LATEST INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 202, 30 April 1867, Page 3

LATEST INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

The Melbourne correspondent of the Gedoiuj Advertiser siiyn— " The experience of the officers of the Cnragon in Sydney has been marked by some peculiarities. That good-natured but extraordinary lady who presides at Government House, in inviting the ofiicers of the Curacjoa on a recent occasion, by way, 1 presume, of intimating that it. was to be a downright jolly affair— intimated that those who couldn't dance need not come. The officers very respectfully sent their compliments to Lady Young, and regretted exceedingly that they 'were precluded from accepting her invitation, as none of the officers of the Carayoa could dance. At a subsequent party, her ladyship thought she would heal this little breach, and invited all the officers of the Curaooa " who couldn't dance." The reply brought greater confusion to her Ladyship than before— it was that, feeling the humiliation of being obliged to decline her Ladyship's former invitation, the ofiicers of the Curagoa had all since learned to dance, and therefore could not come. Melbourne was visited with a very heavy gale on the loth inst. The gasometer at Collingwood was blown over. Much damage has been dove in the suburbs, and there were slight casualties to the shipping in the bay. The roofs of the goods shed and the refreshment room at the Geelong Railway Station were blown away ; telegraph posts between Geelong aud Cape Otway were thrown down, and the wires have been injured by the falling trees. At Yackandandah an opinion prevails that the reports of bnshranging in that district have been trumped up. The Minister of Mines inspected the Spring Gully Reservoir for the water at Sandhurst, and has reported favorably of it. Murphy was executed at Ballarat on the 16th. He did not confess. The colonists of North Queensland are agitating for separation from the parent colony. They have formed ;i Separation League, and adopted a memorial for presentation to her Majesty, and ask that the colony may be termed Albertland. The only point on which public opinion in the north is not unanimous is the locality of the new capital of the proposed new colony. It is, however, thought most that Boweu will be selected. One of the oldest and most prosperous of our Anglo- Australian companies possesses very large tract of fine pastoral land at Bk.-'en Downs, and at Burke Town also ; invfa+ t] ia t settlement has been laid out on . th Uands taken up by the company referrett^.-.and Mr Landsborough, who discov.ere^nemv is now the Government commission^ t] ierei Dic'aon h\ b eeu placed on his trial for stealing^ Oriental Bank bills. The evidence di loses that ho was a do _ faulter to the am\ lt of Llßoo^ and that he took the bills ao^to be able' to dictate terms to the bank a. horities w]lo cognisant of his detalcai, )ns _At Adelaide, on Apu j G . the Chief . Justice addressed the Coiu\ .^ said t]lat a repetition of the obstructs. priri ,i lin t n t Judge Boothby like that oi, yesterday lowered the dignity of the % lvi . and weakened the confidence of suitv,. g ' and the faith of the public in the admii^j..^ tion of justice ; and having held a coW r _ ence with his colleague, Mr JustL G wynne, they had agreed to discontinifj-. the sittings of the Court,, aud ad jourif'cZ \ • • . ■■ ■ I

them till f clay of term, namely, ' 27 th May ;|en vacated their scats. Mr Justice by remained, but as there was dness forthcoming he adjourned irfc till the first day of t)rm. News fro Creek up to the 18th state that; quantity of rain has fallen durii'l ast week, and has extended thr< the surrounding district. Thoi ieat activity in mining operations, felaim washing up that can obtain tlif a torn, the yield on the whole bltisfactory. From the quantity of Lriug for sale, the next escort will b| GOOOoz. A tliirteen ounce nuggebvmd yesterday at the head of EunfChilly. A gully fourteen miles fro, and beyond Brundah station, lias ftsliud ; the prospectors j have nut yiailly reported it, but ' state the prolvrc about nine penny- i weights to tla A woman was found dead, on Sill in a tent, with two infant childrlier arms, twins. An inquest was hi verdict was returned of "Died froaosuro and exhausion from childbiri lor husband has gone to tho Barrier >s. D2STR"CTIV;E' IN SVDNFA'. — Oil the night of fth, a lire broke out shortly after .lick, at the back of Mr Sands' premisbrge street. Boiby Cottage, occur- Simmons Brothers, wine and spiri i.uuits, in the yard adjoining Mr Saul Mr Chisholm's premises, was fir'orved to be on lire. Reiby Cottagq entirely consumed. The printing off Mr Sands, together •with the whole c plant, appeared to also iv ruins le stock was much damaged, the g'.nlk being apparently destroyed. Ofueds and outhouses belonging to th [street back premises in the vicinity destroyed. Though Mi 1 Sands nius;ebcen tho heaviest sufferer, his in m ' fully covers the loss sustained, regard to theßeiby Cottage, where t [ was first discovered it is stated tha> premises, together J with the sfcock-hjL were fully insured. The back premfin- Mr Sands' back store, are insure- L12,0()0 in the following offices :— |:pool, London, and Globe, LIOOO ; Via, L3OOO ; Pacific, L4OOO ; United, b ; London and Lancashire, L 200 0; Australasian, LISOO.