The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-12 00:00:00

HOLDERS.

11 elders of season and shareholders' tickets may introduce
friends on Sundays, by procuring from the office of the Com-
NoY, during the week, such number of admissions as they
may require. None but season and share ticket-holders can
Procure these admissions •
Season tickets will be issued on and after the let of May
next, at the Royal Surrey Gardens, where the offices of the
Company will then be held ; and also at Jullien and Co.'s,
v_l4, Regent-street. All applications must be addressed to
the
Royal Surrey Gardens, either to Mr. Tyler (the Manager),
or to the 6ccrotary.
A.Pril 26, 1856. By Order, W;d. ELLISJ Secretary)

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The future division of Profit will take place every Five years.
Any sum not exceeding 15,000/. may be insured on one life.
This Corporation affords to the Assured
Liberal Participation in Profits—with exemption from the
liabilities of partnership.
A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Socie-
ties—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock.
The advantages of modern practice—with the security of an
Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of
'early a Century and a-half.
ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
JOHN A. MOHAN. Actuary and Secretary.

SCHWEPP'S MALVERN SELTZER
leased the Holy Well Spring at Malvern,
renown7dAfTorEißts‘—purlitry.ngJ. S. and Co. can now produce a SELTZER
WATER with all the Chemical and Medicinal Properties which have
rendered the Nassau Spring so celebrated. They continue manufac-
turing SODA, MAGNESIA, and POTASS WATERS and LEMON-
ADE, at London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby.
Every Bettie is protected by a Red Label bearing their signatures.

APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED.
LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops.
and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad,
and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to
perfectly digest the food.
The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the beat safe•
guard to health.
Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchnrch-street.
London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barela3
and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and raer
chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce.
N.B.—To guard Against imitations,
and PrA4.12,157 are upon the lad Aucl Patent gap of tin Mgt:
seo that the naives of "LEA

OFFICE OF WORKS, &c.,
12, WBoEILALL-PLACE, MAY 7, 1856.
TENDERS will be received at this Office from
Persons willing to enter into a CONTRACT to supply and
deliver to Government Offices in London the following Articles, from
the Ist June next to the 31st May, 1857, both inclusive :
OIL.
Genuine Sperm Oil, not less than lbs. to the
gallon
Cottons for ditto ..........
.... • • • • at per gross
Genuine Colza Gil, not less than lbs. to the
gallon
Cottons for ditto
Genuine Rape Oil, not less than lbs. to the
gallon
Cottons for ditto ................at per gross
Genuine Sicilian Oil, not less than lbs to the
ga110n.... ..... • ... at per gallon
Cottons for ditto •............. •.....
Balls of C0tt0n........ •• . ....
Flat ditto • •
per dozen
Tow ..... . ..... .... ......... .. .......
Spirits of Wine. . ......
Si
CANDLES.
Best Store or Dips, of any sizes required .. . at per dozes lbs.
Ditto Moulds •• • at per lb.
1.
.OFfroernMehodGelratsorLaLmamp psChireys •••• " • • at
•• •• „
•
Ditto Palmer's Metallic ~
Ditto Sperm
Ditto Beinont ditto ,P
Ditto Wax ,/
ditto, Taper or Sealing „
Ditto y
Ditto American 1 ax
BDBilentstt Composite
Ditto ditto, Taper or Sealing „
Ditto Belmont Wax ,•
•
P.......
Ditto Wax
Lamp Wicks •• •
SOAP.
Ditto ditto, Taper or Sealing ~ -• •
ougies, for tin boxes.....

