The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-12 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA-GOVERNORSHIP OF TH.

COLONY 01' VICTORIA.

We are enabled to state, upon authority which
we believe may be implicidy relied upon, that the
important appointment of L ieutenant-Governor of
the colony of Victoria, in Australia, has been
offered to Sir Charles Hotbaln, K.C.8., an officer
no less distinguished in the annals of the naval
profession than by his successes in the diplomatic
service of this country.
A higher, or more deserved mark of confidence
on the part of the Government could scarcely be
offered to any individual than that which has thus
been extended to Sir Charles Hotham, so imme-
diately after his return to England, by the Secre-
tary for the Colonies ; and we are happy to be able
to express our belief that Sir Charles Hotham, with
that high sense of p-üblic duty which has distin -
guished him through .life, only now awaits the
Royal command to enter upon duties as responsible
and important as any with in the colonial service of
the Crown.
Hitherto, we believe -Unit Sir Charles Hotham
has been unconnected in any way with the Colonial
department—but it will be s een by the following
extract that he has long been earning his pre-
sent elevation in other branche3 of public employ-
ment :

" Sir Charles Hotham was midshipman of her Ma-
jesty's ship Naiad, and assisted at the destruction of an
Algerine brig of war, under the batter:
es of Bona, in
1824 ; and of her Majesty's ship Cambrli An, serving in
the boats at the capture of two piratical ves.lels in 1825.
Commanded the British naval forces at the' defeat of
Rosas, on the Parana, 1845, and at defence o.f a large
convoy at San Lorenzo in 1846. Commander- in-chief
of the west coast of Africa from 1846 to 1849."--From
Allen's Navy List.

Besides these services recorded in Allen's NavY
List, the gallant officer was senior lieutenant of
his Majesty's ship Terror, when she was wrecked
on the coast of Portugal in 1828, and captain of
her Majesty's ship Gorgon, in 1845, when she was
rescued from the beach of Monte Video, after five
months' labour, day and night.
In 1852, Sir Charles was charged with a special
mission to the states bordered by the river Plate,
and concluded a treaty of commerce with the Re-
public of Paraguay, and a treaty of navigation with
the Argentine Confederation, which opened for
ever the rivers Parana and Uruguay to vessels of
all nations. The very marked success attending
this mission obtained for Sir Charles Hotham the
entire approbation of the Government, and has been
attended by results of the greatest importance to
trade and commerce.
In no instance have that discernment and that
strict sense of justice to the colonies which have
marked the Ministerial career of the Duke of New-
castle been more strongly exemplified than in the
selection which he has now made ; and whilst Sir
Charles Hotham will thus receive a new mark of
distinction, and obtain a wide field for the exertion
of his talents, we feel justified in congratulating our
distant fellow-countrymen. in the eyrony of Victoria
on the expected services of .a'.governor who unites
within himself a rare ,combination. ,of enterprise,
zeal, and discretion—qualifications= which will be
highly prized in a community which has risen, both
in numbers and wealth, with unexampled rapidity,
and which has become second in importance to none
of her Majesty's colonial possessions.

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MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.)

