The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-30 00:00:00

PICTURE GALLERIES.

Bridgewater Gallery—Cleveland-square. Cards to view
may be obtained from Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street.
British Artists—Suffolk-street. April to July. ls.
British Institution-52, Pall-mall. Pictures by British
Artists, in February, March, and April ; and by Ancient
Masters, June, July, and August. is.
Buckingham Palace Pictures.—May be viewed by an order

from the Lord Chamberlain.
Cartoons of Raphael—South Kensington Museum Mon
day, Tuesday, Saturday, free • other days, 6d.
Crystal Palace—Sydenhatu. 'Lie' Pictures and Sculp

lure. Is.
Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemish and Dutch
Pictures. Open free daily, except Friday.
Flaxman Gallery—University of Loudon, Gower-street.
Foundling Hospital—Guildford-sheet. Open Mondays,
10 till 4.
Gallery of Anciert Masters-49, Pall. Is.
Greenwich Painted Hall—Greenwich. Mondays and Fri
days Free : other days, 4d.
Guildhall—City. May be seen on application to the hail
keeper.
Hampton Court Palace.—The galleries aro open free daily,
except on Friday.
Monument—Fish -street Hill. Every day. 6d.
National Gallery—Trafalgar-iquam Open free, Mondays
Tuesdays Wednesdays, and Satzrdays.
National Portrait Gallery-29, Gres. Seorge-street.
free, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Trinity House—Trinity-square, Tower-hill. Models 01
lighthouses, &c. Daily, 10 till 4.
Tussaud's Waxwork-58, Baker-street. Open daily til
10 p.m. ls.
SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT.
Cremorne Gardens—Chelsea. ls.
Crystal Palace ?ark—Sydenhatn. Open daily, ls. ; Satur-:
days, 2s. 6d.
Greenwich Park—Greenwich. Onen f‘•Ae
Hampton Court Gardens.—Open free daily.
Highbury Barn and Gardens —llighbury. 6d. and is by
refreshment tickets.
Kew tairdens —Kew. Open free, daily at ot.e o'clock.
Richmond Park—Richmond. Open free, daily.
Rosberville Gardens—G7avesend. Open daily. 61
Royal Horticultural Gardens—Kensington. Admission by
members' order.
Windsor Great Park—Windsor. Op:-....nu frre.
Castle may he visited on 'Mondays, esdays, and Fri-
days, by tickets ob',..ainable at the Lord Chamberhin s
Office, in the Castle.

AMERICAN NEWS.—'I he Anglo-American Times
this week and last, with Supplements, contains the Names
and States of the Members 41st Congress; The President's
Message; Reports of the Treasury, Interior, Post-office,
War, Navy, &c., &c. Documents all must read who
would ;learn the Progress and Present Condition of the
United States. Price 4d.-15, Catherine-street, Strand.
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The ruining news brought from Victoria by this
mail tells of some large yields. Among the ranges
our•.d flaylesford a party of miners obtained nearly
91b of gold from a lump of quartz not weighing
much more. The Inglewood Journal reports the
finding of a nugget-weighing 200 oz., and a quartz
specimen weighing 100 oz., which yielded 560 z. of
gold. This specimen was
.a round, much water-
worn piece of quartz, like a large pebble, and three
times the men attempted to use it in walling back
the loose dirt in the claim they had thrown behin I
them ; but every time the stone rolled away, bring-
ing with it th,:, stones piled above it. Th,.! last time
one of the men wigrily threw it from . him, IA ith a
curs 2 upon its unhandy shape, but as it fell he caught
he glisten of Liao metal, and on. picking it up and
washing away tb a mullock from it the gold was seen
thickly strewed all over it. The tables published
with the mining surveyors' and registr.trs' reports
state the total quantities of gold got front allu-
vium 3 and qu reefs throughaut the auriferous
districts of Vic tc ria during the ITesent. year, up to
the 30th Sept a fiber, as follows :—Frog► alluviums,
701,8270 z. ; :trout quartz, 418,0430 z. ; total,
1,149,8700 z. 'Die total quantity exported during
the same pet od according to returns furnished
by the Ces...oras llopartment is stated as
1,011,8560 z. of gold, the produce of this colony,
being a fal iiug off as compared with the first
nine months of 1868 of 262,2040 z., a result which
may be a';,t;:ibuted principally, if not entirely,
to the lor,g drought during the first quarter of
this year, and a lesser but still in many • places
severely felt drought during the third quarter.
Otherwise ..the depression experienced on so.ne of
the gold—iffelds, notably on Ballarat, appears
to have been fully counterbalanced by the
increasing importance of many of . the others.
The particulars given relative to quartz, quartz

