The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-22 00:00:00

MON E Y MARKET ( TAI S.H:ARE MARKETS 7Hls DAY.) ANI , COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. this •4ay. CITY, Two o'CLoot. I Bhr. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday exhi bited a dull appearance, and closed quietly. The sales amounted to 5,000 bales, of which 500 were taken by the exporters and 500 by the speculators. The Railway Share Market closed steadily, but without animation. The weekly Return of the Bank of England, com pleted to the 15th inst., is much more satisfactory than was anticipated, and an examination of its various features fails to explain the cause which in duced the directors to enhance their terms of dis count last Thursday week. There is a material increase in the private deposits, the reserve of notes, and the bullion, and the only unfavourable feature is the augmentation in the "private securi ties," which is counteracted by the improve ments noticed in the other departments of the balance sheet. Probably on the face of this return the commercial community will condemn the policy pursued by the Court, but no doubt the equalisa tion of the terms was dictated by prudence, espe cially as during two or three days preceding the change some very unfavourable symptoms were exhibited. The next statement is likely to be still more satisfactory, because 70,000/. of the gold brought by the Lightning has already been de posited in Threadneedle-street. It is also probable that a portion of the remittance per the James Baines will remain in this country, but the export demand continues active, and orders have recently been received for large purchases on continental account. The inquiry for discount is less active than it was, and, encou raged by this circumstance, the improved Bank return, and the confident tone of the Paris advices, Bt. many are of opinion that permanent relief will soon 3 20 be expe r i ence d i n the discount market. Taking a Ili comprehensiv e v i ew, h owever, of all the causes St. confessed ar e lik e l y to exercise an influence, it must be 21; confessed that there is no just reason for autici- 10 gating any diminution in the official terms' until 124 the new year. The Omar Pasha has brought 25 2,000 sovereigns from Australia, and as several 25 other ve sse l s are k nown t o b e on their way from 37t2 the sam e quar t er w ith sma ll suppl i es, it is hoped dip' that the stock of bullion in the national establish- 10 merit will soon show a material addition. The following table exhibits the particulars of the offi cial return :- letiie Circulation X19,929,420 Decrease 309,950 Bullion .................................. 9,684,167 Restlncrease 154,015 Increase 3,254,649 17,226 , Public D e p os it s Increase Other Dep os it s Increase Seven-Day and other Bills 895,831 Decrease 14,013 Government Securities Decrease 134,810 r , Other Securities Increa se Notes unemp l oye d Increase 56,30 The offi c i a l re t urn of the exports of the 4precious metals from the port of Loudon for the week end- 2 lug Thursday last is as follows : Gold Coin Silv PP ,P er Coin The Funds have advanced fully per cent., I owing to the favourable complexion of the Bank of England return, which has stimulated increased 1 , 1 purchasers. Th ere i s very little activity, but a S few investments have been made at the improved SI quotations. Consols have risen to 931 94 for 221 1 money, 94 to 94i for account, and 941 for 21 January. The New Three per Cents. are marked 2 7 ' 1 1 92i 93 and 931,, the Years Annuity 171 Reduced 921 /, an d th e 30 2l . Exchequer Bills have been 2s. prem., being a slight enhancement, and the Stt Bonds are 981. B an k Stock is steady at 217. 21 Very few transactions are reported in the Foreign Market, but prices are higher. Turkish 50 6 per Cents. have risen 1, being 93g- I, and the 4 120 (1 per C ents. are firm at loci 101. Spanish -- Def erred have been dealt in at 231. Russian 4i per Cents. at 96. French 4i per Cents. Bel g ium t4l 50, 2 ;5 with the Exchange at 25 30. Belgium 41 per 10 Cents. 961, and Dutch 4 per Cents. 961. 20 The f o ll owing are the nominal 1.0 prices of Forei gn Mocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i 7 ; Mexi- •(:!n) 22 ; P eruvian 41 per Cents., 77 8 ; ditto (, 3 per Cents., 55 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 2 5 44 6 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 per 20 9r,ent294 6; S pan i sh 3 per Cents., 41/ ; ditto 18 Passi ve 'eferred, 24 4 ; ditto C er tifi ca t es , 55i ; ditto 1.8 G 6. 2(6; A rath er li m i ted business has been transacted in the Railway Sh are Market this morning, but quo- E tatio ns generally h ave tended upwards, with the Li exception of Great Northern, which were heavy, at 20 a decline of 15s. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brigh ton, North-Western, Midland,North-Eastern, York 20 LO and South-Eastern, improved about 55. to 10s. In 2 ° the Foreign and Colonial lines not muchbusinesds 2 z g has been done, but prices ruled stead Paris an Lyons advanced 10s., and East Indianss 100 A moderate business haa been done in Joint- [OO Stock Bank Shares, but the fluctuations have not been important, London and County 20 declined 10s. ;and Bank of Egypt improved 15s. 25 Miscellaneous Shares, Canada Government 6 per 100 Cents., a d vance d t o 115 i, and Electric Telegraph leo to 95i. 9i Ambg. Wottng. kie,t, and Bastn. Junot... all Belfast & Ballymeax. all Birming. Wolverb, ~. Stour Va11ey...... all Birkeand. Lan,;sh. :4 Cheshire Junct...„ al , Do. Chesh. & B:rk. all Do., do. . ..... ...... all Blackburn ...... ... ~. all Blyth &Tyne origiva £26 (issd. at £45 1.00 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian. ....... ..... 100 Chester 4 Holyhead. all Cork and 8%nd0n,.. all Cork, Black, 4 Pass all Cornwall all Do. A 8 Do. B 45 DublimtßelfastJunc all Dun. P. 4 All , r. Jnc 100 East Anglian......, all Eastern Countios.. 100 East. Union. A. St] 106 De., B. Stock. ..... 8i Do., New A..,..... 17? East Kent 100 East Lancashire 1100 Edinburgh ex Glasgo , all Edinh. and Peebles 100 Edin.Prt'a 4 Minch) , all Forth & Clyde Jane 100 Furness. all i Do. Extension...,, .. all Great N. of Scotlnd 100 Gireat Northern ...., 100 / Do., A. Stock....._ 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire , 100 'Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rai Gna. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisi, 14i1D0., Third 5,....... 12 Do. New Thirds 190 Lancash.andYorksl- Do., Wst. Riding Un all Do. Southport all London & Blackwan 100 Lond.Bright&S.Cst. 100 Loud. and N. Westn 116 Do. Fifths ........ S D0.101.5h.,M&8 . „( 2i Do. Eighth 5......... 1 00LLondonandS. W'eltn. all o LndndrrydsColorai Ts( all Ltulndrry.& Ennisk 100 Manch.Shef.&Linclt 92s Do., Man. & Lin. Un 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. JL. Ricardo's arrangement... ... 100 Midland ... 100 00. Birrang.&Derb all Widld. G. West. (Ire. all Do. Half Shares %11 Newcastle & Carlisle all Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd 8i Newry St Enniekinn• all Newry, Warrenpoini and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 34, Northn.Counties Tin .00 North British... _ DO Nth. Devon Rail. S Dock Stock 100 Do., A Stock 100 N., B Stock ... [OO , N . Eastern—Berwi, k 23 Do. do. Extension „ 16 Do.do.G.N.E. ?arab all Do. Leed5..,.,,, , 00 Do. York. 100 North L on d on..., i 1 , N. &S.W s t rn.,ll , an, stead, and City Ja. ..k7t North Staffordshire. al. North Western..., ,• all 1. &S. Westrn. Jun , a: ' )x., Wore., A Wola 14 'ortsraouth 9 Rhyrnney . ~.. ...._ , n s. , ottish Ceatral , 10) Scot. N.E.Abrdn St ik Do. Soot. Mid. St 00 4 ,, ropshire Uni ,, - 2 SitingbournekSheer. al; iouth Devon ...... 16 South Eastern,..,.. 00 ?oath Wales ....... 11. 1. Yrksh. ds Riv.Dll 1)0.. ............. & all Staines,Wok. AWE ; a'. Stockton & Darling 14 Do., do., 1554,,,,, 3 Do., do,, 1855 16 Stockton ds Harticp Ill' Taff Vale.... ..... Lif) Do. Prof., No: . 1 ')2 Thames Hay. D.