The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-21 00:00:00

Y AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocx;
tles
of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
at 5)000 bales, all to the trade. The
kr steady at previous rates. The sales
4,000 American 50 Pernam and Ma-
4', 614. to 7d. ; 200 Bahia, at 60. to 6 d. ;
7) at 61d. to 10d. ; and 500 Surat, at
Per lb. Railway shares were firm.

kL''''ers by the Overland Mail, via Southamp-
' tne highly favourable advices from
A The following, from the Mining Cap-
): ,Lewis Hill Range (Australian) Gold
It; ~`-'ol:apany, is corroboratory of former
[,
4, I'D the extraordinary yield per ton :
t", Present engaged in making good the foun-
"e operations of. the Lewis Hill Range Com-
-1 4ja, accordingly up in the mountains arranging
Gold bearing Quartz veins in this district are
Il' and numbers of diggers are employed in
"""ci gullies around, and from the condition
1.8, and the enormous quantities of gold which
there could not be a better locality, or one
theta influence of a Company could be so well
o,,r,ie Portions of the rock are perfectly inter-
for'', and the instant we get efficient ma-
;l, crushing and amalgamating at work, the
product will be immense. I have had several
' i 4,
Yiel ell at random analyzed, and the lowest spe-
ded at the rate of 2001. per ton—many
kleti at a much higher rate ; but supposing we
,
''verage 2501. per ton, we shall be close on
At this rate, with machinery to crush say
1 Per diem, and allowing 200 working days
%,ii Year, the respectable sum of 3,000,0001. per
4 be the amount passing through the hands of
04Y from this spot alone. Ido not exaggerate
t4lltilia head at all. The miners themselves
talked-of i, and some large joint-stock combina-
s , in order to supply themselves with
0"° Crush the rock. I have made some very
toils arrangements with a company of miners
kteraselves the Rock Gold Mining Association,
ie,eti, to supply the machines of the Company
' 1;gall be erected with as many tons of Quarts
as may be required. We are now putting up
ie timber shanty as a storehouse, and I think
•e B:hile, rightly in making the erection of stores
'Nr,PI7 of the miners a part of your business,
''a goods of every kind are enormous—parties
at of
from 200 to 600 per cent. profit upon the
o . of the article they trade in."
lt Sing is an extract of Mr. Mocatta's
ived by the Committee of Spanish Arne-
Ndholders, dated Guayaquil, Ist Nov.,
tCe, r4ing the Ecuador debt :
tf;':a‘st respects I expressed a hope that I should
bi,, report favourably as to an arrangement being
l' Z,-1-, regret to say that the continued ill health
A'ement has detained him nearly the whole
Nia'llle. On Thursday last he returned here
Neir, and has resumed the reins of govern-
lotl the vice-president had been charged with.
tki ult. I had an official interview with H. E.
' ,tbilla, when I urged the necessity of an ar-
t,,tt el the foreign debt being effected, and ex-
Ste,at„regret that I should again be forced to
'lo;°,l4king had been done ; that I was willing
t;)e him a basis for an arrangement, if he were
N tbact up to the law of public credit, and assign
,ein adjudicated for the foreign creditors.
a'
his desire to discuss the subject with me
t spirit, and that he had already given it his
,01, ation. He purposes removing the Govern-
, yuille for a few weeks, and invited me to ac-
'Aitie,gllll thither, when we should have ample time
'kthlf,`,,What could be done. I shall accordingly
Iqt4"eelz with H. E.
Ike What has already passed in conversation I
lee Government is surrounded with financial
a‘ if i that every effort is being made to surmount
,Nt tat prevails I think this may be done,
'lt af"°ernment be able to comply faithfully with
'kit „Public credit, in which one-eighth of imports
to•pii.u... are appropriated to the payment of
'tok 'ne foreign creditors.
here,
I have heard from one of the foreign
.
toig„.._ere, I consider there exists a great probability
11t
,e 47 bian claims on Peru being adjusted, and in
iltia I urged the necessity of the assignment
4e over to the bondholders -he has some
'„`.,'
44 deeming himself authorised to do so until
ttitie..'aioner has concluded the arrangement, but I
N z Canadian to induce him to wave his objections."
abet -he , •
et anacuan accounts we learn that the
ke,i'as changeable. Snow had fallen, but
1140-" tel by a spring-like mildness. In other
tt4411 had fallen to some extent, and wharves
441°11SeS were crowded to excess with the
th merchandise and the shipping of produce
°f „-earners
closing of the navigation. The through
' 11„-earners on both sides of the Lake had.
ieiv, their winter quarters. Everything be-
-he near approach of winter, and the pub-
Aii Wtil generally good.
ob,el:lcati news is very unfavourable, and
I,4oirars to be a probability of a dissolution of
'l, 4:41z, ent.
i-Zarc' last Friday, there was no alteration
le t of exchange on London.
ertiglish Stock market keeps up very firmly,
'44is no increase of business. Consols for
`i ilary opening are still 1001 to 100 i.
"tierb_ Bills have been quoted 60s. to 635., and
'll k"°„llds, 81s. premium. Bank Stock is up to
,c`u• 24-i. The approach of the Christmas
ils does not yet check real investment, and
tf Per Cents. have been quoted 1041 to g,
F 3 per Cents., 1011 to g.
, . reign Securities have been very dull. Spanish
't%ehts. are 501 to 51k, and the Converted 5/.
taittee's Certificate is worth 4# per Cent.
per v have been at a decline to 24i i.
s444llvian Deferred have been dull at 644.
hZ Stock is at si. Brazilian 4i per Cents.
t.-n quoted at 98 ft to 99. Sardinian Bondsn
krat 96k. Dutch 4 per Cents. have been
market has given way this morning, and
toare realising after the recent advance in
Itlim cave a clear book before Christmas. This
ittd:as anticipated, but is not to be taken as
441,Ncation. of the future and permanent state
NPliaticet. Even the South-Eastern and the
Clea ,es which show a large increase on the
iqlts "taiac, have risen. The decline in Lan-
i:" lid Yorkshire is i to 1 per cent., and in the
11, eg about i per cent. French shares have
i()t,, l, 1/
dull.
q, t 1,43 Mines there is an extensive businessus
),‘4441,1t they are not in all cases so dear. A
~,1107.e dropped 305., Colonial about 10s., and
NI -0_ '11) with some olers. that have most ad-
4111t 4ktely, experienced a similar reduction.
0) hay Agricultural Shares keep up very
ke,:u. the Van Diemen's Land. are much the
kl Thy -hey closed yesterday.
k tli-listralian Banks are cheaper,. with the ex-
'4l. of the Union, which remain about the
' 414 South Australian, which are up a little.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
Nk (From the Official List.)
Btoelt . Business done.
kit'ebt. ~• 224 3A 4A 3:1,
~Nt.Toanuced Annuities lOll 1 ali
Otl per',,. sels' Annuities
,Itt. ki,,_
Mies,
Annuities.— ....
' i:;',l39V_ltaies, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 7-16
,L. to„e rB, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 -16
'it,.ltto -'B, £lOOO —
kkrltle'rll4ol. cloer £.lOOO Bl
'bier Pening 18th January
000. Bills ld. March. June.
.00 ......
N'•• .................................... 663360 60
33
1/4 :i.,:................................... 63 60 3 _
1,i11,, kt OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Nlto'uttonds 5 per Cent.
4k14,,,..3
per Cent
tCent........ .
841
59
tr 9
I,ekie r 110_, en •
Ntt23::
Deeri:li.'aefeleCecint3..p...i.:&;i .. ......
tINI, finds, 5 pereCent. ••• . •••••
~ blittto:beifitil, 3 per Cent ..
V Pazelvecl, 3 per Cent..
)tsl, h sly° (Converted) .
cOdt CommitteeLo Cert. of Coup. not fun, 4' 1 p a
1, Dit4lele. Bonds
6 per Cent., 1852
'' 45 b '''°ll,l3 3h per C,ent. ......... 41
"ltikeferred, 1 per Cent
h ilte_ ,
vte,, 4 to 8,4 A per Cent
1)4 Exm_nds 5 per Cent.. .. ....... . ..... 85
'to A-441V° 21 per Cent .... .. ............... 68i 4
per Cent. Certificates.... .......... 992 i
N„,,,
s ~..iTHREE O'CLOCK.
I
for Opening 18th January ...... 1001 i ex diy
ei> 4/1 • 11-

