The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-12 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

The Australian Steam Navigation Company's
screw-ship Victoria, Champion commander, arrived
at Falmouth on Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
She left Sydney, Sept. 17 ; Melbourne, 23 ; Ade-
laide, 29 ; King George's Sound, Oct. 9 ; and the
Cape of Good Hope, Nov. '7. She is 84 days from
Sydney, 78 from Melbourne, 72 from Adelaide, 62
from King George's Sound, and 32 days 20 hours
from the Cape of Good Hope.
She brings on freight 184,000 ounces of gold, and
has 44 first and 53 second-class passengers, who
probably possess over 20,000 ounces, some of them
having nuggets varying from 34 to 65 ounces each.
The intelligence from the colonies generally is of
a most satisfactory character.
At Sydney the rural and pastoral districts to the
north were very prosperous, and high prices were
given for stations. The city is free from robberies,
and handsome buildings are rising in all directions.
A Government surveying party was on duty at
Port Curtis or Port Gladstone, 800 or 900 miles
north. This port is said to possess many facilities
as a convenient outlet for wool and other agricul-
tural produce now conveyed expensively by land
to Sydney for export.
The Paramatta Railway is making slow progress,
in consequence of a deficiency of labour.
The Adelaide steamer was lying at anchor in
Sydney harbour, her destination undecided. She
is said to be in better condition than was at first
supposed,
The Aberdeen clipper Walter Hood was to leave
Sydney on the 12th of October for England by
Cape Horn.
The market price for gold at Melbourne is 31.
17s.—rising. Wonderful discoveries are making at
the new Ballarat diggings. Three men in six days
are said to have raised 1921 b. weight of gold. The
license fee has been commuted from V. 10s. per
month to 21. for the remainder of the year-90 to
110 days. The diggings are healthy, and the dig-
gers are adopting a more scientific mode' than for-
merly ; they sink a shaft from 6 to 12 feet diame-
ter, to a depth of from 20 to 100 feet, and from the
base work radiating tunnels, which are connected
at the outer ends by a circular tunnel. All the
produce is sent up the shaft.
Trkceptibgr nno at Sydney, all golf?" eortipanioa,
especially the Peel River, are unsuccessful, in con-
sequence of the heavy expenses. Through the in-
creased efficiency of the police the city of Mel-
bourne :s quiet. The projected railway to King
William's Town, 20 miles, has not been begun for
want of labourers. About 20 or 30 merchant ships,
with their topmasts struck, are lying useless in the,
port. Seamen are scarce ; wages, from 101. to 121.
per month. The Roxburgh Castle was to sail for
London on the 30th of September. The Hercules
was preparing for sea.

&in:Lelandsales at Melbourne had realised 1561.
per foot, or 131. per inch frontage ; fine flour, 331.;
seconds, 32/. ; cauliflowers, 18s. to 245. per dozen ;
geese, 255. to 30s. each ; fowls per pair, 14s. ;
potatoes, 30s. per cwt. ; butter, 4s. Gd. per lb. ;
hay, 351. per ton ; fat cattle, 355. per 100 lb. ; Bur-
ton ale, 61. 6s. to 7/. ; Martell's brandy, 13s. per
gallon ; champagne, 30s. to 355. per dozen ; brown
Java sugar, 171. to 211. per ton ; congou tea, 61. to
71. per chest ; Java coffee, 7d. to Bd. per lb. ;
Barrat's negrohead, 2s. 3d. to 3s. per lb. ; English
cheese, 10d. to is. per lb.: Scotch iron, 14/. to 161.
per ton ; sheet lead, 401. to 451. ; deal battens, ls.
sd. per foot ; English cordage, 501. to 60. per ton.
Slop clothing not remunerative ; superior sorts sell
better.

Freights to London.—Gold, 4id. per oz. ; wool,
id. per lb. ; hides, 20s. to 255. per ton ; tallow,
30s. per ton ; oil, 31.
Labour-Market.—Married couple (no children)
701. to 1001. per annum ; with family, 601. to 90/. ;
shepherds, 351. to 401. ; general useful servants,
701. to 75/. ; gardeners, 701. to 80/. ; men cooks, 21.
to V. per week ; carpenters, 20s. to 255. per day ;
masons, 255. to 30s. ; blacksmiths, 20s. to 255. :
farm labourers, 255. to 355. (with rations) per
week ; seamen, for London, 451. to 50/. ; coasting,
91. to 101. per month.
Rates of Exchange—Bills, 95 days 6 per cent. ;
beyond that, 7 per cent. ; purchase bills on Lon-
don, at 30 days' sight, par ; for every additional 30
days, A per cent. discount ; issue draughts on Lon-
don, at 30 days, 2 per cent. premium.
Bank Shares—No Australasian in the market ;
Union, 90 per cent. premium ; Victoria, 4/. 10s.
premium.
At Adelaide trade was improving rapidly. Pub-
lic attention was chiefly directed to the opening of
the navigation on the river Murray. A small
steamer, commanded by. Captain Caddel, was able
to tow shallow barges laden with stores through a
certain portion of the river. Governor Sir Henry
Young, had been staying at Adelaide recently.
The Echunga diggings, lemiles inland, were not
very profitable, although adventurers were still at
work there. The Cleopatra was loading copper
ore for London.
Accounts from New Zealand are favourable.
The drain of labourers from Van Diemen's Land
is severely felt by the colonists.

When the Victoria was leaving King George's
Sound on the 9th of October the Chusan
was entering. She had been to Sydney and Mel-
bourne, and was due at Point de Galle about the
29th or 30th of October. Her Majesty's ship Hydra,
bound apparently to Algoa Bay, was spoken on the
Ist of November off the Cape of Good Hope. In
consequence of the bad weather and contrary
winds, the Victoria, excepting 36 hours, has been
under steam all the voyage home. Under these
circumstances her progress is very creditable. She
bears a good character among the passengers, who
also speak in favourable terms of the skill and at-
tention of her commander.

