The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-07 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

MELBounNE, Jan. 25.—We have no alteration to note
in the gold market. Th, entries for shipment at the
Custombou.e to-day consisted of 1,140 oz. 6 dwts. for
Sydney, 24 oz. for Liverpool, 0 oz. for ➢lauritiuv, and 2
oz. for Valparaio.
Adelaide flour is coming to hand freely, and, with our
own incoming harvest, must soon realise the price to
26/., which was the rate anticipated for the end of Ja-
nuary by well-informed dea'ers.
The Customs Bill of Entry for the week ended on Sa-
turday last shows imports to the value of 404,3731. and
exports to the amount 325,4281. The quantity of gold-
dust exported was 67,4770 z., of which the banks shipped
48,388 oz. The imports include 20.000 sovereigns drawn
from New South \Vales by the Oriental Rink, and 3951.
imported by the Union Bank from England. The ina
ports of breadstufls and other food (exclusive of groceries)
were of the value of 57,483/., and of cattle provender,
15,3491. Among the exports is the novel item of " De-
bentures, 10,0001."—a curious addition to our local pro-
duce for exportation !
The official return of the immigration and emigration
of this colony for the month of December gives the fo'
lowing results :

ARRIVALS.
At Melbourne. G';,elong. Other p rte.
From New South Wales 736 2 1
„ South and West Aus-
tral;a
„ Van Diemen's Land 329 16 30
„ New Zealand, &o 8
„ United Kingdom
„ Foreign ports 159

6 16 -
4

Totals 3041 24 57
Of the above, 1,771 were adult males, 238 male chil-
dren under 14, and 34 male infants ; the adult f(mal s
number 871, female children 186, and female infants 22.

DEPARTURES.
Flom 316e171,8 3ourne. Geelong. Other ports.
For New South wales
„ South and West Aus-
tralia
Van Diemen's Land 342 2 5
„ New Zealand, &c.
„ United Kingdom 325
„ Foreign ports

Totals IE9B 5 5
Of the above, 1,500 were adult males, 87 male chil-
drm under 14, an l 10 male infants ; the adult females
uumh(r 252, female children 56, and female infants 3.
A3le4. Females.
Total arrivals
Do. departures

Balance in favour of the colony 416 768
GOVERNMENT ESCORTS.
The escorts from Mount Alexander and Ballarat ar-
rived at the gold.-dfice yesterday at the appointed hour,
and brought the following rturns, viz. :
Quantity. Number of
Name of gold-field. Gold. Casb. Last receipt.
Ozs. dusts. £
Castlemaine 13,191 0 32,961 0 16,579
Sandhurst
Ballarat
Avoca
Creewick Creek 2,721 0 1,424
Amherst .....
Marlborough
Bathurst
---- ----
Total

DOWNING STREET GLEANINGL—The sentence of death
passed upon Hans Hansen, who was convicted at the last
Cornwall Assizes of the murder of one of his comrades,
belt aging to a German battalion quartered at Plymouth,
has been c3trimuted to transportation for life. The
offence was committed when both the prisoner and
the deceased, who had previously been cn friendly
terms, were in a state of drunkenness, and there is
good reason to believe that there was an absence of
that premeditation on the part of the prisoner which
is neces-ary to constitute the crime of murder. The
Sheriffs of London and Middlesex have sent in their
report to the Secretary of State, in reference to the un-
happy circumstances attending the execution of the mur-
derer Bousfield, at the Old Bailey, on Monday last. The
sheriffs report that Calcraft, the executioner, was un-
nerved by a threatening letter which he had received
from a party of "roughs," threatening his life on the
scaffold, and that the unhaßy circumstances of the exe-
cution were aggravated by the physieal prostration of
the wretched victim when brought up for execution. The
Earl of Caithness has been appointed Lord-in-Waiting,
in the room of Lord Listowel, deceased. Mr. G. M.
Dowdeswell, of the Oxford Circuit, has been appointed
Recorier of Newbury, in the place of Mr. H. S. Selfe,
who has reigned, on being appointed One Of the metro-
p ilitan magistrates of police. Mr. J. T. Kinnersly, of
the Common Law bar, is appointed police magistrate for
Birminq.ham. Major Hermann, now her Majesty's Con-
sul of Tripoli, is appointed Consul-General to that State.
The Queen has appointed the Rev. H. S. Horne t i the
parish of Llamanan, in the presbytery of Linlithgow ;
the Rev. C. Maclean to the parish of Ullapool, in the
presbytery of Lochcarron ; and the Re►. David Landall
to the united parishes of Auchtergaven and Logiehride.
The Queen has presented the Rev. Etnilius Bayley, rec-
tor of Woburn, to the vicarage of St. Geo, ge's, Blooms-
bury, on the recommendation of the 'Lord Chancellor.
Sir Wm. A'Beckett is appointed judge of the Vice-Ad-
miralty Court of the colony of Victoria. Mr. J. D. Pin-
nook is appointed registrar of the Vice-Admiralty Court
of the colony of Victoria. Mr. Eaton Edevaine, Mr. H.
R. Barrow, and Mr. F. S. Tanner, are appointed third
class clerks at the Admiralty, Somerset-house. Mr. J.
D. Miller is appointed third-class clerk i❑ Deptford
dockyard ; Mr. W. J. Taylor, third-class clerk in Chat-
ham dockyard ; and Mr. E. A. Lang, third-class clerk
in Sheerness dockyard. Mr. R. M. Jones is appointed
to be Admiralty storekeeper and agent victualler at
Trincomalee.— Observer.
THE AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN MAILS.—LIVER-
POOL, Saturday.—The royal mail ship James Bainas,
M‘Donnell, commander, sails to-morrow forenoon for
Melbourne, with the Australian mails, 477 passengers,
and a full cargo of valuable merchandise on freight. The
British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship
Africa, Captain Neil Shannon, sailed from the Mersey
at 11 a.m., for New York, with the usual mails for the
United States and British North American proyinces,
89 paeeengere, and a full cargo on freight.