LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 103, 29 January 1870, Page 6

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

(Condensed from the " Daily Times.") Melbourne, January 19. The flour market is rising j £12 10s. to £3. New wheat, ss. sd. Maize is firm at 4s. Oats, 4s. 3d. Cornsacks, lls. 9d. Candles steady, at lOfd. A good business has been done in hops. Java crystals, 365. to 38s. The Government has expressed its willingness to give £6000 subsidy to the new Californian Packet Company. An agitation for introducing the cen-ti-al system in grain transactions has commenced. The Insurance Companies propose raising their rates on hazardous goods to 7s. 6d. The Lincolnshire has been selected to convey home soldiers whose time has expired, and invalids. Some colonial artists have established a Victorian Academy of Arts, on the same basis as the English Academy. A short grain crop is expected. M. D. Loustel, a French teacher, has been arrested on a charge of criminally assaulting a young girl named Smith. A lire at Climes destroyed pi'operty of the estimated value of £2500. The whole is covered by insurance. The English pedestrians are much mortified at their recent defeat, and are now training at Brighton. All their engagements are broken off, except Hewitt's match with Harris. A new flag has been adopted for Victoria. It has five stars in one of the crosses of the Union Jack. George Davis, manager of a goldmining company at Wood's Point, has been committed for trial for shooting Samuel Hill with a spring gun. The Beechworth Railway Company are dissatisfied with the quantity of land granted by .the Government as compensation for forming the line. The Government propose giving one mile on either side of the line. Charles James -Davies, decorator, a passenger by the Yorkshire, was arrested for forgery on landing. W. G. Slayter, watchmaker, of Emerald Hill, was arrested for forgery immediately after" his marriage. Young Gardner, a jockey, was killed while rifling Receipt at Violet Town. The Intercolonial Cricket Match takes place about March 15. The Government chemist, Mr. Johnsen, has analysed the Victorian Company's sugar, and failed to detect any poisonous matter. The four-pound loaf is now sold at 7d. Sydney. Dr. Lang is lecturing on his parliamentary experiences. Adelaide. A case of Asiatic cholera has occurred at Buraa. The Almanda mine has ceased working. Six tenders were sent in for leasing the Strathalbyn railway. London, November 16. The Government has directed one of Her Majesty's war steamers to convey Peabody's remains to America. Just before his death, he requested that £150,000 should be given to the Peabody Fund for the benefit of the poor. The Bishop of London preached the funeral sermon at Westminster Abbey, which was crowded. The Liverpool Cup was won by Victor. A severe hurricane has passed over the Mediterranean, in which the steamship Light was totally wrecked. Ledru Rollin has refused to return to Paris. The Emperor has been reviewing the troops at Compiegne. A large force is concentrated around Paris to prevent any outbreak. ITALY. The dogma of the infallibility of the Pope is not forced upon the (Ecumenical Council. Reports from Rome hare been received in Paris stating on good authority that the Pope declares he must be assured of an imposing majority of bishops in favour of the dogma, otherwise he prefers that the subject shall not be introduced, desiring to avoid a discussion that might lessen the influence of principle. The Jesuits are using every effort to secure an overwhelming majority. CUBA. The insurrection is spreading, and the last successes of the Spanish troops have not damped the ardour of the leaders of the revolution. AMERICA. Government have taken possession of Samana Bay as a naval depot for the West Indies, and intend to erect heavy fortifications there. A fatal collision has occurred on the Pacific Railway. Eleven persons were killed, and twenty more or less seriously injured. Frauds in the New York Custom House have been discovered to the enormous amount of 8,000,000 dols. The Union of the Presbyterian Churches throughout the States has been consummated.