The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, MONDAY.
The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, Princess Alice, the Duchess of Kent,
and Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, attended divine
service, which was performed by the Rev. T. Prothcroe,
at Osborne, yesterday morning. The ladies and gentle-
men in waiting and the household were also present.

A deputation from the memorialists in favour of the
juxtaposition of the scientific societies of the metropolis
in a central and convenient locality, had an interview
with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official resi-
dence in Downing street. The deputation consisted of
the Earl of Rosso, Lord Wrottesley, Colonel Sabine,
Mr. Thomas Bell, Professor Forbes, Mr. Leonard
Horner, and Mr. William Robert Grove.
M. Musurus, the Turkish minister, transacted busi-
ness yesterday at the Foreign-office.
Dr. Paris, President of the Royal College of Phy-
sicians, Dr. Todd, sen. (censor), and Dr. Hawkins
(registrar), had an interview with Viscount Palmerston
yesterday at the Horne-office.
A deputation, respectinc, tea, had an interview with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official
residence in Downing-street. The deputation consisted
of Mr. Crawford, Mr. Moffatt, M.P., Colonel Harcourt,
M.P. Mr. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. Travers, Mr. Hubber-
field, Mr. Loweock, Mr. Twining, and Mr. Antrobus.
A deputation from East and West Dover Water-
Works Company had an interview yesterday with tho
General Board of Health, at their office, Whitehall.
The deputation—comprising Messrs. Joseph Walker,
George Fielding, and R. H. Jones—was introduced by
Mr. W. H. Deedes, M.P.
A deputation, respecting improvements in the borough
of Southwark, from the parish of St. George the Mar-
tyr, had an interview with Sir William Molesworth
yesterday at the Office of Works and Public Buildings.
The deputation consisted of Mr. John Cavalier, and Mr.
E. Collinson (churchwardens), Mr. W. Clothier, and
Mr. James Geeze (overseers), Mr. J. J. Stevens (chair-
man of the board of guardians), Messrs. Martin, W. G.
Cross, and James White (guardians of the poor). Mr.
W. H. Matthews (late churchwarden), Mr. Charles
Anderson (surveyor), Mr. W. Rendle (medical officer),
Mr. A. J. Hiscocks (architect), and Mr. John Day
(vestry clerk).
A deputation from the Philanthropic Society, con-
sisting of Mr.ffilliam Gladstone (treasurer), Mr. Ralph
Ricardo, Mr. John Moxon, Mr. Joseph Compton, and
the Rev. Sydney Turner, accompanied by Sir William
Jolliffe, Bart., M.P., and Mr. Monckton Milnes, M.P.,
had an interview yesterday with Viscount Palmerston,
at the Home-office.
Thd Duke of Newcastle arrived in town yesterday
evening, from his seat, Clumber Park, Notts.
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211 E AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—The selection of the Strat-
Lord for the conveyance of the Australian mails on the
4th of June, at a cost of 1,0001., is called in question in
some quarters, as not likely to realise their speedy
transmission. She is described in the packet-list as a
clipper bark, and appears to have been built at Cowes
in 1832, and her voyage to Mauritius in ISSI is said to
have occupied 92 days out and 100 days home, although
her last passage from that place was performed in 81
days, It is to be presumed, however, that the tender
was the shortest with regard to tim• of any of those
sent in, and that the penalties for failure are sufficient
to protect the public from loss, and also to indicate the
confidence felt by her owners in her capabilities. At
the same time, an opinion prevails that as several other
eligible ships are now on the berth, it would have been
better if, instead of chartering the Stratford to take out
the mails for all the Australian colonies, for 1,0001., the
gratuity had been divided into three sums of 3001., and
distributed to three vessels respectively making direct
passages to Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney.
REGISTRATION OF ASSURANCES.—Yesterday, the im-
portant Government bill for the registration of assur-
ances in England was printed. It contains as many as
103 clauses. A land register office is to be established,
and proper buildings provided. A registrar and assist-
ant-registrarsland is to be divi led into districts for the registration of
are to be appointed. The whole of Eng-
land
lands sanaat
property. The time when registration is to commence
under this measure is to be published in the London Gazette,
and, after the time specified, assurances of land lacnadlleexciec,,uTtehde
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sent in conformity with
the prescribed forms are subject
to detention, as well as to further charge beyond the
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letters forwarded in the mail to Prupsosia, which ‘e
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in weight fifty grammes (about an ounce and a half), and
contain any enclosure, other than paper, are liable, on
their arrival at the Prussian frontier, to be stopped and
sent to the custom-house for delivery as freight.
THE NEW EAST GREENWICH FLOATING PIER. —We
understand that arrangements have been completed to
run four new and very fast steamboats from the Adelphi,
Blackfriar's, and London Bridge piers to the new pier
at East Greenwich direct, at the reduced fare of 3d.
The Curlew and Emmet will commence running for the
season on Sunday. The third boat will come on to the
station in the course of the present week, and the fourth
will be launched in about a month.--Keittisi Mercury.

