The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-27 00:00:00

MONDAY EVENING,

long their labours beyond the usual period ; while
in some of the " dry diggings " the drought dried
up the streams and stopped the work, for even
in the " dry diggings" the gold requires to
be washed to separate it from the mud and dross.
The late moderate falls of rain have, however, en-
abled the miners to resume work. From the supe-
rior accommodations put up during last summer a
much greater number of the miners will winter in
the mines, and more work will be done this season
than heretofore.

There is an opinion current that gold is getting
scarce. This is not so. There is no scarcity of
gold ; there is abundance for the wants of trade.
Since the injudicious and unjust expulsion of the
Mexicans, however, a remarkable change is ap-
parent in the character of the gold brought in
for sale.

The Mexican miner took a pride in having his
" pile" composed of pure gold, -which his superior
skill in earning it, and his expertness in cleaning it,
with less lsbeur than his rival neighbour the Ameri-
can miner, enabled him to gratify. The Mexican's
"pile" bore an intriniic value over the same weight
of badly cleaned gold. The Americans teke less
pains in cleaning, and as they can generally pass off
their gold at 16 dolls. the ounce in trade, without much
regard to its purity, they are gainers by their system.
This has thrown a great deal of dirty gold-dust into
the market, which the bankers either reject or take
at a reduced price, and has naturally rendered good
clean dust, such as is wanted for " remitting," scarce.
The " yield" of gold has not diminished. We are
justified in believing, from the now frequent use of
machinery in mining, that it is increasing.
The amount of gold exported in November, as ma-
nifested, was 4,337,000 dolls. The steamer Oregon,
which leaves today, takes 1,500,000 dolls. The
steamer Republic, which sailed on Friday last, the
29th of November, also for Panama, took 300,000 dolls.,
and the steamer Tennessee, which sailed for the same
port on the 15th ult., and the several sailing vessels
which left during the month, took the balance.
Her Majesty's ship of-war Daedalus, Captain Wel.
lesley, left for Valparaiso direct on the 12th of Nov.
She had a specie freight of 100,000 dolls.
Exchanges—London, three days' sight, 480. ; 30
days' sight, 491. Paris, three days' sight, sf. ; 30
days' sight, sf. 10c. to sf. 15c. Hamburgh, 30 days'
sight, 43L. Mexico, Ito 2 per cent. premium. Ha-
vanna, ditto. Lima and Valparaiso, 30 days' sight,
7 to 8 per cent. premium. New York, New Or-
leans, Philadelphia, and Boston, at par of exchange.
The cholera has disappeared in Sacramento city.—

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1851.
The following are the present fixtures as nearly as
we can ascertain :

FEBRUARY.

Lincoln

6 1 Liverpool Spring

MARCH.

Coventry 4
Doncaster Spring
18 Warwick Spring

Kipling Coates
Northampton .
Newcastle-on-Tyne S 2B

Croxton Park 1
Catterick Bridge... 3
Epsom Spring 4
Newmarket Craven
The Hoo l2

Milton l5
Newmark, First Spring 21
Abergavenny 24
Chester

Newmkt. Second Spring 6
Plymouth Spring
Liverpool Il (Hoy lake) 7
Shrewsbury 8

Edinburgh
York Spring
Bath l5
Epsom
r NE.

Jul
Ascot
Beverley, Hull, &c 4
Hampton ll
Manchester ll
Bibury l9

S. Lanett. hire (Newton) 18
Stockbridge
Winchester 2O
Newcastle

Ne,,market
Carlisle ........ 1
Lancaster
Worcester

Liverpool ........ , 9
Stamford l5
Nottingham
Goodwood
UST.

Ripon
Brighton 6
Wolverhampton ..... 11
Lewes l3 or 14

York
Egham 27
Derby

SEPTEXBEft.
Warwick
Radcliffe 8 Bedford 22 or 23
Lichfield . .
Weymouth lO Manchester Autumn.... 25
Doncaster