AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 175, 15 June 1871, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS

Melbourne, June Ist. The Assembly is discussing the Budget. Anti-tariff meetings have been held, and deputations appointed. The funeral of Alexander (the Volunteer killed during the review held on the Queen's Birthday by tbe accidental explosion of a mine) took place on Sunday last, and was attended by fifteen hundred volunteers. The procession was accompanied by four military bands, and the streets and roads leading to the cemetery were lined with thousands of spectators.

The steamer Auckland has been wrecked near Cape Howe. The passengers and crews were saved.

A woman and child are supposed to have been murdered near Geelong lately, and a young woman named Pawsey has been arrested on suspicion of the offence.

Another horrible infanticide has occurred at Sandhurst.

The Eev. Mr. Annear has been committed for trial for a criminal assault upon a child. Flour, £16 10s to £17; Adelaide whaet, 6s lid ; New Zealand seed do, 6s 6d to 6s 9d ; milling, 5s 11 to 6s.

The Government have promised to provide for the widow and child of Volunteer Alexander, into whose death a military enquiry is going on. The crew and passengers of the s.s. Auckland were saved by the Macedon, a few hours after the former vessel struck on a rock. The mails were lost. The causes of the disaster were a fog aud the deviation of the compass. Mr. M'Lachlan, commonly termed " Bendigo Mac," has retired, superannuated. He was feted by the Bendigonians on retiring;. A new Opera Huuse has been built on the site of the Princess Theatre by Messrs Lyster and Cagli. Sydney. The Stamp Act is now in operationIt imposes a duty of Is on bank-notes of othes colonies.

The Noruia, for New Z. aland, 84 days out from London, was spoken by the Warwick. A large Protestaut banquet has been held. 2500 ounces of gold have been obtained from the new diggings at Gulgong, near Mudjee. Adelaide. A grand German peace demonstration has been held.

The race-horse Flying Scud has been sold, to go to Melbourne, for 100 guineas.

Further gold discoveries are reported.

A chess-match with Sydney is proceeding. Tbe Sydney players have won one game, and the rest are still unconcluded.

The question of precedence on official occasions is causing considerable excitement amongst Nonconformists.

The Chamber of Manufactures propose to distribute flax seed amongst the farmers.

The corn market is quiet. Sales of wheat have taken place at 5s lid, but holders are disinclined to sell at that figure.

An After Dinner Speech. — The National-man was called upon to make a speech. He was no gr9at hand *at speech-making, and in his sober moments would have resented the call as an insult; but ■" the drink" would speak, and the " National " got upon his feet. He was not, he said, altogether sure of what he was going to say ; but if the meeting would allow him he would say', it. . A time would come, if it had not already arrived, when all nations would be joined in the holy bonds of liberty, equality, and ingenuity. It was an ill wind tfiai. .fouled . its own nest, and he was glad to see* that Garibaldi was about to visit thia country, as he (the National) would be glad to show him a new domino : trick. (Here some of the Natibnal-m'an's neighbours attempted to pull him down, while some good marksman " landed " an orange on the side of his head.) This was a most dis-shameful state of matters, continued " the National.," and he appealed to the Chairman for being so uncruelly used in a foreign land, However, he knew the man who did it ; and if Mr. H. committed a like offence twice he would not do it a second time. Whom the gods loved corrupted good mannei-s, and evil com.* munication was worth two in the bush. : There was no place like the present, and no time like to-morrow. With these few introductory remarks he would sit down for the few minutes he intended to sit.— "A Chapel Meeting" in the Sportsman.

Abbe Heylot's przie to the most virtuouo woman in France has been won this year by Leontine Melie, a handsome blonde of eighteen. The youth and beauty of the winner are proof that she was not like the little girl who, being praised for being good all day, remarked that she couldn't be any other way — she had a stiff neck."