The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-17 00:00:00

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FRANCE.

clay containing a little gold, below which is the rock
bd ti
having generally no gold upon it. It is in the 2.
or wet diggings' that we have been working. We
have about seven or eight feet of surface soil toloose
throw
off before we come to the deposit, consisting of .
shingle or gravel, with stones of all sizes .ntermixed.
We have one now in our hole above two yards long
and one yard square, which we calculate to weigh three
or four tons—rather too much for us to toss out of the
whole, so we are content to let it stay there and work
round it. The soil that we wash varies in thickness
from two to four er five feet, and is also interspersed
with large stones. This stuff used to be exceedingly
hard, like cement or concrete, bat latterly we have had
the water privilege, and this has made it the easier to
pick, though harder to wash. This water is a great
nuisance to the bed diggers. We have now been about
three months flooded out of our holes, and shall not be
able to work our claim properly till the river has
ceased running. which we expect, if no rain fall, in
about a month or six weeks. We commenced washing
the day before yesterday, but we have to work
up to our knees in water, and I am not sure that
we shall not have to keep a rump constantly going.
When we were flooded out, and could do nothiv:g at our
present claim, we tried to find some dry diggings that
would give us employment while the river was going
down; but failing this, we boug.ht a hole upon Crawlerr's.
hill, in conjunction with a neighbour, for 51, which we
worked at for a week, but fiuoieg nothing except indi-
cations, we sold it again for 31, by which we about
cleared our enemies. Having notthng we could do
theM, my partner and I see out for a week's prospect-
ing to a river about twenty-five miles off, called the
P . ramul, bat returned unsuccessful. We have now got
into work again, and our claim has every appearance of
proving reasuuerat:ve, if the river will orey go down;
but it will not do to depend on it alone, and I think it
probable I shall leave William to work at it while I visit
the Arraluen diggings (which are very highly spoken
of ), and see if there is anything better to be done there.
" You know of course that the profits of gold diggings
are very various; in fact it is to a great extent a lot-
tery, particularly in the dry diggings. You may get 50
ounces in a day or nothing. Tnerefore a person mast
trust to perseverance and the long run to remunerate
him; for instance, we have been a month out of work,
except clearing off top stuff, end on Friday, when we re-
commenced washing we got 12 dwte., and yesterday
2 oz. 13 dwts. 2 gr., which is the best day's work we
have ever done. But then.you must deduct from this
two men's wages at 21. per week, sad. the time it has
taken us to clear off the surface soil, for we cannot
do that and wash at the same time; indeed we can
only wash on an average one day in two. Our mode
of working is as f.dlows. Toe claim is about 12
or 13 fret wide, aid extends from the bank to the river
(about 200 feet). We commence at the.bank and work
gradually towards the river, and we have already worked
oat about a third of the claim towards the bank. The
first process is to clear off the surface soil from a piece
of the full width of the claim, and say ten or twelve feet
towards the river, which is thrown behind, or to the
part worked out. The deposit containing the gold is
then taken out and wheeled down to the cradle at the
river side. We do not take all the heavy stones out of
the hole, but roll them to one side while the other is
being worked out, and then roll them into the vacant
space again while we work out the other side. When
this is done we clear off another slice, and so go on.
The washing is wraost simple and effectual process, but
one you. can have: little idea of without seeing. A buc-
ketfal of earth will contain perhaps one speck of gold,
Bey the size of. a pin's head, but as thin or thinner thau
paper, and this cen be got from the earth
with the greatest . ease. You put. The earth into a pro-
specting pan, which is just like an earthenware milk pan,
but made of tin, which you immerse in the water, giving
it a circular motion so as to break up the earth, clean
the stones, and shake the gold to the bottom. The
larger stones when washed clean are then taken out, and
you continue to shake the pan about with various mo-
tions, not easily described, but soon acquired, until the
soil is quite louse-and the sinaller stones clean. Then
you commence to wash away the boil by dipping the pan
into the water and raising it again, holding it slightly
inclined, so as to let a small quantity of the earth flow
out with the water each time. At the end of each three_
or four clippings you give the pan a good shaking, and
so continue, being more careful to the last, until every
particle of earth is washed away, and nothing but this
small speck of gold remains. But though this is the ori-
ginal or orthodox gold washing, it is not the plan in ge- '
neral use, as it is evident that but es very small quantity
could be washed by this process. The cradle is the ma-
chine generally used. In shape it is much like a child's
cradle. There is a hopper or sieve, punched with holes,
about a quarter of an inch in diam,ter, placed over where
the child's head would be, and beneath this a dashboard
sloping towards the upper end of the cradle, and having
strips of wood, a quarter of an inch thick, nailed round
it so as to form a rim ; and there are also two or three
pieces of wood nailed across the bottom of the cradle.
