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occasioned a good home and export demand to prevail,
but chiefly for the lower kinds, of which supply 56
yet
plentiful. The terms acceded to for superior marks 34
to 38 per cent. over proof were 34 4d to 4s, fine ditto
2s 10d to 35 3d, good mid to good mid to good 32 to 35
over 23 4d to 2s 10d, mid 24 to 2s 3d, and low 24 to 30
over is 9d to is 11d. Demerara is cheaper; large tran-
sactions, however, have taken place at is Ild to 2s 14
for 30 to 40 per cent. over proof, but chiefly at 2s to
2e ld for strong. Leeward Island met with little atten-
tion, still holders require Is 4id to is sid proof on ac-
count of a small supply, East India has been dealt in
with caution, yet few sellers are to be met with under
Is 4d proof. Prices continue under last year, and
home trade deliveries to be smaller, but for expor-
tation they are larger. Brandy met with more at-
tention, yet at previous valuations holders are de-
sirous to realise, several arrivals being at hand.
Sales of Cognac) best brands of the vintage of 1851
have been made at 48 Id to 4s 3d, 1850 ditto 4s 4d to
4s 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 94 to 4s 11d, 1848 ditto 5s 3d to
5s sd, older 5s 6d to 6s 6d, low to mid 2s 4d to 4s, and
Bordeaux is lld to 2s ld. A reluctance is still evinced
to operate in British made Spirit; sellers are willing to
accept 9s 104 to lOs net cash, for Gin 8s 6d for 22, and
17 under proof 9e. Geneva is held for is 2d to is 10d,
and fine 2s to 2s 4d, but there are few buyers.
OILS .—A further reduction having been submitted to
for Linseed Oil, occasioned exporters and home dealers
to take large parcels, and 25s 94 to 26s per cwt is now
the value on the spot. Of Rape Oil the supply is plen-
tiful, and demand having been limited a reduction has
taken place—brown selling at 28s 6d to 295, pale 303,
and foreign refined 30s 6d to 31s. For Cocoa Nut the
market is inactive, and larger parcels being on offer, pre-
vious terms cannot be obtained. At auction 309 hhds
Cochin were nearly all taken in at 33/ifs 33/ 15s per
ton. Lard Oil meets with little attention, but is held
for 48s to 50.. Few transactions have taken place in
Palm, and fine is offering at 26 to 263 6d. A good de-
mand prevails for Olive; at the same time sellers are
willing to accept for Gallipoli 431 10s, and 411. to 421 per
tun for other descriptions. Several transactions have
pckyrieiasliwseadn3teodl,la°nsd stock being small there
taken place in Seal Oil, and the market has a firm ap-
pearance;
ereOe a 3
to 31/; other sorts 281
rn:loontc3feor;l:,e sellers under 341. A fair demand prevails
f e- Southern at from 31/
TALLOW.—This afternoon the Tallow market closed
quietly; fine new YC at 353 3d to 359 6d on the spot.
At auction 150 casks Ibrail sold at 32s 3d to 349 6d; 30
eks Petersburgh Soap Tallow taken in at 345.
PROTISUNS.—T'ne low rates taken for Irish Butter,
occasioned a large demand to prevail this week, and
stock in first hands is much reduced. We quote Cork
68s to 725; Limerick 53s to 603; Carlow, Clonmel, and
'Kilkenny 54s to 745; and Waterford 503 to 60s per cwt.
English dull of stile, with ready sellers of fine Dorset at
84s to 86s; mid ditto 68s to 805; stale 50s to 56e per cwt;
and fresh at 7s to lOs 6,1 per dozen pounds. Prices for
quality is now 805 to 82s, stir-
Dutch are exceedingly low for the time of year, but
large purchases have been made during the last few
dealuyss.
Fi
and
rinietzelrainodr
6o o of
to 755;
Holland and Kampen, fine
74s to 765; Groningen 60s to 64.; Emden and Leer
58s to 625; inferior 48s to 545; Kiel, title 80s to 82s;
stubble from 64a to 769 per cwt. Although Bacon
can be obtained at reduced prices, operations have been
upon a small scale; Irish siseable at 45s to 50s, heavy
43s to 475; and Harabro siseable 45s to 48;. Middles
have been dealt in with caution, and rates are on th© de-
cline. Irish selling at 435 to 465; Ilambro 42s to 455,
and American bale at 44s to 455. The market for bar-
relled Provisions has a firm aspect, with a good business
doing. Irish India Pork at 1103 to 114 s per tierce;
Mess 65s to 67s 6d per barrel; American 62s 6d to 655.
India 102 s ea to 105 s per tierce; India Beef 105 s to 115 s,
Mess 85s to 955, and prime American Mess 905 to 955.
Of Hams many parcels have been sold; Irish and English
at from 45s to 60e. Fur Lard is a slow sale. In Cheese
little is doing. American can be obtained at 32s to
465; Emden 34s to 41s; Gouda 30s to 435; and Santa
8e to 185 6d per cwt.

THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINES.
Your correspondentslLß
EhOerUe RwNillEd,ouDbEtlce.s34,kel6Bpsl.
you
well-advised of the state of things brought about by
the discovery of gold in this district. The whole
frame-work of society, as far as labour is concerned,
is quite broken up, the whole mass of the working-
classes having forsaken their ordinary occupations for
gold digging, and any that are left are obtaining
wages more than equal to the average earnings of the
diggers, although for many weeks the success of the
latter has certainly been most extraordinary, and such
as the whole history of gold-digging could not pro-
duce the like of since the world began. lam under
the mark when I say that the weekly yield of Mount
Alexander is 100,000 pounds ; and the Himalaya is
fixed to sail about the 14th, and she will take a quan-
tity of gold that will astonish Old England. There
are great doubts about the possibility of securing the
harvest. One man—a ship captain—brought down
8001. in three weeks' work.

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(Received from a ship's master, just arrived)
" Stop monthly pay of mate and steward, who
are off to the gold diggings.
" Captain - and Captain -, who have just
been aboard my vessel, state it is not possible to get
any men, on account of the gold diggings.
" I am afraid we shall be detained here some time,
on account of the scarcity of seamen."
(Received from another of our captains.)
" Sydney, Dec. 13, 1851.
" I fear there is not the slightest chance of loading
for home, as freights are:so very. they would
not pay ship's expenses ; therefore, my present plan
is to , without anything better should offer,
which I fear will not be the case, as vessels have been
lying here for some months, not knowing what to do
for the best. lam happy to inform you I landed my
passengers all in good health and spirits, &c."

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MELBOURNE, Nov. 26.
All the working population are leaving or have left
for the diggings, and all buildings are at a stand.
We are endeavouring to give your ship as much
dispatch as possible, but Captain —___ is afraid that
even his men will not stay by the ship, but bolt for
the diggings, where the labouring classes ar© realising
largesea sums
sby finding gold. The crews of two vessels
ready have bolted.

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advantages of the Benevolent Fund.

ship,thitshveeyssel, but no say :—" We re-
DECEMBER 22.
greßtetfheerrdineg t o the above
in dispatching
exer-
tions on our part have been spared, and we assure
o ve
you the detention is unavoidable. Captain --hopes
to get away this week, but we must say, although he
does everything that a master can do, we shall not
believe in the period of his sailing till we see him off.
Few of the ships in harbour have a quarter of their
crews on board—some not a single hand. Cartage,
which was ls. per load last year, is now 43. and 5e.,
and labour of all descriptions has advanced at the
same rate. This all arises from the discovery of gold
in large quantities almost all over the district. It is
coming in in two or three tons per week. The Mel-
bourne, sailing this evening, takes 300,000/. In the
opinion of most people here, the quantity is inex-
haustible. The price we are now giving is 2/. 17s.
per ounce for what we consider almost pure gold. At
present we cannot get lighters to convey the goods
from the bay to the town. We trust you will send
us large numbers of emigrants."

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In the banks in Melbourne £Bl,OOO
Ditto Geelong ... 45,000
In private hands in Melbourne ... 15,000
Ditto Geelong ... 9,000
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LONDON, FRIDAY r-Ps.
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(From the Melbourne Argus of December 20.)
Several vessels are likely to sail for England within
these few days, and the crack qualities of one of
them render it probable that she may be the first
ship that reaches home with a portion of the golden
harvest that is at present pouring in upon us.
Late advices from England have shown the eager-
ness with which authentic intelligence with respect
to the new discovery is seized upon and made to fur
nish the topic of the day; and, as the astonishing
yield of our own gold fields is calculated nearly to eclipse
all other discoveries of a similar nature in other parts
of the world, we think it an act of duty just prior to
the sailing of the vessels we have spoken of to throw
together such few facts as are calculated to enable the
good folks at home to form a more accurate impres-
sion of the real state of matters here than they would
be likely to arrive at by more scattered or desultory
notices.

