The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-01 00:00:00

CALIFORNIA.

From San Francisco, California, we have advises to
,he 18th ult. The following is a summary of the
news:—
" The anticipations entertained at the opening of the
present winter of a prosperous season in mining have
been measurably disappointed by the unexpected ces-
sation of the rains. At the opeeieg of the season it
was thought that the aurae-us earth that had
been thrown up would prove more productive during
she winter months than any other department of
mining. This would, doubtless, have been the
case if the rains had continued. Yet, notwith-
standing the unfavourable character of the season thus
far, a reasonable degree of prosperity had attended the
miners generally in all pens of the country. The
ordinary placer diggings continue to yield abundantly
where there is sufficient water to work, and many loca-
lities which have been almost inoessently worked since
1849 are still productive, without any appearance
of ever being exhausted. This seems to be more
especially the case in some of the southern mines.
The Calaveras Chronicle, speaking of Carson's Creek,
says—' fhe diggings all along the creek are paying
well, although the ravine has been worked twice already.
Ma has been perhaps the richest place in California,
paying largely throughout its whole extent, while some
portions of it have yielded amounts totally unprece-
dented in the mines. The want of water, however,
is severely telt here ; but the miners are in expecta-
tion of relief in this matter by the introduc-
tion of water from the Stanislaus. Should this
take place the ravines and flats along the creek
will amply repay the labour expended in their working,
and it is said that even far up the hillsides good diggings
are to be found. The day after the recent rains a
Mexican boy, walking along the creek, picked up a piece
of quartz, which, up in being broken with a hammer, pro-
duced eight ounces of gold ;and on the same day a miner
known as 'Norwegian Bill' discovered among the tailings
a piece of pure gold weighing six ounces. From this creek
rises the celebrated quartz mountain, supposed to contain
the richest veins of gold of any similar formation in the
State. The most valuable sections of this hill have
been for some time in litigation between Morgan and
Finnegan and Co., which has interfered materially with
the operations of both parties. There are several sets
of machinery at work, crushing the quartz from the
hill on the Stanislaus River, which runs by the base
of the mountain on the east. There is no doubt but
this will eventually prove one of the most productive
veins in the country. We are informed by a genii'''.
man who has spent some time in critical examinad°7zB
of various mining districts, and especially. orz,liererda
mining, that the Rocky Bar Company, Inuivg into
County, has succeeded in constructing and P
that
with
operation the most effective machinery
Prlrelearn from
introduced, and that their works are
720e.d0115. per ton.
every prospect of success. The uso
the Sam° souroo, yields from 40 dollyltoo heavy and very
substantial, mill is built upon a Chilian model,
of 35 horse powery
the same re ionof
substantial, and driven by an eDglinn
ailtitiogthrbee met to some
ha
real
t t er
desideratump rog s e c
There are many other companvies
country working profitably,
of success than hitherto.
to see the
of efficient machinery is begino
extent, and we hope, ere Jong.
warded b energy and
tors TOW! Y an ample remune-
ration for their cal)
• itseave madeCalifornialt seems that the
fearful tragedies that a tf so unplea-
tly distinguished have not
yetceased entirely.
We learn from the Calaveras Chronicle of Saturday,
the 14th of February, that on the previous Wednesday
saglishman and an I •
two men, an
...at, . rishman, were hung
at MurpbY L___ t. The Chronicle says
—Two tente ee" "eve broken into at that camp, from
of which 400 dollars had been taken,d
one
from but 25
from the other dOll5. Sheriff Nlarshall, we learn,
arrested the persons who had committed the crimes, and
they proved to be an Englishman and an Irishman,
whose names we were unable to learn. The people were
infuriated beyond control, showing by their excited tyc-
oons that nothing but the lives of the criminals would be
allowed to expiate their guilt. Accordingly • d
they seized
them from the sheriff, and, with shouts of passionate ex-
ultation, launched the unfortunate culprits into eternity.
From Calaveras County we learn that new diggings have
recently been discover, d east of the Butte, andabout
three miles
from Jackson, which are creating some ex-
citement. The average depth is about twelve feet, and
a portion of the dirt 3 ields from 2 dolls, to 3 dolls. per
pan. Hunt's Gulch—This old and well-known gulch is
being thoroughly worked the present winter, and we
doubt not that it maintains its old reputation. Over a
half-million of dollars have been taken out of it since
first discovered, and probably as much remains. With

