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SHIPPING, NEWS.
PORT OF HOBART TOWN»
, January l8-Arrived the brig Cosmopolite, 145
tons,' -Ab«rv*tom',Port Albert 1 lih instant, with S70
sheep,-60 eows, and '¿4 bales of wool, Order, Pas-
senger-Mrs. Hedberg.
17-Artitrd the Ameriten ship Augustine Heard,
491 tone, Abbott, from New York fitb October last,
""with a general cargo.'
17-Arrived the brig Sister«, ISO tom, Clarke, from
Kew Zealand I et instant, with sundries. Passengers
Messrs. O'Meara, Gilbert, Murdock, Nairne, wife and
-child.
' ' IB-Arrived the schooner Go-a-Head, 112 lorn,
Moodie, from Victoria 12th instant, with sheep.
Peewngers-Meetie. W. Edwards, W. Jones, H.
Williams, J. Thompson, W. Young, D. Dunce.
l8-Armed the brig Emma, 139 toni, Pockley,
firma Sydney 11th instant, with sundries. Passengers
Mrs. T. Mort, three Masters Mort and sériant ; Miss
Dixon, Mrs. Bush, Messrs. Barker, Strachan, Mac
kenzie, McMe, Captain M'Leod, Mrs. Mather, Messrs.
Hickman, Martin, Carey, Haycock, and Derrick.
19-Arrived the schooner Jenny Lind, 136 tons,
Downes, from Melbourne 12th instant, with cattle.
Passengers-J. M. Wilson, Esq , Captain Horne,
Mrs. Williams, two children and servant ; Mrs. Har-
court and llifee children ; Mrs. Muir and child; Mrs.
Ward. -
19 - Arrived the American whaling barque Columbia,
285 tom, Halleck, from Sag Harbour 4th August
last, with 90 barrels oil.
January 17 - Sailed the schooner Elisa, 93 tons,
Archer, for Victoria, with a general cargo. Passengers
- Messrs. S. Nicholas, W. Bunster, jun., F. Bryan,
F. Hull, - Harris, H. Bunster, R. Wilkinson;
33 in the steerage.
l8 - Sailed the colonial barque Runnymede, 384
tons, Bailey, on a whaling cruise.
l8-Sailed the barque Frances, 216 tom, Christie,
for Melbourne, with a general cargo. Passengers
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, Messrs. U. Bird, Somerville,
Haynes, 4. Farrell; 104 in the steerage.
19-Sailed the barque Thalia, 450 tons, Volum, for
Melbourne, with a general cargo. Passengers
Messrs F. A. and E. Luttrell, Smith, Woodburn,
W. H. Wise, T. Drew, R. China, R. Joseph, J.
Alexander ; and 151 in the steerage.
20-Sailed the ship Rodney, 878 tons, M'Lean, for
"Ceylon, in ballast.
20-Sailed the barque Selma, 408 tons, Roberta, for
?Adelaide, with sundries._
The Anglesea, hence, arrived at Swan River on the
"8th November.
The Launceston, whaler, of Launceston, was at
King George's Sound on the 30th October.
The Maid of Erin entered inwards at the Mauritius
on the 21st November.
The Sir Harry Smith, 408 tom, Raymond, is laid
on at Pott Phillip for this port.
The Swan, brig, arrived at Melbourne on the 7th
instant, etperienced most boisterous weather, having
liad to put back twice to George Town for the safely
of a valuable lot «f horses. She lias, however, kept up
her old reputation as a stock carrier, and has landed
in good order some-of the best -draught horses ever
esportea from Van Diemen's Land.- Melbourne Argue.
Tlie Esperanza cleared out at Melbourne for this
.port on the 12th ¡list, with 40 bullocks and 150 sheep.
Part of her original cargo returns, vis.,-9200 paling,
.60,000 laths.
In the times of the 19th September, the two
steamers intended for the Hunter River Company
were advertised to leave England for Sydney about the
middle of October. The larger of the two is called
the "Yarra Yarra, and is of 520 tons burden and 200
horse power; the other, the Waratah, is of 840 tons,
and 120 horse power. Both tiave'been launched, and
weie, at the time Hie advertisement appeared, taking
their macbineiy on board at Gieenoek. 'I hey are not
to carry any cargo, but coals only, for the purpose of
steaming in light winds ; and being fully rigged for
sailing, it is expected they will make a quick pmsiige.
