The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-13 00:00:00

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AUSTRALIA..

LlvEßeoori, AUG. 12..
The screw steam-ship Royal Charter has arrived
with advices from Melbourne to the 25th of May.
She brought 181,000 ouncos of gold, and 10,000
sovereigns on freight, besides a large amount of
gold and jewellery in the hands of passengers, of
whom there are 326.

The Royal Charter left the Heads on the 26th of
May. For the 30 days succeeding she experienced
strong easterly winds, and rounded Cape Horn
under steam on the 331 day out. During the re-
mainder of the passage baffling head winds prevailed.
In lat. 59 S., long. 90 W., she fell in with several
icebergs.
The Walmer Castle, for London, left Melbourne
on the 17th of May. The Kent was intended to
be despatched for London on the sth of June, and
the Joseph Jarrett, for Liverpool, on the 10th.
Our advices by this arrival record no political or
general news of importance.
The reaction against the feverish excitement of
the gold mania having nearly terminated, the
resources of the colony of Victoria were coining
into full play, and the inhabitants were looking
forward to a career of unexampled prosperity. The
local Government had taken the subject of railways
in hand, with the promise of pursuing the object
with zeal and energy. Under the auspices of the
Governor-General, Melbourne and Geelong would
soon be connected by railway, and a line had been
traced out from Melbourne, through the goldfields,
to the river Murray.
The Government had a balance of 700,0001. to
800,0001. to their credit at the banks.
In trade and commerce the absence of all specu-
lation and excitement had become an established
feature. Business generally was good. The fol-
lowing is a comparative statement of the imports
and exports for the first quarter of 1855 and that
of the current year :
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Imports first quarter 1855, 2,803,171/. ; 1856,
2,228,873/.
Exports first quarter 1855, 2,997,157/. ; 1856,
4, 492,660/.
The rate of interest for money was quoted at 8
to 10 per cent., but few transactions had taken
place at those rates.
The farmers of the colony were prosecuting their
pursuits with great energy and success.
Potatoes of the finest quality were selling from
ss. to 7s. per cwt., while the price of flour was
quoted at 261. per ton, enabling bread to be sold
at from 10d. to ls. the 4113. loaf.

The yield of the precious metal gt the various
goldfiefds continued steadily to increase, notwith-
standing the temporary obstacles of winter, and
the consequent cessation of operations on several
goldfields. The respective amounts brought down.
by escort for the first four months of 1856 were
962,040 ounces, against 589,337 ounces for the
same period in 1855. Up to the 24th of May,
1856, 185,897 ounces had been received, against
120,424 ounces for the same period last year.
The price of gold remained at 3/. 175., with
an active demand. The rumoured discovery
of new goldfields in the Gipps L tnd District,
far removed from the locality of the known auri-
ferous districts, had been confirmed by reports
from the district surveyor. At Mount Korong
diggings, which had been almost abandoned
as a failure, several monster nuggets had been dis-
covered. Quartz crushing continued on the in-
crease. There was very little doing in wool. For
tallow the demand for colonial use was -almost
equal to the quantity produced. The labour mar-
ket remained about the same as last quoted, there
being no material difference in the rate of wages.
What is called the eight-hour movement had been
pretty generally successful, but it was thought that
ultimately it would operate to the loss of those
tradesmen who commenced the agitation, as a large
influx of labour was arriving from the adjacent
colonies.

Sydney accounts state that the new Parliament
would be called together for the despatch of busi-
ness on the 22,1 of May.
The Governor-General had appointed Mr. Alfred
Denison to be his Excellency's private secretary ;
also, with the advice of the Executive Council,
Mr. William Macpherson to be clerk of the Legis-
lative Council of New South Wales.
The Sydney Herald says:—
" From the expression of political opinion made
by members of the Government during the recent elec-
tions we may anticipate that its general scheme of policy
will involve something like the following programme:—
The introduction of a Measure for the repeal of the two-
third clauses of the Constitution Act ; measures for the
establishment of municipal institutions; a comprehensive
system of education which shall allay animosities and
command general respect and support ; a revision of the
administrative departments of the Government, with a
view to a numerical reduction in subordinates, combined
with increased efficiency from ability ; a vigorous prose-
clVion of public works in general, and of railway exten-
sion in particular, with a view to the increase in the
value of the property of the colony, and the transmission
of the produce of its remote districts to markets not
available ; the full and unreserved consideration of the
land question, both as to the distribution of the land,
and the control of the revenue to be derived from it,
and with the object of according greater facilities to the
acquisiti,•n of public lands, with the prote'etion of existing
private rights, and of providing such a system of taxation
as shall bear more equally than at present on those who
have to contribute to the general revenueriof the country."
The Sydney commercial accounfi describe busi-
ness to be about the same as previov.sly reported.
At Adelaide the wheat and flour :market was dull
at a slight decline in price. Money was a little
easier. _ _

At Ballarat the purchasing rate of gold had ad-
vanced from the Bank pricy of 77s- 6d. to 78s. 3d.,
in consequence of a desire to ship by the Royal
Charter.

PPING INT ELLIG: ENCE.
The Sardinian, the Salem, the A theLtane, and the
Spray of the Ocean, hence ; the Tudor.. the Caldera, and
Carntyne, from London, and the Clutha, from Glasgow,
at Melbourne ; the Ellen Masterz, hetice, at Adelaide ;
the Enchanter and the Haltvvhistle,. from London, at
Geelong ; the Greenock, from G. la%:ovv, the Fayaway,
from Newcastle, and the Pbcenman, from London, at
Sydney ; the British Empire, from London, at Hobart
Town ; and the Nova, Be!da, from London, at Adelaide.

ARCHDEACON DENISON'S CASE.—THE JUDGMENT. --
BATH, August 12.—This being the day fixed upon for
the deliverance of judgmont in the case of Archdeacon
Denison, charged with ha sing preached doctrines con•
trary to the Articles of the Church of England, in rela-
tion to the real presence in the Sacrament of the Lord's
Supper, the court was crowded at an early hour. Dr.
Lusbington pronounced tale doctrine preached by the
archdeacon in the catheOiral church of Wells, on the
6th of August, 1853, to b e contrary and repugnant to
the 25th, 28th, 29th, and 35th of the Articles of Reli-
gion. Time was allowed. the rev, gentleman to revoke
his errors until the 21st of October.
CREDIT MOBILIER IN SW:(TZERLAND.—The Lausanne
Gazette gives the following carious details concerning the
subscription to the Zuri ch Cr edit Mobilier During
the three days fixed for. receiving subscriptions the crowd
which assembled was so great that no one could help feel-
ing pity for the poor wr et, ;dies who remained for half the
day pushing and elbowin 4 each other, and imploring,
almost on their knees, t bat they might be relieved of
their bank notes' rouleac x of gold, and sacks of silver.
Bavarian Jews have bees seen sxith game bags at their
backs containing million 4. One of these poor fellows,
after having pushed abt M ut for two days in the corridors,
was turned out of door a with 3.000,000 f. in his pocket,
to which extent he wis bed to subscribe. On the last da)
that the subscription. remained open, the amount
signed for attained the R inn of 218 millions, and just
before the close the re ceipts given wera in thi,
form Received a bag said to contain 500,000f.,'
land those who were not Bath fled with this vague docu-
merit were sent about their liusinesain