The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-08 00:00:00

CALIFORNIA.

The accounts from California confirm in some mea-
sure the statements previously set forth, that large
deposits of gold have been discovered on the banks of
the Sacramento ; but there are still great discrepancies
in the reports of the quantity that had been collected,
and the supplies for the future aro so purely hypothetical
that it seems needless now to speculate upon them.
That many of the adventurers will succeed in realising
large fon unes there is no reason to doubt, but that many
more will be disappointed in their object is equally
certain ; and it is very much to be feared that
thousands will lose their lives i❑ this race for
wealth, and sacrifice themselves to their own cu-
pidity. Sickness prevailed to a great extent at the
" diggings," particularly in the vicinity of the
Tulae marshes at Sutters, and in the valleys of the
Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. From these
parts many of the people are said to return to San Fran-
cisco well stored with fever and ague, if not with plc.
But these were minor troubles when compared with the
evil passions which had broken loose, and with unre-
srrained violence were c mtnitting the most frightful
atrocities. The moral condition of the country was bad
enough before these late discoveries, but now it is in a
state of perfect chaos; there is no protection for life or
property; might only is right, and all sorts of lawless
deeds are perpetrated with Impuni,y. Drunkenness is
unfortunately, too prevalent, and robberies and murders
are said to be numerous, although all do not come to
light. The inhabitants are unsettled, and the whole
state of society completely unhinged. Agriculture and
the mechanical arts are completely neglected; there are
no schools, or any prospect of there being any fur the
present; gold occupies the whole attention of the people,
and is likely to be a curse on the country. A correspond-
ent strictly recommends those who can do well at
home not to think of going there. He says, " Same
will make money doubtless, but more will make them-
selves sick, and perhaps return poorer than ever, if they
do not make shipwreck of good morals, and die, like
some already, in revelling and drunkenness. If they
can get more gold here, it should be borne in mind that
they will have to pay ten times the amount for all the ne-
cessaries of life, and the chances are against being so
well off in the end. At the mines, sugar, coffee, butter,
hams, potatoes, and other like articles are selling at 1
doll. per lb.; and real estate at San Francisco had risen
greatly in value. One allotment, of fifty yards square,
which cost two years ago 15 dollars, was sold lately a,
10,000 dollars. A gentleman, who had bee❑ employed
in suveying land in California, and whose expe-
rience in the gold districts of America gave his tes-
timony great weight, writes thus—" The geological
formations of California are similar to those in
other parts of the west coast, where gold has been found,
and the deposits correspond in every respect with pre-
vious discoveries; the veins are confined to the primitive
formation, and are found in fissures of limestone quartz
high up in the range, from whence it is washed by heavy
rains into the mountain streams, which form themselves
into rivers; and is thus deposited in the alluvial soil
formed by their periodical floods. It is also found in
the sand and gravel in the beds of the rivers, from which
it is easily separated by washing away the soil, the
specific grayly of the gold being greater than the earth.
It is f and in the largest lumps near the crevices from
which it had been displaced near the source of the
streams, and becomes less from friction, as it is carried
down the rivers till near the coast, where it is collected
in the lorm of fine dust, which is generally the purest
metal, being wholly separated from the quartz through
which it was originally mixed." Another authority states
that the placers of California are not richer than many
previous discoveries, which have not only been washed
out of gold, but also oat of memory; heece it is argued
from analogy that the new El Dorado will not produce
anything like the quantity which many people are in-
clined to believe, and that, considering the enormous ac-
, cumulation of gold which has taken place all over the
world since the discovery of South America, it would re-
quire a very large annual supply to effect that revolution
in prices which appears to be looked for by some, the
stock existing in both hemispheres being so large that
the tour millions sterling produced annually by Russia
alone has failed to bring about any change. However,
the information at present available, is still so uncertain
that nothing more than a guess cau be made as to the
probable future supply. Time only can solve the ques-
tion; but we augur nothing but good to this country
from the discovery; it will give a powerful stimulus to
commerce; the merchant, the manufacturer, sad the
agriculturist, will reap the benefit of its distribution, and
industry will be the heir to it, come in what quantities or
in what time it may.

