The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-07 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND 'COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales. The market closed steadily. Railway shares were quiet. The anxiety to provide means against all con tingencies, and the active demand for money, had a marked effect upon the position of the Bank of England during the week to the 30th ultimo. The balances of private depositors were augmented ; but this was a measure of precaution, and probably in anticipation of liabilities falling due on the 4th inst. The discounts, for the same reason, were largely augmented. With regard to the amount to the credit of the Treasury, it is smaller than upon some former corresponding pe riods, but quite as large as could be expected during a state of warfare. Bullion and notes were both required to a larger extent, from the greater demand upon the Bank's resources. The follow ing were the changes compared with the previous week : Active circulation. Increase Bullion Decrease Rest • Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Increase ti even-Day and other Bills Increase Government Securities Increase Other Securities Increase Notes unemployed Decrease £19,964,920 668,670 13,059,870 169,016 3,719,493 9,135 5,786,582 423,010 9,924,277 155,920 1,030,651 9,256 11,006,210 9,255 16,912,843 1,425,752 6,499,380 794,100 There was an advance again yesterday afternoon in the rates of exchange for bills upon some of the continental cities, Trieste, 90 days, being done at 11 43 to 48, and Frankfort at 119. Paris, how ever, remained atl2s 321 to 37i, Amsterdam at 11 181- to 181, and klamburgh at 13 7 to 7i. South American Doubloons are 755. 3d. to 75e. 6d. per oz., United States gold coin is 765. Ud., Spanish Pillar dollars are 6s. to Gs. 4d., and five franc pieces are ss. Old. per ounce. In Belgium just now great interest attaches to the question of the food supply. The prices of grain rule still at a point so elevated that the poorer classes suffer considerably, and very natur ally are wont to follow the dictum, of any party who advocates a course of proceeding apparently calculated •to benefit them. The main cause of the anomalous position of Belgium in this respect, however, is the disinclination to adopt at the outset a sound general principle, and to allow food, at all times, to be imported free of duty. The kingdom does not produce a quantity adequate to the consumption of its popu lation, and is yet debarred by restrictive laws the right to feed it from other sources. One crude piece of legislation is usually held to justify another, and by consequence the prohibition of exportation is now advocated to appease the public mind, and allay the excitement of the suffering poor. The Journal de Liege contains upon this interesting subject the following remarks : " We are informed by the Moniteur (Belgian) that the Ministry is at present occupied with the subject of the abolition of the corn laws, and that it is their inten tion to bring it before the Chamber at an early period. " How much longer is this question, settled a thou sand times as regards England and Belgium at least, where the produce is insufficient, to remain unde cided ? For several years this subject has been brought forward periodically, in spite of the most searching inquiry having been instituted. With a moderate harvest we pay very dearly for corn ; and now with an abundant harvest, surpassing at least 75• per cent, that of last year, the hectolitre of wheat is still at 30 francs. Have we not enough' experience as yet ? " The bakers rail out against the exportation, and the Government informs that in .spite of the abundant harvest ten times more foreign grain has entered than has been exported from the country, and that the price is still on the increase. What further experience can we then be waiting for ? Freedom of trade, if not the remedy for high prices, is, at least, the surest palliative of it. It is the fear which continually arises from the vacillation and *feebleness of the Government, which is not able to de clare, once for all, that the corn trade is, and shall henceforth remain, completely free,' which tends so to derange our commerce, and drives our merchants to sup ply our wants from distant countries, whilst they might, like the English, remain quite at ease as to abundance of the necessaries of life. Let us, then. at once and for ever settle this vexata qucstio. The Cham bers will do well to force it upon the Government if there be any further hesitation or delay in the matter. Eng land is now benefitting by a bold system of government, for the tw• kilogrammes of bread of first quality there costs only 75 centimes at present, whilst in Belgium, where the price of labour is much less than in England, the same quantity of bread of the first quality costs 94 centimes. " But in England the commercial interest is perfectly satisfied that the sort of legislation adopted by Sir R. Peel, after a vigorous opposition on the part of the landed interest, has, at last, completely triumphed over all ad versaries, and the more so, from the beneficial results to the community at large, a truth now apparent even to that sect of oppositionists, so much so as to lead them to the prudent course of letting matters rest undisturb ed. Still we may doubt if our retrograde statesmen will benefit by this experience. They seem to prefer sacri ficing the consumer to the producer. They pretend to be the advocates of the former, if we are to go by appear ances at present ; but let only the corn trade return to its normal prices, you would see this same party once More openly revolt against a liberal course of legisla tion. The reason is this, they have no real principles at all, but only their own interest, and, therefore, be .come as changeable as the moon." Nearly every line of this would have applied to England before the repeal of the Corn Laws, and the adoption of such arguments abroad is the sure precursor of Free Trade. There are several telegraphic despatches in from Memel, dated the sth inst., received by various German houses, announcing the melancholy fact of . a large portion of that town having been destroyed by fire, according to some versions no less than two-thirds. This, however, is probably exagge rated. It is doubtful as yet whether the shipping has suffered, but as a canal runs through the town, and the ships load therein, it is very much feared that the merchandise may also have suffered. A large .quantity of produce, •especially hemp, had been burnt in the warehouses. According to some ver sions as much as 8,000 tons of hemp. The funds have been very quiet, and continue 'heavy as regards prices. Consols have been 95 to for transfer, and 95i to for account. Exchequer Bills have been 4s. to 7s. premium. East India Stock is at 230. Foreign Securities have been offered rather - freely for sale again. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been ni /, and the New Deferred 18g. The Com mittee's Certificate is at 5. Mexican Bonds have been quoted 24i, and Chilian 101 ex dividend. Brazilian Old Stock is at 98 to 99 ex dividend. Russian 4 per Cents. have dropped to 85. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 to fif ; Mexican, 241 to 25 ; Peruvian, 71 to 73 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 401 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto Per Cents., 65 to 87 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18-a to 18i ; ditto 3 per Cents., 37-1; to 371 ; ditto Certificates, 5 io 5i ; ditto Passive, 4i to 4. Railway Shape s have been weak again, and the transactions have been in the direction of sales generally. Great Northern and Caledonian, how ever, h av e been a shade higher, and the Shropshire Union have been very firm. F rench shares have been merely nominal. The Mining Market has been d u ll , and there has been no move ment in the B ank i ng Shares. Crystal Palace ale not so good. BRITISH I'UNDh THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCE.. (Prose the Oticial List.) Ittpinep -3 per Cent. Consols Amuitiea ................ ~,9 . , } ' India Stock —so India Bonds, £lOOO ....... .•••••• ••••• ..... 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Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O ill Lndndrry& Coleraine; al Lndndrry. & Ennisk. .1,00 lanch.Shef.R.: Lincin 441 Do., Man. 3t Lin. Un. Aidlaud )0 Do. Birmng.& Derby ill Nfidld. G. West. (Ire.) !2! Do. Half Shares dl Newcastle & Carlisle,l 5. Newinkt.BuryEaten. L 9: Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd.l 8 Newry & Enniskillen dl Newry Warrenpoini, and itostrevor )0 gorfolk 3?, Northn.Connties Un, - - • • • North British 114 North Devon, No. 1 dl Do., No. 2 dl , )0., A Deferred al Do., B Guarantees' 10 N. Eastern—Berwick !O Do. do. Extension .3 Dodo. G.N. E. Porch. al Do. Leeds )0 Do. York ill• North London 8: Do. New .£lO IF, N. &S.Wstrn. ,llamp stead, and City Jn .7i North Staffordshire ii North Western 11 N. &S. West n. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. St. 100 Oxford, Worcestor,& 16 al 8 a] 2 25 1: 50 al 20 1' 20 al Wolverhampton 4 Portsmouth )u icottish Central St. I 10 10 I a] 6 IScottishMiclland ihrewsby. & Herefd 11 ihropshire Umon Do. 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American Chartd. Bank of Atia Chrtyl. Bifk.. dt & China ColOnial ;;; :",••••• Cornmprchil sf !ltd Etlgish Scottish and Australian Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia i • • LOndsii and County London Joint Stock Lond. & Westminster National Proirincial a ttiglattS . - Do. New National of Ireland. New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Ilnion of Undo .! BU SlllBlB done 1 50 this day. 22 l' 25 31 St. 101 St. 101 10 211 50 I al 50 I a] 20 10 1, 50 4! 25 al 25 a St. 10 20 a Bt. 10 50 a] 16 1 , 16t St. 101 19,E 11 14 1 20 al 11i a] St. 10 St. 10' 20 1] 12i St. 1.1 8/28 1 50 I al 1.00 I A] 25 50 20 a: 10 it/ 50 a , 20 1 20 25 I a . St. 1 ti St. LO 25 2 ' 20 1 al 50 I a 20 I I 20 1 a] 10 1 81 all all 2i THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1854. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, JULY 24.—0 n the 21st of June the Queen of the South anchored in Hobson's Bay, having on board Sir Charles Hotham, K.C.8., the long-looked for and anxiously-expected Lieutenant-Governor of Vic toria. Soon after the Queen of the South dropped her anchor the officer administering the government, the members of the Executive Council, and the Mayor of Melbourne, accompanied by several members of the cor poration, paid their respects to Sir Charles, and inti mated to him that it was intended to signalise his ar rival by the ceremony of a public reception. He was requested to delay his landing till about noon the fol lowing day, when arrangements would be completed for his being received in such a way as would give expres sion to the feelings of deep and universal interest with which the event of his arrival was regarded. Sir Charles heartily concurred in the proposed arrangement, ex pressed his high gratification at the prospect of the re ception propcsed, especially as the idea had originated with the people themselves, and the arangeeleuts had been made by their representatives, the corporation. His Excellency further stated that he felt satisfied that the tidings of his having been welcomed in the way pro posed would give the highest satisfaction at home ; and said he was desirous to regulate his movements in every way so as to suit the public convenience. The weather of the 22d of June, a day ever memor able in the history of Melbourne and Victoria, was in an unexpected degree favourable to the demonstration. At an early hour of the morning large numbers of people began to cross the Yarra-Yarra, by Princes-bridge, in order to take their places in the line of the procession or secure favourable posts from which to view it on its route. About nine o'clock the various bodies who were to form part of the procession mustered in different parts of the town, and proceeded in order along the bridge and down the Sandridge-road. Sandridge, where his Excellency landed, was profusely decorated with flags and streamers. On the pier was a triumphal arch. When the arrangements were completed a deputation proceeded on board the Queen of the South to intimate the fact, and Sir Charles landed under a salute from the guns of the Electra and Fantome, and a still louder and more impressive volley of true British cheers from the fleet of merchant vessels in the bay. Sir Charles was received with the utmost enthusiasm on his landing at Sandridge, and, the procession being formed, he pro ceeded on horseback to Melbourne, - preceded by the corporation, the magistrates, and the Legislative Coun cil, and more immediately surrounded by the members of the Executive Council, the judges, consuls, and heads of departments. So far as tho fulfilment of the pro gramme adopted by the corporation was concerned, the procession was somewhat of a failure. But the demon stration gained in real interest and impressive effect from this partial failure. The people in an almost countless crowd had gone to welcome their new governor, and ac companied him to Melbourne. Vehicles of all kinds, from the smart well-appointed carriage, dogcart, or gig, down to the somewhat rude-looking dray, all filled with well dressed happy looking people of both sexes in long pro cession, with thousands on horseback, constituted the bulk of the procession, and threw into the shade the better ordered bodies of Freemasons, Odd Fellows, Foresters, li Irish, Welsh, American, and German .colonists, and different trades who had turned out to compose the car lege. The procession passed under a handsome trium plsal arch on Princes-bridge, and along the principal lines of streets to the Government offices. Sir Charles was everywhere along his route received with the liveliest demonstrations of welcome, which seemed to afford him and Lady Hotham high gratification. Some little amusement was caused by the fact that the Mayor and Town-clerk, who occupied the mayoral carriage, and filled that place in the procession which it was expected Sir Charles Hotham would occupy, received many cheers and bouquets which were intended for the Lieutenant- Governor. The Mayor's furred gown and cocked hat are not familiar to the public, and, connected with the imposing appearance of Mr. Kerr, the Town-clerk, proved too much for the people, who had been waiting for some hours for the occasion of giving vent to their enthusiasm. On the arrival of his Excellency at the Government offices he took the customary oaths in the presence of a large number of official and non-official spectators, and immediately issued a proclamation declaring his assump tion of office, and announcing the members of the Execu tive Council. He then took his place on a balcony above the porch of the Government-house, and addressed the assembly in the following brief but effective speech : " I desire to tender you my most sincere thanks for the very cordial welcome you have extended to me, an unknown stranger, on the occasion of my landing on your shores. I have the honour to be the Queen's repre sentative, and must consider the honour as paid to my office ; and, therefore, to the Queen, through me. In the Queen's name, therefore, I thank you. I shall take the first opportunity of notifiying to the Queen and the Bri tish Government low I have been received, and I have no doubt that her Majesty will be delighted to hear of the flattering reception that has been given to her repre sentative. The indications of wealth which your city pre sents are calculated to impress a stranger coming into it for the first time, and I have been struck with the evidences of progress, both social and commercial, which have met my view. I hope that my conduct will be such as to meet your approval. Mine shall be the government of an honest man. I shall turn neither to the right hand nor the left. I shall seek to be faithful