AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume IV, Issue 1126, 24 June 1867, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

, , Melboubne, June 4. Mr. M'Cann, M.L.A., has been committed for trial for feloniously uttering a forged acceptance. Searle and Ballan, arrested for the murder of Mr. Burke, have confessed to the deed, and the gold has been found near Searle's house. A monster petition has been presented to the Assembly from the Dissenters against the Education Bill. A hot discussion is going on as to whether it to be received or not, as its wording is not thought respectful. Business is active. Teas, ex Edger Eoss, sold at Is 4d to 2s Id ; Java rice, £24 10s ; Hennesy's case brandy, £24 9s, to £25 ; cornsapks, lis 6d. June 5. The Education Bill has been withdrawn. It is reported that Mr. Levi, M.L.A., intends, to bring an action against the proprietor of the Age, for unreporting Mr. Aspiuali's address in. M'Gann's case. The Age states that A spinal] j said " Levi ought to be in. the prisoner's place in; the dock." No other paper reports the expression. . ■ . The gold stolen from the late Mr. Burlce was found in Searle's stable; it amounts to 279 ounces 4 dwts. The examination is to take place on Saturday. 60,000 bushels ofCalifornian oats have changed' hands—the price has not transpired; colonial oats are quoted at 3s 3d to 3s Gd ; fine salt, £6 ; candles free llfd; maize, 3s 7d; best brands of kerosene are firm, at 2s 9d. The "Wave of Life, and Suffolk, from London, bring full general cargoes, June 7. It is feared the Cumberland disease has been introduced into Beeclnvorth by a mob of pigs from Gundagai, as a farmer who killed one died from the absorption of animal poison. There has been a large fire at Ballarat. i Advices from Mauritius state that fever is raging there dreadfully 6000 people died in March, and quinine is £12 an ounce. A heavy rise is expected in the Murray, from the large quantity of snow on a mountain at the head of the river. Large sales of candles have taken place at llf d. There is a run on case liquids ; whiskey is quoted at 8s to 9s ; Hennesy's brandy, 25s 6d. An offer of nearly 10s for 19,000 cases geneva was refused. The Blackbird (s.) sails to-morrow, and the Wonga Wonga (s.) on Monday. June 10. Mr. M'Cann, M.L.A., was arrested late on Saturday night, at Geelong, on a charge of uttering a forged mortgage of stock. To-day is observed as a holiday at the Government offices. Good prospects are reported from the Fingal Reef, Tasmania. A new daily paper, the Courier, starts to-day at Ballarat.

Morrison, the jockey wlio rode Fishhook at the Band wick Autumn Meeting, lias been presented. with a gold watch. Business is quiet pending the arrival of the mail. There is a better feeling in teas, advices being favourable; caudles are unaltered. Nothing doing in breadstuffs. The Avoca is off the Otway. Arrived.—You Yangs, from Sydney ; Tasmania, from Launceston; Glenderon, from. Liverpool; Herrcan Doctor, from Bourbon ; Esmeralda, from Glasgow; Alcliymist, from Mauritius. Otway.—Feronia, from London to Brisbane. June 11. . Mr. M'Cann, M.L.A., lias been committed for trial on another charge of uttering a forged endorsement to a certificate of registration of mortgage; bail was allowed, two sureties in £300. Yesterday's arrivals bring 48 070 bags of sugar, with fullgeneral cargoes in the Glendevon, Hahnemann, and Esmeralda, which include a large quantity of ale and porter. The Sarah's cargo of Mauritius sugar is to be offered for sale to-morrow. Business is quiet. The news by the mail is favourable, and an improvement in general trade is expected. The sugar market is teavy, and it is uncertain what policy importers will adopt; the Herman Doctor has been ordered on to Sydney. The Mauritius sugar which arrived yesterday is likely to be stored by importers. Forty-nine packages of Martell's dark brandy, hogsheads and quarters, sold at 6s 6d to 6s 9d for export to Sydney and Queensland ; sales of Joule's ale have taken place at £8 12s 6d for parcels ; salt is firm, at lis 0-|d. The cargo of sugar ex Alliance was sold yesterday, at Geelong, and realised full value, equal to previous rates. There are favourable reports of the copper , ore from Port Davey, Tasmania. Arrived.—At 4 a.m. P. and O. steamer Avoca; Merrie Monarch, from London; Bangatira, from Sydney. June 12. Mr. G. P. Smith, in the Assembly last night, failed to substantiate the charges of corruption made against certain members of the Lands Office, and a motion was carried caUmg oil him to apologise, which, the hon. member dechned to do. The matter is to be brought on to night. Mr. G. W. Tliain, merchant, left f he colony in the branch-steamer for Wellington to proceed to Panama. 6 p.m. Mr. Smith still refuses, to apologise, and a question is now before the .House as to whether he should be given into the custody of the ber-geant-at-Arms. There is a warm discussion on. the matter. • __ -. ■ A fire broke out in the Union Club House, but it was got under with little damage. _ _ - The markets are quiet. ! The cargoes of Mauritius sugars, ex Sarah and Flatworth, were offered at auction; 2000 bags were disposed. o£

