The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-05 00:00:00

THE GOLD REGIONS.

The discovery of gold in Queen Charlotte's Island,
one of the British possessions north of Vancouver's
Island, has been satisfactorily established. A report to
that effect was mentioned in the last American papers,
and its accuracy is confirmed by adviens received in
London. It appears that the Hudson's Bay Company
having been inlormed` of the probable existence of depo-
sits in that quarter, dispatched a brigantine called the
Una, with a small crew, to Engle&ld Bay, on the west
side of the island (the spot indicated), and that after a
short search an extremely rich vain of quartz was laid
open. The veld was about seven inches in width at the
surface, and its course was from the shore to the inte-
rior. The party had no means of obtaining any spe-
cimens except by gunpowder, but they succeeded
in extracting some considerable pieces, which are
now on their way to England, and which are alleged
to contain, as well as could be estimated, lib. of
pure gold in every 71b. of ore. In the course of
their operations they penetrated to a depth of about
two feet, and found the vein more valuable as they
descended. Tho island is inhabited solely by Indians,
who are both numerous and formidable; and, although
they are generally friendly to the Hudson's Bay people,
it was not considered cafe fur a small number of persons
to attempt any lengthened operations. A knowledge of
the value of the gold seems to have been acquired by
them, and they watched the process of blasting, rushing
forward in a crowd after each explosion to scramble for
the fragments, until the officer in charge of the expedi-
tion deemed it advisable to withdraw to avoid the
chances of a collision. The weather at the time was
also unfavourable to a lengthened stay, and on her re-
turn to Fort Victoria, Vancouver's Island, the vessel
was driven ashore at Neah Bay, in the Straits of Juan
da Fuca. Another and stronger party have, however,
since been dispatched, and in a abaaitAkne,* tepatt-ef
further explorations may be anticipated. Queen Char-
lotte's Island and Vancouver's Island are both moun-
tainous, and from the similarity of their formation it
would seem probable that if one is found to be rich the
other may possess a similar character.
The subjoined letter from Captain Stanley Carr re-
fers to the state and prospects of the emigration
movement in connexion with the Australasian gold-
fields :

" Sir,—On reading one of the Times' articles of the
23d instant I reproached myself for not having hitherto
borne my testimony to the good conduct of the Ragged
School boys' sent to Port Philip daring my. residence
there by the Earl of Shaftesbury; and, in proof that
those objects of deep commissoration would, if judici-
ously selected, be willingly employed by the settlers
there, I enclose a letter of the Ist of August last, from
a respectable magistrate of the Portland Bay district,
requesting your attention to the following passage :
InLolotr sduh
shouldnoduel
under fifteen
Ashley'safibvfeet
e sent
enlbanl
dyi
tg.
see:adhraespimfpoyrf
eosanuwgt
aiwecy;eo
dul
al
forodwmti
Ipel procurethree
tof me
fmsoe
unsomer
abt
rhuosetf,
first year, 141. the second, and current rates afterwards.'
found with regret that they were not eligible for a free
passage, under the stringentregulationa of the Emigration
Commissioners, prescribed, I presume, by the Colonial
Government under very different circumstances. The op-
portunity of doing good in two ways would have been
lost had I not heard from a valued friend that he had also
been disappointed in the same official quarter respecting
boys he wished to send to Australia from the Bristol
Ragged Schools; which disappointment, however, affords
me now the pleasure of forwarding them to Portland
Bay at his expense. There are surely others equally
distinguished,by high station, and munificent generosity,
who could unite in practically extending the valuable
principle (originated by the philanthropic Mrs. Chis-
holm) so frequently and so ably advocated by you, and
who also think with us, that every human being who
draws his first breath within the bounds of this glorious
empire, while he cannot be born a slave, neither should
he be allowed by the State to be born a beggar. The
destitute of both sexes, whose only crime is poverty,
have just claims to be aided in their removal from dis-
tricts of her Majesty's dominions where food and employ-
ment are difficult to be obtained to those other regions
where both are never wanting, and where they might
soon repay all the cost that had been incurred for them.
advances.

" This committee, and their friends in the colonies,
whose interests they have undertaken to promote, would
gladly place their advice, assistance, and experience at
the disposal of such an association; and to whom we
think we could suggest modes of proceeding which would
prevent loss of the principal or interest of the necessary
" We feel bound to express the opinion, that any
amount of emigration which has lately•taken place, with
the view of supplying the demand for labour in Austra-
lia, is utterly inadequate to its purpose; as wo believe
that 20,000 men are now at the diggings in Victoria,
15,000 of whom have been diverted from their ordinary
industrial occupations, the remainder being from South
Australia and Van Diemen's Land. To replace those
by emigration, in conformity with the regulations of the
Government Commissioners (who very properly equalize
the sexes), would require at least 100,000 statute
adults,' which would only put matters in the state in
which they were last year, leaving the subsequent de-
mand wholly unprovided for. Most of the men arriving
at Melbourne and Geelong, for some time to come, will
doubtless go at once to the almost boundless gold-fields,
within two days' walk of those townt leaving the agri-
cultural and pastoral districts, which should supply food
for the miners and the unusually increased population,
as destitute as before.

