The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-29 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA

ARRIVAL OF THE INDIAN QUEEN.
LIVERPOOL, MOND
By the clipper-ship Indian Queen, Capt. Ml—,
belonging to Messrs. James Baines and Co.'s Black
Ball line of Australian packets, we have advices
from Melbourne to the 30th of August, and Sydney
to the 20th of August. She has brought 60 passen-
gers, and 38,992 ounces in gold dust on freight,
and a large amount in the hands of passengers.
The Indian Queen, next to the Marco Polo, has
made the quickest voyage ever recorded, having
sailed from Liverpool on the 17th of May, making
her total time out and home only six months and 11
days. She was detained in Melbourne 23 days.
The passengers speak very highly of the captain
and officers of the ship, and the kind treatment they
received on board.

The Indian Queen, on the outward run, passed
the Skerries at 11-30 p.m. on the 17th of May,
with a fine E.S.E. wind, and passed the Saltees on
the 21st. On the 24th of May she ran with a S.W.
wind 282 miles ; 25th, 289 ; and 26th, 280 miles.
From the 27th of May to th 6th of June she had
light and variable winds ; and from that time to the
13th, calms. On the 14th she was in lat. 3.11 N.,
long. 22.13 W., and had light S. and E. winds, and
calms thence until the 28th of June, when she

had strong S.E. by S. winds, and ran about 280
miles per day, on the average, for the next four
days. On the 2d, 3d, and 4th of July calms were
again met with, and but little way was made. On
the sth she encountered N.W. and N.E. winds,
and ran 266 miles ; 6th, 236 ; 7th, 230 ; Bth, 275;
9th, 309 ; 10th, 218 ; 11th, 246 • 12th, 232 ; 13th,
182; 14th, 222; and 15th, with same winds, 262
miles. On the 16th she had light S.W. winds ;
17th, winds N. and W., 217 miles was logged; 18th,
251 ; 19th, 261 ; 20th, 260 ; 21st, 285 • 22d, 251;
23d, 259 ; 24th, 252 ; and 25th, 248 'miles. On
the 25th she was in lat. 47.12, long. 90.46, and the
prevailing winds during the remainder of her pas-
sage were from W.S.W. and W.N.W., and fair
average distances were logged. On the 7th of
August, at 6 p.m., she took a pilot on board off
Port Philip Heads, and at 5 p.m. on the Bth came
to anchor in the bay.

