The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-24 00:00:00

FOREIGN.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24

LATEST NEWS.

into the law by which it is proposed to levy this
year a contingent of 140,000 men belonging to the
class of 1854.

AUSTRALIA.

Admiral Hamelin, senator by right, was ad-
mittol, and took the usual oaths.
The Monitcur commences the publication of a
long report from the Minister of Public Works on
mines and mineral industry in France since 1848
to 1852.

SWEDEN PREPARING FOR

SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 23.
By the Royal mail steam-ship Parana we have re-
ceived, vice Pauama, accounts from Sydney, to the 12th
of October inclusive.
" The revenue returns for the province of Victoria
have just been published. On the quarter ending Sep-
tember 30 the total increase in the aggregate revenue is
92,5861., and on the year 333,847/. The increase in the
aggregate of the territorial revenue on the quarter is
160,3431., and on the year 413,4331. The total increase
respectively, as compared with 1853, is 352,929/. on the
quarter, and 747,2801. on the year. As the increase on
the quarter is at the rate of more than 1,000,0001. per
annum, it is evident that the revenue up to the present
moment continues to improve.
" A continuance of dry weather throughout the colony
threatened to render the fruit and grain harvest very
short. Latterly, however, rain has fallen in some dis-
tricts.

WAR.

STOCKHOLM, JAN. 23,

Orders have been given for placing the entire

Swedish army upon a war footing.

BOURSE, JAN. 23.—CLOSING PRICES.
Cash. fr. c. End of Month.
,q per Cents 9l 50 ---f. —c.
3 per Cents 67 75 67 93
Credit Mobilier 758 75 Roman
Credit Foncier — Austrian
Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanioli Threes —
riedmontese — Home Debt 3oi
RAILWAYS—FOR CASH.
fr. c. fr. c.
Orleans . ..... 1,175 Lyons
, ••• 1035
Western 670 Rouon 1015
Cette
Mediterranean. 9OO Havre 560
Northern

The measure is to be executed with the greatest

promptitude, as it is required to have the troops

ready to march.

COPENHAGEN, JAN. 22,

The bill for effecting alterations in tho Funda•
mental Act has passed tho Volksthing.

" Prom Ne►v Zealand we learn that the net revenue
for the year, after deducting the costa of collection, is
eAitnated at 146,3151., and the expenditure, exclusive of
the costs of collection, 37,329/.—leaving a balance of
recciptk, over expenditure of 105,986/.
" A destructive storm of hail, lightning, and thunder
visited the dietrict of Adelaide on the 2d of Octlbcr.
Much property was destroyed, and the fruit crop suf-
fered severely.

VIENNA, TUESDAY.

AUSTRIA.
The Ironitetti. publishes the following article
from Vienna correspondence of the Journal cl
Fran/ fol'l, under date of the 17th inst.
:
Various jouraals Lave again received correspondenci
from Berlin, the object of which is to represent the
policy of Austria under an entirely false light. It i"
evident that all this cerrespondence emanates from the
same sourer. But it certainly will not attain the end it
has in view, which is to sow distrust between the West-
ern Powers and Austria, for those powers are too fully
convinced of the loyalty of the Austrian policy.
" From the beginning Austria has not considered
the Eastern question solely in the point of view of her
own interests, which are greatly threatened, but also in
the interests of Germany and of Europe, and she con-
tinues to consider it in the same manner. Her policy
is essentially a policy of duty, imposed upon her by
care for her people, for the Germanic Confederation,
and for the balance of power in Europe. The Cabinet
of Vienna has fulfilled that duty.
"It was the same thought which guided Austria in
tho oonoluisien of the offensive and defensive allianen of
the 20th of April, and of the additional article of the
26th of November, in the exchange of Notes of the Bth
of August, and in the conclusion of the treaty of alliance
of the 2d of December, and which guides her still. Her
object is clearly expressed in the latter treaty, to put
an end, as soon as possible, to the present war, by the
re-establishment of a general peace on solid bases, giving
to all Europe every guarantee against a return of the
complications which have_so unhappily troubled its re-
pose.'

The latest advices from the Crimea state tha

very considerable reinforcements had arrived to

the Allies.

" Three Finlanders, who had been taken prisoners of
war in the Ealt:c, and were allowed to enter the English
merchant service, had deserted from their ship in South
Australia, and it is thought were acting as epics for the
Russian Government.

Liprandi has again advanced his outposts to

,he Tcliernaya.

