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Otago Daily Times, Issue 239, 25 September 1862, Page 4

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D-aLTf Times Office, Wednesday Evening. There wera no export entries for gold passed at th° '."ustrm House to-iiav.

The Custom? Revenu-i c.-.ll»cted at the port of Ddaeha on Tuesday, Sept. 23, amounted to £507 7s. 7d. The following were- the pTJneipal items - Brandy, 324 gals., £U7 6s 8J whiskey, 150 esis £68 Is. 7d; -eneva, 93 gals., £U Us." 7d, ; mm, C 6 gals.; £29- Hs.; wine, 2t12 aa! s ., £39 6s: tof^J 22; 11*5'*93*; cigars, 371 Ibs.,£ool3i; ale, 1169 gals., £29 4s. tJd.

-mS'^S:- G/ rfaesjeports that on Monday he 7g°fkuo7^li^-> of Melboum?- hat

*nSHfYU^fi S -? page Of the p«>vident Institate of \ lctoria, the Argus says :~«The stontM^ affairs m a deplorable, state of confusion the result of mismanagement, and ot the desire evinced br the directors to make things pleasant. Theafiairsof this institute have been brought beiore the public saveral times since its establishment, and due warning has been given from time to time by the press, of the insufficiency; of security afforded to the public.

ot and tlJl nr'V'", Wili sn- ,t0 ""^rtoke this oaenfiv llf y to be comet. SuW SSL if f -Vere I?Saetl ' and at « meeting of the old 1 S« Mm?ail"asfeßcd'antl tv™ additional nsb nf t, w-?? ' aPP°into»- The names on the retaifra f Pi Ol'^ bie irecfco^ trusteea, & c, were SSfm m* aff:lir3 of tbe institution were In S ° ad^ ancc- to^'uvds tha inevitable crisis. -uKua T"eanti me >'reports and balance-sheets, duly „! 7 M 0 U^ ued PwwOKfflllj, and when the press Si ' d ca"tI0ll > ««a depositors exhibited,greater conn- Jenee. Business men prottsted in letters ajrr.inst tue constitution of. the company, the'dummy directors retired, the shares issueil t» the public were repurchased with the depositors' money, and the institute was made snu-j. Tha first rim on the establishwent—one of ordinary character" which must have been foreseen—brought the whole fabric about the oars of the uufbrtunafe depositors, who are now left to work out for themselves the problem of. realiain» the assets and administering the effects of the defunct company. A meeting of all parties interested is called tor Tuesday next, v.hen a statement of the ailairs oi the institute is promised by the directors. By the Lighinin^ [we have Me[bourne7^dvices to ilia 15: h iust. The folio wing is from the A rgus of that date:— ... . , -t ru us Office, Saturday Evening, iiusmcss in Use liupoit market hits throughout the week hi en vai'y inactive, and there are scarcely any transactions beyond the supply of temporary demand to report, The iiitolligyncc by the mail steamer Bombay, received two days earlier than it wag duo, has hail no etket either on demand or prices The shipments made arc mostly of moderate extent, but •still mutt co.ua! to the requirements of our markets Uoldei-a oi imported goods arc jre«e:al!y fi m and pncsssfcady OWpccted largeemigration of minors Uoxn the fjuld fields to the recsiuiy-fuuiid di-^in^a or New Zealand {.as checks countryl puSase^aK thoujihaS3ct"thuiu.,li';hasngtyt;tbeeuneailysoL»Te-it as wasgoiieraliy looked for, buyere act caut:ou«iy, and j-ar* c.-us.vi from f»t expi-rioncc not to oveiniock j thc-msciVL-3. _ sshouW thu reported richness of the iOiur.i.l Pisrsiags ou con obonited. no doubt a Jaico exodus i:i our luiuers will ensue; bnt as from th. a(Kwoialrt'd aluaJiou .supplies of every description wili have to be convey;d there, a very brisk shiY.piu«deimuul must en,ue; and that braucli of tra.le i« there oro unnkely tu'fwJ ii.jury, at any rate for seme tune (o come. Bulk b.-cis continue in steady inouirv ut form,* p :U :e._ L'a^« Xo. .3 h ,p,oted at L 9 \(L AllsoppV at !.!)»