AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume VI, Issue 1706, 11 May 1869, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Sydney, April 26. The attendance at the annual sale of blood stock to-day was very scanty. i- Mr. Benny has' been olected mayor in the room of Mr. Moore. . The Waratah Coal Company s dividend is ten per cent. Heavy arrivals of breadstuffs have furtlier depressed themarket. Sales of rum are reported at 4s 2d to 4s 3d ; ! brandy Bs. Sugars are very firm. - The Jockey Club have investigated a charge brought against Stanley of misconduct when I riding Falcon, on Saturday, in the Doneaster Handicap. The committee coiisidered the charge proved] distanced Falcon, declared Tippler the winner, and disqualified Stanley from riding on the course for one y ear. Blondin was awarded second place, as Circassian was also disqualified, and his rider fined £10. Coquette, the winner of the St. Leger, is rapidly advancing in public favor for the Cup. Bandall has been tried and acquitted on a charge of childmurder at Penshurst. Arrived —Chaasze, from London ; Aurora, from Melbourne ; "Western Star, from Java, with a cargo of sugar; Ville Servans, from Bourbon ; Amphitrite, Fanny, Claymore, King Oscar, Phillis, Lady Emma, Windhover, and Wsrterlily, from Adelaide. Sailed.—Martha Hideout, for California April 27. Advices from the Gulf of Carpentaria are to the effect that heavy floods had seriously interfered with the settlers, and had compelled the abandonment of some of the stations. Fears were entertained of the safety of the settlers on the Flinders and I 'loncurry. j The settling on the St. Leger has been very satisfactory. The latest betting on the cup is 3 to 1 agst the Barb, 6 to 1 ngst Tim Whiffler, and Karoola, 8 to 1 agst Coquette, 10 to 1 agst Sir John, 15 to 1 agst Avalanche. Mr. M'Kenzie, of the firm of Messrs. Lorimer, Marwood, and Home, died to day. The Illawarra Steam jNavigation Company have declared a dividend of eight per cent per annum. Arrived.—Ary Scliteffer, from 110 Ho, with 850 tons of sugar; Prospero, lrom Adelaide. April 28. The ordinary hfilf-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of JNew South Wales was held this day, when the report was brought up and adopted. A dividend at the rate of fifteen per cent, per annum was declared, and a balance of £8,400 was carried forward. The usual half yearly meeting of the T?ew South Wales Marine Assurance Company was held to-day, when a dividend at the rate of ten per cent, oer annum was declared. ' The Newcastle Diocesan Synod met yesterday, but no business of general importance has yet been transacted. In the libel case, Scott (police magistrate) t*. Newcastle Chronicle, a verdict was sriven for the defendant. Arrived.—A Danish schoonerjfrom the Mauritius. " Kockhampton, April 3. An express train was dispatched last night to the westward, and brought down inspector : Murray's troopers. Inspector Murray and ! troopers, with sub-inspector* klliott and some f constables, started forj the locality of the supposed murder of Halligan, au<l. returned this 1 evening; they found a bullet-mark in-a tree 5 near where a piece of the coat, Hat..'and whip, 1 were found. Also, a few-yards distant, a qut*n- - titv of leaves saturated, and the ground much u a There is no f mystery yet. A noting J«~Tyu-~yarty go out toe morrow to assist the police to prosecute the * search. e Beisbake, April 30.. Heavy defalcations have been discovered in * the Supreme Court office. Mr. Gilbert Wright, the deputy-registrar, has been dismissed, and j Mr. Wilkie, the Attorney-General's secretary, has been suspended. Stafford, chief clerk in ' the Bockhampton- Custom-house, absconded to ' California, leaving defalcations to the amount * of £213. Mbibouenb, April 30. s The motion for the commital of Messrs. Glase r and Quarterman to gaol was carried on division i by 64 to 29. The -peaker then issued his wai > rrant, and both gentlemen were arrested arid f placed in durance. Mr. Ireland intends moving for their release before the Judge in Chambers r to-morrow, on the ground that the warrant* is informal, and the gaol the wrong place ol j incarceration. _ mi* j Sir James Fergussonis a gnestat Toorak. A dinner is to be given to his Excellency on Tuesday. . •* The result of the investigation of the Pilol Board into the sinking of the iiurricane, is thai s the cause is not known. 1 The friends of the Kev. James Taylor havt invited him to preach at 1 * The Melbourne Banking Company's dividend * is 10 per cent. I May 1. | The three Judges have decided thatf th< i warrant, on which Messrs. Glass and man were committed to gaol, was bad, and Glasi has been released; there wa». great cheering II outside the Court when thn decision was given 8 The Tasmanian Cable is now laid, but th( '' shore end requires splicing, and at present thi " weather interferes, n May 3. j The Age has a bitter article against the Judge: for declaring the Speaker's warrant in the Glasi [, and Quarterman case informal. e The 'lasmanian cable is now in working order r and congratulatory messages have passec g between'the Governors and Mayors of the tw< . colonies. Chinese leprosy is engrossing the attention o ~ the Government. The Boman Catholic prelates, assembled hen e for the Provincial Synod, are invited to dinne > at Toorak. _ The inquiry into the accident to the Edina e has terminated, it is decided that tfh© struck oi a sunken rock, and have exonerated the captain it The belief is general that the wreck of thi Hurricane was caused in the sama way. Thi y Pharos has been dispatched to survey thi 1B channel. e Mr. Butters has proceeded overland to Port e land on an electioneering lour. e Arrived—Duke of Malakoff, from Charente i g Manfred, from Calcutta; Dandendong (s.), i'ron Sydney. a . Adelaide, April 30. t, An excited debate occurred in the Synoi g yesterday on the litualistic question, when th 0 following motion was carried almost unanimous it ly,—" That, in the opinion of this Synod, it i of the highest importance to the unity and well - being of the Church ot England that the Bisho] e be earnestly requested to use his influence ii r the correction and prevention of such evils a are known by the term ' ritualistic' as may bi ■ in keeping with the tenor of his address at thi e opening of the Synod, and that all ceremonial - in the ohurch be strictly carried out in accord 1 ance with the instructions in the Prayer.book." 1 George Young, of th« Moonta mine, diec i ye«terday. . . . , 1 The corn market is quiet; buyers of whea . offer fis. Id., bat holders ask 6s. 2d.

; n.{ J.,;u May 1. , A commercial club is likeiy to be successfully formed., '■=~< i "' Madame Bishop's last concert, yesterday, was crowded to excess..- She visits; tlxe provinces next week. .. ': 7/ Weather very fine. Business is dull. There is an improved demand, for wheat at ss. for export. t . May 3. Madame Bishop and Mr. Lascelles sang at St. Luke's Church on Sunday, in aid of the o»e;an fund. Amateur races are getting popular on the old coursVand some capital races took place there the last bvo iSaturdays. 'J'here wn\ a heavy thunderstorm, with rain, last night; is fine. Wheat is firtv at ss. Id.; sales-have taken place at 6s. 1-J-d.