LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Timaru Herald, Volume IV, Issue 96, 16 March 1866, Page 5

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Bluff, Thursdny. The Alhambra arrived lust night, havingleft Melbourne on the 2nd. She sails for the North at seven a.m. Melbourne intelligence unimportant. Flour, Califbrnian, £10 ; Adelaide for export, £18 10s to £'20; bran, Is Gd; pale brandy, inferior brands, sold at ;js ; Bass's old ale, L. X., duty paid, Sydney. Sydney news is to the Ist. Bertram!, for the murder of Kinder, has been sentenced to death without hope. lie asserted his innocence m a speech lasting- for ludf an hour. Mrs. Kinder has been acquitted, as the Crown could not get a conviction. The judg-e strong-ly advised her to leave the colony ; he also stated that Jackson ought to be liberated. Wool sales well attended. Greasy, neglected ; well grown fleeces higher and m demand. Fleece broug-lit 12d to lOjjfd ; greasy, 6^d to 9d ; scoured, 9|d. Maize steady. Wheat, 8s to 8s Od. LATER FIIOM ENGLAND. The Souchays arrived from Brisbane on Februrary 20, bringing 1 English news to January IG. An advance on bank rates caused an advance m g-eneral business. The foreign demand for g*old was assigned as the cause. Consols 8?-£. Money tight; Exports small. Bank rate 8 per cent. A g-veat fire had occurred m St. Katherine's docks; daimig-e, £22,000. American southern advices satisfactory. At a Cabinet meeting- at New York the relations with England were warmly discussed. The President directed Mr. Seward to prepare an ultimatum for presentation to the English Government ; if not complied with the American Minister to ask for passports and return home. — Press, March 0.