BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 2061, 13 December 1869, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Melbourne, December 6th. Commercial. —Sales of flour under hammer brought LI 2 2s 6d to LI2 5s ; best flour, Ll3 ; wheat, 5s 7d to 6s ; maize has advanced to 4s. Oats are dull of sale at 3s 9d to 4s. An improved feeling is springing up in teas since the wreck of the Marie Cabrielle, a tea ship, which occurred oft' Moonlight Heads. Holders now demand lid advance all round. Speculation in salt continues, the ruling price being L 4 ss. Gozzen’s kerosene sells at 2s 2d. The wool sales were brisk, 2,000 bales sold at 5 ' d to 9|d for greasy ; 121 yd to 17;[ for scoured; and 10 Rl to 15Jd for fleece. Bacon, 9d; hams, Is. Large sales of candles have taken place at lOfd. The improvement in tobaccos is maintained. Rice is unsaleable. There is a brisk demand for dried fruits ; figs are scarce at to SRI ; muscatels, 9d to 9£d ; dried apples, G|d to 7tl, Melbourne. The Claud Hamilton arrived on the 10th. The officers of the Flying Squadron arc being lavishly feted. The Mayor’s pic-nic at Fern Tree Cully was a great

success ; 400 persons were present. A naval review occurred on Saturday, and was witnessed by twenty-thousand spectators. It rained all day. The Admiral is visiting Ballarat to-day. The fleet sails for Sydney to-morrow. It will visit Auckland instead of Lyttelton. Four-thousand school children visited the Flying Squadron. The Government have received tenders for the Cape of Good Hope Mail Service. The contents have not been made public, and nothing will be done regarding the route this session. The Government intend calling for tenders for the construction of the first sixty miles of the North-Eastern Bailwav to be lodged on or before the Ist February. Mr J. B. Butters sued Mr G. P. Smith, late Attorney-General, for monies advanced to Mr Brodie ex M.L.A., now residing in New Zealand. The plaintiff was non-suited, with costs.

The Council have thrown out the Payment of Members and State Aid Abolition Bills. Much dissatisfaction has been expressed in the Assembly in consequence. The state of the revenue is highly satisfactory. Mr M'Culloch’s estimate of income is greatly exceeded. A motion, censuring Mr Stutt’s, M.L.A., conduct in connection with the Lands Department, was negatived. Messrs Levy Bros., the well-known importers, have been fined LI,OOO for passing goods through the Customs falsely valued. A running match of 150 yards between Bolton and Cummins, was won by the latter. Mr Butchart’s will was proved under LIOO,OOO. Hugh Glass’ estate has been assigned to Messrs James Moore and John Goodman. Sydney. Colonial sugars at auction realised LSI 12s 6d to L 35 7s 6d. Arrived—Adelaide from Nelson, and at Newcastle, P.O.E. from Dunedin. Sailed —From Newcastle, Hydra for Dunedin, Ottawa for Lyttelton. Hinchclifte’s wool washing premises have been burned down. Harper, the railway contractor, is insolvent. Californian flour sold at auction at LlO per ton ; maize, 3s Id. Wool sales, active. Messrs, Papkes, Mwtjn, Ring, and Buchanan, have beep elected for East Sydney. Miss Eleanor Carey, an actress em gaged by Mr Montgomery to appear at Auckland, has mysteriously disappeared. News from Rockhampton reports that all hands at Mount Elgin station have been murdered by the blacks. Adelaide. Mr J. M. Solomon has been elected Mayor. A select committee has reported favorably upon the Port Augusta railway. A disease among vines is predicted this season. New wheat, Is; old, Is 3d; country hour. LIL Trade dull.