LATEST INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 843, 10 April 1871, Page 2

LATEST INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

By the b.s Alhambra, which arrived on Saturday evening, we have Melbourne files to the Ist inst., from which we make the following extracts : — It appears that the fatal accident which happened to Mr James Louis Burke in Melbourne, was partly, if not entirely, owing to the buggy which the deceased gentleman was driving coming into collisioii with a cab. Mr Coglin has purchased from Mr Hodgkins the filly Zellati by Stockowner, dam Omen, for the sum of L4OO. A fire took place on the premises .of David Hamilton, wine aijd spirit merchant, Rutherglen. The building was completely destroyed. The damage is estimated at about L4BOO. There is a policy of insurance on the premises, but for a comparatively small amount. By strenuous exertions the adjacent buildings were saved. Mr Simpson, quarz-machine owner, has been killed by a fall from his horse near Aberdeen. At half-past seven this evening Beaumont's oil and color stores, George street, Sydney, caught fire, and continued burning furiously. Fears are entertained for Lassetter's premises and the adjoining building. There has been a great muster of Volunteers at Sydney, and the sham fight was a great success. The weather was splendid, and there were about 20,000 spectators along the" shores of the harbor and on board steamers. . A 600-pound torpedo was exploded as part of the gramme.Mr C. R. Haly has resigned his seat for the Burnett, Queensland, to allow, it is reported, the Attorney-General to get a seat in the House. The Star Queen reports being chased by a 6-gun French cruiser off Port Stephens. There is great dissatisfaction amongst merchants at the .Postmaster-General, N.S.W., not despatching the [Califorman mail this month, as usual. Mr Moon, late Mayor of Waterloo, accidentally shot himself. ' The agitation which arose on the scarcity of water at the fire in Georgestreet, Sydney, a few days ago, has led to several suggestions, and a proposal to erect cisterns for fire purposes at suitable points throughout the city meets with a good deal of favor. • A single- wicket match has been arranged — Victoria v. Sydney. The three brothers Gregory will be the N.S.W. champions, while Cosstick, Conway, and Wills will play oh behalf of Victoria. *A Fiji letter states that Wbylaw, the absconding 'manager' of "the Commercial Bank at Morpeth, died on one of the islands. .

A waggon-driver named Daniel Loader lost his life at Eldorado by being violently thrown from the waggon he was driving. A laborer on the North-Eastern Railway, named William Grieve, was accidentally killed by a fall of earth at Dry Creek, near Kilmore.

The Gipps Land Mercury mentions that "on Wednesday a drayman named Gearns, travelling from Sale to Port Albert, had the misfortune to meet his death by drowning at the Black Swamp, about eight miles from Sale. The accident was discovered from the horse being seen floundering in the swamp. A search was made for the body by the police, who brought it to Sale."

Racing matters are very dull at present in Melbourne, and there is but little doing in the way of betting on the approaching Randwick Meeting The general entry for these races closed yesterday, and though the particulars are not known, theie is every prospect of Victoria being well represented, as the entry is said to be the largest ever sent between the colonies.

At the Supreme Court, Launceston, the prisoner Fogarty was acquitted of the Deloraine murder.

The Ovens Spectator thus notices the increase in the yields at Stanley :— "The long threatened eruption of gold from Stanley has at length set in strong and heavy, commencing with no less than L4OOO worth of gold from the Oriental branch bank alone. This is the result of oi*e month's washing, and is chiefly from the sluicing claims."

The Harbinger Company, Wood's Point, washed 370 tons, which yielded 3720z lOdwt. Dividend, 4s per share. An old man named John Quinlan was brutally murdered at Gaffney's Creek by John Hynd, a German. The body was subsequently mutilated, with the intention of burning it, The murderer has been arrested.

Captain Oopeland, of the schooner Lookout,, has been killed at the Richmond River, whilst his vessel was -loading for Melbourne.

Pearl, Sir Hercules, Little King, and Cassandra have been scratched for the Homebush Cup. Cyclops has been scratched for the Sydney Cup. A letter from Howe's Island reports that a large ship's deckhouse had been found there. Tt had canvas over the windows, and the days of the week were marked on the beams. It bore the appearance of having been inhabited since being washed Hshore • ;

The Hobart Town whaler Aladdin, with 36 ton of oil, had called at Howe's Island.

The New South Wales Government offer a reward LX2S for the discovery of the perpetrator of the Gosling Creek murder. Cam How, the Chinese interpreter at Cooma, murdered another interpreter named Johnson.

