The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-19 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

SMITIIFIELD.-3loadow hay, £2 158 to £4 4s ; clover,
£3 lOs to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 10s per load.
A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand.
CumBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 12 16e to £4 4s; clover,
£3 123 to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 lls per lead.
Trade dull.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2los to £4 4s; clove,
£3 103 to £5 58 ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 lOs per load.
A fair demand.

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Jan. 19.—Wind this day at neon, West;
light breeze, mild and fine weather.
PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 18,.—Wind, S. S. B.—Arrived—
John Scott, from Demerara—Mundaq ues, from Cuba for
Bremen.

(EY ELECTRIC TELEGILAPII.)
BOITTIIIMPTON, Thursday Mornin.
Wind W.W.W.

Arrived—Ranger, steamer, from. Dublin; Dispatch,
steamer, from Jersey ; Atrato, steam r, from West Indies ;
Alliance, steamer, from Havre.
Sailed—Argyll, for Carenton ; Rang er, steamer, for Lon-
don ; Havre, steamer, for Havre.
LITBUPOOL, Tl:huroday Morning.

Wind S.

Sailed, Jan. 16—Joune Emma, for 'Bordeaux.
Sailed, Jan. 18—Ontario, for M.oibile ; Providence, for
Lagos ; Lampligher, for Mattinzr.s. ; J. E. Walsh, for
Hayannah ; Hornby, for Demerara..
Arrived.—Boddrhydan, from C 4 1d era ; Cambria, screw
steamer, from Havre.
Sailed, Jan. 19—Emily, for Cear a; Garnet, from Savan-
nah; Robert Cushman, for Ch arl eston Onward, for
Antwerp Caroline Nesmitb, for ..(3w Orleans ; Maria
Burriss, for Manzanida.
(Bit SUBMARINE AND BRITIF GC TELEGRAM)
GRAVESENI P, 'Thursday Morning.
Wind, S.W. ; tide, last hour's e bb ; weather, fine.
Arrived, Jan. 18—Weatherall, fivu L the North Sea; Lily
of the Valley, from Bruges.
Arrived, Jan. 19—Ocean Bride, fro m St. Michael's.
Sailed, Jan. 19—Brothers, for ( !ape of Good Hope;
Morayshire, for Shanghai.

IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES iLN BRITISH COLUM-
BIA.--Her Majesty's ship Plump( r
.:arrived at Eaquimault
on the lst November, from Nar tar no, having coneluded
her surveying operations on the n Prthorn part of the Strait
of Georgia for the present season. During this cruise se-
veral new anchorages have been Rs covered and surveyed
between Nanaimo and Cape Law (or Point Ifolnies as it is
sometimes called) a distance of about 50 miles. But
perhaps the most important di: orrery is the existence
of a considerable river in Vane saver's Island, navigable
for boats or small stern-v filoel steamers, on the
banks of which are extensi ro tracts of excellent
land, varying from 20 to 100 feet in elevation, and
clothed with a rich luxuriant gran R. This land is ready for
the plough, is entirely clear of tl le pine tree, and studded
here and there with a better kin of oak than is usually
found on the uleared lands of V incouver's Island. This
river, which has received the nam eof Courtenay, in honour
of Admiral Courtenay, who form, sly commanded her Ma-
jesty's ship Constance, in these • -waters, empties into a
good and spacious harbour, Por
Augusta, which lies in
about 49 degrees 36 minutes ncrtl i latitude, and is scarcely
50 miles from Nanaimo. Major Downie was on his way
down from the Upper Pram r River region by the
Lino:cat trail and Port Douglas. There were reports of his
having made some valuable geogr. iphical discoveries on his
journey from the coast to Port A t Te) :ander, among which
were a chain of likes extending a for ,g the route 150 miles,
so that steamers drawing 12 inche 1 c if water can navigate a
distance of 100 miles further than a teamers drawing four
feet, which latter run on Senas rer, and a practicable
portage of 40 miles will then reach 'ort Alexander. These
reports are looked upon at Victori a a a important, as, if true,
the upper mining districts will be I am 'h more accessible than
heretofore, being brought almost • wit( }fin water communica-
tion of Victoria.—Cailadiati News"