The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-02 00:00:00

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LATEST FROM AUSTRALIA.

We have received, via Singapore, advices from
Sydney to the Gth June. The following is from
the ;Sydney Mercantile Journal of June 2 :
There has been a general want of animation since our
last issue, caused, perhaps, by the many holidays and
by the want of ad vices from England ; but we believe it
is also attributable to the trade looking ahead to the dull
business always done in the ►inter mouths, and the
prospect of the possibility of a falling market should
peaca be confirmed. Hence the generality of buyers
are only laying in such stocks as they require for actual
consumption, and there is a total absence of speculation.
There is a general complaint amongst wholesale houses
that there is no business doing, which they attribute to
the fact that most traders are fully stocked for present
wants.

The orders for exports have also fallen off in a great
raessure, and many goods that have been forced into the
markets have been placed at slightly reduced rates. Not-
withstanding this trivial depression there is no doubt
whatever of our sound position, and the very absence of
speculation and caution on the part of the dealers iadi-
cotes greater soundness, and is to be commended, as it
was to the reckless speculation and injudicious abuse of
credit that most of the recent depression and loss are
attributable. If the state of the markets compels hold.
ers to retain their stocks, it is better that they remain
in the bands of the importers than the dealers ; the
money then is retained in the colony to fructify. But
if the trade become heavily stocked, by purchasing upon
credit for prospective demands, the bills would be melted
and the funds remitted ; and there would possibly be a
return of former difficulties and sacrifices to meet the
engagements when at maturity, and this most likely in
a depr, elated market.

The imports continue large, and we ars watching with
some anxiety the gradually increasing stocks of mer-
chandise ; and we cannot but regret to perceive that our
sanguine friends on the other side are shipping in excess
of our means of absorption, and without any regard to
our limited population.
We have no doubt, however, that there is a very large
quantity of merchandise still remaining in the hands of
import r 4, and that the country stores must also be quite
full; as it is next to impossible for so many goods to
have been consumed, and this we consider to have been
the cause of the prevailing dulness.
Dry goods have been imported to the amount of five
millions—Spirits, 1,293,2671. ; wine, 440,2831. ; boots
and shoes 613,273/. ; ale and beer, 805,2071. ; bread-
stuffs, 1,08i,86711. ; tea, 849,302/. ; sugar, 978,6581. ;
butter and cheese, 157,6691. ; oilman's stores, 332,3371.
The total amount of importations for the years 1852,
1853, 1854, 185 r, have been 1,200,4361., 6,312,3971.,
5,981,0681., 4,668,5191.
The imports for the present year will doubtless be in
excess of last, as they already amount to upwards of two
millions

The following are the leading quotations of the Price
Cur rent .