The upper end is raised . two or• three inches above the
lower ; and, having four or five shovels full of earth put
into the hopper, the cradle cemmeeces rocking with the
left hand, while with a dipper in the right water is con-
tinually baled from the river and thrown over the earth
into the hopper until all is washed away by tha stones,
Which are then thrown out. The earth falls from
the hopper on to the dashboaxd, and from that to
the bottom of the cradle. . while it is inter-
cepted by the pieces nailed across. until it escapes
at the lower end. Bat you will say, where is the
gold all this while ? I will tell you. le a properly con-
structed cradle three-fourths or the gold well be caught
by the ring of the dashboard, as its superior density pre-
vents it being washed over with the rest of the soil, and
what little escapes the dashboard is caught by the pier-'s
nailed across the bottom, its gramy, combined with the
cocking and water, causing it to sink into the earth,
which these pieces in(ereept. But the cradler has fre-
crientiv to loosen this earth with a trowel, or it would
set hard and the gold would wale over it. I should tell
you, however, that the p- ospecting pan has still to be
used. After washing every. three or four hoppers full of
earth, the dashboard is taken out, and what gold is in
it is put into the pan, and at the end of the day, or as
often at the cradler chooses, he takes the earth from the
bottom of the cradle and puts it into the pan, which is
then washed out in the manner .I first described, and the
day's proceeds are obtained, • .
'• Our mode of life has hitherto been barbarous enough,
but wo are getting ,a little more civilised now. When I
first came on the river there were very few stores, but
now there are twenty times as many as there were then,
arid competition has reduced prices to something more
like reason. We used to give 70e, per 1001bs. for fl
which we can now get for 30s. There was at first no
meat to be had from one end of the river to the other
mutton, and of thin no butcher would sell less tun
a side or quarter, and not the latter without a deal of
grumbling, but now we get plenty of beef in joints, led
can take as sma.l a quantity of that or mutton as Albs.
Tailors, shoemakers; barbers, and blacksmiths are be-
coming sprinkled about, and one Or two bakehouses
have been started, one is close to us; and we get good,
light bread at 9d. the 21h. loaf (weighing lidss.) Back-
6suil.
per
t wasitihi end for
g
ngwas a rare game tome months ago, they charged
sharpening
to
last,
andpi o
eks7mapettiwtioon soonminu lowered
eirosbd,
but too
their tone. . .
