The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-22 00:00:00

Cape of Good Hope

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Total from British Possessions.... 10,377
17,662
5,587
1,928
691
571
472
307
165
148
100
56
38
27,725
Total 38,102
It will be observed that the North American colonit:
are beginning to produce a fair quantity, and it is t
hoped that the stimulus of the recent extra,ordinarY
mand, together with the discoveries at Jamaica, La'
largely help in future returns to maintain the total from
our own possessions.

Cuba..
Chili ..
Spain .
France
Peru...

Al eria
Bolivia
Norway
Italy
Tunis
West Coast of Africa
Other parts

YELLOW FEVER.—The ship Clara Wheeler, CaPr
Nelson, arrived in Liverpool yesterday from New Ir.
leans. The yellow fever was rife in the vessel in 6
early part of the homeward passage, she having lost. five
of her crew and one lady passenger by that epidemic.
THE 11 _ARNSTAPE BRIERY COMMISSION.—The 1112/23.
ber of electors proveL d toB have been bribed at the la
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election for Barnstaple exceeded 250, the price being 61
for each " Conservative" voter. In some instances
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much as 10/. was given. For split votes between Frighe
and Ebrington the figure varied from 21. 10s. to 31.
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total amount expended b the " Conservative" ca
dates amounted to 2,4001., exclusive of the stun they
expended in defending their seats. The number of fr.,?,;i:
men bribed was about 140. The gross number is 20!,
so that it appeared that about one-half of this clase.°l
voters were bribed. The number of householders vi'nv
received money for their votes was 110. gr.
MR. OLIVEIRA, M.P., AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.--
Oliveira met his constituents in the Town Ball, Pen:
fract, on Wednesday, for the purpose of addressing WI
on the measures of the past session of Parliament,!Pot
of giving any explanation of his parliamentary con and
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which might be called for. The Mayor presided,
there was a considerable attendance of electors.
Oliveira having briefly reviewed the leading busineset%
the session, said the only public question in whichJ'a
took a leading part was upon the wine duties, andthe
submitting his views upon them, the Chancellor of o
1 Exchequer admitted the justice of his proposal to red° t
those duties, but said he could not spare the arecne_.
from the revenue. He hoped, however, that the sum
of his financial measures of this session would admitreg
his dealing with this question next year. The gene
use of the cheap and wholesome wines of the continent-
would open markets for the manufactured gent' node h°o
Leeds, Bradford, and other towns, would displace
use of ardent spirits, and tend to promote habits of 00;
briefly, temperance, and morality., The days of the wip
monopoly were numbered.
THE AMERICAN STEAMER GOLDEN AGE.--The
rican steamer Golden Age, which is expected at Liver-
pool during the first week of October, will leave Ent
land for Mlbourne and Sydney about the Ist of Nevem:
ber. She is a paddle-wheel vesse', built at New
her timbers having been prepared for a fifth ship, at one
time intended to have been added to the Collins' line,
and to be called the Adriatic. Her burden is 3,000 tort
with engines of 1,000 horse-power, and her dirnensien,
e
are 300 feet in length, 43 feet beam, and 32 feet de
11ep_t.
of hold. She is understood to have been modll
the builder of the yacht America, and her passengerscie;
cotnmodation is alleged to present the finest examp
of ventilation and convenience of arrangement Yeervit t,,r;
tamed in any of the large American boats. The e
she is ultimately intended for is from Sydney to Palisade!
in connection with sister vessels from New to
Navy Bay, and her present trip is for The numb Y°r
:f
takiag her position on that station. The nu br
passengers she can carry is not anuouocecl, but it xo,
lieved to be 1,200.