The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-12 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

PLYMOUTH, Nov. 11.

The ship Aron, Captain Mackwood, with 65,000
ounces of gold-dust, from Melbourne, August 6,
has lauded a mail here. She made a fine passage to
the Horn in 28 days, haying rounded the Cape
September 3 ; light winds were afterwards expe-
rienced throughout the passage. She crossed the
line October 1.

The Avon has between 90 and 100 passengers.
Her cargo includes a large quantity of wood, copper
ore, black sand, some hides, leather, (t7c. She spoke
off the coast of Brazil the Branscombe, for Liver-
pool ; October 2, the Walter Hood, for Sydney ;
October 5, the Janet, for Melbourne ; October 15,
the John Henry, for London.

THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.—PLTMOUTII, Wednes-
day, Nov. 11.—The mail steam-;hipEthiope, Coffman-
der C ,rbell, which arrived last night, reports at Fernan-
do Pe, Oct. 1, the British brigs Coquette and Edward
Colson, with the barque Austin and Ellen, which was
receiving a new rudder, preparatory to sailing for Eng-
land. The French brig El Dorado of Marseilles was
also under repair. The Etbiopo brings home the re-
maining part of the cargo of the barque Agues wrecked
at the entrance t) the Cameroons River. At Cameroons,
Sept. 27, the Moselle, Spartan, Porto Nova, and Arabi:,
the sea:on had been sickly, and several deaths had oc-
curred among the Europeans. At Old Calabar, Nov.
29, the Founy, Loodianah, Paramatte, Abeona, and
Mermaid. The Clan Gregor was dropping down the
river, and would sail on the springs. At Bonny, 00!.
4, the Golden Age, Grand Bunny, Dorothea,
Pomona, and St. Andrew ; ready for sea, the Blondine,
the Mary Black, and the Garland ; the Princess Royal
had arrived safely from Cape Coast Castle, where she
had been condemned after a collision ; trade was toler-
ably active. Several America., and other ships were at
Accra on Oct. 10, and on the 11th the Kantee, of Bris-
tol, was off Cape Coast Castle. The governor was at
Sierra Leone. The American barque Utah, from New
York, arrived at Liberia on Out. 14 ; the British barque
Ferree, for London, and the barque Tell, for Hamburg,
sailed therefrom on September 19, and the American
trig Falmouth, for New York, on the 24th. The Ame-
rican schooner Fawn was wrecked off Cape Palmas on
October 14. The barque Colonist was at Sierra Leone
on October 21. Several French vessels were at Bat.
burst and Goree on October 25. The barque Nautilus,
the brig Cornet, and the schooner Jane were at Madeira
on November 3.
A man was on Monday tried by the Tribunal of Cur-
rectional Pace for a somewhat singular species of usury.
The publisher of M. Till, rs' " Ilistoire du Consulat et de
l'Empire" allows the poorest class of purchasers to pay
for the work in twenty-four monthly instalments of 51. ;
AA several non commissioned officers of the 94th Regi-
ment purchased it on those terms. One of these men
being one day in want of money sold his copy to the
prisoner fur 60f. Some others hearing of this, went to
th 3 man, and on condition of his paying the 601. down,
made subscriptions to the work to be paid month by
month, leav•n,g him to take the copy to which they were
entitled ; they thus in reality had to pay 1201. for au
advance of 601. The tribunal condemned the man to
two months' imprisonment, and NO.'. fine.

TEE MONETARY CRISIS.