LATEST AUSTRALIAN.

Evening Star, Issue 3930, 29 September 1875, Page 3

LATEST AUSTRALIAN.

Mklboukn-e, Septemb r 22. A meeting of the Opposition was held to day, and it was understood tha*; the result of Sir J. M'Culloch's motion will bo adverse to the Government on a division, which will probably take place on 'Thursday. Should there be a change in tho composition of the Ministry it is likely that Mr Kerferd will take the Department of Linda, and the law officers will be selected from Messrs G. ]{. Smith, Purvis, and Maden. ' At a meeting of PiotectionistH at the lnncessH Theatre there was a largo attenddance. Resolutions were nassed siipportimr the Government poli.;y. The speakers abused Sir J. M'Culloch and Mr Smith. # lor the information of holders of drafts issued by the Bank of California the following tele-ram t wui received by tho mL-ntal Bank Corporation from the bo ,1 office in London, dated the 17th inst. :-" I'h o Bunk of California is making great efforts to rtnumo l»u.U'f hj which it is believed will 1m BiwceMful." ''

' Kingsborougb. is backed for the Cup down to 100 to 10. He is also tak°n in doubles with Richmond and Maid of all Work for the Champion Race. Octavius Mallerani Baker, for illegally procuring a celebration of marriage, was sentenced to six months* imprisonment. Tho wreck of the Cambridgeshire sold for L 2.850. An inquiry into tho circumstances connected with the grounding of the Ceylon is to be held.

Sawyers, late taller of the Bank of Victoria, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment. Apelaide, September 28. The Minister of Agriculture states that 37,000 acres of land surveyed are open for selection at 7s 6d in the Northern Territory.

Five shiploads of immigrants are ordered before November.

Hobart Town, September 22. The Tasman, steamer, collided with the Freetrader, barqu>. Both were slightly damaged. Brisbane, September 22 News from the Palmer continues good. A patty looking for a new rush were attacked by blacks, and had to swim a river to escape. Quantities of gold ate coming in; mostly from Chinese. Sydney, September 22. At the Hunt Club Meeting on Saturday the race for the Cup resulted as follows : -Spring Bar, 1; Receipt, 2 ; Young William Tell, 3. Steeplechase : Hotspur, 1; Prior, 2; Fisherman, 3. Madam Jananschek's engagement at the Queen's Theatre terminated abruptly. Her husband haa been arrested for a breach of contract.

Henry Howard, sentenced to death for the Frank6town murder, maintained a stolid demeanour. He never uttered a word. Two hundred Martini rifles and a quantity of ammunition have arrived for the Volunteers.