AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 78, 29 June 1868, Page 158

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

.[•BYDNEX. MORNING HERALD.] ■ ‘ .Melbourne,; June l. • Mrs Williams, the new. actress,! made a creditable appearance, ri Captain Ushur of the Government steamer .tender Bendigo, died suddenly yesterday." ; . There has been some speculation in flour and tons of fljftr sold at £2l, and 19,000 bushels wbert at 8s 6d to 8s 9d; oats, 3s to fls 10. Some inquiry has been.made for tea,, and sales have been effected at Is. 7d to 2s; candles have been sold largely for export.

June 2: : : Mr M'Culloch’s amendment on the address is quite a manifesto ; the debate continues. A discharged check-taker, Williams, has been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment for an assault on Mr Harwood, the actor. Williams has appealed. A disgraceful outrage took place in Romeo-lane. Four persons were stabbed. • Five hundred'tons qf flour sold at <£2l to <£2l 10s; five thousand cases kerosine, Devoe’s sold, to * arrive for Sydney, at Is 7d; good medium teas sold at Is 9d ; also Sydney candies are in good demand at lOd to 10|d. Mr Balfour, member for East Bourke, sailed iu the Wave of Life. The boilermakers, at a meeting, resolved to appeal from the juries finding damages against the master where the workmen has imperfectly mended a boiler.

Parliamentary debates going on. June 3. Mr Bury, the coal explorer, has been injured by a fall from his horse. Major General Chute has returned from New Zealand. The pilot Board have suspended Pilot Bower for three months, for stranding the ship Natalia. It is likely that a division on the Address will take place to night, as the leading speakers on each side have addressed the house. Flour is firm, at an advance. Messrs Dalmahoy, Campbell & Co., report a short supply of fat cattle, ; with firmer prices—-best beef, 20s to 22s 6d per 100 lbs. Sheep,—s6 lb wethers Are. worth 9s. June 4. The debate on the address was resumed to-day, and is still on. Iu the action of the Colonial Bank v. Service, the C-urt decided that the bank was entitled to receive 6s. 9d in the pound, but not to recover on the bill" also.

To-morrow, the speaker will issue a writ for the election of a member for Emerald Hill, vice Verdon. Hr Euston, who escaped from a lunatic asylum in Sydney, has been arrested, he called at the Detective Office for a warrant for three dead men, who, he said, were haunting him. Mr James Stark appears, .on Saturday, as Richelieu.

The auction sale of Boiardo’s stock realised <£l2oo. There are buyers of flour at £2l to £2l 10s but no sellers; wheat sold up to 9s 6d; maize touched 3s 6d, but closed.firmer at 3s 7d to 3s 8d ; Jacobin’s undressed rice sold, at £22 for export.. '

The entries for the Melbourne Cup number 68 horses; for the New Year’s Day Flemington Stakes, 13; for the Port Phillip Stakes, 18,. including Barb, Fireworks, Glencoe, and North Australian ; for the next year Autumn Ascot Stakes, 20; for the Spring Meeting Derby! 47; for the Oaks, 10; and for the following year 1 Autumn Leger, 33, for which and the Derby Mr Chirnside has entered five horses. June 5.

The amendment carried without .a.division. . ; Vincent’s will has been proved under £IOOO. .. His widow is sole executrix. 1 v -■ •Gunner Dooley .is; slowly recovering. The master bakers raise the price of bread to lOd the 41b loaf on Monday. , •_ The Hero (s.) spoke the barque Ann, near Green Cape. The Assembly presented:tbe*Address, which' is merely the:' echo; of McCulloch’s, resolutions! The :G6ter r nor replied at length, concurring with the Assembly that they had! the right to dictate form of supplies 1 ‘the Cirowe, ‘ He considered tbe r Parl-

ing grant should be locally decided by the concurrence of three branches of the Xegislafure. : ! The Assembly -! re.--suih'ed, to prepare a manifesto and protest. Tlie crisis thickens; : i • The Assembly lias resolved to meet to-morrow. Mr M'Culloch has given notice that he. will ask the Government.if they intend to put the Darling grant.oh the Estimates. Flour dull;, no business doing over £2i.‘ • !;'■' -/j-"-'. ■ ■ -' Adelaide, June 1. The corn market is quiet; advices per Panama Mail are anxiously looked for.' • ! June 2. In the Satirist libel case, the Judges to-day; refused to grant Allen a new trial. The copyright case Of Coppiu -v. Solomon has terminated, and judgment is reserved. In consequeuce of the news by the Panama mail, the corn market is firmer; from 200 to 300 . tons of two brands flour changed hands at £2O; wheat is quoted at 8s 6d without transactions.

June 3. The weather is fine, but cold. Gigantic fossil remains have been found at Kooinga. The corn market is very firm ; fine samples of wheat are worth 5s ; sales of middling have been effected at 8s 6d; holders of flour ask £22, but buyers only offer £2l. June 4. Letters from the far North lament the want of rain. General business is quite stagnant. The corn market is quieter—a sale of 15,000 bushels of Port M‘Donnell wheat has taken place at 3s 6d. The English mail is expected here on Monday.

June 5.V The quarterly revenue returns show that the receipts, have been £170,360 against £180,524 for the similar quarter last year. The expenditure £182,000 against £280,000. This decrease is almost entirely on the item of public works. The Acting Governor gave his first “ At Home ” last night. The corn market is excited. 10,000 bushels of wheat sold at 9s 6d: There have been enquiries for large parcels of flour at advanced rates for export, but holders at present ask too high prices to allow, of transactions. The weather is fine and cold, and all sign of a change has passed away. Rain is much wanted.

In the estate of Philip Levi & Co., the Judges have decided .that the Commissioner in Insolvency has no jurisdiction to annul a deed of assign* ment. .