« per Witl, and other brand* at proportwiiate rates. Hotted ale of limit laefcrre't brardi ism rawer niora'iHguiry,au'd imhesUineraJva'ee! Hhkely to iv ; !y i (l n,i« JJuIU-, although W , stor-k, w uardly >o farm in pric-j; supplies of fresh a«e cnaiiDi? m u, ul v fiw'y. ai;U akhuu»h the shipment advirfd mvmoueni-e in amount, the pro ciU rat> oi I* 4J to is SI cannot lo» B hi SU i.i>--uud' Camliei continue wry .lull. The shipment? riporte-i are heavy, aud tho Inrgo quantities of spotted a»il <Li-,n;i K ed ofieriu^ bj auction prevent all present p- robability <A i.uprovein, lit in the value of sound parcels JJie agents for tl.a Jvevu Company's works hW re- ■ duccd tlie i-rico of 6te.-iriiws to 13.<. d., am llohuopts oanuot ha quoted at ahovo l"2'd. per lb. Th.unari:et Jor flour and whs.v has [.cm qu.V. t'trou-hout tbe wees, iiua a moderate- amount of butinTss d(»r, e lacwaro, i=ovevt;i-, very steady, aud what tran^ctious have been eUected nave been at full n.t.»: 11 its mnayi m -roo'l demand, .-if firm quotations. Malt h-n fceon in rat her. improve i inquiry. Coming shipin/.:,!, are reported.;:? mo-lcrate, au-i t/icro is a bctt-v ft-clii."' for iiic ariivi,-; j.r-oe.j h^vver, h tiii v»\v. inv,atu sales at a. 3.1 \kv kvsM are isported. » \,iZ*» h iU h s ~, in oui.ut.o inquiry, but iioiJers.ionm artewp' U> i^mana puce* aivs couseiiuentSy' sJ tf .i.jy. Jn s -i su^ tlioitr,;, ,uw Iwen l.ght, «:i-J ~r!c.-s arc s«uW to w ß lJsu»:iane.i ; two ar^ar^ to ha.i.l tais wcvk co«sutn-.of botn-.-rn 7,>J an-i riOt) tons uf Ifaif/tiot whion will, no doubt, l, : shortly i« the u.ttrkec, an! w.il determine the i^itioa of prices. I« rice tiicre has been rather more (iwiif- at about quot^l p,;,,-,, . larK'j shipments lire, hoivever, a.ivisad hvus Calcutt-t' aud pivseut rates, a*though steady as vet a-e' scarcely likdy to be maintained. The tea' market baa been well supported. laMligencu ha^ he--»u received by the mail of the shipments co-am- forward T«o Trentbam Tui*jo Manry, Africau. Star of ihe Kast, and Typhoon, had saik-d for the Australia «'o«»w. # liiere were loading at Poo-chow-foo the Algerme, Cordelia. Minna, and Ardivatioeh ■ and at ahanghni, the Market HYun, Quotations are —For very ordinary low to go-d orainary coarse la.GJd.to Is. Bd.; but inuWJiug vather-coarse, to but middling rather strong, with flivour, Is 8d to •J,° ll*',;, ,bl! t "liJalia i>' bkekish leaf to 'but nuiWJpjj black Jeal strong, Is lO^d to «a. 3d., but middling black leat fetrouj; flavour to strong pekoe or pekoe souchong flavour, -Ja. -id. to 3s. 9d.; mlddUnnblack leaf strong ptkoc to fine stron" rich flavoury &. 10d. to as, 4d. ; seated orange pekoe. Ha. &\. to & and 7d. Oilmen's store-, have undergone but, little change, Battletl fruits snrdiucs, oysters, and lolisters are iv iruiuirv ■ oii.er articles are in fair den a id, vhh a slight du-.-hue in the value of pickles Provisions bei=.g btttcr supplied than, of late, b-tve been in le,» inquiry, and price* havi ruled t-asier; boiuern, however, are indisposed u> -=ell at lower than quoted rates, tho pro.ij.ect of a brisk demand f.r -New Zealand induri.ig the belief that !.i-h?r rates in;.y be obtained. In oils but little' his been I uoiio, and pnecs remain at last quotations. J{ v tho i Indt.tiia, sailed from New \'ork i-»sth Juiw, we pi'rcetve no less than £2.000 gallons of kerosene and similar descriptions of oil had been shipped jc a it appears to have been freely shipped, but prieos, notwithstaud.n^ are rather improved. • Jiy auction during the eek, hales anve been made at L 3 10i for Liveqiooi coaise, and LI 2* 6Yi for tine, per ton f»r not cash. There have baen some considerable s«des of timber.