The following summary of the position of the
colony of Victoria is extracted from the Melbourne
Argus of the 23d of September :

"THE GOLDFINDERS.

"The improvement reported in our last summary has
become more decided. The Goulburn diggings, from
which flattering accounts were received about five weeks
ago, have not fulfilled the expectations at first formed,
though recent information gives a more favourable view
of them. They are now spreading over a large extent of
territory, and a considerable number of diggers seem deter-
mined to give them a fair trial. Great things are ex-
pected of the Ovens during the ensuing summer. Ben-
digo also continues to maintain its reputation. But the
chief talk of late has been about Ballarat, the first of our
goldfields, and still worthy of being ranked among the
best. At the close of last month several diggers there
came upon what they called a regular table of gold ;
and those who were so fortunate as to strike the line

took almost fabulous quantities out of their claims,
which from their richness received the appellation of the
jewellers' shop.' The escort returns having confirmed
the current reports, a rush' was the immediate conse-
quence, though from the nature of the new diggings in
that quarter multitudes will be doomed to disappoint-
ment. All the heavy finds have been obtained by deep
sinking; and the reader will see that the term is used
with some degree of propriety, when we inform him that
the depth of the holes is frequently from 60 to 120 feet,
and that many very productive ones have lately been
above 100, The gold is found in the beds of what may be

called sUbterraneous creeks—that is, creeks which have
formerly been on the surface, btit are now buried beneath
the deposits of more recent times. This being the case
there is nothing on •the present surface to indicate
the direction of the aboriginal channel, As described
by the diggers themselves, the gold is found in a gutter
from 6 to 8 feet wide at the top, and 2 to 4 feet wide at
the bottom. It is obvious that there niust be great Un-
certainty in finding gold where it is chfined to such a
narrow and capricious line. At this moment some are
sinking for this gutter over a width of 300 yards. The
result of such a mode of operation is, that not more than
one hole in 50 hits the line, and the test are what the
diggers call 'slicers.' Some of the hales in Canadian-
gully have been estimated to yield gold to the value of
2,0001. per square foot, but this is probably an exaggera-
tion—at least we have it on good authority that one hole
(one of the richest) was valued at 8001. per runnink foot,• '
and as the gutter was ten feet wide; it •would give SOS.
for the square foot, instead of the 1,2001. or 2,0001. men-
tioned by a contemporary.
" Experiments in deep sinking have also been going
on for some time at Bendigo, with the view of reaching
a seoond bottom, and, should experience .confirm the
conjectures- of speculation as to there being several au-
riferous bottoms, we sball enter upon a new era in gold
digging. There might, in that case, arise a necessity for
a different set of regulations for the management of the
goldffeldA. dining would come to be followed as a pro-
fession, in which capital and co-operation would be in-
dispensable requisites to continuous industry and success.
" Since the date of our last summary (Aug. 18), the
escorts have brought down 258,927 oa. The returns
show a steady weekly increase, with. the exception
of last week, which exhibits a shortcomitig of no less than
12,000 oz., taking the average returns. the preceding
four weeks. This is attributable, no bt, to the re-
cent agitation in that locality, which h thus cost the
la
diggers about 50,0001. It may have a eared a small
matter, looking only at the loss of time, devote a day
to a great demonstration; but it makes a • erent figure
when considered statistically. Had the statistics of in- 1
tff
dustry been always preserved with the tame accuracy,
and been so immediately resolvable into a demonstra-
tion of pecuniary profit or loss, the industrial classes
might have received many a salutary lesson.
"In the table of receipts which we subjoin, the re-
turns by the private escort should be added to those
from Bendigo and M'lvor, but as we are unable to give
the exact share due to each, we enter them separately:—
" GOLD RECEIVED BT ESCORT SINCE AUGUST 13, 1853.

Aug. 20. Aug. 27. Sep. 3. Sep. 10. Sep. 17.
Bendigo, &c. ... 26,167 35,360 39,077 41,681 21,738
APlvor 1,438 1,408 2,597 1,590 1,633
Private escort ... 6,313 4,552 4,846 3,090
Ballarat 4,738 5,945 8,377 15,257 13,515
Ovens 5,746 5,995 5,358
Goulburn 436

1,970

Total 44,402 47,265 60,892 63,588 42,780
" OUR WOOL.

iQ The space which circumstances have caused us to
devote in the present summary to other matters precludes
us from entering at any length upon the subject of
minor products of the colony. We know, however,
that British interests are so far involved in the article
of Australian wool that we have prepared some informa-
tion with reference to that article which will doubtless
prove interesting.

"From returns with which we have been favoured by
the Customs authorities at the undermentioned ports of
this colony, we have been enabled to compile the follow-
ing comparative table of exports of wool, which before
the discovery of gold was our staple production :

"WOOL SHIPPED DURING THE YEARS ENDING JULY 5.
1852. 1853.
lb. lb.
Melbourne 9,389,967 ... 10,248,049
Geelong
Port Fairy 723,400 ... 1,259,725
Portland 1,752,800 ... 3,080,560

18,657,567 21,310,294
"The number of bales in 1852'was 66,634 ; and in
1853, 76,108.
"But it would be wrong if we did not apprise our
British readers that a process is going on, of which we
have before warned them, and which may one day
seriously affect the supply of wool which they now
draw from these shores. The value of the carcass
is so steadily gaining upon that of the fleece as natu-
rally to affect the care with which each is watched by
the settler. Fine, fat, large-sized sheep now frequently
sell at 30s. each, the current price before the gold
discovery having been 10s. to 125., while the fleece has
scarcely improved in value at all. So fast, too, is the
proportion between meat and its consumers altering that
higher prices still for the carcass are reasonably to be
looked for.