COVENT GARDEN.
A full average business was transacted in fruit and ve-
getables at our quotations.
FBUIT.—Pine apples, English, 3s Oct to 6s Od each ;
ditto colonial, is Oct to is 3d each ; hot-house grapes,
is Od to 3s 6(.1; foreign ditto, 6d to is per lb; apples,
4s to 8s per bush.; pears, is to 3s per half sieve ; lemons,
is Od to 2s Od ; oranges, 2s to 3s per doz. ; almonds, 2s
to 3s per lb. ; Barcelona nuts, 20s per bush.; cob-nuts, 120 s to
140 s per 1001bs. ; chesnuts, 88 to 20s per bushel ; filberts,
95s to 1103 per 100 lbs; walnuts, 8d to is 6d per 100;
peaches, is to 5s ; nectarines, 2s to 7s ; apricots, is to
3s per dozen ; figs, is to 2s per dozen ; damsons, 2s 6d to
3s 6d per half sieve ; melons, is to 3s Od each.
VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, 9d to is Od ; Brussels sprouts,
1 s 6(1. to 2s Od per half sieve ; brocoli, Os to Os ; greens.
is 6d. to 3s Od per dozen bunches; red cabbages, 2s to
5s Od per dozen ; potatoes, 120 s to 180 s per ton ;
turnips, 2s Od to 3s Od ; carrots, 4s Od to 6s Od per dozen
bunches ; cucumbers, Os 2d to Os 6d each ; celery, 8d to
is 6d per bundle ; spinach, is Oct to is 6d per sieve ;
onions, 6s Od to lOs Od per bushel ; Spanish ditto, is to 3$
per doz. ; leeks, 2d to 3d per bunch ; shallots, 6d to 8d ;
garlic, 6d to 8d per lb ; endive, 2s 2d to 3s Od per score ;
small salad, 2d to 3d per punnet; horse-raddish, is Od to 3s Oa
per bundle ; mushrooms, is Od to 2s 6(1 per pottle; parsley,
is 6d to 3s Oct per dozen bunches ; beet, is Od to
is 6d per dozen ; radishes, Os Od to Os Oct per dozen
hands ; artichokes, 3s to 6s per dozen ; sorrel, 6d to is
per half sieve.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
Geese, 5s to 6s 6d ; Turkeys, 3s 6d to 5s 6d each Ducks
is 8d to 2s 9(1; tame Rabbits, 10(1 to is 6d ; wild ditto, a
to is ; Pigeons, 5d to 8d each; roasting Pigs, Os Oct to Os 03
each; Surrey Fowls, 5s Od to N Od ; ditto Chickens, Os Oa
to Os Od; barn-door Fowls, is 9d to 3s Od per couple;
Capons, 3s to 4s 6d : Chickens, is 6d to 2s Od per couple;
Pheasants, 3s Od to 3s 9d; Partridges, is 6d to is 8d; Rare',
2s Gd to 3s 6d; Leverets, 3s Od to 5s Od; Woodcocks, 2s Gd.
to 3s 6d; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 3d; Snipes, 9d to is 6d; Teal,
6d to 9d; wild Ducks, is 3d to 2s Od ; Widgeons, 9d t.°'
is Od; and Plovers, 6d to is each. Laglish Eggs, 8s 6d to •
Os Od; French ditto, 5s Oct to 7s Od per 120; Ostend fresh •
Butter lls 6d to 12s, and English 118 6d to 14s per 12 lbs.

BILLINGSGATE.
Turbots, 3s 6d. to 17s ; Brills, is Od to 5s each'; Salmon
Trout, is to is 4d per lb; Cod Fish, 2s 6d to 12s 6d ; Soles,
3d to 2s 6d per pair ; Eels, 6d to is per lb ; Lobsters, 1s to
5s Od ; Crabs, 6d to 24 6d ; Whitings, is to 5s Od per doz.;
Doreys, is Od to 7s; Mullets, 6d to 2s 6d each ; Common_
Oysters, 108 Od to 16s Od; Natives, 40s Od to 59s Od per
bsh; Mackerel, 00s to 30s per 100 ; Smelts, lsOcl to 3s pr doz.;
Skate, 6d to Od per ib; Shrimps, is Od to 2s Od per gallon'
Bloaters, 18 Od to 2s 6d per dozen; Fresh Herrings, 38 Od
to 4s Od per 100 ; Haddocks, 3s to 12s per doz. ; Plaice,
4d to is each ; Carp, 2s Od per brace ; Tench, 2s Od
to Os Oct per brace ; Gurnets, 4d to is Od each ; Halibut,
6d per lb. ; Salt Fish, 2d to 5d per lb. ; Prawns, is Od to
25103 per lb. ; Flounders, is to is 6d per dozen ; Sturgeons
6d per lb.; Pike 6d each.