The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-28 00:00:00

CALCUTTA MARKETS.

Sept. 17.—Our export market here has been only
moderately active. For many kinds of produce there is
a good demand, and yet the shipments of scarcely any
article are on a large scale. Since the Ist inst. only
9,161 maunds of sugar have passed the Custom House
for Great Britain. In raw cotton for China there is a
fair extent of business in progress ; but moderate for
Great Britain. Very little doing in rum, and that for
Australia only.

In imports, the business of the fortnight has been a
good deal restricted to immediate wants of dealers, and
the reported sales upon the whole are very moderate in
extent. Large quantities of goods still remain in Cal-
cutta, which the dealers find it impossible to forward to
their destination, as there are not, enough steamers on
the river to carry the goods, and this mode of convey-
ance is the only one available at present.
The mule twist market has not been so lively.
Higher prices and increased firmness on the part of
holders checking in a great measure the ardour of
dealers.

EXCHANGE continues still remarkably steady. Pre-
sent rates are as follow :-Ist class credits, 2s. Id. per
rupee ; ditto documents, 2s. ld. to 2s. lad. ; China Es.
247 to 250 per dols.
FREIGHTS.—Quoted rates are as follow :—To London :
Sugar, 3/. 17s. 6d. to 4/. ; saltpetre, 3/. 15s. ; rice, 4/. ;
jute, 31. lOs ; hides, C. 10s.; oilseeds, 4/. 55. to 4/. 103.;
shell lac, 3/. lOs. to 31. 15s. ; lac dye, 4/. to 4/. 7s. 6d.
To Mauritius ; Co.'s Es. 2/. to 2/. 2s. per bag, pay-
able there at 50 cents.

INDlGO.—Shipments from Ist to 15th inst. are 113
chests. The estimate given a short time since regard-
ing the out-turn of the present crop is still adhered to.

LATEST FROM AUSTRALIA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ARGO.

The steam-ship Argo, Captain Hyde, arrived at
Plymouth at six o'clock, yesterday evening, with
mails from Sydney and Port Philip. Her dates
are from the former place, August 14th ; Port
Philip, 24th ; and St. Vincent, October 14th. Her
mails are the heaviest ever brought from the colony
at one time, numbering no fewer than 200 boxes and
bags. She made a splendid passage out and home,
having completed the voyage out in 64 days, and
home in 65, notwithstanding two days' delay at
St. Vincent's, as she was compelled to put in for
coals.

She came home via Cape Horn, and is the first
steamer that has come by that route. She has
made her passage principally sailing, and the voy-
age was accomplished at the rate of 240 miles a
day.
About 100 passengers have arrived by her ;
among them are Lieut.-General Wynyard, C. 8.,
Commander of the Forces, Mrs. Wynyard, Captain
Wynyard, and Captain MDoyley.
She brings 140,000 ounces of gold besides gene-
ral cargo.
One passenger (Mr. Harrison, of Great Yar-
mouth) brings home 3,000 ounces of gold.
The gold fields are looking very rich, and two
new fields have been discovered—one at Goulburn,
the other at Jones's Creek, Melbourne. This
caused the seamen to raise their demand from 451.
to 601. for the run home—an amount which has
been paid by the captain of the Argo. The pas-
sengers speak in very sanguine terms of these
fields. _ _

for ordinary building purposes at the quarries was for-
merly 4id. to sd. per foot ; it is now is. 6d. to 25., ac-
cording to size and quality. The amount of money
earned at these wages is enormous. We believe 11. a
day is a very moderate amount at which to estimate the
earnings of sawyers and quarrymen.
" Rents are gradually increasing, and for ordinary
dwellings have risen about three times, and for good
business premises about five times what they were two
years since. Small three-room cottage; in the outskirts
of the town, let for 30s. a week ; five-room cottages, fit
for families, are from 21. 10s. to 41. a week. In the
city a good family house is worth 3001. a year. Good
business premises in first-rate situations are difficult to
obtain. 7001. or 8001. a year is asked, and for some very
large premises 1,0001. has been given. One of there-
cently arrived banks gave 11,0001. for the premises
which were years ago occupied by the Bank of Australia,
and then gave 3,0001. to the tenant, who had a five
years' lease, to give up possession. An hotel, recently
erected, has been let for 1,0001. a year."
The New South Wales Government Gazette of
Aug. 9 contains a general abstract of the sworn
returns rendered pursuant to the Act of Council,
4 Vic., No. 13, of the average assets and liabilities,
and of the capital and profits, of the five Banks of
the colony of New South Wales, for the quarter
ending the 30th of June, 1853.
From this return it appears that those establish-
ments were very prosperous, and more especially
the Union Bank of Australia, which, after paying
dividends at the rate of 26 per cent., had a re-
served profit of 213,8391.

