NEW SOUTH WALES.

Southland Times, Issue 1207, 8 February 1870, Page 3

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, Jan. 25th. Cummings and Company, agents for the Atlantic and Pacific Mail Company, have sent a communication to the Government per Avoca, offering to convey the mails from Sydney to England in forty days, at £1000 per trip. They state that every arrangement is completed, and that they will engage to deliver the

mails at Milford Haven within forty days, or forfeit £50 per day. They offer to take first class passengers for £60, and second class for £30, including railway fares ; and ask a ten years' contract. The Conference on the postal service have agreed to include the mail route via Torres Straits, New Zealand to contribute not exceeding £15,000, and also to bear two-fifths of the Californian route subsidy, v A m&n named Prendergast and his wife have been arrested at Brisbane on suspicion of the murder of Patrick Harvey. The City Bank has declared a dividend of 8 per cent. A public testimonial is proposed to the ex premier, Mr John Robertson. It is supposed that Mr C. S. Burt, Horse Bazaar proprietor, has sailed for California in his own yacht, leaving £30,000 liabilities. Mr Farrell, spirit merchant, is dead. He died worth £80,000. Margaret Boyce, a servant girl, has been found drowned under suspicious circumstances. The Commercial Bank dividend and bonus amount to seventeen and a-half per cent. The cargo of Mauritius sugars, ex Obey, brought £31 10s to £40 per ton. Gale,, the aeronaut, descended safely with his balloon, after floating several miles to the' eastward of Sydney. Disagreements have arisen amongst the committee of management as to how the unexpended moneys collected for the benefit of the Fenian convicts who came here from "Western Australia shall be appropriated. A flock of Southdown sheep belonging to the Governor, has been found to be infected with scab, and has been ordered to be destroyed. Mr Manning, late a Wesleyan minister, has been admitted as a clergyman of the Church 'of -England, at Goulburn. Jan. 26th. To-day being the 82nd anniversary of the foundation of the colony, it was observed as a general holiday, and no business; has been transacted iv the import markets* . The -cricket match between the "Warwick and Albert clubs ended to-day in some misunderstanding, which led to a general and it is feared the feelings engendered on this occasion will interfere with the forthcoming intercolonial match, in which members of the rival clubs intended playing together against Victoria. Jan. 27th. The Assembly met at noon, when Mr Arnold was elected Speaker without opposition. The Treasurer notified his intention of asking for a vote of supply tomorrow. The Joint-stock Bank has declared a dividend of 8 per cent. Mr David "Winders, a much respected resident of Maitland, has been drowned while bathing. The mail takes 13,0000z. of gold and 19,000 sovereigns. Jan. 28th. Calder has been committed for trial in connexion with the bank fraud. The Bishop of Auckland left for his diocese' to- day, per City of Melbourne. A Sydney horse, The Doctor, won the principal prizes at Valparaiso races. The Speaker of the Assembly was introduced to the Governor to-day. The opening of Parliament has been deferred till Tuesday, when Mr Cowper'a election will be settled. Captain Malcolm, senior marine surveyor, dropped down dead yesterday on board the steamer, whilst on the passage from Newcastle to tfiis port. ■^ -.... Jan. 29th. Mr Thomas Moffatt, the first settler in the Warrego,district, is reported to have died in- the bush from thirst. A potion of the returns for Liverpool Plains are iiv and give Cowper a large majority. • ~ ~. A rule nisi has been granted for compulsorily sequestrating Burt's estate. SOUTH ATJSTEALIA. * Adelaide, Jan. 25. The South Eastern Railway scheme has been accepted by Parliament. Captain Edgecumbe, the Governor's Aide-de-camp, has been promoted to be [ Lieut.- Colonel. Mr Bakewell, late Crown Solicitor, died this morning from congestion of the brain. The deceased gentleman was universally respected. An important mineral discovery is reported at Torke's Peninsula, near the Moonta Mines. Nine hundred and sixty acres have been taken up. A meeting of citizens will be held tonight to consider the propriety of lighting the city with gas. Jan. 26. In the Legislative Council, the Hon. John Baker's motion of want of confidence was carried without a division, after an attempt to carry the previoas question had been negatived by the casting vote of the President. At a meeting of citizens held last night, a resolution was carried against lighting the streets with gas. The com market is very firm, and no transactions are reported. . Jan. 27. Mr Coglin is a candidate for "West Torrens, vice Mr Bean. Serious accounts of damage by the late floods continue to reach town, and it is feared th§ destruction of property is very great, d The corn market is firm, but there are no transactions. ;V ;: Jan 28. The returns of the, revenue for the quarter show the receipts to be £153,535, and the expenditure £161,944. The receipts under the head of Customs show an increase, whilst the telegraph shows a decrease. The approximate result for the year is, however, favourable as compared with 1868. The report of the Adelaide Marine Insurance Company for the half year shows a loss of £1,989.

The Treasury lias stopped all payments until the estimates have bp<m passed. The troops embark on Monday. It is rumoured that Mr Douglas, collector of customs, is to be appointed Government resident for the Northern territory, and that TVtr Lewis, late Post, master- General, will succeed Mr Douglas at the Customs. It is reported the Government intend calling a meeting of their supporters to consider the present unsatisfactory state of parties in Parliament. "Wheat is very firm, and large sales on the coast are reported at ss. Jan 29. The Government have issued circulars calling a meeting of their supporters for Monday, to take into consideration the recent want of confidence motion and the present unsatisfactory state of parties in both Houseß. The intelligence from the Onkaparinga diggings is of a highly satisfactory nature. Over 1,6000z. of gold have been purchased bythe English and Scottish Bank within the past few days. The Pastoral Leases Bill is now before the Legislative Assembly. It extends the present leases to 10 and 14 years, according to situation. The corn market continues firm.