The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-24 00:00:00

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111,11,e ' naequently the consumption, which has been large,
kortteln entirely met with home supplies—must have been
°US. The trade ruled heavy, on the following terms :
/or k Per Ton. Per Ton.
ia
h• Regents. 70s to 90s Kent Shaws —s to s
aittn—,4egents.. 60s to 70s Essex Shaws sto
1 —s
Li of 60s to 70s Kent Regents —s to s
4,01 L ......
bria' ec Cam- Essex Regents —s to s
Prtage ........ 50s to 75s Kent & Essx. Mid. —s to —s
14-'4' Whites... 55s to GOs Kentish Red Kid. —s
Colik Shaws.,, —s to s Chats
geleete 'WOOL.
r u
qualities
of English Wool, fit for mixing with
ko,enial, are in fair request, at full prices; but other kinds
aqtr, heavily, at barely late rates. Last week's imports
ot-t /,,82 bales frora Melbourne, 14 from Rouen, 1,516 from
`"P, 114 from Bombay, and 62 from the Cape.
LA 1„ - TALLOW.
qtrla,-rge amount of speculative business having been
,aier":,,t,ed, since Monday last, prices have fluctuated con-
Artr'''Y. To-day the demand for immediate delivery is
tio:rra active, yet the currencies are quite Gd per cwt
tted than on this day se'nnight. P.I.C. on the spot is
at 40s 6d ; Town Tallow, 395 per cwt net cash ;
ItiZ Fat 28' 2-14 d per Blbs. Our St. Petersburgh letter
st,,,,,Laer higher quotations.

•"rather higher quotations.
1847. 1848. 1849. 1850. 1841.
Ikt, thi,
rtitt -"lay •• .... 10,991 6.948 26,944 33,147 37,166
pin °I Y. C. 503 id 5230 Coda t 40s0 3doi 37t,
send jo
to4oos s
odd
Week
t to 053103 d to
1,851 8
° 1 3531 2 226 1 814
Iv*°'l,l.lln 72 311 86539 85,498 80,155 81,172
Litol4t " "
week . 839 55 994
?N ',dune 1 ... 72,679 87,016 104,1G9 87,831 93,120
Hof
ToWli 53s Gd 53s 02 43s Od 390 6d 4ls 6d

r, CALIFORNIA.
ttira dCalifornia the dates are to the Ist of February.
Itsh„ e, accounts on the whole seem favourable. The
'ith'al absence of rain still interfered with operations
!tale,;(ltY or winter mines, where a certain amount of
a`g tiired for washing, but large surfaces had
Itltig up in preparation, and it is alleged that a few
hi wet Would enable an immense amount of the metal
atd:Gileeted. Meanwhile, although complaints are
fire °F the small returns, it appears that in addition to
4t'ta,(l,l' in gold brought to New York by this arrival, a
isti;' 600,000/. was on its way to the United States and
by other steamers, amongst which was the
; On this occasion some further accounts have
;tt,;Feived of a wonderful discovery, originally re-
, I wOrl the San Francisco letters of the 15th of January,
htin.,4lch appeared unworthy of notice without further
11441 Y. The statement then was that an explo-
14ts,C4npany, formed with a capital of 6,0001:, to
between Trinidad Bay and the Klamath river,
`,,r,°tlad between these places some bluffs on the sea
ti`' extending about 15 miles, at the foot of which the
eitcintlined gold in quantities ranging from 10e. to
lb,°`',ll' per lb. The metal was so fine that quicksilver
Ita,'tlting would be essential, " but the sand would be
It4-,,,Way by shiploads, and would be conveyed to
tree where labour was cheap, perhaps to England,
114 sold extracted." The bluffs were described as
`4l°F rotten quartz, the disintegration of which by
N 1
;,)11 of the sea was supposed to have caused the
N 118.; " For miles," according to these stories, " the
S„' as yellow with gold." A vessel was forthwith
k480.:1 to take new adventurers to the spot and 150.
