The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-25 00:00:00

THE LABOUR MARKET.

At the data of oar last overland summary, by the Madras,
on 22nd September then was some excitement among our
working classes in consequence of a portion of them being
oat of employment. It now appears that this was little
more than a temporary clog in the wheels of industry, which
can be easily explained. The worker men of Victoria
have bad the The
of building and adorning Melbourne
and Geelong. The people of Castlemalne, of Sandbunt of
Ballard, of Beselivrorth, and of fits other townships, have
patiently waited till this was accomplished. The moment
it was announced that there were unemployed men in Mel-
bourne sad Geeing, applications pound is from Portland,
from Warrnambool, from Gipps Lead, and from the distant
ieterior, and new we quote from the latest reports of
labour markets as follows :—Geelong says, there is
little to note in the state of the labour market since last
circular. Most of the surplus labour has been drafted off."
And Melbourne is still mon emphatic—" there kas bees a
onsiderable reduction in the labour market ; mon activity
has prevaikd, with fewer hands offering,. Many hirings have
occurred during the week for egricultural and pastoral
purpose', and many mechanics have migrated into the lath-
rim, and *laden employment A storekeeper at Sand-
hurst, lately in town, mentioned to us his ideation to build
a dose store, and that the wages of masons were 36e. per
day. He also stated that a workman at Sandhunt can
lin cheaper than in Melbourne, became, although groceries
and previsions generally are dinner, his red, wood, meter,
and butane' meat are lase *emissive. The prices of labour,
whin have been fluctuating during the last four or five
weeks, appear now to have settled themselves down to the
rates enumerated below. General employment Yea bees
deck, but is now somewhat men brisk. At this Undo( the
year hirings for the buy seams of the agricultural trade
may Wind to comment. For the skilled mechanic in all
branches of the building ends wages appear to have
settled down to from 20s. to 26e. per day, end employment
is decidedly more plodded for both skilled and unskilled
labour.

STATIONEIte MUTUAL BRII.FIT SOCILTT.—The
tenth 1 meeting of this moiety was held at lister
Hall, on Tuesday arming ; Mr. W. 0. Mitebell (the
treasarerl fa the *hair. Prom the which was lanai-
mouly adopted, it appeared that " the iso years of
the soeiety'a Olige01:41 6691.9.. 6d. had loses espiallei fa
relief to members in their richness, and 106. to members on
the death of their wives, or, on the dela; of nielahl" to their
widows or 1101111b44111." It also stated that ahig trayling all
claims these:matinee bad been able to hived a fartbio, sem
of 1601., melding the total &motet Moored 1,6701. 71. Bd.
After the meal votes of thanks to the cheers, and a well
deserved compliment to Mr. Rite,. the beaerary secretary,
the meeting proceeded to oseialder What souses should be
taken with regard to the bills before Wile:went relating to
friendly societies and sating, beaks, and appointed a com-
mittee to watch such bills, and take such steps as might
seem to them advisable.
Trig COROMiIi. FOR KART SURREY resumed, on
Tuesday, the adjourned inquiry osseerning the respective
deaths of Grohs* Jesse, aged 99, and Mary Ann Jones,
aged two years and. two months. who died from the effects
of anode. The jury, lifter coosaltiag, returned a verdict,
" That the deceased perms respectively died
_fluelom—
arsenic ; that it was administered to them in to the
father of the child and husbaad of the woman, and that It
was the malt of accident." The inquiry than terminated.
OItrISTAL PALACZ, law. 24.-131IILLUNG DAL--
Lambdas at the doors, 699; ad:wisdom by season Value%
160: total. 769.

The Boston Atlas proclaims the fad that America
is represented in Spain by a Prenohman,in Portugal by an H
Irishman, In Italy by an Italian, at the ague oil a Grm ean
Jew, and at Naples by a Semi.
Norm Warmers Itan.WAY.—Trafilo for week
ending Jan. 21, 1866: —Pmeengen, p=seasmimi,
saes, and Braila, 23,3611. 6s. 44. ; sser . two%
111ria. • east* 1,1024.75. 26. Teta, 46,3071. h. 11 Coe.
responding week... 1164, 47,2014. Os. 10d.
GMAT NONTREIOI RAILWAT.—RerneII of traffic
lar week ending Jan 14, 1866 r—PeMsergers, pared% sar-
dines. harass, &vomit ssaib, 6,3441. Os. ad; esersbandiso
and minerah, 10.9001. 7s. Id. ; cattle. 6021. 4a. Od.—
Tend, 17,00e1. Corresponding week. MK
17,11101. 14s. 14.
°Sian% 5IX00; AND Hu*oP ganwaY.--
Trak for the week enatagpse. SO, 18114, 6971 h. Id. cor-
responding week, 1653, 3784. 13e. Sd. Inatese 1864,
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