THE WomuNG CLASSES.--A very large meeting
of the working classes was held last night at the Hail
of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, at which nearly
2,000 persons were present. Mr. L. J. Hansard was
voted to the chair, and resolutions were moved to the
effect that the Government, aided by the Legislature,
should adopt means for establishing a system of home.
colonisation, self-supporting, agricultural, manufac-
turing, and educational., It was also proposed that a
" Trade and Labour Protecting Board " should be esta-
blished to regulate the price of labour, and prevent
ruinous competition.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.
DIVIDENDS.
At: the Court, Basinghall-street.

W. Stiles, Lisle•street, Leicester-square, coppersmith,
March 27, at twelve.—A. Duffield and M. Duffield,
Slough, Buckinghamshire, ironmongers, March 27, at
eleven.—A. Rainey, Regent-street. Piccadilly, estate
agent, March 29, at twelve.—J. Wilson, Green's-end,
Woolwich, grocer, March 22, at eleven.—S. W. Young-
man, Norwich, wine merchant, March 29, at eleven.—
T. Day, Three Crown-square, Southwark, secretary of
the Southwark Savings Bank, March 29, at half-past
eleven.—P. Clarke, jun.' Colchester, pawnbroker, March
L 29, at eleven.—W. IBlackmore, Dean-street, Soho-
square, plumber, March 29, at twelve.—R. T. Tubbs,
Aldermanbury and Shoreditch, silk agent, March 29, at
eleven.—L. A. Lewis, Fleet-street, bookseller, March 29,
at one.—M. Emanuel and E. Emanuel, Hanover-square,
goldsmiths, March 27, at hilf.past two.—J. Starkey,
Horseftrry-road, Westminster, builder, March 27, at two.
-T. N. Brown, Fetter•lane, pawnbroker, and Throg-
morton-street, stockbroker, March 29, at eleven.
In the Country.
G. Thomas, Bristol, merchant, March 27, at eleven, at
the Court, Bristol.—W. Keene, Neath, Glamorganshire,
brewer, March 30, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol.—B.
L. Watson, Bath, hotel keeper, March 30, at eleven, at
the Court, Bristol.—F. Gill, Manchester, hardware
dealer, March 29, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester.—
T. Wrigley, Halifax, silk waste spinner, March 28, at
one, at the Court, Manchester.—M. Stephenson, Ay-
chffe, Durham, common brewer, March 30, at eleven, at
the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

J. Robertson, Somerset place, lie;niniton-common,
baker, 4fd., on either of the three next Wednesdays,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham,
Coleman street.

F. P, alte and J. Jillings,Honiton, Devonshire, drapers.
Gs., on either of the three next Wednesdays, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-
street.

B. G. Clode, Windsor, coal merchant, 4s. 6d., on either
of the three next Wednesdays, between eleven and two,
at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street.
H. Colenutt, Portsea and Portsmouth, baker, 2s. 9d.,
on Monday, March 12, and two subsequent M,,ndays,
between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Canaan,
Birchin-lane.

J. Wallace, Durham, grocer, 7d., in part of first divi-
dend of 25., on any Saturday between ten and three, at
the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
C. A. %Yawn, one of the partners of West Cornforth
Colliery Company, 35., on any Saturday, between ten and
three, at the office ot Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
T. Rowell, Hartlepool, Durham, merchant, 25., on any
Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr.
Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
G. Fletcher, Egremont, Cumberland, tanner, sjd. in
addition to 2s. 9d., on Saturday, March 3, or any follow-
ing Saturday, between ten anti three, at the office of Mr.
WAley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
E. Deflinne, Manchester, check and gingham manu-
facturer, Is. 6d., on the fiat issued Nov. 13, 1848, on
Tuesday, Match 13, or any subsequent Tuesday, be.
tween eleven and one, at the office ot Mr. Fraser, Man-
chester.