IMPORTS.
Brandy, in bond -Mart ell's, in hhds., per gall., 13s. 6d.
to 13s 91; Henessy's, ditto, 13s to 13s 3d. Rum -West
India, 25 to 30 0.p., per gall.' 5s to 5s Gd. 01(1 Tom-
White, in bulk, per gall., 5s 61 to 63 ; Pigeon's English,
per-case, 19e to 19s 6
Whisky--Scotch,
per gall.' 6s to
6s 3d; Irish, ditto, 5s to Sc 3d. Port-Of 5 marlrs, in
wool, per gall , 9s. to Os 61; ordinary, ditto, ditto. Bs.
Sherry-Duff Gordon and Co.'s, per gall., 75.9.1. to lie ;
ordinary sherry, ditto, 6s 64 to 78 6d ; medium ditto, Ss
to 8s 6(1; superior, ditto, 10s to 12s 61. Ale-Allsopp's,
Bass's, per 81 10s to 91; Tennent's double strong,
ditto, 81 to 81 10s; single strong, ditto, 71 to 7115 s ;
Hull's strong, ditto, 71 15s to 81; Salt's, ditto, 71 101 to
8/ ; Worthington and Robinson's ditto, 8 5s to 81 104 ;
Abbott cud Son's, ditto, 71. to Ti 5s ; Cobb's Margate ale,
ditto, 71. to 71 lOs ; Elliott, Watney and Co.'s, ditto, 71. to
71 5s ; Whitbread's, ditto, 6/ 15s to 71 ; Allsopp's, bot-
tled by Friend, per doz., 9s 6d. Porter-Guiness's, per
hhd., 71 to Ti 10s ' • Truman' X, ditto, 51 10e to Si 153 ' • XX,
ditto, 61 lOs to 71; Barclay, Perkins, and Co.'s, ditto,
5! 15s to 61; Whitbread's ditto, 6/ to 61 15s; other brands,
ditto, 4110 s to Si.
Candles. -Pure Sperm (6's) from 2s 33 to 2s 6d ' • Price's
Belmont, No. 1, is 91 to Is 94d ; Belmont, No. 2, is 3d
to is 4d; Adamantine, is 6d ; Australian Lights, is 61 to
is 7d per lb; Child's Night Lights, 7s to 7s 61 per dozen.
Coffee.-Mocha (out of bond) from 10d to lld ;
fine 103(1 to 11,1 d ; Java (Dutch Plantation), 101 to lld ;
other sorts, 7(1 to 81 per lb.
Mustard.-Best makers, 13s Gd to 14s 'per dozen ; in
bulk, 10d to lld per lb.
Pickles.--Best brands, quarts, from 1.2 s to 12s 6d ; ditto,
pints, 7s 61 to 8s Gd per dozen.
Salad Oil.- Quarts, from 18s to 18s 6d; pints, 128 to
53s per dozen; in bulk, 8s per gallon.
Sauces.--Assorted, half-pints, from 7s Gd to 9s per
dozen.
Salt.-Liverpool, coarse, from 51 to Si 5s ; fine dairy, 61
to 6/ lOs ; -St. Übes, 41 10a to 41 15s ' • rock; 51 108 per ton.
Soap.-Liverpool, best, from it 6s to 11 78; second,
1/ 4s per cwt.
Composition Metal. -Bolt, per lb, is 31 to is 41 ; Vi-
vian's patent sheathing, per lb, Is 2id ; Mintz patent
sheathing metal, per lb, Is 2d to is 31 ; yellow metal per
lb, is 11 to is 2d.
Iron.-Best, per invoice, per ton, 141; common, per in-
voice, per ton, 121; hoop, assorted sizes, per ton, 13 ;
sheet, Russian, per ton, 161 to 241; English, 18 to 24
gauge, per ton, 161 to 181; charcoal, per ton, 181 to 201 ;
toiler plates, per ton, 161 Vs to 181; pig, English, per
ton, 61 to 6/ 103 ; solder, per ton, is 4d to is 61 ; spolter,
per ton, is 61 to is 81.
Copper-Sheathing, per lb, is 6d; bolt, per lb, is 6d ;
old, per lb, 101.
Lead-Sheet, milled, assorted, per ton, 1/. 12s to 1/. 15s ;
pipe, per ton, V. lOs to 1/. ; shot, assorted, per cwt, 1/.
15s to 1/. 16s.
Steel-Shear, per cwt, 21. 5s to 21. 10s • cast, per cwt,
3/. 2s to 31. 104 ; blister, per cwt, 21. to 21. 51.
Tin-Block, per lb, is 6d ; plates, assorted, per box, 2/.
10s 6(1 to 2/. Ds 6d ; charcoal, IC, per box, 21. 10s to 21.
12s Gd; do., IX,-per box, 21. 15s; do., IXX, per box,
2/. 158 to 3/.
Zinc-Rolled sheet, light, per ton, 45/. ; plumbick, per
ton, 34'. ; nails, per lb, 61 to 71.
Hardware and Ironmongery-Spades, per doz, le per
cent. advance; cutlery, overstocked, discount; do. suit-
able, invoice. Firearms-Pistols, overstocked, discount ;
fowling pieces, limited demand, 20 to 25 per cent. advance.
Hollow ware, stocked, 15 per cent. off list. Nails-Ew-
banks, certain sizes, 5 to 10 per cent. on list ; horse 10 tols
per cent. off list ; composition, per 14, is to is 31 to is 4d ;
copper, per lb, 2s 3.1 to 2s 6,1. Tinware, 25 per cent. ad-
vance. Tools, unsaleable. Axes --Lyndon's, per doz, 11.
lOs to 11. 15s • American, Collins, 31. to 3'. 5s ; American
handled, it. to' 41. 103.
Bricks-Building, 9x3 x 4 per 1 000, 31. lOs to 41. ;
American (Staten Island), per 1,0 -0, 4/.
Cement-Roman, per brl, 15s ; Portland, per brl, 1/. 38;
plaster Paris (not saleable), per brl, ss.
Glass-Chance's sheet, per box, 173 63 to 18s ; crown
sizes, per box, 11. to 11. 15s; large sizes, per box, 1,5 s to
1/. 7s 6d ; common German assorted sizes, per box, 15s to
163 ; plate, per foot, 4:3 to 6:3.
Boots an t Shoes- Gent's patent enamelled holiness
boots, 10 per cent. advance ; do. do. Napoleon do., 10 per
cent. advance; do. enamelled do. do. 10 per cent. advance;
gent's stout soled Wellingtons, calf and kip, 23 per cent
advance ; gent's do. half Wellingtons, 23 per cent advance ;
do. do. Prince Georges, 2i per cent advance ; men's high
back Blucher boots, kip and calf, headed, 30 per cent ad-
vance; men's heading milk(' Blucher boots, 25 to 30 per
cent advance ; men's watertights, sprigged and nailed, 50
per cent advance; men's patent calf go:oshed spring-silo
cloth, 25 to 27i per cent advance ; men's cordovan go-
loshed ditto, 2 i to 274 per cent advance • gent's patent
dress Wellingtons, 15 per cent advance ; ditto ditto half
(10., 20 to 25 per cent advance ; men's calf walking shoes,
20 to 25 per cent advance; men's knee digger's boots, 5 per
cent advance; men's deck boots, 5 per cent advance
men's slippers, 25 to 30 par cent. advance ; women's stout
calf or cordovan leather boots, 35 per cent advance ; ditto
cloth goloshed double soled boots, patent and cordovan, 25
to 30 per cent. advance ; women's vamped boots, 25 to 30
per cent. advance; ditto side spring boots, cloth goloshed,
double soled, 30 per cont. advance; girls' and maids' pa-
tent goloshed boots, 20 per cent. advance; women's slip-
pers, 30 to 3.3 h per cont. advance • children's coloured
hoots and shoes, 30 to 33h per cent, advance ; women's
shoes, nearly all kinds, invoice.
Coal. -Eoglish, per ton, 1/ lOs to 1/ 15s; patent fuel,
ditto, 2/ to 21 10s.
Malt, per bushel, 10s.
Hsps.-Kent, new, par lb, is to 1s 1(1; old ditto, 6d to
23 ; Belgian ditto, 8d to 9d ; American ditto, 8d to 9d.
EXPORTS.
Gold.---Port Philip, per oz, 3118 s 61 to 3119 s 61; Ovens,
ditto, 31 19s 31 to :i1 19s 6(1; Northern, ditto, 31 13s to
3114 s t c 1; New South Wales, ditto, 3115 s to 31 17s 61
Wool.-Fine scoured, per lb, is 51 to is 91 ; fine clean
samples, ditto, is 4d to is 7(1; fair to middling, is 3d to
is 5d ; low to middling, ditto, is ld to is 3d ; greasy, ditto,
6,1 to 9d ; sheepskins, ditto, 5d to 7(1; ditto washed, ditto,
8d to 91.
Tallow.-Mutton, per cwt, 2/ to 2/ 33 ; beef, ditto,
11 168 Gd to 1118 s 6d ; staticn, ditto, 1/ lOs to 1/ 153.
Hides.-Cured, heavy, each, 13s to 14s 6d ; bones, per
ton, 11 to 11 5s ; shanks and hoofs, ditto, 61 ; horns, per
100, 1110.3 to 11 15s.
Oil.--Sperm crwlo, per bill, 95/ to 961; whale, ditto,
501 to 521; Polar, ditto, :rill to 511; cocoa nut, ditto, 341.
Blue gum, in log, per foot, 4s; Kaurio Guru, per ton,
18/ to '2O/ ; Piue, per load, 111 to 121; Pearl shell, per ton,
231 to 261.

