The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-22 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS

The accounts from New York by the Niagara are
four days later than those by the Franklin. A fur-
ther arrival of an amount equal to 360,0001. sterling
from California had caused additional ease in the
money market, and the rate for the best paper was now
6to 7 per cent. In the prices of stocks there had
been no alteration. In cotton there had been large
sales at to cent advance, and a frost having oc-
curred at New York on the nights of the 6th and the
7th of October, exaggerated reports were expected of
the extent to which it might have been felt towards
the south. Besides the failure of Messrs. Gannett,
Balch, and Co., dry goods jobbeil at Boston, there had
also been that of M.Williams and Gregory, in the
same business at New York. The former house were
in good credit, and their debts are stated at 400,000
dollars, but the liabilities of the latter are small.
There had been a good demand fur bills on England,
and the market at the close was firm at 1101.
The details of the mining operations in Cali-
fornia are all of the same character as those
received by the previous arrival. The dates
are seventeen days later, namely, to Ist of Sep •
tember. The failure of the "banking-houses" of Hen-
ley, M'Knight, and Co., end Webass and Co., of Sa-
cramento, is mentioned. Large subscriptions were
being raised for the relief of the overland emigrants,
whose near approach had been ascertained. Almost
all the Peruvians (generally spoken of as Chilians)
had left the country in fear, and with the most hostile
feeling to the Americans. Some of the miners are
said to be steadily realizing extraordinary sums, but
the chief feature of the present accounts is the descrip-
tion of the results obtained from the gold-bearing
quartz. The San Francisco Herald, in a notice of
some of the specimens, says :
" Several lumps were selected, in which no particle
of gold could be discovered even with a microscope.
These were pounded in a mortar, and when reduced
to a fineness somewhat less fine than common table
salt, were washed in a rude tin pan. Each piece,
notwithstanding its outside unpromising appearance,
yielded, when so reduced, several grains of gold. The
estimated product was 12 cents to the pound of rock ;
although we had heard this fact stated, we had hitherto
hesitated to give it credence; but we have certainly
seen the proot, and we no longer doubt. We believe
that a vast quantity of gold is thrown away by
miners, because of the want of machinery with which
to crush the rock and extract the metal.

" The Stockton and Aspinwall mines, from which
this ore was extracted, are situated near to the Mari-
posa camp, and are mostly on the main fork of the
little Mariposa creek. The location selected for the
mill and operation of the steam•engine and stamps,
is at the base of the mountain through which the
quartz vein runs, giving sufficient elevation to the
works for carrying away the sands that shall be
washed off in the process of collecting the gold.
The vein now being worked by several men in get-
ting out the ore is- so accessible, that four or five adits
may be driven on its course at the same time, and ore
taken out the whole of the time this work is being
prosecuted ; and also affording an opportunity to take
ore from the back of the vein by other hands, when
it can be broken down with the pick and gad, with an
occasional blast. It is estimated that 140 gallons of
water will be wanted each minute for the washing of
the ores that can be reduced to fine powder by the
machinery. The location selected is well situated to
have this supply by the erection of a small dam, and
by cutting a race to the mill, so that the water can
be conveyed directly to the machinery and avoid the
necessity of pumps, which work is now undertaken.
" Thu mountain in which the vein of ore is found,
and which belongs to the Stockton and Aspinwall
mines, will afford a back of more than 500 feet from
the lowest adit now being made in the course of the
vein. These mines embrace 1,100 or more feet in
the course of the vein, and ores can be raised from
them at a low cost in comparison with the expenses
attending the mining on veins to which cross tunnels
have to be run to cut them.
" The machinery to be placed at these mines will
reduce and wash full 10 tons of ore per day, and the
gold gathered from the operation is daily ascertained.
The machinery adopted for use at these mines is of the
most approved kind, and such as Commander Stock-
ton has used in the Virginia mines for the last two
years. It is worked under the superintendence of Mr.
Taylor, a gentleman until recently in charge of the
Virginia mines. Should the vein last, as there is
now every reason to believe probable, the quantity of
gold that will be extracted during the next ten years
is incalculable. Mr. Taylor estimates that the vein
cannot be exhausted in fifty years."