" Sickeess is prevalent here, particularly dysentery,
which has carried off several persons. Everybody
ascribes this to persons' drinkieg too much, water, but I
differ from everybody's opinion - altogether, -and think
that it results from the use of so.much stale provision
and want of vegetables and fruits. combined with thes,
excessive use of spirits, and perhaps tea., The water
may not be of first-rate quality, ,bat I never heard
of a dog or horse on the Turon.which got the dysene
tery from drinking it; and by the simple process of
boiling it, its noxious qualities are removed.”— Worces-
ter Chronicle,

The Dibata has the following on the subject of the
treaty of commerce just entered into between France
and Piedmont:— _ _

"Called to power with the mission of repairing the ma-
terial disasters, which were immense, of re-establishing
calm in minds agitated by the saturnalia of 1848, and of
founding a new political order of thiogs, based on the
charter which King Charles Albert gave to Piedmont,
the Ministry. presided over by M. d'Azeglio, hex de-
voted itself for several years to that frightful task
with a courage, a talent, a firmness, and a moderation
which have often merited success, and always public es-
teem. Succeeding to a frightful and decisive defeat, in
want of money, attacked by parties, still agitated by the
spirit of 11. ?liszzini, a prey to insurrection at home,
and to the exigencies of a foreign conqueror, it was
nevertheless able by degrees to establish order, to restore
--redit, to place the kingdom again in an honourable
7" e respected situation, and all that without violence
aitcl without; departing from ideas of order and of
Aeration. - Whilst around it vanished all the
anginary conquests of 1848, whilst so many
*.onstitutions- fell by turns, it has known how to
establish the constitutional and representative regime in
Piedmont, and to establish it on bases of justice, honour,
and liberty, Which we may hope are now solid. In the
midst of the 'wreck of so many illusions and hopes those
who have not yet lost all faith in a wise and limited
liberty, those who still believe that without it there is
no true order nor dignity possible for nations, will
find in the example now given by Piedmont a legi-
timate reason for persisting .in their belief. Let
Italy, in particular. turn her eyes in that direction.
Let these .unhappy and senseless patriots who, in
1248, would pot receive independence Irons the hands
of a Sing open their eyes to the light, let them under-
stand the terrible lesson which they received in 1848,
when they saw the Lombardian peasants, full of grati-
tude for the' excellence of Austrian government, refuse
their support to the liberating army, and let them know
how to render an account to themselves of what might,
under certain-given circumstances, result trout the happy
contagion of a liberal, enlightened, and national Govern-
ment."

Tne Patrie has the following :
" Several journals have announced that a measure re-
lative to the prefeci.ures and aub•prefeetures was to
appear almost immediately in the Moniteur. We are
able to state that the report is unfounded. After
having given to the departmental administraion high
salaries and considerable attributions, the Govern-
ment is anxious that the personnel of that adminis-
tration should be equal to its new functions. It is
with this object that M. de Persigny is carefully
examining this personnel. and he intends to give all the
necessary time to his investigation. We are assured
that, perhaps tor the first time, solicitations on the, sub-
ject, however strong they may be, will be of no avail.
The minister wishes to make himself acquainted with the
services, the talents, and the aptitude of those employed,
and, far from the personal solicitations of prefects or
sub-prefrets, tar the recommendationa of their families or
friends, being: of any avail, we think that they will ra-
ther be unfavourable td them than otherwise. The Mi-
nister of the.lnterior is firmly resolved to improve the
administration, and not to be fritaenced by any consi-
deration but the advantage of the service, of the Prince
President, and of the country."
We read in the Public

" The negotiations which bad been, opened between
Prussia and France relative to the navigation of the
Rhine are actively going on. Up to this time French
vessels had been allowed to have the advantage of the
reduction of dues made on the Ist October, 1851, in
favour of states on the banks of the river, but the Prus-
sian Governeient had declared that that favour would
cease ou the Ist May, as the French G,,vernment would
not accept th,) propositions which had been made to it.
It is now demacded that the Garman flag should be
treated oil a footing of equality in the Canal of Ilunin-
gen. We hope., that an naderstanding will be coma to."

THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINES.
The following extracts are taken from a letter just re•
ceived by a lady in Stourbridge, from her nephew, who
is located on the Turon river gold-digging. It is dated
November 21 and 23, 1851:
"My writing elask is a piece of tentholl furniture
we usually denominate ' the grub•box,' which serves us
for a table and to hold our victual., and as the top of it
is only about li feet from the ground, I am obliged to
squat down to write in s by no means comfortable
position. I can easily imagine what a sensation would
be created in England by the intelligence of the gold
discovery here, and the numbers it will cause to come
out in hopes ,of getting a share of the golden harvest.
