The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-22 00:00:00

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, Two o'cLocK.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool, on Saturday,
were estimated at 3,000 bales, of which 500 Ameri-
can were taken on speculation. The market closed
heavily at previous rates. It comprised 100 Egyp-
tian, at 7d. to 9d. ; 200 Surat, at 4d. to 40. ; and
the remainder American. Railway shares were
firm.

The corn market is dull to-day.
The railway meetings announced are as follows :
—Killarney Junction, Nov. 30, Dublin ; Leeds
Northern, Dec. 1, Leeds ; Royal Swedish, Nov.
22, Gottenburg ; Waterford and Kilkenny, Nov.
26, London Tavern ; West Flanders, Nov. 26,
Bruges.
The letters by the ship Eagle to the beginning of
September, from Melbourne, have been delivered
this morning, and are of an interesting character.
A railway was projected from the capital to Wil-
liams Town. A local bank, called the Bank of
Victoria, was to be established with a nominal
capital of a million sterling. An Austral-
asian Steam Navigation Company was formed,
and a Water Comptuy ; besides the Et
tort and one or two other companies.
A large Government land sale had taken place
at Melbourne, consisting of 100 allotments, on both
sides of the river, and very high prices were rea-
lised, viz., an average of 1,9451. 16s. per acre. A
number of successful gold diggers attended, but
were unwilling to pay these prices. The tent and
store robberies were still pretty frequent at the
diggings, and generally took place at night-time.
The arrival of the steamer Chusan, and the good
news she took out, had caused a rise in the price
of gold to 31. Is., and subsequently to 31. ss. and
31. 6s. per ounce. Business in general was good.
Articles ofproduce were in demand, and ironmongery
and merchandise were sold freely. Guns and pis-
tols continued to realise full prices, and boots and
shoes were in demand. The last-named had been
sold at 55 per cent. advance on invoice, and pistols
and guns at 50 to 200 per cent. advance. Ameri-
can flour was at 15/. per ton, and Adelaide 251. per 'I
ton.

The Legislative Council had had Bills under con-
sideration in renewal of those about to expire - and
the ports, harbours, and Shipping Law Consolidation
and the Customs Regulation Bills, had passed. A
new Tariff Bill had been passed, imposing the fo:
lowing duties upon articles of import :
Coffee 49 cwt.
•
Spirits, proof, 49 gallon
Cordials, Liqueurs, &c., the strength of which
cannot be ascertained, t gallon 0 7 0
Spirits, perfumed, 4gallon 0 7 0
Te 40 lb 0 0 3
Tobacco cigars, and snuff, ti lb 0 2 0
Wine, 49 gallon 0 1 0
All other goods, wares, and merchandise Free.
At Mount Alexander, the rain had set in early
in August, the creeks were flooded, and the various
" claims," with few exceptions, were filled with
water, so that mining was interrupted. Later in
the month, however, an auspicious change occurred,
and there was "no and to the fresh discoveries talke
of by the sons of gold in perspective," according
to the description of a local correspondent. At the
Spring Gully, one of a party of 3 men earned 30 lbs.
weight in less than a month, and satisfied with his luck
returned to town. This is the same gully that
produced 150 lbs. weight, a few weeks previously.
The holes were at an average depth of from 20 to
40 feet. In spite of the previous heavy rains and
dreadful state of the roads, numbers were daily
reaching Mount Alexander, who had not been in
the colony above a week or eight days. Bush-
ranging was very prevalent. At the " diggings,"
flour was worth 6/. 10s. and 7/. per bag ; sugar,
is. 4d. per lb. ; potatoes, 9d. ; rice, is. ; spades,
7s. ; and soft goods' about 50 per cent. higher than
in Melbourne.

The Ballarat escort brought down to Geelong
4,000 ounces, and to Melbourne 1,000 ounces, leaving
1,000 ounces behind. Fuel at Geelong was scarce,
and very dear.

