AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS. Sydeny, April 20.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3057, 14 May 1867, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS. Sydeny, April 20.

Thb r Journal •/ Commerce says that the demand (or bulk ale continues, and that prices are very firm. Holders of Arrol's ask £8. Bottled ales are not so brisk, and the ruling prices are actually below cost and charges, owing to the importers forcing it upon the market. Holders of flour are very firm. lAdelaide is worth from £12 10s. to £13, and Adelaide wheat from ss. Id. to ss. 3d. per bushel. Candles are not so firm. There is a fair trade doing in brandy, and best brands are firmer. MarUltfi and Henneasy's oaie bring from 265. to 28s. Bum and gin are scarce. < d > , . April 22. The northern mail was stuck up last night between Bendemeer .and Tamworth by Thunderbolt and a boy, both arjned. He ordered the driver to take the coach into the bush, and there rifled the mail-bags. Nothing was takeu from the pawengers or coachman. ' Commodore Maguire, '.who goes home invalided, sailed for England per B.M. ■. ' Avoca.' The half-yearly meeting of the Mutual Provident Society was held to-day,, when the report and balance sheet were brought' up. and adopted. The report showed that new- insurances had been effected, to the extent of £487,65 Q, in J»391 new polypes,, upon which the sum of £19,400 premium had, been paid. , The investments had increased to £86,71,2, and claims on the Life branch, through death, amounting to £26,259. had been paid. The motion to purchase land ift Melbourne, upon which to, erect offices, was again jSrought' forward and negatived. The retiring directors were all re-elected, and the meeting closed. ' The report of the United Insurance Company, which' was laid before the shareholders to-day, was considered highly satisfactory ; the directors did not feel justified in recommending the payment of a diridend, but the sum of £1,000 has been carried to the credit of profit and loss. April 25. The Admiralty Court has issued an order for the amount of damage (£800) for whioh judgment was obtained by the A.B.N. Company against the Queensland S.N. Company, in the collision case which occurred some time ago in Brisbane waters, when the' * Lady Young,' s., ran into the * Florence Irving,' s. The ' Lady Young' was to sail for Brisbane to-day, but was stopped from clearing at the Customs pending the settlement of the " order." Matters have since been arranged, and the steamer has been allowed to proceed. The wool sales to-day were very dull, and very little was done. A lot of 20 bale* of fleece brought 19d. per lb. ; and another lot of 34 bales greasy sold for 94d. per lb. ' April 26. The result of the commission to inquire^ into the working of the railway department having been made known, Mr. John Kae has been censured, and reinstated as Under-Secretary for Public Works and Commissioner of Railways, Mr. Vernon has also been reinstated in his effice, but Mr. Robert C. Walker, accountant to the railway branoh, has been dismissed. The ' Challenge,' from the South Sejw, reports the destruction by the natives of the schooner ' Culler,' and the murder of the crew. It is "believed that they have also destroyed ,the schooner • Sea Witch,' of Sydney, but no authentic information had been received when the • Challenge' left. > ; . ' A P ril 2 7- . A report has been received at Natlay, from the Currawang mine, that another lode has been struck, yielding 35 per cent, of copper. * April 29. There is a great flood here (Wollombi), and much corn has been destroyed. The people have been obliged to leave bheir houses, and take refuge in the church and court-house. The mail could not leave for Maitland, and the water is still rising. Melbourne, April 20. Mr. Duffield, one of the South Australian delegates to the Postal Conference, agrees with the views of the Victorian Government that no arrangement was determined on as to the depfit for the postal routes, and it was generally understood that Victoria was to be the terminus of the Suez line. , Dixon, found guilty of stealing the Oriental Bank bills, has been sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment with hard labour, the first week in each month in solitary confinement. A defalcation of £1,800 has been discovered in his books. Sentence of death has been recorded against Lyons for a criminal assault on his daughter. ' . April 24. The Rev. Andrew Love, one of .the oldest resident Presbyterian ministers in the Jcolony, died at the Manse, Geelong, yesterday, aged 69. The markets are active. Oats are low ; there has been a large trade demand for Patna rice ; candles are firm, at 13d ; kerosine is quoted at 2s 9d, and Cozzen's has been sold at 2s 7d, second brands, to land. Large sales of tea have been effected for another