" Besides this, that terrible scourge of the sheepowner,
the scab, is spreading rapidly through our flocks, and
the high rate of labour prevents the squatters from grap-
pling withlit tbaZnetr..o.ll.229lpile—iii.ffoCkii_of
'unliianageable *en y,campe t, and allowed
to wander; and, except when brought up by wide
rivers, this devastating disease progresses almost un-
opposed.

"A continuous high price of wool in the English mar-
kets will afford a great encouragement to the settlers to
struggle with these two tendencies so greatly deteriora-
tive to our.wool ; and the manufacturers of Great Britain
will have to afford that encouragement, or they must
gradually teach themselves to look elsewhere for a supply.
" GRAIN.
"For a supply of breadstuffs we must still reconcile
ourselves to looking abroad. Our own production is a
mere drop in the bucket compared with our consumption;
and so numerous is our population becoming, and such
large consumers are they of all the necessaries of life,
that the supplies of all adjacent colonies, New Zealand
included, must for a long time be utterly inadequate to
our requirements. We have considerable stocks of
American flour on hand ; but shipments from the ports
of the United States appear now to have been nearly
suspended ; and, as is always the case in a rapidly-fluc-
tuating market, low prices have for a time prevailed,
and we begin to fear a possible scarcity before our own
harvests come round. It is rather a fearful thought to
those who do not deal in flour, and therefore have no
interest in high prices, that a community like ours, ac-
customed to extravagant consumption, is so far distant
from all extensive sources of supply. The course of
post with England and America necessarily, occupies
many months, and between the periods of orders being
sent and being executed there seems quite a possibility
of prices ranging from a rate that will be ruinous to
shippers—to one little short of famine to the consumer.
While fodder continues so high that oaten hay has long
been, pound for pound, dearer than wheaten flour, our
agriculturists will naturally avoid turning their atten-
tion to the production of grain. And in the meantime,
probably for many years, the supply of these colonies
with breadstuffs will constitute a trade very well worth
the careful attention of the merchants of Great Britain
and America.

"TRADE AND COMMERCE.
" The market is still overstocked with goods ; but
our extraordinary powers of consumption have prevented
anything like a decided glut, while symptoms of a firmer
feeling are beginning to appear. Credit and confidence
are unshaken ; and activity is discernible in every de-
partment of industry and enterprise. Building opera-
tions are carried on to a surprising extent, and the town
is consequently spreading out in all directions, and ex-
hibiting an improvement in external appearance which
would reflect credit on older cities. A new hotel has
been opened, fitted up in a style of great magnificence.
An arcade has been erected in the centre of the city.
Public baths are added to the list of our luxuries. We
have now a post-office, which is a perfect model of com-
pleteness and convenience ; and, if the official manage.
ment of the institution bear any analogy to the mecha-
nical perfections of the building, we shall hear no
more complaints about postal irregularities. We have
the pleasure also of recording in this summary a de-
cided progress in railway undertakings. The Mel-
bourne and Hobson's Bay Railway is in course of
construction, and is expected to be opened for traffic
in six or eight months. The terminus at the bay is
to be connected with a pier, which will admit of large
vessels coming alongside for discharging their cargo.
This will be of immense advantage, not only to mer-
chants, who will thereby get their goods landed both
at less expense and in better Order, but also to immi-
grants, who will be saved from the vexations attending
the present system. The wonder is that such a work
was not undertaken sooner, but, once begun, we hope
that it will be pushed forward speedily to its com-
pletion.

" IMMIGRATION.

"The immigration returns show a slight diminution
in the number of new arrivals. Cases of desti-
tution are not so frequent as they were and com-
plaints on the parts of immigrants of hardships endured
during the voyage, or at landing, are not so constant as
they used to be. Instances, however, still occur. In
our last summary we referred to a case of misconduct on
the part of a captain of a passenger vessel of a. peculiarly
aggravated character, and it will be some satisfaction to
those who read our former remarks to learn that the
delinquent has since been sentenced to three years' hard
labour on the roads. The owners of a vessel who could
intrust human lives to such a drunken ruffian as this
man was proved to be richly deserve a similar fate.
"OUR SOCIAL CONDITION.
"There is one aspect of our social condition respecting
which it is of essential importance that correct ideas
should be entertained in Europe ; it relates to the su-
premacy of law and order, the security of person and
property. We are far from saying that all is accomplished
in this respect that is desirable, or that every man who
contributes to the revenue of the State has a right to
expect.

"The outrages to which we had so often to refer
eight, ten, and 12 months ago, in and around Melbourne,
are now of comparatively rare occurrence—a fortunate
state of things, however, which will not long endure if
our Legislative Council do not make a vigorous stand
against the unwise and mistaken interference of the
Duke of Newcastle and the Imperial Government with
the measure which the Council passed last session against
the unrestricted admission into the colony of condi-
tionally pardoned convicts from Van Diemen's Land.
" Provisions in general are not dear, in proportion to
house rent ; at least tea, sugar, butchers' meat, ai_l?c:
ni:l
potatoes are at a reasonable price ; but bread, k
butter, and ouch vegetables as turnips, cabbages, dsc,,

are still at a high figtire ; the quartern loaf is ls.
It is evident, then, that. the first and necessary
o
expenses which meet a man n landing 'are very heavy ;
but let not the new corner be therefore discouraged, if
he is the sort of man suited to the colonyand almost
all working and labouring men are—he will soon be in a
position to meet his expenses, and alsO to put by money
to join one of the many building and freehold land socie-
ties which the high price of land and extravagant rents
have called into active existence within the last few
months. English readers given to such pursuits as mar-
ket gardening, poultry-keeping, dairy-farming, &c.,
will form their own conclusions of the prospects of those
following such callings in a country with a range of
prices like that quoted in our market report. Battersea
gardeners, Surrey fowl-tenders, and the dairy people of
Kent and Essex will probably tick their lips at the
thought of cauliflowers at 2s. a piece, eggs at ss. per
dozen, and milk 2s. per quart. We can assure one and
all of such that we have room for thousands of them ;
that these high prices do not arise from any natural
mtahnatantyhenugmarbdeerneorf weailtltlfie,mlanpdlenttby6 opfoullatzyd-;
woman hens innumerable.
tsfclaercdiatyiry,•