and prices fairly sustained, and had the importers conceded a little the whole of the cargoes would have been sold. Tho following are the prices obtained : —Low to medium counters £31 to £33s Gs, good counters £35, fine £36 9s, low to middling white crystals £37 Gs to £3S 6s, good to fine crystals £40. Provisions are free; fine cheese is scarce and wanted, 15Jd required for good. There have been large sales of woolpacks at 4s 2d to 4s 3d ; Martell's pale brandy is quoted at Gs, and dark at Gs Gd. June 14. A rule nisi has been granted for the sequestration of Thain's estate. Sheep are dying about Ararat of lurg disease, flulce ui (! scab are also prevalent. A large lambing is expected in Victoria, and »the tleece is generally sound. The ('ustoms revenue for the week amounts to £->0.215. EBusiness is dull. Cozen's kerosene sold at. 2s Sd. a shipment of Amos' shovels 60s, candles U.Jd and market weaker, eornsneks 12s 9d. 2000 cases A li and Co.'s geneva sold at gs Gd. There is little doing in breadstuffs, three vessels have been taken up here to load in Adelaide on English account. Arrived.—Civita Vecehia from Jfcr York. June 16. A[r. 11. Willis, manager of the Colonial Hank at Tarangullo. has disappeared with £5000. It is probable that the All-England Eleven, engaged by George Marshall to visit the colonies during the ensuing summer, will include TS ilblier, Jupp, Humphrey, Kosecroft, Lillywhite. and i'ooley as wicket-keeper. A burglary, with attempt to nvurder, has been committed at Daylesford by a party of Chinamen. The criminal sessions commenced on Monday before Judge Williams. The charges of forgery against Mr. M'Cann, M.L.A., will be amongst the earliest cases tried. The Gala from London brings a full general cargo. Sales of woolpacks at 4s 4.\d, 1000 coses of candles in bond nt lrtld. QtTEE>-scLirF, June 1. Arrived.—Titan, steanitug, under canvas, from Glasgow; Flatworth. barque, from Mauritius ; Adeline Burke, and Sea Nymph, barques, from Newcastle. Sailed.—Hate Winifred, ship, for Newcastle. June 5. Arrived.—Alliance, from Mauritius April 25 ; she brings 400 tons of sugar for Geelong, and reports the -Alchymist, for Melbourne, and Bride of the West, to come here for orders for Melbourne or Sydney. The fever was still raging there. June 10. Arrived.—Esmeralda, ship, from Glasgow; Hahnemann, ship, from Liverpool. June 11.

