LATEST AUSTRALIAN.

Evening Star, Issue 3937, 7 October 1875, Page 3

LATEST AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne, October 2. The no-eonfidencc debate has extended over three weeks, and is still unfinished. Both sides claim a nvosp-'otive victory, but at present u inclines r,lightly to the ! -ppusituvu To ’,’u meantime meetings in support of th- (jw-m----ment are being li'?ld with mure »r Is--.- suwes*: all over ihe country, and eroiy effort is being made to twin the tide of popular opinion in their |r‘avor. Sir James M‘Galloch is read , to respond to the call of duty and to take office when the time arrives. The 20 per cent, duties ar* to remain untouched, but a number of other harassing Customs duties are to be abolished. A property tax amt retrenchment form the basis of the new programme. Mr Casey, late Minister of Lands, who with Mr Service, late reaaurer, is leagued against Sir J. M‘< hillocb, have covertly gone over to tbe enemy’s camp, and on Thursday night they sprang a mine by moving an amendment—the object evidently being to direct attention from the real and substantial proposition. The shot thus lired just at the close of a long and dreary debate and when everyone was expecting a division, cans, d some little confusion, and was the meins of prolonging he debate, but it is doubtful whether in the end it will not damage tho Ministry. Mrs Ooodenough goes homo in the Northumberland, She has been conveyed round from Sydney in H.M.3. Pearl, her late husband’s ship. The Roman Catholics throughout the Colony are making 'strenuous efforts to procure an amendment of the Education Act, so that their schools may be inspected and ranked as State Schools. A testimonial is being raised to Madame llistori, who has been charming large audiences, especially in “ Marie Antoinette.” The inquiry into the loss of the Cambridgeshire on lugeut Island has resulted in Captain Marshall’s certificatebeingsuspended for twelve months. Sydney. Treve, of tho firm of Raynos and Trove, has been arrested concerning monetary trans-ac tions, •, The war steamer Beagle, from Howe’s Group, confirms the massacre of the James Birnie’s crew and tho burning of the vessel. 'The natives spared the carpenter’s life till he had mended all the boats, and then murdered him. The New Guinea expedition has become disorganised. The C’hevert is returning toSydney. Advices from f’oolcfcnwn are very favorable. A fuither number of 371 Chinese has arrived from Hong Kong, and a stream of immigration is a-tvised. Plenty of geld is coming in, and there is good nows from the reefs.