& R all Vale of Neath .... all Waterfd. & Kiik enu all WaterforddsLimene all West Cornwall..... all West End of Loran? and Crystal Palace. all Do. A ...... ~. . all Do. B al, West London all Do. Fisst Class .. all Do. Second Class_ all Wimbledn &Croydoi ;o move, 5) it. St. FOR all Antcforp&ltott ra 10 Ardennes ....... all 3elgian Eastn. Jun( 16 :lexical to Graissessi c 9 Bombay, Baroda, an , Cen. India, g. 5 p. c all Do. 10. i Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. all Carineaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and By, 10s. Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do all Demerara 12 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of Franoe 19 Do. New 2s. I Eastern Bengal . all 'East Indian A and B 5 jDo. Ex. 0, gu. sp. c all jDo. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. all D 0.4 p.c.Bnds. ;57 all Do. do, do., '59, do. 5. Euphrates Valley ... 10s. Eur.&ln.Jn.Tel.Rail. all Geelong & Melbourn, guar. 5 per of nt... all Gd. Trunk of Caned all Do. Cert. of Deben, , con. into Stk. till all Do, Comp. 6p. c., do 18 at. Central of Fran e Glt. Tn. Pen, g. 5 p. e. 1 2 Do New, guar. sp. c 6 *eat Luxembourg all GL Western of Canad al 8 Do. New............ all Do. Bds., payable '57 all Do. do., '76, p. '60.. all all Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, withou' option. 4 Italian Junction...... all Lake Const. & Basi. all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. all Lucca di Pist. 5p.0. p. 15 Lyons and Geneva .. all Lyons tsg Yediterran all Madras, guar. 4 j p.c all Do. do., sp. c. 1 0 Do. 4 p. c. E x t en 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c all Maria Antonia ... all Do. do. New ...... . .. all Namur &Lieg e ..... all Do. do , p. c. Pref all Northern of France. all NorwegianTrunkPre all Paris and Lyons ..... . all Pads and Orleans. . 5 Recife & San. Fran., (Perham.) g. 7 p. c. 5 Rome and Frascati.. all Royal Danish .... ... all Royal Sw e di s h all Sambre and Meuse.. all Do. 5i p. cent. Pref 5 Scinde, guar. sp. c all D 0......... all Southern of France.. 18 St. Andrew's an. Quebec (A).. ...... ell Nest Flanders...., all Do. 5A per c. Pref._ all W. dr N. W. of Franc, 6 Western of Austria... all West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden ...... all Do. 8 per cent. Pref. all Zealand Bainsit FUNDS THIS DA .Y AT ON"' O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) sank Stock il n .ineet done. 3217 per Cent. Red uce d A nnu i t i es . . . 9 2 i 4 rzr Cent. Console Annuities M i New 3 per C en t. A nnuities 92 k 3 k Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7k India Stock 225 Consols for Account k:1000 ....... .. ............... 2 p ' , .mall Ditto, 1859 , 1858, 3 i per.... C en. .......... O ... 9 8 981 - RICES OF FOREIGN FUND S AT NE O'CLOCE . razilian Fonds, 5 pe r Cent. .................. Ditto Now, 1852, 4i per Cent. . ......... 97 Russian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5' per Cent.... -- Ditto 4i per Cent. . Spanish bo l d s , 3 per C ent II itta New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 23k Tnrkibia Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 p er Cent. - Ditto Account .................... . Dividend. on the above .ayauie in moni, French Routes, 4 2 per Cent. .......... 91f. 50c. ex 25f. 30c. Belgian, 2. per Cent., ex. 25 francs .. Ditto 4i per Cent.. ex, 25 francs . 96 x d Dutch Exchange, per Cen`,.., 12 GU'illers 651 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Consols (Money) TWO cycLocri. Ditto (December) ........................ - 93 ' 1 94 Ditto (January) ..................... 94 914. :::::_._ .................... 91i 94i Two convicts escved from Dartmoo r convi c t deot on Saturday last. They were soon re captured. - MR. ROBERT STEPHENSON, M.P.—The public will regret to hear that the state of this eminent gentleman's health has been for some time poet so precarioue as to rend er it doubtful whether he can remain in Englnd. THR MURRAY NAVIGATION.—The advice from Ad e . laide, South Australia, by the Lightning, give good ac counts of the progress of the colony and of the results of t he Murray navigation. The fall of rain, which has been gradually increasing with the settlement of the country, has this year been unprecedentedly copious, and the pro' of the next harvest were proportionably favour -4,,b1- There had been an increased immigration of Chi "lel the Poll-tax of 101. levied upon them at Melbourne cap eing them to be brought to Adelaide, whence th ey P r oceed to t h e mines overland or by the Murray. All the available craft on that river had been fully occupied, and there was not sufficient means of forwarding the quan tity of goods desired. The trade seemed capable of al nlost unlimited incr ease, and it was calculated that While the cost of cartage from Melbourne to the Ovens Wan 401. per ton, they could be conveyel through the W as length of the Murray to Albury and thence to the Ovens for 15/. With regard to mining affairs, it is stated that operations were being vigorouely prosecuted f B. ' the Burra-Burra, the average being 1,000 tons of ore ~er mouth of very superiordescription. The Kapunda was raised in July. Several now furnaces were in course of iifl)erection, and it was intended to reduce all the ore to fine ,er, inatead of exporting regulua. The Australian za„'lltub Company had sent some specimene from their " thine near Mount Remarkable by the James Baines. 17 of was again directed to the possible discovery crebrneunerative gold fields in the colony, a n d 5 , beavideir Subscribed to a Gold Research Comtuiototeoel; for the purpose a like sum by the Government, ef offering s of explora tions. g EPeCific rewards for the results Tail. SUN, LOS DON, SATURDA EVENING, NOVEMBER 22 1656 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Campbell and Justices Coleridge and Erle.) THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE COMMON PLEAS. Their lordships were accompanied on the bene'l this morning by Sir A. Cockburn, the Lew Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, to take the oaths of alle• giance, abjuration, and supremacy. The oaths were administered by the senior master present, and the roll having been subscribed by his lordship, he bowed to the bar and retired to take his seat in the Common Pleas. THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. SMART •. THE CORPORATION OF SUNDERLAND. This was an application by Mr. Manisty on the part of Mr. Smart, an attorney, and formerly town-clerk of Sunderland, fot"a mandamus calling upon the corpora tion to award him compensation for the loss of such office under the Sunderland Improvement Act, which came into operation in 1851. An offer was made to Mr. Arnot at the time of an office under the act, of equal amount to that of which he bad been deprived, viz., treasurer, at a salary of 701. ; but he refused it, finding the duties were more extensive and the situation more onerous, and that the emoluments were less than hi former office, and now called on the corporation to award him compensation. The Court refused the rule, on the ground that the applicant bad allowed five years to elapse before making this application. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. THE NEW LORD CHIEF JUSTICE. In consequence of its being known that Sir A. Cock burn would for the first time take his seat this morning in the Court of Common Pleas, as Lord Chief Justice, the Court was densely crowded, and the bar filled with counsel. His lordship entered the Court with Mr. Justice Cresswell, and Mr. Justice Crowder, about half-past 10 o'clock, when Mr. Meredith, one of the masters of the Court, administered the oaths of allegiance, al juration, and supremacy to his lordship, the judges and the whole of the bar standing during the ceremony. His lordship having subscribed the oaths bowed to th• bar and took his seat calling upon Brother Channel ana other learned brothers to move, but as they had nothing (Fromthae Melbourne Argus of Aug. 26) The interval that has elapsed since our last summary has been short, but the celebrity which the Royal Mail ship Lightning has attained as the champion of the Liver. pool liners induces us to issue a brief recital of the events of the past fortnight for transmission to Europe. Mr. Sergeant Thomas, who was counsel in the last case tried before the late Lord Chief Justice, rose and made the first motion before the new Lord Chief Justice, that of which it is expected will reach 10,000/., and the stone for the building is now being quarried. Another firm purposes to expend 5,0001. on the erection of a fine building." RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yeeterJay. 