TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.

Southland Times, Issue 740, 23 October 1867, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.

LATEST AUSTRALIAN INTELLIGENCE. fPromthe Argus, 17 th Oct.) Echtjca, Wednesday. In consequence of the distress arising from the floods, a popular reading and a concert are to be given in Carpenter's Hall, to provide a fund from which to relieve the most severe cases. Sydney, "Wednesday. The Eev. S. 0. Kent has been elected president of the Congregational Union. The mail steamship Bombay arrived at noon, after a passage of forty-seven hours from wharf to wharf. Mr M'Evilly, the Parliamentary librarian, died to-day of injuries received at the picnic on Saturday. Tae Sydney Insurance Company has declared a dividend of ten per cent. A. new yacht club, named the Prince Alfred Club, was formed last night. The police are actively chasing Humphreys, the bushranger. The Assembly is debating the Land Bill. Trade is quiet. At auction, the balance of the Fanny Nicholson's cargo of sugars brought late rates. A portion of a cargo, to arrive from Melbourne, was afterwards placed at a decline of £1 on the finer grades. Arrived.— City of Melbourne, in fortyeight hours from Melbourne. Sailed.— Alexandra, for Melbourne. Adelaide, Wednesday. The Mount G-ambier Railway Bill has passea tks Oouacil,

J A public -breakfast is to be given to I the Bishop •of Adelaide," who arrived per j Yatala, on Friday. ,' The average rainfall from the Ist January to the 30fch September was over ninetesn inches. The cargo ex Crown, from Batavia, was all sold to-day. Java coffee brought 9|dto 10|d; Java rice, £19 17s 6d to £25 ss ; Java white crystal sugar, £33 15s to £36 ; low brown crystals, £28 2s 6d to £29 ; whMpepper, 9f d. The corn market is very firm, but quiet.