The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-30 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

The Typhoon, from Port Philip, has brought 7373
ounces of gold, Valued at 429400: The Marlbo-
rough (as stated yesterday) has Also arrived with
72,000 ounces, valued at £288,000, With the im-
ports previously reported, the total receipts of
gold in England amount to X 630,000. The Essex
is likewise reported, but her amount of gold is not
.yet ascertained. It is believed, however, that she
has at least brought about 10,000 ounces.

The dates brought by the Marlborough (Allen
W. Young) from. Port Philip reach to the 4th July,
this vessel having arrived off the Lizard in 83 days.
Her advices therefore, are nearly a month later
then those previously to hand, and, together,
with those of a rather earlier date, which have also
been received by other vessels, are of an important
character, since they will increase the serious anti-
eipatioas expressed regarding the
.probable fate of
the consignments lately made from this country to
the colony. The import market for goods was
already overstocked, and a vast proportion of those
which consisted of unsuitable articles were ap-
parently being sacrificed at auction at little more
than nomonal prices. With respect to provision,
a similar state of affairs seem to have approached.
Sales that had been made of malt liquors to arrive
had been disowned by the purchasers on various
pretexts, while, as regards flour, it is said there
were 50,000 barrels in the port, a great portion of
which, according to some accounts, would be
shipped to England. The Eagle, which was to sail
about the beginning of July, is said to be bringing

over 6000 brls. at a freight of about Bs.per
. ships, with cargoes on board, were lying in the
harbour, and meanwhile the charge for lighterage
was becoming more exorbitant, 355. per ton being
.demanded for free, and 40s. to 455. for bonded
goods: An impression seems to have prevailed in
the colony that after the present arrival future
supplies might probably be only moderate, and
that hence some recovery in prices might be looked
for when the roads to the mines, which had for
some time been impassible, should again be
opened, more especially as the accounts of the
gold production were very favourable, and it was
understood that goods were wanted there. Those
hopes of a more satisfactory state of affairs cannot,
however be trusted to the same extent on this side,
where the consignments sent out are known to
have increased week by week uninterruptedly for
more than six months since the sailing of the
latest vessels that had yet reached the colony The
revenue of Victoria for the quarter just ended again
showed an extraordinary augmentation, and the
amount of gold shipped from Port Philip alone
from the Ist of January to the 27th of June, valued
at £4 per oz., was £4,400,000. The price of gold
was 775. 6d. per oz., and the rate of exchange on
London was 2 premium, with an expectation that
it' might advance to 4 premium. In the latter case
it would be more profitable to send sovereigns
than bills. At the same time, large • quantities
of gold dust were in course of transmission.
Just before the departure of the Marlborough the
Union Bank of Australia had given notice of a rob-
bery, which had caused great excitement. It ap-
pears that a case of note-forms belonging to the
bank had been stolen from a vessel in Hobson's
Bay, and put into circulation with false signatures.
The forms comprised 12,000 of £1 each, 4,000 of £5
1,000 of £5O, and an unspecified number of £lO
to £2O each. The Cleopatra steamer was to leave
Port Philip for Liverpool on the 27th of July,
and the Great Britain some time during the same
month. - The- Marlborough has brought 60 passen-
gers and a heavy mail.