1'414.48. They had already departed when the ori-
-5,4 slntelligence of the discovery was brought away
Nittfrl Francisco, and further news was anxiously
L'itor'°r• The dates are now 16 days later, but the
s'iPapers are imperfect. The San Francisco Herald,
.
contaias the following:—
:Itabimentioned in our last circular the report of very
discoveries of gold on the sea coast near the mouth
• L'illiath river. Further investigations confirm in a
degree the richness of the deposits, but also discover
• serious obstacles to rendering them available at the
t
tli time. The Gold .Buff' is about 30 miles from
,-'the nearest safe point for vessels to discharge their
'air, • The road between is of an almost impassable
kolicillY practicable for mules.
itiothtilderable difficulty also exists in bringing into ope-
tiVlY really efficacious method of separating the gold
t sand, the weight of the latter, which is in a great
etallie, preventing the ordinary Virginia rockers from
gueeessfully. Experiments have been tried to nilre
NI • action by fusion, but whether they can be carried
;iiiita.et‘osbueMsceieennt.,,ly large scale to be practically useful re-
,,:leeunts from the West Indies received at New
iti.'ero to the 27th of March. In Jamaica business
Ott,ktiye, and there had been a revival of the cholera
,A4-4:,°1 the rural districts. On the Isthmus of Pa-
Lltstre was much sickness, but not of a malignant
FWith regard to Nicaragua and the proceed-
ett connexion with the temporary transit and the
the New York Herald furnishes the follows
1,
Snsation
tated a short time ago that the Nicaragua Canal
rib
Atj Were proceedin with the work of connecting the
ah
tikc With the Pacific ag s speedily as and that
months they would open a transit route, rid Ni-
t
,Atl for the conveyance of passengers and freight from
then
to the Pacific, to San Francisco, in California.
,161b.,"ed Commodore Vanderbilt, the most prominent
,;#'4;6"cn e.nnected with that company, has returned from
tiltlai where he went for the purpose of seeing for him-
,' th -,,advantages which that part of the continent offered
lening of a ship communication between the two
I,lfit• '„49(.1 of overseeing the preliminary arrangements for
Sit,"'olg the gigantic undertaking, and conferring with
10P'ors and engineers, who have been for some time
'th-"„10 selecting a route for both the proposed ship canal
`l/10(1' temporary transit route for passengers. He has re-
' awlth the conviction that the work is not only feasible,
41, no 'tat
impediments that cannot be overcome by
dr},atld enterprise exist in the way of constructing a ship
4 o`4at will change the course of commerce, and make
4,`111 great mart of the world and the centre of universal
liti,..t2nrveyors and engineers have been very busy since
'pal in Nicaragua. Up to this time they have fixed
ti;tdeli for a ship canal between the Lake of Nicaragua
At Pacific Ocean and also a road for passengers and
'rotn the extremity of that lake to the Bay of San
e the op
Pacific. After examining in a thorough man-
▪ Whole of that country, the engineers at length se-
"at4;l'eint on Rio Lagas, which empties into the Lake of
as the Atlantic side terminus of the ship canal,
thL• eerta'n point on the Rio Grande, which empties
;'(ir"f,acific Ocean, for the terminus on that side. The
,'Stst,7,e terminates at the harbour of Barito, which, we
possesses every requisite for the purpose for
Al• a 1; "as been selected. The whole, distance from one
"to the other is but 19 miles. The summit of the
'.4tritt'und on the route above the surface of the lake is
is a `tet, •
and for a distance of seven miles. and a half from
the•
b„ ground runs down to a level with the water. It
perceived therefore, that the route which has been
,—'4ers uncommon advantages for the construction of
l'i,i;t7ntl. It is not certain, however, that this will
may
. de that will ultimately be chosen, as a better one
'll/. c°vered.
rahtßard to the transit route, the land portion of it will
tpllatilt at Virgin-bay, on Lake Nicaraa, and end at
of San Juan del Sur, on the Pacific, the d.1,-
i,44-%t betty
the two points being 12 miles and 30 chains,
`4t• ry" a straight line, and through a remarkably healtly
The whole route will be as follows:—From
.N.ew
)inatt (I-40 Juan by steam-ship, thence to the Castillian
i';_tto-! the san • Juan river by steam-boat ; from this
e river above these rapids, a distance of 100 yards
''t,itar"aL,'44d; thence b te river San Juan and the Lake
t114,,k165114 to Virgin Bay; thence to San Juan del Sur, on
Oath'? a distance of 12 miles, by land, and thence to
t' hi Cisco by steam-ship. Making liberal allowances for
this will bring San Franciscj within 20 days of
made tlts' being many days shorter than the connexion can
ytWe 3" any other route.
thi;te Pretty well satisfied, from what we have heard,
olet transit route to San Francisco maNicaragua will
4`ire Z tion some time in the month of June next. Com-
anderbilt's character for energy is well known;
I,;.`„frena other considerations, the fact that he is con-
thl'n this enterprise is a guarantee to the public that
vol 11,'se great projects—the construction of an ocean ship
feat that of a transit route—will be finished at the
moment practicable."

