The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-02 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

ALEXANDRIA, lAN. 25.

The Colombian, bringing £75,000 sterling in
gold, 28 passengers, and the Austrian mail, has
arrived, with dates of intelligence,—Sydney, 11th;
Melbourne, 18th of December ; Galle, Bth of
January.

The Legislature had adjourned to the 11th of
January. The bill to increase the number of
members of Assembly had received the Royal
Assent. A resolution had been proposed to the
Assembly to sanction the purchase of the Geelong
Railway.

The Council sent a message to the Assembly
asking the attendance of the Chief Secretary and
the Attorney-General to be examined before a
committee of that house, formed to inquire into the
appointment of magistrates. Ministers resisted
the demand as unconstitutional, and, after a short
debate, it was rejected by the Assembly. This
slight collision has saved a more serious one.
Timely rains have saved the harvest.
The departures of gold ships for England are as
follows ;—Nov. 28, the Norfolk, for London, with
40,643 oz. ; Dec. 2, the Red Jacket, for Liverpool,
with 39,611 oz. ; the Morning Light, for Liverpool,
with 13,699 oz. ; Dec. 14, the Tornado, for Liver-
pool, with 29,164 oz.
At Sydney considerable business has been done
in wool, and prices firm. Tallow was dull. Ex-
change on London, 30 days' sight, purchased at
par, sold at 1 prem.
Parliament was prorogued on the 26th Novem-
ber, and reassembled on the Bth December. The
Electoral Bill had received the Royal assent; the
only amendment on principle retained by the As-
sembly on returning the bill to the Council was
the addition of a member to represent the Uni-

versity.
The European reached Sydney on the 15th. The
Oneida left Galle on the 25th of December.

THE WEST INDIA, MEXICO,

AND PACIFIC MAILS.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING.

The Parana, Capt. Bevis, has arrived. Her dates
are :—Vera Cruz, lan. 4th ; Havannah, 9th ; Grey
Town, 6th; Colon, Bth; Jainaica, 1 lth ; Demerara,
10th ; Trinidad, 9th ; Barbadoes, 12th ; Grenada,
11th ; St. Thomas's, 16th.

The Parana brings 80 passengers, 888,284 dols.
in specie, jewellery and diamonds value 18,011 dols.,
136 bags of cocoa, 100 boxes of limes, 174 cases of
cigars, 23 casks of coffee, and sundries.
Her Majesty's steamers Indus and Jasper, and
gunboat Jasseur, are at Barbadoes ; Caesar, Diadem,
and Valorous, at Grey-town ; Tartar, Devastation,
and Arachne, at Vera Cruz; Basilisk, at Honduras;
and Imaum at Jamaica. •
From the 28th ult, to the Ist inst. the Parana
encountered a fearful storm, with very heavy hail
squalls from W.N.W.

Weather at Havannahfa,v3urable for sugar-mak-
ing. Average crop expected.
Dry goods' market dull.
Stocks of all descriptions large, and low prices
expected for the next six months.
Exchange on London firm at 14 premium.
Money more wanted, and 8 premium paid for
good paper.

Thebarque Castries, from Liverpool, in lat. 49.38,
long. 7.30,0 n the 20th of November, boarded the
Swedish barque Skatan, abandoned. Water almost
to the beams. Loaded with sulphur, bOund from
Sicily to Stockholm. ' Capt. Spike, of the Castries;
died on the 10th of December.

Nothing of importance from the West India
Islands.

In Chili the revolutionary movement is spread-
ing, and the existing Government was likely to be
overthrown. • Business at Valparaiso dull.
The steamer ealamo arrived at Valparaiso Dec.
14, in 44 days from Liverpool.
Paraguay is making warlike preparations to re-
pel the United States' forces.

Two of the American vessels had reached the
waters of Uruguay, and others were reported iri
Rio Janeiro.

A Braiilian fleet was about being despatched
from Rio Janeiro to the waters of Parana to ob-
serve the movements of the United States' fleet.

SECRET VOTING.