The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-29 00:00:00

Balance of exports over imports during the
current year
"Notwithstanding the numerous difficulties and im-
pediments in the way, the enclosure and cultivation of
the land of the colony are advancing. The Port Philip
Farmers' Society are devoting themselves with great
earnestness to the promotion of agricultural industry in
all its branches. They have published a list of prizes for
the next show, which at once demonstrates their zeal
and their liberality. The members of the society have
lately presented their secretary, Mr. M'Cracken, with a
silver tea-service, worth 1301.
"If anything were wanting to bring out in strong
colours the evils arising from the ignorance and disre•
gard of colonial wants existing in official quarters, it
would be supplied by the treatment to which we have
recently had to submit on the subject of the resumption
of steam postal communication. The withdrawal of the
steamers in connetiion with the Peninsular and Oriental
Company's overland route was leaked upon at the time
as one of the most serious injuries to commerce that had
ever been inflicted. Previous to the arrival of the Cham-
pion of the Seas three mails were overdue at one time.
We still have two (the .13en Nevis and the Shalinar), and
one of these, the Ben Nevis, has been over 100 days out.
"The state of doubt as to the supply of our markets
with breadstuffe, which we have had to notice in our last
two monthly summaries, still exists. We have exhausted
the neighbouring colonies, who are now importers for
their own consumption, and the stocks in the interior,
which were unusually large at the commencement of the
winter, have been nearly all consumed. During the last
four months stocks in the hands of millers and importers
in Melbourne have rarely reached a sufficiency for a
month's consumption, and nothing appeared to be known
as to the shipments from Chili, our chief source of sup-
ply. Cargoes have, however, dropped in one by one to
orders from this side, and an occasional speculative ship-
ment from Boston, New York, or California has unex-
pectedly arrived. These consignments, and the doubts
as to whether they would be continued or not, have
checked speculation, and by so doing have more than
once prevented a rapid rise to famine prices, which have
also been prevented by the almost entire absence of
transactions. The fact of business having been confined
simply to purchasing for consumption, from band to
mouth, for the town trade has also checked the tendency
to rise which has more than once manifested itself. Dur-
ing the week we have had two cargoes of flour and wheat
from Chili, and a very heavy one from San Francisco,
and further supplies are reported to be on the way. It
is believed that no very material reduction in price can
take place until the harvest of the colonial group has
fairly set in, when the great breadth of land under cul-
tivation and the healthy appearance of the crops give
promise of an abundant supply and moderate prices.
" The progress of efforts to provide for the education
of the youth of the colony has been illustrated lately by
the first annual examination of the pupils attending the
Model National Schools, Melbourne. The examination
was continued throughout a whole week, and the result
was highly creditable to both the children and their
teachers, and proves the efficiency of the system ise'oetted
by Mr. Devitt, the superintendent, and the appreciation
of the national scheme by the people of Victoria. On
the 25th inst. 200 prizes were distributed to the more
distinguished pupils in the differeut classes by the hon.
the Speaker of the Legislative Council in presence of
his Excellency Sir Charles Hotham, Lady Hotham, and
a large number of ladies and gentlemen. The Speaker
stated that the average attendance on the classes was
500, and that in a few weeks the buildings would be suffi-
ciently extended to admit of the attendance of twice the
present number of pupils.
" The field of local politics has been unusually barren
.5" during the last few weeks. The Council has been fur-
ther prorogued till the 6th of November, on the plea
see that the session should not commence till the represen-
.7oo tatives for the gold fields have been returued. Al-
though there may be some force in this argument, it
scarcely comes with a good grace from the Governor,
whose inexplicable procrastination last session in giving
the Royal assent to the measure according to which the
diggers are now partially enfranchised has been, we be-
lieve, the sole reason aby the elections have been post-
poned till the present time. The further prorogation of
Council will be particularly objectionable, if our hopes
of the speedy arrival of the New Constitution Act are
realised before the 6th of November. The present
Council will have much to do in inaugurating the new
system, and the impatience which has been felt at the
long delay that has already occurred in transmitting the
measure to us will become almost ungovernable should
we actually be put in possession of the new constitution,
but be unable to apply it in consequence of the pro•
tracted legislative recess,
"The gold fields have been free from disturbance,
and, as returns given elsewhere will show, have yielded
their treasures in increased quantities. Some little diffi-
culty Las arisen with respect to the administration of
the local courts, in which it appears the calm and judi-
cial spirit that should be displayed has not on all occa-
,ions been [reserved. The members of the courts are ap•
p dated according to the somewhat fallible test of a show
of hands at a public meeting—derive their power, in
fact, from a very lynch-like expression of public opinion.
Here the resemblance to lynch-law might be made to
terminate, and, if terminating here, would be compara-
tively harmless.
" A few days ago Melbourne was startled with a
rumour of fresh disturbances at Ballarat, where it was
said that a large party of diggers had taken possession
of a quartz reef on private property—the Clunes station,
belonging to a Mr. M'Donald. A party of police was im-
mediately despatched to the scene of the supposed action,
but before they could have arrived there fuller accounts
reached town, and the first rumour was found to have
been scarcely even 'founded or. fact.' The real circum-
stances were, indeed, creditable rather than otherwise to
the diggers concerned, and 'evinced a disposition on their
part rather to maintain the law than to break it. The
following is our Ballarat correspondent's account of the
transaction Mr. M'Donald, the owner of the pre-
emptive right known by the name of Clunes, was in the
first instance appled to by a deputation of diggers to
know if he was prepared to allow them to dig upon his
grounl ; and, if so, upon what terms. His reply was,
teat if an immediate answer to the query was wanted he
must decline giving any. The ground was known to be
auriferous, and has been so for a considerable period (I
believe since 1552), but has never until now been deemed
to be worthy of notice by the mining population as a
fixed field. The amount of population who have lately
flocked to the spo', upon exaggerated statements disee-
mineted anorig them, has never exceeded more than from
500 to COO, at the outside estimation. They agreed to
wait until a certain time had elapsed before proceeding
with their mining operations, and that period having ex-
pired on the 24th, Mr. Warden Amos announced the
diterminatlon of the Government to protect the rights
of property which had been accorded to Mr. M'Donald
its virtue of his purchase. One individual present pro-
posed that, coute qui coute, the digging should be pro-
ceeded with ; but not a single seconder even to the pro-
position came forward, and the general character of the
meeting was orderly and respectable in the extreme—
so much so, indeed, that at the present moment
not more than about 150 out of the original 600 are
remaining on the run. Mr. Amos pointed out, by re-
quest, the boundaries of the property, which the meet-
ing agreed very properly to respect. I may mention that
Mr. M'Donald had previously taken some four men be-
fore the police magistrate at Creswick for trespass, three
of whom, in the absence of any wish to press the charge,
weie dismissed, and the fourth was sentenced (owning
the knowledge of the trespass) to a fine of 101., or six
weeks' imprisonment. There is, then, no disturbance on
the g fieldv, nor do I believe there will be, and for the
best of all reasons—viz., that the miners, as a reasonable
b idy of men, know well that if they do not respect the
interests aed property of others they cannot expect their
own to be respected ; and that, should such a state of
things arise, the golden hole of the weaker party would
be speedily jumped into by the stronger.
po'v'eSertlythaonudffn
there Although
no legalis provision
o n y
c oe,ir oi for
bt
pao t
Iteyl
heafnodf
aid
dt
wbeheienhia intheco l
tehgeleacfitfluieltoodf tohfethcelairimfoolonw, hthe. an 8 are
addorefskiento
them. The foundation-stone of a new
institutionlst, bit
' dred character to that of the hospital and benevolent-
asylum has been laid. That ceremony was
performed by
hie Excellency on the 6th inst., in
presence of a very
large concourse of spectators. The site of the edifice is
Emerald-hill, and the chairman and councillors of that
new municipality presented an address to the Governor
on the occasion. In reply, Sir Charles, after referring
to the prime importance of caring for the 'destitute youth
of the population, said--
"`There are two passages in the address which are
so well written, and embody sentiments of so much im-
portance, that I beseech your attention to them. The
first is, "The occasion of this meeting cannot fail to
afford uslgreat satisfaction. We bear ix mind that the
glory of our native land lies not alone in the unsurpassed
deeds of her army and navy, but chiefly in that spirit of
Christian feeling and goodwill which has etuddel the
kingdom from north to south with buildings for religious
and secular instruction, with asylums for the protection
of the orphan and for the relief of the destitute and sick."
I am certain that every one who hears me now shares in
the feeling in my breast, which is, that we are absolutely
'sound, sooner or later, to contribute to the Patriotic
Fund. The circumstances of the colony, however, have
been such that I did not deem it my duty to take a pro-
minent part in the matter; but, with a little patience, we
shall be able to raise a far larger subscription than is an-
ticipated. We, Victorians, won't be left behind in the
race ; we will bear our part with our brothers and fathers
in Ragland, and do our best, although we do not share
in the battles of our country. There is another point in
the address, upon which I wish to dwell :—`• We see a
bright future opening for this colony, and we desire, by
taking part in such works as the one before us to leave
footmarks for the generations that will come after."
, You are only
ur
on a par with other nations in having gone
through a period of distress. It is not my business to•
day to address you politically, but I would observe to
you that this distress cannot last long. It has not been
broughtesult
of
about by
mistake or accident. It
is circumstances which could not
result
controlled.
Have Have patience, and in three or four months you will find
the colony very different.'
"The reports of the condition of the labour market
present no material change. In some respects there is an
improvement in the rates of wages ; generally there is
no falling off. There are obviously fewer people in want
of employment thab there wasa month or two azo. Of
late a good deal of attention has been directed to the
want of employment for females. In Adelaide the dis-
posed of the hundreds of young women r(ceatly sent to
that colony has been found extremely difficult. A similar