Forty thousand. Ruisians and eighty guns de

" The return of the gold exports from Sydney, from
January the Ist to September the 30th of the present
year, shows a falling off, compared with the same peried
of 1853, of 221,130 oz. 2 dwt. 12 grs. The value of the
gold exported during the same period in 1853, at 655.
per oz., was 1,371,3471. 18e. 4id. ; and in 1854, for the
same period, only 651,1491. 19s. 11id. From the Vic-
toria goldfields the decrease from the let of January to
the 30th of September this year, compared with 1853,
has been 181,714 oz. During the week ending the 30th
of September the quantity of gold brought down by
escort to Melbourne and Geelong was 40,815 oz.
"A promising goldfield has beendiscovered near Lake
(I".r.g.e•

fend the lines of Perekop.

Our letters received this morning inform us

that the text of the treaty between Sardinia,
France, and England, having received the assent
of the Government of the two latter countries,

was expected at Turin on the 20th, and woo to
be submitted immediately to the Piedmontese
Parliament. After being approved of by that
body, the ratifications are, it adds, to be ex-

" The reports from the newly-discovered goldfields at
the Omeo Lake are encouraging. With respect to the
Victoria goldfields, Mr. Patterson, in his Geelong Cold
Circular of the 30th of September, says :
" ' Our principal fields seem to be doing well at pre-
sent, and the general business is reported as again stir-
ring. Maryborough is still the centre of attraction,
and, although the yield is not large from that field, con-
sidering its population, it is likely by all accounts to be
a durable one.'

changed forthwith.
The Sardinian loan is to be fifty million francs,

Tke Ost Deutsche Post of Vienna says :—.

" Such a peace can only be realized by a union
between Austria and the Western Powers, which
would be essentially facilitated and accelerated if
Prussia could even now decide to join the treaty of
December. This union excludes altogether the possi-
bility of Austria dec!aring herself satisfied with the
adoption by Russia of the first twe of the Four Points,
if the revision of the treaty of the 13th of July, 1841, in
the sense of European equilibrium does not take place at
the same time. A schism between Austria and the
Western Powers and the distrust the latter are said to
entertain of their ally are purely malicious inventions.
" If the question is not mooted of a revision of the
treaties concluded between Russia and the Porte since
1776, it is simply because they have all been annulled
by the war which has broken out between the two em-
pires. Their relations will be regulated quite in a new
manner in the future peace, and is such a manner that
Russia can no longer pretend that they concern her alone,
and not the other great rowers. The territorial integ-
rity of Turkey, the sovereignty of the Sultan, and the
rights of the Christians in Turkey, will all be placed
under the guarantee of the whole of Europe,"

According to intelligeice from Warsaw, the
Russians on the 9th made a rather important
sortie from Sebastopol. It was directed against
the English, who repulsed the Russians, and
forced them to retreat with loss. The combat
was finished when the French came up to the
assistance of their Allies.

" Mr. Shull, in his last Melbourne Gold Circular,
states that the price of gold has receded 6d. per oz."

ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT
BRITAIN.

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
The steam-ship Great Britain has arrived with
the mails, &c., from Australia. There is no news
of any importance.
The gold brought by the Great Britain is of the
value of 505,0001.
The outbreak at Ballarat gold fields was in oppo-
sition to the license fee system, and had created
much excitement.

Melbourne had been in a state of agitation on
the convict question, and a series of resolutions had
been carried denouncing the system. The colonial
policy of Great Britain was creating much un-
easiness.

The price of gold continued at 3/. 19s. 6d. The
produce of gold was fully an average. The labour
market was more brisk.

The importation of gold has been excessive.
Many failures had taken place, and there was a
prevalent want of confidence, and even the wealthy
retailers would not increase their stocks. Prices
showed no improvement. Stocks in first hands re-
mained very heavy.
Agriculture was being prosecuted with great
vigour in new districts.

Exchange on London—Drafts on gold taken at
3 per cent, premium.
Freights—To London—Wool, I.d. per lb. ; tal-
low, 50s. per ton ; gold, in quantities, 4s. per oz.;
in small lots, 6d. ; deaa weight, 40s. to 50s. To
Liverpool—Wool, id. per lb. ; light goods, 60s.
per ton.

The quotations of wool of first quality, la. Id.
to is. 3d. ; second ditto, 9d. to lid. ; greasy,
bid. to 7 d. ; skins, 3d. to 41d. ; tallow, 50. ;
green hides, Bs. ; salted ditto, 18s.