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

CALIFORNIA.

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NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—8 y an arrival from
California we have San Francisco dates sixteen
days later than by previous advices. The general
news from the gold regions is unimportant, fur-
ther than the report of several new and rich dig-
gings having been discovered. This is well, for I
observe that during the first half of the present year
the remittances from San Francisco to the old
States in gold dust amounted to 24,725,581 dols.
against 28,989,552 dols., being a decrease of about 41
millions. At the same time the imports into
S;01 if one play- j'±d;;'e
fr'vi►i ditiiiliution of tiw dutios.
For example, the duties for the first IhaiE of
the present year were only 756,056 dols., against
1,453,056 dohs. for the first halt-year of ].553• -We

have a few-murders recorded, but these are matters
of course in California. The same steamer brings
intelligence from Mexico, where it is said that
Alvarez had • entered the city Uyutta, and was
passing through Guerrero on his march to Mexico.
But then who can believe these Mexican reports ?
For by the very same mail we are told that the in-
surgents against Santa Anna had been defeated is
two engagements by the Government troops. The
latter, however, were said to be falling back on the
city of Mexico. The George Law, from Aspinwall
to this port, has 1,900,000 dols. in gold on board,
and the entire semi-monthly steamers will this
time furnish about 2,500,000 dols.
The markets at San Francisco were dull and too
fully supplied. Gallego flour, however, had risen
to 12-i dols. ; mess pork was 131 dols. (1 dol. less
than in this city) ; bacon, 131 c. ; whisky, 20c.
per gallon (a great loss to shippers) ; and lard, 12c.
to 14c.

COURT CIRCULAR.

BALMORAL, OCT. 8.

The Queen yesterday accompanied the Prince to the
Balmoral woods, which were driven for deer. The
Princess Royal was also with her Majesty.
In the evening Sir James and Lady Clark, and Mr:
and Mrs. Clark, had the honour of dining with her Ma-
jesty.

The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert had an interview
with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday.
Despatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands, and also for the Governor of Malta,
were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office.

His Excellency James Buchanan, tho United States
Minister, accompanied isy his niece, Miss Lane, has
left town on a continental tour. Daniel E. Sickles,
Esq., Secretary of the Legation, is accredited Charge
d'Affaires ad interim.

General Joseph Chlopicki, well known during the
Polish revolution, died after a long and painful illness
on the 30th of September, at Cracow. At the commence-
ment of the revolution he was placed as dictator at the
bead of the movement.

The Marquis of Salisbury is expected to leave the
Island of Harris this week, on his return to Hatfield
House, Herts.

The Earl of Selkirk has been on a visit to Major
Cumming Bruce, M.P., at Dunphail..

NEW ZEALAND.—The New Zealand journals up to the
17th June contain an account of the opening of the
New Zealand Legislature, on the 27th of May, by
General Wvnyard. In the House of Representatives,
on June 2d, a debate took place on responsible govern-
ment. A motion was made, the object of which was
to establish the principle that the ministers in and out
of the house, the office-holders, and members of the
executive council, should resign office if they were
defeated on any vote by the representative body. The
motion was carried by 29 to 1.
THE BRIMSTONE TRADE.—The imports of this article
during the eight months ended the sth ult. amounted to
1,135,181 cwt., against 580,798 during the same period
of 1853, and 495,550 in that of 1852. During the single
month ending at the same period of each year the impor-
tations respectively were 60,689, 227,257, and 333,634
cwt. The lowness of freights which has recently pre-
vailed in the trade has considerably contributed, no
doubt, to this great increase of importation ; but we
trust, at the same time, that it may be attributed in
part to a continued activity :n manufacturing industry
on the banks of the Tyne.—Gateshead Observer.
THE PRICE OF WHEAT IN FRANCE.—The Mom/tear
publishes a decree founded on a report of the Minister
of Agriculture, stating that the price of wheat, although
abundant, is kept up in consequence of the farmers be-
ing engaged in outdoor work, and consequently not
thrashing out their corn, and also from many mills being
prevented working from the want of water, prolonging
to the 31st of July next the delay fixed by the decree of
the 24th of June last, for different measures relative to
articles of food.