one or two exceptions this has n the richest gulch in
Our county, it not in the State. North Fork— Übe rni-

hers near ' The Gate,' who are washing the dir, thrown
up by them the past summer, are doing extremely well.
We are informed that their dirt, on the average, pays
from one to three ounces a day per man. Quartz Veins
—Several very rich quartz veins have recently been dis-
covered in the vicinity of the volcano. The discoverers
are so sanguine of success that they are about procur-
ing very extensive machinery. Some of the rock
averages from 40c. to 50c. per pound, A Sonora paper
says,--' Last Sunday Mr. J. Rabey was walking
along a little to the north of the Bull Pen, and
observed a small point of quartz sticking out from the
ground with gold in it visible. Ho proceeded to pull
out the stone, and found it to weigh 96 oz., and to be
worth 1,000 dollars or upward. The Bull Pen lies at
the eastern base of the bill, the western base of which
runs into Holden's garden. The character of the
quartz and gold just found is the same as that of the
c-lany lumps found in the garden, and probably came
from another dip of the same vein. It wdl be remem-
bered that about a month ago four other lumps were
found on the surface within the short apace of ow

r weak, bat more than 2')O or 300 yards trdro she 1
spot over which Mr. Rabey walked last ands
total value of the five lumps is 3,500 dellare,
surface pickings ;finrely.' Mr. C. I). Barber b .- • ' ~,
to us a lump weighing 38 (.2
.. And verltaining '
_._.--
Of gold. taken from Ijolden's gardt-n lasCSatuillto3,,ia`l46-7:,'.'11.:':.!').. 4--;
ab(4.. -Wheaton's claim. • Mr..Visfan nho, e AbOiieo
.tiivei - ; ? t,?:,:ti ::..r C 1
beautiful spoCiknenwf.,att,i .-tnt, leorttii-1 Rgo _ v-- e#,`„'fi,illeiii -- : -i:,4tl'''''',"
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Spring., 'The li/it was ' 'flo u l447bltibitti-.. :a , ,-4*-:...,,
I been ,o ttepret,sed as to have •hr ,app. aranoo -ot:tibigratrif •'; it ',,,,..,4.. ~
jewellery,ttltd-in-t-htrundst ~f it la embeetkitt a b+,4t4ttitif3:4,,,, .-j-:""-
olear crystal. :ll* ,Ltfrc r lurn-r, whi
ch iis."smallet,lll -, '4l''
quite peculiar,' toevie foitaittiot eithe.cittars ait 'we!' - - " •
as tor the int,vrinitare of fhe"geld."': 'The' quarrx is grit-
nusated, and the ma 18 fin ,„
g,. ..J.., ...u.e:stara,or- specks, aboite,
..theislae of a. pins hecifq,,aeorttend 'sit thsough, the gram..
bdibilii.7 4,,ek,xeek . It -lotkip
~of:pbre gold; sveigking •
16 oui, _ntiii;,fopcd by. .a
negro. named . Thomas, iu •
"...gulch known.sa Ketlum'Ai .Gutels„.ttssibieli ruswinto, the,
:"..Sonors Crl4-it. . Ili- Tp i 1.) prs of jiSran,T,4l,ql;.i.n dr.; ,ri,.i: p'vfai. ;
plain ii.i..
arl t- 'et ~. ae a& j'y''. ,f wcisr •t 4 , r k, la.:iiaiiiii,4.:
purpostact ...:Arurious projects for supplyier the want by
Rorke of arttat e proposed, The Republican leurbathat a
geritlcticalavwfrtilias for some. rime past be'mi 71ki,lxd..iri • ,
ilia-ling has paOertaken ;Ile ta,k,,,,f supplying;tke miners :. --.
~
it; the neighbourhood of Robinson's Ferry with water for
w shict;....fle :has 'purohatied a't,tea,M-engini of,krgiv),:
.:-...,,
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ca aoity„
.-frith the' pOWer of 'which*, he ;Will throw . ,,..
1
th 'wEvtex-of :the ,Stauislana over the bank into a canal, t...,
.w Op 1,1 has been cut from the river's side lute-Abe...010.- i.- •
Agr)ctilifire—bas received-1 large share of attentioi ~ «.,
during tbelast fortnight:. IraMensd orops of barley, iJ.
Ohio*, potatoes, and all' kinds of Vegetables, will be
raiseo.this.,xesr in all pill; of 'the . state. ~Indeed, it le
expected that we shell be able. to iti,‘ Auce tisMUgh,llB.wP,l. . ,
be.requireeter home corisnmplion." * ' ;.... :

