The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-06-11

| Business Al Valparaiso 10 ihe 3oth of April dull.
Ihe republic OF Ecuador has settled lis difficulties with
dag, and expressed ts regret for the alleged insult 10
Count Monthoon and agreed pay eight thousand dol.
lars claimed Tor damages the property Of French eli.
zen.
| We have Kingston papers to the 30th of May From
them we learn mat the governor carrying into exc
cuton ms lniimaions 10 the assembly relative the re-
lease oil prisoners, which have previously mentioned
lhe female prisoners IN the peneniafy, thiriyhve in
number, have all been liberated The surgeon general
had reported that there were about sixty male convcls 10
The prisons who, from sickness other causes
able to do anything toward their own support and the
governor had directed their release.
No progress had been made toward settlement of the
differences been the council and assembly. MeIchan-
disc, ~ the mean time, was being admitted nearly duty
Tree fiour' pork soap, and run had been dealt in 10
some extent and prices the whole had been very we'll
sustained but still. The trade continue 10 operate eau
ously, aud conhne their purchases much possible
to articles OF every day necessity nor st likely that
hdence VIII be fully restored while the several branches
OF the colonial legislature remain in the aalagonstc DO
siton they now occupy.
INTERESTING FROM AUSTRALIA
From Sydney dates come down to the 9th OF
March The news Is, IN some particulars the most I'M
portant we have received from that quarter in many
months. The law taxing foreign miners fifteen dol
lars per month Tor the privilege of working is thought
would have the effect To check, in degree, emigration,
ne Australians are very suspicious oil CaornIans, the
courts having as tt mercy lo mem as tbe CalIOInans
ever had Tor the worst representatives among them from
that country In most other respects the from this
fifth quarter OF The globe is novel and interesting Labor
IS better rewarded Than in any other country except Cali
fornIa and wealth and population increasing with
wonderful rapidyy. The yield OF the gold mines con-
nues undminshed but robberies and acts OF violence,
unhappy, are still as common as ever.
The most remarkable feature in the mining intelligence
from Victoria is the discovery of the great nugget al Bal
lara, weighing l23 poundsthe largest lump OF gold in
the world. The Sydney Herald of the 10th Of February
says " The nugget is in unbroken rounded mass,
very slightly veined with quartz The value of such a
mass OF gold ncacuabe, for it is unQuehe las, and
greatest wonder in the world"
EMIGRATION. During the month of December, 1861,
the number OF vessels which arrived at Sydney 1872
These vessels landed II 500 adult passengers OF whom
GOT were from America and 10 from California In the
month OF January 1853 the number OF vessels which
rived al the same port was 1897 adult passengers, 49,
CHEAP HOUSES Many thousands of people are living
in the vicinity OF Melbourne in tents and gunyahs In
six weeks we may expect gales OF wind and heavy rains.
which will render il very difficult 10 keep up tents at all,
and will subject their inmates, especially women and
Children great misery Many hundreds of these peo-
pie we have doubt will come up 10 Sydney. If nine
ten thousand people arrive here in April May, we
fear there will be good deal of misery. House rent in
Sydney is al present high that presses most severely
upon persons of limited incomes; and we know of no
better "spec" than the erection OF lew hundred cheap
and temporary houses on the borders of the city.