Alas! how many to disappointment ; but still they
will come, and the effects on there colonies will be
wonderful, not se much on account of the quantity of gold
that will be realised as by introducing influences that
will counteract the effect of the old convict systeni, and
gradually recle'em society from its present low and vi-
tiated state You want to know my opi-
nions respecting Australia, and how they agree with
those I had formed of it while in England. I cannot say
they agree well.. I formed my English notions from
books, but twit,' I use my bodily senses, and the two
countries—the one ideal and the other real, are totally
unlike. The Ideal Australia was a magnificent fertile
country, the real one is one vast desert. The ideal Atie
tralia had a climate unsurpassed, where sicknesi wits
unknown, and skies ever blue; but in the real one people
die much faster than at home; and though chronic sick-
ness is not so common as els9where, acute diseases
are much more so, and persons are constantly cut off
in the prime of health and life at a day's notice. And
as to the b;ua 'skies, it would be well indeed for Australia
if she had I,:sa of them. And then the hoc winch! But
I cannot convey to you an idea of them, so I will not
attempt it. My. opinion of the climate, on the whole, is
that it is very unhealthy. The sadden chunges of tsm-
perature are such as you can have no idea of; for in-
stance, I sleep under four biank.its, then my Scotch ,
shawl folded, which is equivalent to two more, and a
rug, an amount of bed-clothes onewould never use in
England; and yet in the day time I never have anything ,
over my shireand trowsers. The excessive heat of the
day makes persons pPouliarly sensitive to cold; indeed,
though I never saw ice .or snow yet one hears far more
complaints ab tut the cold than in Eagleed. Then as tie the
scenery, which is so much enlarged upon by almost
every writer on the subject—the boundless and fertile
plains, the nohlerranges of mountains, the beautiful park-
like ,appearance-of the country, and the splendid timeer
trees. Pooh „tie's all a dream. Plains there may be,
and boundless eeough, but not fertile. They bear
nothing but an. ephemeral verdure, which tbe first hot
wind destroys. and which at the best can barely be
distinguished in many plates; in tact, you can scarcely.
believe in the existence of teach berrennese without seeing
it. The vegetation is of a character quite peculiar to
Australia; the trees are all evergreens; but instead of
this being a pleasing feature in :he landscape it is q:iite
the reverse, giving it a most monotonous and diimal
appearance; rpm is this in any measure recompensed by
the useful qeelitiea g the timber; it is nearly all hard
wood, and exsneelingly heavy ani brittle, and it is a
very rare thing to see a, large tree of toy kind that is
sound. • •
• • •
3:You trill be more ready to believe that the society
i t a very inferior description. The mixture of a large
ni,air.eniber. of criminate would naturally have the
eu ct of corrupting ir,
the more or l
•ess; but spa. -t from this
upon by
the upper clasetent community are acted
iniencea which deteriorateThegret their manners and usages
materially.
where majority
not as their home, ere they
look upon the colony
in peace and Comfort, and are to spend their days
tvh ere their children are to
live after them, but being
set
with all they see, they
themselves down earnestly to,
pet money, in- order that .ctobeyps ,may ay return home as
quickly as possible; this be
principlet'..their
(Australian) existence, and is nearly, if not gym, the
only end tney fellow. Now, 'though this i ' - ; ,IVI.AIt K.ET IN 1' 41; L LIGENCE.
rural consequence, and-you cannot blame m:nafolreeninai
e. ' society generally is so, yet its effeet on the tone e (From the London New Price current. April 16.)
.
very injurioan destroying all open, g - 9 tberous senti- West India '
"SCGAR.—To-day a. brisk demand was experieneed for
eelffeh feeling, than which
meats, all cordial good feeliug and heartiness. and btli.ar. both for tt it .colts and pee, aed the
Wes obtained were rather ureter tbo.e current pre-
giving instead.a cold. serdid,
nothing is m..re repulsive, rtaste is very little home
the people—which, however, wry
vionsty. . Purchase. are 1,096, making for the week
2,303 hhda, &0., and .the ethauce in prices 64 per cwtt
taste displayed among,
to be expected—their tastes lying quite is anor dir REFINED.—To-day It,. floed Sugar met with a essay
"le t r home -
tion—most horrible swearing. drunkenni.ss, do_ ..* consumption, and rates closed with tirin-
g and ! th.a
' fighting, being their , chief recreations: in these • .a; low to fine Grocery lames at 44s 6:1 to 48s 6d per
prise
what England was li censure ewt.• There is a fir® media for Crushed, and with
respects they represent e age. sever:Lehi, •
" Australia is bees monstrous fiction called the land m sera .for shipping.
