The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-15 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

COMMERCIAL.
The Melbourne pipers state that gold was in demand at
the previous rate of 31. 17s. 3.1. per ounce, but in some in-
stances, before the sailing of th 3 Marco Polo, a shade higher
prices were given. The cash prices of flour at the ag,ent's
stores-351. per 2,0001b5., and second, 321. Freights to
England—tallow, 50s. per ton, and 5 per cent. ; wool, id.
to ld. per lb., and 5 per cent. ; gold, 3d. to 4.1 d. per oz. as
per contract. Warehouse charges—measurement goods,
3s. per ton per week ; dead weight, 2s.
The Bendigo trade report states that, owing to the num-
ber of individuals leaving for the new diggings, business
had been very slack. Gold firm at 31.155. per ounce. Flour
601. to 65/. per ton ; tea, 8/. 10s. to 91. 108. per chest ;
Mauritius sugar, sd. to Gd. per lb.; fine crushed, 7d. to
74d. ; coffee, Is. 4d. to ls. 6d.
Trade at the M`lvor diggings was very depressed, and
gold remained at 31. 14s. Gd. Draught horses in good de-
mand, and realised high rates.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
The Golden Age steamer, from Liverpool and the Cape of
Good Hope, arrived at Melbourne on the 13th, and left on
the 17th for Sydney.
The Avon and the Elizabeth, from hence, Agincourt (90
days) and Beurs, from London, and Eagle, from Glasgow,
at Melbourne. The Australian (s.s.) sailed for London Feb.
10. The Neleus and Ferozepore were to sail for London
March 1; the Kent and Birmingham Feb. 25 ; and the
Stebonheath and Ajax Feb. 20; and, for Liverpool, the
Nile, March 1.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, May 14.—The Asia arrived in the
river this morning, with dates from New York to
the 3d of May. She brings $600,000 in specie on
freight. The Pacific has arrived out.
In the Senate, on a resolution directing. the
Committee on Foreign Relations to inquire into
the expediency of authorising the President, during
the recess of Congress, to suspend the acts of Con-
gress preventing expeditions leaving the countryto
act against foreign States, Mr. Slidell delivered a
speech on the subject of the Africanization of Cuba
and the interest of the United States to prevent it.
The truth of the reported victory by Santa
Anna over Alvarez was much doubted.
A New York paper says that on the 18th of
April, on the strength of this victory, lists were
opened to competition for the payment of
$15,000,000 to be derived from the Mesilla treaty,
provided always that the successful candidate
should pay down on the same day $300,000 on
account.
From Hayti we learn that the Emperor Sou-
louque was making great preparations for the
illy •
amen of Dominica both by sea and land.
Immense damage has been done in New York
and its neig
'l hbourhood, and in other parts of the
Tinier)
waBl„,, b,y a storm ; at Brooklyn a house was
injured.
washed d
and several persons killed and
The money.
market was somewhat stringent, and
no paper Ws do
had still further
declined, and large sales of Erie
change on
LondonNver made at 70# to 70&. Ex-
-109 to 1091 ; Paris, sf. 10c.
to 5?. 12ic. ;A, te:
41, to 411 ; Bremencla4n, 41i to 42 ; Frankfort,
t9i to 80 ; Hamburg, 361
to 37 ; Antwerp, 5.1i1,
Cotton. remain depr 0,153 L
a great desire to
sell was manifested at a d.ed---
quarter per
cent. ; mid.dling qualities werenepleonftaiful, but goods
were scarce.
stocks. Flour was firmer in consequence
of the reduced
;a
The demand for wheat had increased
sales of
White Gennessee were made at 2.30,
w
red
southern at 1.85. Indian corn remained firm.
F-:nights were dull. To London—tobacco, per
hogsl.leacl 40s. superior ; resin per 450 pounds, 53..
measurement goods per ton 30s. ; beef, per tierce:
7s. 6d. to Bs. To Havre—Cotton, ie. ; ashes, per
ton, 8 to 10.

Shipping—The A. Zand the Augusta, from Liver-
y,ool, at New York ; the Rastede, the Meta, and
the Sophie, from Bremen, at New York ; the Kate
Swanson, from Wales, the Shanghai and the R. B.
Sumner, from Liverpool, at New Orleans ; the
State Ri4hts, from Liverpool, at Savannah ; the
Arabia, J. Montgomery, Talavera, lonian, Henry
cßead, Cynosure, Lizzie Howard, Zenobia, Colonel
uts, R. D. Shepherd, Sea Queen, Houghton,
Falcon, and Old England, from Liverpool at New
Orleans ; the Agamemnon and the Kate Hunter, .
from Liverpool, at Mobile.

