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Grey River Argus, Volume IV, Issue 271, 8 October 1867, Page 3

The following are among the most important items in the latest telegrams : — Sydney, September 16. The ship Martha Birnie has been chartered hero to load wheat at Adelaide for London, at 55s ton. Murphy has been sentenced to death. The jury were five hours deliberating. Sentence was passed after midnight on Saturday.. . Bortrand's sentence is to be coin muted. The Governor sails for England by the November mail steamer. The order of St. Gregory has been con. ferred by the Archbishop on the Spanish consul. . . v Ex-Mayor Smith proceeds to Melbourne to-morrow, to arrange for an aboriginal cricket-match during the Prince's visit. Mr Anderson's Coriolanus has been generally pronounced a brilliant success. . The Intercolonial Match practice took place, on Saturday. In the first class, Lynch made .seventy-four- points, and at the 500 and 600 yards- ' eleven < others averaged sixty-eight points. Messrs Bradley and Lamb sold at auction a hundred lockages of damaged negrohead, at 2|d to Is per lb. September 19. A large still has been seized in Woolloomooloo, and the proprietor fined in LIOO, with the alternative of a year's imprisonment. The judges have -granted a rule nisi for quashing Murphy's conviction for the South Creek murder, on the grounds that the jury were allowed to read the daily papers and to converse with the public, daily. * . . : September 23. . At the practice for the Intercolonial Match, on Saturday, Lynch, made thirtynine at the 900 yards range in ten shots. The Singleton nv j il was robbed on Saturday, near Lennon's- bridge, by armed bushrangers. A deputation from the various steam companies waited -on the Government to-day inspecting .^hp^Prince's arrival. Captain Hixson was appointed commodore of the flotilla, and Captain Trouton vicecommodore. The flotilla will meet the Galatea off Botany Bay. James Eeynolds, son of the shipbuilder of that name, was drowned in the harbor yesterday. • j The arguments in Murphy's case are not finished. Candles are a shade firmer. Adelaide wheat is quiet at 5s 3d to 5s 6d. Teas are depressed. . Adelaide, 16 th Sept. The banks have notified a reduction of the rates of discount oh ninety-five day bills to eight per cent. The insurance companies anticipate heavy losses, owinc: to the latt, gales. . The question of the establishment of juvenile reformatories is exciting public attention. All the preparations for the reception of the Prince are to be completed by the 20th inst. The corn market is ; quieter. Small parcels of wheat have been sold at equivalent to 4s Bd. There is no change in flour. September 23. The papers are full of details of the preparations for the Prince's visit; News has been received of Captain •Oadell's arrival at Cape York. He was to sail immediately for the Northern territory. Messrs Dunn and Rankine will retire from the representation of Mount Barker at the end of the session. The weather is very unsettled. It is reported that a discovery of kerosene shale has been made in Wallaroo. No business is being done in the corn market. , For wheat, buyers offer 4s 6d ; holders ask 4s Bd. Heavy arrivals of imports increase the general dulness in buliness. Arrived. — Sophia, from Hamburg; Rangatira, from Melbourne ; and Murray and Verulam, from London.