The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-26

nfuses: lnSerssa's Creek, To-. 81 degrees 10 Mn
utes, lon. las degrees 10 minutes; Plenty Rsness,
1t 81 degrees IS minutes, Ion. ll5 degrees 10 Ev-
srees 20 misutss; Bendgo, lat. Sc degrees 10 min
utes, kD. la degrees 20 minutes; BlnaTat hi. 81
degrees So minutes, bon. l43 degrees So minutes;
Mlvor. lat 81 degrees Ion. las degrees; G,ulbsrn,
lat. 81 degrees minutes, Ion las degrees so min
utes; Ovens lat &c degrees 80 minutes. lon. ll6 de-
grces 40 minutes; and Omeo, lat Sc degrees SIS min
utes, lon l47 degrees 80 minutes. or these, the
6Ist seven, being one half Of the whole number.
| gngs extend from Ion. l42 degrees IS minutes 70
IA! degrees 80 minutes, and from lat SO degrees 20
minutes 70 )af 81 degrees 40 minutes, over districts
than half she area or the colony.
The following 70 the amount Of gold brought into
Melbourne By escort for the week en3ing the 18th
| 6eptember. The escorts from Mount Alexander and
BalSat arrived at The Gold Office Department Of
Chief Commissioner OF Gold Fields yesterday at tho
appointed hour, and brought the following returns,
vz;-Cssilenaine, 500 ounces; Sandhurss, 5,3S7
ounces; Balsrai. 2.l02 o. dsts: Ayoca, 1888 o.;
Creswicks Creek 500 or; Flyers Geek. 1O3 o.,
Is drte; Mount Franklyn, 81 o.. dwt.; Taxren-
gowsr, AT o.. Is dwts Mary borough, 1887 or;
CsstleDaire, ~ OF. 10 d*ts Maryborough, 500 o.;
sandewst, l! ez 10 dwts.; Ballarat, 2,076 OF. 10
dwts.; Creswick's Creek 1,l94 o.. Ayooa, $50 OF.
total, l,726 cz. dwts
NEW SOUTH WALES.
The Governor General has received despatch
stating that, as considerably more than tue usual
cys case expired, the name Of Sir William Den
nisCn mad bean submitted by the Duke Of NeWcas-
te for the Greens approval % successor to Sir
In conveying his intelligence to Sir Charles il
was az the time intmated ~ him that in order
to mark her Majesty's sense Of the services which
he had rendered ths colony over which be hsi
50 long presided, the Qneen has been gra"iously
pleased 20 confer on him the dignity Of . Knigh,
Commander Of the Most Honorable Order Of the
Bath.
government Of tie colony till the arrange ments ior
tae appointment Of his successor nave been compile
ted.
In the council DIR. Lang moved an address to her
Wales Of the territory extending northwards from
the thirtieth parallel latitude towards the Tropic
Of Capricorn and for its creation into distinct and
independent colony under the designation Of Cooks
Land. The motion was lost on division.
Miss Kate Hayes (says the Banner), the dstin
guished soDgstress, whose extraordinary talents
have earned for her the appellation OF the "Swan
q the Mo- Ti sSe y year, nss
world in North and South America, arrived In Mel
bourne on the 2lst, Of September, by the Fanny
Major. We have only to remark, in reference to
ern hemisphere, that we can hardly doubt but that
her career in Australia viii be marked by the same
brilliant success which has hitherto attended her
professional efforts in the chief cities Of the ne and
The old world.
MELBOURNE, VICTORIA Sept. 25, 1854.
Our market has been unusually quiet, and prices have
the crupes Of the banks and hesitation on the part OF
the merchants all combine to make things very dull
. atnousn 20 an ex.ent y usual a. thus season.
tend to hang heavy gloom over the revival OF this mar
ket for some time.
When compare what the requirements OF the popu-
laton Of Victoria are with their supplies, to
this fact that the mportatons have up to the
last twelve MONTHS varied from f1o to ELS pcr head
ever mar in
Victoria amounts to ESQ., 1t ia thus clear that
over supplied which state Of things must be rectiGed be-
fore look for truly healthy state of business.
The which has attended most parties here has
given birth to extraordinary requirements and greatly
in which things are used and consumed Blankets
for instance which formerly luxury to the digger
covering his dray and himself along the road in
tearing strips from his silk handkerchief to make thong
for he bullock whip In fact, through everything
that avishing spirit that taking the population into
consideration, we have comparatively increased daily
cons umpton.
The banks fully aware OF this are extremely chary in
aordng assistance and fortnight ago, would scarcely
discount first rate paper. They have, however, though
assistance from those who stood in need Of It. and ar,
again easier Under the present state OF things and the
tightness of the money market, cannot look back
upon the pursued by the banks without congra
tulang the community that these unexpected proceed
ings have not brought on commercial crisis
Having spoken of the market generally, wish to
be borne in mind that OF many articles market is no
overstocked the consumption large, and the production
we look from Furope such are oats, barley mailing and
seed -four, bran candles butter, Wines claret spark
ling hook, Rhine wine, &c. rasns fss, bricks, hops
on lnseed OIL boiled and raw cheese, Bacon sarnes
sugar refined oaves ANA crushed salad OIL gnnny bags
timber segars, real Havana. whitehead, &c We have
specified ADORE articles, find that many shippers
from extreme apt to into the other and be-
cause many articles at former period might have left
oss seem 10 nave resolved not 70 touch them again. Tor
1t would appear that prices have not improved
tuJe Is therefore USELESS.
We would however that they would bear in mind the
rbn W valw a.l
they put to at present which, bulky articles is
Of importance to be taken into consideration than
the price, for in many cases the chaf1es have been 30
those times they had to contend with freghts at per
ton ~ TO 81 ghterage at from 40s to 45s which IL
load then Is not much more than half load at pre-
sent owing to the improvement In the roads Warehouse
rent for bonded goods has fallen from S. to 4s ton
being decline Of SO per cent Warehouse for free
goods, which favor to obtain at 49, has since
ccded to IS andnow to 2s a tom being similar
in making their calculations whether shipments will pay
must put aside their Account Sales with the former
mense charges and take the present reduced charges
into account, which will form most important item
besides, there little doubt that charges viii come down
sti further. We regret, at this uncture TO be obliged
respondent here for high charges when these are local
rates, and over which he can have control.
The labonr market well supplied, has great effect
ed affects rents and dfmnishes the cost of labor
goods; the same with lshterage. warehousemen,
Whose Wages sohe te timo since WeIe 20 week, are
Just beer 1T for 1868 VIE Nkar5 q ci.qsss We ars
thus on the right way.
DischargingSessels in the bay which formerly
attended with every possible delaydesertion Of crews
want Of hands, and want Of lighters has now assumed
very different character The regulations strcter
and the enticeent for to desert to have
completely abated the true state Of things to
rea III their for it Is well known fact that there
il more real distress and want at the gold mines than
in any other part of the country-besides, gold is
uu-
dertakes easy task and voluntarily makes free
slave" Of himself, returns to Melbourne for work,
which is frequently the that hands at present
are not wanting the discharge OF ships, therefore,
meet no delay, but the contrary, Port Philip will
soon gain for itself for dispatch. Already a
ship Of 500 tons of goods has been discharged bal
lasted and ready for sea- in six days in fact activity
Is the order Of the day.
On the 18th Of September the first railroad In the co.
running every half hour
The gold mines contir