The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-24 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

MINING INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Mining Journal of this day.)
In the mining share market a fair proportion of busi-
ness has been done during the week, and inquiries have
been made for shares in the leading mines, at buyers'

prices.
In Devon Great Consols transactions have taken place,
in several shares, at somewhat lower prices; this is rather
unaccountable in the present position of the mine.
Levant, West Buller, Wheal Trelawny, and West Cara•
don, may find purchasers. We learn that Tincroft and
Lewis continue to keep up their late extraordinary im-
provements; buyers are freely found for each. Heignston
Downs have not maintained their position, although very
favourable reports are given of the mine. Condurrows
are still in request; notwithstanding the reaction referred
to in our last, shares have been done at our present
quotations. Misrepresentations have evidently been
made, with a view of misleading timid holders ; and we
would suggest that, when pursers or managers are aware
of such movements to procure shares under market
prices, an official report of the mine should have publi-
city, for the guidance of distant shareholders; and, if
they then sold, they would do so with an authentic
statement before them. We hear that the lode in the
shaft is worth 431. per fm., and the 70 end east, 50/.
per fm.; 300 tons of ore have been sampled this 'week,
and a large quantity of tin will be realised against the
two months' cost. Trehanes have been done, and may
find buyers at present
.quotations. Several reports
having been circulated withregard to the lode Cravingpassed through the shaft, and a consequent depre-
ciation having taken place in the shares, we are ad-
vised, from good authority, that the agents who first
raised the report now think it differently, as, at the
bottom of the shaft, a branch, containing lead, is drop-
ping westward (the underlay of the lode being- east),
and is thought to be descending to the lode. Even had
the lode been in the shaft, those who knew the mine
think little of it; and, in order that the case easy be
understood, we may observe that, from the 35th to the
55th fin. level, the average underlay was eleven inches
in a fathom; and, by continuing in this direction, the
lode would remain in the sett 183 fins. from surface. IV 'ere
the lode now in the shaft, the underlay would be greater
from the 55th than it was above; and, consequently,, the
lode would not be so deep in the mine. Above the. 55th
tin. level, the ores standing in reserve are said to be
worth 7,0001.
We learn that Birch Tor and Wheal Frances s;bares
have been done in the country, the former at an at lvance
on our last quotation. In Wheal Franco several shares
have changed hands, in consequence of the improvement
of the lode going down under the 47 fin. level; in this
winze there is a considerable quantity of ore being
raised of very good quality.
Shares in the following mines have changed ht Inds
during the week, viz.:—Devon Great Consols,East 'W heal
Rose, West Buller, Condurrow, Treviskey and B furies.,
Mines,. West
Basset,Mar T ne, ller
yAnrne,h
aWestCanrgnlionn, Wellington ,t Trelawny, South Wheal
Tolgus, Alfred Consols, Kingsett and Bedford, Stray
Park, Wheal Franco, Mendip Hills, Tincroft, Birch
Tor, Treleigh, Tamar Consols, East and South 'Pamar,
tol bi-monthly y divi-
dend. (the dividend
and Heignston Down.
The directors of the Devon Great Consols Mi-aes de-
clared
of
o nu. per s Wednesdayhare last,
amounting
now paid free of income-tax), leaving in ban d an
available balance in cash, Exchequer-bills, and ore- bills
due next month, of 19,4461. 13s. 6d. applicable to the
future prosecution of the mines. The advance .Dll, the
standard will give a considerable addition to the -vats
.week,
we the past month. Taking the standard of last
their
usual
5,201
we estimate the 1,442 tons sold on Thursday will irealise
upwards of 10,0001., including carriage; whilst the. costs
for the month, inclusive of every expense contingent on
the working of the mines, will amount to about 5,000/.;
consequently, a profit of 5,000/. for the month may be
anticipated.
Treviskey and Barrier meeting was held on Monday
last, when a dividend of 4/. per share was declared on
Treviskey for the months of January and February_
the profits on the two months amounting to 525/. 12s. 9d.;
a balance of 121. ss. Id. remains in hand, with the: ore
bills coming due; 416 tons were sampled on the ;14th,
and 360 expected for March or April.
A special meeting of Comblawn adventurers war. held
on Tuesday, when the accounts were audited and pa:ssed.
Resolutions were passed for the immediate erection of a
steam-engine of sufficient power to prove the mine effec-
tually, and the forfeiture of 50 shares, belonging to a
defaulting holder. A call of 10s. per share was also
made.
At the Great Polgooth meeting,
on Monday last, the
accounts for December and January showed a profit on
the two months of 9581. 16s. 2d. A dividend of il. 10s.
per share was declared, leaving a balance of 621. 1.65. 2d.
A meeting of the Trenance Company was held yester-
day, at which a call of 11. per share was made.
A meeting of Wheal Anderton was held at Tavistock,
on Thursday, at which favourable reports from Captains
Carpenter and J. Paull were read.
At the meeting of East Birch Tor, on Thursday, the
directors announced their intention of declaring a divi-
dend in June next.

At a meeting of Lanarth adventurers, on Monday, a
call of 11. per share was made.
In foreign mines, the principal business appears to
been in St. John del Ray, Copiapo, United Mexi-
can, Bolanos, and North British Australian Company.
We learn that advices have been received from the colo-
nial agent, stating that 350 tons of copper regulus had
been shipped at Sydney. This we presume to be the
produce of 600 tons of ore, which had to be discharged
at that port some time since, on the passage home, in
consequence of its heating in the vessel.
Gualdalcanal shares have been in request, and several
transactions taken place. We have seen the specimens
recently received from the mines, one or two of which
were very rich for silver, and we have since learned that,
from assays made on two samples, they were found to
contain 4,880 and 4,850 ozs. of silver respectively.
The Imperial Brazilian Mining Association received
dispatches on Monday and Wednesday last. The gold
returns, from December 23d to January 22d, amounts to
81bs. 1 oz. 9 dwts. Banana! returning 101bs. 1 oz. 6 dwts.
and Googo Soco 131bs. 7 oz. 3 dwts. The total, from
July Ist to December 31st, appears to be 2611b5. 7 oz.
16 tints.

