The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-15 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY

EVENT NG, JULY 15, 1847•

.LIA. . . •
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TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. • :.
SIR—I wish through the medium. of your widel Y-c---
culated journal to inform your numerous •reisaere,O. f the
great demand that has recently sprung up in this tiOeeY
for gold, which commands a premitlm of *Oat :17afee . to
five per cent., therefore, persons emi:griiting to, or trees's-
miffing funds to South Australia, should bringnise tr.#
out sovereigns, there being no other ciietibel. of resnittiOg
cash to this colony that will be found ne_4ll4Fatrauta-
geous. Added to which, money may he plead out by
way of mortgage on first-rate securities, equal ua
every respect to freehold land in Middlesex, et fifteen to
twenty per cent. per annum interest; and second-rate
securities, such as freehold and leasehold houoes, twenty
to thirty-five per cent. per annum interest; but on third-
rate, or inferior securities, money cannot be c btained ;
brokers
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be raised in such cases on goods, plate, watches, guns, . or
any articles of value, they must be sent to the auetio. ti•
rooms, and sacrificed at whatever they will sell for„
which is often done at the almost incredible loss of 200.
to 1,000 per cent. on the prime cost, for no buyers here,
will part with their cash unless they have the prospect of
realising immense profits. I have known a buyer at one,
of these public auctions purchase nails at one farthing
bvtapheoteelrteuihmrpeoepruxl
aonttyrdeeemwdo
fe iognhet ,
shillingand
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r afterwardspoun sell l 1 them
Such are the truly disastrous consequences re-
o f theimtyo;
ing to parties who are obliged to raise funds in
and volumes
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colony spec'
oiof nisoaluoaryteerryolfinothiteed,loaboedwinhegrreecaatprietgalucea:
Copperowco
and an importation of 4,0001. to 5,0001.0 sterling, t
sandh halfpennies would
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colonists,pennies con-
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abundance,
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expectations.
sufficiency
ißutn silver
circulation
coin
a
in the colony.
I have no doubt, with the combined influence of ca-
pital, suitable labour, and shipping, that South Australia
A ill be eventually one of the most valuable colonies of