tailings, cimient and mullock crushed, and pyrites
and blanketiugs operated on during the last
quarter show about the usual averages—viz.,
quartz, I(:dwt. 2 40gr. of gold to the ton ; quartz
tailings, cement, &c., 3dwt. 14.61 gr. to the ton ;
and pyrites and blankezings 3oz. 3dwt. 12.27 gr.
to tie tom The latter is an item which appears
to increase every quarter, the quantity operated
on, acciirding to this return, being 412 tons,
against 168 tons for the previous three
months. The number of miners employed on the
gold- fields of the colony of Victoria on the 30th of
Sept,:mber was 68,684, described as follows :—Allu-
vial miners—Europeans, 34,996 ; Chinese, 16,307.
Quartz miners—Europeans, 17,295 ; Chinese, 86.
Com pared with the returns for the 30th of June
last there is a decrease in the total number, amount-
ing to 1,206—a result more apparent than real,
since it is accounted for by the dispersion of. the
population at Spring Creek, in the mining division
of Waranga South. The Brisbane Courier states
that it is considered certain that the neighbour-
hood. of the Gulf of Carpentaria will prove rich in
gold.

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Dec. 24.—The market for fillip-

ping yarns is steady, and some descriptions of
yarns are rather stronger than weaker in price.
There is an inquiry for yarns suited to nearly all
foreign markets. The home trade yarn market is
also steady in tone generally, but the tendency of
prices, where there is any change, is in the buyer's

favour. This weakness, however, is so slight that
it hardly amounts to a quotable change. The large
contracts spinners have on their books enable them
to maintain full prices, but there is not much- new
business. The cloth-market is strong, but not
active. Owing to the continued high rates charged
for yarns, manufacturers are asking rates Which
are a shade above last week's quotations. Messrs.
John Slagg and Co. report of this day's cloth-
market :—" The holidays have, as usual, interfered
with business. so that we are scarcely able to test
prices. The engagements of manufacturers con-
tinue on a large scale, and quotations are quite as
high as last week."
CARDIFF, 27th.—The shipments of coal during
the last few days have been comparatively small in
consequence of the Christmas holidays, and even
during the present week it is not expected that

there will be much work done. The leading pro-
prietors are fairly placed for contracts, and there is
a prospect that the demand will further increase
early in the new year. Stocks at most of the
foreLn stations are reported to be considerably
be:ow what they were at the end of last year. The
decision of the house-coal proprietors that they
cannot at present grant a rise in wages has caused
some dissatisfaction, but no fears are entertained of
a strike. The iron trade remains without any mate-
rial change. Few transactions are entered into
just now, but the prospects of the new year are
decidedly encouraging, more especially as regards
foreign requirements. The exports of rails in 1870
will, it is believed, far exceed the clearances of any
previous year.
LEEDS, 28th—The woollen cloth markets this
morning have been of a very quiet character, as is
usual in Christmas week. The purchases included
a small quantity of plain cloths and hair lists, and
some parcels of light-coloured tweeds, fancy coat-
ings, and meltons. Several parcels of goods which
had been bought off the market last week were
removed, so that the stocks in the halls showed a
slight diminu ion at the close of the day. Wools,
woollen yarns, and cloths are alike firm in price.
ROCIIDALE, 27th.—Partaking of the Christmas
holidays, flannel makers and buyers were in less
than an average attendance in the market to-day.
Trade was quiet, and only a very small quantity of
flannels was sold. Prices were steady, and an
improvement in the demand is generally expected
with the advent of the new year. There was about
a late average business done in Yorkshire goods,
without any change in prices. Wools keep firm,
but manufacturers are not buying much beyond
immediate requirements.