Great jealousy had arisen in consequence of the
presumed intention of the Legislature to put in
force the order in Council granting leases of crown
lands to the squatters, and as the proportion of
sold to unsold lands was about 1 to 76, it was con-
tended that to grant leases would be to hand over
the larger portion of the colony to the possession
of about 700 squatters. A public meeting had
been called on this subject.
The English and Australian Copper Company
have received advices froth Mr. Brown, their super-
intendent at Melbourne, to the 24th August, en-
closing an invoice of a remittance of gold per Eagle
to the amount of 1,200 ozs.
Mr. Brown was progressing satisfactorily in the
purchase of gold dust, and expected to make a
regular series of remittances, for which he was
amply provided with funds.

A letter from Mr. Ellis, one of the Directors of
the Australian Gold Mining Association, dated
Sydney, 12th August, states :
"Erskine Island is very and indubitably rich, and
you will see, per advertisement, that we have bought it.
Mr. Collett assures me that he will bring down gold
within a fortnight. We were `obliged to raise the men's '
wages to 4/. per month, with rations ; but now we have
tham bound hand and foot for 12 months. With an in-
creased capital, dealing in gold between the diggings and
Sydney would equally advance the interests of the Com-
pany, as by its actual extraction."
The Stock Market has been influenced still
further by the extraordinary news from Australia,
as well as by the reduction of the French army.
Consols have been quoted at 1001 to 101 for trans-
fer, and 100 to 101. The New 3-1 per Cents.
have been marked 1031 to i, and the 3 per Cents.
1001 to f. The premium on Exchequer Bills has
been 70s. to 725., and on India Bonds 80s. pre-
mium.

Foreign stocks are more buoyant by sympathy
with the English market. Spanish 3 per Cents.
have been 51k, and the Deferred 24i to 25.
Brazilian Stock is at jO2, and Grenada at 21k.
Austrian scrip is at r premium. The Swedish
Loans at 1- discount. French 4i per Cents. have
been 104 50, with the exchange at 25 25. Dutch
21 per Cents. are 654.
The Railway Share Market has been further ad-
vanced, and a large business is doing in Caledonian,
M idland, Oxford and Wolverhampton; and York
and North Midland. French Shares are rather
fluctuating, and not quite so good.
'ln Gold Mine Shares a larger business is doing.
BRIT FUNDS THIS DAY.
(IFSltront
the
official
.List.)

2 Business done.
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ROBBERY OP JEWELLtRy AT CLIFTON.—A very ex-
tensive robbery of jewellery was effected at Clifton, late
on Friday night or early on Saturday morning. At
Sion-place, Clifton, there is a very respectable jeweller's
shop kept by a Mrs. Woodhill. At 11 o'clock on Friday
night Mrs. Woodhill retked to rest, leaving the shop and
premises securely fastened, and was in no way alarmed
by any noise during thO night. Upon getting up,
however, at about half past seven o'clock on Saturday
morning, it was discovered that a burglary had, been
effected during the night, and that the shop had
been plundered of its most valuable con-
tents, consisting of 100 gold rings, set with
diamonds, emeralds, rubies Pearls' &c. 30 gold lockets,
39 gold pencil-cases, a large, number of silver pencil-cases,
5 gold chains, 3 gold necklaces, upwards of 100 gold
and silver brooches, a large number of gold pins, set
with pcecious stone ; and a quantity of gold and silver
guard-chains. The burguhrs gained access by climing
MORE COTTON FROR INDIA.—Mr. Fleming, Secretary
tahwenaclel at the tthheebsahcokp. As
of th e Premises, then dropping into
the yard and braaking through the pantry window, and
yet there is no clue toithe dis-
covery of the perpetrators.
to the Manchester Commercial Association, received ad-
vices from the Secratary to the Honourable East India
Company, on Saturday morning, that the Court of
Directors had instructed Mr. Wm. Rathbone, of Liver-
pool, to forward to him for sale in Manchester two con-
signments of cotton ; one amounting to MO bales, per
Chancellor, and the other to more than 1,000 per Loch
Lomond, shipped at Bombay. These are the largest
consignments yet made of cotton grown under 'the ex-
periments making in India to encourage its cultivation
there, and they consist chiefly of Dharwar cotton raised
from New Orleans seed, the growth of 1850-51. There
are, however, amongst this cotton some few bales grown
at Schwan and Hyderabad (Scinde), Candeish, and
Kursaehee. - - -