AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 375, 13 October 1868, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Melbourne, Sept. 26. Mr. Foott, the member for G-eelong "West, and O'Neill, the Irish comedian, are dead. The Loan and Appropriation Bills have passed both Houses. The Speaker's dinner was held on the 25th, at Scott's Hotel.

It is proposed to prorogue Parliament on the 29th. Mr. Levi has petitioned against Mr. A'Beckett's electioa. He asserts that the proper qualification is wanting. Commjsbcial . The Californian shipments have checked the flour trade. Trade parcels move slowly at £ls 10s. to £l6 10s. per ton. The consignees of the Salamander intend transmitting her cargo to Eastern ports.

Maize has touched 4s. Malting barley is at 6s. 9d. Half-chests of new tea fetch Is. 9d. Bottled stout is in demand. Aromatic tobacco, half-pounds, Is. l|d. Barret's twist was offered at auction, but was withdrawn for a higher offer. Foreign heavy-weight candles brought at auction lOd. to 10i; woolpacks, 3s. 7|d. ; salad oil (pints), 10s. 9d. ; Hennessy's pale brandy, 7s.

Advices from the Mauritius state that the new sugars are coming very slowly into the market.

The Bev Mr Beer has been expelled from the association of the Congrega tionalists.

The Baptist Church have accepted Mr Taylor's resignation, and state that his conduct has unfitted him for the Ministry The Medical Society are endeavouring to discontinue Club practice. The chess matches by telegraph have been finished. Melbourne beat Adelaide.

Mr John Olive, cordial-maker, Carl ton, has committed suicide.

The rain has been general. The Hon. H. M. Murphy's estate has been sequestrated. Mr Ames' tender of £IO,OOO for the Lunatic Asylum, at Kew, has been accepted.

Mr Miller has been found guilty of fraudulent bankruptcy, and has been sentenced to three years' penal servitude.

The Tasmanian Parliament was prorogued on the 17th. The fare between Melbourne and Launceston is reduced to 15s. The racehorse Fireworks has been injured during training. There have been good finds at Dunnolly and Inglewood.

Interest will not be allowed in the Savings Banks on sums above £250, after December next.

The Warrenheip Distillery Company has declared a dividend of 10 per cent.

The selections of land in the extended area have been postponed till the 2nd November.

Sydney. Mr Lamb, the auctioneer, is dead. Newcastle coal is down to 6s 6d a ton.

The Golden Age and Rose of Australia arrived on the 21st from California with cargoes of breadstuff's.

A native insurrection has taken place in the Fiji Islands. The Colonial Secretaryship, vacant by the resignation of Mr Parkes, is not yet filled up. Mr Martin, the Premier, intends to visit England.

Levien's stores, at "West Maitland, have been burnt.

Californian wheat has been sold at 6s Bd, and maize at 3s. A lad named Austin ran eighteen miles in one hour and fifty-five minutes, at Newcastle.

Mr Young's tender of £32,000 for the Catholic Cathedral has been accepted. Sales of Bourbon sugar have taken place at £25 15s to £34 2s. A large prize has been offered to be competed for at the rifle match in November.