The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-26 00:00:00

Railways.

Cent. France (0.V.) all
Charl. & Erquel all pd
Demerara all pd
Dutch Rhenish... Bl. pd
East Indian 181. pd
Do. Do. _2O/. pd
Gt. Indian Penin. all p
Do. Do. 4% pd
Grnd. Junc. of Fra. 4 pd
Louv. a la Sambre 7%
Luxembourg ...131. pd
Do. (Railway) 10/. pd
Do. l/. pd
Do. (Canal) 2z. pd
Maria Antonia 27* pd
Do. New 8% pd
Namur & Liege all pd
North. of France,l6/.pd
Do. 20/. 3 p. c. Bds, all p
Orleans & Bor 11/. pd
Paris & Lyons ...61. pd
Paris & Orleans all pd
Paris & Rouen ...all pd
Paris & Stras. ...all pd
Rouen & Havre...all pd
Sambre & Meuse all pd
St. Andrew's & Quebec
(A) 4l. pd
Tours & Nantes 171. pd
West Flanders...B3/ pd
West. of France Gl. pd

24 - 24%
14 -16

3 - 23/4 dis.
5% 6 p

114 —i% p
I% 13✓ s p

45/8 4%/8
3%- 4
5/8
8 9
2%
6% 7
24%-24%
13% - 14
5 5%P
6 6%
48 50 p
34 - 34%
22%-233 X.CI
12778 13%
5% 5%

5 —43Adis.
3 3y,
2 —2% p
MINES.

Agua Fria all pd
Anglo-Californian, all p
Asturian 151. p
Australasian 2/. pd,
Australian 51. pct
Austr. Freehold all pd'
Ave Maria all pd
Blaenarvon I. & C. all p
Brit. Austr. Gold all pd
British Iron 131. 15s. p
Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24%
Do. Coca. & Cui. all p
Do. St. Joh. del R. 151.
Carson's Creek all pd
Cobre Copper ...401. pd
Colonial Gold 1/ pd
Copiapo 141 pd
Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p
General all pd
Gold Mountain all pd
Great Polgeoth all pd
Lake Bathurst all pd
Liberty ... all pd
Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartz
Crushing Com all pd
Mexi. & S. Amer 91. p
New Granada all pd
Nouveau Monde, all pd
Port Philip l/. pd
Quartz Rock all pd
Santiago de Cuba 1034
South Australian, 1 pd
Tin Croft 7l. pd
United Mexican all pd
West Mariposa all pd

IA- % p
yi - % p

3/4 —1% p
, 3A
% % dis.
IA dis.,

Ys % dia.

••• ..-• •
••
1% - • 131

Par % p
39% —4oyz
% 4P

•
1 —••• 3/4 dis.

Fs % die.
11/ —1% p
_ 3/8 % dis.l

1-- li,ip

5/13 3/s dig.
4% 43%
% IA dis.
Y'B- %P
% % P
NI -- ' % dis.
11 —l2

4 dis par
11 1114
2
dis
-STOCIS BAN:
50 51%
59% 6034
14;4-15

JOINT.
Australasia all pd
Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd
Colonial 251. pd
Com. of London 201. pd
Lon. & County 201. pd
London Jt. Stk. 101. pd
Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd
Nat. Prov. Eng. 351. pd
Do. New lO/. pd
Nat. of Ireland 22% p
Orient. Bk. Corp all pd
Prov. of Ireland 25/ pd.
Do. New all pd
Union of Austral all pd
Do. New 2l/ pd
Union of London 101. p
Union of Madrid all pd

25' - 2631

18 18%
29% - 30%
43 -44%

18% - 20
36 - 37%
46% - 47%
16'X3 - 17%
441/2 - 453/
4 - 5
153/4 -16%

MIST
Austral. Roy. Mail, 2 p
Canada 32% pd
Copper Miners of Eng-
land .. 25/. pd
De. do. 104 pd
Eastern Steam...2s. pd
Gen. Stm. Nay. 141. pd
Gen. Screw Steam Ship-
ping Company...soL p
Irish Beetroot Sug. 2 p
Penin. & Or. St. all pd
Do. Do. ...151. pd
Royal Mail Stm. 601. pd
Universal Emigration
and Colonization, 21. p

;CZIMANEOTA
2 -
50 -51

iti% :: 29

••• •.•
2 —2%
86 87% x.d
36% .-... 3714
77% 78%

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY. TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were
taken for export and on speculation. The market was
tame, at previous rates.—Railway Shares were active, at
higher prices.
The weekly statement of the Bank of England, to the
19th inst., brings that establishment nearly to the point
where the Bank of France lately stood, viz., that of
having pound for pound, or as much specie as notes
payable on demand. This is an extraordinary state of
things, unquestionably; but it is one that we have long
foreseen, and in view of the gold discoveries considered
as inevitable. We are prepared, for the same reason, to
anticipate even an important excess of bullion over paper
before many months have passed, and the difficulty with
all the banks will be, how to employ their assets. At
the same time, having more money at command, they
can afford to loan it on easier terms, and yet make fair
profits. The public deposits have increased,: while the
other deposits have fallen off, owing to the withdrawal
of balances to be invested in stock. Compared with the
previous week, the changes are as follows: •
Notes Issued ... 34,952,965
Increase ... ... 227,695
„.. 3,075,554