MILITIA,
The North York Regiment of Rifles has been under
orders for removal to the Larracks at Bradford during the
last three months, but in consequence of the strength of
the regiment being greater than could be accommodated,
a strong objection was made against having a portion of
the men billeted on the publicans in the town. This in-
convenience; has now been obviated by an order for the
erection of huts sufficient to accommodate the whole of
the regiment within the walls, which are now completed.
They are built with pressed bricks and covered in with
sated roof, and the barrackmaster is hastening with the
stores, as the regiment will march into the barracks on
New Year's•day. The regiment is in a high state of dis-
cipline, and the whole of the officers and wen, with but
a very few exceptions, have been anxiously waiting for a
removal, having been upwards of 12 months in billets.
It is understood that in the spring this regiment will be
removed to the camp at Aldcrshott.

Amsterdam ............ 11 16%
Ditto, three months .. 11 18%
Rotterdam 11 19
Antwerp .............. 25 50
Brussels ... ......... 25 50
Ilanabargh ............ 13 10
Altona .......;
Paris ....... •• .. 25 30

GLeegntaorn ••
*****
• ••
2350 7177;1
Milan •—• ••••••••••••

" Totals 4,290 1,237 5,053
In this return the number of Chinese aro nearly
equel in both arrivals and departures, several Lands of
fortunate diggers having sailed homewards with the
fruits of their industry.
" In our review of trade and commerce for our sum-
mary of the 21st of August we had occasion to notice the
continued stagnation of business, arising from various
causes, the heavy s ocks at the goldfields, the high prices
of breadstuffs, and the want of all proportion between
producers and consumers in the colony. Since that
date, howev,r, the stocks on the gold fields have been
materially diminished by the steady process of consump-
tion, and, although the price of flour has not materially
fallen, yet a demand for general merchandise has sprung
up for the interior, which is beginning to impart some-
thing like buoyancy to the import trade. As there is,
however, a scarcity of money on the one hand, and a
disinclination to give credit, except to such houses as
thing have an established reputation, on the other hand nc•
like briskness in our market can yet be reported.
The continued decrease of imports is exercising a benefi-
cial influence, and holders of many descriptions of goods
which hitherto could Only Lave been sold at a loss are
looking forward to the spring trade to enable them to
realise at a profit. Speculation has al
teasel in our import market ; business ismost entirely purely of a
legitimate character ; ;our merchants have contented
themselves for some months with doing little in the way of pushing a trade, and biding their time to realise for
cash, or for credit to safe houses. That this caution has
not been uncalled for may be gathered from the follow.
ing analysis, which shows the monthly progress of ineol-
vencies for eight months of the present year (1855), with
the exception of from 40 to 50 cases in which we have
not been able to ascertain the amount of liabilities :
Summary of Eight Months, from Ist Jan. to 31st Aug.
£4,100 6 1
3 gentlemen
19 merchants, storekeepers, and coin-
mission agents 91,472 3 1
3 brokers
1 engineer
2 surgeons 13,974 0 6
15 builders and contractors
1 engraver 596 10 0
5 mariners
12,413 19 2
39 licensed victuallers 147,792 7 5
6 butchers
3 auctioneers ........
2 farmers
2 cattle-dealers
Is"bakers 3,410 16 6
4
2 millers ,428 2 9
1 brewer 4,541 17 8
2 carpenters 12,287 2 10
864 6 1
3 labourers
2 3 brickmakers 2,070 6 4
jewellers
....................... •••••
842 8 8
1 wide-water ..... ; ..........
4 drapers ....... 2,937 19 0
8
1 saddler ................................. 111'897721 108 0
1 land agent ............................ ............ 2,171 4 2
2 Settlers
1 grocer ............................... 1,946 15 9
1 horsehreaker ...................... 113 15 6
3 watchmakers
1 lighter agent
1 printer
383 2 10
1/omnibus proprietor
1 blacksmith

AII3LBOURNE.
Wool.—Severe 1 parcels have changed hands at current
rates. Advises from England state that upwards of
70,001 bales would be offered in London during the
July series of sa7ies, and considerable doubt was enter-
tained in prices being fully maintained.
Tallow.—Bee f, 351. to 381. ; mutton, 381. and up-
wards, accordin to quality and condition.
llides.—Country hides, 104. to 13s. In the absence
of opportunities .to ship town hides have been sold at
prices in favour of the buyer.
Freights to L cnadon and Liverpool.—Ou wool, ;
tallow, 355. ; hi. los, 455.
The gold-inarl4:4:t has been inactive during the day, the
parcels for shipm toot by the Donald APICay being made
up. Entries we re passed at the Customs for 33,685
ounces for Li►er pool by that vessel, and for two small
parcels for China by the Tremelga and the Amigos.
There ha 4 been. little or no trade doing to-day. The
shipment of the g rid with some, and the European cor-
respondence with others, having fully occupied the mer-
car.tile mind.

When any of these dates fall on a Sunday. the malls will be da
spatchod on the following day with the exception of the India (11/
Southampton), and the Malta, both of whisk will be despatelmi ILI
preceding day.

To be Captains —Li9utonant . Louis Hasslitnann and
Lieutenant Johann Spindler.
To be Lieutenants—Ensign Friedrich Kohli, Ensign
Melchior Schmidt, Ensign Karl Funk, and Ensign Emetic
Trincano.
The appointment of Lieutenant Silioz to bear date Ist
Octobe-:, instead of the 10th November, 1855.
Unattached—Lieutenant George Swaby, from the 30th
Foot, to be Captain, without purchase.
STAFF.—Major Henry F. F. Johnson, of the sth Foot,
to be Deputy Quartermaster-General to the Forces serving
i❑ the Mauritius, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in
the Army, vice Brevet-Colonel Robe, whose period of Staff
service has expired ; Paymaster John Henry Matthews,
late of the Cork Recruiting District, to be Paymaster for
Army Services.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—To be Staff-Surgeons of the Second
Class—Surgeon Edward Baily Tuson, from the I?th Light
Dragoons ; Assistant-Surgeon Raphael Woolman Read,
from the 52d Foot; Assistant-Surgeon John ISl`Grigor
Augustus Thomas Croft, from the Ceylon Rifles. To be
Assistant-Surgeons to the Forces--Acting Assistant-Sur-
geons Morgan Jones Jones, Henry Joseph Rose, and
George Baly. Acting Assistant-Surgeon George Pigott
Barton has been permitted to resign his appointment, ho
having been transferred to the Osmanli Irregular Cavalry.
BREVET.
Major-General Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.8., serving with
the rank of Lieutenant-General in Turkey, to have the
local rank of General i❑ Turkey.
Captain James Young, 76th Foot, to be Major in the
Army, Nov. 23, 1841.
Brevet-Major James Young, 76th Foot, to be Lieut.-
Colonel in the Army, Nov. 11, 1851,
Captain Alexander Robinson Gale, 86th Foot, to be
Major i❑ the As my, Jan. 10, 1837,
Brevet-Major Alexander Robinson Gale, 86th Foot, to
be Lieut.-Colonel in the Army, Nov. 11, 1851.
John Tremenhero Johnston, Gent., to have the local
rank of Cornet, while employed in the Land Transport
Corps cf. the Turkish Contingent.
William Henry Kirton, Gent., to have the local rank of
Surgeon while employed in the Turkish Contingent.
To have the local rank of Surgeon while serving with the
Osmanli Cavalry, attached to the Turkish Contingent :
Dr. Win. Symonds Rooks.
Daniel Barley Balding, Gent.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
Royal Anglesey Light Infantry Militia—William Mace,
Gent., to be Ensign.

Venice........::::::..

Naples. •• •• 44%
Palermo ....
Messina
Lisbon ..
Oporto .......• .• •• 53q1
Rio Jansiro ..... .•• ...•
Buenos •• ....
New York,6o days' sight
Philadelphia • • ........

WIND AND WEATHER REPORT.

Ditto, three months .. 25 7214
Marielll2s ............. 25 72%
Bour,leaux . •
F:ankfort-on 'Maine .• .. 119%
Berlin .. •••••••• • • • • • •
Vienna 11 9
Trieste........ •• •• .... 11 12
Petersburg ............
Madrid .........., .... 49%
Cadiz ...... • • ..... 49%
Barcelona ............
•• .• ........

SHARE MARKET,S.