4 - 17 - 15 12 - 91 57 36 ••• ...• 93 67, - 38 - 17. i - 35 7 - 81 - 53 - ... - 33,i - ... - 92 - • f. 17 2,AILWATB. Business done this day BARTHOLOMEW V. BISHOP. , .ID The learned sergeant, in this case, moved for a rule to alter the certificate of the late Lord Chief Justice in this case, tried before him, allowing the plaintiff the costs of the action on the superior scale as a proper case to be tried before him. The action was for 201. 10s., and might have been tried in the County Court. The ground for the application was that deceit was used. The Lord Chief Justice—You are asking me to alter something upon facts which took place at the trial. The Court cannot do that. The Court declined, and the rule was refused. MARKET NEWS.—(riii i Day.) COVENT GARDEN. The supplies of fruit were very moderate, of vegetabl es tolerably extensive. The trade generally ruled steady, and last week's prices wore well supported. FRUIT. Pineapples,per lb. 4s Od to 7s Filberts, per to is 3d Colonial do. ea. Os Od to Os Od Cobs., p. 10 0 lbs. 105 s to 115 s Grapes, per lb. is Od to 53 Oil Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to Os Od Foreign do Os 8d to is 8d Walnuts, per 100 Gd to is Od Melons, each 3s Od to 5s Od Figs, per doz ...... Is to 3s Oct Peaches, p. d0z.... 3s to 8s Od Strawberries, per Nectarines, do. 2s Od to 8s Od pottle.. ............ Od to Od Apples, p. h. sv. 4s Od to Gs Od Gooseberries, per Pears, per doz. 3s Od to 7s Oct half sieve .•.OsOdto Os Od Oranges, per 100 30s Od to Os Currants, p. do. Os Oct to Os OEI Lemons, p. doz. is 03 to 2s Od Plums, per do. 2s Od to 5s Od Apricots, p. doz. 2s Od to 6s Od Green gages, do. 4s Od to 7s Od Cherries, per lb. Os to Os od l Raspberries, p. potl. Od to Od VEGETABLEt. Greens, per doz. Shallots, per lb.. ..... 4d to Gd bunches 9d to 2s Horseraddish, p. bun. 2s to `.s Cabbages, per doz 9d to is Gd Parsley, per do. 3d to 541 Savoy do., p. do. 1s 03 to 2s Od Celery, per do Os 9d to 2s Od Cauliflowers, do.ls 3d to 283 d Beet, per doz. is Od to 2s Od Brocoli, per do. is Od to 2s Od Parsnips Der do. is Od to Os Old potatoes, per t on Os to 0, Small salad, ' p. pun. 2d to 3d New do., per d0....85s to 110 s Mushrooms, p. potl. 2s to Os Od Peas, per quart ...9(1 to is Od Artichokes, each ...4d to 8d Turnips,p. doz. bun.2s to 3s 6,1 Cab. lettuces, per Carrots, per buneh...4d to Gd score ........... ls Oct to is 6d Cucumbers, each 2d to is Oct Endive, per do.. i s Od t o is 6EI Garlic, per lb Gd to Os 8d Radishes, per doz. Spinach, p. sieve is 9d to 2s 6d hands is to 2s Od Sorrel, per sieve Od to Os Tomatoes, p. hf.sv. 4s to Gs Od Brussels sprouts, per Walnuts per 100...0s 8d to is do 3803 to 5s Od Chillies, uiper Ils dtols 6d French beans, p do.ls Gd to2s; Capsicqs, per 100 O ls Od to 2s Old onions, p. bus. 5s 6d to 7s Rhubarb, p. bundle Od to Od New do., per bunch Od to Od Asparagus, per 100 Os Od to Os Leeks, per do .. . ... ld to 2d Sea kazl, per pun. Os Od to Os NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkey Poults 56 01 to 7s OA ; Goose, 5s to 6s each ; Ducks, 2s Od to '29 Gd • tame rabbit s , I s t o i s G d each ; wild do., is to is Gd; Pigeons, scl to Bcl each ; lar ge Surrey Fowls, Os Oct to Os ; middling , is 9d to 2s 9(1 ; Chickens, i s dto 2s Od ; C apons, 3s Od to 4s Od ; Hares, 2s 63 to 3s Gd ; Grouse, 2s Oct to 2s 9d each ; Pheasants, 3s Od to 3s Gd ; Partridges, is 3d to is 6d ; Guinea Fowls, is 9d to 3s Od ; Roasting pigs, 6s Od to 8s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, 12s to 13s 6d ; English do., 12s Od to 15s Gd per dozen lbs. ; English eggs, lOs to ns Od ; French do., 7s to 8s Od per 120; Leverets, Os Od to Os each. NEW PORT. • Beef, from 3s 4d t o 4s 6d ; mutton, Ss 8d to 4s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d; pork, 4s Od to 53 Od per Blbs., by the car case. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s lid to 4a 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; pork, 3s 10d to 5s 4d per Sibs., by the car case. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 6d. to 20s ; Brills, 35 Od to 12s each ; Salmon, Os Od to Os Od per lb ; Cod Fish, 2s 6d to 20s each ; Soles, 6d to 3s Od per pair ; Eels, 8d to is per lb ; Lobsters, 6d t• 2s 6d; Crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 4s Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 128 to 163 ; Natives, 50s to —s per bsh. ; Mackerel, 40s to s per 100 ; Smelts, Os Gd to 2s 6d per doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon ; Bloaters, 5s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 8s to Os per 100; Scotch do., Od ; Sprats, Os Od to Os Od pet bushel ; Doreys, 2s Od to 12s each ; Haddocks, 5s to 15s per doz. ; Pike, Od ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 55 Od to Os; Mullets, Gd to 2s 6d each ; Plaice, 4d to is each ; Halibut tid per lb ; Flounders, is 6d to 2s Oct per doz. ; salt fish, Od per lb. The prices o f wheaten b B read READ in the metropolis are from 9d to 9id ; of household ditto, rid to 8! d per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 4,1 d to 4A; 641 b to 721 b, 4id 5d ; 721 b to 801 b, 5d to 51d ; 801 b to 881 b, Sid to 6d ; 83 to 9616, 6d to 6jd ; 961 b to 1041 b, GO to bid ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Gid to 7d; upwards, —d to —d; horse hides, 8s Odto Os Od ; Calf skins, light, 3s 01 to 41 Od ; ditto full, 98 Od to Os Od; Polled Shoop, 6s Gd to Ss Od ; Keats, 5s Od to 6s Od ; H a lf-b reds, 58 Od to 6s Od Downs, 3s 10d to 48 10d ; Shearlings, Os Od; Lambs, Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. --Meadow hay, 21 105 to 4/ lOs ; clover do., 31 10s to 51 103; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 9s per load A fair average supply and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 103 to 4/ 12s ; clover do., 3/ 10s to 5/ 10s ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ lOs per load. Both bay and straw sold slowly, on former terms. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 10s ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 5/ 10s; and straw, 1/ 5s to 11 10s per load. Supply moderately good, and trade dull. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. —(This Day.) LONDON, Nov. 22.—Wind this day at noon, N.W.. moderate breeze and fine. N.—Arri ve d TTonWdoinnd, foNr.ll-WoinbgyKong. S a il e d L P 0 0 r n d T s: f f t o h u e T 11 8 , 1 e N s , o f v r . o 2 m l —H.M.S. Urgent, for the Cape of Good Hope ; H.M.S. Bulldog, the westward. FALMOUTH, Nov. 21.—Wind N., moderate. —Arrived —Superior, from Rangoon. Off the port—Balm ora l , from Maulmain, and saile , l for Plymouth. t'ENZANCE, Nov. 20.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—Mar quis of Chandos, from Quebec. JERSEY, Nov. 20. — Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—Ebe nezer, from Labrador; Johnny , St. Michael' s; Ti phis, Malta. PILL, Nov. 21.—Wind N.W. — Arrived—Re n f rewshire, from Quebec. ganrog.GLOUCESTER, Nov. 21.. Arrived— Di ana, from To from St. Stephen's, N.B. , CORK, Nov. 20 —Wind N. W.—Sailed—Francis Patrick, for St. John's, N.B. BELFAST, Nov. Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—Albina, from Denia and Alicante. Iquique ; SHIELS, Nov. 21.—W Ar ica. ind W.—Arri ve d —Maria, from D Nordskov, (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Satut day Morning ; Aurora, New QuEENST Wind N.W. ; --ooAia, (screw-st.) Alexandria; Jane May, Patras; Eugenia, Girgenti ; City Yo A rk rr ; iv M ed idd C le a t i e lt n o , n gt. fro J m ohn C 's o , nB N ta . n ß t . ino •X le , of Manchester, Montreal Oporto ; Gannett, OWN, Nov. 20. h f o o , r it sc o r t e t w erd s a te m a . mer, for Arrived—Asia, from Rio Grande ; Pricella, Manzanilla. scr S liv e a w i i l n e s d t d e — N am M .w e i r n ,. Sailed—Unrestricted, for Bilboa. DIIBLM, Nov. 21. Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Emma, from Cadiz Sailed—Owen Glendower, for Lisbon. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH T s E a L t; E : G :is ß saa A y .E yb : lll . o : a Jane na n. e Wind W. ; tide high water ; light and cloudy. Pe, p. Arrived—Naiad, from Jersey ; Martha Elliott, Tapn proegre;u,Roßmicahltmonon, A d, rc u ha .s n . gel v ; ri O n in ce ar Al l b 3 n e s r h t Bellwether, Julia, St. Catherine, all from Guernsey; Cor morant, Cronstadt ; Gothilt , Konigsberg; J o h n Wade, Foo-Choo-Foo. Dee, from westward, for riv P er a r d DEAL, Saturd ay, 9.50 a.m. Wind W.N.W., light and hazy. Spitfire, Madagascar, Huron, and Sohn Hermann, for river. --Her Majesty's ship PoLITICAL. The politics of Victoria during the past three weeks have been exclusively electioneering politics. Every where candidates have been holding meetings and com peting with one another in the enunciation of liberal principles, and electors have applauded and believed as freely as though electioneering protestations had been shown by the experience of the world to be the most re liable of all things. Every night for weeks past the as pirants to seats in the new Parliament have been facing lieir constituencies, and undergoing close s .osi-exatni nations, and receiving votes of confidence, and returning thanks, and promising, if elected, to be such pattern. le gislators as th e wor ld h as h ar dl y seen. Wi t h few ex- ceptions each meeting has proved favourable to the can• dictate. who has con vene d i t, an d i n many p l aces f ar more gentlemen have in their respective circles been voted "fit and proper persons," &c, * than can by possibility be accommodated with seats in the new houses. ,616 THE ROCKY RIVER DIGGINGS. ,757 Concernin g these diggiugs we annex a few additional ,757 ,508 particulars from the Armidale Express of Saturday, the 578 2d inst.:— .479 We have been favoured with the following communi :s3l cation from a gentleman who is a resident of Armidale, 193 and who has just returned from a visit to the Rocky ,297 River Diggings :—" Having been out at the Rocky ,645 ,246 River Diggings for some t i me lately, I embrace the 0p ,554 portunity o f m y return to Arrnidale to give you, and ---through you the public, some particulars respecting 156 them, The diggers generally are doing well. Mount Walsh is being resuscitated, and many parties have lately been successful in that locality. The diggings are extending nearer Armidale. From what I perceived, I should judge that only about one shaft out of eight has proved a blank. Oat of several claims lam aware that half an ounce to a dishful of earth has been repeatedly obtained. I understand that the Rev. W. B.Clarke, when here, predicted the existence of rich deposits in some of the very ridges that are now being worked. He, however, considered that the heaviest deposits would probably be found between the spot where the diggings are situated and Boorolong, via the Barley Field, and that, in his opinion, the sinking would become very deep as the leads were opened towards Boorolong. I have much pleasure in saying that there is every probability of Mr. Clarke's opinions being verified ; and it is now the belief of many who have had great experience in gold diggings that we are only at the beginning of our gold discoveries in New England. Many new arrivals are taking place. On leaving I saw about twenty arrive in a body, with the usual knapsacks of blankets, &c. A gentleman informed me that he bad passed about 600 Chinamen on the, road from Maitland, bound for the Rocky. The severe weather some time ago was the principal reason for so many new hands leav ing. There are also others at present at the Rocky who have arrived with little or no capital—some without a shilling —and are looking in vain for employment. The influx of this class has been so great that the demand for labour cannot keep pace with the supply; besides, many of the new arrivals are unfit for the work. It is the general opinion of those best qualified to judge correctly, that if parties bring sufficient capital to keep thgm for a month or two, until they can sink a shaft, they have a very good chance of doing well. From the nature of the soil, and the great traffic to and fro, the ground at the diggings is very muddy, and walking slippery and dis agreeable. The public-houses are becoming numerous, and they all seem to be doing a 'great stroke.' Finfliog them greatly thronged, and the attention of the Boni faces so engrossed in dispensing liquids to thirsty cus tomers that there was little hope of obtaining any for edibles, I preferred adjourning to a restaurant, that I might receive justice in the latter department. At the Commercial, opposite Halinboarg's store, I was perfectly satisfied —nay, astonished—at the bill of fare. Break fast, lunch, dinner—all were excellent, winding up with the best supper I have had in the district. Gold averages about 3/. Bs. 6d. per oz, but a large quantity remains unsold, as purchasers have not sufficient cash to buy up what is raised. Flour is 61. per bag, potatoes 17s. per cwt., maize 11. per bushel, salt and sugar are both ex ceedingly scarce, bacon, ham, or cheese none. The in formation we have received during the week from the Rocky River is to the effect that diggers generally are doing well, and that the number of those who are un successful is comparatively small. The trade in cradles is increasing; a day or two ago many were sent out on drays from Armidale. Goods are so scarce that store keepers are eagerly purchasing "consignments not yet delivered. One storekeeper from Armidale purchased over 300 ozi. of gold in a ew hours. Large quantities remain unsold for the want of buyers. Extract of a letter received from Armidale, dated Sth August :—" I was out at the mines on Friday ; great numbers are daily arriving, and a good many going away. Shafts are being sunk to the depth of ninety feet, and those diggers who are so fortunate as to pos sess the means of subsistence during this operation are well repaid for their trouble. I came upon one indivi dual working of a cradle, who told me he was getting on an average 50 OZ3. to the load, and another from 25 to 30 ozi. per load. Ido not know that these are isolated instances; in fact, I am confident they are nut, and that the resources of this gold field are only be inning to be found out. " The reason yon hear of „so many returning is, that, in nine'cases out of a dozen, the individuals have never undergone the, test of experience, or , if so, their previous knowledge has b een ga i ne d f rom hallow digging, and probably mere surface operations; thus they come with a fund barely able to maintain them for a fortnight or so, when they are obliged to quit the scene." STONEY CREEL The miners are spreading over the country, and a great deal of new groun d i s tie i ng opene d, w i th pretty fair results. Of course very exaggerated accounts are abroad, and these should be received with caution unless well authenticated. Stoney Creek is a rich and prospe rous district, but it is not a Bendigo. Amongst the many who have arrived not the least important are two large mobs of Chi namen . Th ese gen t ry came i n their national costume as seen on the willow-pattern plates, and excitsd much merriment by their grotesque appearance as they marched i n long si n gl e fil es , carrying on their bamboos "swags" which made the Europeans open their eyes in astonishment. The celestials at present are not very troublesome, but when the summer comes on and water gets scarce, it is to be feared that serious inconvenience will arise unless most stringent measures are adopted to keep theta in check. Those who have had experience on the Victoria gold fields, where Chioamen are numerous, will readily understand this. There is no sign of any post office yet, and correspondence is still a difficult and un certain matter. Stores are getting pretty numerous, which is a great relief to those who have been lung obliged to put up with the wretched affairs, miscalled store, whicn existed prior to the " rush." Gold sells on these diggings at 3/. 14s. to 3/. 154. per oz. The Vaitland Mercury of Saturday says :—The intel ligence brought dawn by the last mail appears to be very scanty. Oue letter received yesterday speaks in general terms of the Rocky River Diggings as giving every pro mise of "going ahead," and adds that many were ar riving from the Victoria side.