The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-10 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH 9.
Arrived. off, the ship Admiral,. which left Port
Philip on Dec. 7. Landed mails and 'passengers.
The Ballarat rioting had terminated, partly in-
duced by Mr. Forster, the Colonial Secretary, hav-
ing resigned his office.
The steam-ship Argo arrived at Melbourne, from
England, Dec. 6, all well. The steam-ship London
passed the Heads Dec.ll, with troops from• Hobart
Town. Price of gold unaltered.

LATEST FROM AUSTRALIA.

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.

This forenoon, at eleven o'clock, the White Star
line clipper ship Arabian, Capt. Bannatyne, from
Melbourne, arrived off Holyhead, in 79 days. She
sailed from that port on the 20th December.
Her cargo consists of gold, wool, &c. She is
expected in the river early to-morrow morning.

We have received files of papers from Melbourne
to the 7th December.

No further disturbance had taken place. Martial
law had been proclaimed at the gold fields at Bal-
larat, to eminence on the Gth December. The
principal leader of the diggers had been arrested.
The Argo had arrived.
in the Legislative Council on the 6th December,
pursuant to notice, Mr. Miller moved :
" That the Lieutenant-Governor, having been placed
in a painfully embarrassing position since his arrival in
Victoria, is entitled to the sympathy and support of this
council, and it plelges itself, by every means in its
power, to aid him in restoring and maintaining law and
order."

In seconding this motion, the Colonial Secretary
made the following statement :

" Most of the disaTfected," he said, "who did not form
the bulk of the diggers, and many of the leaders, were
foreigners, while the real hard-working diggers were de
lighted with the timely intervention of the Government.
He read extracts front despatches received that day from
Captain Pasley and Commissioner Rede, showing this to
be the case ; that order was now entirely restored, and
that 417 licences had been issued in one day. He was
also truly happy to say that the majority of the prisoners,
as well as of those killed, were foreigners."
The Argo, which left England on the 4th Octo-
ber, took out the famous news of the capture of
Sebastopol, and the Melbourne papers are full of
that interesting event.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(Front the Argus, of Dec. 7.)
The gold market, partaking of the general excitement,
was without transactions yesterday. The Admiral
cleared for London with 55,606 ounces of gold, and a
very large cargo of wood.

ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIAN.
(By Electric Telegraph.)
LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, 9 a.m.

The Arabian, which left Melbourne on the 18th
of December, arrived here this morning with ad-
vices to the 16th.

She has broughtsB,ooo ounces of gold on freight,
18,000 bales of wool, and 200 passengers.
At Ballarat all was quiet, the miners gradually
resuming work. Captain Evans had left the
camp, and au entire change of the officials was ex-
pected. Trade was improving.
At a public meeting on the disturbances at Vic-
toria, held at Hobart Town, an amendment,
condemning the acts of the Legislature of that
colony, was proposed and carried.
A sample of coal from Spring Bay, equal to the
best qualities of Port Arthur, had been exhibited
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, and
it was feared the worst had not been reached.

The gold market was quiet, at 31. 17s. per ounce.
The Arabian fell in with largo quantities of ice
(some of the bergs very large) between long. 170
and 40 West ; between long. 56 and 40 experi-
enced dense foggy weather, and the ship was
hove to several times, the icebergs being so very
numerous and the weather so thick that the ship
was frequently within a few yards of a berg before
it was detected. Crossed the equator on the 15th.
The Antelope left Melbourne for the Cape of
Good Hope and Liverpool, in company with the
Arabian.

The Constance, Sultana, and Delgany, from
Liverpool, arrived at Melbourne.

BANK OF FRANCE.

The following was the situation of the Bank on
Thursday, March 8 :

Ca.
, Fr. c.
Cash and ingots
Cash at the branch banks 199,500,31:55 --
Bills due yesterday to be paid to•day 550,021 85
Bills becoming due in Paris, of which
59,244,736 f. 53c. are from the branch
banks 156,344,992 33
Bills in the branch banks
Advances on coin and ingots -
Do. in the branch banks
Do. on public securities of Francs 25,285,536 1
Do. in the branch banks -
Do. on railway shares and bonds 58,820,000 -
Do. in th• branch banks
Do. to the State by treaty of
June 30, 1848
Rentes of the reserve fund
Rentes of disposable funds
Hotel and furniture of the Bank
Real property of branch banks
Expenses of administration...
Sundries

65,000,000 -

12,980,750 14
52,572,954 18
4,000,000 -
4,692,425 -

688,638 38
66,375 76

1,020,305,705 24