The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-11 00:00:00

Government Emigration.

The following are the details of the emigration to the
Australian Colonies, the Cape of Good Hope, &c., conducted
by her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners during the year
1862 :—T he number of ships chartered by the Commis-
sioners was 30—nine of these sailed to New South Wales,
six to Queensland, four to Victoria, three to South Austra-
lia, two to Western Australia, two to the Cape of Good
Hope, and four to Natal. The number of emigrants con-
veyed to the colony of New South Wales amounted to 3,078
souls, equal to 2,8111 statute adults, of whom 207 were mar-
ried men, 221 married women, 1,175 single men, 1,011
single women, 192 boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 203
girls between the same ages, 29 male infants, and 40 female
—6Ol were English, 179 Scotch, and 2,298 Irish. The num-
ber of emigrants conveyed to Queensland was 1,659 souls,
equal to 1,757 statute adults, of who 271 were married men,
271 married women, 558 single men, 615 single women, 132
were boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 152 girls between
the same ages, 33 male infants, and 20 female-874 were
English, 576 Scotch, and 502 Irish. The number of emi-
grants conveyed to Victoria was 1,605 souls, equal to
1,394 k statute adults, of whom 144 were married men,
144 married women, 28 single men, 1,000 single women,
75 boys between the ages of one and 12, 82
girls between the same ages, 17 male infants, and 12
females-691 were English, 443,Scoich, and 368 Irish, The
number of emigrants conveyed to South Australia was
1,066 souls, equal to 969 statute adults, of whom 120 were
married men, 124 married women, 325 single men, 320
single women, 58 boys between the ages of one and 12, 82
girls between the same ages, 12 male infants, and 15 female;
533 were English, 305 Scotch, and 228 Irish. The number
of emigrants conveyed to Western Australia was 572 souls,
equal tp 501 statute adults, of whom 86 were married men,
88 married women, 69 single men, 207 single women, 48
boys between the ages of one and 12, 54 girls between the
same ages, 12 male infants and•B female-321 were English,
33 Scotch, and 218 Irish. To Tasmania 19 emigrants were
conveyed-2 were married women, 16 single women, and 1
girl-6 were English, and 13 Irish. The number of emi-
grants conveyed to the Cape of Good Hope was 500 souls,
equal to 450} adults, of whom 57 were married men, 67
married women, 167 single men, 127 single women, 44 bays
between the ages of 1 and 12, 41 girls between the same
ages, 3 male infants and 4 female-207 were English, 66
Scotch,"and 227 Irish. The number of emigrants conveyed
to Natal, South Africa, was 422 souls, equal to-348 statute
adults, of whom 66 were married men, 71 married women,
100 single men, 69 single women, 53 boys between the ages
of 1 and 12, 51 girls between the same ages, 12 male infants
and 10 female-329 were English, 46 Scotch, and 47 Irish.
To the Falkland Islands 12 emigrants were conveyed, viz.,
2 married men. 2 married women, 6 single men, 1 girl, and
1 male infant-3 were English, 8 Scotch, and 1 Irish, To
St. Helena only 2 emigrants were conveyed—one was a
married woman and the other a girl, both English. The
total amounts to 9,125 souls, equal to 8,262 statute adults,
of whom 953 were married men, 981 married women, 2,438
single men, 3,255 single women, 602 boys between the ages
of 1 and 12, 668 girls between the same ages, 119 male in-
fants, and 109 female-3,567 were English, 1,656 Scotch
and 3,902 Irish,

EFFECT OF WAR,—We have just received the
annual report of the auditor of Kentucky. It con-
tains a statement of the taxable property for 30 odd years,
and from it we find that in 1860 the taxable property of our
State was valued at nearly 517,000,000 dole; in 1861 it fell
off 62,000,000 dols, and in 1862 113,060,000 dole, so that
the aggregate depreciation has been over 165,000,000 dols,
and our state has been put back eight or ten years. The
decrease in the valuation of articles subject to taxation ex-
tends to every article in the list. Comparing their value
in 1562 with that of the previous year, the valuation of land
has decreased 50,468,747 dols ; of town lots, 10,365,266 dole;
of slaves, 30,706,168 dole; of horses and mares, 4,089,625
dole; of mules, 1,539,113 dais; of jennies, 107,430 dols; of
cattle, 1,078,045 dole; of stores, 3,905,574 dole; and under
the Equalisation Law 10,759,491 dole, being an aggregate
of nearly 113,000,000 dols for the financial year ending the
10th of October, 1862, while for the year previous the de•
crease was 52,294,131,—Louisville Journal.
NOTTINGHAM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—At a
meeting of the council held on Wednesday, the 9th
inst., notice was read Lom the Board of Trade as to altera-
tions in the Portuguese tariff of duties, and also notice stat-
ing that the reduced rate of duties accorded by Belgium to
France by the treaty concluded between those countries on
the 12th of May last arc only applicable to the same articles
of British origin when imported into Belgium. Copies of
the report of her Majesty's Secretaries of Embassy and
Legation, respecting the manufactures and commerce of the
countries in which they reside, and of the "commercial re-
ports" of her Majesty's Consuls abroad have been receivtd I
from the Foreign-office and were brought before the '
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Naval and Mffitm•gence.

