The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-16 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1858.

NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK
OF ENGLAND.
112, Bishopsgate-street, London, June 15th, 1858.
The Directors of the National Provincial Bank of England
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that a HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND,
at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, and also a Bonus of Ten per
cent., will be payable on the Company's Stock, on and after the
15th of July next, when the Dividend and Bonus Warrants will
be obtained at the Company's office, 11'2, Bishopsgate-street,
or at the different Branches.
The Transfer Books will be closed on and after Monday, the
21st inst., until the dividend and Bonus become payable.
By order of the Court of Directors.
DAN. ROBERTSON, Agent and Manager.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-
EXCURSION to BITII and BRISTOL from Paddington
on S TURDAY, the 19th, at G. 30 p.m. ; returning on MONDAY,
at 6.30 p.m. from Bristol, and 7 p.m. from Bath. Fares—Bristol,
14s. and is.; Bath, 12s. and Gs.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.--
Excu stun to Oxford, Banbury, Leamington, Warwick, and
Birmingham, from Paddington, on Sunday, the 20th, at 7,45 a.m.
returning the same night. Fares :—Oxford, 6s. Gd. and 4s. ; Ban-
bury, Ss. and ss. ; Leamington or Warwick, 10s. 6d. and Gs ;
and Birmingham, 12e.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-
On SATURDAY, the 26th of June, an EXCURSION
TRAIN will leave Paddington at g.O a.m. for Plymouth,
(offering facilities for visiting Torbay, Brixham, Dartmouth, and
the South Coast of Devon), calling at Weston-super-Mare, 11l idge-
wate-, Taunton, Tiverton-road, Exeter, Barnstaple, and Bideford
(for Ilfracombe, and the North Coast of Devon), Stare (‘ss, Dawlish,
Teignmouth, Newton, Torquay, Totness, and Kin2sbrid e-road, and
returning on Monday, the sth of July, from t lymouth, at 6.20 a.m.,
and intermediate stations as per handbills.

EPPS'S COCOA-11b. and Ob. packets, is. 6d.
and 9d.—EPPS, Horace, •to Chemist, 170, Piccadilly;
112, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury ; and 82. Old Broad-street,
City ; manufactory, 398, BUtton-road ; also of Grocers and Chemists.

QCHWEPPE'S SODA WATER, MALVERN
SELTZER WATER, POTASS WATER, and LIMONADE.
Every Bottle of the Alkali Waters is protected by a Label over the
cork with their signature. Sold by all respectable Chemists, Con-
fectioners, and at the leading Hotels. Manufactured at London,
Liverpool, Bristol; Derby, and Malvern Wells.

" OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT" says
Twenty-one Million Pounds of Tea have been released by
the Possession of Canton.—The EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY
anticipate the arrival of this, and have reduced the price of their
Glb bag of Sound Tea to 2s. 2d. per lb., Ik! Coffee in the Berry to ltd.
—Warehouses, 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate.

FORGE HOBSON begs to invite the attention
3C of Gentlemen to his new Stock of Trowscrings tor the pre-
sent season, price 21s. to 255.
G. 11. submits for inspection his new Overcoats, in all the new ap-
proved and various shades of colour for sp lag wear. Excellence
with Economy. A suit of clothes made in a few hours' notice.

GEORGE HOB SON, 57. Lombard-street.
ESTABLISHED 1796.

CF. HANCOCK, of Bruton-street and New
• Bond-street, Jeweller and Silversmith to the Principal
Sovereigns and Courts of Europe, begs leave to remove an erroneous
impression which exists amongst some of his customers, that he has
retired, or Is about to retire, from business. This impression (which
is entirely unfounded) has probably arisen in c.nsequence of the re-
tirement and selling ofof a Jeweller of the same name, also of New
Bond-street, but with whom C. P. Hancock is not, and never has
been, in any way connected, either in business or by relationship.

GRANDES NOUVEAUTES IN PARIS.-
LA COMPAGNIE LYONNAISE,
No. 37, Boulevard des Capucines, Paris,
Have just exposed for sale their NOVELTIES for the SEASON, com-
prising SILK-STUFFS, LACE, Indian and French Cacuzutazs, printed
MUSLINS and PIQUES, FANCY STUFFS of all kinds, WEDDING OUT-
FITS, MANTLES, BURNOUS, &C.
The successive aggrandizements of the establishment of LA COM-
PAGNIE LYONNAISE have rendered it one of the most extensive
n Europe ; the ware-rooms at the present day comprise upwards of
thirty saloons or galleries, having four separate entrances. Being
their own manufacturers, their productions are not liable to the
extra charges made on account of intermediate agents, and thus this
company can afford to offer to the public on terms far snore advan-
tageous than any other house. Every article, even the Cachemires
is marked in plain figures.
LA COMPAGNIE LYONNAISE have established houses at
Lyons, Kashmere, Aleacm, and Chantilly for the manufacture of
Silk s,uffs ,Cachemires, and Lace, but they have no succursale for
sale in any country whatever.

