The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-04 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

The following telegraphic despatch has been re.
ceived from Marseilles :
ALEXANDRIA, • MARCH 28.
The Simla arrived at Suez on the 26th, bring.
ing 48 passengers and 85,000 oz. of gold.
Her dates are-Sydney, Feb. 11 ; Melbourne,
Feb. 15.; King's George's Sound, Feb. 22 • the
Mauritius, March 1 • and Ceylon, March 101
The Oneida left king George's Sound on the
3d Feb. with 70 passengers and 10,000 oz. of gold.
Nothing has been heard of her since.
The European arrived at Melbourne on the 10th
Feb.

Chief Justice A'Beckett retires ; Attorney.
General Stawell succeeds him.

Ministers are as yet unable to fill up the vacant
law offices.

Mr. Childers, Commissioner of Trade, proceeds
to England as Emigration Commissioner.
Trade remains good, but is rather stagnant.
Some alarm is felt at the increasing exports.
The amount of gold shipped this year is nearly
1,500,000/.
Labour was scarce in consequence of the reduce
tion of the day's work to eight hours.
The Istamboul was to sail on the 2a of March;
the European on therl2th of March.
The banks are buying bills at 1 per cent. prem.,
and selling at 2.
Flour was at 171. to 181. per ton. .
At Sydney wool was steady, with liberal 'supplies.
Tallow was in demand, but supplies were very
small. _ _ _

The gold dust received by the escorts in Jantary
wa3 14,000 oz., against 5,500 oz. last year.

EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, MARCH 28.

The Bank of Egypt remits the Egyptian tribute
to London, their tender being the lowest, and equi-
valent to exchange of about 1001,for three mouths'
bills.

The above intelligence reached Malta on the 31st
of March by the Jura, and was taken to Marseilles
by the Cambria.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

The follov;ing telegraphic message has been re•
ceived. by Messrs. D. and C. M'lver from the
Cun9rd steam-ship Cambria, at Marseilles
:
We have arrived with the Simla's mails.
Nothing has been heard of the-Oneida since she
left King George's Sound on the 4th of February.
She brings upwards
G 0 We have advicesotf 60 passengers.
153
m Mauritius to the lat of
March, but no intelligeno of the Oneida. The
European and Australian steamer European ar-
rived at Melbourne in 58 days?

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COMM:ER(IT AL PITELLI CIEII7,OEI ,

CITY, Two o'CLocit.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there
was a fair demand, and the market remained steady
at full rates. The sales were 6,000 bales. The

Railway Share Market wan quiet, the amount of
business ddne being small ; but prices of all the
leading stocks declined, and the market closed with
a yell flat aspect.
The,Bank of England's Weekly Return is for the
week ending the 28th ult., and the changes it ex-
hibits fully justicy the course pursued by the direc-
tors on Thursday last. Besides the declension in
the bullion, there is an increase of upwards of a
million and a quarter in the other securities, and a'
serious reduction in the reserve of notes. With
such alterations as these the authorities were coin--
pelled to adopt precautionary measures,' and it is
hoped.that they will not find it necessary to carry
the rate still higher. There is a large increase in
the private deposits, and the amount standing to
the credit of the Government now exceeds nine
rollions sterling. The principal items and the i
changes they present are as follows :
Active Circulation
Increase
hellion `
Decrease
3,826,600
12,615
9,031,051
124,260
10,187,460
• 284,615
696,348
..... ••••••• 15,382
11,646,018

Rest .

Increase
Public Deposits
Increase
Other Deposits
Increase
Seven-Day and other Bills
,Increase
Government Securities
No alt ration.
Other Securities
Increase
Notes unemployed
Decrease

21,242,752
... .1,244,040
... 4,628,120
... 852,600

The official return of the exports of the precious
Metals from the port of London for the week end-
ing Thursday last is as follows :

Gold Coin ... Boulogne ... 16,070 Oza.
• 2, ... Belgium _ 1,000 Ozs.
31 I, Hamburg ... 6,006 Ozs.l
' Bars ... Boulogne ... 4,500 Ozs.
Silver Coin ... Boulogne 200 Ozs.
Large supplies of the precious metals may be
expected in the course of a few days. The Simla,
from Australia, arrived at Alexandria, has 85,000
ounces, or 340,000/. ; the Oneida, now, on the
voyage home, has 10,000 ounces, or 40,000/. ; and
several other vessels are also en route. The Marco
Polo is off Liverpool with 122,000 ounces, valued
at 488,000/. This will impart confidence, and ren-
der great assistance to the general money market.
An extremely active demand for discount accom-
modation now prevails, owing to the heavy pay-
ments having
.to be made to-day, the 4th of the
month. The Bank rat& of 6 per cent. is in all
eases exacted. A considerable amount of the
" other securities" at the Bank, alluded to above,
will run off, but a fear is expressed in banking
Circles that additional stringency may yet he expe-
rienced. •