SOU

the British Crown.
The introduction of money is the first step to-
wards her advancement, then suitable labour, by which
I mean labouring persons adapted to the wants of the
colony—such as miners from Cornwall, and some agri-
cultural labourers from Suffolk, Norfolk, and Essex.
And to show the scarcity of farm servants, it need only
be stated, that bullock drivers employed in driving the
bullocks and drays loaded with ore from the mines to
Port Adelaide, are receiving one pound sterling per
week wages, and their victuals. As to good working
miners from Cornwall, they may be sent in any numbers.
for such are the vast mineral riches of the colony, that
no bounds can be set to the employment required in this
department. And, although her agricultural and pastoral
prospects are extremely good, they will never require
such an influx of labour as is now in demand for working
the numerous mines ; as, owing to the paucity of labour,
several of the copper mines are only partially worked,
and some not worked at all.
Indeed, her Majesty's Land and Emigration Commis-
sioners can make no mistake in sending out as emigrants
working miners from Cornwall to any extent, as the
wants of the colony in this respect are of the most
pressing description ; for the working miner of South
Australia is, at this time, actually getting paid for his
labour five times the amount paid to the working miner
of Cornwall.
And before I quit the subject of suitable labour
required in South Australia, I would not omit stating
the great lack of female servants in the colony ; and if
two thousand to three thousand young females of the
working classes,from fifteen to twenty-five years of age,
were sent out here they would obtain situations imme-
diately, for such is the demand for cooks, nursery-
maids, laundry-maids, dairy-maids, and other domestic
women servants, that they can get almost any wages they
ask, and many of the settlers cannot obtain servants of
this description on any terms, as the scarcity of female
servants at this present time is without a parallel since
the foundation of the colony.
In conjunction with capital and suitable labour, tha
other requirement is shipping, there existing a great
want of vessels to take away the mineral ore, wool,
corn, gum, bark, and other produce of the colony, as the
merchants' warehouses :are breaking down with the
weight of their burdens, for ships are not to be obtained
for freights.
The journeymen trades who do well here are, wheel-
wrights, blacksmiths, carpenters, bricklayers, tanners,
and malsters. These descriptions of persons readily ob-
tain 7s. to 10s. per day for their work, which is nearly
double what they would get in England. But as to
artists, clerks, agents, engravers, Spitalfields weavers,
and cork-cutters, they will get little or no employment,
and had much better stop at home.
I am afraid, Sir, I have already extended iny letter
much too long for insertion in the columns of your
valuable newspaper ; but I trust you will pardon me
when I state the only motive I have in sending you this
communication is to enlighten the British public as to
the immense capabilities of this very surprising colony,
and to acquaint them with the foregoing facts and in-
formation, in order that some of your intelligent and
wealthy subscribers may turn it to their advantage.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, G. B.
Adelaide, South Australia, Feb. 5, 1847.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, JULY 14.
STOCK EXCHANgE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties,
207is—East Lancashire, 1 di'.—Ditto, New 1,4
dis.—Hud-
dersfield Canal and Railway, 13% p.—Leeds and Thirsk, Pre-
ference, % dis.—London and North-Western, New Quar-
ters, 10% p.—Manchester and Leeds, Halves (late Hud. and
Sheff.), 2% p.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union),
p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, 2 dis.
—Midland Stock, 1281,1—Ditto, New, 44 p.—North Staf-
fordshire, 2% p.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 (issued
as Third shares at 6 2-3), 6s. 3d. dis.
7c%rt Ep.x—The—r:hcelisthalsers(ze—acA.7
MANCHESTER, Rix 14.
pbererfgeant3en,tiNals,ottin3 Notting-
ham,
.am, and Boston, 1% dis.—Birmingham and Oxford Jturc-
thion
—Derby, Stafford, and Worcester, 1 dis.—Eastern Conn•
ties, York Extension, dis.—East 1711 anca "
3-16 p.—Exeter andm
Exouth, % 14
New
(scrip),
dis.—Great Northern,
London and York Extension (scrip), 1,4 dis.—H dd nsfield
and Manchester Railway and Canal u
31%—Ditto, 1e 18-16
p.—Leeds and Think, Preferentials, 11-16 dis.—Leicester
and Bedford, 1,4 dis.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle
Junction, 1% dis.—London and North-Western (Manches-
ter and Birmingham), Quarters (C), 61,t: p.—Manchester
and Leeds, 32!. Shares, par—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock,
and Midland, 14 dia.—North Staffordshire, 2% p.—Oldhana
Alliance, par—Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), p.7-South-
Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 5-16 dis.—South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole, par—York and Newcastle, Preference, 4p.
SHEFFIELD, JULY 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Manchester and Leeds
(West Riding Union), ls. 6d. c. p.—Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincelnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 20/. Shares, 31i
dis.—Ditto, 12/. 10s. Shares, 395. dis.—Ditto, Docks, 44 dis.
—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln), 3g dis.—Leeds, Wakefield,
and Midland, 235. dis.—South I orkshire, Doncaster, and
Goole, 3s. dis.

LEEDS, JULY 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 275. 6d. n. di&—East Lancashire, 15s. n.
dis. —Ditto, New, % dis.—Ditto, New (scrip), ls. p.—Groat
Northern, 345. dis. —Huddersfield and Manchester, 1% n. p.
—Leeds and Dewsbury, 4% p.—Ditto, Halves, 1% p.—
Leeds and Thirsk, 614 n. dis.—Ditto, Preference, 12s. 6d.
dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midand, 1% dis.—London and
Brighton, and South Coast, Consolidated Eighths, 3 p.—Lon-
don, Oxford, and Cheltenham, 15s. dis.—Manchester and
Leeds, 321. Shares, ls. n. p.—Ditto, Fifths, 4% n. p.—Ditto
(West Riding Union), 4s. 6d. p.—Newcastle and Berwick.
83% n. p.—Ditto, New, 3 p.—North British, Quarters, 261.
6d. c. p.—North Staffordshire, 23 n. p.—North-Westernt
1% n. dis.

