LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2483, 17 December 1868, Page 3

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[BY EiECTEIO TELEGEA2H.] Wellington, Dec. 16,7.28 p.m. Colonel Lyon lias arrived at Wanganui from Auckland, and has assumed the command. As recruits are continually arriving, a forward movement is anticipated in a few days. The Challenger is not expected till Christmas. LATEST EBOM AUSTRALIA. Hoettika, Dec. 16,9.24 a.m. The Alhambra has arrived from Melbourne. Melbourne, Dec. 10.

Theßoyal Mail steamer Geelong, after detention by head winds on her passage from Sydney, sailed at sunrise this morning. Captain Stack is succeeding in his recruiting mission. One hundred and thirty men have already been enrolled. They are generally fine young fellows. George Pearn, assistant smelter in the Bank of Victoria, has been arrested on a charge of forging a cheque for £ISOO on the National Bank. The schooner St Kildahas sailed for Port Natal with 100 adventurers for the African gold-diggings. Letters from Fiji state that gold has been discovered there, on the Navua Biver.

The Polynesian Company is formally incorporated. A Eoyal Commission is gazetted—to report on the custom prevailing in all countries with regard to the payment or non-payment of members of Parliament.

The supposed murderer of Harper, at Taylor's woolshed, Deniliquin, in October last, has been apprehended near Heathcote. M'Cann, ex-member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, and sometime ago convicted of forgery, has been released from custody. He intends proceeding to Callao. Several of the provincial gaols have been disestablished. Geelong gaol has been converted into an Industrial school. Flour is slightly depressed; 200 tons have been sold at £l3. "Wheat is in fair demand, and there is no change in price. New Zealand oats have been sold at 3s 9d. In maize little is doiug, the quotations are 4s 4d to 4s 4jd. There is no malt offering. Teas are not lively. The recent advance in Bugars is maintained. Spirits are very dull. There are no buyers for kerosine. Candles are quoted at Is —lively. Provisions are very quiet. Sinclair s hams are quoted at Is Id to Is 2d. Baconisdullatßdto9d. The markets generally are sluggish. The wool market is firm, and buyers are operating freely. Adelaide, Dec. 9. Dr Shiel, Catholic Bishop, has arrived per Orient. Tenders have been accepted lor constructing a railway from Port Au--8U The Savings Banks have reduced the rate of interest to 7 per cent. New wheat is selling freely at 4s 6d. Tonnage, for shipment, is scarce, ihe Sarah's cargo of sugars sold at the advance established in Melbourne. Sydney, Dec. 9.

Parliament assembled yesterday. Mr; ment in which he denied the truth ot Mr VaAes' statements regarding a Lan Ui-y. Mr Parlces gave notice of a motion of want ol conn See The supposition is,that hevvill carry it bv a majority ot nine. %L Canalpine has arrived from The Owen Glendower, from London, brings a party of nuns. . The foundation stone of the Catholic Cathedral was laid by the Archbishop 7 ttL market is dull, with a downward tendency.