LATEST DATJBS. Riisrton.l (By te!c<rmpli) J n j y -^ MntmthH July 24 Toy?,m Colombo) Aug ly China (flon<: Konw) J.,',? <><; gl!"utta Aug. ~8 Nrurapon? .„ tJ ° _| CapoJfGowi Hope "...'.'.'.". July' 15 Awbjuca — e>v r >' Ork July JG ban I- raiinsco .............. J unl- 28 AXTBTRAMAX COLOKIE.? — Melbourne ............g ge t jo !l!3>'.--- Sept 12 ->' k' h:dc s.Lf, 3 J*ihii-iston •* "Jf l Toivn g^pt. 3 WBIirZRALAyiH-* A" S* 5 *} lar i1l >oro, aKh Sept. 10 A"^ a«d Sett, 13 \VelhnKton S^t, 20 lluwkes Bay ... o . Sett 7 j^-m •••• :::&S: i £'*»t«l'«»- .-,. t.17 )\ari.^iniu..... S-i.t G In v^-ar-ill S.-pt. 15

URPoaAL Pcxishsiest.— A return to Parli; ment, conawtins oi 100 pays, has b«et> issued of "ail cases }n which corporal piinrtimeut by whipping bas been niihcUJ un-ler tneauthority of the' Acts of the 10:h nnil lit, years of Victoria, chapter 82. and the 13th and 14th years of \ icioHa, chapter S7, or either of them, and the age of the pcreon'punfaled, fromthe 18 day of January 1853, to the Ut day of January, S i\i Sfn;Clf-'lll° *h2 Particular, offence for which. £v on? ,1 hm/f rea furnm;i^,v convicted an ,i mmt me riumhtr of lashe* given iv cadi ciw, a! J b> wa it instrument, and the named of the ix'non present w.ien pumslunetit was iuilicted. 3' The tot-i' numb r of ea^es in which this punishment was £ flictcd dann« the torm ment o.ted was r,7i& Th-r weredn-iae.l amongst the different counties as fol-ow-ha S: S land~Beafor<l 7, Uerk.fi, Bucks 2. Cam biid-e il, Isle of hly 3. Chester 26, Cornwall a D,vb ? is; Dewn 52, Dorset 1, Durham Sliex 20, G ouc ? ter 20 Herefonl 2, Hertford 4, Libertf of St AlWs 2, HuMingdon 4, Kent 56 Ln^Vfer 39-i. leieester 13 r Lincolu %\ Middlesex 30). ilonmouth 21, .Norfolk 14, NoMhan.ptaa 4, Libe... "i Fererborou^ii 3, Northumherland 77, Nottiji"!n!u 8 Oxford i) Salop 7, Somerset 30, Houfeuapton 63* btotionl t>l, Susiolk 2, >'urrt?y I<JO, Sussex 2,} War wick 44, Westmoreland 2. WiJ W $ Worcester 10 Uric &* total Ul2. Wale.-Brecon 1, OarS 1. Ca-rnavon 1, D.-nkgh 3, Glamoiva-i 19 Pembroke 2—torul 3-2. Total, Eogbml a !t d Wales, 1,746 Oslx a Woman.—The parso«'» ivife has not her»»- ---; tofore bam much he-ird or*. Her hiistnr.d toM thus s r£-° • ' ! 3OSV *ever-. m a sP*^ch, a day or two a«o at Cincianati:—" One day a crowd Mirroun<leJ ray house and threatened to tear do;.ru my fla-^ but 1 i waine 1 them that tiiey would hare to do it iv the j face of six loaded mus-efs, which woiiM be used by men »?ho would never llinch from tktw duty. They took sober second thouirht. and inarched aa-ay but presently tifteen came kick, wore drunk tliau ever led by a youn,? officer, who wa.i desired to tear the f., « thing of aflik' <lowu. la the meauwhi'e I Had left my house, and goae to the office, leatin* my n-ife in cliart,'e. She came forFard and expre^ed . her inwnti-m -f *hootinp the first man who attempted to haul qowo the flag. The "officer was slightly TA yo« won't shoot, will ?i?r «n Yoahad 11^ the experiment,"sail i • *Z° on~ P* oa !" snouted the crowd/ "shrS^f%? fc! .Sh3 inetintly drew from her pocket the officer's head. "J^ever miod her, che's only a woman," cnetl the mob." "BvG— ' look at Lr eve ! " saidtheomcer, as he «£. WIXJ £j£