The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-14 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

ARRIVAL OF THE SCREW-SHIP QUEEN
OF THE SOUTH.
SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.
The General Screw Steam shipping Company's
steam-ship Queen of the South, W. H. Norman,
commander, arrived here this day at one o'clock.
Her news, however, has been anticipated by the
last overland mail from India.
The following are the dates by the Queen of the
South :—Sydney, July 15 ; Melbourne, July 22 ;
Adelaide, July 15 ; St. Vincent, Sept. 29.
• She had on board 128 passengers, amongst whom
were :
Mr. and Mrs. Gore, Mr. and Mrs. Farmer, three
children, and servant ; Mr. and Mrs. Ferris and three
children ; Mr. and Mrs. Peel and servant, Mr. M'Ken-
zie, Mrs. Leslie, Capt. and Mrs. Blackmore, Mr. Steel,
Mrs. Hodge, M. Moirant and servant, • Mr. and Mrs.
Eadie, Miss Eadie, and servant ; M. De Kautzer,
Messrs. Nicholl and Son, A. Smith, George Wilson,
Sykes, Wollard,and Jewell ; Mrs. Goodman and three
children ; P. Berretto, George Evans, and Wm. Prince,
deck, from Sydney ; Mr. and Mrs. Graham, three
children, and three servants ; Mr. W. E. Smith, Mrs.
Wilson, Mrs. Jones, Irs. Sewell, Mrs. Mowton, three
children, and two servants ; Miss Hughes, Mr. Warren,
Mr. and Mrs. Kemp and child, and servant ; Mr, and
Mrs. Pyke, six children, and servant ; Mr. G. De Grille,
Dr. Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Price, Captain Cruiksbank,
Mr. Bonney and servant, Mr. A. Burstall, Mr. and
Mrs. Luscombe and two children, Messrs. Bretoe,
Goldsbrough, and Woolner ' • Mr. and Mrs. Lucas, three
children, and servants ; Mr. and Mrs. Boldero, Mrs.
Drew, three children, and two servants ; Mr. and Mriu
Wilson, three. children, and infant ; Mr. Haley, Mr.
and Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Fox, Messrs. Harwood, Jolley,.
Marks, M'Kanna, Tegg, Maffei, D'Angri, Bell, Jagger,
and Butterworth ; Mr. and Mrs. Sim, from Melbourne.
John S. Williams and William Granby, distressed sear
men, from St. Vincent's.
On freight she brought 147,314/. in specie, be-
sides a miscellaneous cargo, consisting of 63,274 oz.
of gold dust, 4501. jewellery, 5 casks tortoiseshell,
10 tons copper, 31 bales wool, and 50 packages
sundries.
During her voyage she experienced very light
and variable winds from New Zealand to Cape
Horn, passed several icebergs in lat. 57 to 58 S,
long. 98 to 80 W, and a large field of ice, of many
miles extent, off the Horn, in lat. 54 30 S, long.
54 40 W. The speed of the ship has been from
two to three knots an hour less than on her pre-
vious voyages, owing to the bottom being so foul
with grass, &c.
From the Western Islands home squally and un-
settled weather. Wind from N.E. to N.W.
Sept. 15.—Spoke brig Wilhelmine, of Hamburgbp
from Cadiz, standing to the southward, lat. 5 16
S, long. 28W. 20—Signalised Swedish brig Juliv
from Singapore to Cork, out 103 days, lat. 8 54 I%f I
long. 22 41 W. Oct. I—Signalised British barque
Saxon, lat. 24 49 N, long. 25 45 W, standing to
southward and westward.
The Crcesus, screw-ship, Captain Hall, was at
Sydney when the Queen left, undergoing repairs,
and would, it was expected, leave for Egland on.
the 15th August.