" It must be distinctly understood, in spite of all the
croaking' letters which have swarmed in the English
papers, that the industrious workman may secure em-
ployment at high wages the very day he lands, while at
the same time, the clerk, shoprnan, or broken-down city
idler lingers about our streets dispirited, unemployed,
and miserable."

VESSELS IN HOBSON'S BAY AND THE RIVER, SEPT. 22.
Ships--Her Majesty's ship Electra, on the station,
Australia, Auriga, Ariadne, Amphitrite, Alexander
John Kerr, Ariosto, Amaranth, Akbar, Aurarai Asia,
Benjamin R. Milam, Barrend Willem, Calliope, -Con-
stant, Clara Symes' Castillian, Caroline Glen, Duke of
Bedford, Derrick Cimitle, Emma Goodwin, Edward,
Euphrasia, Europa, Frances Henty, Falcon, Francis
Ridley, Formosa, Five Brothers, Gibson Craig, Hemp-
syke, Hurricane, Hanover, Ivanhoe, Indiana, Jupiter,
Jessore, Julie Kate, Kotrenaar, Lady Kennaway, Lord
George Bentinck, Lochiel, Lowell, Louisa Baillie, Lo-
dervyk, Anthonie, Leland, Medusa, Marcia, Metropo-
lis, Martha, New Orleans, Nimrod, North Atlantic,
Oscar the First, Prince Arthur, Prince Regent, Passa-
roeang, Propontis, Pacific, Queen of Sheba, Roxburgh
Castle, Rajasthan, Rockland, Sussex, Splendid, South,
Sea, St. George, Texas, Una, Van Galen, Vandalia,
Wilhelmburg.
Steamers—City of Norfolk, Hercules, Lowestoft,
Manchester, Victoria, Osmanli.
Barques—Alabama, Alstar, Ajax, Aden, Antilles,
Anthracite, Asa Thor, Aurora, Argaum, Alibi, Augusta,
Brightman, Bonnie Doon, Bonanza, Bright Planet,
Belle Vue, British Isle, Belle, Benjamin Heape, Chief-
tain, Cheviot, Couriren, Charlotte, Carthagena, Chal-
lenger, Clarkstone, Casho, Canton, Chicora, Chilian,
Duke of Norfolk, Dement, Dorothea Henrietta, Don
Pedro, Deane, Dreadnought, Dolores, Daniel Ross,
Emma, Elenora, Lancaster, Esther Frances, Eliza,
Fleetwood, Flint, Francis, Fairy Queen, George Hope,
General Chasse, Gem of the Sea, Gay Head, Golden
Age, Helen, Heart of Oak, Hope, Helen Liasay, Helen
and Mary, Isabelita, Hyne, Ida, Jane, John Buchanan,
Konig Willem, 11., James John Pink, Jane Catherine,
Johann Georg, Lady Sandys Lady Emma, Lady
M`Naughten, Lochnagar, Lady Anne, Lucy L. Hale,
Luna de Paita, Lorenzo Sabine, Lord Ashley, Marquard
Family, Marchioness of Douro, Monarch, Mary Green,
Mary Parker, Mary Anne, Margaret Maximilian, Theo-
dore, New Forest, Nimrod, Nautilus, Oceanica, Onyx,
Potomac, Panope, Protector, Perthsire, Rostoch, Rival,
Rowalan, Rebecca, Reaper, Stats Radets Farheus, Salo-
pian, Sarah Hooper, Sagittarius, Stratheden, Surrey,
Sultana, Sir W. Molesworth, Sydney Packet, Sandwich,
Salsette, Scottish Maid, St. Anne, Sophia, Burbidge,
Tutelina, Thomas Harrison, Theokend, Trent, Twe
Anthonys, Timandra, Thomas Hughes, Tomatin, Uni-
corn, Urania, U. Cette Cornelius de Witte, Uncle Torn,
Vigilant, Will Watch, William Hyde, Wilhelmine,
Willing, Wellington, Whampoa, Yarmouth, Yarra.
Brigs.—Algerine, Anne, Amy, Anna Dixon, Bernard,
City of Sydney, Calypso, Clara, Dove, Diana, Deborah,
Experiment, Envoy, Ellen and Elizabeth, Exchange,
Elizabeth Hughes, Esperanza, Fortuna, Flash, Flint,
Favaurite, Grecian Queen, Guiana, Gem, Huntley, Har-
mony (2), Henry William, Henrietta, Harriet, Highland
Lassie, Idare, Joanna, Julia, Isabella, John Scott, Jane
Geary, Lavinia, Louisa, Lady Jocelyn, John Robertson,
Louis and Miriam, Lord Montgomery, Lydia, Mary
Clarke, Maypo, Maid of Erin, Maid of Julpha, Maria,
Margaret, Mercury, Nile, Omri, Peri, Pryde, Randolph,
Rolla, Richard, Rapid, Sailor's Friend, Speculation,
Swordfish, Seaton, Sesta, Sisters, Standard, Sir William
Wallace, Treasure, Teak, Triton, United, Union, Ur-
dina, Valiant, Venture, Vulture, Vernon, Village
Belle, W. and M. Brown, Wave, Witness, Watchful,
Wee Tottie, Workington. William Henry, Xenophon,
Xarifa, Zuma.
Schooners.--Her Majesty's schooners Anonyma and
Empire, Agnes, Agend, Adolphus Yates, Angostura,
Australian, Apparition, Adelaide, Ada, Albion, Brissal,
Brilliant, Barra Barra, Briton, Creole, Ceres, Caroline,
Camilla, Crispin, Cecilia, Collina, Coila, Catherine, Dove,
Don Juan, Durham, Douglas, Elenora, Elizabeth,
Euphemia, Eucalyptus, Elizabeth Jane, Ellen and
Elizabeth, Eureka, Ester Arthur, Flora Bells, Flying
Squirrel, Fanny Gann, Favourite, Freebridge, Freedom,
Grafton, Georgina, Hannah, Harriet, Henry, Henry
and Edward, Henrietta, Hercules, Hoppett, Indianola,
Jenny Lind, John Nussea, James Paxton, Kestrel,'
Laurel, Luisa, Maria, Lusitanit, Lioness, Mary Anne,
Mary and Ellen, Martha and Elizabeth, Margaret, Maid
of Alicante, Mount Alexander, Mary Goddard, Messen-
ger, Mary Stewart, Meg Merrilies, Malvine, Patrick,
Princess Victoria, Phcebe, Pauline, Pasha, Pilot, Queen
of Perth, Reliance, Red Rover, Reindeer, Robel, Rat-
tler Rebecca, Scotia, Sebim, Sulla, Salcombe Castle,
Swift, Tiger, Thane of Fife, Velocity, Viceroy,Vabillia,
Vixen, Willing Lass, Waterwitch, Yarra.
Hulks, &c.—Deborah, President, Success (penal
hulks), Sacrament() (immigrant depot), J. W. Dare
(lightship), Sir Harry Smith (guardship), Argyle (Austra-
lian Steam. Navigation Company's coal depot), Janet
(Argus storeehip).