OFFICIAL APPOINT3IENTS.—Mr. G. Pigott, of the Ox-
ford Circu is appointed counsel to the Inland Revenue,
in the place of Mr. T. Phinn, M.P., who is appointed
counsel to the Admiralty and Advocate of the Fleet.
Captain Thomas Vernon Watkine, R.N., is appointed
sarbour•tuaater and Marine Magiatrate at Hug Kong, I

ARRIVAL OF THE MARCO POLO.

LIVERPOOL, S A TURDA Y. —Much interest was
created here this morning by the announcement
that the celebrated clipper ship Marco Polo, Cap-
tain McDonnell, was off the port, after another
very quick run of 83 days, having left Melbourne
on the 19th February. She sailed from this port
on her outward voyage on the 9th of November
ast, and has thus made both trips in six months
and. four days, including twenty-three days' de-
tention at Melbourne, having been ashore through
the gross negligence of the pilot in charge, but,
after a great deal of trouble and expense, was got
off, and having been examined by the officials at
Melbourne, was reported a safe vessel for the con-
veyance of passengers, specie, &c. The unfortunate
accident, however, caused a prejudicial feeling
against her to exist, otherwise the agents write the
freights and passengers would have eclipsed all
former experience. As it was, however, she
brought about ninety passengers and 100,0001. in
gold, besides a considerable quantity in the hands
of passengers. She had also on board one of the
heaviest mails ever brought from the colonies in a
sailing ship. They were landed here in a tug-boat
at seven p.m.
Owing to the state of the water on the bar, the
Marco Polo was unable to cross until nine p.m.,
and on coming up the river received the salute of
the new clipper Lightning, swinging at her anchor
in the river, and commanded by Captain J. N.
illorbes, late of the Marco Polo, who received her
present commander with the greatest cordiality,
and congratulated him upon his rapid trip.
The Marco Polo was to have sailed on the 13th
of February, but owing to the arrival that day of
the Golden Age (s.), Captain Porter, from this port,
a deputation of the leading merchants of Melbourne
waited upon Captain McDonnell, and requested
him to delay his departure, in order to afford them
time for replies, to which the captain readily as-
sented ; thus bringing answers to letters from this
country of the sth December—an act almost un-
precedented.
The passengers speak in the highest possible
terms of Captain McDonnell, and presented him
with a small nugget during the voyage as a token
of their gratitude.
The present voyage may be classed as one of the
best ever made by this vessel, when it is considered
that she had scarcely half her' complement of crew,
owing to desertions. She passed everything before
her, amongst otherships the celebrated Boomerang,
which sailed four days prior to the Marco Polo for
Callao. The Marco Polo was at the River Plate
thirty-five days after leaving Port Philip Head.
The screw steamer Australian sailed from Port-
Port-Philip Head on the 10th of February, for
Loudon, with several passengers, and 78,907 oz.
of gold. She was to call at the Cape of Good Hope,
for which she had 1,0001. in specie.
The news by the Marco Polo, though late, does
not possess much of interest to an English reader.
Adelaide papers state the Government measure
of having two chambers, one composed of nominees
of the Crown, was very unpopular, and a memorial
against its adoption largely signed.
A letter from Forest Creek, Mount Alexander,
dated Feb. 10, says :—" Hundreds of persons are
daily passing through here on their way to the
Tarrengower diggings, and the number of teams
loaded with stores of all kinds for the same place is
almost incredible. The reports of these diggings
are very favourable, but the great scarcity of water
is a serious impediment to the operation of the
diggers. There is another new rush about four
miles from Castlemaine, and the same distance
from Campbell's-station, in a parallel line with the
river Loddon, and leading into the Tarrengower
diggings at Bryant s Creek. There are some thou-
sands at work there doing well, and with every
prospect of the gold field being extensive. There
are no c shicers, every claim is paying, and the
sinking varies from six to twenty feet. The gold
found there is of a similar description to that at
Bendigo."

Froin Bendigo we learn that a considerable
number of persons, many of them storekeepers and
otherwise engaged in business, were leaving for
Callao, tempted by the accounts received there of
the discovery of gold in the country of the Incas.
The weather had become veay sultry, changing
suddenly to quite a chilly temperature. Doctors, it
is said, were reaping a golden harvest. Dysentery,
the scourge of the diggings, had begun to manifest
its fearfufpresence, the impurity of the water being
alleged as the cause.
The Sydney _Herald states that the export of
gold in 1853 was 584,0520 z. 18dwts. 10grs., which,
valued at 31. 155., makes 1,781,122/. 4s. The total
exports of Sydney were 4,497,400!., which is
1,000,000/. less than 1852. The export of wool
was 15,402,3351b5., against 11,086,9741b5. in
1852. The export of tallow had fallen off consi-
derably, only reaching 71,521 cwt., against
118,182 cwt. in 1852. The imports had not been
made up, but they were expected to show an
aggregate of 3,000,0001.