The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-07 00:00:00

NEW SOUTH WALES.

We take the following from the Sydney 3forniug
Herald of the 13th of January

" There have been but few incidents of a note-
worthy character since our summary for the Malta
was made up.

" The Assembly has assented to the principle of
subsidising the proposed submarine telegraph from
Australia to Java, but they are not agreed as to
the terms of the subsidy, or as to the course which
it would be best for the line to take.

" There has been another Polynesian massacre.
This time Rubiana, one of the Solomon group, ha°
been made the scene ofcann Coal atrocity. The schooner
Pearl, of Anitamm (formerly a well-known yacht
in Sydney harbour), has been captured and burnt
at that island, and her crew, cight in number,
besides the captain, have been killed and eaten.
An attempt was made to capture the Clarence
Packet, by which this news was brought. It Well
understood, also, that a similar attempt was to be
made upon the cutter Oberon. Two men left on
shore from that vessel had been murdered, and the
plan was -to decoy the master of the Oberon on
shore, under the pretence that these murdered wen
wished to see him. Some effort ought surely to be
made to warn the crew of this vessel, if there be
yet time, and to administer a wholesome castiga'
tion to the bloodthirsty tribe of Rubiana.
of
" The Government surveyor:: in the Valley

r-

eviously
est they
ur. And
'rom the

but
,akeable
explora-
iv fields,
already
?erhap!,
rushes'

an open
Lth little
►t length
mindless
it as are

tive em-

)ff many

and of
I means.

peak are
ny miles

enees in

worked,
depths
'act, but,
Lstriet, it
old have
r, pretty
) that al-
of their

ich hesi-
value of

a great
parently
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s for the
heaviest
I in the
he Ingle-
se scrub,
it at pre-
away, in
e way of

Lave been

ave been
been laid
from the
carted to
, even for
ailment of
ies round

rn out ex-
-1111 ground
field little
n the die-
ting to his
.ng ranges
me of this
and it ex-
,.!,s at least.
he water-
ibered and
auriferous
ren though
,he ranges.
ack sand,
a he tried,
fielded, on
pwards of

the total
ivers flow-
it different
Lt this last
any proofs
southern-
Lore or less

ipect to th•
[nes of rail-
from time
their ern-
id activity

since last
viz.:—Tbe
, •Linsoln-

dia, Domi-
lton, Stag,
ad British

immary WAS
Juicy. The
verely felt in
s of the year
of the times.
)etroyed, and
be imminent.
t of the cur-
spirit of the
ane. As re•
lar 1859 does
Dosser. The
;dally affected
le arrived at
A December
e returns for

&mounted to
Very large
ireoting ma.
sr. None of
any extent
)d, however,
yield of the
g statement

dwt.

78 14

144 1
151 2
List betwoon
arselves and
are made up
vases.

eral fluetua.
discount for
per annum
Lblished. At

.e selling 60-
Ned to per
.sum in July,
tober and to
market has
ing the large
debentures,
Goods have
stored, while
et less open
by the more
reseeing the
s arisen has

ound. Mer-
in order to
ned to them.
;redit system
'nit goods at
transaction.
eding
ill this, coin-
', and profits
ywhere else,
of the city.
aken up, ths
ithstanding.

" ~..1 .

.y Morning

of a note-
the Malta

)rinciple of
raph from
Teed as to
urse which

massacre.
group, bee
he schooner
own yacht
and burnt
n number,
and eaten•
e Clarence
Lt. It We
was to be
Len left on
:d, and the
Oberon 011
'tiered wen
urely to be
if there be
no castiga-

a.
Valley of

he Orose have reported the existence of coal there
in large quantities."

COMMERCIAL.

The rates of discount and exchange remained the same
at the close of the year as they were during the month of
November. Government debentures were:steady, and ter-
minables were quoted at par, and interminables at 98i.
The total revenue for the year 1859 amounted to
£1,540,550 Bs. 7d. For 1853 the amount received was
£1,422,466 16s. There is therefore an increase of .£118,083
12s. 7d., or over 8 per cent., in favour of revenue.
Since the commencement of the year 1860 the share mar-
ket has become firmer ; and, as the news from England per
Salsette is favourable, prices have an upward tendency.
The quantity of gold dust received by the escorts from our
several goldfields during the month of December amounted
to 27,7940 z. For the corresponding month of 1858 the
amount was 24,8450 z. The increase on the month is
therefore 2,8490 z., or about 113- per cent. During the year
1858 the quantity of gold dust sent down by escort was
255,535 oz. For the year 1859 the amount received has
been 213,574 oz., which is an increase of 38,039 oz., or
nearly 15 per cent. in favour of the past year. The yield of
gold from our goldfields has steadily improved during the
last three years, and the increase in the receipts of the year
1859, as compared with 1857, is 145,448 oz., or about 8 per
cent. The following are the total amounts received from
the western, southern, and northern goldfields during the
years 1857, 1858, and 18.59 :

1857. 1858. 1859.
Oz. Oz. Oz.
Western .... 87,753 148,360 120,785.
Southern .. 30,887 .. 72,106 .. 109,397
Northern 29,483 .. 35,069 63,392

148,123 255,535 293,574
From this statement it will be seen that there is a decline
in the quantity of golddust received from the western gold-
fields during the past year, as compared with 1858, of
27,576 oz., or 24 per cant. ; but there is a considerable in -
crease is the receipts from the southern and northern gold-
fields ; the increase in the southern being 37,291 oz., or
over 51 per cent. ; and in the northern 28,323 oz., or 40
per cent. As compared with the year 1857, the increase in
the yield from the western goldfields is 33,029 oz., or nearly
40 per cent. ; in the southern, 78,510 oz., or 254 per cent. ;
and in the northern, 33,909 oz., or 115 per cent.

-HONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocx.

The arrivals of specie both from America and
Australia continue limited, but some large remit-
tances are coming forward from the latter source)
of supply, which may prevent any extensive efflux
from the Bank of England. The following is a
list of the vessel's which have left the colony for
this country :—The Commodore Perry, £58,000;
Cleadon, £68,000; Saldhana, £64,000; Essex,
£56,000 ; Indemnity, £71,000 ; Copenhagen,
£156,000 ; Wellesley, £93,764 ; Champion of the
Seas, £176,080 ; and the Suffolk, £129,532, making
a total of £873,276.

No change of importance is exhibited in the
money market, the demand, which is moderate,
being readily met at the current quotations. Tho
requirements of trade are not at present sufficient
to create much activity, and, as the demand for
other purposes is tolerably quiet, the market is
steady, but full rates are still maintained, and there
is no immediate prospect of a reaction.
The foreign exchanges yesterday exhibited a
slight decline in the rates on Amsterdam and
Hamburg.

At the Bank of England yesterday there were
no bullion operations.

In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday only a
very small amount of business was transacted, and
prices were depressed. The sales were 3,000 bales.
The Railway Share Market closed quietly, and
quotations were rather lower,

The transactions in the market for Public Secu-
rities to-day have been very moderate, but further
symptoms of depression have been exhibited,
Consols being 941 1 for money, and 941 I for the
April account. Very little business is in pro-
gress, except in connection with the settlement,
which now engages the attention of the dealers.
The New Threes and the Reduced are steady, at
9t} ; India New Loan is 1041 ; ditto 5 per cent.
Enfaoed Paper has improved to 99 ; ditto 5f per
cent. ditto to 105; ; and tke Debentures are 971;
Exchequer Bills are 235. to 265. prem. ; and Bank
Stock is 229 and 2301.

Business in the Foreign Stock Market is mode-
rately active, and prices are tolerably well sup-
ported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 79 to 791; ditto
New, 621 to 621 ; and the 4 per Cents. are 1011
102; Russian 3 per Cents. are firmer at 651; Spa-
nish 3 per Cents., at 45 ; ditto Deferred, at 331 ;
Portuguese, at 44f Mexican, at 22 ; Buenos Ayres
6 per Cents. remain at 83 ; and ditto Deferred have
improved to 22f.

The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares aro 3 1
prem. ; the Universal ditto, I prem.; and the
Canadian Loan is 1,1 j prem.

Business in the Railway Share Market has been
active, but prices generally have shown less firm-
ness. Eastern Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire,
and Midland lave declined ss. ; Bristol and Exeter,
Caledonian, Great Northern, Great Western, Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lineoln, and South Eastern,
10s.

The Foreign and Colonial Markets have been ex-
ceedingly dull. Lombardo-Venetian have declined
to 11/ ; Bahia and San Francisco, 6.1 ; and Per-
namblico, 11 f. East Indian have receded to 101
and 1011;' Grand Trunk of Canada to 33f 34.
Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
in moderate request. Bank of Australasia have
declined 10s., and Union of London improved So.
In the Miscellaneous Market Australian Agri-
cultual improved 10s. ; Peel River Laud declined
16s.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9944 1 I I
8 per Cont. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 —
Ditto for 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 17i 15-16
India Stock
Ditto 6 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent ..
Ditto 6 per Cent. 99 I
Ditto SI per Cent lO5l 5
Ditto Debentures, 1858
Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO
Consols for Account (March)....
Intim. Stock fir Aoounnt —
Ditto Account, 5 per cent.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 26 3
Ditto 000
Ditto Small, lid
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
lirazilian 5 per Cent.
Ditto ,Ii per Cent. 1858
. 93}
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto Deferred
Ilixiitan 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Paruvian 41 per Cent —
Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cont. .. 821
Fortunes°, 1853, 3 per Cent.
Bussian, 1822, £ St., .5 per Cent.
Ditto, 3 per Cent., 1859 65 1
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Deferred 9 per Cent.
Ditto Ac,coant
Ditto Passive
Turkish 6 per Cent —
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London
THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols, Money
Ditto Account

CANTERBURY HALL

A grand morning performance will take place
here to-morrow, the occasion being Mr. Charles
Morton's annual invitation to the Governor, Com-
mittee, and children of the Licensed Victuallers'
Institution to his splendid establishment. The
former annual gatherings have invariably given
the greatest satisfaction, and been productive of
much good to the noble institution of the Licensed
Victuallers; and the exertions that are being made to
render the festival of to-morrow complete in every
Particular leave no doubt of a similar good result.
Mr. Morton has placrd the whole: of the tickets of
admission at the disposal of the Governor and
Committee for gratuitous distribution among their
friends, and they can be had on application being
made at the Morning Advertiser office, I leet•street.
The door of the hall will be opened at one o'clock,
and the entertainment will commence at two o'clock
Precisely.

THIS DAYS SHIPPING.

Lownox, March 7.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. ;
fresh gale, .and squally. The Winscales, of Sunderland,
from Men to Moulmein, was abandoned in lat 9 N, long
; crew saved by the Veritas, arrived at Calcutta
PLYMOUTH, March 6.—Wind, W.N.W.—Arrived—The
Dane (es), from Southampton for the Cape of Good Hope.
Sailed—ll.M.S. Conqueror, for Portland.
POILTSMOUTH, March 6.—Wind, N.W.—Sailed—Her
i;Majesty's steamer Mars, for Lisbon ; Flying Fish, for Port-
land.

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