AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Daily Southern Cross, 7 November 1868, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Sydnkt, October 17. The opera season do es to-night. Madame Biihop then vinits Queensland. j Satlnd : • Strathuaver,' for London ; ' Harlaw,' for Shanghai. October 19. Two bushranger*, supposed to be Thunderbolt and his mate, h>ve been lately robbing the stations on the Upper Darling and Warrego. Sergeaut Cleary ami Const tble McCabe encountered them sixty-five mile < fiora Bourke. MoCabe ■hot one of the robberu through the wrist, whilst the other vh'it McCatie through the lungs, the ballet lodging In his back. The bushrangers escaped t" wards the Paroo. 'I he Ministry give a farewell dinner to their supporters to-m»rrow. The wreck reported a<- having been seen on the coast is believed to b* that of the • Hliz*betb,' timber-laden, from Maryborough. Sales of cocoaaut oil have been mad* at £38 net cash. Breadstuff* are firmer. Arrived : • Balgowrie,' from Mauritius, via M lbourn* ; ' Racehorse ' and • Alice Camerou,' from Auckland. Ottober 20 The Le^i-lafv* As«m*>ly met this afternoon, pursuant to adjournment, and a pood deal of infcrresfc was excited in the expected Ministerial statement. Shortly after the Speaker took tb« chur, the Premier, Mr. Martin, ro»e and informed the House that, in consequence of the rote Arrived at on a previous evening the Cabinet had met, and decided to advise his Excellency the Governor to dissolve the Assembly, no that ha ami his colle«gurs mi?ht appeal to the country. His Excellency had refused the advice t-ndered. and thereupon he and his colleagues had paced their resignations in the Governor's hands, and they now only held office until th^ir successors were appoi. tad. He admitted that the public finances wer« not in go satisfactory a ■tate as cou'd be wished. It is expected that the new Ministry to be formed, will comprise the following names : — Messrs. Robctsou. Samuel*, Windeyer,Ganett, Forster, ifigan, and Sir William Manning. Ah Sung, a Chinaman, was indicted at the Criminal Sessions for the murder of Mr. Lee, storekeeper, at Tronbark The evidence proved that prisoner en'ered the store, and, afc^r some words with Mr. Lee, attacked him, infl cting fatal wounds with a knifr. He then attacked Mr. Lee's son, and murdered him. Kutering the house he inflicted ■eriom injuries on Mr. Lee'H young daughter, who identified the prisoner as her assailant. The jury found him " Guilty," and he was sentenced to d*ath. The Congregational Union commenced their annual assembly last night. Messrs. Bradley and Co. sold the 'LayardV e»rgo of teis ; the following prices were realised :—: — Ordmiry chents, £5 7s. 6d. to £6 12*. ; halve", £2 14s 6d. to £3 10s ; fiae souchong, in packages, £1 10s. 41. to £2 6s. 4d. Th» Rev. S. C. K*nt, president of the Camden College, has beea elected president of the Congregational Union. Arrived : ' Commodore,' from San Francisco, with 350 tons of breads tuffs ; and the ' Whiatler,' also with a full cargo of breads tufFs. October 21. Hii Excellency the Governor opened the Hortioultural Show to-day, which has been very successful. A large ship, supposed to be the 'Cowper,' with 1.500 tons of Calif urnian breadstuff*, has been off the ECead-c all day. The * Lubra,' wifo 350 toni of Californian breadstuff*, ha« arrive •' at Bri<i»>aue t»r orders. The ' Whistler,' which arrived yente>day from San Francisco, a cargo of 740 tons of brea 'stuffs, hu reports »aving spoken the 'Briton,' bound fiom Puget S«uud for Melbourne Dunl'-ary, a notorious bushraoger, died in DarImghurot Gaol to-day. 'del aids. October 17. The Surveyor-Gf neral has gone to th« Baros-ta diggings to «cc at.out a sup. ly of water. 'f he reports ai to the crops continue favourable, although they are backward in many places The ' Monitor,' from the Baltic, has been orien d on ta Melbourne. Thn c»rn market is firm. 300 tons of Hart's and Dunns flour vre^e hold t<>-d*y, for export, at £13. The millers now ask £13 10s. O tober 19. An ad 'l rets and a pnrae of 100 guineas have been presented to Mr. Hichardson, late Under-Secret ary, by the civil servants. Th« directors of the Bu^ra Burra mine pmpo«e, in a report which they have sent in, to spend £25,000 in carrying out Mr. Darlington* suggestions for working th • mine. j The corn market is very firm. Sales of new wh vat)u at) have been made at s*. 6 «. 