to the Queen and grateful to you." The reception of their new Lieutenant-Governor by the people of Victoria was an interesting and impressive display of their loyalty, and of the hopes they entertain of increased facilities for progress being enjoyed under a new dynasty. It was eminently calculated to impress Sir Charles Hotham with a sense of the importance and responsibility of his new office, and at the same time to encourage him, by the manifestation of the sympathy of the people, in the vigorous discharge of its duties. The Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria has an arduous though honourable task to discharge. Sweeping reforms are called for in almost every department of the public ser vice. The Executive Council, to whom he would natu rally look for counsel and assistance, consists, with a few honourable exceptions, of those who, to take the most favourable view of their character, are incapables. They are identified with the former system, to which they owe their elevation, and are animated by its spirit and policy. They are identified, too, in popular appre hension, with the system which all - rejoice to think has passed away for ever, and are regarded with disappro bation and contempt. It is possible that the presence of a man of decided and energetic character, such as Sir Charles Hotham seems to be, may produce on them a change for the better. Though they so readily fell into the peddling, paltry spirit which characterised Mr. La Trobe's adininietration, and perhaps owed their eleva tion to the perception of this congeniality of their spirit with that of the Administration, the retention of office may prove a motive sufficiently powerful to lead to co operation with Sir Charles Hotham in his measures of reform. Difficult as may be the position of the Gover nor of Victoria, his is still a responsible and honourable office. Agricultural and mineral wealth all but inex haustible is in the possession of a rapidly increasing population characterised by more than the energy and enterprise of the races from among whom they have issued. All they want is fair play—a Government with enlightened and patriotic views, such as will en courage rather than repress the popular energies—aid rather than repress the efforts of the people to develops the resources of their country. Rumour is busy as to the present movements of Sir Charles Hotham, and his intentions for the future. Stories arc daily current of the consternation which pre vails in the public offices, of the searching inquiry which is in progress, of the strange discoveries of maladminis tration which are being made, and of the vigorous mea sures of reform which are in contemplation. Of course much irnportance,cannot be attached to these rumours ; but, on the one band, their prevalence shows the univer sality of the conviction that there has been in all depart ments of the public service culpable inefficiency, at least, while the undisguised uneasiness of the officials furnishes strong presumptive evidence that this convic tion is well founded. The Legislative Council has been further prorogued till the end of August. Such further prorogation was necessary in order to enable the. Governor, who has to make himself acquainted with the details of much that is new to him, to prepare himself for the business of thasession. The Legislative Council, however, under its present constitution, has completely forfeited the confidence of the people. The new constitution is anxi ously looked foe by all, classes. It is not expected to prove a panacea for all existing political and social evils, or a certain preventive of anticipated ones, but it is ex pected to make popular representation in the Legisla ture a reality, and not, as it now is, a mockery; and in this, the reality of popular represe n t ation, is recog nised the means of ultimately securing these objects. Considerable anxiety is felt here lest the absorption of interest and the occupation of the time of Parliament by war should lead to the constitution for Victoria hav ing the fate of a measure of kindred character—the Re form Bill, and being indefinitely postponed. Even a temporary delay of Parliamentary sanction to the new constitution for Victoria would produce bitter disap pointment and serious injury. Considerable excitement was produced by the in telligence of the appointment of Mr. Stonor to the Melbourne bench, and by the perusal of the Parliamen tary discussions to which the appointment led. There was a very general impression that the appointment had been made with unwarranted and indecent haste. Great blame was regarded as resting on the Colonial-office. Mr. Stonor was exonerated from hlame so far as his ap pointment was concerned. The whole matter was dis cussed day after day in the journals. By some writers no excuse could be found, either for the Duke of New castle or Mr. Stono r . By others, while the Colonial office was blamed, Mr. Stonor was excused ; it was hinted that he had been victimised, and it was suggested that he was entitled to compensation for the loss to which he had been exposed and tho expense he had in curred in leaving home and coming to Australia. It was the source of general satisfaction, however, to learn that the appointment had been cancelled. It put a stop to a general feeling of embarrassment. The n.,embers of the bar took high ground, and it was understood that, in the event of Mr. Stonor's taking his seat on the bench, they would decline attending his court. Even after Mr. Stonor's arrival the members of the bar refrained from calling on him till it was generally known that he did not intend to accept any colonial appointment, but to return to England without delay. In the Government Gazette of the 4th of July the statement of the colonial revenue for the quarter appears, and a comparative statement of the revenue for the htw of y e ars ending the 30th of June, 1853, and the 30t June, 1854. The most remarkable feature inf f. t r hes o e ld r i e i - . turns is the falling off in the amount d_ od r u a c w ed d o uri g n g th e censer. This source of revenue three quarters preceding that endinpgrthe 30th of June, 1854, 174,8541., 130,7271., 92,00 2I ~ while, in the quarter ending the 30th of June, the decrease contoinues, the and the amount is only 77,8351. The f month to U. for Me in A.uguit buit Var Per one month, 21. .for three months, and 8/. for ter , elve months, may seem to account for the falling off in the produce of the gold licenses to a certain extent, but not, certainly, to the full extent of the deficiency. It is suspected that some of the money collected at the gold fields does not find its way to the Treasury. The total absence of a system of checks on subordinate officials in some departments, and the extremely com plicated character of the system adopted in others, ren der the detection of such defalcations very difficult. The escort and Treasury fees show no diminution. There is little change to remark in the other departments of the revenue. There is a considerable increase under the head of licenses, to be ascribed to the increased charge made for license on dealers in wine, beer, and spirits, both wholesale and retail. The produce of this source of revenue during the quarter ending 30th of June, 1854, was 67,0491.: during the three preceding quarters it amounted to 5,0061., 5,6751., and 7,8141., respectively. Under the head of postage there is a considerable in crease. There has been a steady iinprovement under this department, correspondent to the increase of corre spondence, but the greater increase on the last quarter is to be ascribed to the higher rates of postage charged on letters, and to the charge on newspapers levied under a recent act of council, too obnoxious, however, to con tinue long in force. The net increase upon the quarter is 62,3831., and upon the year, 435,6861. The revenue, even with this increase, falls considerably short of the estimate formed by our blundering and incapable Ex ecutive. The difference