IiCENTS OF ATLANTIC STEAM-SHIPS FROM
lIft4iltio,11:7!:•--The United States mail steam-ship Baltic,
Comstock, sailed from the Mersey on Saturday
t: for New York, with the usual mails, a large cargo,
VitlltY-six passengers. During the summer months
041 t 111 -ships composing the Collin's United States
fromline LiVerpool every other Wednesday, commencing
° Pacific, Captain Nye, on the 9th of April next. The
S4:_ltail steam-ships (Cunard line) will sail from Liver-
'Yeekly. during the suummer, commercing with the
Capt.sui Ryrie, on Saturday next, the 29th instant.
'Will /be no alteration from the other side of the At-
O katil May.
tib
&114,-,bBROUS ATTACK-ON A POLICE OFFICER.--On
Vight, at half-past nine o'clock, Banks, one of the
eanstabulary force, was attacked in Southdown-lane,
1, by nine men, carrying fire-arms and bludgeons.
tik,4ggled with them, and took from one a formidable
farmed of a carp prop, heavily bod with iron and
lattached for the wrist. On retreating they fired
• twice, but the shots fortunately did not take
touple of the mounted patrol followed in the di-
the gang gang had taken, but did not come up with
Ltci‘te they are supposed to have taken to the fields. At
414 totti'Our it transpired that about an hour and a half
ltk a attack upon the police officer a number of armed
OA 'the same gang doubtless) entered the house of Mr.
lopner, Allerton. They abused the inmates, and
b gold.'
tai gd1,_g°
1:1X8 ACT EXTENSION BILL.—The minutes of
itA taken before the Select Committee of the House of
0 the Bill for extending the provisions of the Designs
, and to give protection from piracy to persons ex-
NLlatt.t.;4°Y inventions in the Exhibition of the Works of
LAO* all Nations, has just been printed. The wit-
111`.aniined were Mr. Thomas Webster, barrister-at-
-4;11. likt:• William Carpmael, patent-agent ; Mr. A. P. New-
\rofr-agent ; Mr. Charles May, civil-engineer, of the
liiilletr,„lkasome and May, Ipswich; and Professor Bennet
11,7tca‘• Some considerable difference of opinion is ex-
0t '1 the witnesses with respect to the working of the
o,l4,Patent laws, and the necessity which exists for some
loti
4Lti 41°Ya with respect to the protection of inventors ex-
gt% thair inventions in the Great Exhibition. The fol-
"°11 -
ift, extrac t from the evidence of Charles May, Esq.,
~,Aiti„criva the injurious effects of the patent laws in the
Ni.'l:tieZn, and the necessity which existed for the passing
10:•.,i,"tleh measure as that of the Designs Act Extension
Zit% There is one subject to which I would refer, which.
r Boa Tti the
spoke of, with respect to the number of
tlo4aiti metropolitan commission, with regard to this
1, ;°ll, who made protection a condition of exhibiting;
iitiP a member of a different section of the machinery
414,31°00i1i11l our section there were a great many who made
totilltho "011 of exhibiting that there bhould be protection,
r,a(l us Withdrew their applications when they were in-
-44411 gat there was at present no distinct protection.
I.IIY, MURDER IN BEICKELEY-sQIJAILE.—On Staur-
-14 'Arm • •
tpit tis atlon was given to Mr. Bedford, the coroner,
hikil Previous evening, the body of a fine full-grown
lot.:ll'sal_uaan found in the enclosure of Berkeley-square,
I,..'uPposed to have been born alive and then made
"alt.
4011 b,„
eti,„.tr, or AN INFANT.—On Saturday Mr.
40`441-0,7a coroner, received information from Devarill, the
th„l.4 l';`,111 Officer of Shadwell, that the body of a newly-
ctivt—,,,,aT infant was the previous day found floating in
4 names, off Bell Wharf. It was in a decomposed
andto the
were marks of violence observable. It was
1/4 'as dead-house.
CoPe.
Cot°llori t. • Baker, jun., deputy coroner for the eastern
tqatt 19, the county of Middlesex, has been appointed the
; the Toyer liberty,