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LATEST FROM AUSTRALIA?.

We have received, via Singapore, advices from
Sydney to the 6th 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 winter months, 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
me tsure, 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 indi-
cates 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 hands of the importers than the dealers ; the
money then is retained in the colony to fructify. Bat
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 depreciated market.
The imports continue large, and we ara watching with
some anxiety the gradually increasing stocks of rues-
chaolise i44:l4N§Lcannol„but regret to Erer9eive t hakgsr
sanguine /lends 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+, 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 prevailirg dulness.
Dry goods have been imported to the amount of five
millions—Spirits, 1,293,267/. ; wine, 440,288/. ; boots
and shoes, 613,273/. ; ale and beer, 805,207/. ; bread.
stuffs, 1,081,867//. ; tea, 849.302/. ; sugar, 978,6581. ;
butter and cheese, 157,669/. ; oilman's stores, 332,337/.
The total amount of importations for the years 1852,
1853, 1854, 1855, have been 1,200,436/., 6,312,397/.,
5,981,068/ , 4,668,519/.
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 lea ling quotations of the Price
Current .

IMPORTS.

Brandy, in bond—MarTeii;s7in hhds., per gall., 13s. Gd.
to 13s 91; Henessy's, ditto, 13s to 13s 3d. Rum —West
India, 25 to 30 0.p., per gall., Sc to 53 GI Old Tom—
White, in bulk, per gall., 53 61 to 63 ; Pigeon's English,
per case, 193 to 19s 61. Whisky—Scotch, per gall., 6s to
63 3d ; Irish, ditto, 5s to 5s 3d. Port—Of 5 marks, in
wood, per , 9s. to 9s ; ordinary, ditto, ditto, 83.
Sherry—Duff Gordon and Co.'s, per gall., 7s. 91. to lls ;
ordinary sherry, ditto, 6s 6d to 7s 6d ; medium ditto, 8s
to 8s 6d; superior, ditto, lOs to 12s 6d. Ale—Allsopp's,
Bass's, per hhd., 8/ lOs to 91; Tennent's doable strong,
ditto, 81 to 81 103; single strong, ditto, 71 to 7115 s ;
Holt's strong, ditto, 71 15s to 8/ ; salt's, ditto, 71 10s to
8/ ; Worthington and Robinson's ditto, 8/ 53 to 8/ 108 ;
Abbott and Son's, ditto, 71. to 71 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 Gd. Porter—Guineges, per
71 to 71 103 ' • Truman, X, ditto, 51 lOs to 51 15s ' • XX,
ditto, 6/ lOs to 71; Barclay, Perkins, an.l Co.'s, ditto,
5' 15s to 61; Whitbread's ditto, 6/ to 6/ 15s; other brands,
ditto, 41 103 to 51.

Candles.—Pure Sperm (6's) from 2s 3d to 23 61; Price's
Belmont, No. 1, is 9d to is 9id ; 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 6,1 per dozen.
Coffee.—Mocha (out of bond) from 10d to lld ;
fine 103 d to 111 d ; Java (Dutch Plantation), 10d to lld ;
other sorts, 7d to 81 per lb.
Mustard.—Best makers, 13s 61 to 14s -per dozen; in
bulk, 101 to lld per lb.
Pickles.—Best brands, quarts, from 12s to 12s 6d ; ditto,
pints, 7s 6d to 8s Gd per dozen.
Salad Oil.— Quarts, from 18s to 18s 6d ; pints, 12s to
53s per dozen ; in bulk, 8s per galls.
Sauces.—Assorted, half-pints, from 7s Cl to 9s per
dozen.

