The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-28 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

We have been favoured with a copy of the Syd-
ney Morning Herald of the 22d of April, brought
by the Omar Pasha, which ship has arrived from
Sydney in 90 days. The news is about a fortnight
later than the last
New advices. T
in here was nothing par-
ticular stirring South Wales. We extract
the following :

(Front thee. Sydney Morning Herald of April 22.)
Messrs. Mort and Co. held to-day their weekly
produce sale. The quantity of wool catalogued was
114 bales, the whole of which, with the exception
of three bales of New Zealand wool, was sold. The
wool market is Without any f Iteration, and the
prices obtained to-day were fully equal to those of
last week. The quantity of wool now being of-
fered is so small that the market cannot be fairly
tested, and until the arrival of the Engli ;h mail we
do not anticipate antipate any alteration in the prices
now ruling. The highest rates obtained were for
a lot of 32 bales of scoured wools marked " Mo-
r'nish," which brought 231 d. per lb. ; and a lot of
33 bales of fleece marked " B and II," which was
bought in at 23d., and afterwards taken at that
price. The following were the rates at which the
several lots were sold: —Fleece, 151 d. to 23d.;
scoured, 201 d. to 231 d.; mixed, Bd. to 181 d. ; grease;
Bd. to 121 d. ; lambs, 191 d. ; New Zealand, 201 d. ,
locks, 63-,d.

"MELBOURNE, APRIL 21, 6, P.M.
" A great demonstration was made to-day in hon-
our of the anniversaryoft he triumph of the eight-hour

movement. The procession was a very brilliant one
with banners and scarfs, extending over a mile in
length. Twenty bands of music are now celebrat-
ing the fete at Cremorne.
" From this evening to Tuesday morning is pro-
claimed a public holyday, and great preparations
are being made for spending it.
" The Convention had an interview with the
Chief Secretary respecting the registration.. The
latter declined to promise that the existing As-
sembly should be called. together to remedy the
defects in the act.

" ADELAIDE, APRIL 20.
" Flour, £lB 10s. per ton.
"The Melbo-urne steamer delivered the mails on
board the Y...alta at Kangaroo Island at 11.20 last
nights Pile detention did not occupy an hour.

APRIL 21.
" Wheat market not so firm. Quotations, 7s.
10d. to 7s. 11d.

" Flour unchanged.
" No auctions worth noticing.
" Trade is generally very dull.
" The Burra Burra Company held their half-
yearly meeting yesterday. The 14th annual report
shows that the yield of copper ore for the last six
months was 1,119 tons in excess of the preceding
six months. Profit on six months' ore, £21,329.
Total undivided to the 31st March last, £93,930,
of which £24,640 is set apart for two dividends of
£5 per share.
" The Parliament is to meet on the 29th of April.
"The Governor opens the Glenelg jetty on Easter
Monday.

" GUNDAGAI, APRIL 21, 5.10 P.M.
" The Tumut escort arrived to-day with 1,617
ounces of gold and £l,OOO in specie.'

THE NAVY.