On the homeward run she sailed from Port
Philip at 1 p.m. on the 30th of August, after re-
maining in port for 23 days ; passed Swan Island,
Bass's Straits, on the 31st, and the outermost point
of New Zealand on the 15th of September. Light
S.E. winds and calms were experienced till the
19th, when she was in lat. 55.28 S., long. 161.58
W. On the 20th, with a south wind, she ran 250
miles ; 21st, wind S.E., 250 ; and 22d, 237. For
the next three days she had calms mid light
winds. On the 26th, wind S.W., strong, she
logged 305 miles ; 27th and 28th, wind S.E., 267
and 265 miles respectively ; on the 29th, light
west winds, 89 miles. On the 2d of October she
was in lat. 56.44 S. long. 89.57 W., and had strong
S.W. winds, and for several days afterwards,
during which some great distances were logged.
On the 2d she ran 332 miles ; 3d, 330 ; 4th, 283 ;
' sth, 273 ; and 6th, 288 miles. On the 6th she
made Cape Horn, and had sudden squalls and
variable winds during the next six days. On the
13th she had strong W.N.W. winds, and ran 315
miles. On the 14th she was in lat. 35.12, long.
34.12 ; and for the next four days ran about 200
miles per day, on the average, with moderate S.W.
winds. From lat. 27.1, long. 28.37, to the Equator
moderate winds and calms were experienced, and
only moderate distances were logged. The Equator
was crossed on the Ist of November, and from that
date to the 9th moderate and fine winds were ex-
perienced, and the ship made very good way.
From the 9th to the 19th S.E. and E.S.E. winds
were met with. On the 10th she ran 200 miles ;
11th, 218 ; 12th, 280 ; 13th, 244; 14th, 224 ; 15th;
222 ; 16th, 288 ; 17th, 244 ; 18th, 248 ; and 19th,
220 miles. On the 20th and 21st she had light
N.E. winds; on the 22d, S. winds, and ran 295
miles. From the 22d till her arrival off Holyhead
she had baffling and contrary winds. She arrived
off Holyhead at 12.30 p.m. yesterday, having made
the passage from Port Philip in 89 days.
The mercantile accounts from Melbourne are very
unsatisfactory, several extensive failures having
occurred, owing to the stagnation of business, con-
sequent on the markets being glutted. At the time
of the departure of the Indian Queen the price for
conveyance of goods from Melbourne to the diggings
ranged from 801. to 1001. per ton.
Great dissatisfaction was manifested by the dig-
ging community in reference to the license for dig-
ging gold. Numerous meetings were constantly
being held, and very threatening language for the
purpose of obtaining a reduction in the existing
rates from 30s. to 10s. per month. The Government
had despatched a troop of soldiers to the Bendigo
diggings for the purpose of suppressing an attempted
rescue of diggers who had resolved not to pay the
September license.
The Melbourne Argus of the 27th, commenting
on the above state of things, says :
"No fresh intelligence of importance has arrived from
the gold fields of Mount Alexander or Bondigo ; but the
overland mail brings particulars of a large meeting at the
Ovens, at which speeches of the usual tenour were delivered,
and the feeling against the license-fee seems there, too, to
be very strong. We perceive, however, from our corra-
-1 spondent's letter, that a far more temperate tone pervades
the public mind in that locality than has shown itself at
some of the other diggings ; and a placard, issued by the
committee, recommends the diggers to continue to pay the
license-fee till the result of an appeal to the Legislative
Council be known. It is to be hoped that the same mo-
derate course will be pursued at the other gold fields, when
the miners have had time for reflection, and the first feel-
ing of exasperation has worn off at the most impolitic be-
haviour of the Lieutenant-Governor in his late interview
with their delegates."
From Geelong we learn that great preparations
were being made to give eclat to the ceremony of
laying the foundation-stone of the railway terminus.
A part of the outbuildings has been contracted for,
to be erected immediately, so that they may be
used as ball and refreshment rooms in the evening.
This building, which is intended permanently as a
luggage-store, will be 100 feet long and 46 feet
wide, and will be tastefully decorated for the occa-
sion. Notwithstanding the scarcity of labour,
timber, &c., the contractor has engaged to have all
the buildings ready for the purpose intended within
three weeks. Some more very good specimens of
coal were thrown up in Thomas's well on Saturday
last. The blast shattered a stratum of ironstone
similar to that of Staffordshire, supposed to contain
50 per cent. of iron. The samples of coal are
exceedingly rich, and bear a very close resemblance
to the celebrated Cannel coal.
From Sydney we learn that Mr. Wentworth's
motion on immigration had been carried. It was

to— the effect—
" That, in order to keep up that continuous stream of
immigration which is necessary to supply the large and in-
creasing demand for labour in every branch of colonial in-
dustry, this House recommends that immediate measures
territorial revenue, a
be taken by the executive Government fo
sale of debentures, secured on the rraising
by the
further sum of 100,0001., to be remitted to the Land and
Emigration Commissioners for this purpose, upon the
s understanding that not less than four a-month shall
be despatched to this colony, until this full be exhausted."
The Constitution Committee, appointed at the
public meeting, is very active. They assembled
on Friday, when the chair was taken by Mr. J. L.
-
Montefiore, there being between thirty and forty
gentlemen present. Alter the minutes of the
last meeting were read, Mr. F. Forster moved that
the resolution adopted at the last meeting, at the
instance of Mr. Parkes, to " prepare a form of con-
stitution to be submitted
to the public meeting of
the colonists," be now rescinded, with a view to
the introduction of the
in
" prepare a petition
to the Legislative Council,"
place of the words
" re
p pare a form of constitution." A lengthy dis-
cussion ensued, which resulted in the success of
Mr.
Parkes's proposition, and a ballot was taken
for the election of a sub-committee to draw up the
outlines of the constitution. The result was the
election of the following :_Mr. Henry Parkes, Mr.
John Brown, Mr. John Kenyon Holden, Arch-
deacon M'Encroe Mr. Robert Johnson, and Mr.
R. A. A. Morehead. On the part of the sub-
committee appointed to draw up an address to the
colonists, Mr. Pennington brought up a draught
letter, which was adopted, and ordered to be pub-
lished' in the Sydney newspapers. A sub-commit-
tee was then appointed to make the necessary ar-
rangements for the public meeting. The names of
several gentlemen were added to the committee,
and some subscriptions were handed in to the trea-
surer. The address of the committee to the colo-
nists is published in the journals, and the follow-
ing is the conclusion of it
" Fellow•colonists,—You, and those who are fighting
with you this battle for your liberties,
t, are charge
withd wina.ith
ignorance of the principles of governmen an
bility to suggest a form of constitution for
election for which this colony em.
bodying the great principle of popular
they contend. In accordance with what they esteem to be
your rights and wishes, they demand in your name an elec- 1,
tive Legislature, to consist of an elective House of Assembly
elective
and an elective Legislative Council. The scheme of - i
e
organisation of the latter is a matter of t admin. is rative de. I
tail, of which a plan will be submitted to you
general principle shall have been affirmed
by as soon as the
voice of the country. We demand a just the collected
the representation of the people , in the appointment of
Parliament, by a revision of the Lower Rouse of
and a re-arrangement of electoral present. electoral system
a fair and equitable representationdistricts, E 4 as to afford
intelli-
gence, and property of the
of the numbers,
ous classes and interests. community, and of all its vari-
ous
this, we demand an extensionAs subsidiary and subordinate
classes, who, by the tech of the franchise to many
suffrage, are shut technicalities of a system of house-
holdtheir country. We out from all voice in the councils of
framed for this demand
that any constitution to be
colonshall
' sion, with a view to y be subject to periodical revi-
adaptation to tits further improvement and progres-
sivehe wants of the community, under
such will as safeguards
changes. prevent hasty or ill-considered or-
ganicby the We demand a constitution
under which,
free action of the .
representatives of the people,
t economy and retrenchment in the administration of the