—The folio wing is extracted ' from another letter, dated Rocky River, July 31st : " Some time ago there came a few days' rain, and the people not being prepared for it, and the ground being bad, some twenty five holes fell in. It frightened many away ; and people coming here with nothing are forced to go away again, and give the diggings a bad name. The sinking is very deep and hard, taking from one to three months to sink a shaft. In many places, if they get down six inches per day they do well. Soule are mak ing a fortune, while others are starving, which is prin• cipally their own faults. They are striking the gold very rich in many places, al4 round within'a mile arid a-half. I saw one wan wash from half a dishful of stuff 21 ounces. He had two loads alongside his shaft, and tie would not take 1001. for it. It appears to be a dig. gings that will last longer and better than any other in this colony. There are upwards of a hundred people arriving here every day." It is reported that additional means of protection have been furnished to the mail guards. The Hanging Rock diggings are said to have had considerable accessions to the numbers working there. We were on Saturday favoured with the sight of two letters from the Rocky River, which arrived by that morning's post, addressed to a mercantile firm in this city. Tney were of the most encouraging character. A gentleman who had purchased a quantity of gold writes —"I took my seat on the mail to-day to bring down the gold, but the driver seeing the quantity I bad de clinch bringing me, assigning as his reason that he was afraid of our being robbed. I hope to be down in a day or two with it. There is a talk of the Government sup plying additional guards to the mail." The second letter was marked confidential. ARMIDALE. We copy the following items from the Armidale Express of the 2d inst. ARMIDALE AND ROCKY RIVER MAIL.—The first direct mail from Armidale to the Rocky River was despatched from the Armidale post-office ou Thursday morning last. In future regular mail communication will take place between the two localities on the following days : Mails from Armidale on Mondays and Thursdays, at 10 a.m. ; from the Rooky River on Sundays and Wedues , days, at 2 o'clock p.m. We have much satisfaction in iteing enabled to inform the public of the establishment of such a boon. A SECOND " RALPH STACKPOLE."—We have been favoured by Mr. Bradshaw, chief constable, with the following particulars in reference to the capture of a daring rascal on Thursday evening last. A little be fore 10 o'clock p.m., the Government stables, which are situated in the rear of the Armidale lock-up, were broken into, and two hogskm saddles removed to the outside of the building. A short time previous to this a slab was taken from the back of the chief con stable's house ; but it is su osed, when the would-be the attempt, his n a m and e a bolted olt ed burglar h ear d that officer mpopvin (whoinside subsequently be abandoned gave o ff.A Edwards)villain was apprehended rushing ou t of the stables, by the civet constable an Mr. Bli g h , after a violent resistance. Yesterday, he way whilst d brought befo re t h e bench, the pollee mag i strate and T. J. Markham, Esq J.P. and sentenced to be confined in M a itl and gaol ' for two years, with hard labou,s ca labour. A n more forbiddi ng countenance th an th e prisoner scarcely b e i mag i ne d. The community is indebted to Mr. B ra d s h aw an d M r . Bli g h f or th e i r promptitude and success in arresting such a rascal. RATES Of CARRIAGE.—The following are the terms made for' the conveyance of of several contracts lately goods f rom G r afton and Morpeth to Armidale Grafton-15s, per cwt., if delivered within one month, , THE MAIN DRAINAGE OUTFALL. (From the Morning Advertiser.) If people mean work they must shut their eyes to inciden tal grievances, and do anything in the world rather than occupy their time with collateral discussions. Whether Sir Benjamin Hall has done this, or the Beard of Works that, or whether this or that might have been done better, are all questions for discussion when there is nothing more important in hand. When the grand drainage scheme has been agreed, upon and carried out it will be time enough to debate such matters; and when that time comes we undertake to say they will be so glad to have arrived at their destination that they will readily shake hands over any little differences they may have had upon the road. Now this is exactly what the Board and Sir Benjamin have agreed to do. There are a great number of small matters upon which ho or they might, were they so inclined, raise a very pretty quarrel. But, with much good sense, they have resolved not to split straws, bat to go heartily into the great work before them, hand-in-hand, and do their best to meet the expectations and the wants of our monster metropolis. The Admiralty has stepped in to cement this happy union, and have given the Chief Commissioner and the Board the aid of Captain Burstall's calculations, which have already been employed who , ' the fate of plan A had to be decided. Ac cording to this able officer's statement with regard to plan B the water which passes point B at half a mile below the Half-way House will, during spring tides, reach the town of Woolwich before it is arrested by the ebb stream, and at neaps a quarter ,of a mile below the Royal Arsenal. " I should, therefore," he says, "submit that the nearest point to London at which the outfall be made (so as at all times to be certain that the first portion, discharged at an hour and a half before high water, would not flow in or near the inha bited part of the metropolis,) be the upper part of E r ith Reach, 15 miles from L o nd on -b r id g e, seven-eighths of a mile from Erith church, and a quarter of a mile below Jawing tree Point, nearly opposite Rainham Creek." But even at this point Captain Burstall admits that the sewage would not be perfectly c l ear o f th e eastern li m i t o f t h e me t r opolitan area at spring tides. Upon this point of outfall, however, the Board and the Chief Commissioner have agreed, and pro bably the public may now, as far as the authorities are con cerned, consider this part of the business settled. Fifteen miles, then, from London-bridge, the river, which hitherto has flowed at that point as silvery as steam-boats will permit, has been condemned ere long to receive the filth of both sides of the metropolis. An extension of London in that direction, any improvement of property, any idea of seeking salubrity, is at an end. From the time when the monster throats at Erith Reach and Rainham Creek begin to vomit forth their pestilent contents proprietors may bid fare well to any dreams they have indulged of rising villages ; and they will look at their handsome villas with a sense of dis may, as they reflect that " the sewage is coming." The affair is not definitively settled, but if we may estimate the hope of a better arrangement by the satisfaction which the chairman and deputation of the Board of Works have apparently felt at the Chief Commissioner's assent to Captain Burstall's point of outfall, the prospect of a more satisfactory plan proceed ing from them, unless some pressure from without is brought to bear upon them, is slight indeed. We maintain, then, that however the new plan may recommend itself as more in accordance with the Act of'Parliament, it makes such a very small advance upon plan B, that we can only consider it as a piece of ,patch-work, which falls short of what we hoped would be the decision of the Board and the Commissioner. And here we must say the blame does not lie with Sir Benjamin Hall. He has no objection to the drainage being carried down to Sea Reach ; ,aud though he saddles this con cession with the qualification that the metropolis ought not to be made to pay for that extension beyond its own limits, he by no means shuts out hope th a t th e Government will contribute, not only to that, but to any other feasible scheme. The fault, then, lies with the Board of Works, who have not given. the proposal of sea drainage sufficient consi deration. We adhere to our former opinion upon this sub ject. We see all the unfairness we have already pointed out in plan B in the new plans ; and we sincerely trust that the Board of Works will yet see the propriety of taking a larger view of the whole question. They have had their confabu lation with Sir Benjamin Hall. Let them try if they cannot come to some understanding with