Mr. Edward Knull, bullion broker, of Melbourne,
has prepared a set of valuable tables, containing
statistics of the gold fields, &c., from which the
following extracts are made :
" Quantity of gold dust brought to Melbourne and
Geelong. —By Government escort, 1,339,8450 z. ; by
Victoria Escort Company, 821,1430 z. ; by private hand,
601,6480 z.
" Shipments of gold from the ports of Victoria.—
From Melbourne, 1,886,2170 z. sdwt. ; Geelong,
84,0200 z. 14dwt. ; Portland, 3,0390 z. ; Purt
Fairy, 1,6900 z. 7dwt. ; total, 1,974,9750 z. l3dwt.
" Amount of gold dust remaining at the 31st of De-
cember.—ln the Treasury, Melbourne, 83,6730 z. ; Vic-
toria Escort Company, Melbourne, 53,
82
; banks,
Melbourne, 380,0000 z. ; banks, Geelong, 135,0000 z. ;
private hands in Melbourne and Geelong, estimate
130,0000 z. ; total, 787,6600 z.
"Quantity of gold dust taken to Adelaide.—By over-
land escort, March to December, 1852, 223,5330 z. ;
shipped from Melbourne, 17,3310 z. ; taken by private
hand, 178,1600 z. ; estimated quantity taken in addition
to above, 166,6870 z. ; shipped from Adelaide to London.
February to December, 1852, 263,5640 z.
" Amount remaining in the banks, assay-office, and
private hand at Adelaide, 299,8160 z.
" Quantity of gold taken to Sydney in the year 1852.
—Shipped, per Melbourne Customs' return, 280,5890 z. ;
by private hand, 341,7390 z. ; estimated quantity taken
in addition to the above, 100,000 oz. , quantity held by
the banks and private bands, 150,0000 z. ; total, 872,3280 z.
" Quantity of gold dust taken to Van Diemen's Land
in the year 1852.—Shipped, per Melbourne Customs'
returns, 1,953 oz. ; taken by private hands, 140,546 oz. ;
estimated quantity held by the banks and in private
hands, 50,000 oz. ; shipped from Launceston, per Cus-
toms returns, 36,946 oz. • estimated quantity held by the
banks and in private hands' 20,000 oz.
"Vummary of produce during the year 1852.-173
tons 19cwt. lqr. 121 b. 30z., at 70s. 14,163,3641.,
exclusive of gold dust in the hands of diggers, store-
keepers, and others, and on the road to Melbourne and
Geelong.

" Amount of specie imported into Melbourne and
Geelong in the year 1852.—January, 20,000/, ; April,
40,000/. ; July, 200,0001. ; August, 90,0001. ; Septem-
ber, 533,0001.; October, 432,0001.; November, 397,8001.;
December, 150,000/. ; estimated amount by private hand,
632,2001. ; total, 2,500,0001.
" Number of persons who arrived in the colony and
the number which left during the year 1852.—Arrived,
January, 7,494 ; February, 7,460 ; March, 5,063 ;
April, 4,111 ; May, 5,631 ; June, 3,872 ; July, 4,271;
August, 6,552 ; September, 15,855 ; October, 19,162 ;
November, 10,947 ; December, 14,255 ; total, 104,883.
Left, January, 550 ; February, 847 ; March, 1,239 ;
April, 1,511 ; May, 1,629 ; June, 1,614 ; July, 2,383 ;
August, 1,618 ; September, 1,841 ; October, 3,637 ;
November, 4,287 ; December, 5,866 ; total, 27,022.
Addition to population, from immigration alone, in
1852, 77,661 ; arrived overland from Sydney and Ade-
laide, and in vessels over those reported to the Customs,
also estimated increase from births in the colony, 20,000 ;
total increase, 97,661."
The Argus of the 7th of February says, in refer-
ence to these computations :
" The total amount raised from our various gold mines
during the year 1852 appears to be 4,175,247 oz., which,
valued at 3/. 10s. an oz., shows a national income, under
this item alone, of 14,13,364/. sterling. We are glad to
find that there is very little discrepancy between this
estimate and that published in our summary for the
steam-ship Great Britain. Ours was a little higher, but
Mr. Khali has avowedly made his estimates when actual
data were wanting, upon a very moderate scale, and the
real total is doubtless higher than even the annexed cal-
culations would show. With such mines of uncounted
wealth at our command, what might we not become if
our energy, our intelligence, and our public spirit were
equal to our riches ?"

