LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2527, 23 March 1871, Page 2

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika, March 22. r J he Kangifcoto arrived at II a.m. to-day. f-he left Hobson’s Bay at 3.50 p.m. on the 16th ; experienced strong S.E. winds until the 18th, afterwards thick weather. JVI lebourne, March 22, I he polling for the last batch of

elections is proceeding to-day, and is very quiet at present, but is expected to be very rowdy in some places before night. Tim Whilfler beat Nimblefoot easily in the Town Plate.

The installation of Dr Brownless and Messrs Archer and O’Grady as Knights of St. Gregory, was called out in St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday last by Bishop Gookl. The cathedral was crammed.

Commercial. —Three cargoes of sugar were offered at auction on Tuesday. 8700 hags sold at current rates ; the rest was withdrawn pending the arrival of mail advices. Four thousand cases Devoe’s kerosene were sold yesterday. The market is firm. A large quantity of pearl shells, ex Prima Donna, was offered at auction, but withdrawn for want of a bid. Breadstufts are not affected by the mail news. Fifty tons of flour sold yesterday at LI3 17s 6d. Adelaide wheat is being hold ; there is little offering at Gs ihl, the nominal quotation. Oats very quiet, and unchanged. Sydney.'

The Government received a telegram by the mail from the Secretary of State for the Colonies telling Earl Bel more that the English Government had received information of the fitting out of filibustering expeditions which had left America to pick up Australian o-old ships. The information is not credited here, but the Government commenced to-day to fix guns in position.

Victoria won the interprovincial cricket match by 47 runs. At a public meeting of merchants it was resolved to petition the Governor to dissolve Parliament.

A oreat riot took place in the female reformatory. The Newcastle women again behaved very badly. The police quelled it. A barbarous murder has been perpetrated near Grange. The body was found partly charred with the feet cut off, and is not identifiable. Sugars are firmer. Flour is improving, and some heavy sales have been closed.

Thompson and Giles’s estate shows a surplus of LI 4,000, and time has been granted. Adelaide.

Large quantities of land are being taken up in consequence of the fine yield of wheat this year. Wheat is quiet; hut os is freely offered for good samples. The German residents made a demonstration to commemorate the end ot the war.