INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Press, Volume XI, Issue 1410, 16 May 1867, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

[From the Melbourne papers ] p SrDjfEY, April 27. lirace Egerton is scratched for all fier engagements. -Dr. Storch, a German physician, has committed suicide. m, . April 29. _ Atvere is no sign of the rain stopping 4Ue fldods continue. The Hunter Ts Ver y l»gh, A market gardener was

drowned in crossing Wooli creek on • Saturday. Wooli creek is a small ■ tributary of Cook's river, near this city. Intelligence has been received of the apprehension of Thomas and John Clarke, by the Krawaree police, early on Saturday. Constable Wright, four men, and a tracker, tracked the outlaws to a hut in the heart of the Jingera country. They attacked the hut, keeping up a fire alf the morning. The bushrangers from the fortress, returned the fire. A message was then sent to Braidwood for aid. Constable Walsh and the tracker were wounded. Superintendent Morridge and the Ballabala police reinforced the attacking party, and, on the arrival of these additional police, the bushrangers surrendered.! The prisoners reached Braidwood yesterday. Both of the Clarkes were wounded in the fight. They will be brought here for trial immediately. April 30. The Bank of New South Wales's report shows the half-year's net profits to be £93,000. A dividend and bonus have been declared of 20 per cent, per annum. There is a heavy sea along the coast, and a number of vessels have been detained at the Heads. A party of prisoners, en route for Sydney, attempted to escape early this morning at Pulpit-hill. The police fired, and wounded several, but two notorious convicts managed to escape in the darkness. The direct telegraph to Adelaide, via Wentworth, is completed. May 1. Trooper Madden was accidently shot by a comrade during the Pulpit-hill affray. He died of his wound. One escaped prisoner was recaptured, and has arrived, with others, at Darlinghurst. There is a great flood in the Hunter river and Hawkesbury river. May 2. The steamer City of Newcastle has cut down the schooner Jessie to the water's edge, off Newcastle. The| first Bylong's yearlings sale averaged 120 guineas. Waldock bought one, and Captain Standish bought two. New York advices report that the Laurence Brown, Faraway, and Adelia Coulton were loading for Melbourne. The kerosene shipments from lßt January to Bth March to Melbourne, amouuted to 320,870 gallons; to Sydney, 60,880 gallons (6880 gallons ?) ; Otago, 33,600 gallons. The severe weather which has prevailed so long showed no signs of clearing until near daylight this morning. The rain has now ceased, and there is reason to hope that it is over. The most disastrous accounts continue to be received of of the rain in the interior. Parliament will meet for the despatch of business on the 2nd Jul v. xmisBANE, via Sydney, May 2. The river has risen forty feet. The stores on the wharf are partially submerged. Three hundred feet of temporary bridge placed across the river have been destroyed. The new bridge pier is uninjured. May 3. The Toowoomba railway was opened yesterday by the Minister of Works. A luncheon and ball followed. Adelaide, April 27. The Ministry has resigned. The Governor has sent for the hon. A. Blyth to reconstruct the Cabinet. Considerable numbers of personß are still going to the Barrier Ranges. April 29. The direct Sydney telegraph line, via Wentworth, is to be opened this week. April 30. Mr Blyth has failed to form a Ministry. Mr Reynolds has been sent for, to the surprise of everybody, and is now trying what he can do. The first boat was launched yesterday on the sheet of water thrown back by the Torrens dam. May 1. Mr Reynolds failed to form a Ministry. Mr Ayers was then sent for. He is reported to have succeeded, as follows :—Mr Ayers, Chief Secretary ; Mr Andrews, Attorney-General; Mr Glyde, Treasurer ; Mr Everard, Crown Lands Commissioner; Mr Santo, Public Works. May 2. The Ministry is complete. Mr Ayers is Chief Secretary; Mr Reynolds, Treasurer; Mr Andrews, Attorney - I General; Mr Clyde, Crown Lands I Commissioner; and Mr Santo, Commissioner of Public Works. The corn market is quiet. Wheat is exceedingly scarce. The sale of a large quantity is reported at a price which has not transpired. The nominal quotation is 4s 3d. FJour is inactive at £10 to £11. A sale has been made of 20,000 bushels of wheat for shipment to England, but the price has not transpired. It is supposed to have been a little short of 4s 6d per bushel. The value of land bought under the operations of the Torrens' Act during the month of April was £42,000. Mr and Mrs Case have just closed a successful campaign. Their farewell entertainment at White's Rooms, last night, was under distinguished patronage, and was highly successful. LATE MAIL NEWS. [Latest special telegram by Atlantic cable, Reuter to Greville and Co.] Madrid, March 1. The Minister of Marine has been authorised to contract for a submarine telegraph cable between Cuba, Porto Rico, Mexico, and Panama.