F. Deflinne, Manchest:r, check and gingham manu-
facturer, 1 9-16 d., on the fiat issued Sept. 26, 1844, on
Tuesday, March 13, or any subsequent Tuesday, be-
tween eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Man-
chester.

J. Ogden, Reddish, Lancashire, cotton spinner, kid.,
and 3s. 6d., on new woofs, on Tuesday, March 20, or
any subsequent Tuesday between eleven and one, at th©
office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester.

T. S. Goode, Manchester, merchant, Is. a, on Tues-
day. March 20, or any subsequent Tuesday, between
eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester.
J. Raleigh, Blanchester, merchant, 644., on Tuesday,

March 20, or any subsequ9nt Tuesday. between eleven
and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester.
G. Irewiit and G. Hewlett, Manchester, woollen dra-
pers, Is. 51,t., on Tuesday, March 20, or any subsequent
Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr.
Pott, Manchester.
J. Wragg, Melina.place, Westminster-bridge-road,
iron merchant, ss. 4d., on Thursday, March 8, and three
following T:,urselkys, between twelve and three, at the
office of M. Stansteld, Basinghall-street.
W. T. Gooding, Old Br ntford, glass cutter, 2s. 5d., on
Thursday, March 8, and three following T,ursdays, be-
tween twelve and three, at tie office of Mr. btansfeld,
Basinghull-street.

C. Bartlett, Southampton, merchant, V., on Thursday,
Mirth 8, and thre- folluvkirz Thursdays, betwe, n twelve
and three, at the otfice of blr. S•a:,sfeld B tsiingnall.street.
S. Berry, Ipswich, lict-tuisA victualler, 3s. 211., on
Thursday, March 8, and three following Thursdays, be.
tween tutrlve and ihree, at the office of Mr.- Stanzfeld,
Basinghall-stre, t.