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Gold.—The market was firm, at 3/. 16s. 9d., and more
business doing, several small parcels being made up for
the Victoria.

Stubbs and Son sold lots 9 and 10, 47 feet in a right
of way, at the corner of King and Collins streets to
Captain M'Alahon for 1,0571. 10s.

FLOUR AND GRAIN MARKET, SEPT. 22.
Dight and Rucker's Mill.—Fine flour, 331. ; seconds,
321. ; bran, ss. 6d. ; wheat bought at lls.
W. Degraves and Co.'s Mill.—Fine flour, 35/. ; se-
conds, 33/. ; bran, 6s. ; wheat bought at 12s.

PRODUCE MARKET, SEPT. 22.
For some time past the market has been very badly
supplied with all kinds of colonial produce, and prices
still higher. The following are he prices at the western
market :—Cauliflowers, 1873. to 245. per dozen ' • cabbages
18s. per dozen ; carrots, 10s. per. dozen bundles ; tur-
nips, 4s. per dozen bundles ; onions, 48. per dozen
bunches ; celery, 2s. 6d. per head ; asparagus, ss. per
bundle ; lettuces, 4s. per dozen ; eggs, 4s. to ss. per
dozen ; geese, 255. to 30s. each ; fowls, 14s. per pair ;
ducks, 18s. per pair ; potatoes, 30s. per cwt. ; butter,
4s. 3d. per lb.

HAY-MARKET, SEPT. 22.
The market has been fairly supplied. Good hay is
worth 351. or 361. per ton. Van Diemen's Land and
Adelaide hay sells for about 251. per ton.
STOCK-MARKET, SEPT. 22.
Fat Cattle—The market has been well supplied lately
with fat cattle, and prices have been from 30s. to 375,
6d. per 100113. for first quality, and for second quality
255. to 30s. per 100 lb. ,Calves are scarce. Working
bullocks in good condition are worth from 241. to 301.
per pair.
Sheep—For fat wethers, first quality, 28s. to 30s. is
asked, second quality, 225. to 265. ; good fat ewes, 16s,
to 17s. Good lambs are worth about 15s.
Horses—A large number of horses have been offered
lately, and prices are as follows :—Superior stanch
draught horses, from 801. to 1201. ; good hacks, from
50/. to 70/. ; rough draught horses, from 351. to 50/. A
lot of young stock sold last week at an average of 201.
per head.

GEELONG, SEPT. 17.
Gold has advanced slightly during the week, the figure
now being 3/. 16s. 6d. per ounce.
The market for produce and supplies continues the
same as last week, except that flour remains firm at a
small advance ; fine flour, 351. ; seconds, 321. to 33/. ;
bran, 38. 9d. to 4s. ; potatoes, 251. to 281. ; wheat,
10s. 6d. to lls. ; oats, 12s. to 13s. ; maize, Bs. to .
theacree-bushel sacks, 20s. per dozen ; woolpacks,
55.10 s 6d.;
h ; twine, ls. 3d. per lb. ; h
51. ss. ; congou, 5/. 10s. to W. 6sysonskin tea, 3/. to. ; sugar, Zebu, ;
Pampanga, 221. 10s. ; Mauritius, 30/. ; Sydney pieces,
37/. ; loaf, 701. Tobacco-Barrett's, 2s. to 2s, 2d.;
Kerr's, ls. 3d. • keg, 10d. ; cigars, No. 2, 41, Ss. ; No.
3,3/. 10s. 'Soap-Liverpool, 25/. ; colonial, 34/.
Candles-sperm, 2s. ; patent sperm, ls. 4d. to is. sd. ;
tallow, 7d. Bacon and hams, is. to is. 2d. ; cheese:
colonial, 9d. to 10d. ; English, is. to is. 2d. ; hap, 151
to '25/. per ton coals, Si. to 6/.
In the stock market here is very little alteratio,
rates.
generally selling at very little below last week'srsoL to
Good draught horses, 90/. to 100/. ; ordinary, 35/. ;
651.: inferior, 30/. to 501. ; good hacks,
goo.,
d 341. to
inferior, 151. to 25/. ; working bullocks,
fa cattle, good
361, per pair ; inferior, 181. to Nay
enii,
h 16s. to 18s. ;
weights, 10/. to 121. 12s. ;
fattowe4ot.; stock
bullock drays,
horses, carts, and drays, 35/. „„4
351. to 40/. ; spring carts, 40/. to Du