Best Siottled . • •• •• ... .... at ....... .........•
Per cwt.
Second quality ditto. ...... ......
• „
Best Yellow
•••••••••
Second quality oitto ••• .. •• •• .• • • • • • •
•• Of
Best White Curd .. • . .... ••
.•
••
•• 21
Best Old Brown Windsor Soap.. .. ••
at per lb.
Ditto White ditto.• ••.• ••
Honey Soap
Soft Soap .• .• .. ........ .• •• ........ ..... .
SUNDRIES.

d
Soda.. ..... • • • .• • • • • •• • • • • • • ...... • • • at per cwt.
Black Lead (in packets to order)
z bundles
Ditto (in kegs or loose) .
Hearth Stones •• • • • at per dozen
Bath Bricks . • • • • • ........
ft
Emery, Glass, or Sand Cloth. • • • • • • • • • • • ...• at per quire
Mason's Dust • . • • .. • • • • . ..... • • • • . • • • .. • • at per bushel
House Sand ...• • • • • • • ...... • • • • • • • • • • • If
Silver Sand .. .............. •
at p ~
en
Brimstone Matches
Bell and Black's Lucifer Matches (in boxes) at per gross
Hyam's ditto (in boxes)
Bell's Camphorated (in boxes) .... • • • • • • • • • • ~
Wax Lucifers (In tin boxes, containing 100 in
each)
Ditto (in card boxes, containing 1,000 in each)
~
German Lucifers at per dozen boxes
Crocus Powder.• . ... „
...........•
Fuller's Earth ...... • • .• 7. •
Isinglass ....... . ..... .. • ••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • at per lb.
Best Starch .. • • . • • •
Rotten Stone.• • • ... • • • • • • • • • • • • . - ft
Stone Blue.. • • • •
Gum Arabic......
Common Glue
Best Sansbury ditt0...........
Emery Powder..
Best Whiting.... • • • • ..
Pearl Ash
Pipe Clay
. at per pint
Vitriol
Tweet Oil • •
Ditto • • .• .. • ..... • • • • • ..... .............. in full sized flask
Ditto, droppings... • ... ...... at per quart
Turpentine ........ .
Blacking (Day and Martin's) ... .... • • at per quart bottle.
Tenders must be enclosed in sealed envelopes, directed to the First
Commissioner of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, Office
of Works, 12, Whitehall-place, and marked outside with the words,
" Tender for Supplying Government Offices." They must also be
delivered at the Office of' Works on Tuesday, the 20th May instant,
before 12 o'clock at noon.
A List of the Offices to be supplied, and at which the articles are
to be delivered by the Contractor, in the quantities and at the time,
required by the proper officer of this department, may be seen at this
Of ice between 10 and 4 daily (except Sunday) ; and printed Forms
of Tender may also be obtained at the same place.
The Firse Commissioner will not be bound to accept the lowest
Tender, or any Tender; but the person whose Tender may be ac.
cepted is to enter into a formal contract, to the satisfaction of the
First Commissioner, for the proper supply of the articles for which
his Tender is accepted.
By Order of the Ent Commissioner of her Majesty's Works and
rublio Buildings.
, . ALFRED AOSTlN,fitscretary.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.
The Royal Mail ship Ocean Chief, Capt. T. J.
Tobin, of the Black Ball line of Australian packets,
arrived off the coast of Cornwall last night, and
larded some of her passengers, amongst others
Capt. James Nicol Forbes, the commander of the
ill-fated Schomberg. Captain Forbes arrived in
Liverpool to:nighlt and supplied us with files of
Melbourne papers to the 25th of Februaryinclusive.
The Ocean Chief sailed from Port Philip Heads on
26th Feb., and arrived at St. Ives in 73 days—the
fastest run made during the last,lB months.
She brought. about' 80 passongers and 50,000
ounces of gold, in addition to a cargo of wool and
copper ore.

The Royal Mail ship Marco Polo, with the Eng-
lish mails of Dec. 8, arrived in Hobson's Bay as the
Ocean Chief was leaving, 79 daysfrom Liverpool.
'The following vessels had also arrived :—At Mel-
bourne, Feb. 19--Helene, from Eaniburg ; 20th,
John Pearse and Nimrod, from London ; 21st,
Golden Era, froth New York, and. Cohota' from
Boston, U.S.; 23d, New Great tritain and Land
o' Cakes, from London. At Adelaide—Feb. 19
Albeinarle and Investigator, from London. At
Geelong—Feb. 22 : 'Steadfast, from London.
The Roxburgh Castle was to sail for London
March 1 ; Medway, March 2 ; George Marshall,
8 ; and Viscount Canning, 21 ; the Eagle, for Li-
verpool, Feb. 27 • and the R.M.S. Mermaid,
March 10 ; and the Morning Star, for Bristol,
March 12.