LAUNCH OF THE CHILI, ONE OF THE NEW LINE OF
LONDON ANO VALPARAISO STEAMERS.—The first ship
of the new line of auxiliary screw clipper packets
about to be established by Me,srs. Seymour, Peacock,
and Co., between London and Valparaiso, was launched
yesterday afternoon from the yard of Mr. Langley, Ro-
therbithe. The ship is of iron construction, with the
usual bulkhead compartments, of 1,000 tons burthen,
and is classed in the highest rate under the new classifi-
cation of Lloyds. Her keel has been laid down on a
new principle, so as to lessen the rolling of the vessel,
and other improvements have been introduced for the
advantage of the ship and passengers. Her decks are
roomy and airy. Her dimensions are :—Length of keel,
160 feet ; between perpendiculars, 163 feet ; length of
quarter deck, 85 feet ; length of forecastle, 64 feet ;
length over all, 191 feet ; beam, 28 feet ; depth of ho'd
~n main deck, 17 feet; depth of quarterdeck, 21 feet 6
inches. 0 ring to the fineness of the day a large concour,e
of persona was assembled to witness the launch. The ship
was profusely decorated with- flags, as were the nume-
rous craft that were lying near. At three o'clock (hie-
water) Miss Peacock, daughter of one of the owners,
named the ship "Chili," with the usual ceremony. The
dog shores were then knocked away, and the vessel glided
into the river amidst general cheering. It is expected
that she will be able to take op her station on the expected
at
the latter end of next month.