THE NAVY.

Her Majesty's screw steam corvette Scylla, 21
guns, 400 horse-power, was commissioned for ser-
vice on the East India and China stations, on Wed-
nesday last, at. Sheernes, the pennant being hoisted
by Master John Jones, for Capt. S. G. Cresswell.
The vessel's fitments are being completed with the
greatest rapidity, and she will be ready for sea in a
few days.

The Gibraltar, 81; screw ship, 3,721 tons, and
800. horse power, fitting for sea at Devonport, is to
have a complement of 860 officers and men, and
will be commanded by Capt. James Charles Pre-
vost. The Gibraltar was launched at Devonport on
the 16th of August, 1560, and is now for the first
time being put into commission, and it is reported
her first station is to ba the Mediterranean. Capt.
Prevost entered the Navy in 1829, and, previous to
his promotion to commander, which took place on
the 22d of October, 1844, he served in the Mediter-
ranean, at Lisbon, on the North America and West
India Station, and at Portsmouth. He was com-
mander of the Vernon, 50, on the South American
station and in the East Indies ; of the Portland, 50,
flagship in the Pacific, from August, 1850, to the
spring of 1854; and commanded the Satellite, 21,
on the last mentioned station from September, 1856,
until the spring of 1861.

The massive screw shaft for the iron frigate
Achilles was landed yesterday at the Centre-wharf,
Chatham Dockyard, from one of the transports
which had conveyed it round from the establish-
ment of Messrs. John Penn and Son, Greenwich,
who are making the 1,250-horse power engines
for the Achilles. The screw shaft is one of the
finest specimens of brass castings ever produced in
this country, and it is finished and polished in the
most perfect manner. Its gross weight is 3 tons,
Bcwt., 2qrs., 31b., and its diameter clear, 2ft. 2in.
The mechanics are now boring the passage in which
the shafting will be inserted. This operation, which
has been some days in progress, will be completed
during the present week.

The steam dredging machino has been employed
at the entrance to Chatham harbour, near Folly
Point, for several weeks past in removing a spit of
sand and in deepening the river at the spot selected
for mooring the large iron frigate Achilles, 6,079
tons, when she has been floated out of the dock,
where she is rapidly approaching completion. Under
the direction of Commander Pope, Queen's harbour-
master at Chatham, suitable moorings are being laid
down at the harbour's mouth, as she could not be
moored alongside the dockyard without taking the
ground at low tides.
Two dockyard transports are now employed in
removing the collection of stores from the naval
establishment at Deal to Chatham, prior to the Deal
dockyard being abolished, and its site disposed of
by the Government. The quantity of stores already
landed is very large, but a considerable proportion
is altogether useless for naval purposes. In accord-
ance with instructions from the Admiralty, Mr.
Hutchens, one of the assistant master-shipwrights
at Chatham, proceeded yesterday to Deal to make a
survey of the remaining stores, in order that the
delay and expense of removing materiel ultimately
proving valueless may be avoided. The stores con-
nected with the victualling department will not be
landed at Chatham, but are to be forwarded direct
to Deptford.
The Pioneer, 6, screw despatch vessel, Comman-
der F. C. Robinson (acting), arrived at Spithead
yesterday morning, from the Australian station,
after a long passage, having sailed from England
from Sydney, on the 12th of April last. The
Pioneer arrived at St. Vincents, Cape do Verde, on
the Bth of August, and sailed from there again on
the 11th, bringing with her a mail from her Ma-
jesty's steamer Himalaya, which was coaling there
in prosecution of her ♦oyags outward from England.
She called at Madeira on the 27th day of August,
and ascertained that the Virago, 6, paddle sloop,
sailed thence on the previous day for Halifax, Nava
Scotia. Fine weather was experienced by the
Pioneer on her passage home until making the
Channel, where she fell in with strong S.W. winds.
Mr. Phillips, late paymaster of her Majesty's ship
Eclipse, a few naval invalids, and two naval invalids
from the Tien-tsin, Commander Nicolas, received on
board at the Cape of Good Hope, came to England
in the Pioneer as passengers. The Pioneer was
commissioned at Portsmouth in May, 1859, by Com-
mander May, and proceeded to China. While on
that station Commander May received this promo-
tion to post rank, and was succeeded by Comman-
der O'Reilly, who remained in the ship until after
her arrival on the Australian station, to which she
had been detached from the China squadron.
Having lost his life by an accident while on horse-
back ashore at Brisbane, Commander O'Reilly was
succeeded by first Lieut. Robinson, who brought
the vessel home to England. The acting rank of
this officer will doubtless he confirmed by the
Admiralty on paying the ship out of commission.
The following appointments were made on Wed-
nesday at the Admiralty :—Capt. S. G. Cresswell
to the Scylla ; Lieut. J. A. F. Luttrell, Lieut.
Duncan Stewart, Lieut. G. G. Hunt, and Lieut. J.
E. Pringle, to the Scylla ; Albert Warren, assis-
tant paymaster to the Blenheim ; and R. J. Willis,
assistant clerk, to the Duke of Wellington.