LATEST AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 384, 11 June 1866, Page 1

LATEST AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Melbourne., May 16. The Great Britain passed through the Heads at 1 p.m. Mr Veadon goes home by the mail. 'Die Board o? New Industries have granted £2,000 to Mr Kenny for introducing the manufacture of paper into tiie colony. The import market is excited. There have been heavy speculations in geneva ; 15 ; 000 cases of JJDKZ and Key brand have been sold at 10s 6d and 10s respectively. Further sales of caudles have taken place, but the terms are kept private. Corn sacks. No, 4, £7 15s to £B. Baker’s bottled stout is quoted at 15s, and Macbin’s at 15s 6d. Sugar for brewing stands at .£39 to .£43 10s. Sheet lead has been sold to arrive at £3O. There is a good trade demand for flour, but no alteration in prices. Small parcels of South Australian wheat have been sold at ,7s 3d ; oats, 5s 3d; maize is steady at 6s 3d. Arrived.—Waterlily from Mauritius. May 17. The galleries of the Assembly were cleared at midnight on Wednesday during a row over the Real Property Act Amendment Bill. The Postal Bill was passed through all its stages last night; it reduces the inland rate on letters to 2d, and enables deposits in the Post Office Savings’ Banks to be paid into the Consolidated Revenue. A committee has been formed to carry out an exhibition of merino wools. The amount subscribed to the O’Sbanassy testimonial fund exceeds £2,000. The money is to be sent to a committee of colonists in London for the purchase of a piece of plate. The Appropriation Bill was read a first time in the Assembly, and the Public Health Bill is now under consideration. A large Government contractor is reported as missing. The first salmon ova was hatched in Tasmania on the 9th instant, just three days after it was placed in the ponds. The Supreme Court has been occupied all day with l)r Beaney’s case. Considerable business has been done today. Breadstuffs are quiet, and sales limited ; wheat has been disposed of at 7s 4|d for best Adelaide; flour is steady at £l7 to £l7 10s for Adelaide, £l6 for Californian, and £l4 10s for Chilian; oats are less firm, and there have been no sales ; barley has been sold at 5s s|d niaize is firm at 6s 3d to 6s 6d; Adelaide bran sold at Is 6d, and Californian at Is 8d ; malt, is quoted at 18s. For Barker’s bottled stout to arrive 15s has been refused; kerosine from the neighboring colonies found buyers at 6s 3d. Large sales of sugar Lave taken place at £39 10s to £4B brewing crystals ; ration is quoted at £32, duty paid. Sales of teas have taken place, as buyers expect prices to rise; Is 8d for common, and 2s to 2s 5d for congou in bond.

Heavy rain fell all last night and to-day, with the wind from S.S.E. Arrived.—Sarah March, from Chili; and Eastern Queen, from San Francisco, with breadstuffs. •■■•••• May 21. The Ministerial whitebait dinner takes place at Scott’s Hotel on Wednesday, Both houses sat for a few hours this afternoon to close the business of the session. Beaney’s case progresses slowly; the evi- • deuce so far.is very weak. Mr Clifton, late agent of the P. and 0. Company, King George’s Sound, supersedes Captain Sparkles here. Silver lead ore was discovered near Morse’s Creek. Business is brisk. Breadstuffs are improving in price. Sales of Adelaide town flour have been effected at £l7 10s. Wheat is quoted at 7s 6d. A consignment of 12,000 bushels of Chilian wheat, via Sydney, has been cleared at 7s. Barley is moving off at ss. Oats are firm at 5s 3d to 6s 6d. Maize has been sold at 5s lid. There have been some large transactions in teas, at is 9d to 2s id. in bond for medium congous. Brewing sugars are quoted at £4l to £43. Twenty tons of currants, to arrive, have been sold at 5d in bond. Allsopp’s bottled ale is worth 9s 3d, and Burnett’s old tom, lls 6d. Adelaide, May 16. A scene occurred in the Supreme Court between Mr Justice Bootbby and Mr Stowe, Q.C.; the former refused to allow the latter to defend a-prisoner unless he should produce his license to appear against the Crown. Mr Stowe refused and the Judge threatened to commit him; the case was adjourned. Judge Booth by, after trying to compel the attendance of the Attorney-General in the Supreme Court as public prosecutor, has confessed he had not the necessary power to do so. The enrolment of Volunteers under the new Act proceeds very slowly. The men have no confidence in the intentions of the Government. The report of the Northern Territory Commissioners was handed in to-day, but the result is not known. There have been more inquiries for wheat, and buyers offer 6s 4d for large parcels, and more might be obtained. Cape oats are very scarce. Sugar is exceedingly firm. Candles are quoted at Is 4d on the spot, and Is 3d. to arrive. Bulk porter is in demand at £7 15s; Bass’s bottled porter is scarce, and is worth 10s 3d. May 17. There are numerous applications for the Presidency of the Marine Board; it is, however, expected that no appointments will bo made till the reports of the Harbor Commissioners, and the Chamber of Commerce have been thoroughly examined. It is not unlikely the Marine Board will he abolished. The report of the Northern Territory Commission is said to be adverse to Mr Finnis. It rained heavily last night, but little has fallen north of the Burra. Wheat is quoted at 6s 4d to 6s 5d no transactions; flour is quoted at £l4 10s to £l6 10s, with good demand for home consumption, but no export trade. May 21. A deputation of merchants and captains interested in the Murray trade waited on the Chief Secretary, urging the importance of at once improving the navigation of the river—efforts having been made by the Victorian Government. The matter having thus been prominently brought forward, the Government have promised immediate attention. A brutal case of burglary occurred at Burnham on Saturday night, at the house of an old lady, aged 60; she was knocked down, in trying to escape, and was seriously injured. A man is now is custody, supposed to be implicated in the outrage. It is reported that the Northern Territory Commission find all the charges proved against Mr Finnis. Wheat firmer; owing to the scarcity, millers offer 6s 8d; there is no export demand. The millers have raised the quotations for flour from £ls to £l6 10s.