FRIDAY, Deonabor 28.
Stations. Course of Wind. State of Weather.
Greenwich S.W Partially cloudy.
Lothbury.
Liverpool
Holyhead.
Dublin S.
Bristol S. Unsettled.
Gloucester
Cardiff S.
Plymouth
Have rfordwest
Exeter . S.W Cloudy.
Swansea
...,. Fine.
Harwich S.W Cloudy.
Ipswich S.W Fine.
Shrewsbury N.B. Cloudy.
Derby S.
Nottingham
Leicester S.E.
Leamington S. Unsettled.
Rugby S. ...
Amsterdam
Leeds E
Manchester S.W Cloudy.
Sheffield S.W. Rain.
Stoke-on-Trent 5.E.......... Rain.
Lancaster E.
Whitehaven
Carlisle E.S.E ........ Cloudy.
Mary-port.. E.N.E Cloudy.
Brighton
Yarmouth
Cambridge S.
Lowestoft -
Southampton....., S. E.
Portsmouth S.E.
Poole S.E Fine.
Cowes S.W Cloudy.
Cloudy.
Fine.
Fine.
BG-GoarseitnaostnbG"l°.italigBhb):::: SS'S... S.E.E.
York ... W.S.W.
Edinburgh S.W. Cloudy.
Whitby
Scarborough
Perth
Dundee
Aberdeen S.E.
Newcastle
Sunderland N.W.
Hull E.
Strood . S.W. Partially cloudy.

LIVERPOOL, Diw. 2S.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tho tone of the market has been
quiet to-day, and closed very quiet at the following prices :
—Caledonian, 271—Eastern Counties, Bi—Midland, 64k—
London and South-Western, 85—Dutch Rhenish. d.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 23k—Great Western
of Canada, 25.

PRICES OF SIOLLICN, PEA OZ.
Foreign Gold in Bard £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0
New Dollars ...... 0 0 0
Ailver in bars 0 5 1

The mail broug (!.-it by the Champion of the Seas was
an unusually sma U one, consisting of 9,722 letters and
23,000 newspapel 13 only, the whole of which were sorted
and in process of tolivery on the day after the vessel's
arrival in the Bay..
The demand for gold this week for the Donald M'Kay
was brisk, and th sk price rose in consequence. 765. 3d.
and 76 .6d. were the prices ruling during the latter part
of the week.

The quantity of 'gold sent down by escort this week is
fully an average sone ; and we cannot help expressing
our satisfaction at' the resu't as given below on the year
and quarter endin; this day, as compared with 1854,
which, but for the continued trading nionoply of some
of the banks here, a result the most beneficial must have
accrued from such an extensive produce to the whole
mercantile and tra Kling community of this colony.
A considerable move has taken place from Alarybo-
mogh to Fiery (are 4 k, which is the principal point of
attraction at present :for the migratory digger. At the
&der fields the produce seems steady, as a glance at the
ri !turns given below wiA show. A very considerable in-
c: -ease in shipments of the precionu metal has taken place
t) xis year over that of the corresponding period of last
y ear, also noted below:
(;omparative quarterly statement of geld produced in
1854. 1855.
July 188,246 168,191

2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Ensign Goo.
Waugh to be Lieutenant ; Williaiu Douglas Legge, Gent.,
to be

_
Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham-
lets Militia—George Leslie, Esq., late of her Majesty's 77th
Regiment, to be Lieutenant; George Stormont Murphy,
Gout., to be Ensign.
Gth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Ensign R.
Murray Thompson to be Lieutenant, vice Walshe, resigned;
Ensign Chas. Berington to be Lieutenant, vice Mawdsley,
promoted ; Lovick Loftus Reado, Gent., to be Ensign.
2d Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—John Smart
Evans, Gont., to bo Ensign.
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant
Samuel Ashworth Finnamore to he Captain, vice Harris,
resigned; Ensign Joseph Fitzpatrick Win. Hamm to be
Lieutenant, vice Finnamore, promoted ; Thomas Ramsden
Ashwoith, to be Ensign, vice Gray, resigned.
Argyll and Bute Rifles—Lieutenant William Campbell
to be Captain.
99th, Stirlingshire, &c., Militia, Highland Borderers
Light Infantry—Ensign Alexander Robert Abercromby
Boyd to be Lieutenant, vice Richard Carr, resigned; John
Wm. Doering, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Boyd, promoted.
Ross, Caithness, Sutherland, and Cromarty Regiment of
Rifle Militia—Patrick Mac Lean, Esq., to be Captain, vice
George Wm. Holmes Ross, promoted.

137,148 176,742
September

501,701 590,053
501,704

BIRTHS.
OF A SOW.

Increale en the quarter ... 94,349

Increase on the year

On the 27th inst., at 28, Belgrave-road, Pimlico, Mrs.
A. F. do Neumann.
Ou the 27th inst., at 23, Priory-road, Kilburn, the wife
of Christopher Robson, of 13, Clifford's-inn, Fleet-street,
solicitor.

Nrtnabor of persovis arrived 2,106'
Num .ber that 1104,:o left 5OO

A.ddition ',,hia week ... 1,606 and year.... 43,016

ale earvorqa have brought from-
-111 ount A lv.cander and Ben-
dig° 17,484 ozi.
BaU arat,, including Geelong 15,983
OvEns 7,633
Mt ,ry,iorough .5388
Hill 1,420
A voca.. , 616
M 'lvor 569

£103,168 9 7
"Thus we have known liabilities amounting to above
400,000/. in 138 insolvent estates, and we are sure we
Are under the mark in stating that, were the remaining
40 or 50 estates, the liabilities of which are not ascer-
tained, to be added, this amount would tell up to above
`500,(100/. sterling. When it is considered bow small the
dividends usually are en colonial estates, and how long a
space of time elapses before these dividends are receiv-
able, the distant reader may form some idea of the )
gloomy nature o
now ha f the crisis from whose shadow we are
happily emergin_.
g Great credit is due alike to the
banks and to the large houses for the satisfactory man-
throe which the credit of the colony has been steered
gh the breakers that have surrounded it on every
side. In our commerce a m
ex'.sts ; our exports are grtulch healthier state of things
in excess of our imports,
end unsuitable goods are no looger poured in upon us.
'The cargoes arriving are generally to order, and are at
once realised at paying prices. The following tables of
our import and export trades, and of our bonded stocks,
and monthly deliveries for home consumption, compiled
From the Customs' returns, will give a good insight into

ALI fount this week .... 49,103 and year 1,523,702

STEA- A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CLYDE AND
NEW Y ORK.—The new screw steam-ship Edinburgh,
Captain Cumming, sailed from Greenock, for New
York, o a Wednesday. This is the first steamer that
has sail 3d :for New York from the Clyde for some time.
The regt Lin r steam communication between these porta
was stop& )e, I by the taking up, about six months ago,
for sell ie.!) as a government transport of the screw-
steamer- G 136 crow, which is still engaged in that service.
THE LATE FIRE AT BOULOGNE.—A letter from Bou-
logne our-Alei • says :—" The strong box of Mr. Barnard,
which, as is k, sown, was found in the ruins of his house,
has just been opened in the presence of several persons.
None of the 4 -ik notes, railway bonds, and other valu-
able papers., wh 'oh it contained, have been completely
destroyed
; but all are dried up and singed, and can
consequentl
onl vbe preserved with difficulty. The gold
and silver cons i. -e intact, but the bags in which they
were COlltairiod haA 'e been almost entirely consumed.

