AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 8, Issue 447, 17 December 1866, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

[From the Sydney Morning Herald. 3 Melbopene, 23rd November. An oxide of lead, giving 68 per cent., has been found in considerable quantities at the Currawang Copper Mine.

Lyster’s Opera Company breaks up to-night, after Madam Escott’s benefit. Squires had a fine benefit last night. It is expected that the Grand Duke Alexin Alesandrowitz, of Enssia, ■will visit the colonies. He leaves Eussia after the marriage of his brother' to the Princess Dagmar, of Denmark. Three frigates, in command of Admiral Pooget, will await him at Plymouth. Breadstuffs improving. Arrived.—Pride of the Ocean, from London; Galloway, from Liverpool.

24th November. Bourke appears resigned to his fate. The weather continues very fine 5 the hay harvest is unprecedented.

A company is being formed to distil spirits from beet-root.

Arrived.—Coorong, from Mauritius (dates anticipated.)

Cleared.—Ballarat, for London, with 2,333 bales wool. Sailed.—Atlantic, for Mauritius j Alexandra, for Adelaide.

26th November. Jt is rumoured that there is something wrong with the racehorse Falcon.

A meeting is to be held this evening, Mr Kyte in the chair, to petition the Executive in favor of Burke, whoso execution is postponed till Thursday.

A Roman Catholic Church at Dandenong was consecrated yesterday. Business is active. Sales of Adelaide town flour were made at £l3 10s to £l4; country, £l2 I 0» to £l3 10s. ChTian wheat, 4s lOd to 4a 10Jd. Exchange on England is at par. The Warrior, from San Francisco, brings dates to 9th September. The Victor was loading for the colonies on the owners account. The Bertha had sailed for Sydney with 6,376 sacks wheat. The Vortigern was engaged for Adelaide via Los Angelos. Flour was $4 76c to §4 87c ; half extras, $5 12c ; half to fine, $9 25c.

Mauritius dates to 23rd October have been received per Racer. Low sugars are expected to be dearer, owing to orders for England.

27th November. Falcon is lame, and scratched. Voluteer is also scratched for the Hurdle race.

A horrible outrage was committed on a boy only two years old, at Wangaratta, by a harvest man named Kelly, who is in custody. The boy is not expected to lire.

Pilot Nicholson was killed by falling down the companion of the steamer Alhambra, when going down the Bay. The Tasmanian Cabinet resigned on the 23rd. Sir Richard Dry was sent for, and bis Ministry was to be sworn in on the 24th.

The Governor declines to exercise the preroga~ tire of mercy in the case of the convict Burke.

. Breadstuffs firm. Sales of Adelaide flour have been made at £l4 ; country, £l2 Ins. Californian wheat, 5s 9d to 5s lOd. Maize firm at 4s 6d. The Sydney riflemen arrived this morning, all well, after ral her a boisterous passage. Some of them were out shooting this afternoon, and made excellent practice. Messrs D. Campbell and Go. report fat cattle worth 25s per lOOlbs. They report having sold H. Douglass’s 324 head, from the Barwon—bullocks, £8 2s ; cows, £6 4s. Best wethers, in wool, at 17s; ditto, shorn, lls. Arrived.—P. and O. Company’s steamer Bombay, and City of Melbourne (s), from Sydney. 28th November. Goldsbrough’s wool sale was largely attended, and the competition was good ; best prices are unaltered. The Bombay (s.) took 20,581 ounces of gold and 53,973 sovereigns. Large sales of rice at £2l in bond. Plantation coffee, 9|d; barley, 3d. The Otago (s.) brought the New Zealand mails. The import duties have now to be paid on all goods taken out of bond, The railway is commenced which is to unite Conceplion with Port of Talcahuano, which will facilitate the export of cereals; the harvest is expected to bo unusually abundant. The Sydney riflemen made satisfactory practice to-day. 29th November. To-morrow will be kept as a general holiday. Burke was executed this morning. He appeared quite penitent. Messrs Bright, Brothers, have thrown up the contract for the iron piping for the Geelong water supply, as the Government insisted that they should pay such duties as might be imposed when the pipes were delivered. Messrs Macfarlane and Co. have the contract without that condition. Mr Grant made a speech on the laud question to the deputation of farmers who waited upon him. He intends in the new Land Bill to extend free selection, before and after survey, over all the colony. The Opera troupe sailed for Sydney to-day. The Sydney Riflemen made good practice today, Hordern was highest scorer, Rayner second, and Dickson third. Breadstuffs steady, prices unaltered; maize easier. Prime currants are quoted at 4d. Tiie City of Melbourne (s.) sailed to-day for Sydney with nearly 10,000 ounces gold. 30th November.

The holiday was Tery generally observed. The riflemen were out practising to-day. The Adelaide men shot well. They are to be enter* tamed at a dinner at Scott’s Hotel to-night. The entries for the supplementary match reach 37. The Murray river has again risen, and the steamers are plying from Echuca to Wahgunyah. The harvest has commenced in the Maryboro’ district, and the reports as to the wheat are generally favorable. Hart’s flour is quoted at £l4 j wheat, 5s 8d; Chilian wheat, 4 s 10d. The White Star has cleared for London with 6,642 bales wooL The John Eyston sails for Sydney at daylight to-morrow.