The charge against Captain Forbes was, after
soma adjournments (owing to prosecution not hay-
ing the case completed) tried before the Chief Jus-
tice, in the Supreme Court at Melbourne, on the
21st of Feb. Cap. Forbes "as .indicted under the
Watkulansti.attheateithant'Stapping 'Act .of 1854,7
17 and 18 Vic., c. 104. The first charged the de-
fendant, as master of the ship Schomberg, with
neglect, of duty on the 26th December, 1855, iu
not altering the course of the ship, and thereby
causing the destruction thereof. The second count
was similar to the first, alleging the neglect of duty
to be not keeping the ship from the shore. The
third count alleged the neglect of duty to be that
the defendant himself did not keep diligent watch
on deck. The fourth count alleged the neglect of
duty to be not having the anchors ready to let go
on approaching the shore. The fifth count alleged
the neglect of duty to be in not letting go the an-
chors to prevent the vessel striking the shore. The
fifth count charged the defendant, as master of the
Schomberg, with standing too close to the shore,
whereby the ship was destroyed.
The witnesses examined were James Hodge, the
boatswain ; Thomas Jenkins, a sailor ; H. Casey,
J. Conolly, F. Adams, and P. Ryan, passengers ;
Capt. B. R. Mathews, agent for Lloyd's, and late
commander of the Great Britain Capt. E. Devey
of the Australian ship Mermaid, and Capt. G. Doran,
of the coasting steamer Queen ; all on behalf of the
prosecution. After hearing the case for the
Crown, his Honour, without hearing any evidence
for the defence, said that it did not appear to him
that there was any, evidence of a satisfactory nature
to justify them in convicting Captain Forbes, and
a verdict of not guilty was accordingly returned.
The counsel for Captain Forbes, Mr. Dawson, after
the decision, stated that he had in court several of
the cabin passengers, officers of the ship, and a
number of other ship-captains, not only prepared
to contradict charges preferred by the Crown, but
to testify to Captain Forbes's abilities as a seaman,
and the utter groundlessness of the many state-
ments made against him. The Melbourne Argus
of the 25th of Feb. publishes a number of letters
from the passengers of the Schomberg, testifying
to Captain Forbes's attention and kindness to them
during the voyage, sympathising with him in his
misfortune, and expressing, in indignant terms,
their opinion of the parties whopreferred thecharges
against him, already published to the world. Inseam
leading comments upon theseletters, the Argus says:
"Certainly these letters are very staggering to any one
whose mind has been prejudiced against Capt. Forbes,
but who is not insensible to the force and weight of evi-
dence. Nothing could be more satisfactory or conclu-
sive than these testienorials to character, unless we can
suppose the writers, without any conceivable interest in
doing so, have joined in a conspiracy to deceive the pub-
lic on a question so easily brought to the test. Captain
Forbes is perfectly entitled, therfore, to consider himself
exonerated on this point—of personal character. As to
the professional question of seamanship, displayed in the
navigation of his vessel, or disproved in the loss of her
—all that we are entitled to say is that we were the first
to point out the necessity of a judicial inquiry, and we
did so in language of uasparing severity so long as the
presumption seemed unfavourable. Captain Forbes has
stood hi 4 trial. He has been acquitted by a verdict of
his countrymen, and it would be a gross violation of
common decency as well US of common justice to deprive
him in any manner of the benefit of his exculpation.' '
A meeting of the Melbourne Chamber of Com-
merce was to be held on' the 25th of February, to
consider the best means of promoting the re-estab-
lishment of steam postal communication with
Europe.