On Tuesday evening the Fairy, with the royal
standard at the main and the Admiralty flag at the
fore, with the Elfin paddle yacht in attendance,
steamed up to Spithead from Osborne on a visit to
the fleet. Her Majesty was received with a royal
salute and manned yards from each ship as the royal
yacht steamed slowly past, the Russian frigate
Polkan joining in the demonstration. After steam-
ing from east to west of the outer line of the fleet,
the Fairy passed down the inner line and round the
Polkan, after which her Majesty returned to Os-
borne. The fleet is now anchored at Spithead in two
divisions. The outer line or division commencing
from the west part of Spithead, is anchored in the
order named :—The James Watt, Hero, Algiers,
Royal Albert, Edgar, and Neptune. The inner line
is formed with the Emerald and Mersey ; commenc-
ing from the westward, with the Flying Fish, 6,
and Pioneer, 6, anchored rather closer inshore in
shoaler water. The Russian squadron, consisting of
the Retvizan, 90 ; Gromoboi, 50 ; and Polkan, 44,
are brought up to the eastward of the squadron.
Signal was made yesterday from the Royal Albert
for one-fourth of each ship's company to have 48
hours' leave ashore, which has been accordingly
granted.
Rear-Admiral Pelham, C. 8., and Capt. Frederick,
two of the Lords of the Admiralty, were at Devon-
port on Tuesday, inspecting the ships of war in Ha-
moaze. They visited the screw steamship Royal
George, 102, and several gunboats attached to the
steam reserve. Their lordships landed in the even-
ing from the tender Sylph at Devonport. They
were attended by several naval officers, among
whom was Capt. Robert S. Robinson, of the guard-
ship of steam ordinary Wellington, 72.
The hired troopship Celestial, which sailed from
Woolwich-pier on the 9th of May last with troops
for Bermuda, returned to Woolwich yesterday
morning, having on board Lieut.-Colonel Michel,
Lieut. Maude, and Lieut. Hill, in command of 80
non-commissioned officers and gunners of the
sth battery 2d brigade Royal Artillery, and
Lieut. Armstrong, in command of 17 invalids
belqnging/to the 26th Regiment of Infantry (the
Cameronians), in medical charge of Assistant-
Surgeon Richards. The whole of the troops having
landed at the Arsenal pier, the detachment of artil-
lery proceeded to join the head-quarters of the
brigade recently stationed at Dover, and the in-
valids and officers of the 26th were conveyed to
Fort Pitt, Chatham. The Celestial left Bermuda
on the 25th June, and was 32 days at sea, having
experienced a succession of head and light winds.
On the first night, after sailing from Bermuda, a
man of the Royal Artillery, being found absent
from the muster roll, was supposed to have fallen
overboard in a state of intoxication. During the
disembarkation of the troops yesterday, one of the
Artillerymsn, who had lain in a state of torpid
idiotcy during the whole of the voyage, on reaching
the deck of the Celestial for the purpose of being
conveyed to the infirmary, suddenly rushed to the
ship's side and plunged overboard into deep water.
Fortunately one of the military storekeeper's men,
named Wilmot, engaged ow-the pier, leapt into a
boat and rescued the poor fellow from being
drowned. His first exclamation, on finding him-
, self again secured, was " They are going to take
me to the hospital and kill me ; I'd rather drawn
myself." One of the seamen, hearing the cry of
" A man overboard," was quickly in the water, and
the poor lunatic was promptly relieved without
suffering any injury or inconvenience beyond a
thorough wetting. .

The transport :vessels Stella, Annie, and Whaleys
have arrived at Woolwich Arsenal laden with re-
turned military stores. The Whaleys is under
orders to reload with shot, gun carriages, &c.
The Mersey, 40, screw, Capt. H. Caldwell, C. 8.,
is filling up her coal at Spithead.
The screw steam frigate Diadem, 32, Capt. Moor-
son, C. 8., sailed from Plymouth on Tuesday to join
the Channel squadron.
The paddlewheel steam-sloop Gladiator, 6, was
appointed to leave Plymouth yesterday (Wednes-
day) for the West Indies.
On Monday her Majesty's ship Ajax arrived in
Belfast Lough from Kingstown, for the purpose of
receiving volunteers for the Navy. The Ajax
has for some time past been engaged in her pre-
sent service as a Coastguard vessel and receiving
volunteers for the navy. She mounts 60 guns, and
carries a complement of about 500 seamen and ma-
rines, but is not filled up to that complement at the
present time. The Wellington cutter also arrived
at Belfast on Monday for the same purpose.
The Russian screw frigate Gromoboi, 50 guns,
Rear-Admiral Istomin, and the screw line-of-battle
ship Retvizan, Capt. Baron Taube, arrived at Spit-
head yesterday from Cadiz and Cherbourg. The
Grand Duke Constantine is at present at St. Peters-
burg, but is expected to arrive at Spithead on the
4th of August. It is also expected that several
other Russian men of war will call at Spithead on
their way to the Mediterranean from the Baltic.
Mr. John D. Rogers has been appointed master
additional to the Minotaur; and Mr. Cecil Cawdell,
surgeon, to the Sidon.