between the estimated and the actual produce of the different sources of revenue amounts for a period of six months to no less than 505,067/. This circumstance teaches a lesson which it is to be hoped Will not be forgotten by Sir Charles Hotham. It shows that even the ample resources of Victoria do not render unnecessary the practice of a proper economy. There seems no reason to believe that the supply of gold in Victoria shows any symptoms of being soon ex hausted. There is but little decrease in the amount sent down by escort from the different gold fields. The cir cumstance that there is no falling off in the amount of revenue derived from escort and Treasury fees, but rather an increase, indicates that there is no diminution. The greater safety of the roads induces many to carry their gold down themselves. I was standing in the shop of Mr. Khull, gold broker, the other day, when a man came in and offered between two and three pounds of gold for sale. This he had brought down himself, and he had made the journey alone. This circumstance shows the confidence people have in the safety of the roads, and proves that a good deal more gold may be brought into Melbourne than appears on the escort re turns. During the first half of 1853, 937,873 ounces of gold were received in Melbourne, and 1,103,634 ounces were shipped for export. During the corresponding period of the present year 929,367 ounces have been re ceived in Melbourne (according to the escort returns), and 1,077,431 ounces have been shipped for export. There seems no reason to apprehend any serious diminu tion in the productiveness of the gold fields already disco vered and worked, while there is every reason to believe that numerous extensive and possibly much more pro ductive districts will yet be discovered. Notwithstanding the supply which arrives weekly there is still a great demand for labour. The condition of the working man in Melbourne is most enviable as compared with that of the same class at home. The man who is employed in Melbourne, for example, in breaking stones, has comfortable lodging, and sits down to animal food to his meals' three times a-day. It is true, that for his accommodation he will have to pay 355. per week, and that his washing will cost him 4s. or ss. a-week more, but be can well afford to pay a weekly charge of 21. off the week's receipts of Si. or 81. The really good labourer will make from 51. to 71. per week, while the skilled workman whose services are in demand will/make from 71. to 91. Clothing for working men is generally nearly as cheap as in England—at present it is cheaper. It is true, a great number find in their high wages only an excuse for the frequent indulgence of indolence or the means of reckless dissipation, but the great majority of artisans and labourers are quietly ac cumulating money and acquiring property. This de mand for labour will probably continue for many years. The attraction of the gold fields seduces many from other kinds of employment. Indeed, from the peculiar free dom and absence of restraint enjoyed by the digger, and the chance he has of brilliant success, it is probable that men will continue to prefer harder work and less remu neration as diggers to the pursuit of occupations desti tute of these peculiar attractions. Measures are in progress which, when carried fully out, will add much to the comfort and healthfulness of Melbourne. Large sums are in course of expenditure in the construction of streets in the city, and good roads as outlets to the adjacent country. Experiments are in progress with a view to ascertain what material is best adapted for a system of footpaths along the principal streets. A commission has been appointed to adopt a combined system of water supply and seweragp ; they have 600,00 . 01. at their disposal, and are proceeding with vigour. The corporation have awarded a premium of 501. to a plan submitted to them for the disposal of refuse matter. The gas company is actively exerting itself, and there is a prospect of Melbourne soon enjoy ing the advantage of this mode of illumination. Not withstanding that these sanitary measures were urgently called tor, there does not seem any reason for regarding Melbourne as an unhealthy residence. From the re turn of births, deaths, and marriages in the colony dur ing the quarter ending the 30th of June, 1854, it ap pears that the deaths during that period amount to 1,702. This would give as th annual rate of mortality in the colony only 21 per cent. The enterprise of the people of Victoria is displaying itself in several public works of considerable magnitude, and such as there is every reason to hope will, when completed, prove eminently advantageous to the colony. There are no fewer than three railways in progress. That from Melbourne to Geelong, an im portant and rapidly rising town of about 20,000 inhabitants, will be about fifty miles in length, and, is expected to be open for traffic in eighteen months. The Melbourne, Mount Alexander, and Murray River Railway has been commenced ; that part of it which connects Melbourne and Williamstown will be com pleted in a year. It is intended to open the Ilobson's Bay Railway on the Ist of October. A company has been formed in Geelong for the construction of a railway to connect that town with Ballarat, on the one hand, and Portland on the other. The Geelong Company have learnt that there is already a company established in London to effect the same object ; it is probable the two companies will be amalgamated. The line of electric telegraph between Melbourne and Williamstown is in daily use. It is proposed to continue the line to Gee long and Port-Philip Heads. It is intended to connect the principal gold fields with each other and with the capital by a line of telegraph now under survey. The prospect is also entertained of opening the same channel of communication between Melbourne and Sydney. Under the superintendence of the Commission of Sewerage and Water Supply, a reservoir is in course of construc tion on the east of the city, which will be filled from the Yarra-Yarra by an engine of 60-horse power, and will be sufficient to supply a great part of the city with water. There is also a reservoir being erected at Van Yean, about 22 miles distant, which will be competent to supply the whole city. A new dock is in progress at Saltwater River, near the mouth of the Yarra-Yarra. It certainly indicates a laudable spirit of enterprise that, while labour is so high, works of such magnitude should be undertaken and prosecuted with so much vigour. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The condition of the Melbourne commercial world is believed, by those whose opportunities enable them to form a correct opinion, to be sound. Trade is following its legitimate course, and liabilities are duly met. With a market glutted to excess with many goods and over stocked with nearly everything, in the dullest season of the year, and with an undoubted tightness in money, not a single mercantile failure has taken place for the past two months. Speculation is altogether stagnant, and the news of the absolute declaration of war has pro.: duced no effect beyond a trifling advance in Russian staples. The present sound state of the market is to be traced to the great caution which consignees here have exercised under the most trying circumstances of an overstocked market,;and to the care and discretion exercised by the banks and capitalists in discounting. An example illustrating the truth of this statement, both -as to the result and the cause, is deserving of notice. The first week of the present month (July) was looked forward to by moneyed men and the banks with an anxiety fully warranted by the largeness of the amount of bills then coming due, accompanied as this was by the general stagnation of trade. I am, I believe, within the mark in saying that the amount could not have been less than 200,0001. The whole of these bills, with a few trifling exceptions, were - met. At one bank 80,0001. fell due, and only a single bill was not paid, and that was taken up in a few days. I have thought it right to say thus much on the soundness of the market, because I am aware that the gloomiest apprehensions of a commercial crisis have been occasionally indulged in. Although in - this matter much credit is undoubtedly due to the banks, they do not seem to have used-the same amount of caution in another case. I allude to the competition that has been allowed to spring up between them for the purchase of gold. Every bank bas its branch or agent in the various gold-fields, and, in the desire to monopolise the purchases, prices ha ve been t ad vanced to a rate that entirely shuts the: storekeeper per of the market. It is known that as much as 41. 