The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-17 00:00:00

QUEENSLAND.

The following month); abstract of intelligence,
published for the convenience of European jour-
nals, appears in the Queensland Guardian, dated
Brisbane, Oct. 18:

The Governor returned from Cape York on the 24th,
having satisfactorily completed the object of his mission.
Port Albany, or Albany Island, one-third of a mile from
the shore near Cape York, has been fixed on by his Ex-
cellency Sir G. F. Bowen as the site of the proposed sta-
tion. The township is to be namel Somerset, after the
First Lord of the Admiralty.
Mr. J. C. White, an enterprising colonist, has published
a prospectus of a company to take up country near Port
Albany, with the view of exporting horses to India.

The commander of H.M.S.S. Pioneer, in which the Go-
vernor sailed north, has stated his opinion that the Great
Barrier Reet is rather an udvantage than otherwise to the
coast of Queensland, and that the dangers of Torres Straits
are less than those to be met with in the ports of London
and New York.

Between October 31 and November 3 no fewer than four
large immigrant vessels arrived from the United Kingdom
—the Rajasthan, from Birkenhead, June 23, with 269 im-
migrants ; the Sultana, from Plymouth, August 2, with
4q); the Ocean Chief, from Greenock, July 14, with 330 ,
and the Prince Consort, from Queenstown, August 2, with
450.

Some little temporary inconvenience bas naturally arisen
from the sudden influx of se large a number of persons, and
one or two cases of individual hardship have occurred, but
most of the immigrants are now comfortably settled down
in various parts of the country, and the demand for labour
s far from being met.

Telegraphic intelligence from England to October 2
reached Brisbane on the 11th inst. The mails arrived on
the 17th.

Fresh discoveries of gold and copper have taken place
in the north, not far from Port Denison.

Wool still continues to arrive in large quantities from
the .nterior for shipment.

The various cotton fields are looking remarkably well
and the yield next picking must be considerable.
The colony is again suffering from drought, and rain i
earnestly looked for.

The Queensland Steam Navigation Company are increas-
ing their capital, with the view of running vessels on the
southern coast.

Chinese sheep are about to be introduced into the
colony, under the auspices of the Queensland Acclimatisa-
tion Society, Mr. A. J. Hockings, a citizen, undertaking
the expense.

The early closing movement is making good progress in
Brisbane.

Parliament is prorogued to April 21, to meet " for de
spatch of business."

The Tramway Company has at last disappeared in the
Insolvent Court, and the work will be carried on by the
Government.

The Prince of Wales' majority Was duly celebrated on
the 10th inst.

A new channel bas been discovered through the bar of
the Brisbane River, which will materially diminish the
work to be performed by the dredge.

VAn explosion of gas took place the evening be-
fore last at a milliner's shop in the Rue du Contrat-
Social. A customer who was in the shop at the time was
seriously burnt about the head and face, and the stock was
instantly in a blaze. The damage, however, was confined
to the shop, and is estimated at about 4,0001.
THE WEATHER IN PARIS.--The mildness of the
weather continues to be extraordinary for the sea-
son of the year. The thermometer yesterday, at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon, marked 61 1— avvve zero Centigrade (44
Fahr.)