Arrived.—Barque Bastion Pot, from London ; Britain, sliip, from Mauritius. Adelaide, June 3. "Want of employment is severely felt by mechanics, artisans, and labourers; and tlie Press strongly urges on the Government the necessity of urging forward public works. It is reported that on the opening of Parliament an onslaught is to be made cn the Judges fcr adjourning the last sittings. !N o alteration in the corn market; wheat, 4s 4d.; flour, £10 to £11. June 4. The work of fixing the gas-posts in the principal streets of Adelaide has commenced. IS" o wheat offering, and the market is very quiet. No change in prices. June 5. Several case? of burglary have taken place in the city lately, supposed *o be perpetrated by criminals recently released from goal. A number of Tasmanian horses realised yesterday an average of £"32 10s ; the buyers were principally farmers. The corn market is firmer; sales of wheat have taken place at 4s 4id to 4s 5d ; Hour is dull of sale, and no transactions are reported. Arrival.—Jessica, from Liverpool. 2000 bags sugar were sold yesterday at average rates. Hie trade evinced little inclination to buy. The corn market is not so firm ; wheat is easier, buyers offering 4s 4d, but no transactions have taken place. Flour is unaltered. D. G. Brooks, an old colonist, and companion of Sturt in his explorations, died this morning. 1500 bales of wool were landed at Goolwalast week. There is no change in the corn market. A thunderstorm occurred last night, and it has been raining since. Arrived.—Mary .Nicholson, from London. A public meeting is to be held in the Town Hall to-night, to ursre the prosecution of public works. Ihe commercial news by the mail is likely to improve the value of goods here. Wheat is much firmer—holders refuse to sell, waiting the consideration of advices by the mail. June 11. The public meeting last night was largely attended, fand resolutions passed urging cn the Government to press forward public works as quickly as possible. Wheat is very firm ; holders of both wheat and flour ask high rates. Sales of wheat are report ed at 4s 7d. Country flour sold at £10 7s fid. .June 12. The Government have received six of the latest novelties in breech-loading firearms, and a trial of them is shortly to take place. Wheat is scarce, and in good demand ; small sales have been made at the Port at 4s 7d ; 2000 bushels have been sold at an advance on that price, but the actual figure has not transpired ; flour is firmer at £10 lbs to £1110s. ■ June 13. A dispute has arisen between the Marino Board and the Corporation of Adelaide, as to the jurisdiction over the lake at Torrens Dam ; the former asserting their power of navigation in the colony, and consequently requiring the boats upon it to be registered at Port Adelaide. It is reported that the Government refused to allow Wright, Woods, and Hamilton, architects for the new Post Office and Telegraph Office, to supervise the. works; the Colonial Architect is for the future to have supervision of all Government works. Wheat is very firm ; the 20,000 bushels referred to yesterday were sold at 4s 9d per bushel, and that price would now be given, but there is none offering. Flour, firm, at £10 10s to £1110s. June 14, Thursday, the 20th June, will be observed as a public holiday. The Gas Company lias acceded to all the terms proposed by the Corporation for lighting the city. The Government land sale yesterday only realised £481. The news from the North continues satisfactory as regards lambing, but more rain is wanted. The Government has agreed to pay "Wright and Woods 2i per cent, on their estimate of the cost of building the new Post Office and Telegraph Office, and a further 2i- per cent, on the work already done. New tenders are to be called for. _ The import market is very dull, which at this time of the year is not unusual. There is no inquiry for goods, buyers only purchasing for immediate wants. The corn market is firm ; sales of wheat are reported at 4s 9d, at which price large parcels if offered would be taken up for export. Flour is still firm at £i 0 10s to £J 1 10s. • June 16. jJ udge JJoothby has been summoned to attend an investigation of the charges preferred against him, to be held before the Executive Council at Government House, on the 24th instant. Mr. Mais, the Colonial Engineer, has expressed a decided opinion in favour of the seretv pile system for lighthouses

The report of tho Commission on runs in tho Northern districts recommends that on. runs affected by drought, the present system of rent and assessments should be abolished, and in lieu thereof a charge of so much per head levied oh the actual number of stock depasturing on the stations. Wheat very firm, small sales at 4s Sd, large parcels would, realise a higher figure. Flour unaltered.