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The new " diggings " at Jones's Creek were
accidentally discovered by the wheel of a bullock
waggon having turned up large nuggets in the rut.
She put in at Plymouth for fue ; and with a
desire to expedite her mails to London, they were
dispatched by special train at nine p.m., and will
be delivered long ere the vessel, under the most
favourable circumstances, could have reached
Southampton.
There was one death on the passage—an in-
valid when the Argo left.
The American ship Texas and the barque Early
Bird were standing into Port Philip on August
the 24th. The steamer Antelope arrived on the
18th of August, and the Victoria on the 22d of

August, after a' passage of 64 days. The Indian
Queen was to sail on August the 24th, the Rox-
burgh Castle September the 15th, and the Chow-
rinigee September the Ist.
Melbourne was much quieter than_usual. Gold

GEELONG GOLD CIRCULAR.
There seems to be a general revival at this date among
the Victorian diggings.
The news from Ballarat is highly gratifying. The
last vein of the famous Eureka is said to be recovered, or
another found of equal richness. At any rate there are
instances shown lately of individual success more ex-
travagant than anything yet previously known.
Cobbler's and Norton's Gullies are the principal favou-
rites. The former is recently opened up, and promises
well. The gold is got at various depths, but the gene-
ral thing is not so deep as at the Canadian or the Eureka.
Altogether the prospects for the Ballarat side seem good.
The buying price during the week has been steady at
775. 6d. There has been a brisk demand for shipment
by the Argo. The supply has been, if anything, better
than previous week.

MELBOURNE GOLD CIRCULAR.
The demand for gold for shipmeut by the Argo has
continued during the week, and, from the quantity of-
fered, a large amount of business has been done. The
price continues firm at 775. 6d.
The latest information (is as follows :—From Ballarat
some astonishing lumps have turned up, and great ex-
citement has followed. From Bendigo matters are pro-
gressing steadily, notwithstanding the new and competing
fields around it. It is evident, from the number con-
tinuing at work at this field, that all diggers are not so
easily led away from a steady certainty to a doubtful
new field. From IVPIvor nearly all the diggers have
left for the Goulburn ; but a further confirmation of its
productiveness has yet to be received. From Korong
all the diggers have gone. At the Ovens matters are
going on pretty steadily, the quantity coming to Mel-
bourne being rather over that sent to Sydney.
It is with satisfaction we note the steady increase now
going on in the amount brought down by escorts. The
increase is upwards of 20,000 for the last two weeks
over that reported since April last.

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812 s

maintained. its price of 31. 17s. 6d. per ounce.
Money was scarce, the bank having endeavoured
to put a check upon the speculations, particularly
in building and land.
The markets are flat. Burton ale, 7/. to 9/. 10s.
per hhd, brandy per gallon lls. to 135., cham-
pagne 30s. to 355., Java brown sugar 171. 10s. to
211. per ton, English 10d. to Is. per lb., butter
Is. 9d. to 25., Java rice Bs. to 10s. per cwt. Flour
had risen to 30/. a ton.

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With respect to the yield of gold the Melbourne
Argus contains the following
"Symptoms of a marked improvement in the yield
of our gold ►fields have again begun to make their ap-
pearance. Fresh spots have been discovered which give
indications of extraordinary productiveness, and even
the old ground has been so much more prolific as to
yield for the last week, as well as the one preceding,
more than has hitherto made its appearance for any one
week of the last 6 months.

" Since the close of the month of July the remittances
per escort have been very great. The fint week of the
month of August showed an amount superior to any
this year, and though the following or second week of
this month is not so productive, it also presents a satis-
factory result. The amount received from the different
mines for the portion of the month now expired is as
follows :

St.
St.
St.
St.

"Gold received per Escort since 30th July, 1853.
Week ending Aug. 6, 70,700 oz.; week ending Aug. 13,
44,495 oz.

" Should the next two weeks average as much as the
last two the month of August will then show a result
superior to any month of this year, and to afford confir-
mation to the belief that the mines are giving promise of
again becoming very rich and productive.
"The only diggings in operation at this time last year
were those of Mount Alexander and Ballarat, the Ovens
and M`lvor having been since discovered. We, there-
fore, compare the yield of those two fields last winter
with that of this year :
YIELD OF MOUNT ALEXANDER AND BALLARAT.
For 1852. For 1853.
53,608 156,856
55,882 142,044
61,389 133,655
67,556 138,277
69,453 124,302
108,650 106,146

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January
February
March
April
May
June

July 282,546 165,779
" From these statements it will be observed that the
amount for July received per escort exceeds any other
month this year ; and that the amount shipped for that
month also bears a favourable average as compared with
any of the others."
During the six months, ending August 20, no
less than 968 vessels, representing 265,000 tons,
were entered inwards ; and 830 vessels, represent-
ing 254,0G0 tons and upwards, were cleared
through the Melbourne Custom-house outwards.

