LATEST AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 654, 11 June 1864, Page 11

LATEST AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

?BOM THE " &.RGUB." Sydney, Wednesday, Ist June. Here the markets nre quiet, and breadstuff -unchanged. Maize is dull. The yield of gold for the past four months has decreased 30 per cent. The captain of the ship Montrose has been rettutded on a charge of abduction. Nothing ho* been heard of Millar since the publication of a Melbourne telegram notifjhg Sia disappearance. Adelaide, Wednesday. The Government, in answar to a question in the Afsemby,- replied that a person convicted of eattle-atea'ing had been released, contrary to the ad rice of thejulge who tried him. A large meeting of miners is to be held this evening [at the mines ?]. It is said the men are purchasing ammunition. ■ The produce market continues firm, with an upward tendency. Wheat lls 3d to 11s 41; flour, unaltered. Some holders are asking L3Q for the he»t brands. 'Wehave exported this year, up to the prelent time, 49,341 tons of wheat and flour, aa against 3),321 tons during the same period of last year; „ NEW S'UTH WALFS. j . Sydney, l«t Jtttie. The mas*er of the Montrose. which put bck tn port yesterday, h s been arrested for the abduction of a young; lrish immigrant girl. ■ Trade is exceedingly flit. It is expected that the Custom? .revenue for the year will be con•iderably .under the average, Rice is quiet. Theie is no" legitimate demand sufficient to warrant speculation. None but choice simples of sugars can 'be mot ed at auction . Common iwilram 1 ea« are in, fair request. ' Hum is sellinp: at 3s 4d to 3* sd : and brandy at from 9s to 9j 3d. Manilla coffee brings 10J per Ib, wbiM Oylon plantation realises Is pe~r lb., .There is but a limited stock ofi first; ibr«jr?s 0I &^> ' b°th in bulk »nd' in bottle*; 'Bass's, in bulk brings L 6 10s per hbd Flour moreg slowly at L2B per toe. a large sale ot irheat '5 reported to-day at 12s 8d per bushel. Arrived— Yarrow, from Tauranga ; Louis, and Miriam, from 'Auckland. QUEENSLAND. Brisbane, Ist June. •Good Adelaide Flonr is selling at L 32 per ton. BOTJTH AUBTRALTA. , ' Adelaide, Ist June. A. telegram from Msdina, which appears in th° evening papers here, says that the miners are buy* io^ animuqition^ ' There is a large meeting of the miners to be held .to-nfgbt. Five thousariil bushels of whent were sold tojay at lls 3^d. ' Bran is worth Is 3d, and potatoes, L 6 per ton. Stdnby, Tuesday. The wreck of the Bohah Jehan his been got off the beach at Twofold Bay, and towed here by the ftt£ame'r-Star of the South, i The Government have notified ttieir Intention" to. 'raise the English letter-postage to. Is, ior letters under half an ounce, from the Ist of July Gardiner has been remanded for a week A Kcbnd Charge of highway robbery is pending agtunßt him# ' > fien. 9all is supposed to have been shot by the police,' who pursued him, and captured his horse and'gnn. • , The markets' are quiet. . Salt is lower, and has a downward tendency. Adelaide, Tuesday ' Mr Kingston has given notice of .motion, asking the Government what &Ups th«y intsna to take' ln consequence of Mr Justice Boothby's reporfed,opining the invalidity of our •olojhial Parliament^ and all officers appointed v&oer ita authority, , ' . vf heat has' been placed at lls 3d. Pldurisat>27., , NEW SODTH WALBS. 1 ' Sypnb7, 31st May. Btudncss has been very dull to-day. Holders of flour ask L3O per ton. SOUTH AUSTR\LIA. ADBi,iiDB, 31st May. ' Sales of wheat were made to- day~at lls 7d per bushel, free on board at the Port Beeby an'i Duistan's fioar was sold at L 27 per too. Stdwbt, Monday. Ai i. Bandemeer, Carlyle Gully Hoiel was robbed on Saturday night by bushrangers, who force! an, entrance, and stole a considerable amount of cash. . From Yass we learn that Ben Hall and two others have stack, up the Young coach, and robWd tbe'passengera. .They after* ards attacked the Binalbng mail, which troopers wfre escorting;. Shots were exchßpged. The bushrangers retreAteo 1 . One of L them it is supposed was wounded^ „ The police followed in pursuit. Curt was brought up to-day for forging Nash's liamMo'ajChjequoforL?!^, and remanded. Government purpose abolishing the present pilot system,! and establishing a' competitive one f aa formerly., Bioe is les^ firm. • • Larjra jarrfvals of Victorian potatoes "yesterday have glutted the market. ' Sugare are doll. - ; CAPS (>P GOOD HOPE. mL <~ V, « Via' Stdsbi, Monday. The.-Ooldeii Eagle brings Gape of Good Hope paper^to,,tha 7th of April. Governor Woodhouse ifraavisitong the Northern Territory. | A repoyt ,wai cnnent—probablv unfounded— i of an^ngagemenVbetwe'en the Alabama and the I wyomlDg, in which the latter was worste-t. The ! Tußcaloasa;was still at Simon's Bay, the, Government not having surrendered her. •m. j „ ,T"Amwjm,' Monday. The produce market continues firm: Wheat, 11b to lls^d/atiwhiehl. price veryliftle is offerbueWlfer 1^" 1111 * I**1 *** 6 **' " Q *«* nli *> p^J^^^Nr^swißtmoft ttrlk^ and at