ABC OF THREE PERSONS FROM THE 'UM ES OF
Thomas tta4l,----On Sunday morning, Martin, aged
Burton, aged 17, and Wm. Sheen,sem oanggeedr,2oof,
)041,71 in the employ of Mr. Elliot,
)Ihi 4,11'1-See, lost their lives by suffocation with with car-
ti,,l44,!. They had retired to rest at an early hour on
kIZ:1/4131""rningroom where a tripod chayged. with
the
47116-+ ill inw a standing under an opening in
therree°l-3- • gas no chimney in the apartment. 'Pleas
appear
oeinu-Sun° day, at breakfast time, led tn
)4,Wheil. two of them were found dead in their beds,
Ttlint.---.,11 Burton, was unconscious, and died in the
_eauRVILINEAR OMNIBUS. Yesterday this im-
cott, was exhibited to a
qberPottgetehttiaf the Messrs.
t th 'age-bazaar, Bing-street,
4111:e1;BR,ItTee Poarten a
square.. Its peculiarities, scarcely
LeSt-k„Th al its title, render this considerably more convt
kl.l comfortable to the passengers than otheermomnog
il,"1-4tha.-ol the first place the seats are separate, resembling
earbrtge
rirs, or more nearly the seats of a first-class
train, the backs bulging outwards,._and thus
sad ac What the patentees call curvilinear. Then there
10 ea seat a bell affording the means of instantaneouso _
tt44,lelite°, communication with the conductor. A sort f
t'tl 1144 ".113.1 runs up the whole length of the conveyance,
tY, thastr this every passenger can place his feet in such a
o•7'ther ne in-comer, even if he make his way to the
Can tread upon them ; and last, not least, the
100f,Th'el°,11 g arranged by means of an apparahitohus
ofin the
e
"Wawa e no liability to dissension as to w
hall be opened.
ry %t
`JAL ATTEPTED MURDER OF A GAMEKEEPER.
11;444 cf. 4rdaY information was circulated, offering
natrhes;
BWbeof 100/. for the discovery of four men min °
t,he Utb: instant, made a murderous °attack in
George
- at Iqtchett, Dorsetshiy...e,
ttgaraekeeper to W. Curling, Es
.4011ge. q.u,poonf South