(Front the MI Ivor Price Cur; eat, Sept. 16, 1853.)
Goods of all kinds are in increased demand. A good
quantity has been sent to the Goulburn, which has had
a tendency to keep prices here firm. Horse dof all
kinds is scarce. Oats, 40s. ; bran, Ms. Sales of flour
have been effected aglow as 501. a ton, which must entail
a heavy loss to the seller. Horses scarce and high.
Tools are again inquired after, but at a low price, in con-
sequence of the large quantity of second-hand articles on
the ground. Gold, 735. to 735. 6d., little offering ; and
the unsettled state of the Melbourne market, and the
threatened imposition of an exbpaoart; dteuat,y,2Bh.a6vde.dpeteerrrlebd:
artypersrioferso.—m
Fpuloricthr,as7iln.ga.
9d. ;butter, butter, ti, ;cheese (English), 30,
coffee, 3s, ; sugar,

(From fate Melbourne Wholesale Price Current, Thursday,
Sept. 22, 1853.)
Sinai) our last summary this market has undergone a
considerable change for the better. The causes to
which We there alluded have been to a great extent
removed, and the opening up of new diggings at Balla-
rat has also contributed to this result. The late news
from China has had its influence upon the tea market,
and a considerable advance has taken place ; congou
may novr be quoted at from 61. to 71., and hysonskin
from 5/, per chest. There is a fair demand for sugars of
the fine sorts ; Batavia sugar is worth 351. to 38/. Large
shipments of sugav are expected, and the present prices
cannot be relied upon. Salt is very scarce; coarse salt
sells at 91. and fine at 10/. Bacon and hams are not very
much inquired for. Oiliivni's stores are in tolerably active,
demand: No change has taken place in the flour mar-
ket, which keeps firm, with every probability of advanc-
ing. For Adelaide flour 361. may be quoted. The pro-
posed citify on spirits has caused a great demlandll3atelayd
b:
At a sale of Martell's pale brandy on Friday.'
vance was obtainedfor 13 hoo-sheads. Caseb!-anasdty is ass.ked
for at 30s. in bond. The timber-market s dull at pre-
sent, and prices are lower. The same
remiariE applies to
bricks. Soft goods suitable for this market s from
30 to 40 per, cent. on the invoice prices. 800% and
shoes are to be bought at very low prices,-the market
being quite full.
By recent arrivals from Singapore and Great Britain
a large number of iron and wooden houses have been
imported. Many descriptions of houses of these materials,
"especiall7 of zinc and iron, are not very-.well adapted to
our wants, their low elevation, combined with other
defects, rendering them little better in summer than so
many camp-ovens. The subjoined list will give, as
nearly as can be done in so fluctuating a market, the
prices current of most articles :-
Beer.--Burton ale, per hhd., 61. to 7/. ; other ditto,
per hhd., 71. to 91. 10s. ; bottled ditto, per dozen, 11s.
to 13s. ; Taylor's porter, per hhd„ 6/. to 8/. ; other ditto,
per hhd., 61. 10s. to 71. ; bottled ditto, per dozen, 12s.
6d. to 14s.
Spirits-Brandy, Martell's, per gallon, 13s. to 13s.
6d.; Longue*, per gallon 12s. 6d. to 13s. 6d. In
Bond-Geneva, per ease, "gallons' saleable, 11. 4s. to
11. 6s. ; rum, West India, per gallon, 4s. to 53. ; ditto,
East India, 'per gallon, 2s. 3d.. to 2s. 9d:; Whisky, per
gallon, 3a. 6d. to 4s. 6d.
Wines-Champagne, per dozen, 11. 10s. to 1/. 15s. ;
claret, per dozen, no demand, 12s. to 182. ; Marsala, per
pipe, 151. to 171. ; port, per pipe, 301, to 451. ; ditto, per
dozen, 1/. ss. to 1/. 10s. ; sherry, per pipe, 30/. to 501. ;
Teneriffe, per pipe, 151. to 161.
Provisions-Cheese, English, large stock, per lb., 10d.
to is. ; Dutch, per lb. 7d. to 101 ; American, per lb., ls.
to ls. 2d. ; Ham, English,
per lb., ls. to Is. 2(1. ; herrings,
red, half-brl., 11.10 s. t 011.155. ; Oatmeal, Scotch, per lb.
14d. to 2d. ; pearl barley, per cwt., 11.10 s. to 1/.145. ; peas,
split per cwt., 14s. to 11. is. • peas; whole, Calcutta,
per cwt., 10s. 6d. to 125.; salted fish, perlb., 4d. to 6d.;
preserved salmon, per lb., is. 4d. to 25.; butter, per
lb., ls. 9d. to 25.; vinegar, of malt, per gallon, 2s. 3d.,
to 2s. 9d ; French, white wine, per gallon, ls. 6d. to
ls. 9d.; pickles quarp, 15s. to 18s.; pickles, pints, 12s.
to 135.; salad, oil, quarts, 18s. to 11. 4s. -
Salt.-Coarse Liverpool, per ton, in demand 8/. to
91.; rock, per ton, dull 21.; St. Übe's per ton, 3/. 10s.
to 41. dairy, per ton, 81. to 914 stoved, per ton, 121.;
ditto, in 21b. jars, per dozen, 7s. 6d. to 95.; saltpetre,
East India, refined, per lb., 4d. to 9d.
Fruit.-Almonds, Jordan, per lb., 2s. 6d. to 3s. ;
shell, soft, per lb. ls.; apples, dried. American per lb.,
7d.; currants, per cwt., 51. 125.; figs, per drum, ls. to
is. 6d. ; raisins, Elemi, per cwt., 21. ss. to 21. 10s. ;
ditto, Valencia, none, 41. to 41. 10s. 7d. ; ditto, Musca-
tel per lb., none, 10d.
Iron.-Scotch, per ton, 141. to .16/. ; Welsh, per ton,
none offering, 101. 10s. to 121. hoop, sizes, per ton, 181.
to 20/. ; nail, rod, per ton, 8/. to 10/. ; nails, patent
(sizes), per cwt., 2/. 2s. to 21. ss. ; ditto, shingle, per
cwt., 50/. • sheet iron, per ton, 281. to 341.
Ld.Sheet, per ton, 401. to 45/. ; shot, per ton,
301. to 34/. .
Zinc.-Rolled, per ton, 601. to 651. ; plumbic, 651. to
701.