Adelaide, 22nd N ovember. Mr Townsend has withdrawn his motion for the suspension of immigration. The meeting at the Town Hall last night, about the Corporation elections, was most disorderly. The majority was declared in favor of Mr Fuller as mayor, A meeting of the creditors of A. F. Christie and Co. was held to-day. The liabilities £11,400, unsecured j assets, £6,600. It Was decided to put the estate into the Insolvent Court, for the protection of European creditors : it was, however, withdrawn on a fair offer being made. There is very little wheat offering; the price is firm at 6s 6d. Flour, from £lO 10s. to £ll lls. Heavy rain fell last night throughout the colony, 23rd November. Mr C. H. Good, M.P. for East Torrens, has resigned his seat. Two or three serious burglaries have lately been perpetrated. One man was caught, and committed to take his trial.

The pastoral lessees in the Far North are petitioning for remission of rent, pleading ruinous losses through the continuance of drought. At a meeting of wholesale grocers it was decided to limit the credit given to three months.

Government has determined to set aside the report of the Police Commission, owing to evidence not being furnished with it, and to re-open the whole question before a select committee. The corn market is very firm, with an upward tendency. For wheat 4s 6d is offered, but there are no sellers at that price. Flour cannot be obtained under £l2.

Arrived.—Aiding a (s.) from Melbourne. 24th November,

The weather is very fine; the late rains are reported to have increased the crops on the plains one bushel per acre. The Aldinga sails on Tuesday. 3J. J. Stow declines standing for Victoria. The annual swimming-matches to-day ware largely attended and very successful. The Government have decided on calling for tenders for the tri-weekly mail to Mount Gambier, to run within forty-eight hours. Wheat is very firm, from 4s 7d to 4s Bd. Flour, £l2 to £l3.

26th November.

The election for the vacancy in the Legislative Council is now going on, with little or no excitement.

Mr Omerod has refused to stand for Victoria, and Mr Umpheestone has consented. The Hon, J. Baker is appointed Mayor of Volunteers, vice Sellars, insolvent. A great open air meeting is to be held in Victoria Square, on the Mayorality question. Mr J. B. Scott, squatter on the Murray, insolvent, has obtained a first class certificate, which is suspended for one month, to allow the Sydney creditors to take action.

There are large supplies of fat cattle in the market ; good to prime fetch, £8 12s, to £lO 3s. Fat sheep in brisk demand, wethers shorn, 10s to 13s.

A parcel of 11,00 bags sugar ex Aldinga sold at auction at an advance on previous prices. The corn market is very firm, wheat, 4s 7d to 4s 8d; flour, £lllos to £l3; both scarce and in good

request. 27 th November. About two thousand persons were present at the open air meeting last night, on the Mayoralty. The majority was given in favor of Fuller. Captains Kankine and Paterson, Lieutenant Scoular, and Messrs Starke and Edgcombe sailed by the Aldinga for Melbourne, to represent South Australia at the forthcoming rifle matches in Victoria.

Mr Goyder, Surveyor-General, is prepared with & scheme for the extension of light railways to a distance of 500 miles from Adelaide.

The English mail closes at 4 p.m. on Thursday. The criminal sittings commenced to-day. Field, the highway robber, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to the extreme penalty of the law. Heavy rains have fallen in the Port Augusta district.

The weather in Adelaide is close and sultry. General business is very dnll, and no chances of improving until after the harvest. Money is very tight. The corn market is very firm. Wheet 4a 7d to 4s 8d; flour, £l2 to £l3. A large sale of wheat, for delivery iu January, was made at 4s 4d.

28th November.

«T. Stow aqd D. Fisher are candidates for the East Torrens district; the former’s return is considered certain.

A large two-ton bell is to bo hang in the Roman Catholic Cathedral as a monument to the memory of the late Bishop Murphy. Bains on the Murray are heavier than hare been known for three years past. Judge Grwynne severely censured the Press from the bench, for the tone of their articles on the recent highway robberies, as likely to prejudice the case agaiust the prisoners. The corn market is unaltered j no business doing. Cobb & Co. hare purchased from Bonn Seville, mail contractor, his well-known stock and goodwill of his coaching business.

29th November.

The Government is again reducing' the police force. The Melbourne detectives who had joined the force havo resigned. The Orient brings a perfect menagerie of animals, birds and fishes, for the Botanical Gardens, all in capital order. The Government land sale to-day only realised £3,500. The result of the election for the vacancy in the Legislative Council will not be known for several days. At present Mr Verco is considerably ahead.

. Mr Reynolds carried his motion for an increase of the Governor’s salary by £IOOO per annum. The corn market is quiet but firm. Wheat, 4s 7d to 4s Sd. Hour, £l2 to £l3.

Sailed. —Alexandra (s.), for Sing George’s Sound, with the English mails.

30th November.

After an animated debate, the Government, by a majority of two, carried a motion for a select committee to enquire into the management and efficiency of the police force.

. At the nomination for East Torrens to-day, Mr J. E. Stow, W. Fisher, and E. 0. Holenshaw were proposed.

There have been floods in the far North, and 400 sheep were drowned at Wilpena. The rains have been general throughout the Northern district.

Judge Gwynne has postponed the trials of Kerri ey and others charged with highway robbery, till the next criminal sessions, on the ground that juries might might be affected by the articles published in the papers j he repeated in strong language his censure on the Press for their conduct. A new singer, Madame Weimherg, is to make her first appearance this evening at Mr Loder’s concert, at the Town Hall. The corn market is unaltered. There have been sales of wheat at 4s 7d to 4s 8d j flour is held for £l2 to £l3.