LATEST INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 568, 7 September 1869, Page 3

LATEST INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

g. : > . Sydney, Aug. 28. |*fospecting parties from Sydney and Melbourne are searching for new quartz reefs near Cape Howe. '■ His Excellency the Governor has accepted an invitation to the Kearsage banquet. ; ■ ■' Patterson, a medicaJ . herbalist, has b^en arrested on a •b.arge of procuring „ abortion. .... Messrs Manuel and Kitto, of Melbourne, have purchased the CadiamingulJoiig copper mine. The working will be resumed immediately. The purchase is considered a very eligible investment. <; The first parcel of the new wool clip 'has arrived. His Excellency the Governor leaves for Bnsbane on the 10th of September, on a visit to Queensland. . Aug. 30. Along examination took place to-day in the Insolvent Cbrirt in reference to the affairs of Denis Mackinlay; It has transpired that the cargo of the Welcome Home, which had arrived at Auckland, j had been seized, as the goods were the property of Mackinlay. The captain of the ship Panther, who was charged at the Newcastle Police Court with stabbing and wounding, has been discharged, the bencH being of ; opinion that the wounds he inflicted upon the iwater police were iv self-defence. ■'.' Bailey, the mate of the schooner Fanny, bound from Melbourne to Newcastle^ was accidentally knocked > overboard and drowned near the former port. 1 The meeting of citizens to arrange fora banquet to the commander and officers of .the V.S. war steamer Kearsage is now r going on, and is numerously attended. A large meeting is aldo being held t<» discuss the propriety of .establishing a society having for its object the abolition t „ of capital punishment. The dinner to the commanders and officers of the English, American and v French war vessels now in harbor takes place to-night, and promises to. attract a large attendance. ... Barbarian has been scratched for all engagements. Bbechwoeth, A«g. 28. The' up coach from Beechworth to Bright was stuck up this morning about four mUes from here by an armed man, who ordered the women out of the coach, and made the' other passengers deliver up their money and valuables. Mr Haggleton, storekeeper, Bright, surrendered his gold watch. Several residents arrived at the scene, and were also compelled to : surrender to the bushranger, who took one of the coach horses, and a saddle and bridle from a farmer, and rode off. The police were shortly afterwards informed of the robbery, and started in pursuit. Maryborough, Aug. 27. Mr F. A. Cooper has brought down by the mail coach 4cwt oxide of copper, which he obtained at his copper mine in the Burnett district. The ore is on view, and greatly admired. Mr Cooper leaves .foTi-i Melbourne via Sydney to-day. K*porte of Yarrol galena mine are very favorable.