THE SUN, LON DON SATURDAY EY RNI INT 61 DECEMBER 29, 18 5 5,
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11 - , and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Cour ss Country Markets.
AUSTRALIA. our commercial positions now as compared with tor- 1 difficuity has arisen in Geelong. It may appear strange ' Naval aad Military Intelligence. From the London Gazette of Last Night.
Acrarnau, official assignee, Bristol; Henderson, Howard,
respoeding periods of last year :- I that females should remain unemployed while the wages
* - li-
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and Wilcocks, Bristol.
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS AT THE PORT OF MBLBOURNE. , i of domestic servants range from 121. to 35/. per annum.
DOWNING•STItEET, DEC. 26.
LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.
Imports in the year 1855 up to the 22d of
Stewart, The Dragon, 6, paddle steam-vessel, Captain W. .I. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lloyd Evans INSOLVENT PETITIOYERS.
W 11. idle, Barnes, Surrey, veterinary surgeon-J. LIVERPOOL-DEC. 28.
The truth ie, that a. very largo number of the
Eve, to be Resident Ma,s;istrate in the District of W. -ra .'
Barber, Little Chapel-street, Soho, artificial tooth makyer-
By the Royal mail steam-ship Donald WlCay, September
and the Centaur, Captain W. J. C. Clifford, aage,„,-g
ea-rived
, atiSpitbead from the Balticon Thursday even- Natal, in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.
Exports in the year 1855 up to the 22d of 7,032,590 young women who have been sent out to there
Captain Warner, of the "Black Ball" line, which colonies are quite unfitted for the labour required. They
Lota these. veinels have experienced. very s.evere -H. D. Rebbein, Warwick-lane, Newgate-street, coffee-
September 8,793,300 are utterly inexperienced in domestic duties, or in those jug-
WA.R-OFFICE, DEC. 28. r-Catherine Hetherington, Eigh-street, Mar week's Ti'l e b
rates,usi n.e s soats done, inat
mwehael: tbaanr
barley
yfl, flour
dh
.apse beenas in limited,faifair
d. o
..
.n. ... house keepe
left Port Philip Heads on the 3d of October, we
weather. It is uneersteod that they will remain at
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards-Cornet R. ed. L. lobone gasfi a er-E. Shepherd, Lower Smith-street, Clerk- ma taan,ecalti decline 1
gohf
tll(y1 tore
reduced
ep(ei r7Ol
prices.bs and
Bedarnl a pienr bgaoro.rdelsounpplaiyst
have advices from Melbourne to the 29th, and Gee- Balance of exports over imports during the
them. A benevolent effort has been made in Gee- P t ti during the winter, the crews to be granted
Or-31110U ie
Willietns-Bulkeley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice unwell, draper'sassistant-ChartottaAtkins,Sherard-stseet,
long to the let of Odober. She has brought current year _ £1,760,710 long to transport these girls to the gold fields in small the usual leave.
120, , Gatnhier, who retires ; Walter P. Carew, Gent., to be Golden-square, lodging-house keeper-C. Sawyer, Carshal- ittendtepiressfiseddlofowresra,laenadt
olnslypeirn
rqert.aidlercelignuee.st.lndian corn at
0.. The Neptune, Capt. Hutton, is ordered to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Beanie, promoted ; Lieutenant t n neaer-W 'towel! Spring-street
WAKEFIELD-Reg. 28.
104,000 ounces of gold, 270 passengers, 800 bales of "Notwithstanding the numerous difficulties and im- groups, and to secure tmkienticeipalre.t therecie
(r:fs,(lis
laid in ordinary, the crew to be paid wages and granted Thos. Leslie to be Captain, by purchase vice Sutton, who el;ndier's shop keeper 'R. J. Harty/ell, Prospect! Portman-square,lace
rnestie sr-its.
Weikiegaot,odnosthoinw
goof
owdhecaotn,dbiutitolia,limisit,
wool, 7,130 bags of copper ore, and 83 casks of pediments in the way, the enclosure and cultivation of
Thereel': doubtless sti7lie mode
deal of six weeks' leave of absence, at the expiration of which retires; Cornet Sir B. P. Henniker, Bart., to be Lieu-
posing o them.
business done a decline of Is per qr. has been conceded.
the land of the colony are advancing. The Port Philip
time this ship's company will be available for the vessels tenant, by purchase, vice Breeden, who retires. pSioetgitalitow,acrakr,pceonmtepr-osioto.rit-nTielELmGerresoant ,sllSt.liilloeine-ns,tsr,eeEti,sPhCcr,pips-.
tallow.
3d Regiment of,Dragoon Guards-Cornet John Charles gate, and Paul-street, Islington, drysalter-F. Jackson,
Farmers' Society are devoting themselves with great difficulty experienced by the numerous class'g of
.clerks
fitting for the Baltic squadron.
decline. Oats, berme, and
The Royal mail ship Champion of the Seas, be-and she men. Of these we always had too many in pro-
Boucher, from the Ist Dragoons, to be Cornet, without / Prospect-place, Bethnal-green, mahogany chair manufac-
earnestness to the promotion of agricultural industry in
The Tartar, 20 (68• pounders of 8 inch bore), screw
Barley in fair demand, and steady.
Portion to our wants, and now that the business of the
purchase, vice Holdforth, appointed to the 6th Dragoon tuner -F. de ha Upper Ebury-street, Pimlico, carpenter-
onging to the " Black 13all" line, with the mails of all its branches. They have published a list of prizes for
s.teamer, Captain H. Dunlop, left Sheerness yesterday Guards.
D. Cooper, Fislastreen hill, straw plait dealer- W. C. Hardy,
the sth of July, arrived at Melbourne on the 26th the next show, which at once demonstrates their zeal merchant and the tradesman Is so much curtailed, the
in charge of a pilot for Herwich, at which place she will 6th Dragoon Guards-G. S. Le Grico Stoddart Gent.
EXETER-Drs, 28.
to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Astley, promoted.' '
and their liberality. The members of the society have consequent necessity for reducing establishments has
winter and refit, &ea, and the crew go on leave. We
' • '• • • ' * • • ' ORN.-In our market wheat may be quoted from NO
of July,
lately presented their secretary,
Mr. M'Cracken, with at 1 their 't t. dprevented caused numbers. o lose si ua ions, an .
believe. none. of the dry docks are long enough to take 7th Dragoon Guards-George Frederick Ormsby, Gent. •athquount, Hampstead, historical and portrait painter
yeell-walk Hanipstead,licensed victuellei -F Newonhaue
to 9s oth. Malting barley, 4s 9(1 to 5s 4(.1; grinding do., 011
From the summary of Australian intelligence silver tea-service, worth 130/. them from again procuring employment. The decrease in
this ship in.
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Walker, promoted. Od to Os Od. Oats, 3s 3d to 38 6d. Beaus, Os Od to °6
imports to the colony will, however,. enable the market
Long Ditton, Surrey, smith-J. Burgh, Edward-street,
, P. 13ambach, Enfield, Middlesex, baker-C. Payne,
Od. oos 0(1 to 00s Od.
published in the Melbourne Argus we extract the "If anything were wanting to bring out in strong
The Thunder, 14, floating battery Captain G. let Draeoons-John Charles Boucher Gent, to be Cor- II 1 1 'll WD•B. b - 1 I -
• to rally. Merchants will be able to dispose of their o,ccu- . .Sheerness
, . George , e , . Bandsman , ~ ampstea( -roe( ,gi(or - . me, arus ure • p ace, s
g,Peas, _ e ,
LOUR. --I me, GCs Od to 588 Od ; seconds, 548 Od to 568
colours the evils arising from the ignorance and disre•
ttendolpis, is refitting In sueerness basin. We bear that net, try purenase, vice , promoted. lington, pastrycook -F. 11. Beet, Bread-street-hill, Upper ' shelling, c i
limited
also,c demand,ul tr : solo dhawit: thisp-ib.
following :- colours
stocks, and in the improved position and pro -
Od per sack.
f colonial wants existino in official quarters it
it is definitively settled that those ships are to have two 7th Light Dragoons-Cornet G. F. Ormsby, from the Th. •street licensed victualler-J. Chambers Great
"For some months past we have been under the ne-
- 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, without purchase. - ‘'lne'
' • •
rudders, ono on each quarter • in fact, the lines for the
VOI(111(°1 be supplied by the treatment' to which we have spects of this important class all will participate. With
our enormous and increasing export of gold and our in rudders,
Light Dragoons-Cornet G. E B. Potts to be Lieu- Queen-atreet, Lincoln's-run-fields foreman to acolch lace
12/. to 15/. -s ; butchers' calves Od to 60 per lb., rearing
CATTLE.-Frime beef, 10a Od per score ;cows and calves
maker.
cessity of giving rather a gloomy account of affairs, both recently had to submit on the subject of the resumption
tenant, by purchase, vice King, who retires ; Lieutenant
same are now chalked out and visible.
DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS. calves -s to -- s each. Sheep, 50 to 61(1. Litiabs, --41 t°
commercial and social, in this country. The colonists of steam postal communication. The withdrawal of the creasing productions fur home consumption, an improve- name
Trusty, 14, floating battery, Captain Frederick
William Cuninghame, from the Renfrew Militia to be
lb. Store hogs, large size, -s to -s each ; shrs,
have passed through a crises of no ordinary character, steamers in connetiion with the Peninsular and Oriental
ernnent in the condition of all classes must necessarily