yet been able to learn ' 1 - - exarrins.—This afternoon there was a good demand
of plenty, bur I have never . . . b in prevatel yip
unless it
_be in ad meat and r Mauritius Sugar, and rates rule 6 1 per cwt
what that plenty lies,above- last
blackguardisni; few other things. are Si) cheap as
at 1 ofs low to. wrrik. At auction 1,719 bags were disposed
home—of cease I speak not of prices at the Turon, i 32, att ..To yellow went at 30e 6d te 32,t, good mid
but of what 'they were when I was in Melbourne. A r yello,'4o, 67
tuna • brawn. 27s to 34/e, and fine grainy
few articles imported are cheaper than in England, I • Eisr ,In • 41L DIA,-... chili.,
such as tea atilt sugar, but all articles the produce of creased for Beneee sugar, eeternoon the demand further in-
the colonies, except meat, are inferior in quality, and established, At An and an advance of fully 6 I was
higher in price; cheese, butter, milk, eggs, water, firing, white Benares 37s ctton 1,995 bags.went readily, fine
clothing, house rent, furniture, Sec., were all higher, and damp 323 to p6s 61 good
a 43 to 355, mid 333 to 33s 6d,
that in a sea-pert.town too. What must prices be in. to toed 333 6d to 37., featly yellow 3as to 40s, mid
the interior. when the enormous laud carriage is added from 28u to 31s. Severol 32a 6d to 33., and brown
thereto? We have given as much as 30e. per cwt. tor privately at. a small advent:Pet:reek Of Madras were sold
things to be s4neup here from Sydney, while we could realised 223 6d to 24s for soft and '640 bags at suction
have got them: sent froni London to Sydney for one- ronemx.‘—To-day Foreigbr°Z;
thirtieth that Sum, or 20s. per ton.. This will give yoti - after chiefly fur exportat SD—
was much sought
an idea what a drawback it is to country to have no freely, offered, business
this to.n, and for
was interferedmotes were
navigable riveite. : Besides, ishould tell
,you that these supply. At auction 70 hhda and 5 with bY a scanty
things were sint.weeks on the way,
,coming 150 miles! duty paid were sold at stiff rates; 0 brit new Si Croix
Contrast that with the speed and cheapness of railways, . went at 383 to 425, end law to ~ good to 1,,,
ow to raid 31s to 345 yellow.
rivers, and electric telegraphs in England and America. , part 42s per cwt. , the chief
" But now to the gold fields: these are to make Ana- ' 3loLassns.—The demand for West India
tralia quite a different country, by introducing in large . live, still no advance is apparent. 0 is more ac-
potations are te
numbers persons from England of superior moral and . fair extent; Barbadoes and Antigua at 13s to 13a sir
intellectual faCulties, and by giving the colonies greater . and other sorts at 12s .to 12s 6d; so - —I
me busine
importance, eject consequently, obtaining greater justice ,' has been done in Bengal and Mauritius at se
from the Government. But this discovery can only to lls . 6d. , A cargo of Cuba - has - been- Ils
affect : artificial drawbacks; it cannot touch the natural :at about 12s tid,, arid small:parcels at 133. to, 13slold.
qualities ee the soil and climate—it caenot make rivers Honey sells with lease Ueed.,En, and previous terms are 6th
ow or the desert snide; and Australia is (I spesk un- sustained. At auction,3o casks soki at 293 to 33a 6d,
equivocally) comparativtly a desert. aeides which, it arid privately good to fine Jemeica 483 to .56s 'and (-M.-
" "let, to for
.the failure of the - gold mines; they 030 a to mid 38s to 465. A free salestill ' •°' e"
prevails tor'
cannot last in G, id is not feund, like , any , Taelarinds, and vocks in first bands are much redn
other ,„,,t4,, ,*aY Years- ~ . • esti;
wheneeeee, in its original aituanoo in the rocks, from the prices paid for West India are 24s to 343, and Emit
from may.,t,el begot by sniping, but it t.as Ix en washed ',Lei, ei to 12„.
