The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-25 00:00:00

ASSAY OF GOLD ORB FROM AUSTRALIA.

The following statement. of an assay of gold quartz has
just been obtained by the Colonial Gold Company. The
specimen submitted was about the weight of a pound and a
half or two pounds, and was transmitted to tho company
by their superintendent as having been obtained in the
neighbourhood of Mount Alexander, where considerable
quantities of it were said to exist, although from the rich-
neSs of the surface deposits, it had thus far attracted
scarcely any attention :

ASSAY OF GOLD ORR FROM AUSTRALIA.
" 8, Upper Stamford-street, Blackfriars,
London, Feb. 14.
" A fair sample of the portion of this specimen in which
spangles of gold could be seen gave of fine gold 2,164 ounces
ldwt. to the ton ; that part of the stone in which no gold
could be observed afforded 37 ounces 16dwt. of fine gold per
ton. .

'The gold obtained from this ore is exceedingly pure, con-
taining only 55-1000ths of impurity, and, consequently
945-1000ths of fine gold. The small cubical crystals of a lead-
grey colour observed in this specimen of quartz were found,
on examination, to consist of galena, containing a rather
larger amount of arsenic and iron than is usually found in that
mineral.

"J. ARTHUR PHILLIPS.

" The Colonial Gold Company."
The following on the silk trade is from the circular of Mr.
Henry W. Eaton
" Subjoined are the particulars of the result of the public
sales terminated this day. As usual, the greater portion warn
either withdrawn or bought in, but a considerable business
has been done during the last week in Chinas by private con-
tract, the prices actually realised being—for Tastlee,
from 15s. 6d. to 195., and for Taysaam, 14s. to 15s. 6c1..
In Bengals, everything in coarse sizes has been taken freely,
but the fine to middling qualities have been neglected."

congratulate
THE CITY RAILWAY TERMINUS.e
. Charlesec
the latter
the metropolitan public, and no less
wshio thhe Common
Council themselves, on the decision
.reigdon-street.
came to yesterday respecting Mr.
Improvements
.Committee
scheme for a railway terminus
im pirno.
of 85 to 69,
. admist the loud
The adverse report of the City
se interest felt in the
.oritTyhe
inten
pwlasaud7isectedof theby acomuratj
question was not only shown h
of councilmen, but-by the crowded the unusual attendance
appropriated to the public. Weed state of the galleries
re-
gard. this projected improvement—the. trust we may now
wh.ich has been brought. greatest by far
being beyond the reach
of It
forward for many years—ag
THE -SEATING SEASON
,_`ROYAL
of. danger.—Morning Advertiser.
skaterssthe Royal .—RoYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.—
the s who, since Humane Society made a return of
frost have resorted f the commencement of the present
mental waters of the for skating on the ice .of the orna-
that since its shortcvonntionnsua
pnacerks,of-rfoemwewr ithtliclahn appears
of 100,000 persons had venturedn on the ice • upwards
per-
sons had been immersed, but rescued by the' society's
icemen,_ and, what is remarkable, only one fatal accident
has occurred amongst that immense assemblage, owing
to the admirable arrangements of the society for the pre-
serving of life.
POPULATION, INHABITED HOUSES, AND ELECTORS.
—Yesterday, an interesting return (obtained by Mr.
Hume) was printed, showing the population and num-
ber of inhabited houses, according to the census of 1851,
of counties, parliamentary divisions of counties, and
boroughs in England and Wales. The population was
17,927,609, and the number of inhabited houses
3,278,039. There were on the register of 1851.52, of
county and borough electors, 918,683, and the number
polled at the general election of last year was 341,830.
THE OFFICE AND COUNTING-HOUSE, &C.—We have
lately seen an ingenious contrivance, !in the form of a
ruler, which we think a very efficient instrument of the
kind. Every writer has without doubt found out the
inconvenience of the common round ruler, which is so
liable, in revolving, to carry ink both on to the paper
and the fingers. This ruler having a flat upper surface,
with rollers underneath, cannot thus offend' as the part
which comes in contact with the pen does not pp •ch
a -r"
either the fingers .or the paper, from its having bevelledapproach
projecting edge. These rulers also affor parallel lines,
and
will be of
we have seen some of them with a flat edge on one
side graduated into inches, which we think
great value to artists, &c. We find,
by the name
them, that they are registered by Mr. Stephens, upon
of
Stamford-street, well known as the originator of many
other improvements for tie library and counting-house.