SYDNEY.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume II, Issue 62, 20 December 1845, Page 3

SYDNEY.

A New Governor. — We are enabled to state positively that His Excellency Sir George Gipps will shortly cease to be governor of this territory. The new Governor, who will be Governor-General of Australasia, will leave England about the end of the year. There was a rumour in London, that the appointraent would be offered to Sir Henry Pottinger ; but it was a rumour only* and is not to be depended upon. The recall of Sir George, or rather the acceptance of his resignation, is certain. It is reported that Governor Grey's salary vrduld be increased to £2,500 a year.

Swan River. — Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Clarke, formerly of the 46th Regiment, and now on the unattached half-pay, is to succeed Mr. Hutt as Governor of Western Australia. It will be recollected that the Lieute-nant-Colonel returned a few months ago to this country, from St. Lucia, of which island he administered the civil government. His popular, judicious, and beneficial system of management whilst employed in that capacity, have, no doubt, conduced to his selection for the post he is now about to fill in our Australian colonies. — United Service Gazette.

Military Insubordination. — Some insubordination was exhibited by the military yesterday, in consequence of a redaction having been mad; in the rations of spirits : the men positively refused to turn out until the Lieutenant-General promised that, pen ding an appeal to the Horse Guards, the rations claimed hy the soldiers should be issued. At i Parramatta we regret to hear the detachment of the 58th not only refused to do duty, but took their arms out of barracks, marched to the Governor's guard, and compelled them to leave their posts and go into the barracks.

Wool. — The total quantity of wool put up fpr sale is estimated at 33,806 bales, viz., 9,966 bales of Sydney, 1,271 Van Diemen's Land, 8,793 PortPhillip, 3,201 Cape, 1,887 South Australian, 11 New Zealand, 528 Spanish, 526 East Indian, 623 Mogadore, .I^Bueno'* Ayre's, and 848 Sundries. Of ;the totaf quantity; 31,129 bales Y/ere Colonial. a Tbe advance at the late German fairs is considered to have given a stimulus to the demand for the better class of wools. Very favourable notice is taken of the Port Phillip wools/ which only require a little more attention to be still more attractive to the buyers. Messrs. Southey consider that the better qualities of wool-had the brisker sale, and state the burr was more prevalent in many of the flocks from Sydney than in May last, the? Tasmanian also being in clammy condition. Lambs' wool sold with spirit. The prices obtained for New South Wales wool have been from Is. Bd. to 2s. 6d. per lb. ; a few lots 2s. Bd. to 3s. I|<C; lambs' wool Is. 7d. to 2s. 8d. — Mark Lane kapresSy August 4.