ARRIVAL OF THE GOTHENBURG AT THE BLUFF.

Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1965, 23 August 1869, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE GOTHENBURG AT THE BLUFF.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. (from our own correspondent.) [The following was published by us as an “Extra” to-day.] Bluff, Monday. The Gothenburg left Hobson’s Bay at 4 p.m. on the 17th ; passed the Heads at 7 p.m., and Cape Schanck at 9 o’clock the same night, and Swan Island at 5 p.m. the next day ; experienced fine weather during the passage ; passed the Solanders at 8 p.m. on the 22nd, and arrived at daylight this morning. She brings 25 saloon and 110 steerage passengers, and 225 tons cargo for all ports. Melbourne, August 17. Flour ’for best brands fetches Li t ; wheat, 6s 2d to 6s 3d. Oats, 4s 4d. Barley, 5s 3d. Malt has declined sixpence. Candles neglected. Tobaccos overstocked. Hennessy’s bulk brandy 7s Gd. Maize is scarce at 4s 3d. Kinneally, the Fenian ex-convict, has been ordered to find sureties on the 11th to depart from the Colony within one week. Nathan Walker, a fireman on board the Wonga Wonga, was drowned at Sandridge on the 11th. Robert Macintosh, bookkeeper to Mr M‘Gregor, poisoned himself with strychnine. The supposed Armidale diamond is considered a sham. Captain Colgan, of the barque Harrington, died suddenly through taking an over-dose of ipecacuhana. Parliament has voted LGOO,OOO for the payment of salaries to the end of October. Messrs O’Shanassy and McCulloch have been offered the honor of knighthood. Mr M'Crae, M.L.C., has assumed the control of the Customs. The right of members in ordering strangers to withdraw has been referred to’ the Standing Orders Committee. There is a reported discovery of a diamond by Mr Ferris, at Prahran; the locality is unknown. The prosecution of the Swamp murder is likely to be abandoned owing to deficient evidence. Sydney. Mr Wentworth, of the Murray, has commenced a libel action against the Hon. Mr Parkes; damages arc laid at two thousand pounds. Lord Bertram Gordon died on the 11th. The Sydney Admiralty Court demands L 15,000 from the owners of the Daphne as a penalty for the captured slaves. Clarke, the owner of the Varieties, has been charged with wife murder. Archbishop Folding leaves for Rome next mail. Maize, 3s 4d. Mr Rea, of Rockhampton, isYeco vering. The absconding South Sea islanders have committed several depredations. Adelaide, Wheat, 4s lOd. The Government have consented to give the unemployed work. Governor Weld sailed for Western Australia on the IGth, The corn market is firm.