The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-13 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

[A. portion of the fallowing appeared in our impression
of Saturday :--] _ _

LIVERPOOL, JULY 12.

The Black Ball clipper ship James Baines, Cap-
tain Macdonali, arrived this afternoon with ad-
vices from Melbourne to the 26th April, being ten
days later than those received overland. Sho bas
brought 60,314 ounces of gold on freight, 163 pas-
sengers, and a quantity of wool, tallow, &c.
The James Baines made the run from Melbourne
to the Equator in 44 days, and then experienced
light trifling winds to Cape Clear.
The over:and mail of the 24th February had not
arrived out, the latest dates from England being
per Great Britain.
The auxiliary screw steamship Groat Britain ar-
rived at Melbourne on the 19th April, after a pas-
sage of 62 days. The Black Ball clipper Lightning.,
hence, made the run out in 71. days; the
from London, the Sea Lark, from Cardiff, and the
Dunstand, from Liverpool, in 141 days, had ar-
rived at Melbourne. _ •

Lady Barkley, wife of Governor-General Bark-
ley, died on the 17th of April at Soorak from Der-
vou3 exhaustion, resulting from a recent accouthe-
matt Great sympathy was felt by all classes.
The O'Shanassy Ministry bad:fallen by a vote of
want of confidence moved by Mr. Fellowes. The
Majority was-34 to 19. The Governor sent for Mr.
Haines to form a Ministry, but he declined, and
Mr. 111(CtiHocti undertook it, and immediately put
himself in communication with Mr. Michie and
ahem
Business generally was improving, though there
was no pariicul it advance in prices_. Sugar gene-
rally was maintaining fair prices.
No bonds of bottled beer but Bass's saleable.
Rum in rather better demand. •
Port wine very dull of sale.
Flour dull at from 161. to 171.
The Melbourne Herald of the 25th states that
there was very little doing in the market. Good
samples of wheat sold at 6s. 6d. to 6s. 9d. Brandy
continued firm. The quantity of gold by escort for
the week ending the 24th was 37,307 ounces (cash
37,8141.) The value of imports into Melbourne
for the week ending the 18th of April was 252,338/. ;
exports, 85,592/. The prices of wool were fully
maintained.

PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY MORNING.

Ti:e Roxburgh Castle, Captain Adams, 94 days
from Melbourne, was off the port yesterday, and
Landed pa,sengers here. She has a cargo of copper
ore and wool, 90 passengers, and, it is slid, half a
ton of gold dust.
The Itoxburgh Castle has had a very boisterous
passage. She left Port Phillip April '7th, cleared
the Head on the 10th, carried away topgallant-
mast before sighting Cape Horn, which she
rounded May 10th ; 10-t bulwarks off the coast of
Brazil, cros:,-e I the line June Bth, and shoal.), after
experienced contrary wind or calms for nine conse-
cutive days. Near the Lizard, at 11 a.m., on Fri-
day, spoke the Blackwall, from Plymouth, under
a'l canvass for Melbourne.
The Francis Henty, Capt. Caincros., from Mel-
bourne March the 24th, landed
passengers at two
o'clock this morning. She has nine passengers and
24,000 ounces of gold. After expending 10 days
in attempting to make the passage home by Cape
Fiore, the Francis Henty put about off Van Die-
men's Land, and rounded the Cape of Good Hope
in 60 days. She is 26 days from the line.
The Copenhagen, Capt. Godfrey, is outside the
harbour, coming in and bound to Melboutne.
The Queen and the Prince of Wales, from the,
East Indies, for London, are in the Channel.

THE LATE DOUBLE RETURN FOR HUNTINGDONSHIRE
—The inquiry into the late election for Huntingdon
shire, which resulted in an equality of votes for Mr. J,
M. Heathcote and Mr. E. FeHowes will commence dur-
r g tue week. As about 60 votes are oljected to of
rich side the inquiry will piob.hly be an cxtrunel3
di 'us OW.