•
Oils.-Black, per tun, 601. to 651. ; linseed, boiled,
per gallon, 7s. 6d. to Bs. 3d. ; ditto, raw, per gallon, 6s.
6d. to 7s. ; sperm, per tun, 801.
Slates.- In demand-Ladies, per 1,000, 15/. to 201. ;
countesses, per 1,000, 301. to 351. ; duchesses, per 1,000,
401. to 451.
Timber.-Battens, deals, per foot, is. 6d. • battens,
cedar, is. 10d. to 2s. ; cedar, in log. 41. to Si. 55.; deals,
red, 11 by 3, per foot, 2s. 2d. ; ditto, 9 by 3, per foot,
is. 10d. to 2s.
Cordage and Twine-English, per ton, 501. to 601. ;
Manilla rope, patent, per ton, 1001. to 1101. ; wool
lashing, per ton ; sale, 251. to 301. ; sewing twine, per
lb., ls. ld. to is. 3d. ; shop twine, per lb., ls. to ls. 6d.
Freights to London-Gold, 4.id. per oz., delivered at
the Bullion-office ; wool, greasy, 4d. per lb. ; ditto
washed, id. per lb. ' • hides, 20e. to 255. per ton ; tallow,
11, 109. per ton, and 5 per cent. ; oil, 31. per tun, and 5
per cent.

The following is from the Sydney correspondent
of the Times :

SYDNEY, Aug. 28.—Since the departure of the
last mail by the Oilman, we have been passing
through a period of political agitation, excited by
the new Constitution Bill. The report of the
committee and the act itself were published to-
wards the end of July. The Opposition, which up
to that time had been very feeble, having nothing
to deal with but mere rumours of what were the
leading provisions of the bill, immediately became
active and decided. A " Constitution" committee
was formed out of doors, by which a public meet-
ing was called at the theatre on the 15th of August,
the day before the debate on the second reading of
the bill was to commence in the Council. The
object of the committee was to procure the rejec-
tion of the part of the bill creating a nominee
Upper House, and the still more unpopular provi-
sion that it should ultimately become a kind of
elected peerage ; if it failed in this, the committee
intended to demand a postponement of the second
reading till the colony should have fully considered
the plan, and, if the delay were not conceded, it
was proposed to petition the Governor-General to
dissolve the present Council, in order that the
whole question might referred to its successor.
The meeting was accordingly held, and the citi-
zens really appeared roused from their usual in-
difference to politics. The theatre was filled in
every part, and, altogether, it was the most in-
fluential demonstration of public opinion that has
been made here since the close of the anti-trans-
portation movement, which was rather a social than
a political question. The resolutions passed con-
tained protests against the portions of the Consti-
tution Act abovementioned, and a demand that
the decision on the bill should not
be hurried.
They were all adopted unanimously.
On the 16th the second reading of the measure
was moved by Mr. Wentworth, in a very able and vigorous address, though it was perha rather
calculated to command admiration thanps, to make
converts. He defended every part of the plan,
even those which it was
generally
known would
not be pressed or insisted ouby those who framed
it. He denied to the citizens of Sydney any right
to an increased share in the representation, ,
dis-
puting even their utility to the colony,naswmnulech
could do quite as well without the
as they produced little or nothing, andra were mere
brokers and. agents between the colonial con-
sumers and the European exporters. They were
not an " interest" in the true sense of the word,
but a mass of population merely, and not a
city
intelligent one. Sydney itselkhee
sui generic, being SaiteCdl' with a host
a place infested whom
of people calling themselves A consti-
tuency colony could do very
witness to character
tuency has seldom had sucba ;
well Without.
but past services
in its principal representativeih a privilege, and the
have given Mr. thator some of his hasty expres-
Wentw
electors probably f°Clierpreted too literally. The
sions are not
dthebereni- haughty tone of the whole
passionate -
speech would have induced a hearer to expect a
declaration
of " no surrender" on any point at its
array of arguments in support of
the
close. But•
the scheme In all its integrity, and the contempt
virtualexpre
d for its opponents, were followed by a
abandonment of the chief provision of the
sse
bill, and a larger concession to the Opposition than
its petition demanded. Mr. Wentworth proposed
that the second reading of the bill, at the close of
the debate, should only be considered as affirming
the principle that the future Legislature should
consist of two Chambers, leaving it an open ques-
tion whether the Upper House should be elected or
nominated, and that, after the second reading, on
these conditions, the Council should be adjourned
for three months, which would give ample time to
the colonists to consider the whole subject.
The debate was then adjourned for a week, was
resumed on the 23d of August, and may not be con- k
eluded for some days, but the course suggested by Mr. Wentworth will certainly be adopted. The Op-
position can scarcely object to it, though proposed
by the advocates of the bill to enable them to pro-
cure some indication of support from the colonists
of the interior, whose opinions, it ssupposed, will
be some kind of counterpoise to
those so rapidly
and. decidedly declared by the
_inhabitants of Syd-
ney. At the same time it
may be observed the few
meetings that have been held in the towns of the
interior have all been against the bill as it stands;
and the press of the colony is almost unanimous in-
opposing it.
It appears to have been doubted from the first