market ; 600 chests, ex • Jan Peter,' were sold at private rates, and sales for the same quantity are pending. April 25. At a meeting of the Colonial Bank, the directors were re-elected, and a dividend of 8 per cent, will be paid to-morrow. At a meeting of the Executive Council it was decided to hang John Kelly, who was sentenced to death for an unnatural offence on a male child twelve years of age. Dalmahoy, Campbell, and Co., report that there was a full supply of wool at their sale to-day. Bullocks sold at' £10 a head : best cows, £7 10s per head. The market was glutted with fat sheep ; prices, 6d to Is per head lower. At Beechworth business is brisk. , Flour, for shipment, at 123 lOd for best Adelaide ; Adelaide wheat, at 5s 3d ; ' maize is easier, at 4s ; candles, heavy ; holders are anticipating an improvement, price lSd ; Tasmanian hops, at 2s 6d ; 2,000 cases kerosine, placed to arrive, at 2s 7d ; best brands in bond, spot parcels, at 2s. 9d. ; 109 bales, sacks, at 13s. ; 2,000 bags Henty's sugar, sold at a reduction, 20s. April 26. 26,594 ounces of gold have been entered at Melbourne, for ezporb, exs.s. 'Avoca.' The markets are fair. 6,000 bushels Port McDonnell wheat was sold at ss. 3d. Teas are in demand ; congou in chests sold at la. 9d., ordinary Is. jj d. There is no change in kerosine. 250 tons of coarse salt have been sold at £2 12s. 6d. April 29. A dinner was given to Mr. Aitken, of the Victoria Brewery, who is an old colonist, and is about to visit England. At' the ceremony of conferring degrees, held in the University on Saturday, when fifty gentlemen were admitted to various degrees, tha Governor was present. Bishop Goold and Dean Hayes proceed to Europe in the 'Avoca.' In business there has been a good demand for trade purposes, and a few large transactions. There have been some good sales of tea, ordinary to medium, Is. Ogd. to Is. 10d.~; candles have been sold for export at It. o£d. ; , fine salt, £3 12s. 6d. ; 1,000 cases photolite kerosine realised 2s. 6d., and 1,000 cases Cozzen's, 2s. Sd. ; sheepwash tobacco is in demand. ' May 1. Tarrant, who attempted to murder his wife, has been committed for trial ' The steeplechase was won by G. Lewis's Fair Nell; and the Maiden Steeplechase by Trainer's Clansman. ' Ebrensteine Kupsh, charged with infanticide, at the Geelong Circuit Court, was acquitted amid great cheering. Good trade doing in Adelaide flour for export, at £12 15s:; 3,000 bushels Port McDonnell wheat sold at ss. 2d.; Victorian oats, 2s. Bd. to 3s. OJd.; maize, 3f. 10d.' ' on the spot. Cozzen's .kerosine firmer ;, trade sales realised 2s. 9d; Candles, Is. OJd. ; 500, boxes coDgou, ex ' Greyhound, sold at 2s. Of the' ' Formosa's' cargo of sugars, 6,000 bags offered, only 2,300 bags sold at a decline of 203. to 30s. . I Adelaide, April 20. Mr. Samuel Hart, importer, of Hindley-street, died suddenly yesterday. The official return of sheep and cattle imported and exported overland in South Australia for the , last quarter shows, exported to Victoria 30,000, sheep ; imported, 9,000 sheep ; exported to New ' South Wales, nil ; imported, 12,000 sheep. Of cattle ■ none were exported, but 1,000 were imported. Of 1 horaes, 70 were exported and 400 imported. His Excellency the Governor will turn the first sod of the Port Wakefield railway on the Ist May. The imports and exports for the past week ; amounted to— wheat, 20,000 quarters; flour, 700 tons. April 25. It is rumoured that Judge Gwynne has resigned, also that the Governar has sent for Mr. Boucault, and asked him to retain office until the settlement of the Boothby difficulty. The Governor is suffering from severe indisposition. The weather is unseasonably warm. More business doing in the import market. The corn market is dull. Wheat, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 3d. Small sales flour, £10 to £11. April 26. An influential meeting was held to-day to take step* for the e-taUishment of a homoeopathic dispensary for the poor*

The corn market continues quiot. The supplies «f Vrheat are small, aud the prico is quoted at 4s. 3d. Flour, £10 to £11. The exports for the past -week include 9,400 quarters of wheat aud 1,600 tons of flour. The value of the exports of home produce from this colony, during the past quarter, as shown by the official returns, amounted to 32834,000. Arrived : • Tientsin/ from the Mauritius, with sugar ; and the • Tinto,' ship, from Liverpool. April 27. The Ministry have all resigned. His Excellency Bent for the Hon. A. Blyth, but nothing definite has yet been effected. 4?Large sales of wheat at 4s. 3d. to 4s. 4d. Flour dull, at £10 to fill. April 30. The corn market is dull : wheat is at 4s. 3d. : ,flour, £10 to £11. Qubensclikt, April 27. ; Arrived.— 'Saga,' barque, and 'Golden Horn,' ship, from London ; ' Ceres,' ship, from Glasgow ; ' St. Louis,' ship, from Calcutta.