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—SOUTHAMPTON, Monday.
—Yesterday, a fine frigate-built ship. named the Tudor,
of 1064 tons burden, belonging to Messrs. T. and W.
Smith, and commanded by C. R. Lansdowne, sailed for
Melbourne, with 416 Government emigrants on board,
under the charge of Surgeon Superintendent R. Wilson,
who has already been 6 voyages in the commissioners'
service. On Saturday the ship was visited by Viscount
Palmerston, Sir Wm. Temple, and Dr. Waller Lewis
(medical superintendent of the Board of Health), all of
whom expressed themselves much pleased with the con-
struction of the berths, all of which are arranged in ac-
cordance with a plan suggested by Mr. E. A. Smith,
emigration officer at this port. The general arrange-
ments for the comforts of the emigrants were also highly
approved of.
THE DOBRUDSCHA.—This large country, lying be-
tween the sea and a navigable river, is the most miser-
able desert that can be conceived, and the whole of
the Dobrudscha can hardly contain more than
20,000 inhabitants. As far as the eye can reach
not a tree or a bush is visible. The hills are co-
vered with a tall grass, burnt of a yellowish-brown
by the sun, and which undulates like the surface of
the ocean before the wind. The Romans ever regarded
the Dobrudscha as a country which ought to be
given up to the northern barbarians„ and separated it
from Mcesia by a wall running from the neighbourhood
of Rassova to. Kustendje. During the campaigns of
1812 and 1828 the Dobrudscha suffered considerably..
At least a third of the villages entered on the maps are
no longer in existence, though not entirely in conse-
quence of the war. Hirsova contains only 30 houses,
and Isakdji and Tultcha have retired from 1,000 to 3,000
paces from their old position.—Tarl;ey; by Sir George
Laspent.
SOUTHAMPTON, Monday.—The following additional
particulars in connection with the departure of the
General Screw Company's steam-ship Argo, which left
on the 4th inst., with the Australian mails, have been
forwarded to us :—Amongst her passengers were Sir.
William and Lady A'Beckett, Mr. and Mrs. Pinnock_
and family, Captain and Mrs. Rolletson, Mr. and Mrs..
Crosbie, Captain and Mrs. Wilson and family, Sir J.
O'Donnell, Mr. and Mrs. Ramsden and family, Dr..
Cranford, Mr. F. Gosaling, and Mr W. H. Day. This
latter gentleman, who had been making preparations
for the sending out to Australia a large iron theatre, has
taken his departure in this vessel for the purpose of
making the necessary arrangements as to the situa-
tion, &c., in which it is to be placed. Previous to-
his departure Mr. Day completed an engagement.
with the celebrated tragedian, G. V. Brooke, who is.
now performing at Drury-lane Theatre, to perform 200
eights at 501. per night, in this theatre when it is erected.
Lie will follow shortly. The providing the Argo has.
been very liberally attended to by Messrs. Coupland
and Barnes. A very superior German band has acesom-
eanied the ship for the purpose of affording a little
,nusical pleasure to the passengers during the voyage.
Captain Hyde, commander of the Argo, departed -very
-anguine of quite equalling, if not surpassing, his former
passage to Australia and back. The Argo had on
freight a full cargo of general goods.
HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION.--A meeting of the
committee of this valuable institution was held on Thurs-
day, at the Boardroom of the charity, at Brompton.
the usual routine business having passed, it was stated.
that a bazaar and fancy fair had been held at Bourne-
mouth, Dorset, under the patronage of the Duchess of
Argyll, the Marchioness of Westminster, and other
ladies of distinction. It is at Bournemouth that the
iaoiterium of the Consumption Hospital is situated,
and as it is known that the treatment of the London
institution is in no small degree facilitated by the ad-
vantages of the Bournemouth Sanitorium, the sympathy
of the neighbouring gentry and others was so far mani-
fested that the contributions to the bazaar were exceed-
ingly liberal, and a handsome amount was realised far
the funds of the charity.
ROYAL MAIL STEAM COMPANY.—The report of this
company issued yesterday, preparatory to their meeting.
on Thursday, shows a surplus on the working account
for the half-year ending the 30th of June of 112,2071.,
being equal to 121 per cent. on the company's capital of
890,4001. Out of this, however, allowance has to be
made for depreciation. The dividend proposed is the,
same as for the previous half-year—namely, 2/. per
share, or at the rate of 61. 13s. 4d. per cent. per annum
on the amount paid up. The disbursements have been
increased by the freight of coals, &c., but, on the other
hand, with one exception, there has been an increase
upon every head of receipt for freight and passage.
money, while the amount received for the conveyance
and victualling of- troops has been 65,7201. Reference
is made to the satisfactory speed attained by the Tamar,
the Atrato, the Solent, and La Plata, and anticipations
are expressed that the Tyne, now fitting at Blackwell,
will exhibit an equally good result. The fleet of the
company consists of 22 ships, and as they now require
only 20 for the contract service, they propose ultimately
selling the extra four.
COATES, the pedestrian, is reported to have finish-
ed his task of walking a thousand quarter miles in
a thousand quarter hours on Monday evening. We saw
him about nine o'clock on Saturday evening, when he.,
looked fatigued, the undertaking being one of the most
exacting nature, as it never gave him more than twenty
minutes rest. His practtce was to walk a half mile at
once, one quarter mile being performed in the latter
part of the quarter hour, and the other quarter in the
commencement of the next quarter hour, so that he was
enabled to get twenty minutes rest. We believe that
this feat of endurance was not done for a wager, but
that it was a speculation between the pedestrian and
the innkeeper who had hired the ground. Coates is an
athletic man, of five feet ten, and past the middle age of
life. His habits are very abstemious in respect to drink,
tea being nearly his only beverage ; but his consump-
tion of animal food was stated to be enormous. His
sleeping time was at the intervals between eleven and
three in the morning, when, we are teld, as soon as the
two quarters of miles were performed, he would fall
down into a deep sleep for twenty minutes and remain
till called, when ho would spring up suddenly and coin.
These slender intervals between
e
were stated to be the only times he
nlieevnecn e
and his wtahl,keieng .
took sleep. It is to be regretted that so much animal
exertion is thrown away upon so useless an object.—
Western. Times.
ACCIDENT AT BRIGHTON.—The gentleman to whom a
correspondent referred in a late number, as having with
' such intrepidity and coolness arrested an affrighted
horse in a crowded thoroughfare in Brighton, is, wo are
;nforrned, Mr, Alfred Eames, who is, we undFrst-itd,
,1l WO t 45. vv cobgt.thilate Up it
bility, been the means of preventing similar serious re-
sults to those which have this week occurred from an-
other accident of the same kind,---. Brighton