The whale ship Ann Alexander, Captain Dubois,
of New Bedford, was lost on the 20th of August, in
latitude 5° 60' south, longitude 102 ° west, by being
struck by a whale which the crew were capturing.
The crew had barely time to make their escape in the
boats before the vessel went down. Two days after
they were picked up by the ship Nantucket, Captain
Gibbo, and landed at Puyta.
The Sydney Griffiths arrived at Portland from
London on 1st instant, after a pleasant passage of 102
days-all well.
Part of San Francisco.-A lantern is now liuistcd
at dark, at the outer Telegraph Station, Sun Francisco,
.bowing a blue and yellow light seaward, at au elevo
lion of 3000 feet above tide water. The position of
this station is such, that on the centre bar, in sis
'fathom* water, it bears E.N.E. ¿ E , A lent ra» and
'Fort Head being in one.
The Rory O'More has been just signalled from tlie
Mauritius. The City of Melbourne has just arrived
at the wharf.-Launceston Examiner, January 17.
The Santipore has had a long passage of 138 days
from Manila, caused by the vessel being very deeply
laden, and having met with very unfavourable weather.
The following is an extract from her log-book, the
natives of the Caroline Islands having attempted to
take tbe vessel. " Wednesday, June 3. At daylight
this morning, saw an island bearing about W.S W.,
distant about twelve miles, for which we cannot give a
name with any degree of certainly, as the whole of the
Caroline Islands, one of which this is, are so imper-
fectly laid down, and nothing mentioned about a great
many of them in Horsburg. At 9 A.M. saw a canoe
pulling towards the ship, and in a few minutes after-
wards another hove in sight, and so on until six
appeared, all making for the vessel, and full of savages.
This rather frightened the crew, and the small arms
were got in readiness, as well as two great guns, one
of which was placed on the forecastle-head, where it
commanded nearly the surface of the horizion. At 30
minutes past 10 AM the largest canoe, having 16 men
on board, having advanced to within a quarter of a
mile, and then paddling fast towards the ship, appa-
rently with hostile intentions. The chief officer, who
was stationed on the forecastle, was directed by Captain
Robinson to fire the large gun into the canoe ; this
gun was loaded with two and half pounds of
old nails, and having been discharged, appeared
to have taken some effect on the canoe. Cap-
tain Robinson, who was on the poop at the time
of the discharge, saw the nails scatter amongst
them, and immediately afterwards one of the natives
put out his leg over the side of the canoe, and com-
menced washing it, as the blood was flowing from a
wound. This warm reception caused the canoe to
make for the land with all possible haste. Shortly
afterwards several small canoes came alongside to trade,
and were allowed to do so, not having any appearance
of warfare amongst them." Captain Robinson lays
the position of the island in lat. 7 -27 S., and long.
145*85 E., and the natives named it Turano.- Sydney
Herald.
Qñkk Fumage.-The clipper barque Jessie Byrne
arrived, yesterday after a splendid psesago of 41 daye.
TtúaJ'.¿sigtlM beat passage made from 8»n Francisco
this season. The U.S. ship Whiton and schooner
Eagle sailed for Sydney 22nd November. There ara
a great number of passengers about to lea«« California
for our colonial diggings-Ibid.
HOT KB TO MABINS**.-Colonial Secretary's Office,
''Adelaide, December 30,1851.-Notice ii hereby given,
by the authority of His Excellency tho Lieutenant
Governor, that on and after the lOtli January, 1852,
the light in the Sturt Light-house, lately erected on
Cape Willoughby, Kangaroo Island, will beeihibited
from sunset to sunrise. This Light-house is situated on
the eastern extremity of Kangaroo Island, in tat. 35 °
49' 20" S, long. 138 s 12'30" E., and is a revolving
light, appearing al regular intervals of half-ft-minut«.
This light is elevated 241 feet above the level of the
ace, and enn be seen 24 nautical miles, illuminating
259 degrees ef a eirele, from N. by W. J W., round to
S.W.W/W.JW.
We have authority, says the Sydney Herald, tor
stating that the celebrated monster steamer the Great
Britain, of 3700 tons register, now the property of
.Messrs. Gibb, Bright and Co., of Liverpool, will
probably be added to their line of packets for these
colonies & if so we shall be able to boast that the largest
'Steamer ever built has been sent to our port. The
Great Britain will be commanded- by Captain
Matthews late of the Great Western..