A. Campbell, is also refitting in Sheerness basira She Cornet, without purchase, vice Yates, promoted. ' finTalleois.. Doofwinses4aTayloarr,s Lower waerd Holborn, City, oilman-e cIL
duiliiii.l.e.haili)reirs.any subsequent Tu sday,
During part of 1852 and up to the middle of 185 4 a sort Company's overland route was locked upon at the time
"The public amusements of our city are acknowledged is to be fitted with a rudder on each quarter, besides the 12th Light Dragoons-Assistant-Surgeon Gavin Aieslie amidships. This after the French batteries Turnbull to be Surgeon, vice Tuson, appointed to the
as,:erngeoefritea=sedd!, injuries to commerce that had
by all who have had experience of them to be at least o nhei
which
ho
arew found to steer much better through. it. . Staff. Henry Peaty, Bristol, grocer-div. of 25., and Ist die,. 2PBi;pleetorcaitsessalnl, 9°°s6sd tit:Cs °°810;641 teorusgclOrrii."' 5°
per
lb'
---
of madness possessed both the Government and the
INVERNESS.-DEo. 25.
P eople. Previous to the arrival of the Ch.am-
Extravaganoe and dissipation were the pione of the Seas three mails were overdue at one time. equal in attraction to those which any second-rate city
w The Retribution, 28, paddle. Captain John Fish& Coldstream Guards-Captain the Hon. H. W. Camp- no: Psse.(nOnnve:lin.'se 'w
proofs, Jan. 2, and any subsequent Wednes-
DoII.VIDENDS. CORN. -Wheat, white, per qr., 75s Od to 78a Oa. Bar.
Icy, chevalier, 39s Od to 41s 0(1; ditto, common, ---3 Od to
order of the day, and a period of severe pressure in We still have two (the Xen Nevis and the Shalinar), and in theeiy:fittehd Kinglopecnoieldlriebsat. A very large pro-
and carrying the flag of Admiral R. L. Baines, is still bell, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieutenant and Cap- day' at Miller's, Brist
tain, by purchase, vicelito khan), who retires.
Jan. 22. J. Batters, Tokeuhouse-yard, City, shipowner -s Od. Oats, als Od to 32s 0(1.
our financial affairs was the natural result. Fortunately one of these, the Ben Nevis, hag been over 100 days out.
at Sheerness. Nothing definite appears known yet, bu•
the general opinion is that she will remain here, (r eo I,t Regiment of Foot-The surname of the Assistant-
sa • ditto
"The state of doubt as to the supply of. our markets larUtlimarriedegZu andai the climate aTLliTlFlgaseo°nu'll:eZl,
Jan t 8 W Grant, Brightoo, newsvender-dan. 18. MEAL.-Oatmeal, per imp. boll 25s Od to 260 ,
~, ,
We have passed through this period without any serious
to Woolwich. Upon Admiral Baines leaving the ship oureeen,appointed on 10th of Aueust, 1855, is Mackay,
with breadstuffs, which we have had to notice in our ]ant
-R. `v. EB.
boug*lass, Woodcote, stage coach proprietor- second, 00s 0(1 to Os Od; barleymeal, 168 eel to 160 no 0
calamity, but have corned a great deal of valuable expe- two month! sum maries, still exists. We have exhausted to some extent, unfavourable to outdoor amusements,
the theatre and the concert room are the principal places
on Christmas morning the crew gave him three hea t and Ins Commission has been antedated to 27th °coition Jan. 18. C. Kelly, High-street Kensington, and Baker- peasemeal, 16s 6d to 208 Od; bran, per stone Os 9d to 101;
of resort to those in search of relaxation from the !tern
cheers (part of the crew themselves going on leave that
) The first lieutenant went to Melville Hospitalstreet Bazaar Portman-square, auctioneer-Jan. 18. W. let flour, per 2801 b, 60s Od to 62s Od; 2d ditto, 53s Od t°
• rience, for which we have dearly paid. We firmly be- the neighboYuring colonies, who are now importers for
]morn not
at Portsmouth qfluahmouenofanenEontselimanpnp, as oVe.zutsir Batley Nordianipton, on iee-Jan 18. I. Cowan and s 5 01 •• oatmeal best per at. of 141 b imperial 2e tale.
lieve that we have seen the worst, and that henceforth, their own consumption, and the stocks in the interior duties imposed by a. colonial life. To any person. arriving 1141.11. th last., Foot-Thei col
y M. Brailiam, Aldgate HigOstreat, Cite:, waterproof cloth- iies2s bai ; ditto Lcond, Os Od to Os 0(1 ; barhiymeal is *I
for a long time to come, we shall be able to transmit ac- which were unusually large at the commencement of the duringtheweekfrom London or other large English town, u.
stated.
ing manufacturers-Jan. 18. J. Purdy and W. T. Purdy, to 00e Oil ; peasemeal, is 8(1 to 2s 01; lst flour, 3s eel cash,
winter, have been nearly all consumed. During the last
ye ster 18th Foot-Lieutenant Henry Hall Dare, from Pay- Kin's Lyn, Norfolk, builders- Jan. 18. H. W. Brown, 3s 9(1 credit; 2d ditto, 3ii 4d cash, 3s 6d credit.
counts of a gradual and !solid improvement in the finan- the placards which would meet hie eye on every side, an-
dstacyl'iLl:osir"nelie,:stutrfiLd:a:vtr:hseosreellastward with machinery. master, 23d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice A. C. Elliott, St. •Alban's, innkeeper-Jan. 18. J. Willox, Broadway --
cial and industrial condition of the colony, four months stocks in the hands of millers and importers flouncing the appearance of Miss Catherine Hayes at one
The Poictiers sailing transport has arrived at Spithead appointed to the 94th Foot ; Ensign Edward Hall, from Westminster, cheesemonger-Jan. 18. A. Cooling and HI BRISTOL SUGAR-DEC. 28.
in Melbourne have rarely reached a sufficiency for a theatre, and of Mr. G. V. Brooke at another, would re-
liably suggest such familiar associations as to prom's° itn
the 40th Foot, to be Ensign without purchase.
"The month of September has been one of continued month's consumption, and nothing appeared to be known
from the Black Sea, and has received orders for Dept- Marchaut, London wall, City, soap makers-Jan. 18. W.
, Hackett, Oxford, gas ;,nd water engineer-Jan. 18. W
speedy reconciliation with a city which, although at
23d Foot -Quartermaster'Joseph Aston to be Paymaster
prosperity, so far as the yield from the various gold fields as to the shipments from Chili, our chief source of sup-
athsPee opposite end of the world to that which he has just ford.
vice Hall Dare, appointed to the 18th Foot. ostler, Earl-street, Finsbury-square, cab proprietor-Jan, .
anTiliecoszgeagru=totecl.7:edzirvglit(c)tii,z,..., tiro:,
will be resumed on the 2d January. The return to lower
is concerned. The amount sent down by escort are Ply. Cargoes have, however, dropped in one by one to
left, seemed to indicate the possession of refinements and The Severn steam transport came into harbour yester-
day morning, and landed her invalids at the dockyard 26th Foot-Thomas Turner, Gent ,to be Ensign, by pur- 18. J. Bronson, Liverpool, hosier-Jan.2s-• weay.wawling•, prices has no doubt somewhat improved the consumption,
orders from this side, and an occasional speFulative ship-
chase, vice Lultis, promoted in the *64th Foot.
steadily on the increase, sad the reports of our own cw-
S. Rawling, and J. Bawling, Manchester, curriers-Fob.l.
jet,.
meat from Boston, New York or California has unex- amusements such as he could hardly have expected to
We thoroughly believe that such is the case in 29th Foot-Lieutenant H. Tennant Ja.meson, from the
Harier steam-sloop came into harbour yesterday 3d West India Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice Naylor, T. Deans,BlackburreLancashire, Bra or-J; T. Youn•
respondentv, and of gentlemen who have recently visited
mectedl arrived. These consi nments, and the doubts, enjoy.
whichP I; 1 been seriously checked by the recent rapid Ina
ger, son., Sunderland, •builder-Jan.2s. S.Cs.rlton,Darling- great
on the of the market,
the diggings, and whose judgment can be relied on, lead Pas to whether they would be continued or not, have
to be ducked and undergo repairs. appointed Paymaster for Army Services.
numerous instances, and the great patronage which is re-
eorded to oar theatre substantially demonstrates t
torDurhain,coach manufacturer- Jan. 24. J. A. Noel,South
us to believe that this increase will be maintained. The checked speculation, and by so doing have more than
The barque Reaper, from Shields for Constantinople, 30th Foot-Captain Edward Charles, from the R 1
morning,
03's Shields, Durham, wino merchant ;S. Langdale, J. Eyton,
Public appreciation of the amusements there afforded.
DUBLIN-DEc. 28.
season has been peculiarly favourable to the miner. Water once prevented a rapid rise to famine prices, which have
I"A few minutes before three o'clock on the morning put into Spithead yesterday in distress, with loss of fare London Militia, to be Paymaster, vice Fitzgerald. and 11. J. Cooke, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchants-Jan.
also been prevented by the
.almost entire absence of
and main yards, butwarke, and stanchions, and making 3Gth Foot-Lieutenant Thomas Rice to bo Captain, by 22. T. Lumsden, South Shields, Durham, ship builder-
has been abundant, but not in excess, as is generally the
of the 17th inst. Melbourne was visited by an earthquake.
water, &c., she having met with very severe weather the purchase, vice Carden, who retires. A vegy nominal market, supply smell, and prices of 0.,
few things sold were lower. The market will remain gloom
transactions. The fact of business having been confined
Jan. 18 J. Mills New Bank, near Halifax