public revenue shall be insured; by which a healthy and
' natural conservative influence shall be called into exercise
in the national councils ; by which equal laws shall be
enacted ; by which any ordinate power of the Executive
[ shall be prevented, and by which the prosperity and hap-
Of all shall be effectually promoted. Fellow-oolo-
• -As citizens of a free British community, we de-
menu the application of these principles, and insist on the
concession of these rights in our newform of government.
Let us remember that in union consists our strength—that
our cause is a great and righteous one. Let us peacefully,
constitutionally, but earnestly persevere in this struggle.
The British Government is on our side ; and be assured
that firm and concerted action on our part will insure an
early triumph of our principles."
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

MELBOURNE, Aug. 28.

The price of gold has remained immovable throughout
the week, notwithstanding the considerable fluctuation in
the extent of the supply, which now invariably falls off
after the middle of the week. The export of gold dust and
ingots for the week up to yesterday was confined to that
shipped by the Argo, but to-day the Bavaria was to clear
out fcr New York with some 6,000 or 7,000 ounces. The
receipts of specie hav) not much exceeded 30,000/.
In monetary and banking affairs we have no changes to
note beyond the extension and demand for draughts on
London, which shows that other remittances besides gold
dust are largely required at present to meet the increasing
bulk of importation . The United States also begin to
draw off our bullion, the departure of the first vessel direct
for the commercial capital of that republic having been
announced for to-day, as referred to above. On the t ther
hand, remittances to the amount of 1,000,0001. or upwards
will be shortly flowing into the colony from the recent
wool sales, and will restore the balance which now turns
against us,
The usual weekly return of shipping and imports includes
eight days on the present occasion, owing to the return
having been made up a day earlier than usual last week,
for transmission to England by the Argo. The aggregate
of the two weeks shows an arrival of over 4,000 tons of
shipping, and about six thousand passengers. The princi-
pal feature in the imports has been a decline in the receipts
of flour, and a large increase in those of building materials
and useful implements from Great Britain, America, and
other distant ports. These arrivals, together with the large
amount of more substantial buildings now in progress in
the city, can hardly fail to affect, shortly, the enormous
rents still demanded for small tenements, and promise ulti•
mately to increase largely the amount of storage, both for
wholesale and retail buyers.
Although a slight appearance of activity has been ira-
, parted to some branches of the wholesale trade this week,
transpired
downwardeffec
tenhdineng has
tendency which the constant
tbuyai speculative ectuo stopla tivothe n
purchasers,
heavy arrivals of goods occasion. The flour trade may,
however, be still excepted from this depression, additional
firmness having been evinced in the colonial imports of that
article, which now find a market at the full rates of the
Own mills. We have also heard of good barrel flour
realising nearly the same figure. Bran continues very
scarce, and some importers are asking ss. 6d. per bushel.
The very large receipts of oats keep down the price, and for
prime English barley lls. is obtained with difficulty.
Quotations in the wine trade are considered perfectly
nominal, and all descriptions of spirits, except rum, have
gone down lower. Martell's brandy has been sold at 10s.
6d. to 12s. per gallon. Malt liquors are also lower ; a large
quantity of bottled porter (choice brand) has changed
hands at 10s. in the bay.
In the provision trade, the subjoined price current will
show a further decline in many articles, particularly English
hams and bacon. Tea, coffee, and sugar maintain previous
rates, except English loaf sugar, which decidedly
A decline of about 2d. per lb. has been submitted to in
, manufactured tobacco. .