With respect to the commercial position of the
colony, the Argus hal the following :
" We have referred elsewhere to the particulars of
our commercial position, which is one of peculiar inte-
rest at the present moment, and therefore requires
great caution and discrimination in judging of its real
state, and still more in advising commercial men at
a distance as to how the market is likely to rule
when the spring trade opens. The elasticity which
the market has already exhibited in receiving and dis-
posing of such a quantity of goods as have been thrown
upon it is really wonderful ; but it appears to us that,
great as it really is, very little is actually known of the
quantity and value of the imports which have poured in
upon us. For the purpose of exhibiting this at a glance,
we have prepared a short statement of the various ar-
ticles of imports which have been entered through the
Custom-house during the quarter ending sth July last ;
and we submit the following list of a few of the chief
items, the extent of the imports of which will, we doubt
not, startle even those who are accustomed to watch
narrowly the operations of the trade of this extraordi-
nary port :

St.
St.
St.
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100
1100
1.00
6
100
100

Quantity. Value.
Apparel and slops
Arms
Barley and maize
Bags and sacks . .....
Beer and cider
Blankets and woollens 2,892 pkges. 119,958
Butter and cheese ...
Brick 1,285,806 No. 15,306
Candles
Carts and Carriages
Coal and fuel 9,899 tons 38,988
Coffee 600,660 lbs. 19,908
Cottons 6,030 pkgs. 163,823
Cutlery and hardware 10,761 do. 130,856
Earthenware B4O do. 11,987
Fish, preserved 11,928 do. 25,430
Flour and bread.. 11,710 tons 271,431
Furniture
Glass ware...
Haberdashery& hosiery 3,480 do. 119,241
Iron and steel 614 tons 10,876
Oats
20,895 pkgs. 61,201
▪ 1,005 tons 66,703
▪ 253 pkgs. 3,037
171 boxes 797,490
▪ 335,928 galls. 233,537
•-•- 1,876 tons 54,270
▪ 201,152 lb. 14,062
▪ 1,122,062 ditto 72,808
214,800 galls. 96,819

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Oilmen's stores
Salted provisions
Ship chandlery,
Specie
Spirits
Sugar
Tea
Tobacco
Wine .

The social condition of Victoria was improving,
though occasional outbreaks of crime occurred,
which were attributed by the Melbourne papers to
the leaven of transportation still existing in the
colony. _ _

The following account of the position of New
South Wales is extracted from the Sydney M owning
Herald of August the 9th :
" It is a matter of surprise and satisfaction to find
that the agricultural and pastoral pursuits of the colony
have not suffered from thegold discoveries. A very large
quantity of land has been sown this year,, in conse-
quence of the high price of wheat and flour a few months
since, and although the heavy importations from the
United States put prices down to an almost nominal
rate a few months since, the cessation of importations
has caused a gradual increase during the last month.
The graziers were naturally alarmed when gold was first
discovered, but the gradual increase in the price of wool
and tallow have more than paid the increase of wages,
as is evidens from the great increase which has taken
place in the price of stock and stations.
"A grew. drawback to the prosperity of the colony
is the dreadful state of the roads. At present a ton of
flour can be purchased in Sydney for 25/. It cannot be
conveyed from Sydney to the Turon (160 miles) for less
than 301., taus adding more than 100 per cent. to its
cost. We are glad, therefore, to be able to state, that
before the end of next year the first section of the Syd-
ney Railway (15 miles) to Paramatta will be opened.
Considerable progress has been made in the work : a
number of experienced 'navvies' are expected abOut the
end of next month, and money for the !purchase
of rails, engines, &c., was sent home some months
since. A second railway company is in course
of formation for the purpose of making a rail-
way from Newcastle to the Upper Hunter. The
bill for granting the necessary powers will be laid before
the Legislature immediately.
" Notwithstanding the continued stream of immigra-
tion the rates of labour are increasing, more especially
those connected with house-building. Stonemasons ob-
tain from 13s. to 14s. a day ; carpenters, 12s. to 13s. a
day ; and other trades vary from Ils. to 13s. a day.
Building materials are enormously high. Prior to
the gold discovery sawn timber was from 7s. to 10s.
per 100 feet, the average was about Bs. ; it is now
upwards of 50s. Bricks were about 2/. a thousand, none
can now be got under Si. Stone has increased in the
same or even greater proportion. The price of stone

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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY ,EVENI.I', OCTOBER 28, 1853.

SHARE MARKETS.-{THIS DAY.

BRITISH RAILWAYS.

RAILWAYS.

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Ambg. Nottng. Bost
and Eastn. Junct
Birming. Wolverh. &
Stour Va11ey.......,,
Birkenhd. Lancsh.
Cheshire Junct

Do. Chesh. tit Birk.,
£5O and 225 Cons.
Do., £20...
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Bristol awl Exeter.„'
Caledonian.
Chester Holyhead.
Cork and Bandon...
Cork, Black, et Pass.
Dublin&Belfast,Juue.
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deem Junetion .......
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East Lancashire

East & West Ind. Dk.
& Birming. June
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Do., A. Stock
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Lancaster & Carlisle
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Chester & Holyhead
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Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. c
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