spring mioTation to the diggings is already visible.
here. The same is reported from Melbourne.
Business has slightly revived, and there will, no
doubt, be a more marked improvement as soon as
the roads of the interior are again open.
Several persons have been arrested in Victoria on
suspicion of being concerned in the robbery of the
gold escort ; but they have all been discharged for
want of evidence. The wounded troopers are re-

covering. •
The wine-growers of the colony have at last re-
solved to bring their- produce boldly- and directly
into the market, and compete with the foreign
wines, now so largely imported. A depot for the
sale of colonial wine is about to be established in
kept
oSfy
tdhnee
vneunderg
Wine-growers'
e as, aA
sgs
oe me
ae
tnito
no.f tlf heicot
supplied with good samples, and the public are
enabled to purchase in convenient quantities, the
speculation has every chance of success.
A petition was presented to the Council on the
26th of August from the inhabitants of the More-
ton Bay district against the 51st clause of the Con-
stitution Act. By this clause the 26th degree of
latitude is stated to be the boundary of the pro-
vince of New South Wales. It is really its old
boundary, but by a recent act of the Imperial Par-
liament power is given to the Crown, on the peti-
tion of the inhabitants, to separate the Moreton
Bay district from New South Wales at the 30th
degree of latitude, and give the former an indepen-
dent local Government. The only condition, how-
ever, on which this separation would be granted is
that Moreton Bay, or whatever its future name as
a province may be, should receive convicts again.
At one time the Moreton Bay settlers were inclined
to do so, being almost wholly without a supply of
labour ; but now their advocate in the Council
states that the majority of the colonists in that
district would oppose the establishment of a new
penal settlement there. It would put them under
the ban of all the other provinces, and the people
of New South Wales would certainly resist most
energetically any measure that would separate a
portion of its territory for the renewal of the sys-
tem of transportation. Mr. Wentworth spoke
strongly against the continual division of the
country " into as many separate Governments as
people chose to imagine would suit their conve-
nience,"—a policy that, by creating a number of
petty States, would at last render the introduction
of the federal system inevitable.
The western escort arrived here on the 26th of
August, bringing 1,650 ounces of gold from the
Sofala and Bathurst fields. The escort of the pre-
vious week brought from the same localities 1,397
ounces.

Owing to the demand for gold for remittance to
England there is little chance of any great reduc-
tion in its price. The Victoria gold still commands
the highest rates, from its superior quality ; it
stands at 3/. 18s. and 3/. 18s. 6d. per ounce. The
last quotation for New South Wales' gold is
3/. 16s. 9d.

The M'lvor diggings are being deserted for a
new field opened on the Goulbtum, about 36 miles
north-east of Iliqvor.

SEPT. 16.
The new Constitution Bill for New South Wales
was read a second time in the Legislative Council
of that province on the 2d of September, by a ma-
jority of 34 votes to 8 ; two members voted in the
minority solely on account of the clause in the bill
relating to the northern boundary line of the pro-
vince. The further consideration of the measure
is postponed till the 6th of December. A public
dinner is to be given in Sydney to the eight mem-
bers who composed the minority in the Council.
On the IStb of September a great public meeting
was held in Sydney to agree to a petition to her
Majesty, containing a protest against the provisions
of the Constitution Bill, as opposed to the wishes
and interests of the inhabitants, and to all sound
principles of British liberty. The petitioners ex-
press a desire to see established a form of govern-
ment framed in accordance with the genius and
spirit of the constitution of their mother country,
and declare that the present Legislative Council
does not, and cannot represent, the voice of tiny
people of New South Wales, and is, therefore, in-
competent to frame a constitution which will be
satisfactory to the inhabitants of the colony. They
also declare their perfect confidence in the wisdom
and justice of *the Imperial Parliament, and the
sentiments that sway the Councils of her Majesty
on this question ; and they pray her Majesty to
withhold her assent to any measure that may fail
to embody the views and wishes of her Majesty's
loyal subjects and petitioners, and that some regard
be paid to those views in any measure that may be
laid before the ImperiaglsaPnoairrwleihauim.selheynitaa.stodp
meTehtiengp,etthiteiopnro
tfeodr
severalbythl
wceasedituin
hours.
The
T
Legislative Council of Victoria had been
opened on the 30th of August. The speech of the
Governor, Mr. Latrobe, Contained an unexpected
announcement to abolish the gold-license fee. The
decision must have t
been, suddenly taken, since, in
his reply to the
the
diggers
to deputation and memorial,
and his despatches
Governorfthoef New
fee hadbeen
South
Wales, the continued collection
insisted on. In the meantime however, °however, the atti-
tude of the miners had become more threatening,
and it had been found necessary to send the mili-
tary force in Melbourne to the goldfields. Up to
the departure of the mail there had been no intelli-
gence of any collision.
For the next three months a fee of
the act
21. is to be
collected ; at the expiration of that period
will have been of
or reducing it to a nominal sum forpurpose
registration. passed abolishing the
thefee altogether,
n Ids o f p
n the he the This sudden change of policyeondetrheitpiamrtoosfsitbhle
Government of Victoria would re
to maintain the license fee o
The Constitution Bi
pro-
vince of New South WaWales.lerictoria, it is ,
sv.
ll
on the elective principle.
will constitute the Upper Chamber of that colony