LATER AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3195, 12 October 1867, Page 4

LATER AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Sydney, September 18. The Colonial Treasurer (Mr. Eager) stated that the Government had abandoned negotiations for a railway loan. Arrived. — ' Jessie Kelly,' from Auckland. The markets are quiet. Sales of Manila ration sugar have been made at £25. Griffin has been sentenced to death, for the Jinden murders. Mnrphy's conviction is hkely to be quashed, owing to mis-trial. The floods in the Murrumbidge district are subsiding. . The ' Cape Clear,' from Liverpool, is off Kiama. Sailed.— 'Lucie' and 'Deux Freres,' for Shanghai.

September 19. " Sheepskins sold at full rates to-day. Wool was easier, and there is very little doing in this staple. Scoured skins brought Is 8f d. Arkived. — ' Fromm,' from Foo-.chow, with a cargo of new tea ; • Compradre,' from Liverpool ; « Arche Alliance, 1 from Noumea.

September 20. All the tens ex 'Hani reoeited here brought £6 3s. to £6 12s. CongouB ex • Sheiburne,' £6 58. 6d. to £6 15s. The ' FrommV oargo will be sold to* morrow. , , . Hides and tallow at the sales to-day were Three poundi per ton of freight was offered here to-day for a large ship, to load breadttuffa at Adelaide. The offer was refused. Arrived.— 'Alice Cameron,' and * Flying Cloud, from Auckland. . . , In the Assembly, yesternight, the original motion for raisiDg a loan of £3,000,000 for railway purposes was re-introduced and carried. Messrs. Stubbs and Co. sold at their rooms, today, one thousand packages of new season congou teas, transhipped hither ex • Hans,' at £6 2s. Bd. to £6 sa. for chests j £3 2s. 6d. to £3 63. for halfchests. September 21. Eickey goes by the November Panama mail to pull for the championship of England, Nicholls, sentenced to death for the murder at Deniliquin, has been reprieved. A commutation of his sentence is probable. Jtt the sale of the * FrommV teas little was done. Prices were below those of yesterday. Exchange on London has been reduced to one per cent. «__*__•_... no

September 23. It is said that his Excellency Sir John YouDg, on his return to England, af ber being relieved from his duties as Governor of the colony, will seek a seat in the Hoase of Commons. The sentence of death passed upon Gnmo, for n s connection with the Jinden murders, has been commuted to penal servitude for life. Adelaide wheat is worth from ss. to ss. 6d. per bushel. Oaken hay, from Hobart Town, is quot«d at from £5 to £6 per ton. The Singleton mail vras robbed on Saturday, near Lennon's bridge, by armed bushrangers. m Candles are a shade firmer. Adelaide wheat is quiet, at 53 3d to 5s 6d. Teas are depressed. Arrived.— 'B. K. Bateson,' from Auckland.

September 24. Messrs. Goulsfcon's warehouse (hatters and general outfitters, &c), in Pitt-street, and Way's, the milliners, adjoining Farmer and Painter's premises, took fire last night, and, before the fire brigade could get the flames under, the entire place was gutted. Heavy rain and a calm atmosphere alone saved the Victoria Theatre and the adjacent buildings. The loss will amount to about £7,000. The stock was insured with the Imperial Company for £3 100, and with the Pacific Insurance Company for £2*ooo, and the building itself was insured for a further sum of £3,000. An inquest will be held to ascertain, if possible, the cause of the fire. Mr. Kerrison James, the Bishop's secretary, has been suspended. It is reported that dsfalcations have been discovered to a large extent. In the Assembly, Mr. Garrett has moved the repeal of the Newspaper Postage Act. At auction, Mauritius sugars were sold at an average of £1 per ton reduction ; finest white snowdroptf straw crystals, £35 to £36 10s j counters, £29 15s to £33 17s 6d. Arhived.— ' Walter Hood, 'from London ; 'Maiceaux,'from New Caledonia.

September 25. In the Assembly last night Mr. Garrett brought forward his motion in favour of the establishment of a newspaper postage fee. After a lengthy diicussion, it was negatived on a division by 25 votes A small ketch was caught in a squall outside the Heads at noon to-day, was capsized, and tken lank. The men on hoard were drowned*