Timber is 10 to 20 per cent. lower, but the prices are
still highly favourable for the importers.
Exchange on London.-Purchase bills, at 30 days' sight,
par; for every additional 30 days, per cent. discount;
issue draughts, 30 days sight, 2 per cent. premium.
The following were the prices of the different articles of
food, &c. :-Flour, 301. per ton for fine ; and 281. for
seconds ; wheat, 10s. to Ils. per bushel • Indian pale ale,
10s. 6d. to lls. 3d. ; Burton ale, Bs. 6d. to 9s. ; stout.,
13s. 6d.; port in octaves 73s 6d ; brandy, 21s. per
gallon ; raisins, sid. to 7d.; brandy in cases, 465. per doz.;
radishes, 6d. per bundle ; lettuces, 6s. per dozen ; cabbages,
14s. to 20s. per dozen ; cauliflowers, 20s. to 245. ditto ;
carrots, 6s. ditto ; turnips, 4s. to 6s. ditto ; potatoes. 265.
per cwt. ; eggs, ss. per dozen ; butter, 4s. 6d. per pound ;
onions, 4d. per pound ; cucumbers, ls. 6d. each ; geese,
16s. each ; turkeys, 16s. ditto ; ducks, 14s. per pair ;
fowls, 14s. per pair.
LABOUR MARKET.
We have to notice a much greater demand for labour
during the past week than has existed for some weeks pre.
vious, in consequence of which wages have advanced a
little. The following are the present rates :-Married
couples, without family, with rations, 601. to 801. per
annum ; ditto, with family, 60/. ; married couples for
shepherds and hutkeepers, 50/. ; ditto, with young families,
45/. ; shepherds, with rations, 351. ; old shepherds, 40/. ;
hutkeepers, with rations, 301. to 351. ; general farm ser•
vants, with rations, 255. to 30s. per week ; men for lamb.
ing, 355. per week ; shearers, 20s. to 265. per 100, and
rations ; ploughmen, 30s. ; bullock drivers, with rations,
60s. to 80s. per week on the road ; horse teams, 50s. ;
labourers, 255. to 30s. per week, with rations ; haycutters
and trussers, 21. per week, or lOs. per ton ' - carpenters,
daily, 12s. per day, with rations ; ditto, 15s. to 20s. per day,
no rations ; bush carpenters, with rations, per annum, 804
to 100/. ; stockkeepers, with rations, per annum, 401. to
501. ; cooks, men, 30s. to 31. per week ; grooms, with ra.
tions, per annum, 401. to 50/. ; gardeners, with rations,
per annum, 751; blacksmiths, Cl. per week, without ra.
tions ; ditto country, with rations, 41.105. per week ; wheel.
wrights, Cl. per week ; compositors, ls. 6d. per thousand ;
ditto, 41. 18s. per week ; pressmen, 4/. 18s. per week.
Female servants.- Thorough servants, per annum,
_301;

housemaids, ditto, 251. ; lnundresses, 'attic', 30/. to 351.
nursemaids, ditto, 201. to 25/. ; cooks, ditto, 301. to 35Z.
Seamen.—To London, by the run, 401. to 45/. ; American
coast, ditto, 401., or Si. per month ; East or West Indies,
ditto, 401. ; China, ditto, 40/. ; colonial ports, ditto, 61.;
ditto, monthly, 81. to 10/.

SYDNEY, AUG. 19.

Business continued excessively dull in every'department.
The unexampled influx of goods, the want of storage, ex•
cept at ruinous rates, and the almost entire impossibility
of the transmission of goods into the interior, combine to
have a most depressing effect upon our markets. The
goods sent out generally have been shipped with but little
knowledge or regard to the real wants and interests of the
colony. The activity in trade which has for some time
past prevailed in England has given a considerable stima•
lus to prices, and added to the heavy percentage which
freight at present involves on many leading articles,
the remuneration left to the shipper will be very small.
During the week there has been a decidedly downward
tendency in prices. In fact, what has so long kept up an
appearance of firmness has been mainly our dependence on
the renewal of the demand upon our stocks which prevailed
a few months ago.
Our import market is labouring under great depression,
in consequence of the continuous influx of goods, and
anxiety on the part of importers to realise at present rates.
The arrivals have been numerous, and there is but little
prospect of any cessation for some time at least ; and it is
within our knowledge that large quantities of goods, of
the sorts mostly in demand, have been indented for from
London, and are now in course of shipment to the colonies.
The fine weather during the week has influenced a few
purchasers, and a slight attempt has been made to raise
prices, but without effect.
Sales of teas and sugars have.been made to some extent,
at our quoted rates. Coffee is extremely scarce, and only
in the hands of the trade. Patna rice has been sold in
quantity, 14s. to 15s. per bag for old samples ;18s. per bag
is asked for a recent importation.
Sales of Martell's brandy have been made at 12s. 6d.
afloat. B. P. rum is in demand at 4s. 2d. for 30 O.P. ; 4e.
10 O.P.