The subjoined letter by the Typhoon furnishes
a full and practical description of the general
state of business at Port Phillip up to the 13th of
June, subsequently to which date the markets con-
tinued to give way :-
• " The importations into this port from England and
America during the past few weeks have been unpreceden-
tedly large, and have already begun to tell upon the market.
Most of the warehouses are crammed with goods, provisions,
&c., and the lack of storage is daily forcing vast quantities
of merchandise to hurried disposal—generally by the ham-
mer. By this means, however, the market is being gradually
relieved of many trumpery and unsuitable articles sent hither
by 'dabblers,' or inexperienced 'beginners' under the mis-
taken and too prevalent notion that anything will do for
the colonies'—a notion, of which, it is to be hoped, their
present experience will rid them. None but genuine and
really useful• articles are wanted here. Meanwhile the
presence of the contrary has an injurious influence upon the
market. The very large importation of American flour and
breadstuffs, and the accounts of large quantities yet to arrive,
have caused a very considerable decline in the prices of those
articles. Grain has been gradually falling for some time,
and a downward tendency is still manifest, though oats are
slightly recovering. In colonial flour the decline is not
so perceptible as in foreign, and with our continually
increasing population it is not probable that in any
article of general consumption any serious depression
can long rule. Almost all the flour from England, and
very much of that from America, arrives soured, from what
cause it is not easy to determine ; but very often it is attri-
butable to bad packing and deficiency of ventilation in the
holds of the vessels. Several large parcels have recently
arrived in 50 lb. tins, and all in beautiful condition. Ame-
rican may be quoted at £lB to £2O (tins), and colonial at
£27 to £3O per ton. Provisions are rather lower. Manu-
factured goods, suitable for the season, find purchasers
at fairly remunerative rates, as also ale, porter, and spirits.
Building materials continue in great demand, but the profits
of importers are most materially lessened by the heavy ex-
penses to which their goods are subject. Besides the high
rates of freight and insurance, they have to submit to the
charges of lighterage from the bay, at the rate of 355. to 40.
per ton, and it is difficult to obtain lighten; even at these
rates, and several ship agents have recently publicly inti-
mated that they could not get them, and that consignees
must engage them themselves, and be prepared to pay the
£lO per day demurage after the first 10 days, of cartage in
the town at 7s. per one-horse load, and those who have not
stores :Of their own, of storage at 2s. 6d. per ton per
week. In addition to all this, their goods, if not very care-
fully looked after, are most unceremoniously precipitated
into a sea of mud, which is almost the chief constituent
part of ' the Queen's wharf.' New houses are
springing up every day, and the Americans are
establishing themselves here in considerable force. Adams
and Co., the great American carriers, have opened a branch
here. They carry to every part of the world. Their opera-
tions in this quarter are likely to be very large. The wool
season is, strictly speaking, over here, but a few lots,
which have been 'delayed by the difficulty (still existing) of
obtaining carriage, keep dribbling in from distant stations,
where it is probable parts of some few clips will be detained
till after the winter. But, even after all has been brought
down and shipped, it is the almost universal opinion that
the export of last clip will show an actual decrease as com-
pared with that of the previous one, instead of what the
English manufacturers require, a possitive increase. A very
large proportion too, of the wool this year is sent home in
the grease. ' Prices are higher here than those which ruled
at the last Febrnary sales in London ; but considering the
decrease in the year's export, the almost universal prevailence
of the scab, which continues to spread, and which must
materially effect the quality, and also the quantity of the
coming clip (the foot-rot, too, is becoming very prevelent),
and considering also the large orders for manufacturedgoods
which have been sent home from those colonies, it is felt
that an 'advance in price must still take place in the
English market.
" There is little doing in tallow.

"Gold is very firm at 775. per ounce, and is only to be
obtained in small quantities even at that price. The various
digobins' continue to yield largely, but apparently not more
than the colony requires for remittance in return for im-
ports of goods and specie.
" The banks are charging 2 per-cent premium for bills on
London. The purchase draughts against hypothecated gold
or produce at par.
" Rents are very high. A moderate-sized store lets
readily at £2,000 per annum, a respectable family house at
£700., a four-roomed cottage at £l5O. to £2OO.
" The cry is still for emigrants, but only for such as will
work. Carpenters earn easily 20s. to 255. per day, and
bricklayers nearly as much; and any man may make 10s.
per day on the roads."

MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY AND LIINATIO
HOSPITAL.—An account of patients admitted during the week,
ending Sept. 29th ; in-patients, 40 ; out-patients, 165 ; home..
patients, 43 ; accident in-patients, 28 ; ditto out-patients, 58 ;
lunatics, 1. Patients in the Infirmary, 173 ; ditto in the
Lunatic Hospital, 51.