MELBOURNE

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVIII, Issue 1633, 15 October 1862, Page 3

MELBOURNE

The following exti.ict is fioin the Melbourne Aye, of 17th instant • — " But vei\ little li.vs I.een done in the impoit miiket to tl i> , busints-, still leiiiains quiet and ti insaetions ne limited to tho supply of immediate li'qinu'liuuts \s \tt, opt'iations f»i shipment to New Zealand lime i)u'u imnnpoit nit and h.ue been confined piniupally to low cl w. bundles and small puecls of piousions The ulucts teceived pei the ' Aldinija' fioin Ota'_co l>v ineiihant-- heio, aie not of a s itisfaetoiy ehaiactei, and lonstqueutU tlu'V aie not inclined to ship to an> i\tent Flom i-> Mi} fiim, and puce-, appcu to hwe i »h_htl\ ii|iuaid tendon j , seu'ial small p.uoels weie plait d to di\ at t\tieine quotitions Hi mdv is also mqiuu'd loi A con^ulc'iabie qnantitN of United Vine 3 aids was cli iltd oft' to d.v at 11s. Oat-- aie m good iiqu<st; colonial ha\e changed hands at auction as Inifh as 6s 7d pei Inislul Tobacco wis i ithu latgely pi ictd at auction to da\, tTV^F.osy tikl J^ons and by Gieiirand Mnna\ Pines lienti illy «eie satisf ictoiv I'hf twist toliacco sold .it Is 7^l liy the tonne 11 fiiin was of an mfi'iioi de^cuption, lieint; manufactuitd fiom the Mis>oun leaf, ' The A ()C SejitcinliLt 18, sa\b — " Tin 1 import nnrkct has been hut morieintelv <-up ported to il.iv, and luiMiie^s is still fir tioni busk Theie ha\e been a few ti.umctions u\ pioviMons, \c , clneH> foi shipment to New Ze iland bales ha\t taken pi ice ofbicniiat lid. mil hanii at Is i'lii'ie, ljo\\c\i'i, ueie not fit^fc class Ojilvr -> full un^ht candles ha\e been quitted tls Thoie has bedi a lathci better lnqiiny for bulk ale , a parcel ol 20 hhds of Mai ion eh nigod h miU at £S 1 7" 6\l Saidmes aie in lequest - ■.lie-, of qnutii bo\es at 6i Sd Shoiiy m qinrtci casks, has bien placed at t"5 per butt m bond, and 13 >«,-. i bottled a'e at 0> pel do/cv HenneSb\'s diik brinds is \ti\ scarce, and cannot be puicliased uudei 11s Dd ptrifUlon " "\le--l^ Fiastrand Cohen sold by auction this day, at thin looms, t> oi>o baf;s "\launtuid su<;ai , e\ 'Sums' mil ' Isonndc,' at which the following pnees %\eie le dised , — Low countois, £3'217s (id to Ci 7 , jjnod € JS , fan cnstals X' 37 low pt\, £ln 10s The s de was well attt nded, mid tin. bidding \\ is fui, though tho-e juices e^tilihsh a decline of £1 pei ton oiic\s tals, and on othr l soitsof 15i> pel ton The cat go of pi uit ition colLi 1 , e\ ' Mauon,' fiom Colombo, was olleied lmt not sold , it pissed in at 11 [d , and the bist oflvi muli' \\ la 10] d . and declined The same fnm also sold on the wharf e\ ' RiJliant,' logs ced.n, at fiom 295, to 31« Cd per 100 feet " M(j«si« (iii-ig and iMuuay sold today, on the Austiahau ulinf, -slate- 22 \ 12, £15 15- pei 100 , do lfe \ 10, £11 ■>■• do , hay. all faults, £3 7s Gd to £0 19~ And it Hobson's Bay Railway, Poitland cement, all tanlts, 13s pu banel " The .i/co l Se])tnnbcr 19th --a^s — " Biisinc's's in the impoit maiket continues dull, and almost the onlj uirjuuy is for cdt.un classes of piovi sions foi shijimiut to New Zealand Hams and icic-.m ha\e been quitted at the pi ices quoted m om yester day's lepoifc There is a bettei demand for bottlul stout and ale, anil paicels have changed hands, to land, at 9s 9d foi B\ ass' stout, 10s 9d foi Dumphy's, and 9s foi Bass's ale Geneva, JDKZ, has been placed n f 12= 3d , and Sir R Burnetts stop |ieied old torn at 15s i)d Tobacco continues in fan icqiieht ; tens ha\e been sold to day at 3s. 2d , and half-pound lumps at from 3s 7d to 3s 9d. There has been some speculation in Chinese oil, consequent upon an advance in China of od pei gallon 1,000 cases (10 gallons each) ha\e changed hands, to day at an advance on lafet week's quotations, and 300 cases ha\e been placed at 3s lid pei gallon, less 2^l foi cash."