LIEUTENANT PERRY'S DEFENCE AND TESTIHONIAD
FUND.—Windsor, Oct. 13.—The Mayor of Windsor,
Mr. J. T. Bedborough, in accordance with his published
announcement, is, as far as regards himself, about to
close the subscriptions to the Perry Defence and Testi-
monial Fund. In making up the accounts, it appears
that the total amount subscribed is nearly 2,1001., fros
which sum there will be deducted 200 guineas for lay/
charges, which is exceedingly moderate, and about the
game amount for advertising and incidental expenses.
This will leave a balance in hand amounting to
about 1,7001., which sum will be invested in the joint
names of Lieutenant Perry and the Mayor of Windsor,
to be afterwards expended in the purchase of his
promotion in the army should the verdict of the court-
martial hereafter be set aside, which it is confidently ek
petted will be the case ; but if otherwise, the money
will be placed at Lieut. Perry's disposal in promoting his
best interests as a civilian. In taking leave of this sub•
ject for the present, it is gratifying to learn from flume'
roue sources that it seems to be generally understood
that the press, in disdharge of a public duty, by exposing
the errors which had crept into the service, did ti°
simply with a view to its reformation, without reflectinf;
on the courage or discipline of the soldier. The 46th
have cheerfully responded to the call of their country to
curb the insolence and tyranny of a cruel despot, and leo
doubt not the regiment will return home with honours
only due to the brave.

FATAL OCCURIIHNVE.-On Saturday morning last, on
the arrival of the London mail train at Perth, at half-
past 12 o'clock, the engine-driver found a man's hat
stuck above the buffer plank of the engine. A search
was made along the line. On entering the n•rth end of
Moncreiffe tunnel, about 300 or 400 yards, a man was
found lying on his back between the down line of rails,
with his right arm lying across the rails, quit* dead.---
Perthshire Courier.
EAST INDIA AND CHINA SHIPS.-The East India and
China Association have just published their usual com-
parative statement of the number of ships, both British
and foreign, with their aggregate tonnage, entered in-
ward and cleared outward with cargo to and from pieties
within the limits of the East India Company's charter,
from the let of January to the 30th of September, in
the years 1853 and 1854. The statistics of vessels en-
tered inward show, in the case of thee port of London,
an increase of 49 vessels and 22,051 tonnage; the cliff°.
rence between 580 vessels with 315,885 tonnage, 'in
1853, and 629 vessels with 337,936 tonnage, in 1854.
Liverpool exhibits a decrease of eight vessels, and 6,453
tonnage ; the arrivals having been 203 vessels with
121,975 tonnage, in 1853, against 195 vessels with
115,522 tonnage, in the latter period. The return for
Bristol exhibits an increase of 4 vessels, and 2,843 ton-
nage, the difference between 25 vessels with 9,070 ton-
nage, and 29 vessels with 11,913 tonnage. In the case
of the Clyde, the figures present an increase of 10 ves-
sels and 3,665 tonnage, the arrivals in the former period
having been 37 vessels with 13,834 tonnage, and in the
latter 47 vessels with 17,498 tonnage. The net increase
exhibited by this return is 55 vessels and 22,106 tonnage
the difference between 845 vessels with 460,753 tonnage
and 900 vessels with 482,869 tonnage. The principal
arrivals have been from Madras,. the Philippine Islands,
Java and Sumatra, and Mauritius. The statistics of
vessels cleared outward exhibit, in the case of the port
of London, a decrease of 3 vessels and 22,424 tonnage,
the difference between 723 vessels with 360,215 tonnage,
and 750evessels with 337,791 tonnage. The return for
Liverpool presents a decrease of 81 vessels, but an in-
crease of 11,175 tonnage, the departures in 1853 being
396 vessels with 213,789 tonnage, and is 1854, 316 ves-
sels with 224,964 tonnage. Bristol figures for a decrease
of 14 vessels with 3.382 tonnage, the difference between
25 vessels with 7,060 tonnage, and 11 vessels with 3,678
tonnage. The decrease in the case Of the Clyde is 48
vessels, but there has, on the other hand, been an in-
crease of 4,369 tonnage; the departures in 1853 having
been 141 vessels with 41,413 tonnage, against 93 vessels
with 45,782 tonnage in 1854. The net decrease thus
presented is 146 vessels and 10,262 tonnage; the diffe-
rence between 1,286 vessels with 622,477 tonnage, and
1,140 vessels with 612,215 tonnage. It will be noticed
that, although in the Liverpool and Clyde returns a de-
crease is exhibited in the number of ships, the aggregate
amount of tonnage has increased-a fee:, indicating the
preference given to large vessels. The principal decrease
is in the departures for China, Australia, and the Cape
of Good Hope.