AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXII, Issue 2712, 27 March 1866, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Melbourne, March 20. Mr. Embling gave up the attempt to form a Government late ou SiturJay night. Mr. Fellowes is now engaged in forming an Administration, audit is believed will succeed. It is stated resolutions were adopted by the Assembly on Saturday forenoon, by 37 to 15, which will induce the Governor to dissolve the Assembly. Mr. Hugh George, printer of the Argus, has received a summons to appear at the bar of the Assembly to-morrow. Surgeou Beaney's name is involved in a case of toe death of a young woman named Lewis, a barmaid at St. Kilda, under circumstances which the corouer's jury is now investigating. Serious frauds by the legal manager of mining companies at Ballarat have been discovered. Jud^e Molesworth sat to-day for the fit st time as Chief Judge in the new Court of Mine 3. Mr. O'Shanassy is to be entertained at a public dinner before his departure for Europe. Business quiet. At auction, Melrose's cargo of tea changed bauds at good price 3. Breadstuff* dull, owing to advices from Ohm. Adelaide flour in slow sale, from £19 10a. to £20 19s ' Camilla's' Cahfornian wheat sold in one line, to a miller, at B*. 3d. n<*fc. Offers for TorquilV cargo lef used. For maize 4«. lOd. was realised. Crushed loaf sugar, 45?. in bond. Hams and bacon to arrive, Is. 7d. Salt, coarse and fine, £B 7s. 6d. to £3 10s. Trade parcels of rice, £25. Four vessels advised from Calcutta with 1,800 tons of rice. Kerosine oil depressed. ' Westward Ho ' hns arrived to-day, with 1,500 cases. The ' Abbotsford sailed from New York on the 19th of December with 2 200 cases oil and 940 cwt. tobacco, a third of which ia sheepwash. ' L*dy Bdwen ' cleared at the same port for Sydney, on the 29th December, with 3,488 cases' oil ; no tobacco. The '-Guiding Star ' and 'Hermione are to follow, for Melbourne. The « Veritas ' *ud ' Pursuit,' from Boston, in January and February. The 'Ceres' sailed from Hongkong, for Melbourne, on the 13th of January, with2l6,9oo>b. of tea, sent from TToo Choo by steamer. ' Nightingale,' with tea *nd chow chow, sailed on the 28fch of January.. 'Cedars,' for Sydney, sailed from Foo Choo on the 15th of January; 'Juverna,' 13th; « Magnolia,' 15th— all with tea. Mr. Wilson Rowes arrived per mail, to take the place of Mr. Thomas, who was lost in the ' London,' as Manager of the Loudon and Australian agency. Arrival. — ' Alexandra,' Sailed— 'Aldinga.' Queenscliff, March 20. Arrived.— 'Westward Ho,' barque, from New York; ' Alexandra/ steamer, from King Georges Sound. Sailed.—' Bulclubha/ steamer, for Sydney.

Adelaide, March 20. '1 hei c ha? bec-n great excitement on the question o£ a silo of ft new warfcet ; the poll closed with the result against interfering with public squares, for any other purpose than pnblic recreaiiou. Furllur cases of slicking up are reported. Government intend incieasiny the police force. The funeral seivice in memoiy of the TJev. Mr. Draper, who MraBM r a8 loat in the ete.imship 'London,' was attended by 1,700 person. The service took place at I'liie-etreet Chapel. Accounts from the milling districts are favourable. Various b inks in Adelaide are pushing forward branches with energy in the inland towns. The market for lireadstuftw is not so firm. Mote wheat offering, but no export buyers ; sale, 7a. lOd. Flonr : Country, £18 to £19 103. ; town, £18 to £19 10s. Arrived. — 'Alexandia' and 'Moonta,' from Newcastle; ' Banda,' fiom London; 'Union,' from Hobart Town ; ' Prospero,' from Foo Choo Foo, via Sydney. Sailed. — •Coorong,' for Melbourne. March 17. A funeral sermon is to be preached to-morrow morning in memory of the Rev. Mr. Diaper. Robberies iv the suburbs *ie increasing. A monster meeting was hell last night to consider the advis .bility of erecting the City Market. The proposition to use Victoria Public Square for the purpose was condemned, and a geneial poll dsmaudeil. No tiansactions ia share or corn market*. I Weather sultry. Arrived. — ' ftversham,' from New York. Sailed. — ' Alexandra ' (s.), for Melbourne. March 16. The details of the English Reform Bill are not yet fully known. The principal measures proposed are £6 rental, and £5 rating. It is said the Gorernment will confine the bill to the enlarging of the Constitution without touching the electoral districts. Mr. Bright goes for household Buffing-", ) ufc will support Lord Hussell's Government, if they stick to the measure a3 proposed. '1 he South Australian Parliament -was prorogued by the Governor at 2 o'clock p.m., until 29th June. A number of bills received the JRoyal assent. The Governoi'a speech expressed pleasure at the patience and attention to legislative duties thown by members during the past trying session, congratulates members on pa^iug the Pastoral Leases Bill, and announces the intention of the Government to withdraw frnn the P. and O. contract at the earliest possible period, owing to refusal to call at Kangaroo Island and general irregularity, and rejoices m the contiuued prosperity of th« colony and the flouiishing state of the public revenue. It is leported that the Chief Secretary, Mr. Hart, goe3 to England by the next mail. The Hou. A. J3lyth is the probable successor. News from Elder's station announces the departure of camels for Lake Hope. They ai*e doing well and increasing in numbers The Albert peal of bella for the Town TTa'U at Adelaide were shipped per ' Edinburgh ' on 15th Jauuary. Akrivbd —'Coorong' (s.), sails on Monday; ' Alexandra,' to-morrow. No change in bieadstuffs ; market firm. Mklbouuht, March 16. In the AssemMy, » motion by the Chief Secretary 13 being discussed, "That thf statement in the Argus, that his address to the Jiouse on the previous evening bristled withJalsehood, is a breach of privilege." The motion is likely to becirried, and the printer summoned to the bar of the House. Mr. Fellowes declines to be one of the Ministry, but, as empowered by the Governor, has communicated with Mr. Enibling, na the representative of the Protectionist party. Mr. Embling is now endeavouring to form a Ministry. I There is an improved demand for bulk ales of favoutite brands. Large sales of Marrian's have been made at £7 17s. to £8. Bas3's, old numbers, £-k ss. to £4 15a Ihis nearly cleais the market. No change in breadstuff*. Victorian wheat is quoted at 7s. 9.1. to Bs. ; Adelaide, Ba. 3d. The ' Elizabeth's ' cargo of Mauritius sugar sold at auction at prices sustaining previous c\irrency. There was a good attendance, bub a want of animation. A minute has beeu laid on the table of the Ag. seinbly, stating the special circumstances which led to the resignation of the Ministry. This document is signed by James McCnlloch. It throws the entire responsibility of the crisis upon the majority of the Legislative Council, who are charged with concsoliug their ultimate purposes. '1 he argument iv the Supreme Court in the case of Bruce v. the Queen is not yet finished. The ;Court has adjourned until Monday. The prospectus of the Commercial Bank of Australia, has been issued to-day and well received, Arrived.—* Balclutha.' Sailed. — ' Coringa,' for Maiden Island.