Report the clipper ship Queen of Sheba, from Cali-
fornia, out 60 days, four of which she lay in the Island
of Upelu, whence she sailed on the 14th December;
Reported very light winds during the passage, only
a few days S.E. tMle*, during one of which she ian
80f mtm\ lost one able seaman, Alexander Leit, off
the sureyard; one steerage passenger, William
Waring, died at see. Reports, worthy of belief, were
.»»tally distributed in San Francisco, that immense
quantities of gold were being found by the natives on
Queen Charlotte's Island, lying to the northward of
Vancouver's; the island is a possession of the British
Crews: epeeuutters »fere directing »bair attention in
U'tl -f" '>t T' 1,^'ji ' ,! . ' :l . 'l
<,;b o* 1} v <-^"'}çS Î >< i' u,.'
that quarter, and should confirmatory intelligence be
received, a rush «would no doubt take place from
Oregon and San Francisco. \ Ttieie were no «easels
in Apia barbour *hen the ¡Queen of Sheba sailed, the
,naii«esallqui«t«ndre.cultlvating the land«; a horse
belonging to the ^British Consul had been wantonly
'speared a short time »ince; a visit from a British man
of-war is much requireoV'none having visited that port
lately The master of the Queen of Sheba recom-
mends Upolu a* a convenient half-way pott for Cali-
fornia, ship« »Unding in need of refreshments, and also
as a good coaling depot for the Pacific »learners, which,
in his opinion, will one day earry the British and,
Australian mails, «uVSaa Francisco, to Sydney.
The Stumer Xeera.-W« have much pleasure in
announcing the arrival from England of thi* «amable
addition lo, our list of Australian steamers. The
Keera has been built to the order of Messt». Smith,
Croft, and Co., by Mr. Thomas Toward, of Meweastle
upon-Tyne. , She J* an ¡rou »crew.propeller boat, of
160 ton», allowing 55 tons for her -engine room. She
has two highly finished condensed engines, with
tubular boiler», of SO bone power each, -constructed,
with all the latest improvement», at the establishment
of Robert Stephenson, the celebrated locomotive
engineer. Of the finish of these admirable specimens
of engineering science, it is impossible to »peak too
highly. The contract wai for ihe engines to purferm
¿0 stroke» per minute ; and during the eight hours'
trial from Newcastle to Sundciland and back (which
«hort trial was all tlmt the pressing arrangement» for
the Keern's departure would allow), »he made 48
strokes per minute; and from this proof of her
qualities, it is confidently expected that 53 strokes per
minute will be performed by her in these sea», flow
ever, taking the contract arrangement, »is», 50 strokes
per minute, the speed of her ¡.crew would be 17 knots
per hour ; and the average speed of the vessel is es-
timated at from II to 12 knots per hour. The dimen-
sions of the "Keera nre as follow ;
Length of keel.96 feet.
Overall.106 "
Breadth of beam.20 6-12.
Depth of hold. 10 4.10.
With the full «argo which she brought hither, say 70
tons of heavy goods, including aifchors, chains, and
other kinds of hardware, the Keera only drew 6 feet 6
inches on entering the port. Her passage from
England, under canvas, was a long one, namely, 130 I
days from the Isle of Wight; and this arose from
various causes. In the first place her "kteamer
masts" and rigging were far too light for a long sailing
«oyage; secondly, the chronometer and compass were
affected by the mass of iron in their vicinity ; and the
conséquent variation of the compass was a matter of
some perplesity to Captain Sainthill s thirdly, the
encountered a succession of heavy weather from St.
Paul's to Van Diemen'» Land ; which, however,
proved her to be a »trong, safe, and lively sea-boat,
she having carried away neither »par» nor tails, and
weathering the sole, or rather series of gales, with the
loss only of one boat and some trifling damage to her
starboard bulwark. The state of the weather forbade
her making the passage of Bass' Strait«, and she
accordingly went round to the south of Van Diemen'»
Land, and on making this coast was blown off to the
eastward for some -time. We believe it almost ne-
cessary to add, that she has been built for the Sydney
and Wollongong coasting trade : for which berths she
will be ready so soon as the necessary refitting», after
io long and boisterous a voyage, are completed. As
the fitsf screw-propellerliont in the Australian trade,
and ns an admirable specimen of modern engineering,
the Keera wHI be warmly welcomed by. the colonists i
and to those who are immediately interested in having
a swift and comfortable mean* of conveyance between
Sydney and Wollongong, the elegant and well appoint- '
ed cabins, in which both style and -comfort have been
carefully considered, the arrival of this vessel will be
a matter of material congratulation.-Sydney Herald.
