The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-18 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

SYDNEY, Dec. 26. `A
The weather has set in very dry and very hot ; but.
nevertheless, we are not likely to suffer any curtailment
Of olir usual Cbristmas festivities, preparations for which
are in full priogress. • The wool is now arriving in large
quantities, as may be seen from the manifests of the
steamers, but trade is sill singularly dull for the season.
Messrs. Mort and Co. sold to day, by auction, 340 bales
of wool. There was a good attend-ince of buyers, and the
bidding was spirited, but prices ruled a shade lower than
last week. The highest price obtained was is WO for
31 bales of superfine fleece wool; other ItZt.a of fleece
brought is 7d to Is Bid. Scoured wool sold at Is 131 d to
Is 104d,cand han lwashed at

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SHEEPSKINS : A large cinsauqty, 4,736, were sad to-day
at full rates, namely, frot9,Bf to Bid per lb.
The tallow market remains without alteration. A.
small quantity only was, sold to-day, at from £42 to £44
per ton.
The rate of exchange on London charged by the banks
continues at from 1 per cent to 2i per cent premium. The
Oriental Bank have, however, raised their buying rate
to lit per cent premium.

MELBOURNE, DCC. 22.

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The export entries passed at the customs to-day,
amounted to 1,528 ounces, of which 1,0011 ounces were
for shipment to Bombay in the British Lion ; 225 ounces
for Calcuttri, in the Dido ; 299 ounces for Hong Kong, in
the Susanne; and 21, ounces for London. In consequence
of the ,ise of 1 per cmt. in the rates of exchange, prices
have advanced. Standard gold in bars is now worth 74s
91 per ounce ; Castlemaine and Bendigo, £3 16s 91 to £3
17s; Dunolly, £3 16s 9d; Fiery Creek, Avoca, Korong,
and Nfaryborough, £3 17s 9d to £3 18s, and BAl!astat, £3
18; 3.1 to £3 183 6d.

There is a brisk demand for parcels for shipment,.and
is expected that the royal mail ship Orwell, the Brilliant,
and the White Star will take home an aggregate that Will
bring the shipments for the year very nearly up to the and
hundred and thirty tons, which has been for some time
mentioned as the probable quantity.
The escorts have brought down 68,111 ez. 19 dwts., an
amount above the average for the year, and considerably
above the average of the last thirteen weeks. Maryborough
has contributed about double the usual quantity ;
Beechwood has sect down st'iout 2000 ounces more than
usual ; and the other Lids have maintained their position
in the scale.

The number of paessengers which landed at the port of
Melbourne during the week was four hundred and seventy
three. The departures are not yet ascertained:
The total quantity received by escort during the year has
amounted to 2,527,300 eza 15 dwts., and the shipments
during the same Limo have been 2,901,2656 On., or 120 tons,
17 cwts, 2 qrs. 22 lbs. 1 cz 18 grF., the value of which, at
£1 per ounce, =ousts to £11.605,063.
The rise in the rates of exchange had been partially
anticipated in the market, not because the necessity was
foreseen, but because the in' elligenee had oozed out of the
bank parlours into some of the ordinary channels. The
cause of the rise does not appear to he well understood by
those outside ; but it is a remarkable fact, that neither wool,
tallow, nor gold has risen in proportion.
There have been two wool sales this week, at which the
biddiugs were spirited up to the rates obtained at the sales
of last wek, but buyers were not disposed to advance ;
about 1,500 bales were sold. A demand has sprung up for
hides for shipment in the South Carolina.
Wool., TALLOW, AND HIDES ; Messrs. E. Row and Coo
offered at Golclebrough's st)res, on Thursday last, about
1,100 bales. Messrs, .1. H. Clough and Co. report:--
Upwards of 1 600 bales have been brought forward for
public competition during the week. Notwithstanding the
advance in excharg€4, we cannot report any change in the
markets, prices averaging the wane as previous sales. In
addition to oui: sale en Thursday, we have moved some
heavy parcels at current rates, viz., for superior clips, 191 d
to 22d ; fair to geod, 15d to 17d ; inferior to common, 12k/
to 15d ; scoured, 20d to 23d ; handwasbeci and slips, 15d
to 17c1 ; greasy feece, 9d to 121. We have a considerable
enquiry for tallow, and have moved some parcels at our last
quotations, viz., beef, £36 to £3B ; mutton, £4O to £4l
per ton. Hides are still sought after, and shippers fiat) a
difficulty in making up their parcels.

ADELAIDE, December 15.

The weather during the week having been so rough,
harvesting on the pLtins has been retarded, so that we may.
not expect as much new wheat in next week as this. The'
crops promise well, and wheat is offering freely at Ss 9d to
Cs for present delivery. These prices not being likely to
be maintained during the month, buyers of flour expect to
have it at lOs to 20s per tou tinier the prices of last week,
and the operations for immediate delivery are limited.
Barley and oats are much the same as last quoted.
COLONIAL PRODUCE : Flour, fine, 2000 lbs, new, £l7 to
£lB ; seconds, ditto, £l4 ; wheat, new, per bushel of 60
lbs, 65 9.1 to C,; barley, Cape, new, 50 lbs, 3s sa ;
English ditto, 50 lbs, 5s ; Ong, English ditto, 40 lbs,
5s 61; colonial ditto, 40 lbs, 6s ; cheese, per lb, 8d
to 10d ; hay, per ton, in stack, £2 55 to £3 ;
per cwt, £2 lOs to £2 16s 2d ; wool, per lb, first quality,
Is; second quality, 9d to Is ; third quality, 6d ; copper,
cakes, per ton, £94.