LATEST INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 576, 25 September 1869, Page 2

LATEST INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

By the arrival, of the s.s. Omeo and Alhambra from Melbourne, we have filea to the 18th inst., from which we make thft following extracts :— The M'Culloch Ministry has resigned. The following is the list of the new Ministry :— Chief Secretary, Mr Macpherson; Treasurer, Mr Robert Byrne ; At-torney-General, Mr M'Donnell ; Solicit tor-General, Mr Kerferd ; Minister of Lands, Mr M'Kean ; Minister of Mines, J. T. Smith ; Minister of Railways, T. Longmore; Minister of Public Works, Mr Reeves ; Minister of Customs, Mr E» Cohen. A Roman Catholic clergyman at Elsternwick, named Patrick NialL, has been found guilty of a criminal assault, and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. A determined suicide was committed on Wednesday night, 16th instant, by a gentleman- named Douay, residing in Brighton street, Richmond. The new American consul, Mr D. S. Pinnell, accompanied by Mrs Pinnell, arrived in Melbourne on the 17th instant, from Boston, in the barque Harvester. Mr Pinnell issuccessor to General.Latham, Sydney, September 3. i The backers of William Hickey at Newcastle have resolved to challenge the English champion, Renforth, to row on the Hnnter River, and not, as proposed by tie latter, on the Tyne. The stakes are to be LSOO, and LI 00 will be allowed to Ren'forth for the expenses incurred in coming' out.' ■ : . ; „ ; Advices by the mail announce that during the voyage of the ship Canaan from Sydney to London a fire broke out amongst the bales of wool packed in the hold, but by the prompt action of the captain, seconded by the efforts of the crew, the,. flames were suppressed without material damage to the vessel. The schooner Janet Dickson has gone ashore on the Oyster Bank, Newcastle. The crew escaped. r - September 7. Rutherford, the notorious bushranger, has again commenced his depredations by robbing an inn at Cannonbar, a township in the Bogan district. He visited the inn on Sunday, and meeting with some, opposition from the landlord, a scuffle ensued, during which Rutherford fired at his antagonist and wounded himself dangerously. _" He previously visited a station on the Macquarie, which he also robbed. Captain Shaw, of the Snowbird, which was burnt at sea off the Queensland coast, has arrived in Sydney, and was immediately arrested in connection with the Mackinlay conspiracy. A hundred and fifty diggers returned yesterday from -the Gilbert diggings (Queensland), and give an unfavorable report of the prospects obtained. A man named Bourke, who arrived from New Zealand by the steamer Auckland on Thursday, was arrested to-day at Burwood, charged with being implicated in the Mackinlay .conspiracy. Brought before the Central Police Court, he was remanded. September $. . Mackinlay, O'Brien, Shaw, Rogers, and Bourke, charged with conspiracy; to defraud, have been remanded. The Crown Prosecutor has commenced sroceedings against the publisher of the *olicc News, for certain articles in that paper concerning the base of Clarke, of the Varieties. ■'•'•' ' r ' : . Sept. 11. Amah named Michael Cavanagh, employed as a traveller for J. P. G'avariagh, of Melbourne, has been committed for trial on a charge of passing valueless cheques. Bail was accepted.' It is expected that Kenealy and h_ friends will come t<? Sydney from King George's Soinidby thebranch mail steamer Rangatira. I Sept. 13. Rutherford, the notorious bushranger, who has been carrying on "his depredations for some months past unchecked, is dead. During a struggle with the landlord of an inn at Cannonbar, a shot which he had intended for his antagonist' took effect upon himself, and proved mortal. The schooner Rebecca, laden with coal, foundered iuside the Heads yesterday,

near Middle Harbor. The steam-tug fireadalbane at once went to the assistance of the crew, and succeeded in rescuing hem. The barque Tawera arrived yesterday from Tahiti, having sailed on the sth. She brings Californian papers to the 13th July. At that date extra Oregon flour was quoted at 4 dol 75 c, and sales of shipping wheat had been effected at 1 dol 70 c. The Government intend to leave the office of Solicitor-General vacant. September 14. Two small schooners have been wrecked at Port Stephens, the crews escaping to the shore. Several other vessels have been reported as missing. DrWolfskehi, who recently contested the will of the late Dr Mitchell, has disappeared from Sydney. The Government have abolished the instructions for placing vessels from Victoria in quarantine, recently issued owing to the existence of small-pox in Melbourne. September 15. Bank notes to the amount of LI3OO have disappeared mostunaccountablyfrom the Maitland branch of the Band of New South Wales, and no clv« has yet been obtained to the myßtery. The City of Adelaide sailed this day, taking with her a large number of the sporting fraternity, including Messrs Tait, Coker and others, and the racehorses Glencoe, Blondin, Albany, Antelope, Charon and Warrior. She also takes sixty passengers and 2000 bags of maize. The whole of the parties charged with conspiracy in the Mackinlay case have been committed to take their trial. The Australian Steam Navigation Company have presented Captain Grainger, of the Balclutha, with LIOO, in recognition of his bravery during the trying position in which he was placed recently owing to an accident to his vessel while carrying the English mails to King George's Sound. Two hundred pounds has also been distributed among the officers and crew. Some doubt having been expressed as to the identity of Rutherford, the bushranger, his remains have been disinterred and fully identified. Breadstuffs are advancing, in consequence of the Adelaide telegrams. Sales of wheat have been made at 7s. September 17. Mr Krefft, the curator of the Museum, and Professor Thompson, in exploring the Wellington caves, have discovered the remains of . extinct animals hitherto unknown to science. Oregon papers report that Governor Seymour, of British Columbia, died on the 11th June of dysentry. An influential committee has been appointed to obtain the assistance of the Government towards a grand intercolonial exhibition to be held next year. Captain Shaw has been remanded on a charge of feloniously burning the Snowbird, a vessel belonging to the M'Kinlay's. Strong circumstantial evidence has been adduced. A deep-laden barque, from Valparaiso to Melbourne, was spoken with off the Heads on Wednesday. Several failures have taken place amongst retail drapers. Messrs fl. Fisher and Sons, merchants, have met their creditors. Their liabilities amount to L 17,000. No clue has yet been obtained to the notes stolen from the Bank of New South Wales, Maitland, and the numbers are unknown. The Council of the Agricultural Society have revived Mr Dyer's project for organising a great Intercolonial Exhibition, to be held in Sydney in 1870, in celebration of the centenary of the discovery of Australia by Captain Cook in 1770. They have appointed a deputation to wait upon the Government to ascertain what assistance the Government will grant towards the scheme. Adelaide, September 11. Kenealy, the Fenian, arrived from Melbourne by the Claud Hamilton yesterday, and the captain received a communication from the police, cautioning him about Kenealy landing in Adelaide. The latter states that it is his intention to proceed by the branch mail steamer to King George's Sound, September 13. On Saturday night the Rev. Mr Taylor, the American minister, gave a lecture at the Town Hall to an immense audience, and on Sunday his sermons at the Kent Town Wesleyan Church were attended by large congregations.

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