The Argus of the 16th February states that,
from the tables compiled from official returns pub-
lished, the startling result was elicited, that while
in Victoria an average population of 26,000, during
the 15 years ending in 1850, acquired 354,765
acres for the sum of 707,1681., being at the rate of
1/. 19s. 10d. per acre, and 13a. 2r. 23p. per head,
an average population of 22,648 in South Australia,
during the same period, acquired 622,653 acres for
the sum of 678,1621., being at the rate of 1/. Is. 9d.
per acre, and 27a. Jr. 31p. per head.
It may, perhaps, be said that the lands of Vic-
toria were, even before the gold discovery, worth
intrinsically more than those of South Australia.
This, however, would be a mistake. The excellent
quality of the land of South Australia, as well as
the superior system of land sales, are abundantly
proved by the fact, that the colony, in the last four
or five months, has sent to Melbourne 4,000 tons
of flour, which has uniformly realised the highest
price in our market, and that we have received
from Adelaide, in the past year, farm produce
valued at 250,0001., or more than half of our entire
imports under that head. The true explanation of
the mystery is, that the Government in South
Australia have invariably kept the supply of land
in the market in excess of the demand, while here
the process has been exactly reversed.
In reply to this the Melbourne Herald of the
11th says :

"WI cat is the remedy ? Let the Government put up
for sale land in the largest quantities that in the aggre-
. gate it can reasonably expert to sell, but in lots so
accommodated to the wants of individuals, that all of
moderate means may have it in their power to purchase,
and the mere land jobber would find himself subdued
by competition. It is no argument against such a pro-
ceeding that the supply offered would be dispropor-
tionate to the present amount of population. If land
in the hands of a private individual has reached arkun-
natural and dangerous price, this alone should be taken
as an indication that the Government should be at work
—it should watch the land market as the engineer
watches the valves of his steam-engine ; and there is
that at work now which will as surely lead to an ex-
plosion, if some means be not taken to avert it, as an
accumulation of steam pressure will send to atoms the
engine which is working with a force it was never in-
tended to exercise."

In the Leg,islative Council, on. the Ist of Feb-
ruary,- the motion of Mr. Fawkner was lost by 15
to 4. His motion went to repeal the order in
Council made at Osborne House, Isle of Wight,
March 9, 1847, which put certain restrictions on
the sale of waste lands. The Geelong and Mel-
bourne Railway Bill was read a second time at
this Council.

A letter from Ballarat early in February says :
" In my letter to you lately I have given favourable
reports of these diggings, and yet the escort returns have
rather diminished than increased in amount. It is im-
possible to judge of the yield of Ballarat by the
escort. The week before last I knew personally of
more gold going privately than by escort. The near-
ness of Ballarat to Geelong, the safety of the road,
and the cheap and regular conveyance, make the
journey so easy and available that few lucky diggers
will use the escort ; and I know many who boast of
never having transmitted it. On horseback you can
go to Geelong front Ballarat with ease in six hours.
Before the news of the nugget they wero coming up
rapidly, but the rush now is immense. A new gully at
Creswick's Creek, and new diggings at Wahnup, were
opened last week.' lam told that there are heady a
thousand at the latter place already. The price of gold
has risen to 3/. Bs. 6d. ; some stores giving 3/. es."
On the 6th of February three diggers, named
Gough, Sulley, and Bristoe arrived in Geelong
from the Ballarat diggings, bringing with them a
box con taining two masses of gold, one of which
actually weighed 771 b. Box., and the other 691 b.
60z., the proportion of pure gold being more than
eight-ninths. They were both found at Canadian
Gully, between 30 and 40 yards from the bed of the
1341 b. nugget, and within some 50 feet of the sur-
face. It is further stated that accounts had also
been received of the finding of a 1001 b. nugget in
the same golden locality.

