The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-16 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS

THE LEICHARDT SEARCHING EXPEDITION.--The
expedition formed to search for Leichardt, the
explorer, started on their mission from Glen-
gower, near Castlemaine, on Monday, the 3d July.
The expedition consists of 8 men of bush experience,
14 camels, and about 40 horses. The party are
expected to meet their leader, Mr. M'lntyre, at
Mount Murchison, on the Darling, and until then
they will be commanded by Dr. Murray, who
accompanied Mr. Alfred Howitt on his mission
to convey the remains of Burke and Wills from
Cooper's Creek to Melbourne. Of the camels,
nine only are fit for work, the remainder
being young ones, born in the colony, which
cannot yet be separated from their dams. The
party take a full collection of useful seeds for scat-
tering through the country, and also a number of
articles suitable for presents to the aborigines, such
as fish-hooks, handkerchiefs of brilliant hues, mir-
rors, burning-glasses, fishing lines, wax matches,
Jews' harps, tomahawks, pannikins, knives,
&c. The Legislature of Victoria have voted
£5OO in aid of the expedition, and it is believed
the neighbouring colonies will contribute in an
equally liberal spirit. Lectures are being given
in Melbourne for the same object. Two of the
series have already been delivered—one by Mr. R.
L. J. Ellery, the Government astronomer, on
" Comets ;" the other by Mr. Gideon S. Lang, on
" The Aborigines of Australia."

IMMIGRATION RULES.—Amended immigration
regulations have been framed, and will' come
into operation on the Ist of August next.
Under the new regulations persons desirous
of sending for their friends or others in the
United Kingdom will have to pay—for male as-
sisted immigrants under the age of 25, £2 ; between
the ages of 15 and 40, £5 ; and aged 40 and upwards,
£B. The sums previously payable were £3, £B,
and £9 respectively. For females the reductions
are proportionate, the sums payable here for assisted
passages for them being—under the age of 15, £1 ;
between the ages of 15 and 40, £1; 40 and upwards,
£5. The amounts at present charged are £2, £3,
and £5. Ther is also a reduction of the amount
usually paid by emigrants for bedding and utensils,
from £1 to 10s., when leaving England. Power is
given to the Park-street Emigration Commissioners
to select ten married couples for free passages for
every hundred female immigrants, to accompany
them in each ship engaged to carry single female
immigrants.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—The discovery was made
about three weeks ago that Government deben-
tures to the value of £lO,OOO had been abstracted
from the Melbourne branch of the Union Bank
of Australia. The suspected thief is a former
cashier named Fletcher, who obtained leave of ab-
sence some time since, and proceeded to England.
The debentures were deposited in a box, the owner,
a Tasmanian gentleman, retaining the key. The num-
bers were—, 125 debentures, numbered from 46,138 to
46,177 ; 150 debentures, numbered from 40,057 to
40,078, and from 42,410 to 40,418 ; and £lOO
numbered from 23,800 to 22,879. The box was
opened early this month, and it was then found that
the debentures were missing. It was subsequently
ascertained that Fletcher before his departure had
the lock picked, and sold a number of debentures in
the city.

MARKETS—This Day.

COVENT GARDEN.

SATURDAY, Sept. 16.—We wore well supplied with fruit
and vegetables, the trade for which ruled firm, as follows :
FRUIT—Pine apples, 6s to 8s; hot house grapes, 2s to
6s ; filberts, 9d to is per lb ; plums, 2s to 3s ; damsons, 2s
to 2s 6d ; apples, is 3d to 2s 6d ; pears, is 3d to 3s 6d per
half sieve ; peaches, 6s to 10s per dozen ; oranges, 12s to
16s ; lemons, 5s to 8s ; walnuts, is to 2s 6d per 100
VEGETABLES—Cauliflowers, is to 2s ; red cabbages, is
6d to 3s ; white do., 9d to is 3d ; celery, 10d to is 9d ;
horseradish, is to 2s per doz heads ; greens, 2s 6d to 3s 6d;
turnips, 2s 6d to 3s ; carrots, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; onions, is 6d
to 2s per dozen bunches ; cucumbers, 3d to is each ; cos
lettuces, is to is 3d per score.