1 s b s- e ounce has been paid at Ballarat for a large these banks, and the proportion which .r h of the banks. Now, , considering the oto_pnessrtaicetmuotiuoyant of f to be in a great their paid-up capital, it does appear y of etsheir clients to their deposits deposits and of their notes in circulation culation bear to measure using the p the gold which he has been p c a a y p m ita e l n tianbryemtuerannsfloorf sculation in gold. It also p takeset e w l i r t o h m themthe storekeeperin a s-- t a r r a e di m n trading moneys cent: premium. exchange on England is 5 per cent. maketo the b h p i c es goods,in the habita. and forces o f r t e e h m i o n i ftv remitting; g and the effect of this is the continued a bank-bill rate be pays banks, and our shores, . merchants finding sove rdaetriagailnnlstothfielsepbceahcneikevest ofmeansremittanee. The short date bonds of the half-million loan made to the city of Mel bourne by Mr. Gabrilli, which bear interest at 6 per cent., and are p a y able in Lo ndon, are largely used for the same purpose. The loan was taken by Mr. Gabrilli at 5 discount, and the bonds are now - selling at 51 premium. With regard to trade, little more can be said than that which may be gathered from the foregoing. The market is fully stocked with goods of every description. This applies to goods suitable for the market ; the stocks of unsuitable goods are immense, and the frequent sales by auction of inv oices t o pay f re i g h t and charges, w hi c h they often s a il o f do i ng, show their value. In many suitable goods—timber, slates, building materials gene rally, soft goods, apparel, and slops—the stocks are very heavy, and shipments continually take place to other porta. The quantity a apirite in bond ix equal to. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Compans. Loudon & N. West. L.&N.W. Caledon... Git.Nrthn. Caldonian. Do Gt. Westn Yk. Now. & Borw Do Do S. Eastern Peto & Co. Norfolk.. L.& N. W. & Midld. itekton & Darlingt. Midland.. E. Count Do Do L. & N. W &Ln&Yk Do GtNorthn Lanoash& Yorksh. N.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt D 0... ...... GtWestn. Closing Prices yesterday. Paid.l RAILWAY/. all Bedford and Bletebley 100 Buckghamsh. 100 Clydesdale Jc. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. all Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct all 'Do. New all Glstr.dx Dn. Fr all llrtlpl. Dk. k Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares. all Do. d Shares. all Lon.&Greenw . all Do. Preference all Lou,, Til., &S. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. IMO Do. 6 per ct. all Aancb. Bxtn. 25 126 12i 20 and Matlock all Nliddle%bro' & Redear. . 1 all Midld.Bradfd all Northern and Easternsp.e. all Do. 6 per et. all Do. Fixeds p c all Prost. & Wyre all Do. i Shares. 100 Roystn.&Hit. 18i Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p.c. 9A S. Staflordsh. all Wear Valleygr 6 per cent.., 111 Do 100 I Wilts&Somrst 1100 !Aberdeen 100 Do. No. 2,7 p. c..., 30 Blyth and Tyne 1 Oper c. pref. (issd. at 501) 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2.: all Cork &Bandons ip.c. all Dundee Perth &Aber- docu Junction all EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent all Do. (£5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7p. c all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. c. St. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent... all Do. 51., 10 ner cent. all Do. 101. Del-Jentr.Sh all Do. do. 4 per cent... 5 10 St. St. 5 100 East Lancash. 6p. cts.' all East and West York shire June. Fifths all EdinbPrth.&Dundue 4 per cent. 100 Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... 100 Do. 4, p. c 8 Gt.N. of Scot.lst Prof all Gt. Southu.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) 7 Do. 4 per c. Prof. St., 6 Gt. Westu. (Harks & Hants Ex. 6 p. 100 Do. con. red. 4A p.c, 100 Do. con. rod. 4p. c, 100 Dr,. irred. 4p.e. all Do. Birm. Pref Sh all Do. Chester Bp. c.P.S, 1 all Do. do. 5 p. e. do I.io Do. Birm. Gua. Stk, all Ches. Gua. Stk. all Do. do. do all Do. do. d 0...... - 6 &i'ork. F. £2O .1105 !Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... ~.100 'London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. a... , 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. , 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. . 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 /3, ct, 124 124 25 5 I London & S;Western Con. Thirds all Londonderry& Coler . Shares .111 Londp. & Ennis. Sh all Wan., Shef., & Lin , _ i Sh:aros, Ite. 1. ... all Do. New, £lO 25 10 1.0.6 20 20 20 25 U, Do. £6 all Nlarypt. Carl. 4 p c all Do. 4 per cent 10 Do 100 \lid. Consol.E p.c.St 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent ln Do. Pref. 4i per cent 10 Norfolk Debenture 100 Do. Pref. 4p. c. Stock 100 Do. sp. c. Eat 100 Do. s t x,, per ct. pref 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c. 100 North British 100 Nr• E. Berw, 4 p.c. P 5 Do. do. d• 13 Do. Leeds 6 p.c. No.l 9 D.. do. Quarters '4B 10 Do;York &S.pr r. all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.Xls, 6 p.c. all Scot. Cent. ,New Pref 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon 11 Ds. fixed, 4 A per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4. per cent all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all S Wales Gua. 4p. c 16 Do. di. p. c all Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent 5 Do. do. do. all Stockton and Hartle, pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 4 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 95 -10 99 - 101 139 - 141 ii - ii 101 -- 103 50A -51 A 25 - -25 A 12i -- 136 23 -- 24 116 -11 i 2fi -- 2fixd e'2 7- e:i 58 - 60 136 - 139 ii = ild 30 - 31 94 - 96 PREFERENCE SHARES. 2 - Business this day. THE FISHERIES. The following is Lord Clarendon's letter on the reci procity treaty, addressed to Sir Edmund Head, as pub lished in the Frederickton, Gazette : " Downing-street, Aug. 18, 1854. "Si r,—l have the honour of transmitting to you a copy of a communication which her Majesty's Government have just received from the Minister of the United States at this Court, enclosing a despatch from the Department of State at Washington, by which it appears that the President's ra tification of the reciprocity treaty will be ready to be ex changed against that of her Majesty when the latter arrives at Washington, and that the Congress bad already passed a law to give effect to that treaty. Mr. Marcy also expresses the hope of the Government of the United States that Ame ricAn fishermen may not be molested if they should at once attempt to use the privileges secured to them by the treaty. It is the desire of her Majesty's Government that this wish of the Government of the United States should be acceded to, and that American fishermen may be immediately allowed the use of these privilegeF. " Her Majesty's ratification will be sent by this mail, to be exchanged against that of the President of the United States by her Majesty's Minister at Washington. " I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient bum ble servant, " CLARENDON. " Lieut.-Governor Sir Edmund Head, &c." AIABK.ET NEWS-aiil.S. DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. To-day's market was well supplied, and about an average business was doing, as follows : FRUIT.