MELBOURNE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 261, 2 May 1855, Page 5

MELBOURNE.

By the last mail we find that the whole of .the State prosecutions in consequence of the riots at the Ballaarat diggings have been concluded. The accused were all acquitted, a verdict of " Not Guilty* having been returned by the jury in each-case. The editor of the Ballaarat Times has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for some seditious and inflammatory articles published during the period of the riots. The following list of wholesale prices are extracted from the Melbourne Morning Herald of the 16th April. Boots and Shoes.—-Common,.so. to 25. disct.; superior, 15. to 30 giv.; American, 20. to 30: adv.; inferior, unsaleable. Beicks (at the Wharf). —English, per lob'o,£4 ss. to £4 10s.; fire bricks, 6 to £7; colonial, 3 to £4 ; American, 80s. to 90s. Candles.—Sperm, per lb., (scarce) 2s. 3d.; stearine, Is. 6d. to Is. lOd.; composition,^., colonial moulds, 9d. Coffee.—Mocha, per lb., 6|d. to 7Ad.; Jamaica, 7d.; Ceylon, plantation, 6d.; Java,s£d.; Manila, s^d. Flotjr.—Adelaide per ton, 42 to £44; V.D.L. first, 42 to £44; Cape, £36; Chili, first, £39.105. y American, Gallego, per barrel, 85s. to 90s. ; do., inferior brands, 455. to 505.: do., sour, 18s.; bran, per bushel, 4s. 6d. G»AiNS^-*VVheatj Australian, per hushel, 15s. to 165.; barley, English, 9s. to 9s. 6d ; di>., Cape, 6s. 6d. to 75.; do., Chili, 6s. to 6s. 6d.; maize, per 60 lbs., 9s, 6d.; oats, English, per 40 lbs., 9s, 6d. to 10s. ;d0.,Y.D.L., feed,los.6d.; seed, do., lls. to 125.; oatmeal, per cwt., 255. Hay.—Compressed, per ton, £14. Molasses.-—Colonial, per cwt, none ; foreign, none. Nails.—Ewbank's patent, wanted, 40 to 45 per cent ad< on price; useful sizes scarce. Potatoes.—New Zealand, per ton, 16 to £17 ; colonial, 14 to £16. Bice.—Java, per ton, £18; Patna, £28; machine dressed do., per cwt.,3os. to 355. Spirits—Brandy, MarteU's, per gallon, 13s. to 13s. 6d.; do. HennessyV, 12s. to 135.; other brands, 7s. to Us.; case brandies, 1 dozen, 20s. to 305.; do. Mauritius, 16s. to 18s.; rum, "WX, 10 o. p., ss. 6d.; do. 25 o. p., ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d.; do. E. 1., 30 o. p., Is. to Is. Qd. ; Hollands, white, 4s. 6d.; do. 4 gallon cases, 13s. to 155.; whiskey, Scotch, per gallon, ss. 9d. to 6s. 6d.; do. Irish, 4s. to 65.; Gin. Englishes. 6d. to 65.; do. in cases, 2 gallons, 18s. to 20s. Soap.—Liverpool, per cwt, 245. fo 305,; London, 30s. ; colonial, 435. to 48s. Sugaes.—China, white, 26 to £32; Java, brown, £28; do white, 30 to £32; Manila, Pampanga,'£2l; do. Taal, £20; do. Zebu, £20 ; Mauritius crystals, 28 to £33; do. clayed, fine, 25 to £26; do. inferior, 20 to £22 ; Cossipore, No. 1,38 to £40 ; Sydney, crushed, 36 to £38 ; English, refined, 36 to £38. TEAS.—Oolong,half chests, 60s; Souchong, do. 75s ; Hyson skin, chests, £3 10s ; dw. haltchests, same rate; do.boxes, same rate; Congou, chests, 6 lo £6 6s; do. half chests, same rate; do. boxes, 20s to 26s ; do. boxes, 25s ; Orange Pekoe, per bus, 28s ; gunpowder, per lb., 3s 6d. Wool.—First quality.per lb. Is 4il to Is 7d: second, do. Is Id to Is 3d; low, do. lhl to Is 1(1; greasy, do. 6il to Sd.