On the 19th of last month we published a state-
ment of the estimated amount of gold which had then
seen the light of day, derived from the various dig-
gings in this colony. That statement was as fol-
-1115

Total ...N.201,000
This estimate was as carefully compiled as circum
stances would admit of. The amount held by the
banks was exact to a few ounces. The quantity es-
timated to remain in the hands of private parties in the
towns, on the gold-fields, and on the roads towards
town, was stated to rest solely upon conjecture, but
as carefully estimated as reference to very well-in-
formed and disinterested parties could make it.
The increasing arrivals, weekly, by the Govern-
ment escort, soon showed us, however, that our desire
to be rather below than above the mark had led us to
estimate the latter quantities far too low ; and the
rush of gold which has since been poured upon the
market quite baffles all ordinary rules of calculation.
On Wednesday, 19th of November, the very day
the above calculation was published, the weekly es-
cort brought down from Mount Alexander 6,486
ounces; from Ballarat, 2,117 ounces, 619 ounces for
Geelong, and 916 ounces for Government ; making
a total of 10,138 ounces.
On the following Wednesday 10,428 ounces ar-
rived from Mount Alexander, 1,500 ounces from
Ballarat, and 17e ounces were left at Geelong ;
making a total of 12,106 ounces ; 10081bs., or rather
more than half a ton.
The next Wednesday brought 13,783 ounces from
Mount Alexander, 2,550 ounces from Ballarat, and
336 ounces for Geelong ; a total of 16,669 ounces, or
1,3891b5. weight.
But still this astonishing yield went on increasing,
and on the following Wednesday the cart conveying
the enormous treasure fairly broke down with its load,
and the escort did not arrive till the day after its
time. That week's yield was, from Mount Alexan-
der 23,750 ounces, from Ballarat 2,224 ounces, for
Geelong 682, making the astounding sum of 26,656
ounces, or 1 ton 221 pounds 4 ounces.
This was the largest return for any one week by
escort ; as this week the diggers are flocking down to
town to enjoy their Christmas, and are bringing
their gold with them in preference to entrusting it
to the escort conveyance. The amount conveyed by
that means, therefore, is, from Mount Alexander
18,191 ounces, from Ballarat 1,018 ounces, 283
ounces for Geelong ; total 19,492 ounces, 1,6241b5.,
or a trifle over three-quarters of a ton.
Thus far we speak of facts, unchallenged and un-
challengeable. These quantities have all passed
through the hands of the Government escort, and a
regular register has, of course, been kept of every
ounce received and delivered. But if these reports of
tops upon tons of the root of all evil be still insuffi-
cient for the insatiate maw of any of our English
Mammon-worshippers, we beg to tell them that we
have now to quit the beaten path of ascertained fact,
anti in endeavouring to arrive at the whole truth we
must again resort, in some degree, to conjecture.
There is no means of ascertaining the precise propor-
tion_
of the gold found, which is sent to the markets of
M3lbourne and Geelong by the Government rcaorgte
That mode of conveyance is unpopular. The b
gu_atrbaeargd:
is excessive. The safety a
of the gold is not
The distance travelled is only 75 miles; d
gers think rightly that a demand of one per cent. for
such a service, and without absolute certainty of
is a constant
natant
and is an extravagant charge. T
and very extensive traffic between almosth
Theowns
like an or-
rted the
mines ; the road, in fact, being
number of
dinary street, with respect to
passen-
gers and vehicles that very large sums
passing back wards and for wards.
All accounts agree in stating.
nds ; but as to the
come down thus, by private
bear to those which
proportion which such .
pass through the sumsauthorised chaumel, opinions differ
escort
or even. one-quarter of the
believe
most widely. Done- P liold that the
does not convey one-had,
actual yield. There is no want of those who
that the difference is still grea •
in matters of conjecture,t
ail ;vbainshd
Wbilst dealing
to err upon the moderate side, iJ we err at
having compared notes with many gentlemen likely
to be well informed, we will venture to put down the
BUMS which have arrived by :private hand in the
course of the few weeks over which our remarks ex-
tend at one-third of that which has arrived by the
escort. Many of our friends vt ill laugh at the mo-
deration of our estimate, but we have been laughed
at before for our moderation, and shall doubtless sur-
vive it now. This calculation
would give us 28,353
ounces arrived by private hared within the last five
weeks.
And now for a glance at the quAntity probably upon
the ground at this moment, dug up and ready, as
convenience offers, to be transmitted to the market.
And once again we would repeal.; that any estimate is
purely conjectural, And o
50 fig valuable as careful

[PRICE BD.