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the United Service Gazette of this day.)
TROOPS FOR FOREIGN SERVICE.
The following detachments are under orders to em-
bark for the head-quarters of their respective regi-
ments:—

For the Cape of Good Hope—First battalion, 6th Re-
giment, 1 officer and 61 men; 45th Regiment, 1 officer
and 122 men; 73d Regiment 3 officers and 42 men;
second battalion, 91st Regiment'
Rifle '
Brigade, 2 officers and 62 5l men; first battalion,
men.
For the Mauritius-sth Fusiliers, 1 officer and 51 men;
second battalion, 12th Regiment, 1 officerand 31 men.
FOr Ceylon-15th Regiment' officer and 41 men ;
37th Regiment, 2 officers and 61 men.
Fur Canada-19th Regiment,-2 officers and 82 men;
20th Regiment, 1 officer arid 122 men; second battalion,
23d Fusileers, 1 officer and 51 men; second battalion,
71st Highlanders, 1 officer and 61 men; 79th High-
landers, 2 officers and 52 men; second battalioh, Rifle
Brigade, 2 officers and 143 men.
For New Brunswick—First battalion, Ist Royal Re-
giment, 3 officers and 73 men.
For Nova Scotia-38th Regiment, 2 officers and 83
men.

For Malta—First battalion 97th Regiment, 1 officer
and 41 men. Total, 27 officers and 1,229 men.
.Lieutenant-General Sir C. Napier proceeds to India
this day. He goes to Leghorn with the intention, it is
said, of calling on his brother at Nice. A steamer will
take him from Leghorn to Alexandria. Major Mac
murdo, Major W. Napier, and Brevet Major Kennedy
accompany Sir Charles to India. Sir Guy Campbell
and Captain Byng are to become members of Sir Charles's
Staff on his arrival in India,
ROYAL DOCKYARD ORDNANCE.F- The Admiralty
have ordered that eighteen of the twenty-four 32-
pounders appropriated to the use of the Woolwich
Dockyard Brigade are to be returned into the store of
Woolwich Arsenal.
THE NAVAL APPRENTICES.—The number of Naval
Apprentices at the ports is being reducedconsiderably,
without any new entries to fill vacancies. Another
draft has been sent to ber Majesty's steam-frigate
Arrogant, in lieu of first class boys, and to be borne as
such ; and the original number of 200 on board the
Rolla at Portsmouth is now reduced to 143. There
are hundreds of candidates for vacancies; but it is quite
uncertain whether they will be filled up.
THE ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE AT PORTSMOUTH.—
We have had our attention frequently called of late to
the great expenses incurred by youngwhooffimcaerresowldaoitffiinegerast,
Portsmouth to pass their necessary examinations in gun-
nery, &c. It would be much better. for
.the young gen-
'Amen themselves, and certainly of infinite advantage to
their parents and friends some
and needy men—if, whilst their attendance is neces-
sary at Portsmouth, they should be allowed the
benefit of living on board the guard-ship, and, conse-
quently, under discipline, instead of, as at present, being
compelled to live on shore in lodgings at a great ex-
pense ; and not only this, but exposed to the many
idle temptations which a seaport offers, to lead them into
scrapes. Even if they were, in these economical days,
mess
to run
nd
d adrift a
not allowed their pay and victuals whilst thus placed, it
were better to let them have the benefit of
mw
telssmates onto shore.associate
with on board ship, a
than
ALDERNEY GARRISON AMUSEMENTS.—We some time
since mentioned that two officers had been charged with
shooting a bull, belonging to an inhabitant of the place.
and we now understand that an inquiry had been insti-
tuted by order of the authorities into the circumstances
of the case— i
the result of which is, that Captain Douglas,
of the 14th Regiment, has been placed in arrest prepa-
ratory to the assembling of a court-martial for his trial,
of which Lieutenant-Colonel Torrens has been ap-
pointed President. The court-martial is to take place
at Guernsey, and Captain Douglas has already arrived
here.
DOCKYARD REFORM..—The Admiralty have issued
orders to all their establishments to the effect that hence-
forth all extra pay for permanent services rendered by
any one in her Majesty's services under the jurisdiction
of the Admiralty, is to be abolished.
SURVEY OF THE NEW WORLD.—Her Majesty's
ship Rattlesnake, Captain Owen Stanley, was at Cape
York in November last, and was to sail for Port
Essington and Sydney on the 2d of that month. Captain
Stanley has made rapid and very satisfactory pro-
gress in the survey of that part of the coast. Her
tender, the Bramble, Lieutenant-Commander Yule, was
also at Cape York, and would most probably await the
arrival of a vessel from Sydney, which was bringing up

s ;ock, horses, &c., for the overland expedition, under
fir. Kennedy, expected from Moreton The inner
essage through Torres Strait did not appear to be as
n such frequented by ships as could be expected. Out of
3 1 vessels passing through, 29 had taken the outer route,
a: id left their reports at Booby Island.
THE GOLD DIGGINGS AND HER MAJESTY'S SIM' PAN-
D ORA.—The report which has appeared in the papers
rt ,lative to the freight of 900,000 pounds sterling in gold
di Ist, which it was said the Pandora was bringing home,
is quite imaginary. She had taken a small quantity
fr fm California to Panama.