Rest

3,768
• 6,856,819
•.• 764,246
▪ 13,030,979
647,876
•••.* 1,224,806
2
•••
No alteration.
4,37510,865 6
• 13,515,930
866850
•••
Notes ...
Increase ... ••• "• 75,555
Bullion ... ••• "' 21,435,017
Increase ... "• 250,967
Active Circulation ... 21,437,035
Increase . . •.• 152,140
The rates for Bills of Exchange upon the continental
cities were again rather heavy yesterday afternoon,
Trieste only having advanced, viz., to 11 57 and 12 3
for 90 days' paper. Paris was 25 50 to 52k, Am-
sterdam 12 01 tot/, and Hamburgh 13 10 to 10i.
As an illustration of the chequered as well as the
bright side of Australian society, the following extract
from a letter dated Melbourne, the end of February,
and written by a young man of great respectability,
who with his wife and family emigrated last October,
deserves reproduction. Making due allowance for the
somewhat lively vein in which it is written, and pre-
mising that the sender, although possessed of fair means,
had determined to keep his resources idle and "rough
it" at first, with a view to gain experience, we may
arrive at a conclusion as to the prospects which the su-
perabundant class of clerks in general have in the colo-
nies. No one doubts that there is ample employment
for those who possess mechanical or agricultural know-
ledge, or are capable of using their hands as well as
their bead; but it cannot be toos a
orfutelen,
irseivteerraytesdeatrhcaet.
genteel sedentary employment, as
The following are portions of the letter:--
" I have made a beginning with a lawyer, at a
trifling salary, as I only have to copy let-
ters, examine and enrol conveyances, &c. It
does not pay my expenses, but it assists me
and prevents my capital going as fast as it would if I
had nothing to do. All things must have a beginning.
Many scores are compelled to go to the diggings, for
when we arrived here the drought had driven the
Colonials' back; the town people and those known got
the appointments, and the unlucky gold diggers were
compelled again to try their fortune even at the risk of
their lives, and nearly every new corner was obliged for
wanS of employment to start for the diggings, where
death soon gave many a sudden check, and made them
lay down their dust as well as themselves. Robberies
are of every day occurrence both at the diggings and
in town; in fact, you cannot travel after dark without
arms. You would laugh to see me with my belt and
brace of horse pistols, accompanied by a heavy elub,
trotting along at dusk to my suburban hut, for which I
pay 10s. a week; it is neither wind nor water tight, but
we were fortunate to get this, for many scores are living
in huts on the south side of the Yarra river. When I
arrive at my domicile I have to give a signal which I
believe few if any in the colony could imitate; it is a
piece of ventriloquism—' a barking dog in the distance,'
and when this signal is given I am admitted. One night
going home late I lost my way and tumbled into a
hole. Fortunately I did not hurt myself much, but I was
greatly annoyed by the dogs (the people keep a great
many of them here). Every house I came near I was be-
set by a parcel of yelping curs, and had to hammer right
and left to keep them off. Another night a fellow came
from behind a large tree and stood in my path ; I halted,
put my hand on and drew one of my bull-dogs," de-
liberately cocked, and proceeded in a slantendicular'
direction to his right, turned half round, and walked
with my right hand opposite his caput.' Ho whistled
two or three times, but I did not take my eye off him,
and when I lost sight of his holiness I let down the cock
of my pistol, and in a few minutes found myself in the
main road, leading to the place where I live.
" I have no doubt, by this time, you have read the
accounts of our voyage ; we sailed on
wntehegoct to theireular thp2r7in-
ciple, and had a splendid passage, till
deg. S. lat., when we experienced a severe storm, lasting
forty-eight hours. We had some fine fun on the
hne-
voyage, caught a shark, and dozens of albatroses ; but
when we got into 56 south we met fields of floating ice,
and were as near lost as possible. One small block
struck our vessel on the starboard bow, and made the old
Duke stumble and shake. Most of the passengers thought
it was all up with the lot of us. Tho chains from the
cathead
~and from the mainmast broke like packthread,
but were put to rights in a few hours by our jolly tars,
and wo proceeded on our voyage. A few days brought
us to this upside-down place. Everything is wretchedly
dear, and keeps rising daily. Milk is 101 per quart,
meat 4d. per lb., beer Is. to 2s. per quart, bread is. a
quartets, eggs 3s. per dozen, potatoes 10s. per cwt.,
butter 2s. 6cl per lb , apples ls. per lb., peaches 6d. each,
and everything in proportion.
The official " Minute " against the adulteration of
coffee with chicory, &c., affords much satisfaction to
the fair dealers, and is decidedly in the interest of the
public. Those who prefer the admixture can purchase it
separately of their grocer.

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