ease in the winter months, and the weather has never simply to purchasing for consumption, from hand to It was sufficiently severe to awake nearly all the inhabi-
early part of this week off the Start, 37th Foot-George John Unsill Mason, Gent., to be Yorkshire, ntil F ida next
ironfoun*der ;J. S'inith, Low Moor, Yorkshire,' worsted u r y '
Ensign, by purchase, vice Reece, promoted.
White wheat, 42s Od to 448 6d ; red ditto, 38e to as 0i ;
been so severe as to interrupt the operations. To the mouth, for the town trade has also checked the tendency tants, some of whom hurried out into the streets. Both
. The steam-transport Telegraph embarked at South- spinner ' S. Oldfield (separate estate), Huddersfield wool-
opening up of the quartz reefs the supply from which to rise which has more than once manifested itself. Dur- birds and beasts shared in the alarm, and the dogs howled
am ton yesterday 7 officers, 108 non•commissioned an. 40th Foot-`!!Edward Hall, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Cook, promoted; Lieutenant Thomas Ormsby CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED.
ion cloth merchant. ' barley, 16s Od to 23s 6d ;oats, 15s Od to 17s Od • rapeseed:
would appear to be inexhaustible, and to the separation has, the week we have had two cargoes of flour and wheat and rushed into houses. There were two sliocke, and a
'cl rie) men belongino to the Lancashire, Wiltshire, and Johnston, from the Leitrim Militia, to be Ensign, without 40s Od to 44s Od per r; oatmeal, 163 Od to 185 (Id ; brakerse
of the metal by means of machinery, the present satis- from Chili, and a very heavy one from San Francisco, sound resemblino the passage along a street of a well-
' rdshire Militi -viz 40 men Of the Ban'eashi're, 40 purchase, vice Hall, appointed to the 18th Foot. Jan. 21. B. French, St. Mary's-terrace, Walworth-road, flour, 25s 6dto 99s Od per cwt •; Indian
chiefly
Od to illegal
factory state of the escoi t returns must, however, be and further supplies are reported to be on the way. It filled ornnibue. 'Slight routs were made in the walls, or
ofx the) Wiltshire, and 23 of the Oxforishire, besides 6 43th loot-Ensign C. R. Pennington to be Lieutenant, stationer -Jan. 1. . Howarth, ►Ashton-under-Lyne, per 48011 a.
Mammemm.........1
chiefly ascribed,
is believed that no very material reduction in price can rather in the ceilings and plaster of several buildings,
women and 8 children, portions of whom will proceed by purchase, vice Trent, promoted • Thomas Hall, Gent., Lancashire, draper-Jan. 19. F. Robinson, Masbrough,
Lancashire, linendraper -Feb. 1. T. Deans, Blackburn,
*ll.l'oa rii)kusaflivaiicertse,qr.itirrisoiri
i; n We
s; Ih.
eStilt iterlt
br.
it
ilajkStnhaekffie
re lit
~,gcauut.le2r4y. COAL MAWSET.-DEc. 29.
The phenomenon seems to have been confined to the
"Subjoined will be found the escort returns for the take place until the harvest of the colonial group has
to Gibre'ter, Melte and Corfu - The Telegraph left the to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Petinineton
last 6 weeks. These may be taken as a very fair indite- fairly set in, when the great breadth of land under cul- neighbourhood of Melbourne. It was felt with less neve.
50th Foot-Lieutenant E. H. Stew:rd, *from the 67th
eitasthH,lSPtsaffporidesoirLeevpEluDmber. Prioes of Coal per ton at the close of the market.
lion of the average yield, as opportunities fur shipment tivation and the healthy appearance of the crops give docks lat.e;ening';'lnd steamed out into the river,- where
Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Rib-
s. d.l Wallsend, he.
rity at Geelong, and still less on the gold-fields. It does
he brought up for the night. She will sail for the
PARTNERSHIPS 0. 4,
by favoured ships have been continuous during the promise of an abundant supply and moderate prices. not appear to have been experienced in any of the adja• a .
Mediterranean this day. bort, promoted.
Bate's West Hartley 18 0
period, and the gold has been sent down at once by
.. g cent colonies."
The following appointments were made yesterday at 521 Foot-Acting-Assistant-Surgeon Henry Alexander
IT. 'Wood awl A. J. Todhunter, Dunkirk, Franco Byass's West Hartley .. 18 61Braddyll 2l 9
the " The progress of efforts to provide. for the education
Gogarty to be Assistant Sur ; Acting-Assistant-Sur-
-22 te;
, buyers on the gold fields. During the corresponding
td ii •lt I tJ. W Vaughan,to the Sea- bankers A. W. Hartley anti J R 1 Bradford' Davison's West Hartley 18 6 Hetton
1
of the youth of the colony has been illustrated lately by At Geelong a meeting of Scottish Highla,nders
;,eon Charles Alexander Tunes, M.D., to be Assistant- ey,.Brto.n,
21 °
weeks of last year the highest amount sent down was the _ iwcall.
*.
y :-ll•e'7t. PW.
t tothtExcell it• Yorkshire, wool dealers-J. Hepworth.awannsd • Holywell lB teßiclunund
iam • tin in, aymas ere e et , •Surgeon. g
23 0
thel first annual examination of the pupils attending the had been held to take into consideration the best
Bi ho Auckland, Durham, drapere-S. P. 'Nock and IP' Walker Primrose .........19 01Carrai Merthyr
• 37,836 ounces, and the average 33,874 ounces. The re-ward "'home, Paymaster, to the St. Vincent ;F. W. 53(1 Foot-Ensign Alfred Kirke Ffrench to be Lioute- s ,P,
23 0
Model National Schools, Melbourne. The examination means of affording relief to the suffering poor of the if-
d"." ; •
D. M Callum, Birmiugham, papier macho manufacturers ArYlam 17 Oitirayue'e Merthyr
mission of the escort fee of 6cl. per ounce to the shipper
Rees, Second Master, to the Pordipine ;G. C. Hill, H. nant, without purchase, vice Robertson, deceased ; Lieu-
-19
was continued throughout a whole week, and the result
S. Ibbetson and J. Taylor, Ashtorounder-Lyne, Lance-
Evenwood
on payment cf duty is a very powerful cause for the pre- Highlands and Islands of Scotland._ Some of the
E M. Dolbeu, and C. E. Read°, Naval Cadets, to the tenant F. J. S. Brockhurst, from the sth Lancashire Mili- -
- 20 0
shire, brickniakers- S. J. Paris and W. Kirk, embossers Wallsend, ate. .Whitworth
sent, increase in the escort returns, as safe transmission was highly creditable to both the children and their speakers addressed the meeting in Gaelic. It was
tieror ; and Thos. 11. Sercom -nd II L. Pear-on tie, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice A. K. Ffronch 1
by patent process-A. L. Holgate, J. Wright,J. J. Muir, Heaton
is secured without any expense whatever to the trans• teachers, and proves the efficiency of the system ac'oetted stated that, although a sum exceedipg 8,0001.. had ceng
Cadets,
58th Foot-Richard Newton, Geut., to be Ensign, I.,er
-
and F. J. Walker, Manchester and York-J. W. Dixou Ships at market... 9 I Sold .. 5
mitten, while those who bring or send their parcels down by Mr. Devitt, the superintendent, and the appreciation been lent to emigrants who bad come to Victoria, Naval to the Brunswick,
purchase, vice Bond, promoted.
and S. Merryweather, Roughtengill, Cumberland, smelters
privately have to pay the same amount of 2s. 6d. per of the national scheme by the people of Victoria. On all the society had been able to collect was about The gun )oats Seagull L.ieutoCommander Montagu
63th Foo-Ensien J. W. Lewis to be Lieutenant, by
O'Reilly, and the Sandfl Lieut•-Commander B. G W.
-J. Millar and S. S. Millar, Enfield, Middlesex, surgeons
the 25th inst. 200 prizes were distributed to the more 1,500/., the collection of which had cost 5 per cent.
.Y, • - C. purchase, vice Little, who retires.
ounce for duty alone :-
-John Eyre and Joshua Eyre, Manchester, silk man ufac-
distinguished pupils in the different classes by the bon.
The defaulters came in for indignant comments. Nicolas, left Woolwich yesterday morning, for Sheerness,
SEABORNE MAILS.
cßoaudreto.
re
ok
a, d
,Jsoht.npatacdracos
turers-W. Hewetson, J. Hewetson, and T. Hewetson,
I ...,4 the Speaker of the Legislative Council in presence of The foundation stone of a Afechanics' Institution with stores and ammunition on board. Several more of , .
70th Foot-Acting Assistant-Suraeon Alexander Grant
to ne Assistant-Surgeon.
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anda m-
Oxford-etreet and Tottenham-court-road upholders-Joses .0.
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4 his Excellency Sir Charles Hothain, Lady Hotham, and
these vessels will be ready to follow in a day or two, One e
,cirli'neannddria'.(N signifies that the malls are sent from the General Post vales
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6t
.`,.,'. ; a ea. g: e •- e's I'a ', a large
number of ladies and gentlemen. The Speaker lal been laid. The revenue for the town of Geelong
for e year ending the 31st of Aug.as 200 478/ of the gun-boats, probably the Tickler, LieutoCominander i h Foot-Captain James Young, from half-pay 88th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Senhouse, who exchawses ; Lieu-ey the night-and Mby the morning-despatch.)
'
e.: t 1 ee „a, e al 7=- l. ti g• stated that
the average attendance on the classes was .n' '. '' Balfour, prior to ernberking her ammunition, is to cruise tenant John William Preston to be Captain, by purchase, J. R. Casey, Crane-court, Cit 'll - •
el s, a aec e II a e'e 2 i 0 te