A long, dissipated-looking elderly man, went over Prince's Bridge to the swamp, where he knelt down to pray, and then set off at a run towards the Yarra. Constable Keenan, who had watched his eccentric actions, stopped the man, who stated, in reply to a question, that he was about' to drown himself, as he had heard that drowning was a glorious death. He was looked up, and the Bench remanded him for seven days for medical attendance. His name is John R. M'Leane.

A case which presents one or two novel features is to be tried at the East Collingwood Police Court shortly. Some years as;o, a man named Quinn went from Melbourne to New Zealand, leaving his \yife in Cjollingwood. .The years passed on, but Quinn did not return, and his wife married again, the second husbiind bai:\:j aMr Elsenmonger. They lived together in a house which belonged to Quinn. }n course of t|me Mrs EJgen-: monger died, and Elsenmonger married again. ; Mta MacMahon, the niqther of the late Mr* Quinn, held the title-deeds for the property, which had been occu-

pied by Elsenmonger since his marriage with her daughter. A few days ago 4P employed several friends, male andfemale, to take forcible possession of the house. They broke into it when Elsenmonger happened to be out of the way, and turned the furniture out of doors. Elsenmonger, when he ■ heard of their work, gave Mrs MacMahon and hor friends into the custody of the police, for breaking -; into his dwelling. They were brought up before the East Collingwodd Court yesterday, and the caas was postponed ! until Tuesday. " ----„,„ *At the invitation of his ' Worship the Mayor, a visit was paid to the Town Hall by Captain Koltovsky and the officers of the Russian war vessel Haydamack. More than an hour was occupied ingoing through the building, which seemed to afford many objects of intereat to the visitors. They . were shown into almost every corner of the edifice, and particular care was taken to point out to them the beauties of the large hall, which, even in its half decorated state, has a superb appearance. The majority of the visitors ascended the tower, and were repaid for their trouble . by a fine view of Melbourne and the bay.

"We are informed," writes , the Ovens Spectator, "that the amount of cattle stealing now going on up the Buffalo River and across to the King is something almost incredible. The cattle are not driven away for sale, but are yarded and killed at night, or shot in the bush. Several cattle have beed seen with more than one bullet in the shoulder, and hides and offal have been found on various parts of the runs. We believe there is only one constable in this part of the world, and he is at Myrllefdrd, and is; of course, perfectly well known to the cattle stealers, who are either pretended settlers or men gammoning to be prospecting. We understand that over LIOO reward would be given for a conviction." ' : ;

..."It is a favorite maxim with some,"says the Bendigo Advertiser, " that ' there is nothing new under the sun ;' but, after all, occasionally the«> will, tiini up something to upset that theory. On Thursday a mode of theft; was. brought to light that certainly has novelty, about it at all events. For some time half-sove-reigns have been missed from a little place behind the counter of Mr Schlemm's shop, where they are kept loose for change. Suspicion was aroused that a certain person who was in the habit of coming to the shop every .morning to read the Argus had something to do with the matter, and on Thursday Mr Schlemra and Detective Alexander watched from a room behind while the person mentioned pursued his search for knowledge in the leading Melbourne journal. In his band there was a walking-stick, and while the, attention of the. shopman was taken op by a customer he carefully laid it upon the little pile of. .half-sovereigns , and fished up one, it being attached to a bit o: wax to the end. He then put the halfsovereigu into his mouth. As a matter of course the gentleman who was so expert at the ' wax-end' business was soon duly, handed over to the lockup-keeper."

According to the Marybarmiyh Adber^ tiser, "an attempt to rob. the gold escort, which a week or two ago' proceeded by coach from Maryborough, to Castlemaine, ■was discovered on the removal of the'precious metal from the conveyance. One of the bugs was found cut open as if ripped " by a knife. The blade of the instrument . seems to have come in contact with a cake of gold, and as this was too large to get out of tthe enclosure, the intention^ well meant— was frustrated. As there were plenty of guards and persons in charge, it is aupppsed that the attempt was made by a passenger while the coach was stopping, and the custodian of the gold had alighted for some temporary; purpose. Of course, on the matter be- " coming known, there was a hubbub about it, and as a consequence more stringent instructions have been issued for the future safety of the escort. Some of tbe gold was in boxes, and the rest in bags: The circumstance suggests the advisability of a special coach for the conveyance of the treasure, instead of allowing every Dick, Tom, and Harry, to travel with it,?and tamper with the gold if th,ey get t»no' opportunity," ; -: .. : /