The « Magellan Cloud,' from the South Sew, has brought the Rev. Mr Baker's wife and family orer hare. The barque 'Camilla '..f Melbourne, guano-laden, bound from Maiden Ixinud to Melbourne^ sprang a leaV on the 20th July she made Tutmla, one of the Navigator Islands, where »he was beached, and afterwards became a total wreck, The crew were saved, September 26. H.M. s. 'Brisk' proceeds to Fiji to avenge the recent murders. The wool sales have been brisker. 166 bales were sold ; greasy, at 4jd. to 6d.; skin wool, 7Jd. to Hd. j fleece, 12£ d. to 17d. ; sooured, IOJd. to 20d.; sheepskins, 6d. to 7fd. Government intend applying to the Privy Council in Murphy's case. Sailed.— 'Brisk,' for Fiji. A petitition has been drawn up by the Chamber of Commerce for presentation to Parliament,, praying for the abolition of the ad valorem duties. The petition has been very numerously signed. MKLBOUBira, September L 9» It is decided to hold a regatta at Port Phillip duripg the stay of Prince Alfred. Messrs. Dalmahoy Campbell and Co. report the fat oattl« market as shortly supplied, but there is no improvement in prices ; prime beef is worth 255. per 1001b. There is a moderate supply of fat sheep ; 521b. wethers are worth 10s. 6d. Victorian flour, for shipment to Sydney, brought ill ss. At auction, 5,700 bags Mauritius sugar, ex 'Pride of the West,' were sold at a decline of ■205.; brown, 30a. to 315. ; yellow crystals, 33». j white, 87s. 3d. 504 paokages tobaoco were sold by auction at the following rates :— Southern tens, 7?d. to Is. ; aromatic halves, Is. 4d. 700 half-chests tea, ez ' Tekbe,' sold, in six lines, full prices. Hops, 2a. 6d. Arrived.— ' Carl ' from Batavia ; * Due de Mala* koff ' from Charente ; ' Vipienden ' from Batavia. The ship ' Jerusalem' is off the Otway, 60 daysout. September 26. It is arranged that Prince Alfred shall land at Sandridge and embark at Williunstown. The Public Works Committee have recommended that the tender of Cain and Lawrence be accepted i for the erection of the Kew Town Hall ; Oamaru stone is to be used. i There ii a fair business doing. 200 tons of , Adelaide flour for export sold at £12 5s ; 700 chests - of tea ex 'Te Kli,' sold at Is 9J to 2* 7d ; the cargo of teas ex 'Juss' has been offered privately; 100 * bales Calcutta leaf tobacco brought lgd ; there have been considerable sales of Renault's brandy at 25s ; 4,000 cases of low brandy for export, 3s 6J. Exchange, 1 per cent. Messrs. Dalmthoy, Campbell, and Co. report a moderate supply of fat cattle. Prime bullocks, £8 to £10; prime cows, £6 to £8; 541b. wethers are selling at 10s 6d. Portland, September 26. The * L»dy Robilliard,' schooner, Captain Brown, master, after a gallant struggle in a terrific sea, drifted ashore yesterday evening, at eight o'clock. She carried a general cargo for Portland and Belfast, from Melbourne, and she was insured in the Derwent and Tamar office. She is favourably stranded, and appears only slightly injured. Several lightermen's boats have been destroyed. The storm is now abating. Brisbane, September 26. Mr. Henry Buckley, Auditor-General, has resigned. Mr. Mackenzie made his financial statement ; the debate is adjourned to Tuesday. Adelaide, September 18. The heavy gales of the last few days have done considerable damage up-country. The weather is now again threatening. The import business shows signs of improvement. Large sales of oilmen's stores were made to-day. The corn market i« quiet, owing to the absence of shipping. A sale of a large parcel of wheat for exporb, at equivalent to 4s Bd, is reported. There are no transactions in flour. Arrived.—' Carnaquheen,' from London. September 19. One of the triumphal arches erected in honour of the Prince's arrival was blown down to-day in a heavy squall of wind. Sheep are quoted this week at from 10s. to 125., and lambs at from ss. to 63. 6d. each. September 20, The Hon. Mr. Baker has had to withdraw his mo* tion for granting leave of absence on full pay to Mr. ex- Justice Boothby. The resignation of the Auditor-General has not yeb been accepted. Government propoau to gr»r»t a. weak'o holiday to all the officers of the Civil Service duiing the stay of the Prince. At the wool sales, washed brought Is. Oijd. per lb.; skins, 4d. to 6d. ; hides, lid. to 12d. ; tallow, £29 to £31 per ton. The wheat market is firm, without alteration. Adelaide, September 21. Great fears are entertained that the supply of gas will be insufficient to carry out the proposed illuminatione during the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh. September 23. The first number of a new journal has been published under the style of the Monthly Southern Cross and Catholic Herald. It disclaims any connection with polities, with this exception, that it advocates the alteration of the present Educ*ti<m Act. The editor of this new journal is the R6fv. J. Teniaon Woods. It is intended to make a fine display of bonfirea on the hills around Adelaide on the occasion of the arrival of H. B.H. the Prince. A letter has been received from Captain Cadell, in charge of the exploring and surveying expedition to the .Northern Territory, dated Cape York, 28th April. The captain had put into Somerset for water, and as soon as that was obtained the ship wa3 to" proceed. All on board were well. September 24. Th.fi ' capabilities of the gasometer have been further inquired into, and it is now quite certain that there will not be sufficient gas to supply light for all the proposed illuminations during the visit of tha Duke of Edinburgh. The schooner • Leslie ' has parted both cable», and gone ashore in Porb Victor. She is in a dangerous position, and has already three feet of water in her hold. Sales of wheat are reported at 4s. 7d. ; holders ask 4s. Bd. There is nothing new in flour. September 26. The schooner 'Leslie ' has been got off without damage. There is no alteration in the corn market. Extensive preparations for the reception of Prince Alfred are still going on. At auction, this afternoon, candles were sold at 104 d. per lb. ; woolpacks, at 4s. ; and Warrnatnbool potatoes, at an average of £1 Us. per ton, delivered at Port Adelaide.