1 thin balance of 170,991/.
ILIC u ga. , ; the expenditure
y, lithographers-J. Laurie, DaY when full,-,0! From what Whin
. ••• - l••' 7.1 o 6- ' se esssi 7, 500 and that in a few weeks the buildings would be suffi-
round the coast of Scotland, for the purpose of picking vice Young, who retires. R. Bedford, and T. Rand, Oxford-street, Hanover- COUNTRIES in General Post- Port doe is
198,8001., leaving a balance of 1,678/. A
A
~..,?,
.e, ta* 71 -t, e ciently extended to admit of the attendance of twice the was
up craws for some of tbele vessels short of hands. 77th Foot-The appointment of Lieutenant Waters to seuaro, saddlers-W. J. Myers, H. Bland, C. Myers. peke, London.* Dispatched. En. MD&
- nl a•
oi present number of pupils, new banking company, under the style of the Corn- A detachment of Royal M •under
Marines, the command the Adjntantcy, to boar date the 10th November, 1855, in- and M. H. Bland, Liverpool, merchant 3, so far - - ......,
America(byltrit.pack)N Ever} Friday •••• Liverpool ... Dec.! 91
mercial and Agricultural Banking- company, had of Firet•Lieutenant Pytn, coneisting of 1 serjeaut, 1 cor. steed of 21st December, as previously stated. as regards W. Myers mid H. Bland-J. Robinson
" The field of local politics has been unusually barren
&meteors (by United Sts.
Aug. 25.. 19,212 16 ,445 - - 7 281 2,665 56'35r •
during the last few weeks. been started. It is to be carried on on the Scottish
The Council has been fur- . . . poral, 1 fifer, and 30 privates of the divisional companies, 79th Foot - Garden Duff Gent ,to be Ensign, by pur- and J. R. Hampeon, Manchester, makers-upend packers-
- packet) ..........N •• • • •• •• • • Liverpool ... 'Jan. 8
the chase vice Sincl.. • oilis 1t ) the 78th T Cliford and E K-
Sept. 1.. 20,716 16,545 6,844 1,743 8'345 2161 56394
a•art, app, ..
Layton, a ingston-upon-llull, America (by U. States
- 8.. 19,661 19.232 - - 8,043 3,415 51,361 they prorogued till the 6th of November, on the plea
Principle. The Executive had puts veto on the for- with 1 serjeant, 1 bombardier, sad 13 gunners of
8. 3d, F t too --... ssis ant-Serge e'
. ChalmersFoot.M*l I.
A.
1 W•lland 9
on, Herbert . 1 est brokers-S. i ans ,S. Fozar
~ Batley Carr, York- packet) ..........N •• •• ••• -• • • Southampton Dec. 29
15.. 21,627 18,556 6,692 680 - - 47,555 that the session should not commence till the represen- mation of a telegraph to Ballarat. Lola Montea was Marine Artillery companies, is to be received on board
Assistant-Surgeou, vice Bows, pro- •shire, rag de ders-J. Duncan, W. Ilockhart, D. Hunter, Anstralia (via South-
- 22.. 15,618 13,373 - - 13767 5,642 48,00 tatives for the gold fields have been returued. Al- fulfilling an engagement at the Theatre Royal, but the hulk on Wednesday next for service in her Majesty's from tihoenSttff,sttrarfe Assista
W alT.rlan, . Newto, and W. Tait, Einburgh, Ditto (via X. •••••••••• •• Southiunpton
•--. 29.. 17,280 16,019 7,633 567 5,347 2,317 49 4',
, though there may be some force in this argument, it with very little success. Commercial affairs were steam-sloop Pear!. Quartermaster Arthur Woolrige of ni°Bseth Foot.--To be Ensigne, by purchase-George Hor- chemists, so far as regards C. Newton-D. Davis and E. Dittoo (visa es.apronorl uou.i,
"The receipts by escort and the shipments during the scarcely comes with a good grace from the Governor, gloomy, and failures still of common occurrence. the Royal Marine Corps, lately serving in her Maj. sty's bert Bowles, Gent., vice Ward, promoted ; Robert Jones Davis, Glasgow, watch manufacturers. Hope) ...........Ni .. .... ••• 'Uncertail
respective periods of 135, 185, and 1855, were as fur whose inexpliceble procrastination laet session in roving "An immense loss," says the correspondent of the ship Algiers in the Black Sea, has arrived at head-quar- Birch, Gent., vice R. K. Taylor, promoted. . SCOTC fi SEQUESTRATIONS. Africa (West •
Coast) ..Nl23d of the month.. Plymouth - Jan. 6
lows :- the Royal assent to the measure according to which the Argus, " must be sustained by many people who tars at Woolwich. 86th Foot-Captain Alexander Robinson Gale, from Matthew Henry Hunt, wholesale woollen warehouse- 41exandria..........N8, 9. 24, &30of m. Dover ...• • •
Adexandria.......... M '4th & 20th of inor..!
Southampton i
1853. 1854, diggers are nowpartially 1855. enfranchised has been, we be- d • the fB5
during e rush o 1 2 and 1853 built houses that A detachment of 150 non-commissioned officers and half-pay 26th Foot, to be Captain, vice Thornton, who man, Glasgow-Ore liter's meet in the Globe Hotel,
Bahamas ...........m 117th of the ruontl.lsouthAmpton(
First Eight months. Oz. Oz. Oz. lieve, the sole reason shy the elections have been post- privates, including 23 drivers of the Royal Sappers and e.xchenges.
George-square, Glasgow, Jan. 5, at twelve.
Belgium ~.. ...... ..N !fle1IY• • •• •• • • •• • • Dover ...... Daffy
are now, and are likely to continue to be for ears
88th Foot-William Hatfield, Gent:, to be Ensign, by Robert Fairgrieve, merchant Galashiels - Creditors
Receipts by Escort 1332741 1101573 1381983 poned dill the present time. The further prorogation of Y . . years P
with 24 heroes, are to go down to Portsmouth
Brazil ..............m 9th of the month., Southampton Jan. 15
Shipments - on Wednesday next from Woolwich and Chatham, to purchase ; Quartermaster-Serjeant William Evans to be moot at the Salmon Inn, Galashiols, Jun. 7, at eleven.
glartormaster, vice Moore, appointed to a Depot Bat-
_____ Buenos Ayres .... .. ..11 9th of the mouth„ Southampton Jan. 15
Cape of Good Hope ..N Various port•illneartaiii
of the epeedy arrival of the New Constitution Act are rally supposed that we are drawing toward's the embark on board the Indiana, and proceed to the Crimea
"To these satisfactory indications of the present re-
talion.
Cape of Good Hope ..N
realised before the 6thof November, lose of our commercial rostration Alone is to fill u vecanci sin the diff
ovember. The present c .
fair 1) • y p • e.different companies of that BANK OF ENGLAND.
amid
Bthvic
Cape de Verde ......N 9th of the month aouthamptou igen, lb
sources of our gold fields we may add that the prospects i • •
89th Foot-Lieutenant Robert F. Harrison, from the An Account pursuant to torte, cap. 32, for
Uouncil will have much to do in inaugurating the new certainly easier, and trade paper more confi- corps now serving in the East.
Ceylon (see India)
for the future are as bright as ever. The process of atnal-
, Denbigh Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Ed- the Week ending on Saturday the 22d day of Dec., 1855. Ceylon ..............N
garaation is at present little understood. Thousands of sYstern, and the impatience which has been felt at the d.ently taken than it was a few months ago. New An order has aen given from the Horse Guards for ward Hales, whose anpointment on 21st March' has been ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Channel 151e5....,, - N !Mon.,Wed.,kFria. Southampton Tu.Th.llll
tons of quartz are thrown aside, and many a claim aban- long delay that has already occurred in transmitting the shops, neatly and elegantly fitted, continue to be Quartermaster J. Paterson, of the reserve battalion of cancelled.
.e x
Chili.- - ..........m
,2d & 17th of montl‘ Southrunpter,
Notes tuned .... .... 24,844,595 cloveerrnsment debt.... 11,015,106 China .... . ,once a month.... 'Jell. 4
Boned, because the gold cannot be extracted in pa in measure to us will become almost ungovernable should erected in the more central business portions of the the 91st Regiment, to proceed to Greece to join the 93d Foot-Lieut. Francis Rawdon Macnamara, from
Oth ecurltles...... 3,459,910 --
Constantinople ......N i8,13.18,23,&28 oi in D0ver.,.,,,
quantities with the available means. When the light off we actually be put in possession of the new conetitution town. The reported discovery of extremely rich head-quarters of that corps, the reserve having been the Dublin Artillery Militia, to be Ensign, without pur-
Gold coin and bullion 10,369,595 Constantinople ....., 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton
but be unable to apply it in consequence of the pro formed into a six company depot, the Quartermaster's chase. .
Silver bu11i0n........ --- Cont. of Europe M& N Twice daily .. •• . • Dover ...... Twleollani
science, which has hitherto shed very few of its rays onand extensive diggings at Fiery Creek, to the west-
97th Foot-The surname of the Ensign, appointed on -- -
tracted legislative recess,
duties to be performed by the
.Acting Paymaster.
Egypt (see India)
the gold-digger, shall have been brought fully to bear on ward of Ballarat, has given a little more briskness
the 25th September last, is Stator, and not Slater, as 424,844,595 £24,844,595 France ......., m& N Twice daily.- ••• Dover ...... Twfsedall
the subject-when the greatest possible quantity of the " The gold fields have been free from disturbance! to our local trade. Public works had been con- Private John Trusser, the inventor of the new knap- ~, , ,
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Gibraltar .......„ „ m 7.17, 20, 27.frn. Southampton
precious metal will be extracted at the least possible ex- and, as returns given elsewhere will show, have yielded •
