SYDNEY.
The Milli, Ju'y 22. — The combined rnmes of an cieeednifly small propmtinn of the imported fl .ur being of a rcrvii cubic (|U ihty.nnd an advance in the Melbourne market, h ive O|ioi - ated to a considerable rise in thr price of {Tuur here, which is quoted at 2, r i/. per ton for fine, nnd 231. 'or sconndi.
Tbcri was not much ncus, tlie topics cngnginß limit attcntiun from ihr Legislative Count il "ere the delencc* of Port Jickson, the Estim.ii(S, and the best mode of dealing vciih the confessedly tmd Corporation of the City.— whcthi r hy .idopMng the bil introduced hy Mr. ThurloW, for " refornniij» " it, still pre»cr»iii[; lhc principle of Muuic p il rlcc» tifiis.— or sweeping it nwiy iiHotjether rind nibitituling inslcad a pmd Cimiision, — ir re/erring ihn rnnlter to 11 Select Committee, that 11, wttu.illy khrlvinfr it for another ses>ion.
A Inrrjc im'ilic meeting him h'ld on the 1 0' ! i n't.. at«hich the lii.liops <•( Ntir Zealand end New-c-imle miidc long and interesting sinlrmrnts ie, •pictinc the prngrcfß and pro^pict^ of tl c Mclan frsian Mi'sion. A number of (he young Winder 'r m St. ,) ihn'ii Cnllege were prcicnt.
Mr. I.rfilic Titter,i tter, the new ro'onial sccrctajy for Vicloria, wni a |ißsscii(;er hy tl.c Aigo. It ims imdfistood tlmt he brought out the urccpinnre br thr llmiiu Go\rrumrrit of Mr, Li Trolie's ri-»ig-rintiou of thn L eutc iinm GovcrnorOiip of Viclun.i. The name of hi-. S.Kccjsor hud tint tran'Pirrd, nnd rumour of course wns busy, icltling lhc appiiit merit. Sir George Grey, Sir William Dcnmm md Mr. Montague (Colonial Sccrctn-y of Nlw Sjuth Wtkf) wore all mentioned.
The follo*ing quotation fr.mi the Arfjui of thr J2th ult. may give sonjc idea of the Tien taken bj
inpartisl ohs?rvpr« at n dist.mrc, 0 f tho | rnpfod nffs of Mr. Brown's friends nt t he nomination of *Mijcrintiiidt'ni forour Province. " Wr are fa*nnrcd with cojues of the Auelilnnd newspapers of ihe 21ih .1 2Sth ult., which containe'' .1 full neeonnt of ihe nnmiu.tion of Colonel Wynynd, and of Mr. Urown. editor if the Soulhfin ('Tim, cundidites for thr r.flice of Supei intondent ol tin Ii itmee of uid. The rtowd whs vely disordirly, inil»ou|l nit % - hi-t.nn-^ lo th • ' friend* ol Ci.limkl \V> ii\ ud. Il the 11. count brfiue ' u« ii coireet, the scene inunt b.ive Ix en .1 tohr.blv good ii p'taLiitatinn of a lAVnjje cm (ohnry , wiih nit any el tli- hniu.ony sunuitnnes idn 1c I in ill'- ' ciii.i c of ilnt fAicuii(iii£ cxhihition 11 n railier m iivkwnl re, ult of ihe cntaci ' ol nii>ilz.d mid al> ir!i ii'uiii rare, when lhc foi- ' mere, py finm tlie luh-r, »nd cxeel til. m in theii duoidulj nul uiiimi 'eons m>tonn " The Hiimc jonrriil bid ropiul fiom the .lurltiMitl (ioicrnilifiht (fazillP, Cnptinn D.ury's report on the MmiaKiu Harbour, and cilled aticution to the preai importance of the service rendered !>y the I'anfrmi as ahmvii in tint ducument the Argtii roncludcs.— "This ditcovrry niaKes the position ol Auckland the lii«t for « port of onj prolwhly in tins Imniipl.cir, nnil mint r lTVoi ually lunceforth prcunt tic Bond Ir.im spraUing dun prctfully of llo'ison's ehoic-."
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Taranaki Herald, Volume II, Issue 57, 31 August 1853, Page 3
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529SYDNEY. Taranaki Herald, Volume II, Issue 57, 31 August 1853, Page 3
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