—Pine apples, English, 3s 6d to Gs per lb; apricots, is to 2s Od per doz. ; hot-house grapes, 2s Od to 4s per lb ; English ditto, Gd to is 6d ; nielous, is Od to 3a each peaches, 1s (id to 6s; nectarines, is Od to 6s per dozen, apples, Gs Od to 103 Ocl per bushel ; pears, 2s Od to 4s 01 per half sieve ; Orleans plums and green gages is to is 6d per punnet ; ditto, 2s to 3s 6d, and common plums, is 3 to 3s Od per half sieve ; cherries, Gd to is per pound ; lemons, 2s to 3s per doz. ; oranges, 14s to 20s per 100; fil berts, 90s toloos perloolbs; cobnuts,l2s per bush.; almonds, 2s to 3s per lb. ; walnuts, 16s to 28 per bush ; figs, is 3d to 2s Gd per doz. VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, 6d to is Od per dozen ; greens, is 6d to 2s per dozen bunches ; French beans, is Gd to 2s Od per half sieve ; brocoli, 6d to Od per bundle ; potatoes, 50s to 100 s perton; vegetable marrow, Gd to is each; peas, is 6dto 35 Od per bush.; broad beans, 9d to is per half sieve ; turnips, 2d to 3d per bulich ; carrots, 3d to 5d per bunch; cucumbers, ld to 4d each; garlic, Os 6d to Os 8d per pcund ; spinach, is Gd to Os Od per sieve; onions, 2s to 3s 6d per bush. ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz. ; leeks, 2d to 3d per bunch ; shallots, 4d to 6d ; horse-raddish, 2s Od to 5s Od per bundle ; parsley, 2d to 3d per bunch ; celery, 9d to is 3d per bundle endive, 9d to is Od per score ; beet, ld to 2d each ; parsnips, is Od to 2s Od per dozen ; small salad, 2d to 3d per punnet ; mushrooms, 5s Od to 7s per pottle ; artichokes, 4s to 5s per doz. ; cabbage lettuces, is to Os Od per score ; sorrel, Gd to is per half sieve ; radishes Gd to 9d per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 4s Od to 6s per half sieve ; chillies, is to is 6d per 100. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkey poults, Os Od to Os Od ; Geese, 4s 6d to 7s 6d each; Ducks, 4s to 6s per couple ; tame Rabbits, 10d to is 6d ; wild do., is to is 6d each; Pigeons, Os to Os per doz. ; large Surrey Fowls, lOs Od to Its Od ; middling, 6s Od to 8s Od ; Chickens, is 6d to 2s 3d; Essex Fowls, 4s Od to 6s Od per couple; grouse, 3s 6d to 6s Od per couple ; Leverets, 3s Od to 4s each. Ostend fresh butter, lOs 6d to 12s Od, and English lls 6d. to 14s Od per dozen lbs. Engish Eggs, 7s 3d to 8s 6d; French ditto, 5s 6d to 7s Od per 120. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, 38 2d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; pork, 3s Id to 5s Od per Sibs. by the carcase. • NEWPORT. Beef from 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 8d ; veal; 3s 6d to Is 4d ; pork, 3s 8d to 5s 4d per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 5s Od to 22s ; Brills, 3s to lOs each ; Salmon Is 6(1 to Os per lb; Cod Fish, 5s to 18s each ; Soles, 3d to 2s 6d per pair • Eels, 8d to Iso per lb; Lobsters, 6d to is 6d.; Crabs, 4d to is 6d ; Whitings, 3s to 12s per doz.: Common Oysters, 108 to 16s ; Natives, 40s to 50s pei bsh; Mackerel, Od to Od ea ch ; Smelts, is to 3s 6d per doz.; Skate, 6d. to Od per ib; Shrimps, 06 9d to 2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters, is 6d to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, Od to Is 6(1 per doz. ; Scotch do., 6d to ls. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are frors 80 to 91d; of household ditto, 7d to 8d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 5611, to 641 b, 34d to Od; &tlb to 721 b, 34,1 to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3id to Od ; 801 b to 881 b, 34d to 31,1; 881 b to 961 b, aid to 4d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 44d ; 10411, to 1121 b 44d to 40. Horse hides, 6s Od to Gs Gd; calf skins, light, 2s Oct to 3s Od; ditto, full, 6s Od to Os Oct; polled sheep, 3s 8d to 4s 3d ; Keats, 3s 4d to 3s Od ; Hplf-breds, 38 4ci to 3s Oct ; Downs, 2s 10d to 3s 2d ; Lambs, .2s 6d to 43 6d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 4/ 103 ; clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 5/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 124 per load. A moderate supply and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 41 15s ; clover ditto, 3/ 55 to 5/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 14s per load. Trade rather dull ; supply good. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 1/ 12s; clover ditto, 3/ 10i to 6/ Os ; and straw, 11 5s to 1/ 12s per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( Front the London. New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR—The public sales announced for next week already comprise 200 hhds Barbadoes, 4,000 chests yellow Havannab, 1,400 hhds Cuba and Porto Rico, and 6,000 bags Mauritius. A large amount of business was con cluded in British Plantation to-day, and rates closed fully equal to those of Friday last; for brown they are, however, barely up to that time. FORElGN—Privately several parcels were disposed of at full prices, and the market has a firm aspect. There was no public sale. MAimmus—Mauritius met with a good demand, and at auction 2,959 bags went at rates fully equal to last Friday, very ordinary to fine brown at 25s to 30s, low to good yellow 30s Gd to 34s 6d, and fine grainy yellow to good white ditto 41s Gd to 42s 6d. REFINED.—There are still ready buyers of home made goods, and rates closed firmly, brown lumps at 43s Gd, and low to fine grocery 44s to 493. In crushed Sugar export operations are on a more extended scale, and rates are well kept up for Dutch. COFFEE.--Plantation Ceylon was much in demand to day, and at auction 234 casks 18 brls, 497 bags went at rather higher fates, making an advance of is for the week, fine fine ord realiiing 56s 01 to b7s, low mid to mid 57s 6d to 61s, and triage 46s to 535. TEL.—There was less desire to operate to-day, still holders remain firm, and ordinary sound common eangon was not to be obtained under lid per lb. Cliftcni7.--Supply does not extend of Foreign Root, and prices are firm at A/ 103 to 10/ 15s in Bond. PIMENTO.-560 bgs wale placed in auction at 5),d to 50, being about former prices. TALLOW.—There has not been much fluctuation in prices during the present week, but as usual on the Ist of the month buyers haVe acted on the reserve, and an oc casional speculative parcel on the market has given prices A G'23 41.1 , a nd generally at 62s the bias in the consumer'? favour. ;New tallo w has ran g ed from 62s di to 63s 611 on the spot, and old f rom 63s 6d to 62a 9d ; all th e y e ar 62 6d for January to March., The . reported succ esses in the Crime a as p o rte n ding a most rapid executive, and consequent speedy termination of the war, added In the early part of the iweek to the inactivity et the market, but the subsequent doubts and final contra.dictien ef the rumours by tho Government Gazette have imparted a firmer tone, and this is farther strengthened by the bad 'tenants of the roads by which supplies are finding their way overkmd. Australian and South American sorts aro from their scarcity compara tively dear, and firmly held. Home tallow has been in improved supply, but there has not been much brought an 00_111101d, and 62s is the current rate net cash. OiLdeArlttseed has not been very active, but a good current businesthie been concluded at the steady rates of 34s to 34s Gd on the spot. Pape oil has become flat, espe cially the brown descriptions, and pur chases might be made on slightly b e tt er t erms , 45 s to 450 6d has been the range for brown, 47s to 47s Gd for pale, the tatter figures being Closing prices. Fish oils continue to engage little Attention privately, as public sales are freely brought for ward, W e h ave aga i n severa l parcels to - day. Sperm , however, tur n §oroth much firmer than was ex p ected, and some inquiry h as fectind the terms of h olders enhanced to 1081. Cocoa-nut oil has bean in some measure influenced by the tallow market, and there has been little disposi tion to buy, except at easier prices, which have in very few instances been a ccepted. Palm is without quotable alteration. Olive oil has continued steady at the quo tations. • COURSE OF EXCM Amsterdam 11 . 