LATEST INTERCOLONIAL.

West Coast Times, Issue 917, 31 August 1868, Page 3

LATEST INTERCOLONIAL.

[By Electric Telegbai'h.] (FBO3I TIIE LTTTELTON TIMES.) Dunedin, Aug. 20, 2.15 p.m. The Gothenburg has arrived at the Bluff with Australian news to Aug. 23.

MELBOURNE. The daughter of Mr Morton, of Yangcry, near Eororvit, a child of two years of age, lias been lost in the bush a week since. The country has been searched in k every direction, but without success. The child was missed fifteen minutes after straying. Alexander Cameron accidentally shot himself, a few days since, at Smythcsdale. The foot-race, 160 yards, for £100 a

feide.. between Hoi^almn and H'ss" n s, vtps won by the /bioier after a desjx- a'e sivuwgle. . Tiie eclipse was dis-incuy t; sible m Ausiralia. . The markets are quiet. Good wheat is wanted. 5000 bushels of l\ r c\v Zealand wheat were offered by auction but withdrawn, and disposed of on private terms at 7s 3d. Oats are sieady; a sample of New Zealaud brought 3s lOd. The briganline Dart went ashore at Warrnambool. The wreck has been abandoned.

The Yorkshire, from London, has arrived.

SYDNEY.

The Welcome, brig, from Launceston to Newcastle, N.S.W., put into Sydney, having been obliged to cut away her masts during the southerly gales. An extraordinary phenomenon occurred at Sydney on the morning of August 15. A wave entered the harbor, and the water rose repeatedly four feet, subsiding with great rapidity. The steam ferry boat was dragged from the wharf, snapping three warps and doing other damage. One of the steamers in the harbor was completely stopped and turned violently round. The wave also entered Newcastle harbor, and did considerable damage to the shipping. Several vessels broke from their moorings at the coal wharf. At 11.30 a.m., the water receded suddenly five feet, leaving the tugs Warhawk and Rapid stranded. A heavy southerly gale has been experienced on the coast. In Newcastle harbor the Hydra, Wallaroo, and Sir W. Wallace, fouled and drifted on to the Sydney Griffiths, doing damage to the extent of £1000.

The Catholic authorities at Sydney decline retaining the donation to the Cathedral fund made by a swindling Count who, recently paid that city a visit. The Queensland Government have dispatched troopers to Townsville to arrest him should his yacht touch there. The Government House at Sydney .was entered by burglars, but the thieves only got a quantity of cutlery. The Prince of Wales Theatre was reopened on the 17th instant, with great success.

No Surrender has been scratched for oil his Sydney engagements. The Barb has also been scratched for the Sydney Handicap. The steamer Black Swan, from Maryborough, brought 4300 ounces of gold, The North Star has arrived at Sydney from California, with 600 tons of breadstuffs.

The wool sales were well attended, scoured brought 18d to 20d ; sheepskins, a farthing advance on former prices. Sales of Californian flour have been made at £17. The market is firm.

At an auction of sugars the following prices were realised: — Fine crystals, £40 to £40 15s ; counters, £30 to £38.

An analysis has been made of Cinnabar ore from Eylstone. It yields 85 per cent, of quicksilver.