The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-21 00:00:00

T A. SUN,

15s. 6(1.; cost and merchants' bills, 1,8641. 17s ld.
2,290/. 12s. 7d.-By ores sold (less dues), 1,474/, 13s. 7d.;
water drainage, 201.: leaving balance against adven-
turers, 7951. 193.
At Wheal Oak general meeting, on the 12th inst., the
accounts showed-Balance last account, 3581. 18s. 4/3.;
tutwork, May, 16/. 16s. 2d.; June, 301. 10s. 10d.-406/.
5.5. Received on account of arrears, 101. 15s. Bd.; of
Wheal Enys, 41. 9s. 9d.: leaving balance to next account,
390/. 19s. 7d.; 141 shares having been relinquished, the
mine is now divided into 808, on which a call of 9s. per
share was made.
At the Devon and Cornwall United Mines general
meeting, on the 13th Aug., the accounts showed-Cost
for May, 148/. 17s. Bd.; ditto for June, 1361. 55.; C.
Bawden for attending four meetings, 10/ ; merchants'
bills paid, 662/. 175.; secretary's salary, expenses, and
postage, 101. 95.--=-9681. Bs. Bd.--Balance last account,
430/. 2s. 3d.; received on account of calls, 2061. 12s. 9c1.:
leaving balance to next account, 3311. 13s. Bd.; esti-
mated cost for July and August, 350/.; rent, 10/., makes
691/. 13s. Bd. liabilities.-The assets are 2361. 76. 2d.,
leaving a deficiency of 4451. 6s. 6c1., and due to merchants
470/. 16s. 9d.: together, 9261. 3s. 3d. A call of 1/. per
share was made.
At Garreg Mine meeting, yesterday, a call of 2s. 6d.
per share was made.
At Lamherooe Wheal Maria special meeting, on
Thursday, a call of 1/, per share was made, payable in
28 days. The balance-theet showed-Ex
date, 26,458/. 7s. id.-Calls, &C., 26,109/. 15s. 111
'
Liabilities, 549/. 33. Bd.-Assets 3501.6 d-show-
ing to
12s. 6-show-
ing a balance against the mine of
1981. 1 ls. 2(1.
Duriag the week shares have changed hands in Alfred
Consols, South Tamar, Bedford United, Merllyn,
Brewer, Golden, Lovell, Tincroft, Treraayne, Botallack,
Orsedd, Clive, Cubert, Garreg, Trefusis, Neptune, Tre-
gardock, Trevelyan, Great Bryn. Wheal Fortune (South
Tawton), Trebell, Treworlia, East Wheal Vor. Zion,
Chyprase, Cwmdyle Rock, Beacon, Elizabeth, Calling-
ton Lewis, North Pool, Wheal Clifford, West Stray
Park,, Wheal Bailer. Consford, Wheal Reeth, Trevishey,
Bell and Lanarth, Carvasnel, Millpool, Tywardreath,
Mining Company of Ireland, and Kenmare.
In Foreign Mines, the transactions have been in Cobre,
Imperial Brazilian, St. John del Rey, Linares, and
Uaited Mexicans.

VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.
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This is a delightful country, and as healthy as
one could wish to be in, but it has one fault—being
subject to hot winds, which blow frequently during the
summer months, and make a person feel quite uncom-
fortable. We are very scarce of officers, having only,
five at head-quarters. I marched some men to Laun-
ceston a short time since ; it is a distance of 120 miles.
We were six days marching, and all suffered a
great deal. However, lam amused myself shooting
Posella parrots, which abound along the roads in mil-
lions, also a species of beautiful bird called the bronze-
winged pigeon ; but this sort of amusement has its
drawbacks, for the grass swarms with snakes of all
descriptions, some of which are very beautiful, and
others full of malignant poison. Whilst on the
march, one morning, at six o'clock, I perceived an
immense one, on whom I managed to steal, and
succeeded in `killing; he measured six feet in
length. One of our men brought him with him,
and at the next halt sold him for a nugget' of gold,
valued at 21,, to a digger who happened to be passing ;
but nuggets are plenty here. You may call this
a curious country. I know many gentlemen who
have been obliged to sell their horses for want of
grooms to mind them. You cannot get a coachman
for even 2001. per annum. Lady Peddar told me
yesterday that Sir John offered his coachman 2091.
a year, and yet could not induce him tordemthaienir.
Policemen are getting six shillings a day an
rations, and this will not coax them to stay ;
and the governor has to employ as constables
transported felons, taken out of the Penitentiary.
All our soldiers who can go are going ; in fact the
awful state of things here is indescribable—every
one leaving. As for tradesmen, you can get
nothing done—no one can be got to stay. Boots are
now 21. 125., and those made by inferior hands;
white trowsers, 11. 83. per pair. You cannot get any
sort of a coat for less than 71. or 81., and everything
in the same ratio; and the people here have become
so purse-proud you dare not dictate to them. All say
the diggins is very hard work, but for the diggers,
as soon as they have made some money they
all come back and spend it in a most extravagant
manner. To give you some idea of things here,
there is a very rich gentleman of my acquaintance
who said to his butler, whom he heard was
about to leave for the digging, John, I will give
you a half-crown a day more if you'll stay with me.'
His answer was, I'll see you hanged first ; in a
short time, when I return, I will give you more than
that if you become servant to me.' We are very badly
off for men. Captain B has gone to Mel-
bourne with a hundred pensioners, as we had no
men to give. Gold has now been discovered at a
place called Campbell Town, about fifty miles from
here. I marched through it the other day, when
they were prospecting for it. I saw a lump of gold
yesterday which a man found valued at 1,500/.
Think of that. One young fellow, who was a clerk
in the Australian Bank, at 140 t per annum, left for
the diggins,, and has since returned with an immense
sum or money. In consequence of the extravagant
price of everything here, I find it hard enough to rub
it out. We have on an average, to pay 255. a month
over our pay as contributions to our mess and band,
and that without indulging in the slightest luxury
hatever. Colonel Despard has written home to have
our pay increased, as we cannot live on it. One
poor fellow is ruined by it already. Lieutenant
of ours, after seven years' service, threw up commis-
sion and all, and went off to the diggins. lam afraid,
if something is not done, the regiment will soon be
without officers or men."