Salt.--. Liverpool, coarse, from 5/ to 5/ 5s ; fine dairy, Cl
to Cl lOs ; St. llbes, 4/ 10s to 4115 s ; rock, 51 103 per ton.
Soap.—Liverpool, ;best, from 1/ Cs to 1/ 7s ; second,
1/ 4s per cwt.
Composition Metal.—Bolt, per lb, is 3d to is 4d ; Vi-
vian's patent sneatlitug, per ID, Is ; _Brants patent
sheathing metal, per lb, is 2d to is 3d ; yellow metal per
lb, is ld to is 2d. _ _

Iron.—Best, per invoice, per ton, 141; common, per in-
voice, per ton, 121; hoop, assorted sizes, per ton, 1 1;
sheet, Russian, per ton. 16/ to 24/ ; English, 18 to 21
gauge, per ton, 161 to 181; charcoal, per ton, 18/ to 20/ ;
ooiler plates, per ton, PI/ I.os to Hi; pig, English, per
ton, 61 to Cl 103 ; solder, per ton, is 41 to is 6 1 ; speller,
par ton, is 61 to Is 81 _ _ _

Copper—Sheathing, per lb, is 6d ; bolt, per ib, is 6d ;
old, per ib, 101.
Lead—Sheet, milled, assorted, per ton, 1L 12s toll. 15s ;
pipe, per ton, 1/. lOs to it. lls ; shot, assorted, per cwt, 1/.
15s to 1/. Pis.

Steel—Shear, per cwt, V. 5s to 2/. 10s; cast, per cwt,
3/. 2s to 3/. 103; blister, per cwt, 21. to 2/. 53.
Tin—Block, per lb, is 6d ; plates, assorted, per box, 2/.
lOs Gd to 2/ 12s 6d ; charco,l, IC, per box, 21. 103 to 2/.
12s 6,1; do., IX, per box, 2/. 15s ; do., IXX, per box,
2/. 15s to 3/.

Zinc—Rolled sheet, light, per ton, 45/. ; plumbick, per
ton, 34/. ; nails, per lb, ad to 7d.
Hardware and Ironmongery—Spades, per doz, 10 per
cont, advance; cutlery, overstocked, discount; do. suit-
able, invoice. Firearms—Pistols, overstocked, discount ;
fowling pieces, limited demand, 20 to 23 par 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 lb, is to is 3d to is 4d ;
copper, per lb, 2s 3d to 2s 6d. Tinware, 25 per cent, ad-
vance. Tools, unsaleable. Axes --Lyndon's, per doz, I/.
lOs to 11. 15s ' • American, Collins, 31. to 3!. Sc; American
handled, 41. to 41. 10s.
Bricks—Building, 9x 3 x 4j per 1,000, 31. 103 to 41. ;
American (Staten Island), per I,o'o, 41.
Cement—Roman, per brl, 15s ; Portland, per brl, 11 3s ;
plaster Paris (not saleable), per brl, ss.
Glass—Chance's sheet, per box, 17s 61 to 18s; crown
sizes, per box, it. to 11. 15s ; large sizes, per box, 1. 5s to
1/. 7e 6d ; common German, assorted sizes, per box, 15s to
16s ; plate, par foot, 4s to 6s.
Boots an 1 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, 2:5 per cent
advance ; gent's do. half Wellingtons, 25 per cent advance •,
do. do. Prince Georges, 25 per cent advance ; men's high
back Blucher boots, kip and calf, beaded, 30 per cent ad-
vance • men's heading nailed 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-side
cloth, 23 to 27A per cent advance ; men's cordovan go-
loshed ditto, 2; to 27j per cent advance • gent's patent
dress Wellingtons, 15 per cent advance ; ditto ditto half
do., 20 to 23 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 per 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 cent. advance; girls' and maids' pa-
tent goloshed boots, 20 per cent. advance ; women's slip-
pers, 30 to 33i per cent. advance • children's coloured
boots and shoes, 30 to 33i per cent. advance ; women's
shoes, nearly all kinds, invoice. . _ _

per ton, 1/ 103 to 1/ 15s; patent fuel,
ditto, '2l to 2/ 10s.
Malt, per bushel, 10s.
Hops.—Kent, new, per lb, is to is ld ; old ditto, 6d to
2J ; Belgian ditto, 8d to 9d ; American ditto, 8d to 9d.