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Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 541, 9 January 1858, Page 3

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. ;(From the ' Hobart Town Mercury' Extra.) > By Electric Telegraph from Launceston. ■ 5 ;.Launceston, Thursday, 4.30 p.ra. ' \ The Queen has just arrived, bringing twenty-four .days later news. *'•' *\; JTiie slii|> S\viiP(;sure ? Captain, ,PnQe,:arrived at- Meibourne on Monday: ni^ht. She left London on the o.4th October, two ■'days afteivthe E. and :A. Mail Company's sCeanie'r" left Southampton, and made the passage in Odjdays. •-. > O v | The papers contain-a report/of several horrible murders ■ which had •"• lieon coni-

niitted in various? fparts of Gr.eatV:Britain.!; '- The • Mprnicg" CEi-pnicle' states that tie oneen: .is to be pi-oclaimed Ecipress: of Hindostanv ; \ ■ ; ' . ! % . v

'. I The niited;^%ti^;-Mail"'S^i^liip':*;fis' wrecked^ and 500, lives lost. , „ , - An enormous fraud on the Customs at Belfast, amounting to £12,000, had' been discovered. .: .....

! ; The Bth October was observed throughout England as a-day. of fast and general •humiliation. The Rev. -Mr. Spui-geon pj-eached in the "Crystal Palace to 204,000 people. Collection, r £C?6.... „. _„ - .- : A.. French correspondent vrriting from Calcutta to Pra-is, says, that the British "army iv India ma"y anticipate two years hard fighting. Tiie tofai amount ?üb--ascribed for the Indian Relief Pund is nearly £103,000.—A man-of-jl war was lost with nearly all hands near oronstad *■'• • There were three admirals and nearly 1400 persons onboard. I The name of Mr. John Frost the Chdrtist, and es-ma:yor of Newport, r app<?arecl •oh the''Town Hail door as claimiiig to be restored^ to the list of Freemen! of the

Borough. . The English commercial -intelligence reI ceived by the Swiftsure is to the afternoon of the' 14th of October,- 'and is of great importance. The protracted drain of gold from Englaridaiid. the jap-eat demand j For money had caused consols to decline : to. &H to 78?|" for money. The Bank of Eno-lajid had contemplated the movement .. rfojf the rate, of to 8 per cent. - ■ Li VErfpooc.—The : large; publid woql-; sales- commenced on 'Wednesday, 30th September, when' 1003 bales= Australian • nvool were offered and sold with great anilimation at an advance of fxillyld. per ft. yOnv O n the closing rates of. .the" last sales in London,—and'had the quantity been much .-laro-ei- it: would doubtless .have.met r with : Wially*; j&vourable' result.,^ At t!4s day's j •sdles were only offered 17 ; 00,gTeasy, Spa.--•:nishatfd^Portuga l7^iihe Buenos .Ayres and , Mtalian%ool, but tor these there w.ashttle :ts^mpetition and the greater part was • ovith^vawn. A^,thesiit>^qxient sales blb^, vUl^s; East^trdia %<i(uifee^tlie;Kammer'; : ] •hrid'^pnßideringilheiarge^iiantity; #errd, ; .fea^. |o,Q(K).,tas, .the". :resu\i is sft isatie-, ..fofctQVXVt^iPiW ijwithV/ew; e^ceptio^s #i<\ {mkinVd ; ivefy l 'fii<mK«acL aB^JWW«i«Wt- |j I .■ - H> }Tha ¥ - woo^ftle^^iSrw^P^%^f^:' »lait .iweek in* cDnse^uencß of %m .generals indisposition of buyers it^^amefor.trard j hiitil better advised of the condition of I the tondori mftrfiet- were <ann.oilnced' to

take plfjce td itay"; ;The arriyal; o£ the ■ Swrffeure' caused a further postponement frdiii,.€<lcyen o'clock until two this afternoon j at' whicji hottr Messrs. R'.<sGold§-' borough and CV>.: submitted 2724-bales tjo the trade. 'Many of r tlie'l6|sr lia'd', been offered.and \vit|)dra to on pre.yious occasions and as very, little -wits shewn on the part qt'.shrppers tobbur,} r, except-atcon-siderably, reduced rat'es^ many; lots were again withdrawn. The attendance was at the commencement of the; sale very' considerable, but much time was consumed in dwelling1 upon,, the lots, 'and.-, many .''.of' thpse'^prekent retired.'. The late^hour to' : which; the, iale. extended; small; amount*.p_P__enjoyment ai: tend ing-.it caused that of Messrs. plough & Co. to be postponed until Wednesday, this day. The sboured wools were purchased any offer being' made. About 109 bales greasywere sold at lOdVtp IS^d.. A few bales laying- as hig-Ii as 13J, aru^ abj3ut^4oo bales at from ,Is. ?|fl 'to 'J.s.lo|d. per, Ib. A few bales very, heavy selling- at 2s. 1 |d. Messrs E. Goldsborou^h & Co. report that" many lots: have subsequently sold privately and of the 2724 bales offered'2oo6 cHaiigfed hands by public and private sale. Biisiness continues in an unsatisfactory condition, although ,a somewhat better de'-r mand^exists for many import!?. In the flour; market,, several transactions were completed to-day (Tuesday), at a reditction on previous quotations. The cause of this fall in the staple in question is generally I attributed to the fact of ord«r to Teiease having reached this City from South Aus-" tralia. .

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