I LORD- DERBY. •
' • (From the Times.)
. Lord Derby. has a, character for frankness and fair
dealieg•to lose, and we fear he is in a Lair way to less
it, The more anxious we have been to, secure for hitn
faii play and courteous treatment in , a Situation of: the.
utmost difficulty and embarrasaments—the more strenuous
we have` been compelled to be in resisting the onslatight
of the three Oppositions on the scarcely
.orginized
nistry, the more imperatively do we feel called upon to
reprobate the disingenuousness of the proceertieg by
which the majority of the Muse of Cominons had been
lulled into what would seem to be a folse_security.
We never disputed the constitutional doctrine, that,.
as the Prime Mitileter of this country ought to
possess the confidence of the majority of the House
of Commons, and as Lord Derby, by his own admission,
ottirsingthened by that of the Cbaecellor of the Exchequer
aricistaisSecridaTicdf State ten the
tieCnkenteAiriet
possess that confidence, is" placed in ati ab 'ithd
exceptional position, which ought not to be continued
one moment longer than the necessities of the public
service ansolutely demand. We have hitherto been un-
der the impression that Lord Derby himself held the
same opinion, and that he was as willing as his autago.
fists to put an end to an interregnum neither gratitlsing
to his pride nor calculated to contribute to the lustre of
his reputation. We thought that he would not endure
a moment longer than duty compelled him the presence
of a Parliament of which he was the nominal leader, but
not the actual master. We thought that, whatever
might be the impatience with which the men of Man-
chester burn to enter the lists, our fiery Premier would
be as eager for the confict as they. It seems, however,
that we were mistaken. To hold the responsibility of
office without its powers, to be Prime Minister under a
hostile Opposition, to be confined to" humble and useful"
duties, to resign the adv, racy in words and the per-
tormanco in deeds cf those things which for six years he
has solemnly declared to be indispensable,—these things,
so grievous to ordinary mortals, could not, we thought,
be light and easy of endurance to the proud heir of the
house of Stanley.
On the 19th of last month, in answer to a question by
the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl of Derby spoke as fol-
lows:—" I will go a step further, and say that I think
the next autumn ought not to be allowed to pass over,
not only without the country having had the opportunity
of coming to a decision, but without Parliament having
hid the opportunity of pronouncing definitively all
finally its opinion and its judgment tin the course of
policy that ought to be adopted on the part of the Go-
vernment. I will give no pledge as to time, whether in
April, in May, or in June, that an appeal shall be made
to the country, but I admit that an appeal ought to
be made to the country before the ordinary time of
commencing the next session of Parliament, and that
the great question in issue should be decided and adjue
,licated upon by Parliament at an earlier period, so that
the ordinary and current business of the next session
should not be interfered with by a protracted discussion
on the commercial and financial position of the country."
Lord Aberdeen, on behalf of the Conservative, and Lord
Grey,' on the part of the Whig Opposition, professed
themselves satisfied with this promise; and well they
might, for, without attempting to weigh words and
syllables, or to deal with the declaration of a high-
spirited nobleman by the rules of special pleading and
minute verbal criticism, any man of plain sense reading
this pa‘sage would understand,—first, that Lord Derby
contemplated the probability of a dissolution unless
some extraordinary circumstance intervened ; and,
secondly, that he proposed in the course of the
autumn, and before its close, to submit to Parliament
the question of what policy the Government ought to
pursue. Mr. Disraeli was not so t xplicit in his expla-
nations, and the result was, that while in the House of
Commons the Mil isterial explanations gave rise to a
long and angry debate, in the House of Lords the explae
nation was treated as quite sadafactory. On the follow-
ing Monday, however, Lord John liusssell. stating the
construction which he put on Lord Derby's answer,
which was exactly what we have said would be the con-
struction of any person of common sense, announced his
intention, on the faith of the promise, to facilitate as
much as possible the progress of public business. This
was done in the presence of iho Ministry; and if Lord
Derby had been misreported, or if the construction
placed by Lord John Russell on his words was forced or
erroneous, it was their duty to contradict an interpreta-
tion which, by their silence and acquiescence, they
rendered their own. On the strength of this
interpretation the estimates were passed unquestioned,
and no doubt was thrown on the intentions of
the Government till Lord Derby's declaration
of Tuesday last. " Nothing," he then said, "has ever
fallen from my lips which could lead any one to suppose
that the present would be a session of unusually short
duration. I never said anything which could justify
such a conclusion;" and afterwards Lord Derby added,
interrupting the Duke of Newcastle for the purpose,
that he never mentioned the months of April, May, or
e
June, a statement in which be was directli and moat
justly contradicted by the Duke. Of course, we arc
unable to account for these startling discrepancies,
h ehat
sinc to
e
say whether Lord Derby unintentionally misled the
tei of view the oo-
House in the first instance, or w
changed his mind, and now seeks to retract the pledge
unadvisedly given. But in etcher pont
I
currence is greatly to be regretted, n the
first place,
it tends not indirectly to lower that unhesitating and
eager confidence which everyoned. placed in the assurance
dfai intom uast
of Lord Derby, understood in its ordinary sense, and
without the slightest syprehhension of any female or am-
biguity of language'
declarationslfe second place, such a depar-
ture from formergive ftrheosshebipttaesrsnioensss
of which we had hoped to have been
08oton, an
to the OPP°'itson,
allayed. After one party has been, to use the mildest
8, signally term,mistaken in the meaning of the other,
the violence
and has, through_ that mistake, conceded a great advan-
tage, it will be very difficult to bring them again to a
mutual understanding. If the session be, as everybody
except the Ministers seems to think most desirable,
destined to be brought to a speedy close, this end will
now probably be obtained, not through mutual agree-
ment and compromise, but by making the minority feel
in the fullest extent that it is the minority, and that Go-
vernment, in this Parliament at least, exercises its filia-
tion% merely on sufferance.
We have no wish to rank among the counsellors of
Lord Driby, but, as having been uniformly anxious to
obtain for him the fullest hearing and the fairest trial,
we beg to point out how little will be gained by pro-
tracting the session at the expense of so much character
and public confidence. The position of a Ministry in a
minority is neither dignified nor popular. It forbids a
Government to advance, and for a Government not to
advance is to recede. Every week that Lord Derby's
helpless situation continues is sapping the foundation
of that party for whose support he looks at the
coming election. Uncertain of the intentions of

