The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-10 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

We, yesterday, briefly announced the arrival of
the ship True Briton in the the Channel, with
later advices from Melbourne. We have since
received our files of papers from Melbourne to the
12th of September. from Sydney to the 7th, and
from Hobart Town to the 4th of September, all
inclusive.

The White Star Line of packet-ship Golden
Era, which left Liverpool on the 20th of June,
arrived out at Port Philip on the 9th of September,
and the ship British Trident, belonging to the
"Liverpool Line of packets," which left this port
on the 6th of June, arrived out on the same
day. The following vessels from Liverpool had
also arrived out, viz., the Ellen, Sea, and de Sala-
berry. The Guiding Star, Victory, and Rienzi,
from London, had also arrived out. In reference
to the passage of the Golden Era, the Melbourne
Age, of Sept. 10, says :
The White Star liner Golden Era has anticipated the
Black Ball ship Saldanah. The Golden Era left Liverpool
on the 20th June, and was thirty-three days to the Eqautor,
but since that time she has fully made good the long passage
to that latitude, for she was on the meridian of the Cape of
Good Hope on the 16th of August, and entered Port Philip
Heads at 7 a.m. yesterday, thereby making the passage in
eighty days. Captain Brown is spoken of by the passengers
as having conduced materially to their comfort by his gen-
tlemanly behaviour and attention to them during the passage.
The same paper, in reference to the British
Trident, says :
The British Trident, which arrived in the bay yesterday,
has encountered very severe gales from the latitude of 42
degs. S. longitude 3 deg. E., during which time three suits
of sails have been blown away, the main and mizen topmasts
heads were carried away, as likewise the main-top-sail yard.
She crossed the equator on the 9th July, and made the
Otway on the 4th inst. _ _

The White Star liner, Red Jacket, was announced
to leave Melbourne on the 25th of Sept. She was
fast filling with cargo and passengers, in reference
to which the Age says :—'4 Wool has only yet coin%
menced to come down in small parcels but the Red
Jacket's engagements comprise several hundred
bales, and she bids fair in this respect, and with
the quantity of gold she will have, to take away as
valuable a cargo as ever left this port."
The True Briton has brought a considerable
amount of gold. The clearances, as reported in
the papers for shipment by her, were :
On Sept. 4 3B ounces.
5 15,018 „
6
If 537
0
/, 10
11...

Total

73,680 ounces.

The political news is not of much moment,
political attention being chiefly directed to the
progress of the elections. In many districts the
government candidates had been defeated, which
had given great scope to the press to condemn
the policy of Ministers.
A meeting had been held in the Melbourne
Hall of Commerce, which had for its object to
impress upon the government the importance of
commencing public works without waiting for a
vote of the new Parliament. The government, in
fact, have always done this. Indeed, the revenue
of the year has generally been ',half expended
before it was voted. There will, however,
be an alteration in this, by-and-bye. . The
Age, in reference to this move says :
" The election of three directors for the colonial
bank had taken place, when the successful candi-
dates were Messrs. Cohen, Muir, and Caldwell."
A fine specimen of an ingot of silver, obtained
near the Coliban, had been exhibited in Melbourne
The component parts of the ore were—Silver,
90.00 per cent. Gold, 00.15 do. Copper, 0.10 do. '
Tin, a trace, It was discovered by a Mr. Pick, a
storekeeper near the Coliban.
At a meeting of the chamber of commerce, the
power of landing waiters to detain goods in the
different customs sheds for the ships freight and
lighterage, after the duty has been paid, had been
brought under the notice of the committee by the
perusal of a correspondence between Messrs. Cole,
Bruce, and Norton, and the collector of customs
It would appear that whilst, according to the law of
shipping, a master does not lose his lien upon
goods landed at any particular wharf, in obedience
to an act of parliament, yet that the customs
authorities have no right to interfere between the
consignee and ship, or lighter agent. The collector
of customs states that it has been decided that
when goods are once voluntarily given up to the
customs officer, that the lien for freight is gone.
After some discussion, a deputation consisting of
Messrs. Josephs, Westgarth. and Hammill, were
appointed to wait upon the Hon. The Chief Com-
missioner of Customs on the subject.
Taken as a whole the commercial advices are of
a satisfactory character. In the early part of the
week, ending Sept. 10, business opened more
briskly, and had the fine weather continued a
good trade would have been carried on from the
interior, as the storekeepers from thence had
made their appearance in town, but the rain setting
in had caused a partial suspension of intended
operations. The money market was very easy,
and there was an abundant supply of capital
offering at eight per cent. The wool markets
had suffered a slight decline in consequence of the
advices of the London May Wool sales not coming
up to the expectations of the Colonists. The Flour
Market was unsettled, and the contracted business
going forward was generally at prices from 11. to
21. lower than previously reported. The latest
gold Circular gives the receipts by escort at 36,020
ounces. The price of gold ranged from 755. 3d.
to 755. 6d. per ounce. There was not much
business doing in the Stock Market. The follow-
ing are given as the quotations of Stocks:—
. Hobson's. Bay Railway, at 481. 10s.: Colonial