Posit'
"us. and it is found depoaiied by the (keeee.—To•day holders of Coff•e rertised to submit
rivers along
digging i; their hanks, and in the bed, wte.re by to any further relacdon; yet !here was nu improvement
mixed up •teak; 4aleeti in .minute particles or scales, in the home or export dealand prieetele, ana eon, weii
found in the recw,ereTh, the greatkiir, a "Laity- being submitted to public. sele. Tee v.eue ot good to real gued
ascend through the .-
ii.,tit trtduaily dim'inisees as you aid Native Ceylon is 37e 6,1 to 38s pi r cwt.
tr ta ef .
course of ages- has tiepdatt
...."11 that • the river in the COCOA. —The supply has inoreazed of - Trinidad this ,
thicknesses, sometimes „. '-e,e_ This is of very various week; h,st sorts barely sustained prices, tied Ur others '
sometimes thiety or fen; riZe a f,,ot. two,' and a cltcline. of ls to 2s pct. cwt took place. There ens ;
about two feet in depth of
,thaL
4:14 there is generally been a good demand, and 1.000 bags at auction were ail i
This is on the batiks a tha etreernr,"o%,th,:rock waaletf. sold; line red went at 374 to 38s, good 35s to 36i Ede low ;
the ' dry digeings;' in the bed it •is eel; ',7":t are called Lo mid 323 to 34s 6d, grey 28s to 30s, and good ditto
la meal rester uniformity. in the
have to
There 30s 6d to 31s 6.1. Privately Grenada is offering at from I
Wood and the-amount of soil we have to.t!,„Fe gold ob. 28s to 33s per cwt. Operations in Foreign remain I
besides, the gold is hot found in quantity through; trifling, although Para and Bahia can be obtained it 23s1'
in general, brit the . highest strata of ear'tet the rock to2saami Gasyquil at 283 to 295. I
gold is generally the richest. and it gradeiraining , TEA.—Fie, ..anon cannot generally be obtained'
nishes as we descend, till we come, to a strata 'Alai,- been - 1 -kr nu although operations hovel
0 /A, i r ast wee s current , 1
,
' `—i upon a small scale. Other sorts arc offend as a •

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11Q $ W,

. . . . ,
reduction of la perils, yet purchases .are limited for all
purposes, eine I supply tar exceeds the demand. For low
quality rate's now range at 6il to 74, good ord 7il, rather
blackieh teat 1 o bleckish lest 8,1 to 101 strong, and Pekoe
kinds 10d to le 5d per lb. Oolong is off-ring at lid
to is 3d for good to fine, and common to mid at 8d to
101, still sales have been trifling. Souchong has been
i dealt in with ctttttion, and prices are receding, good to
fine selling at 10 1 to Is 7d, and other kinds 81 to 9d.
There are now few buyers of Pouchong, yet sates are
not pressed, and rates remain at from 41 to Gd. In
Scented Orange Pekoe little has been done; the present
value of good to fine is now from is to Is 7d, other sorts
from.9d to lid, and inferior is almost unsaleable. On
Flowery Pekoe ers any parcels have been sold, easier
terms having been a cceded to; for fine and superior the
value is now from It 74 to 2e firl, good is 3.1 to L 6d,
and com to mid is to is 2d. Green has been operated
in with reluctance; although there are sell-r; in some
cases rather under previous low teeme, the quantity on
offer even exceeds that of Isst week, and consists mostly
of recent importations chiefly of better qualities. For
Hyson, common and mid the value is is to Is 31, good
to fine is 43 to 2s, cheice 2a 2d to 2s 8,1, young Heron
common 8,1 to 104, mid to good Ild to Is 54, fine Is 63
to 2i, Gunpowder Canton S 4 to lid, Hyson sort, ord to
mid is to is 5.1, -good is el to 2-, line and choice 2. 23
to 3s 2d, Imperial Canton 93 to 1 td, Hyson sort from
Is to 166 d, fine Is Ed to 23, .-Iyson skin 61 to Is, and
Twankay Eiti to Is. In Caper sales are trifling, with
sellers at 84 to lid, and scented ditto 10d to Is 31 per
lb. Of 16,158 pkgs Tea offered at auction yesterday
and n -day, the small portion only of 4,200 actually
found buyers.
