LATEST AUSTRALIAN.

Evening Star, Issue 3689, 19 July 1875, Page 3

LATEST AUSTRALIAN.

[Per Alhambra, at Grey-mouth.)

Melbourne, July 10. During the week the Assembly has been almost exclusively occupied with the consickra tionof the Land Bill. In Committee, the proEosition to substitute leasing for alienation is eing stoutly discussed. A dividou which took place on Thursday night showed a large majority in favor of the Government and against leasing. So much of the Bill having been decided, the Treasurer will, it is thought, be in a position to submit his budget on Thursday next. It is looked forward to with some anxiety, but, if rumor be correct, the whole scheme of new taxation is not likely to meet with approval. Several members of the Government nave been going about the country speech-making. The I'ailway revenue last year amounted to 1-920,000.

The scandal about Judge Dunne is likely to be ventilated now. The matter was brought before iho Howto. The .Judge has acut in hia defence to the charges of intoxmtiou, hut they are hardly considered sufficient to satisfy the country. Judge Molesworth has granted an injunction against a country newspaper for publishing Reuters English telegrams in any shape or form. This thoroughly establishes the copy right, and applies to all papers outside the ' ssociated Press.

O-i eat fears are entertained of the ship Crown Pnnce, out since Jannary. The new Colony of Fiji is attracting the attention of capitalists of Ceylon, England, and Mauritius.

Mr I anmng, ot the firm of Panning and Co was nearly killed while bunting. He i 8 i n a dangerous condition. As the Roman Catholics have decided to offer a determined opposition to the now Kduoation Act, at a meeting held at the .Archbishop’s this week a 'series of resolutions w, 13 agreed upon.

The scandal regarding Father Dalton’s kidnapping the children of a dead mother, and placing them in a Catholic Orphanage, wld shortly be brought before Parlictn ut. J. P. M'Donald, theatrical lessee at Sandhurst, has been committed for trial for stealing mosey,

The officers of the Volunteers recommend a Militia force. There is a general opinion that the present force is inadequate and requires reorganisation.

Very cold weather has been experienced. Sydney, July 10. The steam collier Susannah Cuthbert has been wrecked on Long Reef. The quarter’s revenue, ending June, shows an increase of L 152,000 over the corresponding quarter of last year. The Gold Duties Abolition Bill has been read a second time. Arrangements have been made to float the ship Result in Port Stephens. Profeasor Beveridge’s report on the Sydney water supply discloses most disgusting impurities.

Adelaide, July 10. The Education Bill will be administered by a council of education.

Mr Samuel Davenport has been appointed the South Australian Commissioner to Philadelphia.

(Per Otago, at the Blvff.) Melbourne, July 14. During the one sitting of the Assembly since the departure of the last s'eamer the Land Bill was again under consideration, and the charge against Judge Dunne, of the County Court Bench was further discussed. lu the latter affair the Government having received various reports and statements, satisfied themselves that Dunne was suffering from the effects of chlorudyne, aud not from drink, as was alleged by the local paper. The matter has been causing a good deal of discussion, and Sir J. M'Culloch has given notice of motion for an inquiry at an early date. It is expected the financial statement will be made to-morrow, and the new clauses prepared against betting are drawn up to put a s top to a'l betting transactions on the turf, but are scarcely likely to become law. The Catholics continue a strong opposition to the education Act. The ship Crown Prince, 170 days out from London, has arrived. Sbo had been delayed by baffling winds and her foul bottom, and had put in nowhere on the way. At a meeting in insolvency, D. A. Hughes was examined relative to money received from the Brunner coal mine, near Greymouth. W. B. Isaacs, junr., has failed for L 9,000. The Carandima left for India in the mail steamer yesterday, and the Allen Operatic Company will soon follow. There is a large exodus of professionals to the East, owing to the visit of the Prince of Wales in November.

Several of the racing clubs are offering large stakes for the forthcoming spring meeting. Millettn, who was injured by the Theatre Royal explosion, died in the hospital. Last night the mail-steamer Ceylon, while going down the Bay in charge of a pilot grounded at the eastern entrance of the South Channel, and still remains fast. Two tugs are assisting, and will probably get her off during the day when lightened. O’Ferrnll will be tried on two more charges of embezzlement during this sitting. Sydney. Governor Gordon has arrived in Fiji, where he was received with the usual ceremonies. The official returns show that one-third of the inhabitants died of measles. Three convicts have escaped from Noumea in a five-ton boat, and have since been unheard ef.

A shock of earthquake wis felt at Bcga and Eden. It lasted about five seconds, and was distinct.

The Kate Monaghan, with a cargo of hardwood for New Zealand, was towed into Newcastle dismasted and with her rudder gone. The agreement between the Banks in New Zealand is likely to lead to an increased rate of discount here.

Splendid news has been received from the reefs at Cooktown. Adelaide. Messrs Devitt and Moore have telegraphed from London that the first of the line of 3,000 ton steamers is to sail in October.

The second reading of the Education Bill w»s moved, and the debate adjourned, Johnston, telegraph stationmaster at Daly Waters, has boon speared by natives at Roper, and is since dead. Two other men who wore with him searching for strayed cattle were also wounded, but are recovering.