The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-23 00:00:00

iitas expected lo sail about the beginning of August. An action for
libel had been brought by Dr. Halloran against a Mr. Ball for writing
letters impeaching his integrity. The plaintiff is the Master of the
Sydney Free Grammar School. The Jury found a verdict of One
»chilling damages, without costs.--A valuable stud of horses, be-
longing to Mr. Piesely bad been sold for I,2ool.—Numerous rob-
beries continued to be committed in Van Dieman's Land. Two
Gentlemen, a Messrs. J. and E. Bryant, who had been in the
colony only a few months, had lost 140 fine woolled sheep, a
Mr. Bedgsen, 130, and Mr. Jones, of Jericho, 400.
Two persons, named Farquharson, of the Clyde, and Wright,
of York Plains, have been committed for sheep-stealing, which
seems quite a common crime. Some of the natives had become
troublesome, and had attacked in numbers a Mr. Browning,
in the Macqua rrie district, whom they had murdered. Consider-
able discussion had taken place on the subject of the new Bank at
Sydney. The Bank of Austrlilia was to open for public
business on the Ist of July. Serious misunderstandings existed
between the acting membros and 'officers of the Tarmanian
Agricultural Company. The biekerings of the parties hare
been so great as to go e, great way towards interfering in a mate.
tid manner with the. interests of that Company in the sister Co-
lony. Writings hat.% been resorted to, and mutual accusations
have been pat on Mack and white, and the Directors will hare a
beautiful budget to open on the return of the Cape packet. A
new river had l',een supposed to be discovered, one of the branches
of which mingled with the sea above Trial Bay, to the northward
of Port Matrquarrie ; it, however, turns out only a chain of lakes
er rather l goons, extending from 20 to 30 miles west, to within
10 mile, 'of the sea shore.
AVZRAGE Fames AT SIDNZT.
Wheat..
Barley
3s. 3d. do. Cheese
4s. Od. do. Bread Os. sdi per loaf.
Fine 'Flour 20s. Od. per cwt. Hay 40s. Od. per load.
er 2s. 6d. per lb. Straw 27s. 6d. do.
Beef
• Mutton 3s Od. to 38. 3d.iper stone.
Pork
Captain Salmon has made some important discoveries of the
'coral Reefi near Cape York, on his passage from Sydney to Cal.
tuft& : they are said to be es much as 200 miles in extent. Re
got in between them, and so near that he could hive jumped
out of the vessel, on one of them on each side; considerable
culties were calculated would arise from the introduction of stirling
coin in the colony, for although it is admitted, any evil would be
more than counterbalanced by its good effects, still the sum
put out to effect this purpose, was estimated as too small to put it
in effectual execution. Twenty-five per cent. premium had been
offered for good bills upon London.
An action has been tried at Sydney, brought by Mr. Robert
CarnPll6l, a passenger in the Howard Castle, against the Cap-
tain oil' that vessel, and after much conflicting testimony on thit
asihiect of the warrants, the Jury found a verdict for the defendant.
Mr. Gillibrand had published a book, containing nearly 200
;pages, exhibiting at full the proceedings which led to his auspen-
*ion from the duties of his office, including a list of the charges
!made against him. From these documents it appears the pro-
ceedings have been taking up much valuable time, which might
have been more profitably employed by the graver functionaries o
the sister Colony.

The accounts from New Soath Wales express much uneasiness
from the state of the pecuniary concerns of the Sydney Bank, in
that Colony, and an application had been made to the Governor
for assistance. It seems, that if they did not actually stop, they
.were
at least without the means of paying in specie, and the President
at a Meeting of the Bank Proprietors, announced to the Court,
that his Excellency the Governor had come to the determination
of granting a loan of 20,000!. in British coin, provided the va-
cancies in the direction of that establishment were filled up by
certain Gentlemen then tuned--Messrs. Lithgow and Mr. Jones
were accordingly elected by an immense majority, and the motion
for accepting the loan of 20,000/. on the sum proposed was also
carried by an immense majority. Had this notbeen done, the utmost
distress would have taken place, and every thing thrown into
confusion. Among other propositions on font was one of sending
a mercantile Gentleman from New South Wales to London, on
helical of the proprietors, to negotiate a loan of 50,0004 in aid
of the funds of that Institution, for a term of years.

The American Papers received this morning to the 20th
August, state that accounts hiul been received in Colombia from
Bolivar, in which he expresses great dissatisfaction at the
political differences between Santander and General Paez. The
movements of the latter are stated to be severely animadverted upon,
and General Paez is also mentioned to have left Valencia on this
intelligence being received.

Private letters received from Fero], 'state, that a 74 ship of the
line,and a 40 gun frigate, with several smaller vessels, laden with
*ll kinds of stores, were on the eve of sailing for the Havaunah.