LATE TELEGRAMS. (From the Melbourne Herald.)

Otago Daily Times, Issue 240, 26 September 1862, Page 5

LATE TELEGRAMS. (From the Melbourne Herald.)

RANDWICK RACE?. (By, Electric Telegraph), , THIED , DAT. , t \ m . „. , Saturday, 13thgeptember. . The third day's racing took place thin day, the I weather was floe, and thf-re was a pretty feir attend-1 ance of the patrons of the turf. The Governor was present again to-day. The following is a list of the races which were run :— , The Prince of Wales. Stake*, of 3 soys each, with 60 Mm added. Distance, one mile and three-quarters. Winner to be sold by auction after thence, and a0?/orplus to go the race fund. Mr Mjlo«> Mignonette, 5 yrs old 1 Mr Bowman's Wild Dayrell, aged 2 There were seventeen starters. >" The Derby Stakes, of 5 *ora each, with 100 sort addeJ, for 3 year dd colts and fillies. . . Mr Town's Regno.... \ . Mr Ivory's Eva 2 , The Australian Plate,' a handicap Bwcepstak'es of 20 soys each; second horse to receive 50 soys from the prize. Mr De Mestre'a Mosa Rose l Mr Onus's 5hamr0ck.................. 2 De Jleitre's Rd Rover third. Innkeepers' Purse of 50 soys, with 73 soys added open to all horses who have never won an advertised prize. -■--.■ !■ ■ - Mr Doyle's Traveller, I yrs old l MrTomw'Tarragon, 4y»old .....,.,. 2 1 ■ This was a very gopu race. Forced Handicap, of 5 soys each with 30 aovs added. ; Open to all winuera, and optional to all beaten hors-». Distance, one mile and a half. ,' • t Mr Doyle's Warrior, f1yra0M,.!......,. 1 " j SOUTH AUSTRALIA, j | (Through Gordon and Gctdb.) ' ] Adelaide, 12th September. , J. L. Akop, formerly of the Murray River Navfen- '' • tUjn Company, and lately secretary of the Duryea, ; Mining Company, has been committed for trial for larceny. Frum the evidence adduced at the Police Court, it would appear that he had abstracted and - appropriated to his own use the mm of Ll2O, belong-' , ing to the companfes in whose employ he had been,: ! and ft is feared a much fa'ger amount of defalcation 1 2? tty v* discovered« &»• v«» asfied for, but the i I Bench refused, and the prisoner was removed in cus-i I A letter has been received from the lite Governor of ! this colony. Sir Richard Macdonncll. in which he f statea that at a meeting held in London, at which a ' great number of influential colonists were present, a project was mooted to have a colonial muveum in! , London, and he suggest* that legislative action be , taken on the matter with a view to carry out tbesujr- : gestion. ■ * In the Legislative Assembly a bill has been, introduced to provide for the taking of evidence' in cases before the Supreme Court in its eauitv! jurisdiction. . *' The officers of the Orient, which sailed from Ade-1 ; bile, and took fire on the voyage, and was rescued '- by anothjr vessel and the vigilance of her own officers j and crew, have been awarded at London a number of complimentary prizes for their brarery on the occa-' l asoa. A like compliment has been paid to some of • the residents of St. Iltlena. at which place the Orient! put in, and also to the officers of the vessel thatmainly' assisted in the rescue. ; . The carrier who was hurt in the encounter with the Chinese on the overland route from tiuiehen Bay is not expected to recover. •»» The lily Bird arrived at one &.m. with the Eng- i ' llah raai;a, and mU« sgain on Tuesday nest, f Flour bin better demanH, and but few orders have I been executed, owing. to the fact of holders dedinine ] to sfill at prices ofiered. • Silk drefwd is quoted at ; Ll2 15s to Ll3 lps. There is a quantity^ol wheat I |on offer, but the sales have bwa limited. The trans- : acUons reported have been at 5s 4d to 5s 6d, but tbw ; pnee vm only given because immediate delivery was [ a part of tbe bargain. ' j _~ ■■ . , , 13th Ssptxxbxb. I , Three steamers have left here—namely, the Gunj daeai, Bunyip. and Gemini—for the Murray, *itb! full cargoes of flour, spirits, and other provisions,, for j Victorian and Sydney settlers who have taken »p I couftfy there. r , There has been another arrival at Wallaroo direct ' from England, nimely, the Ormelie. j » In the Irfgisbtive Aeien,b'y, this day, it was re-! , solved, by a majority of nine, that it is not expedient ; for the Attorney-General to hive * seat in the House | of Assembly, but that a new office should bs created, : andl that tbe occupant of the new office should be attadied to each and every successive ministry formed . in the colony. . . * - . • i From letters re^eivel bj the last mail, it is feared < tuat Mr Palsly has dfed b ScotJand. This gentleman j was for » Jon^ time private secretary to our late Gavernor, Bir Rich-mi MacDonnell, and was respected I by a great number of friends. 1 3roou»e. W- p-»"■!«• been lecturing nt j Whites Rooms on his r»roWings in Amerfca. H» ; has given it a* bU decided opinion, gathered ftom bis I expenence m tbe States, t>at cotton growing will , not succeed in Australia. One great reason be adduce* for this is, that the fall of rain here seldom exj ceedsES inches, while in tne States In which it » found growing tbe fall is never less than 40 inches. , The Government have abandoned tbe distinctions . betweea the grants in aid' of District Councils and \ corporations, and for the future, tbe annual subsidies j will be the snmefor both, j ' « T»'f Sturt *nd Bri Snt^> Rifles have had a grand J. field day, the occasion beinzthe presentation of colors j to the rest menu by Captain Burton's daughter. The | affair passed off with great ecJai. Mr. Sinnett's hand-book of the colony has been refused by the Commissioners of the Great Exhibition, and even as a gift it h« been received with some reluctance, it being too prolix and cumbrous. r j The Burra Company have called a meeting to decide as to the adviiabflityof selling off some of the properties. Arrived :—Prompt and LouUe, from Newcastle Clearances : 1500 bags flour, ISSO bags of wheat, per Frincess and Louise, for Guam ; 50 tons of flour, per Athol, for Newcastle ; 1500 bags flour. 105 ba"s pollard, per Rebecca, for Brisbane. ° Holders of flour are firm at yesterday's quotation*. There was little done in wheat: and none ofterine under 5s 6d per bushel. Purchasen ofler 5s to 5s 2d in town.