A. Stewart, Liverpo..l, ship broker, 24, 6d. and 9s. 6i,
on new proo•s. 0:1 Thursday, =larch 8, or any subse-
quent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, B4sirighslt-srrert.
W. Trap, Warmaist. r. Watshire, mason, March 30,
It eleven—R. Living, Leadenhall-market, poultry s th•s-
man, March 29, at half-past twelve—J. Coles, Launron,
t)xh.roshire, baker, March 30, at twclve—A. 11.AIley,
Rornsk.) -terrace, Horseterry-road, Westminster, builder,
March 29, at twelve—W. Broady, Halkea.str, et W.-at:,
liclgr,ve-square, commission agent, March 28, at twelve
—J. Bennett, Hart-streetßlooai -bury, and High street,
Camden. town, artists' brnh manufacturer, March 29, at
eleven—R. W. Humor, Praed-street, Paddington, baker,
March 29, at one—T. Poole, South-square, Gray's lan,
'floury scrivener, March 29, at half-past eleven—J.
Mavn, Rayleigh, Essex, auctioneer. March 29, at eleven
—W. H. Sheldrake, Ipswich, Suffolk, boot and shoe-
maker, March 29, at twelve.
In the Country.
J. Faulkner, Manchester, coach-lace manufacturer,
March 26, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—A. Du-
misty, Liverpool, merchant, March 27, at eleven, at the
Court, Liverpool—W. A. Massey. Liverpool, wood
turner, March 28, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—
W. Okill, Liverpool, share-broker, March 28, at eleven, .
at the Court, Liverpool—B. Doe d, Liverpool, tailor,
March 27, at eleven, at the C .urt, Liverpool—A.
M`Comb, Liverpool, tailor, March 27, at eleven, at the
Court, Liverpool—H. V. Stroud, Pettisbury, Dorset-
shire, miller, March 29, at one, at the Court, Exeter
G. L. Betty, Taunton, Somersetahire, baker, March 29,
at one, at the Court, Exeter—T. Hill, Redditch, Worces-
tershire, builder, April 5, at twt Ire, at the Court, Bir-
mingham—T. Potts, Birmingham, metallic tube manu-
facturer, April 10, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—J.
Bishop, Worcester, carpenter, April 4, at ten, at the
Court, Birmingham.
At the Court of Review, March 27. • -
A. Smith, Meryl.- bone-street, Regent-street, wire rope
manufacturer—H. Kennedy, Taunton, Somersetshire,
draper—J. Hunter, King William-street, City, and
Buckingham street, Strand, merchant—J. Bradbury,
Thavies Inn, Holborn, lace merchant—J. S. Gomme,
Angel terrace, Hammersmith, cabinet-maker— W.
Mapnder, Peel-place, K.nsingron Gravel pits, baker—J.
Blackharne, Liverpool, tailor—O. W. King, Hart-street,
Bloomsbury, licensed vicrualler—J. Thompson, Shef-
field, victualler—H. D. Wilkinson, Sheffield, silver-
plater—T. Sneczam, Rupert-street, Coventry-street,
builder.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
G. Walker, S. Coulson, and W. Robson (so far as re-
gards W. Robson), Sheffield, electr -platers—J. S. Hunt,
J. Hunt, R. Ruskell, jun., and C. F. Hancock (so far as
regards C. F. Hancock), New Bond-street, Harrison-
street, Gray's Inn-road, and Manchester, goldsmiths—
S. Gould and E. Shem well, Oldham, Lancashire, cabinet
makers and upholsterers—H Priestman and J. Priest-
man, jun., Latchford, Cheshire, tanners and leather
dealers—J. Jukes and C. Bereharn, Stone, Staffordehire
—J. May, sen., and J. May, jun., Terrace, Sutherland-
square, Walworth road, Surrey, flour factors—D. Cope
and G. Batchelor, Liverpool, oil merchants and paint
and colour manufacturers—A. Taylor and T. Taylor,
Manchester, tailors anti drapers—R. Harvey and W.
Davis, Epping, Essex. brick and tile makers—J. Starr,
H. W. Farrar, J. Whitely, and W. Whitely, Leeds,
cloth manufacturers—W. Carter and T. Hitchcock,
Beckford-row, Walworth-road, Surrey, cheesemoagers
and provision merchants—J. Hooper and J. Ormerod,
Liverpool, leather and hide factors—R. Belson and G.
C. Couch, Norwich, plumbers—A. Gordon and A. Du
Bois de Ferrieres, Fludyer-street, Whitehall, engineers
—W. Walker and 0. Bailey, proprietors and publishers
of an engraved plate, entitled, " A Literary Party at
Sir Joshua Reynolds's"—W. P. Piggott and T.
Boddy, Wardrobe. place, Doctors' Commons, City,
and New Oxford-street, mathematical instrument
makers and opticians—W. Watson and J. Lister, Wood-
house Carr, Yorkshire, dyers and stovers—H. S. Rogers
and G. Cornwall, Strand— L. Henderson and C.
Lamont, Liverpool, seed and fruit merchants—J. Wood,
J. Stott, and H. Stott (so far as regards J. Wood), Hal-
lifax, Yorkshire, cotton warp makers—T. A: Verkruzen
and M. Verkruzen, Liverpool, Berlin warehousemen.--
11. Brown and W. H. Brown, Harleston, Norfolk, iron-
mongers—T. Robinson and Sarah Robinson, Burnley,
Lancashire, drapers and mercers—A. Young and A.
Young, Portsea, Southampt. n, drapers—W. Simpson
and U. Simpson, Leadenhall-street, City, woollen dra-
pers—S. Shieltell and R. Bridges, Rose-alley, New Park-
street, Southwark, pea and bean splitters.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. •
Robert Ewer, Balsham, Cambridgeshire, grocer.
John Gallon, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, smith.
Thomas Lambert, Chichester, rope maker.
Henry Scrace, jun, Trent, wood dealer.

Robert Reeve, St. Johm's-cornmon, Sussex, tailor.
Samuel Matthews Banks, Handswerth, Staffordshire,
plumber.
Thomas Kinder, Birmingham, butcher.

•
George Lawson Whateley, City-road, Finsbury, at-
torney at law.

