AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 8, Issue 437, 12 November 1866, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

[From the Sydney Herald.] MELBOURNE. Oct. 27, 7.m. The P. and N.Z. Company’s steamer Mataura has arrived from London, after a long voyage, caused by some defect in her machinery. No business doing. The Exhibition attracts crowds. "Weather very fine. Sailed.—Camilla, for Newcastle; City of Sydney, for Sydney. Oct. 29, 8 p.ra. Mr Bramwell, of the London Chartered Bank, is a passenger per Madras. Coppin opened the Haymarket Theatre on Saturday night with great success. Markets very dull, Adelaide wheat sold in retail lots at 5s 4|d. The Marian, from Chile, brings wheat sold to arrive ; maize dull, at 4s ; coarse salt is quoted at ,£3 15s; fine £5 to £5 5s P. and N.Z. Co.’s steamer Mataura brought Cape dates to the 23rd ult. Harvest prospects good, but trade dull. The P. and 0. Co.’s steamer Avoca reached the Cape on the 7th September, on her voyage to Galle. ■v The steamers now run from the Cape to Galle via Mauritius. Arrived. Ecliptic, from Foochoo ; Marian, from Chile; City of Melbourne (s.), from Sydney. Sailed.—City of Adelaide (s.), for Sydney. Oct. 30, 8 p.m. » Business dull. At auction Adelaide flour, town brands, sold for £ll 17s 6d; country, £lO 7s 6d; Adelaide wheat, in small lots, at 5s 3d. The Frances Henty, with the entire cargo of Chillian breadstuffs, has been cleared for Guam. Sales of barley are reported at 3s 6d; maize 4s, Market weak. Kerosene is quoted at 3s 4|d. The forthcoming races are exciting great interest. Tail’s party are now backing the Barb. Sultana is still first favorite. Twentyfour horses will start. Oct. 31, 8 p.m. At Goldsborough’s wool sale to-day the bidding was spirited and prices equal to previous rates. Greasy, 10J to 13d; fleece, 15d to 22£d; scoured, 16d to 22|d. A general holiday will be kept after noon to-morrow in consequence of the races. There is a great run on Tim W hifiler (Craig’s). Deception is backed by Tasmania; she has had an excellent trial. Mr Lewis, of Tasmania, has commenced an action against the Union Bank for the amount stolen from him by Fletcher. His Excellency the Governor visited the Castlemaine Agricultural Show yesterday. Large sales have been effected privately of congou teas ex Ellida at current rates. Chilian wheat is quoted at 4s 6d, Maize, heavy, at 4s. Currants, 4d to 4|d. Arrived. —-Siam, from Chile. ADELAIDE. Oct. 29, 7 p.m. The German committee remitted home £IOO to aid the sufferers by the late war. The Government have sent instructions by the mail to send out no immigrant vessels. Arrived.—Mayotte, from Mauritius. Sailed.—Aldinga (s.), for Melbourne; Balclutha (s.), for King George's sonnd. Oct. 30,7 p.m. The weather is intensely hot. The thermometer in the shade at 3 o’clock stood at 101, Great opposition is being made by the Roman Catholics against the new Marriage Bill. Mr Ebenezer Ward, late editor of the Southern Argus, is insolvent. The sugar ex Seashell was offered at auction to-day; out of 1700 bags only 500 were sold. White crystals, at £4O; yellow crystals, £3412s 6d to £36 7s 6d; yellow counters, £35 to £35 ss; fine ration, £24 2s 6d. There have been no transactions reported In wheat and flour, and no change in prices. Wheat is quoted at 4s to 4s 3d, and flour £lO to £ll, Oct. 31, 7 p.ra. Reports from various destricts, speak highly of the prospects of the crops. Mr Reynolds carried a motion in the Assembly to-day that the Government should invite the attention of the neighboring Governments to the desirability of arranging a free and unfettered interchange of colonial productions, and that proposals should be made to such Governments for the adoption of a uniform tariff in the Riverine trade. The corn market is still without animation. Small sales of wheat were made at 4s 3d. Flour continues at previous quotations.

Native iNXEixiGEXCE.—Tho ‘Daily Southern Cross,’ 7th November, sayss—The news published fay us to-day from several quarters is, we are sorry to say, of a disquieting nature. In the first place, we learn from a source upon which we can rely that a letter had been received at the Native Office in Wellington* dated from Wanganui on the 2nd November, stating that on the 28th October most of the natives had suddenly left that district, and gone towards Waikato. We believe that the authorities relied upon the intelligence conveved in the letter, and thought that the movement portended a descent upon some quarter. Instructions have therefore been issued to the Resident Magistrates in native districts to be on the watch for any movement amongst the natives. From Tauranga our correspondent writes that a special messenger had arrived there from Maketu, with intelligence that the natives at Taupo were in a state of excitement in consequence of the information that an army from Eawhia, under the leadership of Rewi and Eereopa, were on the march, and would pass through the Taupo country on the way to Ahuriri, whither they were going for the purpose of revenging the death of the priest Panapa. How much of this is true, and how much mere rumor, of course it is impossible|to say. The Taupo tribes apparently mean to continue loyal, and have' applied to the Arawas for assistance j but it is quite likely that if Rewi, with a strong party, were to reach Taupo he would find as many recruits as enemies. We should think, however, that Rewi would pause before making a descent upon the settled districts of Ahuriri, which are unsuited for the native mode of warfare, and where the resident Maori population would be dead against him. If Rewi has mustered his forces, it is quite doubtful where the blow will fall, and we should think it would be quite as likely to fall on Taranaki or Waikato as on Napier. The third disquieting item of news is from Opitiki, from which place our correspondent writes that an attack had been threatened on the settlement. All these rumors coming at the same time almost forces us to the belief that something is afoot in the interior. We can only hope that, before any devastatation has been committed, the counsels of the more moderate men amongst the rebels may prevail, and avert us from the horrors of a sanguinary war. The International Exhibition was opened at Melbourne on the 24th October, with great success. His Excellency the Governor and family were present. The day was kept as a general holiday. Race Between the s.s. Claud Hamilton and s.s. Wanganui.— One of the most interesting contests between steamers whieli it has yet been our pleasing duty to, chronicle, occurred on Tuesday last, between the P.,N.Z. and A.R.M. Company’s s.s. Claud Hamilton and our local steamer. The contest had been pre-arranged between Captain Ponsonby, one of the most courteous and efficient officers in the Panama Company’s service, and Captain Low, and precisely at twelve o’clock the Wanganui steamed away from the wharf at Nelson. Having cleared the Heads, the engines were stopped, and the vessel awaited her competitor. As the Claud steamed out of port, the Wanganui described a circle, and, meeting her huge foe, both vessels pi’occeded on their way, the understanding being that the race terminated at the French Pass. From the time the challenge whistle was responded to from the Wanganui until passing through the French Pass our local boat amply sustained her reputation for speed, and her opponent fell an easy victim. At half-past one o’clock the Wanganui was about two miles a head of the Claud Hamilton, and when the vessels parted company at the Pass, the larger vessel was about seven miles astern. At the outset much interest was manifested by the passengers in the race, but as it became more and more apparant that the Wanganui was so easily the victor, little attention was paid to the matter even at the conclusion, and the giant Claud steamed off for Wellington after having sustained a most unmistakable defeat at the hands of her comparatively puny competitor. Wanganui Times, 2nd November.