important sale.
Prices.—Belmont candles are now worth 2s. per lb.;
ls. Bd. per lb. is a fair quotation for English cheese,
and there is also an advance on many other articles
of daily consumption. The first quality of flour
has realised 451. 10s., and wheat has been quoted
at 15s. 6d. to 15s. 9d.

A meeting, presided over by the Governor of
Van Diemen's Land, Sir Henry Young, was held
at Hobart Town on the 10th of March, at which a
committee was appointed to raise subscriptims in
aid of the Patriotic Fund. Nearly 1,0001. was con-
tributed at the meeting.
Mr. Perry was elected to a seat in the Legisla-
tive Council, for Hobart Town, on the 16th of
March, by a majority of 176 over his opponent,
Dr. Bedford.

The gold mines at Fingal, Ivorked by the Laun-
ceston Company, was not productive enough to
pay expenses ; but persons of experience iu the
Victoria mines were quite sanguine of success as to
the result, feeling assured that at a quarter depth
the gold will he found in great quantities. The
miners propose going to the depth of 100 feet.
The harvest in Van Diemen's Land had been
completed and got in with little difficulty. For
labour the wages generally paid had been 12g. per
acre and rations.

The Launceston Examiner says the Archbishop of
'Canterbury had extended the leave of absence from
the colony of the Rev. Dr. Brown for six months
longer, in order to have the benefit of his expe-
rience and assistance in the preparation of an act
for the better management of ecclesiastical affairs
in the Australian colonies.

Advices from New Zealand to the 27th February
have been received by the Indian Queen. The
New Zealander of that date says :
" Commerce has for some weeks past been subservient
to politics, and we have neither a *sale to report or
change to note. There has been bot one arrival (luring
the week, and that an American whaler to refresh. Three
vessels have Baled, all with colonial produce for the
Melbourne market. The exports were 400 tons of po-
tatoes, 30 bushels of wheat, aad 3 tons of onions."

RUSSIAN AVARrCIOUSNESS.