The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-16 00:00:00

AUST] ALIA.

..MELBounNE, Sept. 28,
London telegraphic intelligence to August 10th
was received here, via Adelaide, on the 9th inst.,
and the mails were delivered on the 11th.

The dead-lock continues. The Upper House
passed a bill of supply for £300,000 to pay salaries.
The session closed, and a new session has been
commenced, but as yet there are no signs of a
settlement of the difficulty. The Upper House has
dec'ared most positively that it will not pass an
Appropriation Bill, which contains the proposed
vote of £20,000 to Lady Darling, and there the
matter rests. The Assembly is to go into committee
of supply next week.
Great preparations are being made for the recep-
tion of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. It is proposed to
issue a loan of £3,000,000 for railway purposes.

The crops look well. Our rivers are bank high,
large quantities of rain having fallen this month.
The pastoral interest is thriving. The increase
is so great that steps are being taken to recommence
boiling down, combining therewith the preserva-
tion of the meat.

The gold fields continue to yield satisfactorily.

The new season's wool has commenced to arrive,
and the first sale will take place shortly after the
arrival of the next English mail.

Business generally continues quiet, though in a
healthy state.

Exchange remains firm at 1 per cent. premium
Discounts and Interests show no alteration.
Arrivals from England.—Lauarkahire, Aus-
tralian, J. M. Joshua, Sarah Grice, Lightning
Proteus, Jerusalem, Salamander, Winnifred, Kent,
Tornado, John Temperley, and Bavelaw.

Sailed for Englaud.—Lady Darling, Essex, and
Anglesey.

SYDNEY, Sept. 24.

The Avoca arrived on the 13th, having left Galle
considerably in advance of contract time without
the latest press and commercial telegrams, which
has caused great inconvenience.

A fleet of 50 steam vessels, owned in this port,
will proceed to sea simultaneously to meet 11. RM.
the Duke of Edinburgh.
Sir John Young goes to England by the Novem-
ber mail.

The finance statement has been made, and
the Package Duty is to be abolished.
The Assembly is considering the Government
proposal to borrow three millions for railway pur-
poses.
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The New Land Bill has been withdrawn tem-
porarily, but will be reintroduced.
Hickey won the Champion Scullers' Match.
The arrivals from London aro the Alexander
Duthie, Strathnaven, Dundonald, Martha Birnie,
Compadre, and Cape Clear. Departure—Nineveh.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--Last Evening,

Amsterdam Short. 11 181 11 19}
Ditto 3 Mouths.l2 Of 12 1f
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 35 25 40
Brussels
Hamburg — 13 91 13 10f
Paris Short 25 12i 25 20
Ditto 3 Months. 25 30 25 35
Marseilles
Frankfor% on the Maine —120 E
Vienna — 12 5o 12 62f
Trieste, — 12 5) 12 62i
Petersburgu - 311 32i.
Berlin
Madrid — 48} 481
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples — 28 35 28 45
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon 54 511
Oporto — 54 511

SHIPPING INTELIAGEN6.6.—This Day.

GRATEsEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, Nov. 15.—Argali, from Algoa Bay ; Forth,
steamer, from Hamburg ; North Star, steamer, from
Christiania.

Arrived, Nov. 16.—Bessie Jane, from Guernsey; Bal-
tique, steamer, form Dunkirk ; Triton, steamer, from
Ostend ; Eider, steamer, from Tonning; Moselle, steamer,
trout haitwerp ; J essy, crow Quemoy.