The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-12 00:00:00

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

MELBOURNE, Wu. 53.
The tendency in tha gold market has been Rimmed, sad
W pike of gold hoe teen for the pea two days it. tee. od. per autos.
The rue tainording to Clark's Gold Circular) ha aged a lance igen.
uty of gold to be released from deposit in the tempo at the 11,16. In
c,inuquence or the number of fintalaas vessels en the berth for
Lamle* the demand Onkel, to continue toed for sore time.
The Journal of Girmaieree Gala Orders from the interior are
acing in, and a proportionate amount of oar stacks is Bodin lb
way to the dining. Advanced rates have teen paid lot reread
salable, especially candles, which are held decay for • further ed.
canoe No change to report in ate or beer. A good deal of speculation
gain torwerd in batter. but little pine Into eonaumpti ei at la. 3d.
pet)b. kr Ira Wanda. Coffee without material change, goof samples
g Wag rateer. toms ales by amnion of dry (roods have brought
good rates when eangued wfaileicies lately cu trod. but by no mean
remunerative to skipper'. Ina meet time, howevrt, we think a better
belle; will exist. No trerealeme in tallow to note. As there is
Shippmn offering ke deed wart, welters could command extreme
retrw Wlhr mug inn. Ulf' parcels much wanted. At suction
• email lot atria. breesla Ile. • heavy well cored ate worth 13e. lo
la. Ode 11. las ))call)havieheoged heeds at lino rasa. Ilan
is sodomite lowans In wearprasest glees, au there to no ear
i .716adanallndalne pm At the Taft gears ale awe was • spirited competition, and
a word nail W lb. over the ratan of the previous isle.
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.11ILIOURSI LABOUR MARKET.
The =NW knee lelegsfaly ersil supplied with tabour, both 'killed
and meltillmL There mills a pod demand for first-rate plough.
men,* yippee Whim wry partkenbrr to eimpetency in that teas*
or eplealinn. TY domed br mechanical I.b.ur I. improving. -
and Um prime new Shun be every branch leave the empuyil no
Ism pose! tit somialat. omaidsring the reduced state of theme.
ere In prod dined, and at very high were.; but
read, =1" serverne are atremely eaten, Writhe. having
We et rhea will advance wages sooner then lone the.
With anise—Married maples (without nimillesi, 701. to 831.: ditto
(with beildee), 331. to 051.. gardenees, 541. to Ob.. groom., 324. to
561.; atoak.heepen, 501. M. 381.; shepherds, 901. to 331.; hutkeeperr.
RA to lit. per annum. Farm latourere, 20e. to 28.. per Irelki
phragtinien, lb. per week; shearers, lb. to 10., per hundred;
eliepereshers, be. per week; male evoke, 20e. to 425. per week;
waiters. bs. to SOs. and blacksmith., 50s. to 60a per week.
bithont rations—Mackandtb, 41. to 41. 10s. per week ; carpenters.
10.. to lb.: spawns, 12s. to 141.; bricklayer., 12, to its.; plaster-
er; lb. to 11A; quarrymen, 10., to 12a ; and labourers. fe. Per day.
etoirebreakers, is. to es. per yard; compontors, is. 4d. per 1,000;
Farman, U. to Si per week. Female domestic. -Thorough eervents.
I. to 131.; kousemaida, 261. to 301.; lauadremes, Ad. to LW.;
wok., SU. to 4. I.; nursemaids, 131. to 284.; and needlewomen, 281.
! to 804. per einem.

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ORELONO LABOUR MARKET, F. 23.
The labour market km been moderately suppliso with female do.
emetic servants during the prat rook, and the Ormond has been good.
Me hare ■ good defraud for threshers, bullock drivers, and wine
Other disciple's cg farm servants, also for married couples; sad
*aghast aro sun in request, but at the same thne wages ars
MAIM tending downward,. The remarks which we hire had to
makevvy frequently of lora still apply, viz., that meolnalsa are lot

BALLARAT, Paz. 21.
Trade has been rather dell, and complaint. are again numerous
among our deniers, the start that we natured in our last haring died
away. The Chalk MA and that weighbuurbeod lull continue to get
off a quantity of i (soda. Magpie has only a small consuraptioe.
Flay tztek is now fully supplied direct from town, and wears unable
to dear off any of our maplus maim* to that quarter. A goad many
of our terse storekeeper, am selling of at present,srlmch also tends to
lump down prime. All emu of terming produce command a reedy
market. and the supplies ham town ate greatly stopped, as it is
bond that they eannot be landed here from that quarter so cheaply
as by our humors in the nelghbourhuod. Flour a quoted at 391. to
4a. for Cblllan, and 411. to 451 for colonial. The price of gold la
quoted at L. His. Id. to U. 16e. 6d., and in some !mamma SI. 17e. has
been given. .

HOBART TOWN, Yu. 19.
Th markets are quite firm. In wheat end flour torte la no glens
dos to report. Ver) little of the former arrived from the Interior.
Wheat, lb. to 13e. per bushel; flour, Bret quaLty. 426. to 124. pet
ton ; oats, Os. 6d. per bushel ; butter, Si. per lb. ; beet Id. to 9d.;
and mutton 6d. to td. per lb.
LAUNCESTON, Fla. 11.
Fanners are embalm to bring the new shwa into town, but
choice samples will not realise much over Um. per InwheL Flour is
on the &aline, and may now be bought for VC per ton cub. The
merchants are again shipping flour to Melbourne. riour must come
dawn in peke in Launceston, as it is dearer bete than is ;toy of the
mighbouring colastes. Flour, al.; seconde, ?el. per too. Wheat.
prime eamples. Ids. 6d. per bushel. Oats, Ss. per ottehel. /Windt
hezley„ 75.; and Cape, de. per bushel.