the Government, constituencies are taking the mat•
per intotheir own hands, and are in many in-

stances displacing adherents of the present Ministry
to make room for candidates possessing little else
that is definite except an adhesion to the doctrines of
free trade. The cry on that side is certain and popular;
on the other the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, and
who shall prepare himself for battle? Wavering be-
tween Protective yearnings and Free Trade realities,
without any avowed policy, without any clearly defined
intentions, the Ministry seems to live on from day to
day impatient of its present anomalous state, and yet
afraid to exchange it sooner than it is absolutely com-
pelled for its future condition, whatever that may be.
Such policy is too refined and artful for the blunt and
downright English nation. Let Ministers propound
their principles, and it will accept or reject them; but
in this free country we do not submit, except provi-
sionally, and then with much impatience, to the govern-
ment of a minority, and are not in the habit of being

consulted as to wh-a't principles our rulers ought to adopt.

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AND MINER
ROYAL SAPPERS A S.--WOOLWICII,
MARCH 31.—Detachments of this branch of the Ordnance
service will leave head-%uarters here about the end of April.
forthe Cape of Good ope, Gibraltar, New Zealand and
Malta, to fill up the companies at these stations. The 7th
compaly, under Captain Mann, are expected to proceed to
Hurst Castle, near L min
Y gton, Hants, for the purpose of re-
pairing the fortifications of that fortress, as soon as the
works at Browndown, near Portsmouth, are completed. A
general desire seeme to prevail among the offieers, non-
commissioned officers, and men, that the Master-General
would order that they may be supplied with a better musket,
the present arm they now use being very uncertain in caus-
ing a ball to bit an object at any range beyond a hundred
yards. The Minis, or any other light rifle having a good
range, would be of great advantage to the Royal Sappers
and Miners for their protection while engaged in raising field
worka or constructing fortification&

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