MERCANTILE AND MONEY ARTICLE. - Tuesday Evening. - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) - 7 Jul 1858 (original) (raw)

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Wed 7 Jul 1858 - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)
Page 5 - MERCANTILE AND MONEY ARTICLE.

MERCANTILE AND 'MONEY AHITOLE.

BUSINESS ñas oeen very quiet to o ay, ana we

have no transactions of importance to notice,,

either privately or by auction.

The Argus says, we find in a recent number

of Hunt's Merchants' Magazine th e following -

interesting table, showing the comparative prices

of breadstuff's at Boston, United States, for ten

years. The prices given are those current on

the 1st September in each year :-- -

dol. o. do!, o. dol. c. dol. c.

1848 . S 0* to 6 00 ...... 1 ,01 to 1 05

1849 5 25 » 50 . 0 0.5 1 10

1850 . 4 25 4 50 . 0 ? WI 0 90 .

1851 . 8 17 4 00 . 0. 00 0 G5

1852 . 4 51 4 46 . 0 : 70 0 05

1853 . 5 75 6 00 . 1 13 1 23

1854. 9 75 10 00 . 1 (10 1 88

1855 . 5 90 G 50 . 1 50 1 54

1856 . 7 50 8 75 . 1 75 1 85

1857 . 6 75 6 35 . 1 40 1 52

1848 . 1 18 to 1 30 ~. .02 to 72

1849 . 1 19 1 28 .,. \ 60 03

1850 . 0 90 1 13. 1 01 62

1851 ....... 0 90 1 05 ......... ??> 57 58

1852 . 1 00 1 10. : 71 72

1853 . . 1 35 1 41 .t. T ; 75 78

1854 . 1 .'»0 2 10 . .. 86 88

1855. 1 62 1 65 . . 60 70

1857 ...... 1 35 1 78 . 84 03

Prices of Stato flour on 1st September, 1857, were relatively not .

moro than half as high as they wero In 1854, because tho Btandard

of inspection ls muoh higher now than then. Kx'rn Stato flour it

now a« good aa medium Gonosec waa then, and ibrral purchases

were mado on Ut September; 1857, at from 5 dollar« 60 cents to

6 dollars 25 cents por barral, and for tho higher figure a really

good flour was obtained. ' : 1 .

i HORTICULTURAL AND AGRIGULTURAL SOCIETY.-The

monthly meeting of this Society was held- Ivie night.'at

' the Exchange Rooms, but owing to the, extreme in-

clemency of the weather there were only a few mem-

bers present ; and the formal business ot the Society

having been gone through, the reading of; the various

interesting papers announced was adjourned till next

CONCERT. - Madame Amalia Rawack gave her

concert yesterday evening at the Prince of Wales

Theatre, notwithstanding the roughness of the weather,

and it must have been peculiarly gratifying to this

gifted lady to find on such a night, which the rain was

falling heavily and the streets almost impossible, that

her talents were great enough to draw together an

audience so large and so fashionable. The theatre was

moderarely filled, two-thirds, at least, of the occupants

of the box and parquette seats being ladies. There were

present his Excellency the Governor-General, with

Lady Denison and family. We also observed several

members of the Legislature, the Bench, and the Bar.

The concert, as a whole, can scarcely be spoken of too

highly. In the first place, the music had been care-

fully selected ¡ in the next, the programme had been

judicious arranged; and lastly, the execution was of

such a nature as to call forth hearty and deserved

plaudits. The chief attraction was of course the per-

formance of Madame Rawack, and certainly never

before in this colony have the wonderful productions

of Lizt and Thalberg been performed with

so much taste, correctness, and brilliancy of

the pianoforte as they were last night.