Anthony Blanchard Pike, Pembroke Dock, Pembroke..
shire, clerk.
John Forster Newcastle-upon-Tyne, labourer.
William South, Colwall, Herefordshire, cattle dealer.
Elizabeth Williams, Liverpool, grocer.
John Finney Reed, Liverpool, professional singer.
Edward Gaskell, Great Crosby, Lancashire, omnibus
proprietor. _ _

. .
Musgrave Todd, Cockermoutb, Cumberland, innkeeper.
Francis George Leach, St. Petrox, Pembrokeshire.
clerk.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
D. Thompson, Glasgow, manufacturer, to meet
within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, March 10 and 31r
at twelve.

J. Hicks, Glasgow, bookseller, to meet within the
Globe Hotel, Glasgow, March 9 and 30, at three.
T. Boner, Edinburgh, stone merchant, to meet within
the writing- chambers of Messrs. Rowland and Thoznr
son, Edinburgh, March 13 and 31, at one.
J. Findlay, Aucbterarder, schoolmaster and gas ow
nufacturer, to meet within Phillip's Inn, Auchterartlert
March 10 and 31, at twelve.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, 31Aica T,

STOCK EXCHANGE.—We have had a very poor market to-dais
and closed without any change worthy of remark.—The sales are--
Caledonian, Preference, 7 per cent., 1114, ez in.—Ditto, Clydesdale
Junction, 6014 Great Northern (B) Shares. % dis.—Lancashire
and Yorkshire, Fifths, 24 dis.—Ditto, 101. Preference, 13( p.—Ditto,
Halves (late Huddersfield and Sheffield), 914 dis.— Ditto, Halves (law
Lancaster and Bury), 954 dis.— Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding
Union), 4 dis.—Lancaster and Preston 514 dis—London and North-
Western, 136% ex div.—Ditto, Quarters, 5% p. ex in.—Ditto (Leeds
andDewsbury), 4514 ex in.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 104
Preference, 10%—Midland Stock, 112% c. ez div.—Ditto, New
halves, 7% dis.—North Steordshire, 3 c. dis.—North Union (A),
216—Scottish entral, 2514—South-Eastern, Thirds (No. •),
York, Newcastle, and Berwick Extension, 1% dis. ex
(G. N. E. Purchase), %

MANCHESTER, MAJcU 7.
STOCK Excite:cur.—The sales are—Aberdeen, Preference, 9.16
P.—Bolton, Blackburn, Clitherou, and West 'Yorkshire, Preference.
(B), 17.34 —Caledonian, Preference, 11 8-16 c. in.- East Anglian,
Preference (6 per cent.), East Lancashire, New, 6 dis.—Kendal
and Windermere, s—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Quarters, 4%
Ditto, 3U. Shares (late Extension), 6% dis.—Ditto (W. R. Union), 3%
dls.—London and North-Western, Thirds, 9% c.—North Stafford-
shire, 2 15-16 dis.—South•Eastern and Dover, Thirds (No. 4), 734 c.

BIRMINGHAM, Marten 7.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—. North Staffordshire, 2_,S:
Shrewsbury and Ambergate, Preference, 2 p. - Shropshire Union,
2% south Staffordshire, 3%.

BIRTH.?.
On the 3d inst., at Albany-road, Camberwell, Mrs. Jobs
R. Algar, of a son.
On the 2d ult., at Varna, the lady of Lieut.-Colonel E. St.
John Neale, her Majesty's Consul in Bulgaria, of a daughter.
On the sth inst., at Chester-street, Belgrave-square, the
wife of M Wyvill, jun., M.P., of a son and heir.
On the sth inst., at Park-cottage, Pelham-road, Bromptonr
the wife of F. W. Du Pre Dyer, Esq., of a sen.
On the sth inst., at Russell-square, the wife of R. Bagallal'
Esq., of a son.
On the 4th inst., at the Rectory, Compton Martin, the Wife
of the Rev. R. Baker, of a son.
On the 2d inst., at Lawn-cottage, Battersea, the lady of
J. H. E. Ridley, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 3d inst., iu St. Jamey's-square, the wife of Charles
Sumner, Esq.. of a son.