Ripe—Holders of Eist India refused to submit to
any further reduction, and refrained from submitting
any to auction this week. Tile small pare, Is sold were
Bengal, good to fine white at 9s 91 to lOs 6d, mid to
good mid 9s to 9s 61, broken Ss 6d to 84 9d, cargo Bs,
Madras pinky 8s to 13, 61. Corringa grebe 8s 9.1 to 9,,
whim Java 9s to lls 6d, Moulmein 9s 61 to 10i,
pearl barley and Arracan 8s 63 to 94 per cwt.
Cleaned Rice has hot fallen in value, although opera-
tions remain small. Carolina is 21s to 275, arid low to
fine Patna Ila to 16s. The market for Sago is inactive,
and last week's currency is not sustained. Of 140 cases
at auction a small part only sold at 15e to 17s for mid to
good small pearl; two lots superior white rather large
fetched 27a 63 to 31s. :sage Flour continues to be
wanted; there is a further rise, 286 bgs at auction selling
at 14e to 14s 64. Previous terms are barely sustained
for Arrowroot.
SPlCES.—Pimento has met with little attention. Of
256 bags at auction rather more than half sold at
41d to 4,d for mid to good mid. Mace finds a
ready sale, and previous terms are well sustained.
A public sale of sixteen cases went at 2s id to 2s 2d
for mid, is lid for ord, and out of condition is 61 to
is Bd. The value of better sorts is 2s 3d to 2s 61
There is an increasing demand for Nutmegs, and rates ere
well sustained. At auction 31 cases went readily : fine
brown at 3s 23 to 33 7cl. good 2e 83 to 3s, mid 2e 2d to
2a 7d, low le 9d to 2s Id. The rates paid privately fur
limed are froth Is 8d to 2s 40. Cassia Lignea is still
wanted; there is, however, scarcely any here;
prices for good to fine • rule at from IlBs to
128 s, and common to good 112 s to 117 s per
cwt. Of Cassia Buds there are still none here. Buei-
uess has been done in Cassia Vera at from 503 to 645.
Cinnamon met with little attention. Prices for Ceylon
first sort rule at Is 103 to 3s, second ditto is 43 to 2
3d, third and fourth is ld to Is 83. Several parcels of
Cloves have been again sold. Amboyna realized
74 to 81; Penang lid t' is 23; Bourbon 6d to 6/1,1.
Prices are kept up for Pepper, supply keeping small;
still privately opera ions have been trilling this week,
and for all purposes; Malabar is 3il to 4d; Penang and
Sumatra 31d to 37,-0. At auction 600 bap and robins
Malabar and Aleppo were taken in above the value. A
further rise for white operated against business; 54 bags
at auction were taken in at 94 for mid. The value of
better sort is 2a lid. Pod Pepper is wanted at 38a
to 60s per cwt, and Cayenne 8d to is 2d per lb. Prices
are not larger for Ginger, although more business has
been done. At public sale 400 bp of African sold at
245; 11 cases low Cochin 29s to 31s; 220 pkgs Jamaica,
good fine 51 to 71155; other sorts 22s to 4/10a. The
value of mid to fine Cochin is from 34.3 to 66s per cwt.