Tie Melbourne Argus says :
" We have to notice the discovery of some rich quartz
reefs at the 111`Ivor field, which will very probably give
a fresh start to that locality. At Anderson's Creek the
diggers have been successfully working on the private
land in Thompson's Gully, and several instances of fair
success can be recorded. There can be little doubt that
many of the untried gullies around this place would also
yield well ; but the population has always been so small
—only 150 persons are at present there. A new rush
has also been made at the Caledonian diggings to some
hill workings near the old diggings. A lull seems to
have taken place at the Sleighting diggings, for what
reason there are many conflicting statements—some ac-
counts are favourable, while others say the whole affair
is a complete hoax."

A correspondent at Avoca diggings says there is
no longer any doubt as to there being gold there
in paying quantities ; and although the sinking is
deep, wet, and often uncertain, shares in holes 10
to 15 feet in advance of the lead are freely pur-
chased at 51. to 201.

The Bendiga Advertiser has the following notice
of mining affairs :

"The late rains have induced many to return toMyer's
Flat, both from Epsom and from Fryer's Creek, Castle-
maine, &c. ; indeed the population of this district is
largely on the increase. The quartz workers in Sailer;
Gully give but an unfavourable account of their late
workings. Some have run out the paying quartz ; others
have been damaged by the water, which has got into
their claims. At Beelzebub, Devil's, and Wellington
Gullies, numerous pudding machines have been formed,
more especially in the latter. These gullies are in the
neighbourhood of the White Horse flat, famous for the
heavy nuggets found in it some three years ago. A large
quantity of ground here is yet unbroken, but I think
that the diggings will extend front here to the Whip-
stick."

From Anderson's Creek diggings a letter states
that several of the claims have been bottomed at a
depth of about 20 feet, and nearly all of them have
satisfied the owners. More new ground has been
taken up adjacent, and the sinking is expected to
be about 50 or 60 feet.

The amount of gold received at Melbourne for
the week ending Feb. 23 was 51,154 ounces, and
32,5301. in coin.
Lola Montes is playing at the Victoria Theatre,
Ballarat diggings. A fracas had taken place be-
tween her and Mr. H. Seekamp, of the Ballarat

Times. It appears-
that a writer in the Times had
made some remarks reflecting on the character of
Lola, and a few evenings afterwards Mr. Seekamp
called at the United States Hotel, where she was
residing. Hearing he was below, she came down
stairs with a whip, and laid it on his back with a
hearty goodwill. Mr. Seekamp retaliated with a rid-
ing whip, and ere long the combatants had each
other by the hair. Some of the parties interposed,
and they were separated, but not before life pre-
servers and revolvers had been produced. At the
theatre next evening, Lola was enthusiastically
received, and at the close of the performance made
a characteristic speech.
The subscriptions to enable Mr. C. Gavan Duffy
to qualify for the Legislature had reached 4051.
7s. About 2,0001. would be required.
The advices from Sydney are to Feb. 20. The
banks had adopted uniform rates of exchange, the
quotations being 2 per cent. prem. for selling, and
par for purchasing. Some fresh discoveries of gold
had been made at Ophir Creek. The total of 28
days' earning of a party of diggers was 400 ounces,
consisting principally of nuggets—one of which
weighed 2 to 3 lbs. The opinion generally prevalent
is that the Ophir country is one large rich gold field.
The dates from Adelaide extend to the 19th Feb.
Aesevere storm had visited the Macclesfield dis-
trict, doing great injury to the crops. Flour con-
tinued firm at 251. per ton at the port, and there
was no change in imported produce and merchan-
dise. But little wheat was changing hands.
Hobart Town dates to Feb. 20, Launceston to
February 21, have been received, but they contain
no news of interest.
New Zealand advices to Jan. 26 have also been
received. The governor had recently paid a visit
to Nelson, which had added considerably to his
popularity. The Nelson Examiner gives glowing
aeeemita of the progress of the settlements the ex-