INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

West Coast Times, Issue 306, 15 September 1866, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

[ LATEST BY ELECITEIC TEUEGHAPH. ] (From the Melbourne Papers ) SYDNEY. Tuesday, August 28. In the Asaemblyj Mr Macpherson'* motion for renewing State aid is being discussed. He proposes restoring- Schedule C, but excluding from participation all towns containing over 1000 inhabitants. John Caldvvell, "wholesale grocer, has ■ called a meeting of his creditors. Other "probable failures are rumored. A large quantity of goods was offered at auction to-day, but no business was done. Bulk ale is improving. The principal holders ask higher rates. It is rumored that Mr Martin and Mr Eagar are at loggerheads over the correspondence which tookjriace between the Collector of Customs and Mr Eagar, which' resulted in the suspension of Mr Duncan, and that Mr Eagar has in consequence tendered his resignation. An investigation took place at the Water Police Court to day^when the Government undertaker was charged with obtaining money under false pretences, He wa3 charged with having buried soveral bodies in one coffin, and afterwards charged for each as a separate burial. It is said that some of the bodies were kept for several days before .they, were interred. A farewell dinner was given to Captain John Vine Hall, agent for the P.N.Z. and A.S.N. Co.'s steamers, on board the Company's steamer Kakaia, to-day, prior to his departure for England, via Panama. Wednesday, August 29. In the Assembly this afternoon, Mr Parkes gave notice that he would ask the leave of the House to introduce a bill for the 1 better "-provision of the education of the youth of the colony. It is .understood that the leading featured of the bill provide for the creation of a Minister of Education, the abolition of the National and Denominational Boards, and the present form of .administering the f unda by the Council of Education ; the bill will also provide for the supporting of one school only where the community is insufficient to support the existence of two schools. The bill is also to provide for ample contribution in tliickly-populated districts to denojninational schools, subject- to securities being found that efficient secular instruction will be provided, and free education vgiven to the children of indigent parents. It is also proposed to establish itinerant teachers in scattered district's,and to provide fixed salaries for the teachers. The Chili, from San Antonio, with dates to the,24th May, has arrived, wi(h a cargo of flour and. wheat. The Surprise, from Tahiti, brings oil and dried fruits. - The Success, from Tahiti, "reports the Spanish fleet there repairing damages sustained at Callao. An iron ship, supposed to be the Belliasima, wheat laden, from San Francisco to Sydney, sank off Palraerston Island. All hands drowned. ' ' -Thursday^ August 30. The Froiuan brings- 1115 chests, 1715 halves, and 2240 boxes new teas, the reports the Ettrick and Sophie having left Foo-chow for the colonies .previously to her departure. The Danneverke and Lachon were ready for sea. Tahiti papers report the arrival of the Isabella Brown and Japan, from Melbourne. Richard Younge gave a Belies of dramatic readings there. The Howson family afterwards gave concerts, and ttien. proceeded to California. There was a meetings of, Caldwell's creditors to-day. Liabilities, L 30,000 ; assets, L39,0t)0 - contingent liabilities, L 45,000. In the Assembly, the Government introduced a bill to prevent the harbor being filled up. The other business was unimportant. Switson, the undertaker who had Government contracts for burying paupers, was committed for trial to-day for defrauding the Government, by throwing^three bodies into one coffin, and obtaining^ payment for three separate burials. The inhabitants of the northern districts have asked the Government for the removal of Judge Meymott. Friday, August 31. The Chili and Enterprise have been ordered to Melbourne, without breaking bulk. The police made a descent last night on the saloon adjoining the Prince of Wales Theatre. They captured twenty-one perBons gambling at faro. Wilson, who was banker, and Polly Smith, liceusee of the house, have been remauded for a week. The remainder of the party, several beiug Melbourne men, are being proceeded against ou summons. 1 Last month's Customs returns show ,L 22,000 increase on the corresponding month pf Nt year,