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
ESSEX.—Some wheat that is reaped has become so
thoroughly wetted that, unless the sheaves are un-
bound, but little chance exists of its being carted in a
dry state. The effects of the mildew have been lost
sight of since the greater calamity has overtaken us
by the protracted wet weather, but the injury from
that cause is much more extensive than was at first
imagined. The barley is much sprouted before cut-
ting; on heavy pieces, much laid by the rain, it will
not be fit for malting purposes, and the quality
will be generally inferior. Oats are good, and only
require favourable weather to secure them. Peas are
mostly harvested, but are only a moderate crop. The
potatoes will be small, and below the average crop, as
the bulbs have ceased growing since the blades have
decayed, but we see no reason to apprehend that many
will be lost by the disease ; indeed, so far as our own
observation extends, fewer are found injured than have
been found in any preceding year since the first ap-
pearance of the blight in 1846. The weather has
now greater appearance of becoming settled than
at any period for the last fortnight.—Chelmsford
Chronicle.

OXFORD SHIRE.—Some little hay remains in the
fields, but it is, from the continuous rains and heavy
dews, little better than dung, and the forward samples
of wheat are materially injured from the same cause ;
while from the unexpected ripeness (not discovered
until the last few days, and probably premature from
blight) much corn has shed both in reaping and re-
moval of sheaves in the brief interval of sunshine.
the rain for several days was almost incessant, but
yesterday (Wednesday) it was bright and sunshiny,
and should a continuance be vouchsafed to us, will soon
stop, though probably not repair, the mischief. Beans
are almost a failure, from blight while in blossom.
Barleyv looks well, and is quite ready for the scythe.
ot atoes are everywhere but a short crop ; the dis-
easehas spread with increasing rapidity, and the
leaves are gone, while the haulm is blackened and
ro`ting.— 7.?anw L
—urY Guardian
WILTs.--.81" 1 ,_ -
e ast rhursday the weather has been
very unpropitious, soaking rain and a warm temera-
ture having caused a vast quantity of wheat to "grow
Added to this, our,"reports of blight and mildew
and
pour
to-day it in from all
has been tolerably quarters in this district. Yesterday
looks far from settled. As notice fine, but the sky
d elsewhere, these
unfavourable circumstances induced the farmers to
ask such prices as almost altogether to prevent any
business being done in our market to•day.— Wiltshire
Independent
DURHAM._
Since our last we have had daily slight
showers, which have prevented the completion of the
hay harvest ;
in fact, it has only been in places where
the hay was in
large pike that the farmers have been
able to stack. There is
still a considerable quan-
tity
in the fields, and we regret
i to add that there is
also a great deal irretrievably injured. The wheat
harvest has commenced, and in the south and east
of the county the crops are rapidly ripening. In
those districts there is a considerable breadth ready
for the sickle, and if the weather had been favourable
many more fields would have been cut
before this.
The absence of Irish labour is already complained of,
and as we may expect the harvest to be general in a
few days, and then in such a state as utterly to pre-
r7
vent the use of either the reaping machine or scythe,
we fear the farmers will be compelled to give very
high wages.—Durham Advertiser.
NORTIIIIMBERLAND.—The weather since our last
has been generally fair in this district, and the hay
harvest is now all hut completed. Commencement
has also been ro ide ia the cutting of corn on a num-
ber of farms in the neig'nb.:urbood, and the changes
\
in the atmosphere will therefore now be looked to
With great anxiety. Though much corn is irreparably
`larnaged, the harvest, it is understood, will be a fair
v7,lge in this county.—Newcastle Chronicle.
bourrool r"".—Tlae cereal crops in this neigh-
, carried a large
are being cut very fast, and several farmers
quantity of wheat on Saturday last.
The reaping machine is kept in continualmotion
when weather permits. We fear that in this locality the potato crop will be a failure the stems in most
fields being blighted ,North Wales Chronicle.
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