The »hip Windsor, 676 tons, Captain B. Prye«,
from Madras 30th October, arrived at Port Louis on
the 23rd November. A* this ship was leaving Madias,
the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com-
pany's steamer Erin arrived with the mail of the 20th
October from Calcutta, and brought the following
melancholy intelligence:«»" A terrible hurricane had
been eiperienctd in the Hooghly ; the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steamer Pre.
cursor was driven ashore ; four vessels foundered at their
anchorage at Kedgcre«; several pilot vessel» were
missing, and many other vessels were driven on shore.
The Erin was sent un with the mails in place of the
Precursor."
Horrible -Tragedy-The chief local event is the sad
tragedy on board the barque Fawn, which vessel left this
port on the 28th Sept., bound to Calcutta, with a cargo
of China goods. The Fawn was commanded by Capt.
Rodgers, and was manned by Lascars. When here a
portion of the Calcutta-shipped crew were discharged,
and some Malays and Javanese shipped in their stead.
On the passage towards Pinang, after being out six days,
the burra-tindal was observed by the chief mate to be
smoking near the fore-hatch, and on remonstrating with
him on such conduct, endangering the safety of the vessel,
a dispute arose, and the mate thrashed the burra-tindal
with a rope's end. The captain is stated to have
approved of the mate's proceedings. To avenge himself
for what he deemed an insult, the burra-tindal gained
over a portion of the crew to his diabolical scheme.
About midnight the unsuspicious Captain was sleeping
in a chair on the poop : he was immediately dispatched
and thrown overboard. Mr. Elphick, an English groom
on board, in charge of a horse, was also murdered and his
body thrown overboard. The chief and second males
were next attacked, the latter being literally cut to
pieces. Finding that the wretches were cutting through
the, poop-deck over the chief mate's cabin, that unfor-
tunate officer rushed out and jumped into the sea. The
captain's wife was outrageously treated by the burra-
tindal, and another leading man, in a manner totally
unfit for publication. Mrs. Rodgers, also a lady passen-
ger (Mrs. Becham) and her child, together with the
cuddy male and female servants, were then placed ¡n one
of the quarter boats, and, under the pretence of lower-
ing the boat, the burra-tindal is alleged to have ne-
glected to let go the after full ; all were precipitated into
the sea and drowned. After firing the vessel they put
the ship's head to the shore, and the leaders of the
mutiny escaped, taking refuge at a place called Brues,
about 40 miles distant from Pinang. The remaining
portion ef the crew came on in one of the ship's boats to
Singapore ; of these some surrendered themselves to the
police, a few were captured, and the rest escaped. A
steamer was sent to Bruas and secured the persons of
the ringleaders, who will be tried al Pinang on the 17th
instant. The ship was totally destroyed by fire- Singa-
pore Monthly Circular of November 5.
IMPOM'S. I
Per Cheshire Witch, from Mauritius via Adelaide
-I case oilman's stores, shipped at London ; 1.48 cases
brandy, 2489 bag* sugar, shipped at Mauritius, Order.
Per Rattler, from London-16 orates 2 barrels 100
Icegs goods, 6 caroteele currants, M* Pherson and
Francis; IO casita shot, 3 sheela lead, 123 bars ¡ron,
260 casks and cases goods, Harcourt and Sons ; 32 eases
candles, Smith and Butler ; 100 ease* wine, 20 hhds.
beer, 152 east* and ease* goods, T. D. Chapman
& Co. ; 65 casks beer, 5 ease* I puncheon hardware,
60 fceg«, 112 pots. 15 oven* and covers, I cask, 24 pair«
cart boxes, 12 mould boards, I hamper, I wheel, 5
pianos, 7 cases goods, Kerr & Co.; 150 casks beer,
32 hilda, ditto, 30 cases goods, 60 quarter cask* wine,
10 half tierces tobacco, 20 hhds. rum, 186 case* and
casks merchandise, Nathan, Moses fit Co. ; 31 hhds.