The for-innate finders' of the immense nugget at
Ballarat are four now comers' three of whom ar-
rived in the colony in August last per ship Lady
Head, and the fourth came in the steam-ship Great
Britain. The three first proceeded. to Bendigo
diggings immediately after their landing, 'where
they remained for some two or three mouths, and
mrde nearly 1,0001. worth of gold. They then
joined the fourth person, and went to Ballarat
diggings. Out of one hole in the Canadian Gully
they obtained the large lump,. weighing 1341 b. Boz.,
another weighing 51b. 50z., and 21b. 4oz. of small
gold—_making altogether 1421 b. Goz. out of one
hole. They then sold their claim for 3001., and
went to Melbourne. They were offered 8,0001.
for the one piece. Argus says, there is no doubt
that industry and perseverance will succeed at the
gold fields. The .The disappointed ones are the faint-
hearted, h
go
lTay
not discover in disgust because they can-
and incompetentge _at once, or belong to that idle
to dig, and do notelasgs who are ashamed or unable
A correspondent at the
in preference to beg.
February, gives the' the Ovens, on the 15th of
gold diggers to the Lieutenantco a petition from the
ing of acts of wanton inju Governer, complain-
Gold Commission officials aen:ilt the hands of the
The petitioners are alarmed at thethe police force.
by several squatters, occupinc, practice adopted
the gold field, who seize the cattlewannlad rs near
the diggers. The latter consider themsellovrsesese of
titled to graze their cattle on the land adjacent en-
titled to
tents.

The Ovens' River escort, which arrived at the
Treasury on the sth of February, brought 11,655 l
ounces of gold ; and the Mount Alexander escort,
same date, 6,132 ounces.
The gold dispatched from the Ovens on the 15th
of February was 4,4780 z. ; on the 16th 1,5000 z.
were deposited for the next escort.
Up to the 12th of February many persons were
leaving Fryer's Creek for new diggings discovered
on the Loddon, which were reported to be very
rich, and called the Bendigo diggings, though

The sale of Crown lands on the 10th of February
exceeded by upwards of 7801. that of any one day's
sale during this or the past year. The average
price was a fraction over 11. Bs. per acre. Last
sale of Burras, 1331.
Dalton and Kelly, two notorious bushrangers
and murderers, have 'been captured. The former
was seeking change for notes at 11 o'clock at night
at a coffeeshop, when Brice, formerly a cadet in
the police force, offered to procure it, and, instead
of taking him home, led Dalton by a back road
into the police station, where he was secured, with
three loaded pistols, with one of which he would
have shot Brice, had he not been overpowered.
Large sums of money were in his pockets, and he
and his comrade would have been off on the next
day by the Northumberland, had not Dalton been
so cleverly and courageously captured by Brice.
From the commercial intelligence of the Mel-
bourne Argus, February 16th, the following is
extracted :

" Price of gold yesterday was 31. 15s. 6d. per ounce ;
English and colonial cheese, ls. 44d. per pound ; Van
Diemen's Land flour, 161. 10s. per ton ; men's navvy
boots, 275. per pair ; palings, 545. per 100 ; quartering,
465. to 535. ; Singapore cedar, 9-inch wide. 61d. the
running foot ; apples, 14s. 6d. per bushel ; pickles, 18s.
per dozen ; onions, 6d. per pound ; black pepper, 90. ;
Liverpool salt, 51. 10s. per ton ; loaf sugar, 10d. per
lb. ; colonial butter, is. 44d. Auction sales—real pro-
perty, western half-acre, 308, Grote-street, 4001. ; two
acres and cottage, at Mount Barker, 2001. ; section,
No. 40, in the Morundee special survey, with a public-
house thereon, 3001. ; a plot of land at North Adelaide,
with 30 feet frontage to Dunn-street, 661."

Steam fares to and from Melbourne and Geelong
—cabin, 20s. ; fore cabin, 12s. 6d. ; freight, 30s.
per ton.
The steam-ship Melbourne was expected at Port
Philip on the 15th of February from Sydney.
Vessels advertised for London : The Bombay,
18th of February ; Henry Gillespie, 19th ; Bar-
rackpore, Syria, Florence, Beulah, Queen of Eng-
land, and Blackwall, 20th ; Ann Bridson, and
Aberfoyle, Ist of March ; Windermere, Nelson,
and James Alexander, 7th ; Emigrant and Con-
dor, 10th ; Golden-Land, 15th ; and Clara Symes,
20th.