The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-15 00:00:00

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

DOWNING-STREET, Dec. 14.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Young,
Esq., to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the
Province of Nova Scotia.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to ratify and confirm
the appointments of Robert Hamilton, Esq., M.D., and
Charles Clement Bravo, Esq., to be Members of the Legis-
lative Council of the Island of Jamaica.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Captain
Archibald Edward Harbord Anson, R.A , to be Inspector-
General, and Thomas Prince, Esq., to be Superintendent
of Police, for the Island of Mauritius.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 12.
Corps of Royal Marines—Captain Richard George Con-
nolly to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Hocker, deceased ;
First Lieutenant Richard John Hardy Douglas to be
Captain, vice Connolly, promoted ; Second Lieutenant
Sydney Vere Alston to be First Lieutenant, vice
Douglas, promoted.

BANKRUPTS.
Owen Sturgis, builder, Upper Belsize-terrace, Hamp-
stead.
Henry Saunders, cabinet maker, Brighton.
Charles Bridger, builder, Haslemere, Surrey.
James White, miller, Chiddingstone, Kent.
John Hall, wharfinger, Purfleet-wharf, Camden-town.
Henry Rudd Knights, currier, Bermondsey-street,
Surrey.
John Coley, ironmonger, Tipton, Staffordshire.
John Bartle, lace manufacturer, Lenton, Nottingham-
shire.
Robert Mack, extractor of wool from rags, Cork-street,
Camberwell.
James Stannard, trader, Nowport, Isle of Wight.
Victor Pascal Billiet, importer of French clocks, King-
street, Cheapside, City.
Matthew Somerville, joiner, Liverpool.
John Wood, licensed victualler, Birkenhead.
Joseph Cunard Morrow and Robert Thomas Morrow,
ship brokers, Liverpool.
William Roe, grocer, Calverton, Notts.
George Bowditch, nurseryman, Taunton.
Alfred Foster, woolstapler, Bradford.
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.

Patrick Maclean Kennedy, merchant, Glasgow.
William Walton Swindon, commission merchant, Glas-
gow.
James Nelson, grocer, Lanark.
Donald Sutherland Mackay, merchant, Glasgow.
James Rae, boot and shoemaker, Dunse, Berwickshire.
John Meighan, flesher, Glasgow.
James Leckie, slater, Bel'shill, Lanarkshire.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 12th day
of Dec., 1860 :

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued ......X27,119,415 Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 11,788,482
Silver Bullion ...• 875,933

427,119,415'

£27,119,415

BANKING D:
Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savinzs'
Banks, Commis-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ao-

:PARTMENT.
Government Secu-

rities (including
Dead Weight A-
nnuity)
Other Securities
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin 802,699

counts) 7,029,111
Other Deposits— 12,104,219
Seven E?ay and
other Bills 663,525

£37,527,626
M. I
Dated Dec. 13,1860.1

£37,527,626
.RSHALL, Chief Cashier.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week:ending the 11th day
of Dec., 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great
Britain :
Muscovado, the produce of the British pos-
sessions in America
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius
Average price of the foregoing 27. 90

" Since the resumption of the Galle route the
Peninsular and Oriental Company have delivered
the English mails in Melbourne with a punctuality
most commendable, and in strong contrast to the
uncertainties and delays experienced in former
years. The August mail from England was no
exception to what we may now consider the rule,
having been delivered by the Salsette in Hobson's
Bay on the evening of the 11th inst., the day on
which it was due ; but the news was anticipated by
way of Adelaide, the new and fast steamer Bal-
clutha, chartered by the South Australian Govern.
ment for the conveyance of the mails between King
George's Sound and Adelaide, having reached the
latter port on the 10th, in sufficient time to te'e-
graph a summary of the news to Melbourne and
Sydney. The Balclutha's passage from the Sound
to Adelaide was made in 101 hours; that of the
Salsette to Melbourne occupying only 118 hours.
The success of the Balclutha's trip has induced the
South Australian Government ►o engage her for
the service for six months, at £1,447 per month.
" Since the sailing of the Jeddo with the Septem-
ber mails, little has occurred to disturb the calm of
our Political atmosphere. Parliament has been
further prorogued to the 20th proximo, then to
meet for the despatch of business.
" During the month extraordinary rains have
occurred all over the colony. The rivers and water.
courses have been flooded to an extent never before
remembered, and many lives have been lost at the
various crossing-places from want of bridges. Some
of the miners have suffered from the flooding
of their claims, but the only instance of serious
damage to works took place at Clunes, where the
water broke through the bottom of the creek into
the workings of one of the smaller companies, and
then made its way into the works of the Port Philip
Company, flooding the lower levels, and doing con-
siderable mischief. To the farmer and squatter,
however, the rains have been very valuable—grass
for the squatters' cattle and sheep is everywhere
most abundant, and the grain and root crops give
promise of plenty.
" The Volunteer movement is spreading through-
out the colony, and there is scarcely a township of
any importance which has not now its rifle corps.
In the larger towns—such as Sandhurst, Ballarat,
and Castlemaine—the Volunteering has gone on
with the greatest success, and in a spirit of rivalry
which speaks well for the future efficiency of the
force. The first instalment-2,000 Lancasters—of
the long promised supply of rifles has been received,
and will speedily be placed in the hands of the
Volinteers.

" It is anticipated that the Murray River Rail-
way will be opened from Sunbury to Woodend, a
distance of 28 miles, about the beginning of Feb-
ruary. The total length then opened for traffic
will be close upon 50 miles. To-day the arches of
the Coliban viaduct will be formally keyed up by
Dr. Greeves, the Commissioner of Lands and Sur-
vey, and the foundation stone of the great viaduct,
near Taradale, will be formally laid by the Hon.
Mr.Pyke. The contractors are pushing the works
forward vigorously.
" A few of the river fish sent out by Mr. Wilson,
per ship Lincolnshire, have arrived in safety, though
in poor condition, and have been placed in the pre-
pared ponds in the Botanic Gardens.
" Mr. Stuart, the well-known South Australian
explorer, has returned to Adelaide with information
that he had penetrated northward nearly to the
17th degree of latitude (thc longitude is concealed
for the present), and was then compelled to retreat,
by the fierceness of the natives. He gives an ac-
count comparatively favourable of the country over
which he passed, and the South Australian Parlia-
ment having voted £2,500 at the instance of the
Government, for a larger armed and organised
party, Mr. Stuart is about to return at its head to
the scene of his discoveries, to force his way, if
necessary, to the coast. A messenger has been
despatched to overtake the Victorian exploring
party, to communicate t€ Mr. Burke as much in-
formation respecting Mr. Stuart's success as the
South Australian Government would give.
" A new goldfield of some importance has been
discovered by a prospecting party, beyond Ararat.
It is named the Londonderry diggings, and already
some 5,000 persons are on the ground.