The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-19 00:00:00

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Advices from Sydney to the 6th October last re-
cord the death of Colonel Sir Thomas Livingstone
Mitchell, Surveyor-General of the colony of New
South Wales, which melancholy event took place
at his residence, Ancona, on the 4th of that month,
from the effects of bronchitis, in his 64th year.
Sir Thomas Mitchell was au officer of more than
40 years' standing. He was on the staff of the
Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular war, and
received a medal of five clasps for services in the
field of battle. He was entitled by seniority to
the rank of major-general. He was also the in-
ventor of the Boomerang screw-propeller. As a
tribute of respect to his memory the sitting of the
Legislative Council was adjourned from
Friday,
the sth of October, until the following Tuesday.
The revenue of the colonyshowed an increase
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upon the quarter ending the 30th of September, of
20,1591. 18s. 2d.
In the wool market increased activity prevailed.
The first bales of the "new clip" had arrived from
the " Squattages,” and the accounts from all the
pastoral districts were favourable. Superior slips
were quoted at from Is. 4d. to ls. 61d. ; scoured,
Is, 6d. to ls. 9d. ; fair to good, Is. 2d. to ls. 4 d.;
low to middling,
to Is. ; handwashed,
11d. to ls. 4id.
In tallow some reaction had taken place, in con-
sequence of a demand for the Tasmanian market.
Mutton is quoted at 371. 10s. ; beef,36l. ; hides
have been much in demand, and the supply was
good, heavy samples obtaininc, from 13s. to 14s. 10d.
Sheepskins in demand, and quotations somewhat
higher.

The second court ball at Brussels was given on
Wednesday evening to about 1,100 persons. King
Leopold being absent in the Ardennes on a shoot-
ing excursion, the honours of the evening were
done by the Duke and Duchess of Brabant and the
Princess Charlotte. Their Royal Highnesses
entered. the ball-room at nine o'clock, and went
through the rooms more than once until half-past
elven, when supper was announced. Their Royal
Highnesses withdrew a little after twelve, but
dancing was kept up for senile hours longer.
A letter from Vienna, in the German Gazette of
Frankfort, says :—" The Minister of Public In-
struction has invited the bishops of the Lombardo-
Venetian kingdom to retract the orders of censure
which they had issued, and to await for the exe-
cution of the articles of. the Concordat the decrees
of the Government."
A Hamburg letter of the 14th, in the German
Gazette of Frankfort, says There have been
seized to-day at the house of the librarian Campo,
objects of the.value of the flue imposed ou him by ,
the Senate' for refusing to name the perm o I

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had communicated to Dr. Vehso the facts relating
to the Duke William of Mecklenburg."
The Madtid papers of the 13th have arrived,
but contain nothing of political interest. One Of
the officers of the National Guard, who had been
arrested for the affair of the 7th, served two yea"
in a Oarlist band, and the other was a liberated
convict.

The Federal Council of Switzerland, in its sit-
ting of the 9th, gave its approval to the treaty on
telegraphic communications lately concluded with
the French Government.

The King of Sardinia has, by a decree of tbe
2d, ratified the treaty of commerce and nayigatioa
concluded with the Dominican Republic on the
22d of March, 1854.

The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa states that
the British Government has resolved to form ne
corps of Swiss carabineers. The first company of
this corps is to be under the command of Captain
Spillinann, of Zurich.
The Comtease de Chambord arrived at Modena
on the 9th, from Parma. The Duke of Modena
went to Reggio to meet her.
The Monitore Toscano of the 12th mentions a.
rumour current at Milan to the effect that all the
property belonging to political refugees of the
Lombardo-Venetian provinces is to be freed from ,
sequestration.