the proprietors of the Thames marshes. These gentlemen have declared their will. ingness to be taxed for any plan which will comprehend their wants in the effort to relieve the wants of the metropolis. Why should their co-operation be slighted ? (From the Morning Post.) Without attributing any uncomfortable energy to Mr. Thwaites' Parliament, or presuming that their cenncils will rival the efficiency of one autocratic will, we may fairly as sume that the drainage of London elsewhere than into the heart of the metropolis, into which it so liberally discharges itself at present, is a thing that is to be clone within no great number of years. Done it must be, thoroughly, and, if need be, even by the projected canal, into the sea beyond South end. Once we get the nuisance out of London, we must have done with it for ever, all tides whatever notwithstand inz. But forty miles of canal will cost money, and, however brilliant the engineering may be, that must be considered as well as the moot point who is to pay for it ; and forty miles of polluted fluid will be neither beneficial nor ornamental to the county of Essex. Indeed, all localities discourage the advances of the pestilential visitor, and it is quite evident we are in sad want of an sZEdipus to solve the problem—need he be pestilential al, all t If a successful and inexpensive me thod of accomplishing the purification of the sewage of Lon don could be discovered, the expense of the canal would be saved, the nuisance on its banks would be averted, and an income be created by the sale of manure which would pro bably go far to reimburse the expenditure, and possibly even cover it altogether. And this is not merely a question of finance, but a question of humanity. The epidemics arising from those impurities fall chiefly on the poor—the incapa city of 'earning, arising from illness, upon those who live by their daily toil—the widowhood and orphandom, upon those who have no settled provision. In the forth which our population is now assuming —aggregation in large masses— and which the railway system will mould into greater masses with still greater rapidity, it is becoming the sacred duty of the governing classes to provide that those masses do not in clude within themselves the seeds of disease and premature death, as they have hitherto done. Many plans, varying, of course, with local circumstances, have been propo un d e d f or this purpose, but the honour o f effecting it has been reserve& for Leicester. The first step taken was the improvement and deepening of the sewers of the borough, with a view of col lecting the whole into one main drain at a sufficiently low level where the sewage works were to be erected. This is precit ely what we are doing, or about to do, in London. The question is, what next? At Mr. Wickstcad's works, in the neighbourhood of Lei cester, the deodorant used is lime, the process precipitation. It is thus described :--Tho whole of the sewage matter, in. eluding the refuse from dyers and scourers, is brought by the main sowers of the town to the works at the outfall, and in its passage to the reservoir the proper proportion of cream of lime is pumped into the pipe through which the sewage-water passes. It is then passed through agitators before entrance into the reservoir, and, when admitted, the solid matter begins to precipitate immediately, while the sewage-water, thus gradu ally freed from impurities, flows into the river in a disinfected state at the further end of the reservoir. From the begin ning to the end of the works no unpleasant smell whatever was perceivable—although the subsiding tanks, and all the processes mentioned, are in the covered part of the buildings. The deodorisation is complete. These works were opened in May, 18.55, and have been consequently in operation day and night for 18 months, and have completely deodorised the sewage of Leicester, containing a population of 65,000 inha bitants,manu- factories of the borough. The effect of this treatment of th e including all the refuse from the works and sewage, and the consequence of its being kept out of the river and canal, Las been truly astonishing. These streams, from being of the most polluted and disagreeable character, arenevr state,chanced and in a inte portion of clear and p er f ec tl y in odorous of the town where a branch of the canal forms a sort of reservoir, fishes and plants have been observed where none would live before. Here is the fait accompli--the great sanitary probl em o f th e age solved ; and though Hr. W i ckstcad does not yet claim any very bril liant pecuniary results, there is no doubt the process, like all new ones, may be considerably cheapened, and that its pro duct would fetch a much higher price near Loudon. There is no reason to suppose the Thames more impracticable than the Soar, or the manufactures of London more refractory to the laws of chemistry than the woollen and hosiery that are said to afford occupation to twenty-five thousand persons in Leices ter. It is but to multiply the machinery, the area, and the agent, fortyfold, and visions of Thames salmon, water-lilies, 'and pleasure excursions may again float before our eyes ; a fish dinner at Greenwich need no longer involve a smartish race with cholera, and Blackfriars-bridge be no longer made terrible by its pestiferous contributory. We recomraend the study of Mr. Wiekstead's process str .ugly to the attention o f M r. Thwaites and his fellow eediles. Not only a hu ge expense may be thereby saved, as well as much delay and bi c k er i ng arising from the really difficult question in what proportion the expenditure should be divid ed between the metropolis, the county of Essex, and the country at large, but even taking the price of the soil so low as five or six shilli ngs a ton, a revenue might be expected that would almost cover the cost, which can hardly be the cas e if it is simply to be allowed to discharge itself into the f German Ocean ; and another evil will be avoided— that of diverting such a body of water from the mouth h e 1 s it Thames, the navigation of which is difficult enoug by the enormous increase of manure which be th t i a s k p en into is. The amount of food added to the stock of the nation would insure daily and hourly, is also to consideration, especially to be not the example is set by London—the plan is h only feasible, but in the kingdom that once city y gth and breadth will adopt it, and throughout the will be at work, pi.ofitwabhleen_eitveiis.yremems_ shown of the land this gigantic economy even at no distant us independent of guano, and perhaps,thenecessity of the impor tation preparing the soil for fresh date, relieving us altogether from any the with respect to exor productions, making tatiou of food, and removing • 'raasing the yield of land bitant prices, not merely - I? f t ' by making it profitable to already under cultivation, n experiment ha been tried, it has been e or devoted to purposes the Board of Works and j to the metrOrlis, or show calm co b mf r iiinnngfeenurtii inferior esvruaelcu tillagesuccessful, s furhle much e x I ; t o l b Vr s n w o a: either to apply the system why it is inapplicable. .scfagypaniirriyihal,o ; and enain s2boeoenfixedasfollows 9et3, 3,600 men , T HE ATLANT/0 TE tlis company LEGEAPHC waited o3l .PANir. u — Po o l l 3 l t Thursday he d iie a deputation from t The Artillery,,,,i!it ar r 2f, 00;7 , tore of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, and sub.. s equently u pon th e directors of th e M anc h ester Com mercial Association, to lay before them the objects and prospects of the A tlan t ic Tele graph Company, wh o, after making three careful surv,?ys of the route, propose l ay i ng down a submarine cable between Valentia, is Ireland, and St. John's, Newfoundland, with sevea wires, a distance of 1,000 statute miles. The estimated cost is 350,0101., but with facilities that may be obtained from the Government - 1 on each side the Atlantic there is a possibility of this being reduced to 250,000/. The bot tom of the oce an i s one level plain over the whole dis tance, and admirably adapted for the PurP The se. capital is to b e raised in 350 s h ar es of 1, 0001 . each, a nd l a it was st a t e d that 53',0001. of this amo unt bad already bees subscrib e d in Liver ed. The depu tation, consist ingth of M r. F ield, an A l • P vican director, Mr. Brett, e engineer, an d Mr. Stathi:', ing th body o f di rectors at both ' ass°ciatio• g re at at d tention e . presidents), an d were listene d t o wi th their wi llingness to take Several gentlemen announced up shares. were received by a numerous From Morpeth-265. per cwt., if delivered within a month ; 24-4 per cwt., without time being specified. AnnirnALE MILL Pawn, August I.