EDINBURGH, Jun. 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 301.-'
Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/. 10s.-Arbroath and Forfar, 261.
10s.-Ditto, Halves, 14/. 10s.-Ayr and Galloway, 2L. 105.
-Caledonian, 30/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, New, W.-Caledonia!Lt.!
Dumbartonshire, 1!. 13s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction! Sand
Deeside, 3/. 55.-Dunblane, Doune, and Callender, 1.4-_
iv": go:
-Dundee and Arbroath, 37/. 10s. ex div.2-IDexittmi"
div.-Ditto,
1,'29/. 10s. ex div.-Ditto, New, No. 2, 3
13/.. Ditto,
N'ew, No. 3,3/. 10s.-Dundee and Northern
lie. 6d. -Dundeaand Perth, 33L-Ditto,
6d.-East Lothian
East of Fife, IL 18s.
81 ss. Quarters, 31. 31. 63.-
h and Bathgate, . -
orthNe:,J_uncti_on, 11.
Central, 11. 17.6-Edinburg
itto,
Leith, and Granton, 191.
burgh and Glasgow, 69kinPurh
Quarters, 17/. 2s. 6d.-Ed n
201.108.--Ditto, New, 2/. Is. 6d.
Halves, 221. 10s.-Ditto,
2s. 6d.-Ditto, PreferenceLdinbar
gh and Northern, ISt. 58.
-Ditto, Quarters, 13s-7.P, Newport, 71. Bs.-Ditto,
rgh and Perth (New Co.),
L 11s. 6d.-
d.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1,
Halves, 6s. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 1201.
IL 3s. _Ditto,
ditto, New, 2ew, 31.
155.
EDdinittbou,
k, 42/. 2s. 6
GGlasg°arnkwiA,Dum39l.
15a-Ditto, New Stock,
Halves, No.G2la, s
g6ol.wllas.n-d
91. 75. • .
-Glasgow General Terminus, 121. 158.-Glasgow and Gov.
nock, 19/. 33.-Ditto,
.Halves, 9/. 10s.--Ditto, Preference,
Si. 2s. 6d.--Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 3/. 12s. 6d.
-Great North of Scotland, 11. 17s. 6d.-Great Northern
(late Direct Northern), 41. ss. 6d.-Ditto (late London and
York), 1/. 125.-Newcastle and Berwick, 291.10x.-North
fries, and6dc-arDliseiltwet,o,sstillo.
British, 331.-Ditto, Halves, 151. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters,
4/. 10s. 6d.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 168.-Ditto,
Thirds, 2/. lls. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, 6/. 10s.-Scottish Cen-
tral, 281.-Scottish Grand Junction, 195.-Scottish Midland.
181.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, IN.-Shrewsbury, OswestrY.
and Chester, 9/. 10e.-Ditto, New, 1/. 2s. 6d.-Stirling and
Dunfermline, 41. 17s. 6d.-Stirling and Midland, 2/. 55..,...
Wishaw and Coltness, 491.-York and Newcastle, 381.--•
Ditto, New, 17/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Preference, 12/. 17s. 6d----
Direct Bombay and Madras, 2s. 3d.-East Indian, ss. 3d.--
Great North of India, 2s. 6d.-Great Southern of Madras,
25.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, Is. 6d.
GLASGOW, JULY 13.
Aberdeen, 29-II
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are--
65.
East Indian,
Dundee and Perth, 33L-Ditto, Quarters, 668.
and Perth,
4s. 9d.--East Lothian Central, 378.- di D
rE 1211.-Ditto (5 per
225.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and ) ,
AG'reenock, Halves, 9%-
cent. guar.), 421A-Glasgow and
_Ardrossan! 755.-Great North
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and
cl.-
of India, 25.-Manchester- and Southampton, 148. 6
h British, Thirds, 51s. 6d.
•"0. New, 21s. 6d.-North
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been ti t o
familiar
the S ltyo, deal s
The one-act burletta just
produced
ADELYIII THEATRE.
called 0
with stage matter
thea-
trical audiences—that of a gamesome husband escaping
at this ththeaattre,
has long
from his wife, upon a fictitious plea, to play incontinient
pranks elsewhere, and meeting with her when least ex-
pected and when most inconvenient. The present illus-
tration of a dilemma of this kind is, however, no less
amusing than those which have gone before, and the
audience sanction its repetitiola every night with great
apparent good humour. Mr. Selby, a ready hand in
constructing farces of this character, is the author, and
upon him also devolves the task of playing the hero.
He is well seconded by Mr. ,lunyard, Mr. Worrell, Mr.
1{(:3 1, :r A R: 1.. n, Mi,s Men (That).l,l ,iiii Mrs. Frank

ERENCH. harlequin,
arrived from Boulogne, has brought 35 heifers, being
the
first importation of live cattle into the metropolis UVW
France daring the present season.