The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-04 00:00:00

MINING REVIEW.

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY.' mid
Under this heading the Commercial lieralti a
nd
Market Review makes the following interesting 3na
truthful remarks upon the material progress
growing resources of the Pacific Coast.
The first three quarters of the year just brotig 0
to a close have been marked by a large aver of
degree of prosperity among the people, not onlYst,
California, but throughout the entire Pacific e°,73ery
Glancing over this period we find that nearly e'
rot
branch of industry and field of investment has
with a fair, and, in many instances, with a 11'013 of
cent reward. Rarely ever before in the hist°, i
rJog
the country has such great and generally gratlusi.
progress been made in every department of,
ness as during this time. Labour has been into
demand and well requited ; manufacturing bas „in-
active with remunerative prices, and money a.'cs,
dant at moderate rates for all legitimate purpc-.0,
The shipping interest has been specially t 10,11.100
ing, the tonnage of the port having emploYe,",od
most of the time to its fullest capacity. Tre"ek‘cral
m comerce, without being attended with the
gains of earlier years, have been healthful and Ores
sionally active, there having been but few failti
11-
or other financial disasters to record. ept
terprise has not only escaped the ruinous losses ttbe
so often befel it a few years since, but has, for to,
most part, been attended with satisfactory rese'6,;s
indicating for this important branch of boi°,er
more steady and profitable returns than has e% e
yet attended it. Payments by interior dealers
generally been made with promptness, pointing "11,
prosperous trade and an easy state of finances thronged,
out the country. Ship and boat building has revt%tbo
not only at this port but at other points alouguget
coast, it being particularly brisk just now about it dos,
Sound, to which locality, because of its advamltor
much of this business will probably be hereattg.
transferred. Indeed it seems likely that this 13/test
nificent water will soon become one of the greapoi•
centres of naval construction in the world, the
lities for shipbuilding being greater here the'
any other known point. wore
As customary, trade at this point has beell„ncler
active during the third quarter of the series 7$ of
review than throughout the others, the buslne"with
the past three months comparing favourably riod,
that done in any former corresponding flerioot
Orders for machinery, both for quartz mills, Waver
railroad, and other purposes, have been large' aged
ing the most of our foundries and shops fully eng;st-
A new item in this line consists of architecturtoloyed
ings, a vast amount of which is now being er?,P,l;ogs'
in the construction of the better class of WIT-4;ga
Agricultural implements are also now being '3olldte
manufactured in this State, those of home cl to
being, like our quartz mills, generally prefelleetlo
the imported article. It is gratifying to observe
there has been less dispcsition manifested 70,0
our inhabitants thus far the present year to 031 51115
to points beyond tha limits of the State, as wto in'
on the part of our moneyed and business Ineno,bero
vest in foreign and other distant localities, by DO
returns, as experience has amply shown, are
means so large or certain as nearer home.
Greater attention is now being turnad to 14",,riouP
and similiar pursuits than to the more Precciagti"
business of mining, and as a consequence g°°,l,otit'e
cultural lands, as well as other kinds of Pr°-nioaci
real estate, are appreciating in value. 1:11e; tite/3„.
accumulations of the country—greater 110"goine"
ever before, as the deposits made in the for
banks show—are being utilised more thel.,tioal
merly in the purchase of lands for culti".oo'l4
or of city property for improvement, oil'
also being used in efforts to establish 1;13001
facturing in a small way, or, in some ius:111),e;
through associated capital on
ea
larger scale ; te"
speaking a settled confidence in the futurebrift
city and State, and indicating a growing t
the part of the labouring classes.

The Price of Gold.

016
.
The quotation of gold at Paris2sl. 120. per XI is about at teroap
the short exchange on London isrioe 6f
On c nnparing these rates with the English Mint P. 6 OPt
141. per ounce fbr standard gold, it aPP"O
:Told is about 2-.oths per cent. dearer in Paris than*
OW;
don.
ihe course of exchange at New York on London tfrojere,
at 60 days' sight is about 1091 per cent. At this rtaijnitca
e
is no profit on the importAtiou of gold /torn th
States.

Births. .. 110
Q„ se-,, gal
CLEMENTS-- On the Ist inst at East HothlY,,r-isa'n
wife of H. Topham Clements, Esq late LAP —1 ,
Light Dragoons, of a daughter. .1
s IPwd-
HAnuEnzoisT—On the Ist hilt , at Latchnaere 11°I1 e'ou 11-
common, S.W., the Viscountess' Herbertou, of a 6
tbe
MARSrHALL—On the 2d inst., at The Close, SI L.,03°0°
wife of Captain Harry Marshall, Queen's 11,0
of a daughter.

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Marriages.
BRIGGS —WlLLorGirnr —On the 2d inst•, at IsTen e f`°'
Switzerlandc:tw k ,ve lI 1,,
oDusaev,id Br] -,-ffs of l'elste'rn Gr6"51431:i')
Morgan, youngest
Mor di'
luughby, The Villa, Louth. ' A Cll' of
CURRIE—GRAVES—On the 21st Oct., at St. Peter'- 1 oi, 4
nszrvgif:iun't 1,,d
aLu‘vignici ot
el nr s holf. re,,41°.2. NV ll'
~,., ...,,,, secont lit.,
Fort William, Major Mark -'
Sir -0 Eclwara uta..i.. ~, doh,
F. Currie, Bart., to Catherine Louisa, of
o
of the late Major-General H. M. Graves.
Deaths. A to
rto
IfunitiNsoN—On the let inst at 5, Belvedo.--; 0 13-
Brighton, Major-General Edward. H. iltit,,c4iu-c) ' a
commanding 11.31.'s 35th Regiment, aged 6'• 4, 14(3g:,'
KENNETT —Ou the Ist last , at Tilgate Fores'lloo6r°
Crawley, Charles Kenne.tt, Esq., late 18t4
f fib
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aged 30.
RHARDSON—On the 2d inst. at Charlwood-streteill, CO
Richardson, Esq., formerlySurgeon-lklaior o".i 10'
Fusilier Guards, and Surgeon EN.-traordinarY t 0
doh
the Duk of Cambridge. s /lOW
SNOWDEN- Oa the Ist just at Ramsgate, G. S.
Esq., F.R.C.S. Eng., aged" 59 --.

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