The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-12 00:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO

A panic is reported in mining stocks in San .r,a,D 1.524,
Gould and Curry sold at $l4O, Kentuck at $64, CbOlzaor®~
Hale and Norcross $124, Overman $63, and An'andeti°
8180, and this simultaneously with news of the o°, dice'
wealth in the fresh gold mines discivered in Newr,h,and
whereof the ledges are from 50 to 300 feet in wiu".speor.
contain ver rich artz. The location of the urines! t,12
the Sullit tieduroff Mountain, in the Virginia Liistricesof
miles west of Burr's Mountain. Tueson is said to be n
deserted. Colonel Dunne, commanding at Fort Bow'el the
established a post at the mines for the protection fJO
miners, and large parties are leaving San Diegos 6;0
Augelos for the new fields. A writer in the San Fr'°,,,f,
Scientific Press gives a startling account of the inist°,oll,
merit of some of the mines. He asserts that the sac mire,
jobbing of shares requires the mismanagement of tb„°,,501,
and sketches the modus operandi thus :—" If it is ne's",.r
to bull the shares, at the behest of a ring, the mine is
for the time being with the object of a large, contiLiu'f ord
increased yield of bullion. Every available ten °I; ell
is extracted in the shortest possible time, and Ico
,ir ,ejeg'
a hurried, slovenly, and wasteful manner.
work,' essential to future economical or successful solo
ing, isorb abandoned, and, in mining parlance, the `oSes°l,eid
mine are picked out.' The highest attainable price
reached, those on the inside sell, while the non-sPecli,lo
shareholders on the outside find themselves the pr°,ll, pef;
of a mine that requires as great an outlay of cv.po P
haps, to restore it to a condition for further workit it
did to open and develop° it in the first instance•
toil of,
necessary to bear the shares, then a large no°
needless 'dead work is done • shafts are sunk 01, OA
are run; large bodies of rich' ore may be exposeTh JP'
assessments crowd thickly upon one another, until floiLie
the wearied shareholder, so unfortunate as to be o°l3 Otit
the ring, either sells for a trifle himself, or i 5 S-DieDtf'.
under tEe hammer for arrears in unnecessary asses'orli
This latter process is identical with what is Plat c'h
known as 'freezing out' and has a very frigid e'vivo
shareholders of limited means." The lame dine' with
declare mining to be a failure, though Nevaul,',lllo:,
75,000 inhabitants, yielded last 'year $18,000,000 10 '„01011
and he . considers that in the fact of unseff„rtair,,
stock jobbing, and the high rates of interest Innotre4'
by a moneyed monopoly, the success of minim: is 3 odiP
of surprise, while he calculates that the bullion P,,,r
th
of Nevada would be quadrupled if relieved fr—
incubus.

A s°s
By command of the Queen a State Concert
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given last evening at Buckingham Palace, to which g
of upwards of seven hundred was invited. -Ml°se i
, td,
company were their Royal HighnesSes the Pri°,e-,, 10",
Princess of Wales, the Princess Louise, the
Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Christian. 111° Of°
and chorus, consisting of upwards of 160 performer,f,
selected from the Italian Operas, the Philharmolleb
Sacred Harmonic Societies, and her Majesty's Priv"t°
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has 1 tiO
graciously pleased to announce that her Royal Higilue.so
Princess of Wales will accompany Min on the occgsi°chil'
his Royal Highness's opening the pew schools for the -to
drew of seamen an others, in connection with St' 13(60
ock-street, London Docks, the church for searnea °
port of London, about the end of June.
n-011'
The marriage of the Hon. Elizabeth
daughter of the late Lord Londesborouo-h, and the 118,..'
I's
Dickinson, son of the late Sir Richard P. Dickinson, w
was solemnised to-day.

Sir John Simeon, M.P., is ordered by his we'
advisers to the Continent. held
The annual meeting of the Surrey Club 1109
yesterday at the Fridge House Hotel, Sonthvis
balance slin;2t showed that the recei is for the Y(4ao
b £.1,440 and the payments £2,020, leaving
hand. In the evening the members dined together
large hall of the hotel.