"From the apparent apathy in some quarters, the
importance of this subject in a national point of view can
scarcely be appreciated. We apprehend, however, that
if emigration to the Australian settlements be not
speedily taken up in some really efficient manner, so as
to maintain the preponderance there in the hands of the
British and German population (now second to none in
loyalty), those magnificent territories may be overrun by
a ruffian rabble from the coasts and islands of the Pa-
cific, who, supplying themselves with the sinews of war
without limit in the granite ranges of the country, could
give more trouble than anything ever experienced at the
Cape, and ultimately relieve the mother country from all
interest in affairs which appear to be at present too far
off to attract the attention they demand.
" I zemain, &c.,
J. STANLEY CARE. Chairman.
" Committee of the Australian Colonists,
11, Poultry, March 27."

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
We exclaim, " the Miniature Exhibition of the day,"
as we notice every successive week the novelties of science
and its application to arts and manufactures so ably
expounded in the lectures and so well represented in the
museum of this institution.

The present novelty is theTtihnirvuesnteiloenarolyf Msheoswsrita:.l
by the professor of chemistry, Mr. J. H. l'epper,l his
andusual ira
piracy
pbpye l
t,
nbee being
sat
apt
iaot epnrto
epaperess.
Thisto present
snbi
e efto rigs ert treated
isnl
usual popular and happy style, and the informationtziongst
convoyed is well adapted to raise inquirythae
public
bankers, printers, engravers, publishers,
and
prevention of
in general, who are interested in theo,Pcopying en-
under
ranee
gra ~ ,
origin
the name of '° the anastatio process,".
..
and now residing
by Rudolph Appel, a native of Silesia, and
medal of the
forgery.vin.s Some years sainec.e, amnaedwe miteoda.erkmat
any
in Gerard-street, Soho, to whom the prise
path, Of this process
takes its origin from the Greek,
end the process cer-
tainly of sped.
of bankers' cheques, sib.
natures, were exhibited of copies
The actual process was ex-
natures, and periodicals.
withtransferred to the zinc plate,
htuEaipxib,rihi
int
yiehdriedt
mpieorsonoesdrtywu amusinglyecastsi
reproduction,
tnasw taai
trrldee e:ud.rfiro.
resurrection;
i:e
a sheet of which was soon
t",e audience.
and copies presented to
was
GtolY"be
The anastatic process
hands odisreputable persons. We
dangerous in the ,, rmix in Threadneedle-at
reet mieht
ovon thought the nvio.as
twinge on beholding this aggres-
sive fe9,ll.lllarting an honest face, but, thanks to
sive style or unto,
d Appel
,the Paper, or rather the
Messrs. Glynn
its first stage,may be so prepared with a me-
pulp, in 1
combined with fatty matter, viz ,with one of
me-
tallic salt,
of
a phosphate the metal, that all chance of
copper, " by the an •
II copy astatic process is prevented;
taking an engraving, common type, or a cheque printed
directly
on this paper is placed on the zinc plate, decomposition
of the salt of copper, followed by electrochemical
effects, occurs—a film of metallic copper is precipitated
on the surface of the prepared paper, which fairly sticks
the print to the zinc plate; it is consequently spoilt,
and the forger or pirate punished, by the loss of his
note or whatever ho may be attempting to copy. The
audience received thelecture with great enthusiasm and
appeared thoroughly to understand that all persons
were interested in checking the circulation of forgeries
es much as bad money. Messrs. Glynn and Appel
kindly assisted the Learned Lecturer, and were, with
Mr. Pepper most polite in answering the numerous
questions of those who crowded round the lecture table
after the conclusion. great
aresins dtneu i
gmnbi
:re
so
afinraeinsit
raising
Punch,dg

NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF MARGARET
MArruam.—The new story of Scottish life, entitled " Adam
Graeme of Mossgray," by the Author of "Margaret Mait-
land," " Merkland, &c., is published this day by Messrs.
Colburn and Co., and may be had at all the libraries. Also
just published :-2. A second edition of Mr. Warburton's
" Darien." 3. The Perils of Fashion. 4. Adventures of a
Beauty, by Mrs. Crowe. 5. Hearts and Altars, by Robert
Bell, Esq. 6. Emily Howard, by Mrs. Dunlop. 7. The
Heir of Ardennan, by the author of Anne Dysart. 8. Jacob
Bendixen, by Mary Howitt. 9. Ravenscliffe, by the author
of Emilia Wyndham. 40. Ruth Garnett, an Historical Ro-
mance. 11. The Livingstone!, a story of Real Life. 12.
Falkenburg, by the author of Mildred Vernon. Also jest
ready " Aurelia," a novel.

FOREIGN NUTMEGS.—A complaint having been
made to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury
that nutmegs, the produce of British possessions, are charged
with the high rate of duty of 2s. 6d. per lb., while nutmegs
the produce of the Dutch possessions are erroneously treated
as" wild nutmegs," and passcd at the low rates of duty of 3d.
and sd. per lb., their Lordships have directed Mr. Hamilton,
one of the Secretaries to the Treasury to acquaint the
Commissioners of Customs that they are of opinion, having
fully considered the reports made on the subject, that no
further quantity of nutmegs should be allowed to be de-
livered at the low rates of duty of 3d. and " sd.bpuetrthlba.t,
ethe
cept such as are bona fide " wild nutmegs,
duty. of 2s. 6d. per kgally lerittble,o2llloe•demalicleil
L in all cases.