LATE AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 881, 31 October 1871, Page 3

LATE AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

The as. Alhatnbra arrived at the Bluff' on Thursday, having left Mel* bourne on the previous Saturday. Mr J. A. Keans, a saloon passenger, died on the 25th inst. MELBOURNE, Oct. 21. In the Assembly there has been a warm discussion as to the terms agreed to by the Intercolonial Conference. A motion, tantamount to a want of 'confidence, was defeated by a large ■majority. The House prorogues in the first week of November, until April next. The pension to Sir Francis Murphy will probably be carried, though there has been considerable opposition it inside and outside the House. Mr Cohen complained of the deportation of a pauper family to Victoria from New Zealand, at the latter colony's expense. He asked that some legislation should be made to cause the captains anl owners of boats to be liable in such instances. Mr Duffy promised to (jive the matter attention. Mr Aspinall has been forwarded by bis friends to England, by the Newcastle. £2OO has been proposed to be put ou the supplementary estimates %r that purpose. News, via San Francisco, states that •Captain Barker and a portion of the crew of the Japan are safe. She was a whaler, 'fitted 'out in Victoria, and lost eighteen months since in the Arctic Sea. It was believed that all had perished. The third mate's boat's crew is still missing. There is still great excitement in "reference to Bendigo mining stock. The speculative mania is increasing wonderfully. It has extended to Castlemaine, and persons are leaving their business to join in speculations, both in Melbourne and Sandhurst. The Legislative Council is taking •evidence in reference to the gauges of railways. Sydney, Oct 21. A public meeting has been held to ■express sympathy with Rabbi Davis in respect to an unfounded charge of assaulting a female. The Nevada collided with a vessel •on the New Zealand coast. Extent of ■damages unknown. She will dock in Sydney. The Marine Insurance Co.'s dividend is 10 per cent. A new Land Bill will bo introduced next session. The Australian Steam Navigation Co., intend to establish, next month, monthly communication with Nelson, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin.Greymoutb, and Hokfcitka. AI>Er.AIOE, Oct 21. A private gold searching expedition is slatting for Twofold Bar. Mr Fox, editor of the ' Irish Harp,' has been dismissed, from the presidency of the Roman Carbolic Association. News by the Californian mail has ■ given the market an upward tendency. Sales. 4s 5d to 4s 6d. Earl Belmore has returned from Tasmania. The Permissive Bill is virtually i passed. Qu ; n has been convicted of the mur- ( <ler of a Chinaman, at Beech worth. A petition to spare his life has been circulated on the ground that it is not - right to hang a white man for killing j a Chinaman. ' Doctor Mingaye Tyde is dead.