AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 2001, 4 October 1869, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Melbourne, Sept. 28. The Ministerial elections are cans ng great excitement. Mr Yale is opposing Mr Peeve* fur Colling'woocl, and Mr Rdfe is opposing Mr Byrne. The mail news has improved trade. The running of third-class railway carriages has been resume 1. The continued dry weaker is causing great uneasiness. The Bishop has proclaimed the 7th October for special prayers for rain. COMMERCIAL. Flour falling Ll7 to LlB ; oats are wanted; maize, os 4id; kerosene has risen to Is 114 d. Sydney. In reference to the enquiry into the circumstances attending the seizure of the schooner Daphne at the South Sea Islands, his Honor Chief Justice Stephen has expressed the opinion that the islanders found on board that vessel were neither slaves nor intended for slavery. Maize is quoted at 4s 3d, with a better supply. Intelligence has been received that Count Von Attems, whose swindles caused such a great sensation, both here and in Queensland some time since, was sentenced to twentytwo months imprisonment at Sourabaya.. The Bank of New South Wales at Maitland has dismissed two clerks, in consequence of a recent loss of notes. Mr Alfr d Warren, draper, is insolvent. It is reported that a diamond weighing fifiy-two carats has been found in VereliL The constituents of Messrs Walker and Piddington have eutertained them at a public dinner.