SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 518, 21 October 1857, Page 3

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

By way of Melbourne, we are in receipt of intelligence from South Australia to the 31st August. . ,

From the ' South Australian Register,' of the 31st Aug. we take the following intelligence of Ministerial movements:—

We understand that Mr. Torrens has finally arranged the programme of his Ministry^ and it will be announced in Parliament to-day as follows,—

Mr. Torrens—Chief Secretary. Mr. Andrews—Attorney-General. Mr. Hughes—Treasurer. Mr. Davenport — Commissioner of Public Works. "'■■"■■'

Mr. Macdermott — Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration.

We need not be at the trouble of speculating upon the stability of the above Ministry. It is but a few days since that the present Chief Secretary singled out his new Treasurer as one of those two gentlemen whose presence upon the Ministerial benches would sink any administra-! tion. The public will desire to know on what principle a vote of want of confidence was passed upon the late Ministry, in order that they might be substituted by the programme now submitted by Mr. Torrens. A few hours, however, will suffice to afford the new Government an opportunity of explaining their intentions, and the Parliament an opportunity of expressing its approbation or otherwise of our new leaders.

The Alpacas at Port Lincoln. —We (' Register') learn from Port Lincoln that the alpacas in the possession of Mr. Haigh are thriving remarkably well; they look much better than vrhen they.arrived, and have got into very good condition. They still feed in a paddock during the day, and at night are housed, giving very little trouble to their keeper. Their wool is now about thirteen inches long. Mr. Haigh intends to shear them in another month. The Angora goats and sheep are also doing well.