!inquiry, combined with perfect disinterestedness in
the matter, can make it. We believe that the number
of diggers now assembled at Mount Alexander and
Ballarat is pot short of 20,000 to 30,000. We will
take it at the smaller number. Scarcely a tent upon
the ground is without gold in soms quantity. In
very many it is well known that there are many
pounds.

- A respectable man, better calculated than any one
we know to form an opinion, as having been amongst
the diggers for several weeks, and being upon noun-
dential terms with every one of them, estimates the
quantity now held by them at not less than five ounces
per head for every man, woman, and child ; and our
last estimate for a trifle less than two ounces per
head, proved to be so much below the mark, that we
think we are justified in at least doubling it, and
making our calculations at four ounces per head to
the 20,000 people on the ground, or a total of 80,000
ounces.

We will now throw these various items together,
in a general summary, again begging our readers
carefully to mark which portions are founded upon
strict fact, and which only upon careful conjecture.
The price upon which our calculations are founded is
3/. per ounce.
In the banks in Melbourne and Geelong on
the 19th November, 42,000 ounces £126,000
In private hands in Melbourne and Geelong,
at the same date, 8,000 ounce 24,000
Amount by escort, 19th Nov., 10,138 ounces 30,414
Ditto, 26th November, 12,106 ounces 36,318
Ditto, 3d December, 16,669 ounces 50,007
Ditto, 10th December, 26.656 ounces 79,968
Ditto, 17th December, 19,942 ounces
Amount estimated to have been brought in
by private conveyance, 23,353 ounces
Amount estimated in the hands of diggers on
the gold field, 80,000 ounces

85,059

Total, 243,414 ounces-20,282 10-12 lb.-202
cwt. 82 lb. 11 oz —lO tons 2 cwt. 82 lb. 10 oz. 4730,242

These astonishing results have all been arrived
at in less than three short months. On the 29th
September, the announcement of the first large
yield in Victoria was made known, and since then
wonders have daily thickened around us, and where
it is to end no human being can guess. The field is
reported to be illimitable, the indication of gold ex-
tending over scores of miles, and each last found
diggings apparently eclipsing all before it. All ac-
counts agree that the auriferous grounds which can
be profitably worked will never be dug over for
years to come, by any number of people that can
by possibility reach them.
To the good people of Great Britain we commit the
consideration of these statements. We beg to remind
them, that even before this discovery burst upon us,
this was one of the finest and most prosperous of
British colonies. Let the gold fields cease- their yield
to-morrow, and we still retain all the elements of
national wealth and national greatness. Those who
venture to share our wealth may venture boldly, for
boundless plenty smiles side by side with countless
wealth. Our splendid harvests are now whitening for
the sickle, but with no men to reap them. The same
land which is thus pouring forth her mineral trea-
sures, is still feeding the finest sheep and cattle that
were ever fattened upon natural grasses. Their fate
has hitherto been that of shameful waste—the melting
pot.
It is a land literally flowing with milk and honey.
It wants but population to give it a degree of pro-
gress unequalled in the history of the world. But
we regret to add that it has been trifled with by the
shuffling and insincere Earl Grey—that through his
agency its energies are depressed, its very prosperity
rendered dangerow, by a Government faithless and
incapable to a proverb. Let the over-crowded of the
mother country come freely and fearlessly. We
can make room for them by thousands or tens of
thousands.