Trade continues dull. Flour is quoted at Ll7 ; -wheat at 5s to 5s 6d ; maize, at 3s 9d to 3s 10d ; potatos, at L 8 per ton ; hay, 60s to 70s per ton ; hides, 8s to 10s eachSaturday, Sept. 1. The Panama mail steamer Rakaia will sail for Wellington to-morrow, at daylight. The arrival of the company's steamer Kaikoura,- with the second lot of mails by the Panama route, caused a little excitement this morning ; but it soon gave way to the event of the day, viz.,' the beginning of the Randwick Spring Meeting, and by noon the city wa9 deserted. The first day of the Randwick Spring Meeting was a great success. The weather was very pleasant, and the course in good order. There was a good attendance of spectators, and the races were well contested by a very fair field in each case. Mr John Tait, who has this year as fine a I collection of young blood as any studowner in New South Wales, was the first to carry off a prize, by winning the Trial Stakes with his eh g Warwick. The same gentleman won the (Australian) Derby with his colt, The Barb, in a very fair time. The Derby St. Leger Handicap, for which Angler was to have gone had he been in form, was cleverly won by Mr Lee's Gulnare, whilst Air Waldron's Birmingham carried off the Innkeepers' Stakes, and Bracelet the Epsom Handicap. Monday, Sept. 3. - Californian advices report the Tuisco and Day Dawn loading breadstuffs for Australia ; plenty of available tonnage offering. The Rakaia sailed at daylight yesterday. A mob of persons, including many connected with recent religious disturbances, commenced rioting in Hyde-Park yesterday, and injured many persons attending open-air preaching. A shoal of whales has been off the Sydney Heads Bince Friday. The Mary Miller reports the arrival of the Sylphide, from Melbourne, at Tome. Business is brisker. The first cargo of new teas is*advertised for auction on Wednesday. Tuesday. Sept. 4. A skating rink was opened last night, 8&d attracted much interest. The local exhibition here is likely to fall through, as most of the intending exhibitors will barely be in time for the /Melbourne Exhibition. / In the Assembly, the State- aid debate has been resumed. It is likely to last till a late hour to- night. _ - The markets are quiet. A quantity of damaged candles were sold by auction, full weights at ll^d. ; light weights, 9j|d. Sound full weights, in pound packages, are , In demand. Arrived. — The Nineveh, from Loudou. She spoke the immigrant ship Young Ausjtralia, in Bass's Straits. The barque Cathay, hence for Java, has been wrecked in Torres Straits. - The committee appointed to collect subscriptions for the purchase of the Wivanhoe estate, to be presented tojhe Hon. Chas. Cowper, ex-premier,,, rep'oit that after having completed the purchase and paid all claims due from" the committee, tliey- ' have L5OO in hand. Wednesday, Sept. 5. The State-aid debate lasted all' last night. It wa3 then adjourned to this evening, and is now proceeding. If finished to-night, Government will introduce their Educatioa Bill. < The case of the gamblers arrested last Saturday morning has occupied the Police Court all day. Some of them failed to appear. The Felons' Apprehension Act is to he continued another year. Thursday, Sept. 6. Little business ha 3 been done to day in consequence of the races. Switson, the undertaker, has been convicted of fraud, and sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. General Carey returned from Queens- 1 land to-day, and leaves for Melbourne on Saturday evening. In £he Assembly, last night, Mr Macpherson's resolutions for re-establishing state aid to religion were carried by twen-ty-four votes to twenty-one. The Education Bill was read a second time. Arrived.— Cog dv Village, with 3300 barrels French'flour. „ The escorts for the week have brought down 5550 oz. of gold. Business 'may be said to have closed about mid-day, half the town by that time being off to the racecourse. A large number of police have been told off to attend at Mrßuchanan's lecture tonight. The Randwick Spring Meeting was resumed to-day under most favorable circumstances. The weather was equal to midsummer. The course was still in fine . order, and all the races ;were well contested. ' There was a very fair attendance of spectators, but his Excellency the Governor was not present. Mr Ta^ waa not so successful as on the first day, and his fine little colt, The Barb, who did his mile and a half in 2min. 48sec. last week, was beaten to-day by Bulgirabar, a proniising four-year-old, with Bst 12lb up. On Saturday, The Barb carried Bst lQlb, and today only 7st 3lb. The Barb is now backed heavily for the -Melbourne Cup, his present price being 10 to 1 against him.