17 Ditto. three months 11 18% Botterdam • • •• •• •• •• • • 11 18% Antwerp 25 42%' Prussels ...• • • 25 42% Ilemburgh •• •• •• •• •• 13 7% Altona • • •• .• •• •• •• .• • • 25 15 Ditto, three months .. 25 . 37Y2 Marseilles ....... 25 40 Bourdeaux Frankfort-on-Maine •• .. 119 'A Berlin .........„ Vienna.......... • • .... 11 45 Trieste.... • • .... 11 48 Petersburg „ — Madrid „ .......... 50 Cadig • • • • •• 50U Barcelona' • • •• • • • • • • •• Seville „ PANGE.—YESTERDAY. Gibrnitrz •• Leghorn .. ........ 30 55 Genoa ..... ........... 25 50 Milan : •• •••••• • • '• Naples ..... 431 ,E Palermo .... Messina ......~..•••.. 129 Lisbon .. iOporto . 5316 Rio Janeiro...... • • !Buenos Ayres: ' • New York, GO days' sight Philadelphia PRICES OP EIIVLICN, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in bars . 0 5 1% ADJUTANT MACALISTEN TUN 46TH REGIMENT. — Mr. Voules, the solicitor employed by the friends of the youth Simms, to prosecute Adjutant Macalister for false imprisonment, on the occasion of the lad calling out, "I don't remember," &c., after having served the usual no tice on the defendant, had a meeting with Mr. Long, solicitor. This gentleman, on the part of Adjutant Macalister, apologised for the hasty and unjustifiable proceedings of his client, and" offered to pay ten pounds to settle the affair, which was ultimately agreed to, and thus ended the matter. FATAL LANDSLIP.—A few days ago, about a quarter of an acre of land fell in upon three men who were working in a quarry near Kingsbridge, in the south of Devon. A blacksmith's shop, which was erected near, also fell in, and, although the utmost exertions have been made to rescue the unfortunate men, all attempts have failed to discover them. POOR LAW OFFICERS IN DIIBLIN.—The Lords of the I Treasury, in a recent instruction sent to the Irish poor law commission, have fixed the amount of compensation at 251. to each extra clerk who may henceforth be dis continued, or who may resign, as has been the practice heretofore. The result of this arrangement has been , and will be, to place clerks, five, six, or seven years in the service on a par with those of a few years' standing. The rule, it it is in this instance acceptable to some, is most unjust to others , and cannot fa,il to work injuriously as a precedent in the other public department% in Ire. Puna.—Olvii So rt li as &Ott, 95. 61. i 2 88 7 71} i 1 1031 1011 i 70 i 49 A 32A 76i 14 i , 9a 51 I 48 7 per cont. 6ai # d' 64 -. 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Cof:iet Stileitg Co Fortuna all General all Gt.NuggetVoinßeg. all Great Polgooth all Liberty all Littaiett • - all Aariquits: : • 9 Nteiican&S.ittieticn all New Granada all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co._ Nortvgau Monde all PcintglbAtict Silver Lcdd Mitt. & Smelt 1 Port Philip All QUakti Rack ail atiktithey all Do. New 11 Santiago do Cuba all South Australian 7A Tin Croft.. all dfritiol lvlirtif`an all Waller all West Mariposa ........ 12s. Woltliing Mining of AttStralia 4„ all Yuba MISCELLA all Anbin Coal tltiel Iron 17 j Australian Agrfenlt. 6 Auettalen:Nific.Maill all kastraln. ftriyal Mail! 53 Berlin Water Works 40 Brit. American Land 1 Brit. es Coln. Smelt. and Ikeduction Cog.. 32i Canada .00 arradu aoir. 6p. et Jail. and July '' all Crystal Palace all Crystal Pat of France 5 Eastern Steam 20 EleetrieTelegraph(A) all Elec tric Teleg. of Ir. 14 Gen. Steam Nwrigat. all General Screw Steam 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 10 nagdalena St. Navig. all Mediteran. Else. Tel. a ll Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 5 Netherlands Laud.... 1 N. S. W. Coal tit Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. all N. B. Australasian_ 12i Nrth.ofEuropeSteam a ll Peel Br. Ld. & 'Curl. all Peninsular& Oriental 40 Do. Do. all Portland Iron Co 60 Royal Mail Steam ... ,d 1 Scot. Austral. Invest. all Sauth AustrAl.Lawl all Submar. Telegraph.. all Do. Registered. Vit. Vln Plexaou's land i - 1 f -7--i1 I - i 3 - 3i - 2 28 - 30 41 . 44 - 4 52 - 67 2 - 4 p 13 - 15 - 2 •=•-• r $ ... --- k ••• - 8 ••• $: e i - - 6 i 14 - 16 21 - 6 - 3" 21 - 341 ZOIIS ... .- ••• 40 -. a 4110 ~ ...... woo ..• -- ••• 65 To ..• ••• 98 - 103 109 i -lake 2i ,„ ..... ••• ..• -- • 16 - 17• - ••• •••• ••• I '''" i ••• ..... ••• 3i - 4h ••• ••• ••• •••p 2 - 2i 2 - - 31 1 121 13 10 10 50 5 100 99i 1121 - ••. - i n 3 about three months' consumption.':-.ln'Toe;fsberlalciodden the supplies Aro more and tlautices Mere steady Wan in other articles. ' 'l l $.2 It is not my purpose, however, to gs- thrOggh to* items, but rather to speak generally. The amount of imports are altogether in excess of the requirements of the colony, increasing as they gradually did throughout 1853, till they reached the maximum in the first quarter of 1854 of 5,304,6881. in value. The returns for the second'quarter show a beneficial decrease; the amount for that period being 3,253,6541. ; but, great as this de crease, is, a still further falling off is looked for. The heavy losses which inexperienced speculators must have incurred during the past twelve months will, it is hoped, effectually act as a check upon those miscelianeous ven tures to which, in the chief degree, the present glutted state of the market may be traced. Legitimate con , signors will, however, do well to exercise an unceasing cautiousness over shipments to this colony. The selec tion of suitable goods will continue to them a prosperous trade, and they must have discovered by this time that those articles the characters of which will not bear keen investigation, whether they be of merchandise or law, will not "go down " with the Melbourne market. And on this subject Jam able to state on good grounds that while the results of the speculative consignments I have alluded to have been in most cases heavy and almost loser, ruinous undoubtedly, although ofurge frequently e a n t g l rye in legitimate tmanyinm instances,Le the very same articles bided his time and realised at a losses, tile small profit, or still holds for au upward market. trader, In the article of breads-tuffs we are now chiefly depen dent on the neighbouring colony of South Australia, but we shall require some additional supply, for which we . depend upon Chili and the United States. We are gra &telly shipping away the accumulations of our sour stock ; 7.800 rrels have been consigned to Liverpool during the past two months, and it is calculated that there are about 4,000 barrels to follow. The export trade of the colony has not yet recovered from the entire disruption which followed the discovery of gold; but it is satisfactory to know that the attention of several of our first houses is now fixed on this sub ject, and the certainty and speed of the regular line of ounces r 4 4 ending o tons, f traders_between_thie colony and the mother country will 7 keep this att en ti on awa k ene d. Th e . gross ex ports for the hal f ea ( o w r t.s;h3e 4 1854, srasm. el w t e ieb r r e .i,ol 4 dl ,9 wo O eu 9 rn , e B c B elB o ;o) l . . ni Th h4b33l : shipments as compared with the shipments for the half-year ending July 5, 1853, of 1;234,0 . 78/., shows a considerable defi ciency, but the stooks are known to be large in the banks and in the various lold.offices, and no falling off is anti cipated on the year's shipments. The early part of the year was unusually dry, even for Australia, and nothing could be done beyond piling up the stuff for the wet season. This is now being washed and the produce brought down. The shipments of gold and specie to England since the last overland snail are as follows :—May 2S, the Indian Queen, for Liverpool, 60,859 oz. gold, 3,200/. specie ; June 16, the Swarthmore, for London, 63,128 oz. gold,. 