(From the Melbourne Daily News of Dec. 5.)
The most important piece of intelligence from our
mines this week is the discovery, at Louisa Creek, of
a specimen of gold in quartz weighing 271bs. It is
said to be almost pure, and while in the hands of Mr.
Commissioner Bowman, 1,1001. was offered and re•
fused for it. We are not in possession of full parti-
culars at present, but there is sufficient evidence to
justify an announcement of the fact. No doubt next
week will give ocular demonstration of the truth.
Several new spots have been opened out since our
last, and scarcely a day passes without producing
something fresh in the shape of new diggings. At
Tuena Creek, which rises about twenty miles to the
southward of the Abercrombie, and empties itself
into that river, very rich deposits have been brought
to light. A considerable number of men were on the
ground last week, and the commissioner had issued
150 licenses. A party of three procured 62 ounces
in three days within two feet from the surface
—one bucket of earth yielding six ounces ; ano-
ther party obtained 153 ounces out of a hole about
five feet long and three feet deep. We have already
received Tuena gold in Sydney, and a large
qaantity is expected in a few days; there is no
doubt the place will be crowded with miners as soon
as it becomes generally known. Letters are also in
town from respectable parties, stating the discovery of
a gold mine within three miles and a half of Albury,
on the road to Melbourne, and about 380 miles from
Sydney ; a specimen of the gold, which was obtained
only a foot below the surface, was placed in the
hands of a chemist yesterday morning to ascertain
its purity. In addition to this news from the south-
ward, we have letters from Asmidale, in New Eng-
land district, and from Moreton Bay and White Bay,
respecting the existence of gold to the northward ;
indeed there can be little doubt that the whole colony
is one vast gold field, and that Australia will in future
be considered the brightest jewel in her Majesty's
crown.
The news from Braidwood is more encouraging
than ever. All things are doing well, and many are
doing wonders. Two gentlemen last week pur-
chased at the diggings, and took into Goulburn, over
2,100 ounces of the precious metal, and the quantity
coming into town every day is proof positive of the
richness of the diggings.
At the Turon a meeting of the miners has been
held, and a petition adopted to the Legislative Coun-
cil, praying for an alteration of the entire mining
regulations—particularly with respect to the licenses.
It would be well for the Council to adopt such mea-
sures as may seem advisable, so as to strengthseenssiton
hands of Government, before the p
closes. It is a very important and -delicaterestquestion
to handle, and will require all the that can be
body of men
brought to bear upon it. A very
will be congregated upon these minesthe large
before our before
-
most effectual
gislature is again assembled, and
be bY the adoption of
will man can honestl-
means of controlling them
such regulations as no sensible
and a power
disturbance
jest to. Let the Legislaturoe.ean‘d_ t,bits_ Government
will exist
gain the confidence of the pe Pi . DY the wisdom. and
trifling
measures?
prudence of their
more than sufficient to quell any
the grumblings of d' •
that may arise from disappointed
and unreasonable Men*
nogg
has arrived from N
A large bag of
.._,
wood's party at OPnir andmay now be seen at the
Waterloo Warehouse.. 6sane or
1 them are very beau-
tiful,seorth inspection.
and well
At Victoria thelast. escort had not brought down
so much as the previous one, but from the quantity
purchased in Melbourne and Geelong, it was evident
that the millers sent large portions of their gold down
by priv 'oe hand. he
price T•
. had risen in consequence
of th® operation of Sydney buyers.
Mr. Martin's motion for the establishment of an
Assay-office in Sydney ore the house on Tues-
dayef b was
last, but as this circular .
has already extended too
Ntrh.
far, the remarks which were intended must be de-
ferred till next week. An amendment was carried
appointing a committee of inquiry.
The escort brought down from oph. ir 46 ounces,
the Turon 3
,7 44 ounces, and Bathurst 514 ounces ;
and the post, from Braidwood, 1,059 ounces, Bathurst
318 Gun W 11' ces, e ington 80 ounces, Mudgee 20 ounces,
Goulburn 78 ounces, Queanbeyan 24 ounces. We
also know of 1,400 ounces that came in from Braid-
Wood by private hand, making in all this week 7,621
ounces, worth about 24,7681.
The price has ranged through the week at 635. 6d.
to 645. Gd., according to sample. A parcel of iron
stone impregnated with gold, weighing 2161b5., from
the Wentworth diggings, was sold at 2s. Gd. per lb.
Total gold shipped to this date, 329,7971. 16s. 3d.
Exchange on London—Drafts against gold 6 par
cent. discount. Freight :33 per cent.
GEORGE A. LLOYD.

474, George-street.
A GREAT MIsTAKE.—The Government, we hear,
intend to increase the license fee for gold digging.
We hope this rumour is untrue, for it most
suredly will end disastrously. The miners will never
pay it.
TOE GOLD ESCORT.—Th gold escort is expected
from Mount Alexander today with 12,000 01111CfS Of
goid, end the means of conveyance not having been
provided, a similar quantity has been left
chabehind s
~
15,000 ounces arrived in town by private nnel
yesterday.
Messeter, the
SUCCESSFUL GOLD DIGGINGS —Mr• has
returned
baker and grocer, Stephen-street,
from the diggings with gold of the
lodged i value
lodgn the
of 8,200/., which has bean
Union Bank. We have not beard of the length