JENNY LIND IN BOSTON.
" Boston is a pretty place,
And so is Philadelphy."
So runs the songs, and so the reception given to
Jenny Lind by the Bostonians would most satisfac-
torily prove. The following account of the first
auction sale of tickets for her first concert will amuse
those who are not acquainted with the peculiarities of
the American people dwelling in the great Republic
known as the United States :--
" Long before the hour announced for the com-
mencement of the auction ssle of choice seats to Jenny
Lind's first concert this forenoon, the temple (Tre-
mont Temple) was crowded.
"At precisely ten o'clock Colonel Newell A.
Thompson, the auctioneer, made his appearance on
the table adopted for the rostrum, saying that ttie
goods which he was about to sell required but little
to be said in their praise from the auctioneer. He
then stated what seats had been reserved for the
press, and that he should put up in the first place the
right of choice for one ticket cr seat only, and after
that had been disposed of he would sell the right of
choice from one seat to a whole slip, the amount bid
to be paid as premium for each and every seat taken.
He pledged his word, first as an auctioneer—
(Laughter)—and then as a citizen of Boston, that no
one was employed by Mr. Barnum, or any one else, to
bind exorbitant prices for tickets, but that the sale was
bona fide, and any one could bid as he pleased. He re-
gretted to be obliged to say that Tremont Temple
was the best hall in Boston for the concert to be given
in, and he hoped that this occasion would stir up the
people of Boston to erect a more spacious and suitable
hall, in which to hold concerts. He knew that it was
contrary to the wish of Miss Lind to have tickets for
her concerts sold at auction ; but without further
detaining the audience he would proceed to give those
gentlemen who were desirous of having the first
choice, and the benefit of such a medium of adver-
tising, an opportunity to settle the question Who
shall he be ?" Now, gentlemen, how much for the
first ?" Two hundred and fifty dollars,' says Mr.
Hale. Pretty good for the first bid,' cries a spec-
tator—followed by applause. This was followed by
a bid of 275 dollars, and my hat,' from Mr. Fetridge,
of 15, State-street; but the bid had hardly escaped
his lips when it was followed by another of 300 dol-
lars. 325 dollars,' sang out Fetridge. 350 dollars
and a guitar,' cried Dodge; 400 dollars from a stranger;
425 dollars by Mr. Allen ; 475 dollars,' chimes in
Fetridge ; 500 dollars from an unknown individual ;
600 dollars,' cries Mr. Gleason, of The Flag of our
Union newspaper. (Loud applause.) Going,
going ! who says six- fifty ? going ! who says it ?'
625 dollars,' says Dodge, in a clear and distinct
voice, which increased the applause. Six hundred
and twenty-five dollars, says the auctioneer; nothing
at all to pay for hearing Jenny Lind—(Laughter)—
and sold to Ossian E. Dodge, vocalist.' Mr. Dodge
selected seat No. 566, which is located nearly in the
centre of the hall.
" This announcement was followed by thunders of
applause, with cries of ' Show him up,' Up with
him,' Dodge," A song, a song,' &c. Mr. Dodge
got upon a seat for a moment, and was greeted with
cheers. After the noise had subsided somewhat ihe
next ticket, with the right of choice to a whole p,
was put up, and sold to Mr. Hale, who selectedsli but
one seat, for 24 dollars premium.
" The price now seemed to have become fixed at
7 dollars 50 cents premium, and there were sold at
that price almost all the remainder in the body of the
concert room.
" Seats in the gallery were then put up, and the
three directly in the centre, over the clock, were sold
to Mr. Allen, machinist, for 7 dollars 50 cents pre-
mium on each seat. Three next adjoining were sold
to Mr. Wright for 6 dollars premium, and the others
in the front gallery and on the sides were disposed of
at prices varying from 7 dollars 50 cents. to 1 dollar
50 cents, premium on each seat.
" P.S. At two o'clock this morning it was pro-
posed to adjourn, but upon a vote bring taken it was
decided unanimously to proceed with the sale.
" All the seats in the gallery having been disposed
of, those underneath in the side aisles were then sold
at prices ranging from 3 dollars to 5 dollars 50 cents
f Ipremium. It is estimated that the gross receipts from
this sale will not be far from 25,000 dollars."

RAMSG is Grace the Duke of Wellington
has been pleased to appoint Henry Benson, Esq., one of the
Cinque Port magistrates of this town, and Captain James
Corbin as one of the commissioners of salvage at this port.
Captain Corbin has been many years in the employ of the
General Steam Navigation Company, and at this time is
master of the Little Western, that plies between Ramsgate
and London. A more efficient person could not have been
named to the important duties of this office.—Canterbur y
Journal.

Hope is happier than fruition, because we have not
yet ascertained its limits, counted its gifts, or found time to
question and discredit its promises.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
IMPORTATION OF SENNA.—The revenue authori-
ties have granted permission for senna to be added to the list
of articles allowed to be landed at all the first class sufferance
wharfs on the river side, in the port of London, on importa-
tion from foreign parts.
THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.--
TESTIMONIAL TO R. S. NORRIS, ESQ.—On Thursday last the
officers of the northern division of the London and North-
Western Railway presented an elegant silver vase, uoith
the
purse, containing 100 sovereigns, contributed by 661 fth
officers and servants of that company, to this gentleman, as
token of esteem. The presentation took place at the Queell 3
Hotel, in Liverpool, at a dinner presided over by Captain
Huish, their general manager.