si era y checkedowing to the want of funds, and
d bl • sack arrived yesterday at Brompton-barracks from the
Woolwich division ofthe Royal Sappers and M.
mere for prgitohuFsioyostated.
lamtll Arthur Bond, Gent., to be Ensign, Dated the 27th day of Dec., 1855.
BANKING DEPARTMENT. Greece (see India) '
Greytown .. ...... „m 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton
/tense, we can fairly anticipate that the results will their treasures in increased quantities. Some little diffi- many men had been thrown out of employment.by purchase, vice Burton, romoted.
.f aamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday L0nd0n.....
be enormous, culty Las arisen with respect to the administration of the purpose of submitting it to the examination of Col. Rifle Brigade-James' Hook,P Gent to be Ensign,
„ with-Hal .. 14,553,000 Governmentseeurities Havannah ...• • • .... M 2nd of the mouth Southampton lan. 1.
" From letters received by the Champion of the Seas the local courts, in which it appears the calm and judi- The Geelong and Melbourne Railway was progress- H. Sandhaw, Royal Engineers, who will report thereon. out purchase.Proprietors'cap
Kest . ..... .......... 3,219,877 (includg.Dead Weight Holland ............m Daily.. . ...... ... !Dover .......IDally
ing in a satisfactory manner. The state of affairs
we learn that surprise is beginning to be expressed in cial spirit that should be displayed has not on all occit-
Ceylon Rifle Regiment-Aseistant-Surgeon Francis Co- public deposits (in- Annuity) --•• • • •• 9,929,197 Honduras „ , ......
.m ,17t,} r !the month. Southampton 16thonou
in the Western goldfields was generally very satin- DEATH OF MASTER TURNER. gag, from the Staff, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Croft, eluding Exchequer, Other securities__ 19.204.123 India (viaSouthampt.)Ml4th t 20th of inon.lPlymouth .. Jan. 4
England at the vast amount of gold which is still bein 1 'ions been [reserved. The members of the courts are ap• poured into the markets of the mother country, and still p lilted according to the somewhat fallible test of a show factory. A general rush of the digging popula.tion Master Charles Turner (1852), recently serving as promoted on the Staff. Commissioners of
National Debt, Say- Notes •. - - ........ 6,464,705 India (via liaraellles)Ml9th& 25th of montlrDever ......I
Gold and silver coin.. 612,150 lonian Isles (see India)l7, 17, &27 of monlDover.• ....
further swelled by each succeeding ship. This' surprise of hands at a public meeting-derive their power, in had taken Tate to Fiery Creek digging. It is master of the Bittern, 12, sloop, on the E set Indian
LAND TRANSPORT CORPS. inn's Banks, and Ireland ........11 & N Twice datlY !Holyhead .. iTwiefidal y
will probably continue to increase, for a widely-spread fact, from a very lynch-like expression of public opinion, situate in the immediate vicinity of the place where station, expired at Shanghae on the 22d of September, To be Veterinary Surgeons -Williem Dorrofiold, Gout ; Dividcn.l Accounts) .5,314,753 Li5b0n..............m1, 9, 17. &270 f m leouthamptonloae. is
opinion is gaining ground here, that the yield of our Here the resemblance to lynch-law might be made to Edmonds first discovered gold in 1851. Upwards from wounds recived in an engagement with pirates,
'lsis officer was son to the late Commander Charles Tur- George Fleming, Gent. ; Joseph Bale, Gent. ; John Moir,
Gent. ; Friedrich Dohs., Charles Mills, Georg Otto Claw- Other deposits ...... 12,241,457
Setkizlty:. :1,12.,.1. o.T.er.
851,088 stadoira
............ml9th of the month Southamptos
Madeira ............N 123 d of month •• • • Liverpool ...
gold fields, hitherto enormous as that ha b is . terminate, and, if terminating here, would be compare- of 20,000 diggers hasl assembled there, and some *
Las been, in no
nen of Exmouth. sea, Leandro Galmanini, Alfons von Gontard. Unita (sea India) '
Matta .. .. .... .. nna 8, 18, &28 of most.'Dover ...... Jan. 4
lively armless.
serious diapnisurs had occurred about claims. A
manner to be taken as a sample of what they maT here-
r..... ....... To be Lieutenants - Theodor Schellhorn, Augustus £36,210,175 , £36,210,175 Mauritius (see India)
alter produce. Quartz-crushing is, indeed, the topic of '' A few days ago Melbourne was startled with a kind of quartz-crushing mania bad latterly pro-
the (ley, and so brilliant have been the results of some rumour of fresh disturbances at Ballarat, where it was veiled, and all. kinds of machines had been invented MILITIA, Smid, Carl Jannasch, Wilhelm Strecker, Gustav Heise- M. MA.RSIIALL, Chief Cashier. Mauritius .....„ „„a ;1 ith of the month
experiments, so boundless is the quantity of material said that a large party of diggers had taken possession and used for the purpose. In the labour-market The North York Regiment of Rifles has been under Ernst B. Julius Gsl
wilt
..a.dolph. Auer, o dner, Carl Fuchs.
gns -Richard Cu mberlege, Louis von Zas - Dated the 27th day of Dec., 1855.
-- moxi„
............ml2nd of the month 18oSthanipten Jan. 1
maple,
......
........ N sthlsthmthoffnon Dover ....-
supplied on all sides, that it is believed the golden Ear- of a, quartz reef on private property-the Clones station, there had not been much alteration. A ' orders for removal to the Larracks at Bradford during the gricul tura'troW) be
Ea"
, Otto Goetz, Huteo Broccker, Carl Stricken Franz AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. Now Granada .. „„ 11 2I&17 th of monthliouthamptor,
vest from this source will be found ultimately far to belonging to a Mr. M `Donald. A party of police was inn three months, but in ,consequence of the strength of
New Zea1and..........18y private slip Various port. Uneeraill
Daxelhoffer Macbeth, Harry Ileneean Albert Buttner. Th Average Price of B • gg g
..g!sthlsth2sthohnon Dover ....I
prospets liadiesen serioua .
• seriously threatened b drouoht last
- •
ee 'own
.or Muscovado Sugar, con: Papal States
Y e • the regiment being greater than could be accommodated,
transcend anything hitherto derived from the alluvial mediately despatched to the scene of the supposed action,
To be Adjutant-Augustus Selimbid.' . puteu from the returns made in the week ending Dec. 2e, Peninsula .... „„ .. „NI Ith lituithofinon. southampton,
deposits, but before they could have arrived there fuller accounts Die prices of rnany descriptions of farm produce a strong objection was made against having a portion of To be Surgeon-Armin Luntzel. 1855, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable Pore ..............m 2d & 27th of mon. Southampton
"On the 30th of June the ascertained population of reached town, and the first ruenour was found to have had fallen considerably. . the men billeted on the publicans in the town. Tile in- To be Assistant-Surgeons -Fr II anz artmann, Friederich thereon, ou the importation thereof into Great Britain : port Natal ..........N Ily private ship. Various
**l
Sicily
~............N sthlsth2sthernaon, Dover ......
gory Uneartalg
Victoria was 303,527• been scarcely even `founded or. fact,' The real circum- -- convenience; has now been obviated by an order for the Schramm.
From the British Possessions in America 3ls. Od. Tuscany .. ~,.. „„ „N sthlsol2sthofmon. D0ver.......
" The '
SHIPPING. erection of huts sufficient to accommodate the whole of To be Field Chaplain to the 2d Brigade-The Rev. Otto 'Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies
arrtvale end departures since our last summary stances were, indeed, creditable rather than otherwise to
t Venezuela ...... es 2d& 17th ofmonth Southampton 1& 11 nill
have been a. 9 follows :- the diggers concerned, and evinced a disposition on their Defence, Pe arson, from London ; Lord Warriston, the regiment within the walls, which are now completed. Wilmans.
Average of the two foregoing descriptions
Week ended Arrived. Departed Net Increase. part rather to maintain the la A, than to break it. The Robtrtson, frooa Greenock ; Champion of the Seas, They are built with pressed bricks and covered in with 4th Light Infantry-Ludolph von Classen to be Major. Australia) .......... ,
West Indies „, ,„ ....1,4i2d& 17th of month,ElouthAmptani 1 616 mill
Aug. 25 - sated roofe, and the barrackmaster ie hastening with the sth Light Infantry-Major James Bathurst, from the
2d. Light Infantry, to be Major Commandant ; Froiderich Amsterdam ............
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAY
11 16%; Gibraltar ...... •• •• •• •• - -
Sept. 1 - bourne.
etores, as the regiment will march into the barracks on
C. C. von Wencke to be Major. Ditto, three months .. 1 I 18%1Legeorn .. ..... .....•. 30 17% When any of these dates fall on a Sunday. the mails will be do.
Sept. 8 ...•• 416 -
. New Year's-day. The regiment is in a high state of dim.
BRITISH SWISS' LEGION. Rotterdam ............ 11 19 1 Genoa
S, pt. 15
2D LIGHT INFANT HY. Antwerp ............ 25 50 I Milan .............• •• - Southamntenl. eves it,. ro-.(... ~....,_ --_
Sept. 22
wee) _ on__ , _ _ _ , ,
' 341,BOURNE. a very few exceptions, have been anxiously wuifinn. fO.. 0 e, •• - . • - -
-.- , 21•01111 1 : and. if Ho. noon what s 0,-.. yr ,_ _ . - .