The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-18 00:00:00

QUEENSLAND.

We extract the following from a telegraphic sum-.
mary of the Queensland Guardian of May 19 :
Parliament was opened on the 2d inst. with great
éclat. The volunteers turned out to form a guard
of honour for his excellency,who was well received.
Very little business has as yet come before the
Assembly. A bill for the purpose of regulating the
affairs of the Anglican Church has been introduced.
It is a measure which, if passed, will have an im-
portant effect upon the position of the bishop of this
dioeese. There is, however, small probability of its
passing unless greatly modified.
The Governor's opening address recommended the
consideration of the advisability of taking steps for
the establishment of a steam postal service through
Torres Straits ; of establishing district courts, and
reformatory schools ; and of amending the pastoral
and agricultural laws of the colony.
Revenue returns for the first quarter of the year
have just been published, and show an increase of
40' per cent. over the corresponding quarter of last
year.

The statistics of the year 1864, compiled by the
Registrar-Geineral, compared with those of 1860,
show a-centesimal increase during the interval, in
population 195 per cent., in revenue 139 per cent.,
in trade 178, and in shipping 189 per cent.
It has been stated by two members of the Oppo-
sition that the " organised opposition" in the assem-
bly here is no longer in existence.

The 25th instant is set down upon the notice
papers as the date for the delivery of the treasurer's
budget. It is looked for with great interest.
The Government has announced its intention of
removing the prohibitions on the importation of
stock from the neighbouring colonies. This will have
a very beneficial effect on our pastoral affairs.
Surveys are being made for the extension of the
railway in the North, and plans for the extension
of the Warwick branch of the Southern and Western
line have been laid before Parliament. A railway
connecting Gladstone and Rockhampton is much
talked of.

On the 22d of last month the Minister for Lands
and Wm.ls and 150 visitors had a trial trip upon the
railway.line. An engine, with three carriages at-
tached, took the party along the line for seven miles
at the rate of 16 miles per hour. The trial was in
every respect satisfactory. The tunnel through the
Little Liverpool Range is all but completed. It is
said that there are now about 1,500 men engaged
on the line between Ipswich and Toowoomba. Ten-
ders for the extension of the railway to Dalby will be
opened on the 15cmtihuncJhthunnaetew.msoPonftahrit.mof the line will be
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The copper mines at Peak Downs are turning oub
well, and about 70 men are employed upon them.
Three furnaces are kept constantly at work.
Very fine cedar has been discovered near Rock-
hampton.

Cotton picking has commenced on the plantations
near Ipswich. A good crop is expected. About
21,9051 b. of cleaned-ginned cotton have already
been inspected, and a large quantity yet awaits in-
spection.

Buiness during the past month has been rather
dull. The money market is unaltered, and dis-
counts are at former quotations.
Wages are still high, and labouring men can
easily obtain employment at current rates, but
mechanics, unless in the building trades, are quite
sufficient to the present demand. Clerks and pro-
fessional men had better remain at home.
The weather is dry and cool—too dry for agri-
cultural purposes.

A jetty his been commenced at Port Denison, It
will make a vast improvement in that port

THE BREADALBANE PEERAGE.—An interlocutor
in the Breadalbane case was issued by Lord Barcaple on
Friday, finding it proved that "John Alexander Gavin
Campbell (Glenfalloch), Earl of Breadalbane and Holland,
is nearest and lawful heir" to the late Marquis of Breadal-w
bane, to the exclusion of the claim of Charles Willianx
Campbell (Boreland).
YACHT LOST AND THREE MEN DROWNED.—A
melancholy and fatal accident happened in the Firth
of Forth on Thursday, which suddenly deprived three
families of their support and heads. On the morning of
the day named, about 9 o'clock, James Pottinger, a seaman,
70 years of age, and James Pottinger, his son, a carpenter,
40 years of ago, both belonging to Leith, and John Laing,
a millwright, about 40 years of age, residing at Penicuik,
but who had been on a visit to his friends in Leith,
sailed from Leith in a small sloop-rigged yacht for
Inchkeith, to see Alexander Stevenson, a brother-in-
law of Laing, a mason, then employed on the island.
They reached Inchkeith about ten o'clock, and left it soon
after noon. Stevenson, who was down at the bay when
they left, saw them hoist sail and stand out for the north-
west, as they had to tack against a westerly wind on their
way back to Leith.' In less than ten minutes after he had
spoken to his friends, he turned round, on his way back to
lighthouse, to see how she was sailing in the breeze—for a
squall had suddenly sprung up—but she was not to be
seen. He alarmed the lighthouse keeper, and they all ran
down to a fishing boat in the bay, the crew of which at
once put to sea to save the men if possible, for it was evi-
dent their small vessel had gone down. Though a care-
ful search was made, not a trace of the yacht or men could
be found, except an oar, which was found floating near
the spot where the yacht was last seen. On Friday an
outlook was kept for the missing men and yacht, but up
till evening no trace of them could be found. All the men
were married, but Laing only has left a family—five chit.
dren.—Scotsman.

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