—Allingham's Mill—fine flour, 50s. per 1001bs. ; second, 484. ; ration, 455. ; pollard, 16s. ; bran, 14s. Wheat, 17s. per bushel; the market pretty well supplied. M'Lean's Mill— Flour, 445. to 465. per 1001bs. ; pollard, 16s. ; bran, 12s. Wheat, Iss. 6d. to 16s. per bushel ; market fairly sup. plied. THE GOLD. There is very little to call for special notice under this head, The returns, which will be found below, give very satisfactory evidence that the yield of the various gold fields is undiminished. GOLD RECEIVED BT ESCORT FOR 13 WEEKS IN 1855, With the Total of the corresponding weeks of 1855. -3 z$ B-O; 1,735 3,250 2,986 2,054 2,832 st. to st. to mt. 91; 7 125 117 - 74 - 6 [O7 - 108 6 A)3i - 104 - 8 • 1051 - 106 ... - 341 " d 7 - 845 53 - 55 15 48 - 50 3i - 3,(1 38 39 823 - 834 - 4i3 3 --2 i 18 -18 i 59/ 60/ 95 - 98 511 501 6 4 - 73 10 - 11 27 - 29 02 24i 25" 68 70 46 - 48 i- 16 17 70z—. 7h 7 2 -- 81 - 3 d 2 14 16 37 39 19 -14 i 41 - 5 . 6 8 2 - 4 5 - 5i - •., ..... ... 7 ,TGN. Gi _.. 7 li -, 14 1,1 - 2 p ii - li P 4i 5 "i = ii 1 - 1+ ; - 33 - 10. 22 - 22• 11 - li 22 - 22 - 23 - 23 10i - 11 76 78 3 34 21a —21 i —14 p -- 241 —24 i 2$ 99 101 115 120 115 120 1N ....." ... - ii - *9; 194 20 21/ 22j par p p • • •••• 8 - gi 191. - 19 37 - 37} 8 - 9 al .... 51 48 ... 50 par 4 pl ••• - 17 - 19 - 1i 9 - 9 i 8 i - 94 ••• ...... pm ••• - 9 - 33 34 - lip - fOIA T T-.3T0C11 BANAh. all Australasia, Jai Bank of Egypt ...... 50 Bank of London .... all Rri. Col. Bk.& lin. C. sll British N. 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(Ireland 14 Do. 4per 0. PrCf. S 6 Gt. W.(B. kzff.Exspc • 1 100 Do. con. red. 4 6 p.c. L. 100 D o . con . re d. 4 ✓ p. t. 100 Do. irred, 4p. c. . t. 100 Do. sp. c. red. pref S all Do. Birm. Prof. St. 0 all Do. Chester Bp. e. P.' 0 all Do. do. sp.c. do ;t 10) Do. Birm. Gua. Stk all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. all Do. do. do J all Do. do. do 5 6 Lan. &York. F. 20 t. 1100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock ;. 100 Lon. &B. 0.5 pc. No.l 100 Do. P., spc. St.No.2 100 Do. New Gnar.6 n. 100 Do. do. sp. c.,N0.4 . 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. tai Nuneaton sp. ct 100 L tn.lly S. W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares 411 Llarly. & C.ler. Sit 1l Londy.&Ennis.A •Th 103 L. 6 p. Cent 44 Do. do. do. £6 100 00. do. 34 per cent. all .‘larypt.& Carl.4p all Do. 4A per cent 1W Do. do. 1100 d.Consol.6 100 rio. Con.llr.cAr. 6pc 100 Da. 4i p. c. Pref. Ft 'lOO Ditto L. & 1-1. Pref. St t New Abar., dre. pr. 2.11 > •, ' sp. e. red. 5 p. c. pm. 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '6G all /odic. Deb, 4 p.c. sli 100 Do. Prof. 5p.0. St ~ 100 Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 1100 i)o. 5i per c. pf ,1847 100 D0.Wv.V.5pc.,1847 100 Korth British 100 g. E. Pe -w, 4 p.o. P. 81 Do. do. do 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c*.Tio.l 9 Do. do. Qr5.,1848... 10 Do.Yorkll.& .1. Poi- lall North Staf&dshire 100 Os,Wo, tom'., pc , 100 Do. 6 p.c. Redeem all Scot. Cent. ,New Pre f 100 Sc.N.E. Aber. g 6 pe all Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. et. 100 D0.d0,, 3} p.c. pf. st all South Devon all Do. flxed,4i per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4i per cent all Do. Fixed 4i p c sh 1 100 S. Wales Gua. 4p. o 100 Do. do. 4i p. 0.... all z.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. all Stock.,k Dar., sp. c. 15 Do. do. do all Stock. Sr Marti. g. 5 p. c. till July all Waterfd. & Kilk.6 pc MI &gas, Fria all kiiglo Californian 7 k.ustralian all Brien (C.M.Duchy of all Moamar. Iron & font 14 British Iron 2W ; Brazilianimp.(iesued at .1:5 pm.) all I Do. Cocaes Sr. Cuiab_ 15 IN. St. John Delße, Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica ' all ,Cobra Copper 1 'Colonial Gold all Copper MM. of Ea all Do. Prof. 74 p. cent 1E Copiapo. all IFortuna all Gencial. all Gt.NnggetVelußeg all Great Polgooth.... all Gt Wheal Vor Unite all Liberty all Ltnares 14 •Lusitanian 'Mariquita all No* Granada all Nouveau Monde all Pontgi.Sil.& Le. Min 1 ,Port Philip all Quartz Rock all IRhymney Iron all Do. New 15i ISantiago de Cuba.. 6s. !Sort. Cons. Min. Co. all 'South Australian.. all Do. Scrip all Do. 10 per cent Pref 44 Tarn. S. Sr, L. Min. Co. 9 ha Croft. ...... all United Mexican all Wailer all West Mariposa....., 12s Worthing Mining of Australia . PREFERENCE SHARES. 17i 18 9h 91 1 901 77 124 3 674 7 i 95j } 107 i 8 104 a 106 1 51 3ii i 80i i i 38 S p 20 83 I 8 S 591 60j - 100 4i - 5 6 64 LO7 - 112 97 - 102 * - t l -12 f ••• ...... ~ ,•• ..'" . ii = ie •• .... •• 16 11 118 09 - 115 .03 - 101 61 - 62 10 - 10 6 93 - 95 - 88 101 10§ 10 73 20 10. 15, d 139 - 159 --- ... - b - 70 '''' ••• - 138 - 100 - t.O 1 - li ••• \ - ••• -104 - 94 i 7 i'4 - 109 - 65 - 16 - 24 - 102 -10 i 28 - 3 p 6 - 8 - 21 -• 31 18 - 2U P - IP 54 - 56 30 35 25 27 14 16 i id 1 : 1 2 --2 i f - 7i id $ i i 8 10 21 - 23 5 - 7 21 - 24 2i - 24 .•. - - 4 a i MISCELLANEOUS. 19 Australian Agricult. Australn. Royal Mail all Berlin Water Works 40 Brit American Land 3 Canada. 00 C.Go.Esp.c. Jan& j aly 100 Do. G p.c. Feb & Aug 100 D. Op c. Mar & Sept ail Crystal Pa1ace........ all Do. Preference...., a:1 Crystal Pal. of France Duston Iron 0re..... 15 Eastern 5team....... 100 Electric Telegraph... all Electric Teleg. of Ir. all En.drAus Cop Sm Co all Gen. lr Sc Col (lina.) 14 Geu. Steam Navigat. all General Screw Steam all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 10 Magdalena St. Navik all Kediteran. Elec. Tel. all Mexicamial.Americn. , 5 Nat. Disco un t Co. I 1 Do. New f! Netherlands all Do. Do. 3 Do. 8 pcPissatl d 80 New B. &N. S. Land ... N. S. W. Gov. sp.e. D. 9.11 N. B. Autralasian 17. Nrth.ofEuropeSteam all Oriental Gas 2s. Do. "New Shares" all Peel Br. Ld. & Minrl. all Peninsular& Oriental 10 Do. New SO Royal Mail Steam al , Scot. Austral. Invest all Ditto New all South .Ausiral.Land a 1 Submar. Tel. Scrip , ala Do. Registered 5 'Pr uster L. Co. TT. 2814 Van Diemen's Land V.O )4P.c;..14.16/July 26 - 28 51 - 5i 1113 - 118 1113 - 113; 2 - 2A 5i - 54 6 -- 9'5 1 - 6 - 7 3 1 - :50 2 8 10 P' 1 3 4 2 -.. I 18 - l 2 - ....- it 3iP 70 1 66 54 Ifi ld 1 4 3 5 37 -- 1 1 lb 16i 71i /1 20 Bt. 10 22i I 25 p 1 108 22i 20 11 101 1 77 6 I A 21a 101 1 40 19k 20 1 I 28, 9i I I 10 9 10 50 100 100 i 17i I 23 10 10 6 100 50 50 100 1 1 25 141-- 37 136 115 - 136 98 88 MINES. ... 1091 10 1071 I$A 18 1131 i i pm 21) i 154 Date or Ship. Dettination. --- 115 • • Telegraph ...... ........ 4y , iney 16 .. :hampion of the Seas .. • . Li verpoo l 17 . • City of Sydney .... .. 24 .. Telegraph ..••.•. • • . • _ • • ilydney ..... Aug. 6 .. James Baines ••.•• • • Liverpool .. .. . July 354 9,203 301 17,353 TRADE AND COMMERCE. To the dulness of the season of the year—the end of the Australian winter—we have added, on the present occa sion, the excitement of a general election—the first under the new constitu►tion. The weather has continued unusu• ally wet, and carriage to the interior has ruled high for the last four months. The stocks stored for the use of the winter have, however, been gradually diminished, and although trade continues dull everything promises fair for a brisk spring trade. With these remarks we refer to the subjoined tables. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS AT THE PORT OF MELBOURNE. Imports in the year 1856, up to the 16th of August...... £7,689,021 Exports in the year 1856, up to the 16th of August .... 9,105,266 Balance of exports over imports during the current year 41,416,245 In the first period the account stood thus : Traports ...... • . ......... • ...• • • 4 1 054,90 Exports Balance in favour of the colony ...• .. 