rum, W. Crosby ; 46 cases 6 casks goods, L Iloope ; I
2 case* perfumery, 4 casca good", Hustahlu and Co. ; j
5 kvgs tobacco, 85 cases nnil bales goods, L. C. Steven-
son ; 24 quarter cask* port, 20 ditto sherry, Brown
6 Co ; 46 packages raisins, Burnt, White, fit Co. ;
6 half tierces I tierce tobacco, 12 hides goods, Helier
& Co. ; 5 cases 1 crate gooils, I. Solomon j 2 cuses
books, 119 casks and cases goods, 278 bars 48 bundles
iron, 32 boilers, H. Hopkins ; 2 hhds. wine, J. Dunn ;
5 quarter enskt wine, E Bisdee; 21 bales and ca»es
goods," R. Lewis & Sons; I case, li. Denny; 16 casks
goods, W. J. T. Clark* ; 8 cases ditto, G. W.
Walker; 2 casks 9 cases *24 pieces 1 bag goods, Capt.
Goldsmith; 1 case jewellery, B. Rout; 1 case earthen-
ware, 4 cases wine, D. Sutton ; I cask I crise, Fryer ;
9 cases end casks, De La Hum; 4 bales goods, A.
. Morrison ; 87 cases goods, G. and 1'. Dugard ; 5 cuses
ditto, F. A. Downing i I ease, Sir John Pedder; I
ente, Officer administering the Government ; I case,
Mrs. Maning ; I case, Goldie ; I ease, De Gillern ;
Sense*, Goldsmith ; 2caaes, Warden, Christ's College;
1 case. Pearce ; 1 box, Agnew ; 1 case, Macdowell ;
300 cleals, 44V tia» 8 sheets lead. 60 dram« linseed
oil, 4 cask* hams, 4 cask* beer, 200 barrels goods, 22
quarter raak* wine, 20 quarter cask* wine, 25 kegs
tobáceo. 100 barrels sugar, 6 case* gooda, 80 stoves,
33 eases 1 package silver plate, 20 hhds. brandy,
Order.
EXPORTS.
Per Thalia, for Melbourne-2 packages furniture, 1
20 bales canvas, 2 case* furniture, 7ft case* pickle», 15
horses, IS drays, T. D. Chapman et Co ; 3 bags oats,
1 bag flour, I bag sugar, I h lid biscuit, I hone, cart
and harness, A. Oir ; 1 chest npparel, 82 pair» boots,
W. Tbomptou; 32 bag* cob, 1 borst, J. Harnett.
, POST OF LAUNCESTON.
January 14- Arrived the steamer Shamrock, 200
tons, Gilmore, from Sydney and Melbourne. Passen
gera-Mr. H. Hall, Mr. W. Campbell, Mies Spowen,
Ml** Esprtw, Mr. D. Monro, Mr. Barker, Mr.
Fletcher, Mrs. Orsman and child, Mr. M'Donald,
Mr. R. Bashaw, Mr. J. W. Robertson, Mr. Fletcher,
Mr. O. Fletcher. Re*. 8. Waterhouse, Mr. Alfred
Ros«; and 100 M the steerage. .
15- Arrived the schooner John, 49 tom, Arcbbald,
from Melbourne. ^."«. . .
17- Arrived the schooner Swift, 129 tons, Irving,
from Melbourne. Two passengers.
17-Arrived the brig City of Svdnev, 100 tom,
Fawthrop, from Melbourne, via Circular Head. Pas-
sengers - Mr. and Mrs Borradaile, Mrs. Smith,
Mesrs. Ferguson, Honor, James Davis, G. Fry and
son, Thos. Young.
January 17-Sailed the steamer Shamrock, 200
ton», Gilmore, Tor Melhourrre.and Sydney. Passen-
gers-Mr. F. Button, Mr. and Mrs Tooih, Messrs.
Button, W. Porter, It De Little, C. Henty, Gilbert
Blythe, C. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs Blair, Miss Bart,
Messrs. Michael LyncJi. R. Wilkinson, John Palmer,
P. Monaghin, Mrs. and Misse* Orr. Mr. Wm. K«ir,
Miss Monaghan, Messr». Hudspefb, Fooler, A. H.