Snarrs.—The moderam rates taken for Demerara
Rum occasions a good demand to prevail: and the par-
cels sold were at from is lld to 2, 23 for 30 to 40 over
proof. Jamaica is still little required fur shipping or
home consumption. Choice marks have been selling at
from 3s 4d to 4s for 30 to 38 over proof, fine ditto 2s 103
to 3s 3d, good mid to good 32 to 35 over 2s 43 to 2s art,
mid 2s to 21 3.1, and low 24 to 30 over Is 93 to 13 lid
per gallon. Few buyers of Leeward Island are to be
met with, and Is 4id to Is 5.1 is the value proof. There
are few sellers of East Indi4 under Is 41 proof. Few
transactions have taken price in Brandy for shipping or
home consumption; there is an increasing stock, and
sellers are willing to accept for Cognac best brands
of the vintage of 1851 4a Id to 41 3d. 1850
ditto, 4s 4d to 4. 6d, 1849 ditto, 43 93 to 4s lid, 1848
ditto 5s 3d to 54 53, older 5i 63 to 6s 6d, low to mid
sorts from 2s 4d to 4s, and Bordeaux is lid to 2s; still
deliveries remain larger than in the former year. The
market for Biitish made Spirit remains dull, and prices
are rather lower, sales having been made at as 83 to 9s
9d, net cash; at present Gin is held for 131 6d 22 under
proof, and 17 ditto 9s, but a decline is looked for. ' In
Geneva several purchases have been made, and rates rule
firm; ord at is 10d to is Ild, and fine 23 to 2s 4d per
gallon.
IN-uxao.—The market for East India has yet a favour-
able appearance; home filers and exporters are ready
purchasers; supply is lifffted, and the rates obtained
have been 43 to 5d per lb above last auctions.
The quarterly Sale is fired for the nth o 7 510,y,
and snout 12,000 chests are likely to be offered;
at present 600 chests are advertised. Speeish hey
been much inquired after, and previous terms are easily
obtained. Guatemala FlOres real,a,d 53 24 to 5.3 Gd,
Sates 4i 3d to 54, and Cortes 2) 9 1 to 43 3d per lb.
Stuck is 1, ss than lest season by 1,500 serous. For
. suction next week 550 seroes of a new arrival are de-
clared.
COCHINEAL.—To-day Cochineal Was inactive, and of
40 bags at auction a smatl part only sold at 4s Id to 44 33
for good and fine Mexican black; these are rather lower
rates; Honduras silvers taken in at 3s 8d to 3s 93 for
tbid, and good fine black at ss.
TALLOW.— ro-day at public sale 175 casks South
American Tallow mostly 5,13 at 323 to 36s 225 ditto
Australian 33s 3d to 365, and 100 tons Cochia Cocoa
Nut 04 taken in 365.
OlLS.—Prices continue to decline for Linseed Oil, 25s
6d to 26s per cwt having been accepted on the spot;
navy percele, in consequence; have been taken. Rape
Oil is still pressed for bale; brown at 28s 61 to 29a,
pale 30 and foreign refined 30s 64 to 31.; a
good bueie, es, however, has been done. Opera-
tions in Palm hive been limited, and floe is
offering at 26s to 26s 64. There zs a quiet market for
Cocoa Nif.; Cdchi'a can he obtained at 33. to 355, Ceylon
32e to 345, ateiSeduee 29e to 31.. Olive sells with more
freedom; Gallipoli is 431 to 451 10s; other. sorts 411 to
421 103 per tun. Several transactions have taken place
in Cod at 341 to 341 10s. A good demand exists for
Seal; pale at 301 103 to 31/; other sorts 281 lOs to 301.
Southern sells steadily:et from 321 to 33110 e. Sperm in
brisk request at 86/ to 871 10s.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, April 16.
LORD CLIAMBERLAIN'a OFFICE, APRIL 7, 1852.
Notice is hArthy given, that her Majesty will hold a
Levee at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday, the 21st
April instant, at two o'cicck.

LORD CEIAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 7.
Notice is hereby men, that her Majesty will hold
Drawing-rooms, at St. James's Palace. on the following
days, at two o'clock:--rnuraday, 29th April mat.; and
on hursday. 13th May next, to celebrate her M,ijesty's
birth-day. N.B. The Knights of the several orders are
to appear in their colltrs at the drawing-room on the
13th of May nest.

WHITEHALL, Aram 14, 1852.
The (Inei-n had beau pleaa,d to parent the Rev.
Richard Watta to the Ittetory of Nailstone, iu the
county of Leicester, mid tttocae ot Pet,rborough, void
by the death ot the ltr v. Rohert Croi.:kott.