During the official hours the Funds have been
very heavy at -it per cent. decline, owing to the un-
favourable Bank Return, but there is very little ac-
tivity. Consols have been 931 for transfer and the
Bth inst, and 93 / for the 7th proximo. The
June Exchequer Bills are 6s. to 2s. discount. East
India Stock is marked 2221.
The Funds are now firmer, Consols being 93 11,
for Money, and 93i 94 fer May.
A fair amount of business ha's been &Me. in
Foreign Stocks, and come of the quotatior;s are
lower. Turkish 6 per Cents. have receded to 96/
and 97i, but they are now 97* g ; the 4 per
Cents. are 101 ; Grenada Bonds, 23# ; Peruvian '3
per Cents., 541 54 ; Portuguese. 3 per Cents., 46 ;
Russian 41 per Cents., 95i ; Belgian 4 per
Cents., 091 ; Dutch 2i per Cents., 65 ; and ditto
4 per Cents., 96/ 1.
Tits following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks:-7Grenada Deferred Bo:rids, 61 7 ; Mexi-
can, 23/ ; Peruvian, 77 8 ; do. 3 per Cents.,
545 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 441 51 ; Russian 5
Per, Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 4 pier Cents., 95 7 ;
Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 I ; ditto Deferred, 251 Ili
ditto Certificates, 61 ; ditto Ps tssive, 5i 6.
An attempt is being made at Paris to launch the
first series of the shares of the great Russian rail-
way scheme. This consists of 600,000 shares of
600 f• each, representing'-300,000,090 francs, or.
12, 000,-000L.

In the Railway Share Marlot this morning
business has been extremely in active, and prices
With one or two exceptions have not exhibited any
imPor taut' alteration. Lancashire and Yorkshire,
North-Western, Midland and N( oth-East ern (York)
have improved about Es., South Wales 'tiled at a
decline at about 10s. In the Fareign and Colonial
lines business has been dull. Grand Trunk of
Canada have improved 1/. Northern of• France,
Paris and Lyons, and Eastern of France declined
about 10s.

•
In Mining Shares the transmit ions have been un-
important. Cobre Copper were dealt in at 6t to
Qt. Brazilian Imperial real ;sed, 2, and new
Granada
Joint-Stock Bank Shares have been dull. Bank
of Australasia improved 10s., B 4 nk of Egypt,-Lon-
don and Westminster, Ottoman Bank, and union
of Australia were at lower value s.
In the Miscellaneous Shares . there is very little
41terati011 to report. Australia] a Agricultural have
"nproved 55., Electric Telegraph 10s., and North,
Ilurope Steam ss.

IittITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the °Petal List.)
3 Ra
Per Cent. Consols Annuities 934 stnwo done
...
!nal% Stock
tbdis Bonds, .ClOOO
Ditto under £l000
Cads for Account
.. 931 1
Ear' __ 4
_8

:chequer Bills, 240:
£lOOO march. June.
'"6 2 d
500, .
&mai

Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent. . I
--
4p id
Ditto, 1359
PitICESOF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
I:!zenada New Active, 21 per Cent. . 23,3 ezuvian Bonds, 41 per Cent
54i 4
Ditto 3 per Cent.
"rtAgnese Bonds, 5 per Cont., Con.. 1841
Ditto 1856, 3 per Cent. 46
•
Eames Bonds, 1822, #.', St., 5 per Cont
Ditto, 41 per Cent.
131:anish Committee Cert. of Conp. not fun 63. 13 Tarkihtt Bonds, 6 per cent
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account .. lOl
, o:.inen ts 3il the above °arable in Lonticr..
Belgian, 2. per Cent., ex. 25 francs .
Ditto 4i per Cent.. ex. 25 francs ..
Patch Exchange, 21 per Cen;,.., 12 Guilders 65
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 96i x d
Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4i per Cent' 5B
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, money . . - 93i a iii ' Ditto for account
Ditto May Account

LTD ROBERT • GROSVENOR ON THE

BALLOT.

Yesterday evening a deputation from the Coun-
cil of the Ballot Society, consisting of Mr. Acton
Ayrton, M.P. Mr. Prod, Mr. Nicholay, Mr.
D'lffanger, Mr. Wickham, Mr. Whitehurst,
and 'others, had an interview with Lord Robert
"T°evenor,- at his residence in Paik-street, on the
ttubject of the ballot. The deputation laid before
h 8 lordship their views on that subject, and urged
ihe necessity of his advocating that mode of voting.
he
also placed before him several important docu-
Inents, hitherto unpublished, *ith reference to the
operation of the ballot in the United States
darl,! Australia. After a conference of some
v,:,`,.ft`doo, in which the views of the deputation
that e ,very ably enforced, Lord R. Grosvenor stated
1167 should give the documents submitted to
tn."' us most attentive consideration, and that as a
m-w„ Light appeared to be thrown upon the question
~"'lae facts which they embodied, he would be pre-
vared to support a committee of inquiry in Parlia-
raent to consider the operation of the ballot in
er
mho countries. This announcement from one
has hitherto sat for Middlesex without sup-
t Pier% the ballot appeased to give great satisfac-
en to the friends of the measure, who during yes-
8' day were, we understand, using their utmost
ii'eavours to promote the return of Grosvenor and
18.11,13, ory for Middlesex.—[A mere shuffle till the
kteCtiOrt is Over.—ED.. Sun.]

Tkril
MU DEB`
OF AN OFFICER AT DEAL.—Tile jury
Yesterd
s -aY found K verdict of wilful murder Dguiuet
arnuel Baker.

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