sponding period of 1856 and 1857, shows a deficiency
against the last period of 38,390 ounces as com-
pared with 1857, and of 238,000 oz. as compared
with. 1856. A comparison of the receipts for the last
four weeks of the present year and the correspond-
ing period of 1857, gives an advantage to the for-

1 tner-term of 11,730 oz.
'.I his great decrease in the principal st aple article
of our-produce is_attributable to two facts, the first
being the gradual exhaustion of the other goldfields,
and the second the non discovery of new deposits
important as regards their extent. The exhaustion
referred to simply indicates that the old mode of
working h insufficient to produce results such as
would place the colony in respect of its gold pro-
duct in an equally favourable poiitiou to what it
has hitherto assumed. So far as the original gold-
fields are concerned, the labour of the individual
miner has fallen in value, for he hasto expend much
more of it to acquire what may be termed his wages,
than was formerly the case. The exhaustion of the
superficial deposits which a few years ago enabled
him to obtain a high compensatory return for little
labour, places him for the moment at a disadvan-
tage. But this disadvantagecan only be teMporary;
in fact, only so long as there is a deficiency of means
to develop the sub-deposits which have already
been proved to exist. What is wanted, then, is the
employment of capital, so that operations may be
extended, and the treasure, which even now lies
half-revealed, may be wholly secured.
The investment of large amounts of money iu
developing the auriferous riches of the colony,
must, whenever it occurs, be splendidly rewarded.
This view of the case seems to be pretty general,
for at pres'ent the cry is almost general through-
out the colony for the introduction of more capi-
tal in mining operations. Of such operations,
the most important are concerned with the use of
water ; and it stands to reason that an insuffi-
cient supply of so necessary an agent in the pro-
cess of gold-Mining, must materially affect the
value of-thee-result. Now, -with few exceptions,
the gold-fields of Victoria have,'ever since their
original discovery, suffered from the insufficiency
of the supply of water they had to meet domestic
and mining requirements.. The consequence of
this deficiency has been the impossibility of tho-
roughly testing the extent of even the superficial
deposits. The necessity of finding remunerative
employment to the immense mining population of
the colony has at length suggested to some of the
gold-field municipalities the propriety of offering
such facilities to the speculator as will insure his
co-operation. Of the various local schemes at pre-
sent in existence for supplying the gold-fields with
water in quantities sufficient for every- purpose,
that -to which the Sandhurst municipal council is a
party seems to us at once the most comprehensive
in its nature, as well as the most liberal in conces-
sions made for the purpose of obtaining the com-
pletion of the work off hand.
Pertinent to the subject of introducing addi-
tional capital into mining
operations, is the circum-
stance of Mr. Gabrielli's appearance in the gold-
fields iu the character of a mining speculator.,
Ballarat was the first mining district to which the
attention of this capitalist has been directed, and
the following extract from an article iu the Bal-
larat Times of Monday last discloses the result of
his negotiations so fer as they have yet pro-
ceeded :

" On Saturday evening we had an inter view with
Mr. Gabrielli, the well-known capitalist, and the
negotiator of the loans to the Melbourne and Gee-
long corporations. This gentleman is now in Vic-
toria in the double capacity of representative of Sir
Samuel M. Peto, the great English railway con-
tractor (who is willing to undertake the construc-
tion of all the Victorian railways), and agent for
certain parties in England, who are prepared to
find all the money which the completion of these
works will require. Mr. Gabriellij visited Ballarat
in order to examine for himself, and test the truth-
fulness of the reports contained in the public jour
nals relative to the want of capital on the gold
fields, and to ascertain how far it would be safe to
invest money in mining operations ; in what man-
ner it could be introduced, so as to give the miner
cheap capital, the capitalist fair interest, and both
bona fide security.
_ . _

The new Administration have signified their in-
t ntion of granting mining leases, and the Solicitor-
General is engagedi n prepraing forms for the pur-
pose. These will be drawn up on such principles as
will insure an equitable consideration both to the
capitalist and the labouring miner, wi'h the object
of scouting the mutual co-operation of these classes.
Pleasant Creek, in the Ararat district, although
unfortunate in respect of its celebrity for deeds of
violence and crime committed in and about it, sus-
tains its more gratifying reputation as a first-class
gold-field. The western diggings, the locality of
which is in the vicinity of Pleasant Creek, have
proved worthless, and are now almost deserted.
Elysian Flat, near Bendigo, is also well remunerat-
ing its patrons at present. _ _

-The judicial ami general administration of the
gold-fields as conducted by the newly-established
Mining Boards and Courts of Mines, appears to be
giving satisfaction.
The celebrated Clunes reef is now no longer the
focus of mining disturbances. The reef is being
worked by a large co-operative association, aid has
already proved to be a most profitable investment
to the company.