The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-25 00:00:00

THE LIBERAL PARTY,

Something must be done, before Parliament meets, to
heal the unhappy dissensions which arc raging in the
Liberal camp. The Reform Club is in a positive state
some of the popular leaders,
of uproar. Only yesterday,
instead of accepting Lord John Russell's recent speeches
in Scotland as a security for his future good behaviour,
contrasting them with his reply to flume's annual motion,
and then denouncing them as a most disgraceful bid for
Aloe. There is, moreover, jealousy among the ranks of
the Reformers themselves. A strong suspicion exists
that what are called the Manchester School are anxious
to enter into a separate peace with the Whigs solely on
trade principles, while the more ardent Liberals wish to
make the ballot the basis of the alliance. How it will
end it is impossible to know. Such men as Mr. Brown,
of South Lancashire, might, we think, by the exorcise of
their influence, compose this unpleasant state of things.
The great difficulty seems to be to persuade the Liberals
of Lord John Russell's sincerity. No family party can
again monopolize the Government.—Liverpool

CANADIAN TIMBER TRADE.
We have heard it stated by several who are interested
in the trade, that the scarcity of Canadian timber, espe-
cially for building purposes, is already beginning to be
felt by a considerable increase in price. This is as-
cribed to the circumstance of so many vessels being
devoted from the staple traffic of the St. Lawrence in
order to convey emigrants to Australia and the States ;
and, as the weather must now shut up a chance of further
supplies for some time, it is feared that those who have
entered into large building contracts when timber was at
a low price, will now suffer much loss and embarrassment
by its increased value in the market.—Liverpool Alb,on.

TEN PROPOSED GREAT DOCKS AT THE RIVER'S
Romi.—The survey of the mouth of the river Avon, with
view to the formation of docks capable of accommodating the
largest class of ocean steamers, which we some weeks ago
announced as having been commenced by Messrs. Rendell
and Rockwell, civil engineers, has at length been brought to
a sonclusion with the exception of an extra supplementary
boring or two which have been commenced to extend the
results already obtained to the Swash channel and anchorage
Found, and a deep boring which is just put down on the
Dung Ball island. The engineers have not yet made any re-
Port, but we believe we are correctly informed in saying,
that in a Physical and engineering point of view they concur
in thinking the site near the Lighthouse, on the Gloucester
side. of the river, the most eligible. There is an absence of
rocks and a better flow of tide, and nautical men are almost
inmmmorus in recommending it before the Portishead side.
It is in contemplation, should the docks be made, to connect
them with the Great Western railway, by means of a railway
passing along by Bristol quay.
A DRUNKARD S EZID.—A man named Aetwick,
better known in and about Islington as " Golden Jack," in
consequence of his immense wealth, died while drunk a few
days ago, at his residence in the Shepperton cottages, near
the Rosemary Branch.
THE PRECIOUS METALS.-_The weekly account of
the imports of the precious metals includes
684,000 dollars by
the Africa from New York; 956,028
ounars by the Orinoco,
dollars from the West Indies; about 10,000 gold by the
San Francisco, from Sydney ; 30,000
American
gold, by the City
.of Glasgow, from Philadelliplialila
ayy
the Tagus, from Gibraltar, Lisbon, and Oporto; SA,NO".
lars by the Hermann, from New York; and dol-
lars
small quantity
of gold dust, by the Bosphorus, from the Cape.
value of these imports may be stated at about 386,0001. On
the other hand, the exports have been more considerable. The
shipments direct from London, during the we& ending Thurs
day last, are stated in the qustom-house return as follows
Silver bars : to Dunkirk, 8,000 ounces. Gold coin :to Ham_
burg, 1,000 ounces. Gold bars :to Hamburg 1 uneee"
344 o
Specie: to Adelaide, *,OOO/. The value o f these ship-
ments is only about 36,0004 The other. shipments, how..
ever, have been much heavier than usual. arge sums in
silver and gold have been despatched to the astern markets
and the week has been distinguished by a revival of the de-
mand for coin for Australia. Amongst the sums despatched
for our southern colonies are 60,000/. by the Koh-i-Noor
and about 1,5001. in the hands of passengers by the Banshee,
both for Port Philip ; 30,0001. by the Walvisch, for Adelaide;
15,0001. by the Panope, for Launceston ; and 30,0001. by the
Resolute, for Sydney. The Ripon has also taken out 271,0781.
for Alexandria and the East; and La Plata, 7,455/. for the
West Indies, besides 860/. worth of quicksilver. The aggre-
gate value of the exports from the kingdom for the week
is thus raised according to our returns, to rather more than
459,0004, Sand there is consequently a balance of :some
60,000/. in favour of exports over imports.