Any lengthened eulogy would be superfluous, but we

may reasonably expect that as Miss Catherine Hayes

gave an impulse to the study of vocal music, and as

Miska Hauser sang sweetly in favour of the violin, the

performances of the fair artiste who has obtained so

complete a mastery over the pianoforte will exercise

considerable influence in the musical world. The band

of H. M. 12th Regiment was present, and in

conjunction with the gentlemen of the Phil-

harmonic Society, performed with much

effect the pieces set down for them in

the programme. The performances of the gentlemen

of the Glee Society were loudly cheered, and the exe-

cution of the violin solos by a gentleman amateur was

much admired. Madame Sara Flower was in excel-

lent voice, and as usual sang well, and was well ap-

plauded. Mr. Boulanget's performance was charac-

teristic, and elicited the admiration it deserved. The

conductor was Mr. John Deane.

THE MONTH.-The number for July is just pub-

lished. The contents ate as follows : -Students of '

Life-Chapter IV., "Love;" Camp Cookery; Ram-

bles and Scrambles Abroad ; 'Possum Papers, No. 1,'

"A Bather's Mishap;" The Pcets on Bathing;

Quartz and Gold-Chapter IV., Book 2 ; The Indian

Panorama ; Charles Wotton : or, Bush : Life in Aus-

tralia, Chapter IV. ; Toles and. Sketches of Village

Life in Ireland (continued) ; Father Cuddy's Song ;

HurrigraphB on Bocks ; A Model. Poem (Charles

THE NORTHERN ESCORT..—The northern escort ar-

rived in Maitland yesterday morning, en route to

Sydney, with 590 ozs 14 dwts. of gold-dust from the

Rocky River, and 575 ounces 11 dwts 6 grs. from the

Hanging Rack and Peel River diggings, making a

totaf of 1166 ozs. 6 dwts. 6 grs.—Maitland Mercury,

THE OPÉNIKO OF ' THE EXTENSION TO WEST MAIT-

LAND.-Thursday, the twenty-second day of July, has

at length been finally fixed upon as the eventful day

when the first railway train with passengers will enter

West Maitland. There is now no doubt as to the

Governor-General's intentions, to be in Maitland on

the opening of tho extension, that he will attend the

luncheon, and that he will also be at the ball.- From

avery reliable and high authority it has been ascer-

tained that the Ministry will accompany his Excel-

lency; and, doubtless, many of the members of the

Legislature will only be too glad to get away from

their senatorial duties for a day or two, in order that

they might also, with his Excellency, celebrate so

joyous and important an occasion, and participate in

the general festivities. The local members, we learn,

will receive formal invitations to be present. The prepa-

rations are now being actively and vigorously carried on.

The ball will take place at the School of, Arts. The

hall, it is said, is to be converted into a supper room,

and as by experience it has been proved that no exist-

ing room is large enough for a ball room, it has been

determined to erect a large marquee, capable of accom-

modating 800 persons. Mr. Vindin has been in cor-

respondence with Mr. Scott, of Sydney, the result of

which has been an arrangement for a pyrotechnic

display at night. We learn that the committee intend

making application to Colonel Percival for the band

of the 12th Regiment. The subscription list is

rapidly filling-£200 having been already collected.

The committee, we understand, intend offering a

prize of £5 for the best report of the day's proceedings,

for publication in one of the English papers or maga-

THE LATE FRAUD ON. THE ORIENTAL BANK AT

MELBOURNE.-.The car.e of Lionel Levi, who for the

laBt eight months has figured as a prisoner in vario UB

examinations before the police and criminal courts,,

came before tho judges tn banco, yesterday. The

motion was upon pointa reserved at the trial, as to

whether a notarial protest of a foreign bill waa legal

evidence. The court, after hearing counsel on either

Bide, reserved their decision, and there is considerable

probability of the conviction being quashed.-Age,

EDEN.-ELECTORAL LISTS. - The undermentioned

gentlemen have been appointed to assist in revising

the electoral lists :-Messrs. George Barclay, Solomon

Solomons, John Henry Bennett, and William Pres-

cott -Government Gazette.

PORT MACQUARIE,-Mr. Edward St. Aubyn Kings-

ford has hcon appointed pilot at Port Macquarie, in

the room of Mr. H. Young, resigned.-Government