LATER AUSTRALIAN UNTELLIGEENCE.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 72, 14 November 1864, Page 3

LATER AUSTRALIAN UNTELLIGEENCE.

"We are in possession of files from the Australian Colonies to the sth instant. The general election of members of the Legislative Council and Assembly terminated on the 3rd instant. Of the seventy-eight members returned to the Assembly, no more than thirtyeight had seats in the last Parliament. Of the members of the last Ministry, two only — Mr. O'Slianassy and Mr. Mitchell — novr hare seats in Parliament. All passed off quietly, save in one instance — that of Kilmore, where some riotous behaviour was exhibited. The Argus of the 4th instant says : — The directors of the ISTe-vv Zealand Rivers G-old-mining Company met last evening, to examine the plans and specifications for the sub-marine boat, prepared by their engineer. The plans were approved of, and it wa3 resolved to advertise for tenders for constructing the boat. The directors anticipate being in a position to have it tested in Hobson's Bay early in January. The rare Japanese tree, Taulownia imperialism and the purple laburnum (Cgtisus ■pvrfurewmj are among the more conspicuous plants novr in flower at the Melbourne Botanical Museum. Pilfering of rare shrubs, &c. is being carried on. The English pheasants in the gardens of the Ballarat Acclimatisation Society are inciibatirig. A double attempt at suicide, by arsenic and drowning, at the Sandridge Railway Pier, was frustrated on the evening of the 4th inst., by a policeman. The name of the would-be suicide is Emma Martin. Roberts, the champion billiard player, is maintaining his fame in Melbourne by a succession of brilliant victories. Mr. Anthony Hopton, a draper of G-eelong, has recovered the "sum of £3,500 from the Victorian Board of Land and Works, as damages on account of injuries sustained through a collision between two trains on the Melbourne and Geelong line of railway, in the month of March, 1563. An important action is being tried before the Supreme Court — Hodgkinson v. Clough, for malicious prosecution — damages laid at £10,000. This is the third trial ot the case. The case of "Wright v. Rout and others, for £10,000 damages sustained through loss of cargo of wheat by the collision of the steamer Southern Cross and the schooner G-em, on the Yarra, has been decided in favor of defendants. The Age, of the 4th instant, has the following announcement, under the head of " Missing 3?riends " :— " Bombay, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.— The writer of the letter from Southland, New Zealand, dated March, 1864, addressed to W. T., Bombay, is most earnestly requested to send his address to G-. H., care of this paper. News of the utmost importance." The application of an insolvent, named Henry G-oldschmidt, a merchant at Chiltern, for a certificate of discharge, was adjourned to the 7th insfc., for the purpose of obtaining from him detailed information regarding the disposal of assets, and particulars of hia partnership dealings at Invercargill with, one Behrings. • »