AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 648, 15 March 1870, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

MEtBouRWB, March 7Small lota of wool still reaching market. Five hundred bales sold at auction. Greasy, 5d to B^<l. ; scoured, lOd, to 14d ; fleece, lid to I4d. Flour, at auctiou, LH; trade sales, Lll 10s. Wheat stocks low— 4s lid to 5s 2d. Mawe, 33 6d. Oats, 3s to 33 4d. Malt, 9s 3d to 9a (3d. Salt, coarse and fine, L 4 23 6d. : Candles, have declined. Sugara.very firm I—rations1 — rations quoted at L295s to L29 10s ; good white, L4O. ; Hop 3- Is XOdi Kerosene, good brands, 2s 3d. Business generally dull ; owing to unpleasant rumors, affecting the atabiiity of several firms. W. Degiayes and Go, are unable to niQ3t their bills and cheques. Amount involved, three hundred thousand pounds.: Negotiations peuding with banka to obtain advances to prevent suspension. The surplus assets, over liabilities, estimated at one hundred thousand pounds. .Arrived— Celeste, Ceres, Sarah and Mary • Claud Hamilton on the sth, Hero on the.sth. ; A "prostitute has been found dead in the : Ya.yc&i. Marks on her body showed foul play. Edward's, a " journeyman butcher* has been- arreated om suspicion. Another man, supposed to be a foreigner, is implicated, his name is unknown, and he is not arrested. \ Mark ; Gowati, a soldier of the 14th Regiment, has been apprehended on a charge of rape with assault on a woman named Parsons, at St. Kilda swamp, - Victdria won the Intercolonial Cricket Match by two hundred and sixty-five runs. Mr Drapers light sentence has created great dissatisfaction ;" tli3 directors propose a second prosecution. Pilots Gaunson and Single ton a have had their suspension reverse! by the Jfayigation Board, that body possessing ; no legal standing while the chtef Harbor Master's appointment was vacant. The Australasian InsurAAce shareholders are agitkting for the. removal of the present officials. The Commercial Bank haa made a one . pound .jjer share call.In the case of Sii dman,atTalbi)t,charged ; with wife murder, the chief witness, Williams, has absconded. . J. Bong, gtpcer, Ballarat, has called a. meeting, of hia: creditora. R. Bowman and Co. 'a aoceptance3 have been returned unpaid,' , • ." Arrived-'Swiftsure, from La idon, on *he.sth. . : Great stagnation in mining n-attera, : ; Mr M'Crae was buried on S^tirday. The champion races between Hewitt and -Harris began :on Satni'day, Thiare were twenty thousand spectators. Harria ■ won the firat two eveiatsV; : the third w'aa:a: dead heat. The remaining two events; came off to-day. Large sums changed . -hands. r ;,■■■.: Lieutenant Gordon haa been presented with a cup by the ; merabera of the Cricket .ciub. . • . - :.•; Mr Fellowa haa tabled a motian that the payment of members" quosti >n be tlec'd-d by a general vote of the whole ' . :..-:•'....-.. '..'.".. ., r . : . • Ths. ship Eliza, Captain Patching, has! beert burned in the bay ; canSe' unknown.! Charles Turner M'LachlanjlateM 'Liich-; lan and Gordon, committed suicide at Soott*B Hotel. : ;' ' ' ; ■'■ ■ " : Ld^iaMurrin, detective, hai abaconde.d,: 1 One hundred pounds reward haa been' offered for .the appreb:etfßion of; the. Glen-: luce -murderer. • .'"... . , The Intercolonial. Conference ,meet in 3lay." : ■."'■;'."'';""'.'',■ . i Thomas Taylor, pireacher, 7 Sandhurst, has-been committed for trial on ; a charge of embezzlement. .' :j.: : :; j Two "seamen belonging to the wreck of . the Gabriell^ are' stioposed: to 66 : ldsjfe'^ri the Otwdy ranges. A party is but aearoh« ' ing^briherti. . . '. . ■ ;•. i ' W^'Huli has beeii .appointed 'acting 1 Uridet; ; T,reaaurer, vice Syinpndsi who has obtained leaye-of abseiice.. '. Political newa is hit; The Treasurer bjinga up hia budget tomorrow* .. = Sydney, March G. i Heavy rama have fallen.; flopda i ,are reporled, -■•■■- ■ ■ .- ; The Queensland Government has "with j drawn frpnj the;l>ostal conference, mth a view to the opening up of the Torrea Straits route on its own account. The residue iof the 18th re.giiu.tant haa arrived. .... | Mr Robertson has been returned for • West Sydney, ; •: •; ■- ' : : ' : Wopl salea ;seU attended ; prices mam-t--amed. ■ ,-•■..,. -i.., .-....■••••' Herr Bandnian is drawing good houses; Tli'6-Badget debate ia "tinishea.... 1 Government majority sto;te.eii : pn ; tixe-. finanicial policy. The Treasurer sai\3 that ad valorem duties would not be abolished ' unless the.Stamp Act paa3ed» . - Afc Briabiirie Prendergast's trial finished with a verdict of <3uilly,and he waa Ben.' tenced to death. ;■• .- . : The Kandwick meeting commences on the 23rd Apnl. The horse, .ICaiser. hajs arrived. „ . . „..•■ Arrived-^ Jean Tierre, from San iPrariciaco, with a cargo of fl^ur. ••:• .= Sugars, ex Surprise, sold at one pound advance., TheateameT Trio haa been wrecked by Seal Rock Bay, Crew saved. Trade dull. . The Miako has arrived from California, -:j bringing 600 tons of flolirv She bririga dates to the 11th January. The lateat intelligence ia- that wheat had. advanced to Idol 70c, and flour to jjdol. The Annie. M:vin had sailed for Auckland.

There were no more vessels loading for the colonies. Messrs Hamburger Brothers, agents in New South Wales for the Suez Canal Co., has received intelligence that the French Mail Steam Co., will run boats to Australia, iihe terminus beiug Sydney, and :that .the Mesßageii6s Itnperiales Co. will probably subin'it proposals to the Colonial Government to carry the mails, «&c. Adelaide, March 7. Unemployed riots have occurred, and the Treasury has been rushed, the police : charged the mob, and the troopers used the flats of their swords. Six men were apprehended, and have been committed ; for trial, Numbers have been sent to the digging's, Go'verirthent supplying rations. • There is much excitement.