Bottled and draught beer extremely dull of sale, at a re•
auction upon previous rates.
At public Sales.-Java and Singapore white sugars, ox
Susan, realised 32/. to 341. per ton ; the cargo of Mauritius
sugar, ex Thames, was offered and withdrawn at 331. per
ton.
There was a brisk and animated demand for both wool
and tallow at Thursday's sales, and prices were very satis-
factory. Messrs. Berry and Holt's wool, from the Burnett
district, realised 22d. per lb., and other lots, according to
quality, in proportion.
Best beef tallow obtained 38s. 941.; mutton went as high
as 455. 9d. The sale of tallow was large-larger, it is to be
hoped, than will ever take place again in New South
Wales ; indeed, to all intents and purposes, it is so unless
tallow advances considerably higher in price, as the pro.
duce of this year's boiling is now well to market, and,
with the demand for store stock for the southern markets.
it can scarcely be believed that, except in the very far dis-
tricts, any extent oft oiling can go on for the future. Onr
shipments of tallo.r England will henceforth be almost
a dead letter, as the colonial trade will consume nearly all
that can be produce.).
Hides went rather lower.
Stock and stations steady in price. Cattle on the rise,
and saleable.
Freights to London.-Wool, 3/4d. to id. per lb. ; hides,
20s. to 255. per ton ; tallow, 30s. to 355. per ton ; oil, 34
to 31.105. per ton ; gold, per cent. by sailing vessels,
per steamer.
Exchange on London-Bank draughts, 2i per cent. pre.
mium.
Private bills (with produce hypothecated), par, if drawn
agiu,irnicsetstealulorrew,nwt_oowl
00orig_olst
perior clips, ls. 6d. to ls. 10d
;
fair to good, is. 4d. to is. sd. ; low to middling, ls. ld.
is. 4d.; grease, id. to 90.; locks, pieces, broken wool, &0.,
6d. to is. ; handwashed, ls. 2d. to ls. 9d. ; scoured, ls. to
2s. Tallow-Beef, 361. to 38/. 10s. ; mutton, 401. to 451.;
station tallow, 301. to 341. Hides, each, ss. to 138. Sheep:
skins, per lb., 3id. to 9d.

, -
(Front the Sydney Gold Circular, Aug. 19.)
Since the sailing of the Argo, business in the gold.rnarket
has not been of any amount. The price of gold has an
upward tendency, and 3/. 18s. 6d. for Port Philip and
Ovens has been given, and New South Wales 3/. 16s. 6d. ;
of the latter very little offering.
An escort from the Ovens arrived this evening, with
5,600 ounces of gold dust. The country in that district
was quite flooded, and the greatest difficulty was experi•
enced by the escort from the Ovens, fording the river with
this large amount of
money ; too much praise cannot be
bestowed on Captain Stephens and his party.
From the mines the news is more cheering. From the
Turon side new diggings are spoken of at Bueradang. At
Tambaroora the yield continued good ; as the 7th of the
month approaches parties are on the move, to avoid payiPt!.'
the license fee. The western escort brought in to-day
1,300 ounces.

The Indian Queen will be despatched to Mel-
bourne again in about a month.

TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE.—It was
understood in the City yesterday that a treaty has been
arranged between England and France, guaranteeing
Turkey against any aggression on the part of. Russia,
and that it remains for Prussia and Austria to join
therein, if they see fit.
However we may be disposed on public grounds to
inform the world of the new order of. things—of ad.
mined importance to the diner-out—w.hich has been in•
troduced at the "Wellington,"
.in Piccadilly, yet we
cannot but suggest to the proprietors, from whom we
have received a long letter, that the advertising columns
are best calculated to inform our country visitors, at this
metro-agricultural season, of the merits of their estab-
lishment. We may add that we were amongst the firsalhaonntehsetygeonfersaelllginogodwmiannesagMem theen
t
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of the Wellington, inasmuch as it has been the avant
courier of a better system of dining.—morning Paper.