AUSTRALIAN.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3902, 1 July 1881, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

MelboubnW Xhis day. Tlio Berry Government Defeated. Cancel last night's telegrajn re division and read—ln the Legislate Assembly last night the rote of Want if Confidence in the Ministry was carried on a division by 41 to 38 votei, including pairs.

Messrs Mirams and Longmore voted with the (jrovernment, and D. Gaunson voted

against them. A Cabinet Council is summoned for today to consider the

position

It is expected that Ministers will recommend the Governor to dissolve Parliament, but it is considered unlikely that His Excellency will accede to their request.

A destructive fire occurred last night in Queen street, on the premises of Messrs Feldheim, Jacobs and Co., tobacco importers. It raged for some time, and completely gutted the building.

A grand ball was given by the Mayor last night, in the Town Hall, to the Royal Princes. Fully two thousand persons were present, and the affair was most successful.

Melboubne, Thursday.

In the Legislative Assembly, the debate on the no-confidence motion was resumed tonight, when a division took place, resulting in an equal number of votes for and against the motion. The Speaker, the Hon Peter Lalor, gave his casting vote in favor of the Government, and the motion was consequently negatived.

Brisbane, This day.

The schooner May Queen, in addition to the news of the massacre of some of her crew at the Islands, reports that Mr McDonald, recruiting agent, has been killed by the natives. The attack was, it is stated, entirely unprovoked.