6s. has been offered for old wheat, and refused. The millers' pr.ues for flour are too high to admit of transactions. October 20. In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Strangways moved a rote of want of confidence in the Ayers Ministry, and the debate i» now proceeding There [ is a great deal of public interest taken in the result | of the diHCiicsion, and every available space in the strangera' gallery i« tilled. The appointment of a Government analjat and microscopic, ob-erver is urged by the press. Hi* duties would be to make observations on the present wheat crop, with a special reference to red rust ; and his i> qiurios and repons are coniiidered likely to benefit, the agricultural interest. Nine tenders have been received for the Northern tern to y, varying iv amount from Is. to 4s. 94d. per ac c The only one repoit don favourably by the Surveror-General ii that of A. and A. E. De .Lisßer, at 2i. 6d. per acre. The Treasurer stated in the House this afternoon that Mr. Goyder, the Surveyor-General, would st«rt withiD 21 days to undertake the survey on behalf of the Government. If the Ministry are not defeated, none of the tenders will ))• accepted. The corn market is very firm. Small sales of wh-^t have been made at sa. 9d. Flour is firm at £13 10*. October 21. The debate on Mr. Strangway's no-confidence motion was re-umed this afternoon, and still continues to excite a considerable amount of intere-t. Mr. Fuller ha< moved an amendment, to add to the motion the words "and does not accspt the policy propounded by Mr. Strangways." Thw will, if carried, have the effect of a mo ion of no confi lence in the present Ministry, without pledging the House to the p>! icy enunciated by the mover of the original resolution. A company is to be formed to work the cinnabar claims recently taken out. The corn m*rket is very firm, and no transactions have been repo ted to-day. The cargo of Biltio timber, ex 'Humdahl ' realised at auction the foil • wing prices ; — deal*, 5 l-16d. per foot, for 9x3; flooring boards, C\ x 18, realised 1-15 J. to 1 l-lo*d., and other >iz=s in proportion. 6.35 p.m. The debate bas been adjourned until to-morrow. The tone of the speakers is still against the Government. Wakrnambool, October 17. The ball given in honour of his Excellency and Lady Maaners button came off last night, and was very successful. His Kxcell^ncy has expressed himsulf much pleaitd with his vi<it. Mblbournb, October 18. Count de Doblon, winesmwer, has been declared insolvent ; liabilities, £6,000. Great exctement regarding approaching land selections with extended area. Preparations nearly complet d for raising the steamer 'City of Lnuuccston.' The same parties proposed attempting to recover the gold in the ship ' General Graut,' which was wrecked at th« Auckland Islands. Bindon has resigned bin seat for Ca«tlemaine in the expectation of obtainiug the vacant judgeship. It in proposed to e-tablish the Telegraphic Department in conjunction with that of the Postoffice. Hithon has pleaded guilty to the shooting of Kinsella Sentence of death has been recoided against him. October 22 Captain Middleton, of tbe barque ' Day-spring,' has been sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. Montgomery is playiug at the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre Ihe ' Tar%rua ' arrived last night. Tbe Argussays ;—"; — " 'lbe last • 4th of the month.' which cain« at-out on Saturday, was th« worst that has bhen experienced for some ye»rs pant t>y tbe sot-go >ds men, and more than one house had to rauke advances of some thousands of poun >h in otder to save th»ir cu^tomern. Some firms have lately been granting very lotn; terms to the retail men, b >t by a circular which has been b ought under our notice we ot-cerve that all the leading houses have agreed to restrict their credit to four months aud a half." Anothib Deadlock.— Another deadlock prevails in Melbourne, tke leadbg f tatare* of wbioh are aum*

marked m follows in the Argut .-—"The return of >lr. AloCul.ocli to the Office was, we are told, to put aa end to the deadlock, to secure the imuedwt* 'iisuharge of cx ■ sting hV>i ities, aud to guarantee punctual payments in future Mr. MoCulloch tetumed to office three month* ago, aud how has this prediction or promiie been fulfilled? Man; liabilities which were unpaid in July last remain unpaid still ; for two months out of the thr=e since his teturu to the Lead of affaiis, a second deadlock has existed ; and now, after au Appropriation Act has passed, and two Loan Acts ha»e been assented t<>, we are bes«t on all side* with complaints that th« Govecum-nt will not or cannot pay. The grievance id nut confiued to one set of Government creditors. All clauses seem to suffer from it The salaries of civil servants, the debts due to contractors, the accounts fur goods sold and delivered, the expenses »f enteit<ii(iing H K.H. the Duke of bldui'mrgh, alike remain unpai t. Everyoue naturally wan s to know ho a long thin state of things is t<> last, and we think that the public is entitled t<> a spoedy and conclusive answer to ttuc question."