The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-14 00:00:00

SANDHURST.

14TH AUGUST.-At the adjourned inquest on
Loeman's five more witnesses were examined to-
day, whose evidence tends strongly to implicate
Von See. The inquiry is adjourned till Monday,
and as a large number of witnesses have yet to be
examined, it is not expected a verdict can be re-
turned till about the middle of the week. Gold
closed to-day at same price, with a tendency again
to move upwards, and general business is some-
what brisker. Miss Provost makes her first
appearance here to-night, and considerable num-
bers appear moving in the direction of the theatre
while this despatch is being written.

Adelaide papers of the 12th inst. state that a
banquet was given to Mr. Gregory at White's As-
sembly Rooms on the 7th. The chair was occupied
by the Commissioner of Crown Lands. The Goverb
nor was present, and a large number of influential
colonists. In the course of the evening, Mr. Gre-
gory was presented with a congratulatory address
by the Mayor, John Lazar, Esq., on behalf of tb•
Adelaide Corporation. In his address, in response
to the toast of his health, Mr. Gregory stated that
on arriving within 200 miles of Adelaide he came
upon one of the most magnificent countries he had
seen in Australia, and that nearly the whole of the
country within one hundred miles of Adelaide was
fenced in.

The advices from Sydney extend to August 11.
The Legislative Assembly has adopted a resolution
in favour of the conveyance of immigrants into the
interior at the public expense.
The Assembly has recently voted the sum of
L 712,000 for the extension of railways to Penrith,
Picton, and Singleton, by a majority of five to one.
It is understood that the new lines will be proceeded
with immediately. This sum is expected to pro_
vide for 60 miles of new railway, 20 to the south,
and as much to the north and west. Mr. Gabrielli
has been negotiating with the Government to
secure the contract for these works on behalf of
Sir Samuel Morton Pete, but has only partially
succeeded. The colonial contractors are natually
jealous of the arrival of such an over-shadowing
celebrity as Sir S. M. Peto, and there has been a
great deal of underhand manoeuvring to discourage
him from adventuring here ; yet the compe-
tence of our local contractors to undertake any
great works is too glaring to be denied, and in
Victoria, where the Government has patronised that
class, they are muddling along very unsatisfactorily.
But our builders and bricklayers, if they have not
skill and capital, have votes, and that is a conside-
ration which a Cabinet that leans on the support
of the democracy cannot afford to depise. So to
compromise matters the work is to be divided. One-
third of it is to be thrown open at once to satisfy
the colonial contractors,
and a message is to be sent
to Sir S. M. Peto, that he
may have the other 40
miles if he likes.
The Electoral Bill may be said to have passed
through committee of the whole house. Manhood
mono um Wen AdOpted, 'With a regclwati§ry

lification of six months in one district. Voting by
ballot has been confirmed as an essential part of
the bill.

THE PENINSULAR MAILS•

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING.

The Tagus steamship, Captain Christian, has
arrived, with mails from Gibraltar to the sth inst. ;
Cadiz, 6th ; Lisbon, 9th ; Oporto and Vigo, 10th.
She has 28 passengers, £B3B in specie, and cargo
of fruit, eggs, wine, &c.

_ .
Gibraltar exchanges on London, 50 ; Paris, 528 ;
Marseilles, 530 ; Genoa, 531.

Her Majesty's ship Vulture arrived at Gibraltar
on the sth.

The French ships of war Donawerth and Auster-
litz were at anchor at Lisbon. Having neglected
to fire a salute when the King was afloat, explana-
tions were required of the French Minister. The
omission was declared to be involuntary, the cap-
tains being absent from their ships at the time,
and, as they were both subsequently presented to
his Majesty, their explanations were held to be
satisfactory.
'Exchanges at Lisbon closed at 531 on London,
528 on Paris, 48 on Hamburg, 42/ on Amsterdam,
527 on Genoa. No alteration in stocks and shares.

THE CAPE OF ,GOOD HOPE.

PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.
The Cape Moniteur of August 25 contains intelli-
gence four days later than that by the mail packet
Athens, which arrived here on the 4th inst.
There are no further advices of Governor Sir
George Grey's progress on the frontier.
The steam troopship Simoom, Commander John
M. Cook, arrived in Simon's Bay August 24 from
Calcutta with a number of invalids and with passen-
gers for the Cape, including Captain Lucas, 73d.
Regiment.
The steamers Golden Fleece, United Kingdom,
Tweedside, and Abeona, and sailing. ship Cos-
patrick, from Calcutta, were expected at the Cape
en route for London.

The screw steamer Scotia, Captain Bell, front
Amoy, with Coolies for Havannah, arrived in
Simon 's Bay on the 24th of August.
The Jacobus Marthinus and the Pantaloon,
with patent fuel, from Swansea ;. the bark Nautile,
from Havre ; the Caroline Elizabeth, from London ;
the Valkyrien, from Copenhagen ; and the Inglebay
and the General Wiltshire, from Kooria Mooria,
with guano, were at the Cape.
The brigs Glenaen and Basileia, and the clipper
ship Lightning were on the berth for London.
Advices from the Mauritius state that there was
a scarcity of sugar for shipment, and. that many
vessels had left little more than half full. Several
were waiting for cargoes for the Australian
markets.

RAISING TII.E GREAT BELL AT

WESTMINSTER.

" Big Ben," or rather " Royal Victoria," as the
great bell at the new palace at Westminster is
wow designated, was safely landed in its final
destination this morning about half-past two o'clock.
As soon as the bell made its appearance in the
clock-room, the workmen received the new arrival
with their hearty cheers.
We have to congratulate Mr. Quorn and his
fellow-labourers on the success of the operation.

STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN

GALWAY AND AMERICA.

From an advertisement in another column it will
be seen that it is proposed to give an enlarged and
permanent character to the steam transit lately
established between Galway and America, and a
prospectus of .the Atlantic and Royal Mail Steno._
Navigation Company, with a capital of £600,000,
in £lO shares, has been issued for the purpose.
The service is to be weekly, and the principal ad-
vantages set forth by the promoters are, that it will
save one or two days to all passengers, and owing
to its telegraphic facilities will enable messages to
pass between London and Washington in about six
days ; that the dangers of the Channel are avoided;
that there will be a saving of insurance as well as
of wear and tear from the reduced sea distance;
that the Governments on both sides of the Atlantic
will be likely to grant mail contracts ' • and that the
requisite vessels, owing to the serious depression ill
the value of steam-ships, can be purchased for ex-
tremely small sums. More than a third of the
capital is stated to have been already subscribed.

IRONMASTERS' QUAIITERLYMEETING

WOLVERHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.
The quarterly meeting of the Ironmasters of this
district was held in this town this afternoon ; the
attendance of the trade was scarcely up to the
average, and as regards the business transacted, it
must be looked upon as having been a quiet quarter
day. To some extent this may have been attribut-
able to the circumstance of their being no specula-
tive purchases of iron, and an inclination on the
part of consumers not to enter into heavy contracts
pending the slow progress which trade is making
towards recovery. Shippers of iron are actuated by
much the same disposition. There are no large
continental orders in ; and a similar remark' applieo
to the American trade. It must be noticed, how.!
ever, that the American firms, who have an exten-
sive connexion in that quarter, are now receiving
orders by every packet ; as a natural consequence
these are not large—there being no longer the dis-
tinctive line betweenthe spring andfall trade which
formerly existed. It was pretty evident, however,
that notwithstanding the comparative quietude
which prevailed to-day, the tone of the assembly
was good, and a conviction very generally prevailed
that the trade is in a better position than it was a
few weeks ago. Under-selling of good brands of
finished iron has declined, and the great bulk of the
firms have sufficient orders to keep the melts and
forges in full operation.
Pig-iron is rather improving in price, A good
many sales of hot-blast iron took place to-day, at
from 2s. 6d. to ss. per ton higher than would have
been given a month ago, and, so far as we could
learn, the demand is sufficient to prevent parties
stacking pigs, though, for the present, it is not pro-
bable that there will be any addition to the num-
ber of furnaces in blast.

The Wolverhampton factors report that the coun-
try trade is better, and to-day accounts were very
punctually paid.
The colliery strike has not yet terminated ; but
in the district west of Dudley, towards Brierler
hill, the mien are returning to their work gradu-
ally. At present they are engaged getting the pits
in order, and will most likely commence drawing
in a week. The Oldbury men are, it is said, dis'
posed to accept the reduction, conscious of the use-
lessness of further resistance. It is expected they'
will go in next week.

Lord and Lady Foley will shortly leave Worksop
Manor for the Continent.

The Marquis and Marchioness Zalbura and family
have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel from Spain.
The Earl and Countess of Durham are shortly
expected in town, from Lambton. Castle, Durham.
RETURN OF THE COURT FROM BALMORAL.—It
is now arranged that the Court will leave Balmoral on
Tuesday morning, the 19th inst. The Royal party will
post to Banchory, and there start by the Deeside Railway
at half-past twelve p.m., reaching Ferryhill Junction.
(Scottish North-Eastern), at one. Luncheon, involving a
halt of half-an-hour, will be taken at Stonehaven. After
a further brief stoppage at Forfar, and another at Perth,
her Majesty will reach Edinburgh about six p.m.—Edin-
burili Advertiser.
VISIT OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL TO LORD DERBY.
—At a time when every journal in the country, with the
single exception of the Morning Post, ridiculed the idea of
Lord John Russell paying a visit to Lord Derby, at the
seat of the latter at Knowsley, we affirmed that Lord John
Russell had received and accepted an invitation to visit the
Conservative Premier at the place in question. We also
stated that Lord John would be Lord Derby's guest about
the middle of this week. We can now state that Lord John
will, to-day or to-morrow, become an inmate of Knowsley,
and that his visit to the Tory Prime Minister will be ex-
tended over a period of several days.—MorniniAdvertiser.
ILLNESS OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORIC—HiS
Grace the Archbishop of York, who was to have preached
the sermon at the approaching consecration of the parish
church of Doncaster, has been obliged to decline that duty
in consequence of his feeble state of health. As a result of
the step which his Grace has been, compelled to adopt, the
consecration sermon will be preached by the Right Rev.
Dr. Bickersteth, Bishop of Ripon.
FORTIFICATIONS AT GRAVESEND.—On Tuesday
contracts were issued by the Government for the construc-
tion of the new fortifications and buildings at Grave'Send
and Tilbury Fort. In the course of the month the Terrace-
pier and gardens at Gravesend will pass into the hands of
Government, when the contemplated works to facilitate
the landing and embarkation of troops at this port will be
immediately commenced. Contracts were also issued for
the construction of a breakwater in front of the redoubt at
Eastbourne.

THE HOME INDIAN DEBT. A suggestion has
been made that it would be a great convenience to the
public if the management of the Home Indian debt were!
under the new Government arrangements to be handed
over to the Bank of England. The question is likely to
receive proper consideration from the India Council, and
the probability is that there will be no disposition to raise
any objection, unless it should be found that it will be more
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