Mr. HEPWORTH DIXON'S " FREE RUSSLA•;IO'
Emperor of Russia has ex ressed, through Prince G°r,for!
koff, his thanks for a copy of Mr. Hepworth Di%°°?t°
" Free Russia," which tho author had presentea
Majesty. •
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THE ALBERT INSURANCE SOCIETY.—At a 111e0-0,
of the Manchester shareholders of the Albert Ins pr'"
Society, held yesterday, the scheme of reconstructic-
posed by the committee was adopted C
The Emperor has appointed Count Bens-
cellor of the Order of Maria Theresa. t
It is stated, observes the Church Herald, t:l9fl
Right Hon. W. E. Forster, Vice-President of the
of Education, is unbaptised, 111/
A lively young barrister has been
the Dublin Police-court, charged with wrench
Jo
knockers, and sent to gaol for a month. tiOrei
Lord Elliot arrived on Saturday at Constai,lioce
to resume the duties of his post there, after an a'S '
six months.
Mr. Isaac Butt, Q.C., has been named as the,
didate of the Liberal party for the vacant seat in
presentation of Dublin.
toPtO
A woman named Hannah Norman was .31,(1,,ap der
charged, at the Worksop Police-court, with a,t4:,-
to drown her daughter. On Saturday night, Nvii—oevell
the influence of drink, she dragged her daughter,?°lo
to a well, and was raising the cover to throw her 111'
a constable fortunately interfered.
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The treasurer of the Mont-de-Pietd at -
f° just absconded with a sum of £12,000.
FALL OF A WOODEN CHURCH.—The rooei oirorili,e
large wooden church in course of erection l'l,ll3betpit
street, Bridgeton; It had been completed a" ore)
putting on of the slates. Workmen had been engo 0:10
this portion of the work, but the weight proved °leo eA
for the sides, which were pressed outwards, the5„,.04V4
the roof without support. A number of the ce)r,o!
were buried partly in the debris, but with one 5-acv);el
none were seriously injured. It is fortunate the :ope;;01)
did not occur on Sunday. when the church w3' "
for public worship. At one service that day 5-0 JO
chiTldhreenrwoyerael in the building. tl9
robbed of five paintings by Gaodyrai,dthe has
subrieeceetsrit,.olTri::;:,ci
are a satirical allegory, two pictures of children alzaile'ele
guitarrero, and dogs in a hunting field. Fac-5t ri
these works, engraved on wood, have been serLeove
different museums of Europe with a view to the u- A
of the thief.
THE SITUATION IN AUSTRIA.—A specia- „f
01(0,,
of the Eastern Budget says that the negotiations
Potocki with the Polish leaders have not yet beZtOltile
the latter have shewn a very conciliatory disr;vitligli
the interviews which they have already bd" foro4;
Premier. Dr. Smolka especially, who lvss ,xrt'coo:
the most determined opponent of the rhofo"
tion of the Poles in the Reichsrath, ynt
only yielded that point, but has gone t°oGesle
to persuade the Czech leaders to make a like °c all) dr
Prince Czartoryski's political programme, as des el 9 prtfr
his speech at Paris on the 3rd of May, is a ri 00v.ivofe
sonal one, but it agrees with that which tue g 01)4
ment has determined to adopt in the event of it/life-06°0f',
of the negotiations with the Czechs. Prince, eat°
Dietrichstien, a strict Constitutionalist and aav°-poiii
compromise with the nationalities, has been is
Dor
Governor of Bohemia.
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A suggestion for the protection of shops oe •
glars has emanated from Mr. Ernest Turegiiiiiis g,ect
ber of the Royal Institute of Architects. 1-
tleman advises that all shutters should be :010,
white instead of black or brown as is now gt 15,01 A
the case. The light in the streets at nigh ° Be,
he considers, be reflected, and the ebailleo3ol3o
marauder escaping observation he thus bito e,
There are two objections to Mr. Turner's 11111'de 0;1),
burglars latterly have begun to ply their til, tos eit
matically and extensively they may be thougn' et
In the first place the owners would have i° gif
establishments painted several times a YearcoualPof
wished them to look respectable ; and seoditY°ollo
number of white shops in a street on Sliootootte
holidays would render its appearance 10° 113
and displeasing to the eyes of most people•_. to ':„et
winter a row of shops painted accordine otry
Turner's pattern would cause the aspect Of
to be terrifying.
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bol di4f
of
whiskyp 1,7 V
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the nd Co. oT.,heßireolfldasltltiolarwhe thisekylaisrgrerecas:4*
by the medical profession in meference to French b ntio;le
plied in casks and cases f(g• home use or exportation:"lri?,o
on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., RoP Duo
tilleries, Belfast ;. or at their London Offices, 4, Beaufor
Strazul3, W.O,