Miming, Miss Foster. Misses E. and F. Stewart,
Messrs. H. Hridgiv, Woodward, Austin, B, Austin,
T. Brqwne, A. W. Young, E. Innis, Miss Ware,
Messrs. A. Ross, Fletcher, Wood, Biodrihh, Donald-
son, *arr, Brenlnni, Macklow, Mrs. Gould, Mia
Roberts and child, Messrs. Degraves, Clarke, While,
Button, James Hume; and 200 in the steerage.
17-Sailed the schooner Mariposa, 191 ton*, Carr,
for Melbourne. Passengers-Messrs. A. Walker,
P. Burmell, ti. Walker, J.imes Learmonth, P. Lear-
month, T. Langtree, Master Fawnes, Master Walker ;
and 100 in the steeiage.
17-Sailed the schooner Jane and Elisabeth, 22
| lons, Boskell, for Geelong, via River Forth. Pas-
senger-Mr. J. Williams.
17-Sailed tho schooner Ellen and Mary, 27 tons,
Hill, for Melbourne. Ten passengers.
- M A IHTE T S.
HOBART TOWN MARKETS 20th JANUARY.
Wheat ha* been sold during the past week at 6s. per
bushel, but business is dull and buyers are holding
back. English barley 7». per bushel, Cape ditto 4s.
ditto. Oats are at 6s. 6<1 per' bushel. Flour, from
£16 to £18 per ton. The loaf is at 4d. per 2lbs.
Hay £4 per ton ; potatoes £6 10s. ditto. Butter and
cheese are both »caree; the former, colonial potted,
will fetch le. wholesale-cheese, nominal. Eggs,
Is. 6d. per dosen. .
LAUNCESTON GRAIN MAKKKT, 1-7X11 JANUARY.
Flour £13;' wheat 5i per bushel; oats 4*6d;
barley 4s 6d ; eut hay £2 per ton ; potatoes 6s per
cwt- Examiner.
SYDNEY MARKETS, 9IH JANUARY. .
The Mill».-Messrs. Barker and Co. : A few loads
of wheat have been offered, which sold ut the prices hist
quoted-4s. 'Cd. to 5s. according to sample. Flour
remains without alteration-£14 for fine, £12 for
second quality,per ton of 21)0!) lbs. Bran is to Is. 2d.
per bushel. Mr. Itriellnt: Thesupply of wheat during
the week has been very limited. A few small lots
arrived to maiket,and readily sold nt 5s. to 5s. 3d. per
bushel. The demand for flour is steady, mid price
firm, at £ 14 per ton for fine, and £ 12 seconds. Bran,
Is. to Is. 4d- per bushel. Air. Smart : No alteration
lies taken place either in wheat or flour since last report.
Maire is worth from 2s, 9d. to 3s. per bushel, with
an upwatd tendency.
Oats.-2s. 9d. to 3s. 3d., according to sample.
Barky.-Samples fit for malting purposes will com-
mand 3s. per bushel ; other samples 2s. io 2s. Od.
Potatoes.-The prices for the incoming crop are
from £4 to £4 10s. per ton, but sales are dull.
Herald.
MELBOURNE MARKETS, 10TH JANUARY.
('Fiom the Herald's Price Current J
There ha* been a brisk trade doing this week in
almost every article of general consumption, prices for
which are not only firm, but in many instances higher
rates are'demanded and obtained.
The market has been but indifferently supplied with
Cheese, Uncon, &o., which has caused estreme prices
to be obtained for these articles: a quantity of very
prime cheese, from one of the best dairies in Van
Diemen?» Land, sold at auction, during the week, at
2*. 3d. lo 2s. 4d. per lb. A parcel of Hams, by a
recent arrival, fetched I6d. to fed. per lb.
The various bolder« of Oilmen's Store» have been
completely cleared out; Pickles are much wanted,
also Anchovy Paste, Herrings-in tins, Sardines, &o.
M aise has been sold in quantity at 5*. to 5s. 3d. ;
new Oats, at 9s. to 9*. 6d-and these prices likely to
be maintained.
Considerable transactions have taken place during
the week in Flour. Fine hu* been moved at from -K18
to £20, and in consequence of the Mills having
stopped there is not much likelihoqd of any imme-
diate decline in value. The arrival of 3000 barrels
American will not materially affect the market, as the
quality generally is not first-rate.
The price of gold during the week has ruled from
£2 17s. 6d. to £2 I8s.6d. Since the arrival of the
Shamrock more firmness has been displayed by holders,
and £2 19s. lo £2 19s 6d. freely given.
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