41,340697 In the sec on d p er i o d : , Imports • ..... Exports ...... £7,689,021 , • • ...... ••.. • • 9,105,26,3 Balance in favour of the colony • • £1,416,245 ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. The following information has been received from an authentic source : A line connecting Melbourne, Sandridge, Williams town, Geelong, and Queenscliffe (Port-Philip Heads) was placed in working order in December, 1854 ; total distance, 73 miles. The following lines are in course of construction : To connect Geelong and Ballarat, distance about 58 miles ; Melbourne, Kyneton, Castlemaine, and Sand hurst (Bendigo), about 125 miles. These lines are under contract and - t-he work is in progress, to be completed in working order before the 15th of November, 1856. The folloWing lines are decided upon, and are under survey : To connect Sandhurst, Benalla, May-Day Hills, Beechworth, and Albury—distance (from Sandhurst) about 250 miles ; to connect Ballarat, Raglan (Fiery Creek), Warrnambool, Belfast, Portland, and a point at or near the western boundary of the colony—distance (from Ballarat) about 230 miles. The lines will be completed during the year 1857. The north-eastern, or Sandhurst and Beech worth, routes are at present being marked out by the surveyors. A single wire is used throughout, and the apparatus employed is that known as Morse's recording telegraph. The following lines are proposed and in contempla• tion : A line to connect, via Queenscliffe (Port Philip Heads). Cape Otway, King's Island, and Cape Grim (Tasmania), as follows :--By submarine cable from Cape Otway to King's Island ; thence by the same means to Barren Island and Cape Grim. The greatest stretch of subma rine will be only 60 miles in length, the intervening dis tances over the islands being by the usual air line. From Cape Grim an extension will be made along the north ern shore of Tasmania, embracing Port Frederick, Port Sorel, and George Town, and connecting at the latter place with the main line under contract between George Town, Launceston, and Hobart Town—the Government of Tasmania to bear one-half of the expense of that por tion of the work lying between Cape Otway and Cape Grim. Negotiations of a most favourable character are pending upon the subject of this line between the two Governments, and the probability is that the work will be undertaken during the ensuing year. Distance. Miles. Queenscliffe to Cape Otway, about Cape Otway to Cape Grim Cape Grim to George Town Total 450 Estimated cost, 33,000/. POPULATION. The population of the colony on the 30th June was, according to the last census and the returns of the Im migration-office, upwards of 335,000 souls. To these must be added about 2,300 for the balance of births over deaths for the first half of the current year. The official returns of the Immigration Board for the month of Julyare of little interest, except that something like a "rush" of the mining population towards the Syd ney goldfields has taken place ; but this "rush" does not appear to have been so extensive as is represented in the Sydney papers. The balance against this colony in favour of Sydney for the month was only 868 ; the net loss to the colony 90 souls. Among the departures for foreign ports are about 340 Chinese. The totals are thus divided : Arrived 2,250, of which 1,466 were adult males, 541 adult females, 141 male and 102 female children. De parted 2,340, of which 2,067 were adult males, 188 adult females, 48 male and 37 female children. Of the arrivals 2,250 landed at Melbourne, 11 at Geelong, and 14 at other ports. Of the departures 2,317 sailed from Mel bourne, 2 from Geelong, and 21 from all other ports. SOCIAL TOPICS. At the co mmencement of the present month a confer. ence of delegates from the various suburban and provin cial municipalities held its session in this city, and after an intelligent discussion of the objects which the confer ence had assembled to promote, athpted a series of reso lutions affirming the desirability of endowing the various municipalities with the unalienated Crown lands lying within their limits, and indicating various amendments which are necessary to be made in the Municipal Act, in order to secure the efficient working of the principle of self-government. Several candidates for seats in the Le. gislature have given in their adhesion to the movement, which is also warmly supported by the press throughout the colony generally. Some excitement was occasioned in this city on the 10th inst. by the rumoured discovery of gold in the su burbs of Richmond and North Melbourne respectively, and several hundreds of people speedily congregated on the ground believed to be auriferous, and prosecuted " fossicking" operations with clasp knives and similar implements until nightfall. The specks and nodules of metal discovered turned out, however, to he a spurious compound, manufactured as a soldei. How specks and nodules of this solder became intermixed with the sand and grit in the small watercourses worn by the rain on the Flagstaff-hill and in Richmond paddock is not ex plained. We are glad to be able to report that it is the intention of the Railway Board, in expending the large sums of money at its disposal, to afford as much encouragement to local enterprise as can be given consistently with a due regard to the interests of the public. In all young coun tries, and especially in those which possess the attraction of producing gold, there is to be found scattered abroad a considerable amount of mechanical skill and engineer ing ability diverted from their proper pursuit by the allurements of more tempting occupations. The exten sive works now in progress, or contemplated, in con nexion with railways, will present an admirable oppor tunity for collecting and concentrating skilled artisans who have temporarily abandoned their legitimate calling, and the object is one by which the highest purposes of public utility way be judiciously promoted. We paid a visit on Saturday to a small schooner, the Pomona, now lying in Hobson's Bey, and bad an oppor tunity of in:peeing the codfish caught by Capt. Liddle, on a bank near King's Island, and have no hesitation in pronouncing them a small variety of the cod of com merce. We saw one of the fishes cooked, and a gentle man who has had much experience on the North Ame rican coast, agreed with us in thinking that there was not a shadow of doubt as to the fish being a genuine cod ; and that there is every prospect of the discovery off our coasts of fish-banks as valuable in a commercial point of view as those of Newfoundland. The Mount Alexander Mail announces the discovery of an immense bed of slate in the vicinity of Castle maine. Its quality is said to be fully equal to that of the best Welsh. It was found by a couple of quarrymen who were prospecting about the district, and they not unna turally laid claim to some reward for having been the immediate means of a ddi ng so ma t er i a lly to the already ascertained riches of this district. Specimens of the slate have been forwarded to the Government. The following extract from the Bendigo Advertiser of Saturday last indicates the confidence felt in the perma nence of the auriferous resources of that district : " One or two of the storekeepers of this township are contemplating vastly improving their business premises. One firm, we believe, has given a contract for 8,000/., May 3 June 1 July.. - 5 - Aug. 2 11,760 During the last week given in the above table no es corts arrived from Fiery Creek, Maryborough, Wlvor, Da'sy-hill, and Avoca, in consequence of the heavy rains which have recently fallen. We may mention that the season bas been one of continuous wet weather, which has seriously interfered with mining operations. Not withstanding this, the escort returns are quite up to those of the previous year, in which the weather was throughout favourable, while the amount shipped in the present season is greatly in excess of that in the corre sponding periods of the two previous years. First seven months 185.1. 1855. 1855. Receipts by escort .... 954,430 1,141,144 1,578,995 Shipments .. ••.. • • .. 1,336,589 1,389,562 1,714,813 The following gold•sbips have sailed since the Ist of July : Ounces. 12,149 11,71 i 12,q971 12,467, 15,080 6,129 3,751 3,091 3,097 2,722 2,962 I 37,661 32, 56,333 47, 33,428 47, 54,464 43, 29,110 52 35,522 48, 45,031 37, 52,539 41, 3+,993 37, 54,887 42, 37,979 0, 64,867 50, 27,275 43, 561,172 1567, 38 6 431