The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1867. AUSTRALIAN INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 198, 24 August 1867, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1867. AUSTRALIAN INTELLIGENCE.

. TWe'glean the following items from our latest Melbourne files. '"The debate in the New South Wales Assembly, proposing t) censure the Government for the removal of the Rev. Mr Dillon, terminated in a majority of 17 for the Parkes-Martin Government, the number being 20 for the motion and 37 against it. A Sydney telegram in the Argus of the 12th instant says, that the banks in that city have reduced the discount rates to 6 per cent, for 60 days, 7 per cent, for 90 days, and 8 per cent, for four months. The Sth instant, Prince Alfreds birthday j was observed as a close holiday at Adelaide. Trade was very stagnant there. . 7ln the Melbourne Legislative Assembly on: the 7th instant a message was received from the Governor, recommending the appropriation of £15,000 for the entertainment of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. The vote was subsequently agreed to. TfiisT'sumis exclusive of the amount now being spent upon the alterations and repairs at the Governor's residence afc Toprak. . Acommission was to be appointed tft control the arrangements for the royal reception.. . •■•-.. ? A Sydney telegram iv the Argus of the Bth; inst; states that three steamers met the Alexandra (on board of which was Archbishop Poldiug) outside the Heads, andjescorted the vessel to the wharf, where fully" 5000 persons were assembled to give his Grace; a. cordial. reception. The Archbishop then proceeded to the Cathedral, where a Te Deum was sung. Dr Badham, the new Principal of Syd-. ney- Utiiyersity, ha? delivered the first ofc a r/ series' of public lectures, which was largely; attended. ...... -., : .JE&esh discoveries of kerosine have been mfitte at Woollbngong. The^Reception Committee for the welcothe of Prince Alfred at Adelaide is working energetically. Tendera have beenjcalled^for erecting triumphal arches, and^BubscHptibtt ball is advertised. .Gj.ojvn ;Splici tor Wearing has been appointed vThirili Judge at Adelaide, in the jilaee of Judge "Boothby, who is reported to^e going hbme. ','. The R<?v. ;Thomas Angwin, Wesleyan Minreter,74iedlpn;; the 9th inst. at Sydney, Jof Searle and Ballam, of Mr Burke, took place 7^:the-*7tlr. isßs7 at Ballarat, within the ' ;p-*^jiScft r ;;of;;:the' : ■;'ga6K;f-7 'Both:' lprisoners ; 7«Se|i||^ a full admissiorr .&4b^^ '. Mg^^miQeifo\ihix\^vi.. \i\ nei fhiet ease . I... •"s£s},• i-x^w-/<ti-'~yy/;y-\.- -.'"'m '- -' ■ ■ *■'-'.■ ,- ;, .; - £ : &&O?U^;pP- ' "7 : ;7- -.':,-. ..■ .- yy ys s - :--.•■••

had dislocation 7of the vertebras taken place, having been produced by strangaTaitpini7" Ballam died very soon, but Searle struggled convulsively for some time,_having had a much shorter fall than hia accomplice. The £20,000 grant to Lady Darling has been passed in the Victorian Assembly by 42 votes against 15, and further progress in this troublesome aftair rests with the Upper House. ; At a meeting of shareholders in the Sydney Paper Company, h_ld on the 9th iusant, statements were made leading to the belief that within four mouths manufacturing operations wili be actually commenced. Messrs Randolph, Elder, & Co., the well-known shipbuilders of Glasgow, have offered to build a vessel capable of making the passage from Plymouth to Melbourne in 46 days, carrying sufficient coals, 400 passengers, and 1000 tons of measurement goods. The vessel would cost about £95,000, and her builders would take onefifth of her cost in shares. There seems to be no difficulty in obtaining the necessary capital, if a fixed subsidy per voyage is guaranteed by the Government. The Victorian Gazette of the 30th uit., contained no less thaD 204 advertisements of the balance-sheets of mining companies, published in accordance with the provisions of the Mining Statute, 1 _i 65, and the Mining Companies' Limited Act, 1864. One of the oldest fire insurance offices ih London — the Sun, established in 1710 — is about to open a branch iv Melbourne, their agents being the London and Australian Agency Company. \ — — i ■_____— ___ t