AUSTRALIA.

Evening Post, Issue 112, 19 June 1865, Page 2

AUSTRALIA.

Adelaide, June 1. Mr. Hart's motion was negatived last night, an amendment being carried to a~low the present holders of annual leases to continue in occupation for twelve months, at a rent to be fixed by ttfevyaluator of runs. V^ The stocks of breadstuff's on han^^JJ^ are about the same a3 at this date last^e#> but the exports from Ist January to"SfrJ|* .la*

Ma/*how a falling off of 15,249 tons, as compared with those of 1864. Bran is very scarce, and is eagerly bought at Is 6d. There are no sellers under this figure. Cape barley much wanted. The corn market to-day is very steady. Wheat firm at 7s 8d At Port. There have been sales at that price, but holders are now asking an advance. Several sales of flour have occurred at .£l7 to .£lB 10g. Import business is very dull, and transactions are limited to trade orders. Copper, £88 at Port. A petition has been presented from large numbers of Government officers, praying for an increase of salary, owing to the high prices of provisions. I Arrangements for the establishment of a purely local banking company are nearly completed. The amateur theatrical performance last night, in aid of the Port Inundation Fund, was a great success. June 2. Two Government officers, who have refused to answer certain questions put to them by the select committee of the Assembly on the wastelands question, have <been summoned to appear at the bar of the House on Tuesday next. The new lode at the Moonta is turning out very rich ore. . The mining news of the week is generally satisfactory. There was a brisk demand for wheat this morning. Sales at 7s 9d at the Port, and but little offering. Flour is firmer. Town millers refuse to sell under £19. Good •country brands may be bought at <£18 10s. Several orders for wheat are on hand. One sale of wheat is reported to-day at 7s lOd.

Sydney, June 1. In the Assembly to-day, an adjournment of the House was moved, in order to bring forward the conduct of Victorian Customs officers at Wentworth, in attempting to collect duties according to the Victorian tariff. Mr. Martin co ndemned the Government, charging them with throwing away £50,000 yearly by their recent arrangement with Victoria. Mr. Smart stated that Victorian officers had no authority to collect Murray duties, other than by a mere verbal understanding arrived at during the late conference; also, that he informed the Victorian Government that duties must be collected according to our tariff, and that no arrangement, save this, would be made. He promised that all papers connected with the border duties should be laid on the table on Wednesday, with the bill sanctioning the arrangement already made. The Upper House have passed the second reading of the Stamp Duties Bill. Mr. 'Gordon has refused to accept the vacant judgeship. At the wool sales to-day, a greater disposition to purchase has been evinced; prices, however, were slightly weaker. A vote of censure was moved against the Government last night in the Assembly, for having appropriated certain moneys out of the revenue without the authority of the House. After a lengthened debate, the House divided, and the motion was negatived by twenty-five to fourteen. It is reported that Kelly, grandfather of] Johnny Gilbert, informed against him, and laid the police on his track for the purpose of claiming the reward offered for Gilbert's apprehension. j

June 2. ] The debate on the border duties lasted several hours last night, but nothing definite was done. The stamp duties are passing slowly through the committee in in the Upper House. Mr. Hargreaves, the present SolicitorGeneral, is likely to be appointed equity judge. Messrs. Prost, Kohler, aud Co. sequestrated their estate to-day. The liabilities are £50,424; assets, £30,888. The latter are considered over estimated. The estate is likely to realise a very small dividend. None of the debentures offered for sale by the Government, for which the tenders closed yesterdaj^ have been taken up. The Qusfineland Parliament has voted a subsi&3^ a local steam company for carrying the-jnaijg to the northern ports. A sijm hao been placed off the Queens-

land Estimates, in aid of the movement for promoting a search for Leichardt. Capture of Dunx, the Bushranger.— The Kiverine Herald states that Dunn, the last of Hall and Gilbert's gang, was captured by the police on Wednesday morning last, at an out- station, not many miles from the scene of Gilbert's death. It appears that there was only a woman in the hut which he had stuck up, who, on seeing the police approaching, got behind Dunn, and succeeded in pinioning his arms until the police came up. He is now safely lodged in gaol. _______ __. ».