8.9851. specie ; June 2S, the Eagle, for Liverpool, 80,426 oz. gold, 34,9991. specie ; July 9, the Saldanha, for Liverpool, 32,072 oz. gold, 1,4001. specie ; July 14, the Golden Era, for Liverpool, 44,601 oz. gold, 26,2001. specie ; July 22, the Queen of the South, for Southamp ton, 50,099 oz. gold, 78,7811. specie ; July 23, the Guiding Star, for Liverpool, 49,596 oz. gold, 19,0001. specie. The Queen of the South has also on board, from Sydney, 4,217 oz. of gold and 61,2551. in specie. In bringing this short notice to a close, I think a few words are necessary on the attention that is now being paid to the rapid discharge of vessels. The Golden Era and the Saldanha, ships of 1,550 tons register, have both been discharged, reloaded, and one to sea on their homeward voyage in less than 30 days ' from their arrival. This prompt despatch will, when our trade has become properly balanced, and our imports are again in the hands of the regular merchant, be felt as a great boon to the shipowner, and will quickly remove the somewhat bad name which this port has acquired for the detention of vessels. THE CHINESE INSURRECTION. The following letter front the Chinese rebel Chief to the residents in Honk; gong hasbeen forwarded to us from Hong Kong : "I, Hung-Seu-Tsene, by the grace of Heaven be stowed in the course of time, reviving, after an interval of ages, the Prince of Peace (Ta.-ping-Wang), recognised by Heaven as Emperor (Kwangto) of a new dynasty, the Ming restored, a great (or stout) Chinese, signify my pleasure to you, barbarian slaves and foreign devils, saying : " You, ye foreign slaves, are but as fowls, apes, or dogs by kind. You are ignorant of the five relations ; you are ignorant of the five relations ; you are not sus ceptible of civilisation. It was solely because the rulers of the south—faithless to China, and coveting their money—fostered the men from afar, and invited you, ye slaves, to bring tribute and to trade, that you obtained authority to build houses . and trade in Chusan and ,Ningpo, in the provinces of Fokien and Chekeang—that you were suffered to anchor at Macao and Whampoa, in Canton, and carry on your commerce. For years you brought tribute and came as guests, you were obedient to our laws, you submitted to the influence of our people's feelings. You had been as women for 200 years, when you gradually (or secretly) became preten tious, and the imbecile governors of the 18 provinces were handtied as far as coping with you went. " 'ln 1838, when Lin burnt your opium, and Admiral K wan died gloriously in action with you, Jehshan and Lungwan sold themselves like traitors. Kesben and Keying sold - you Hong Kong and lied to the Emperor— a matter of gnashing of teeth. You usurped territory, plundered the people, defiled their women, took their houses, desecrated their graved, rnincd their fields, burnt their temples, &c., with the heart of the fox, affecting the fierceness of the tiger. " Ayya! Is not your worthlessness low even to ri dicule ? But you looked not for it that the wisdom of Heaven would give its clue to the virtue of man, and that the hearts of the people would resume their alle giance to China. " I, the King, have spoken of war, and have talked of the movements of troops. We have many thousand guns of divine power, weighing millions of pounds. We have many myriad vessels 100 chang in length, which, without wind, can convey themselves hence to the three Kiang provinces. On is lucky day, which we shall select, we shall descend straight on the province of Canton, and in the autumn shall send you a challenge to fight. Our clustering standards will shade the nine heavens, and with numberless swords and spears we shall enclose the seas. Our divine fire shall consume your ships, our troops your dwellings ; our divine weapons shall flash to the pole, and our divine youths and maidens shall be as thunder shaking the skies. "'Now, I hereby signify to you my pleasure that you immediately release such of our people as are in your prisons, and treat Chinese gentlemen with respect. If our houses and wealth are restored, and your foreign guns and devil ships given up to us, we will secure to you your miserable existence. But if you will persist in your blindness and adhere to your former courses—enor mously vicious and violent, when the soldiers of heaven shall come, and the winged sword shall have no eyes to see, do not charge me, the King, with a want of huma- nity. " 'Let every one tremble and obey this decree, which is tendered for the information of the foreign slaves and hairy devils.' " Nanking.—This letter is forwarded by Yang Seu Tsing, Elder of the Left Wing, King by the Grace of Heaven, Minister-in-Chief of War at Home and Abroad, King of the State of Peace, &c. The envelope to the above states that the enclo sure is a letter sealed with the Imperial seal, ad dressed Juno the. Bth to the authorities in Hong Kong, to whose office it is 'to be carried with all speed and delivered by way of King Chew-Foo in Hoopeh), and Sea Yang-Foo (in Hoopeh), by Ole hands of an officer of the Salt Fleet. CALAMITOUS FIRE AT . ENSLIAIki, NA'AR OXFORD. . On Thursday afternoon last, shortly before two o'clock, a fire broke out on the Duke's Farm, at Ensham, occu pied by Mr. Samuel Druce, jun., and in a short space of spark, time it communicated to the ricks in the adjoining farm eimleo,osae straw yard, called the Old Farm, belonging to Mr. Druce, sen., the two farms being separated only by a wall. It appears that while Mr. S. Bruce's men were employed with a steam thrashing-machine thrashing out a barley a o t n th s e om t r b i l c o k w , Ti th fr e ora win t d he b e e n in g g ine v , e a r y n : h ig te h d and ignited it ; and although this was noticed by M r . Druce, sen., who was on the spot, and by his men, who attempted,, bnuiP in g. on straw, to extinguish it, they were u na ble •to d o so,for the flames communi cated with an adjacent rick, and in an in incredibly short time every rick the space of yard was on fire. Th e flames exten ded to the farm buildings, the feeding pens, b arn , and to t he ricks in th e Old Farm yard adjoining , The flakes of fir e were whole of w hich wer e destroyed. re were driven by the wind across the f og on the thatched roofs, destro y edvill age, and, alight ing in their course, in Swan-lane, a cart hovel. - - • Mrs. Brain • and a h , six cottages, belonging to butcher. The fire ou"' occupied by Mr. Green, by Mrs. Ann c then caught the house occu piedand the Baptist Castle, which it totally destroy ed • Chapel, which adjacent, ' narrow escape. was had a very The property which next fella t o prey the devouring element were a barn, close to e roa d, belonging to Mr. Gibbons ; the premises, barn, an d out-buildings ' occu pied by M r . Th omas B owerman , in rhich were stowed about 10 or 12 quarters of oats, belonging to Mr. Rid dle ; 2 cottages belonging to Mr. • Wall ; a stable, belonging to Miss Cook, occupied by Mr. John Pimm ; 2 cottages, in Pig-lane, belonging to Mr. Preston ; a skittle alley, brew house, and out house, occupied by Mr. Bridges, landlord of the Queen's Head, and belonging to Mr. Akerman, of Wytham ; a work: shop adjoining, stable, hovel, kitchen, carpenter's shop, 2 waggons and cart ; the' premises belonging to Mr. Druce, sen., and occupied by Mr. Charles Pimm ; the house occupied by Mr. Morris, painter, in Queen-street ; 3cottages adjoining to Mr. Akerman. At this point the progress of the fire was arrested, mainly by the very effective engine from Blenheim Palace, which prevented it extending to a large barn, in the occupation of Mr. W. Shillingford, wool stapler, where an immense quan tity of wool, of the value of 10,0001., was stowed. The fire, increased by the wind, confined itself to one direc tion and the distance betw een the place where it origi. nated and where it was stayed is not less than a quarter of a mile. Strange to say, that in that intermediate space there were many thatched buildings an d rich which escaped uninjured, while others at a trifling dis tance from thorn . were totally destroyed,.-oxford Journal. - P 50 P 2Q 1, t A