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Press, Volume XV, Issue 1983, 24 August 1869, Page 3

LATEST FROM AUSTRALIA.

I own I The Bluff, August 22, 9.2 a.niU | The <sothSribuf^ T lbffe ! Sbbson's Bay ■J &k four 16th inst. v She ; | passed the Heads at "* seven o'clock, | Cape rata nine? :©'clock same and Swan Island at seven p.iri. | the next day. Experienced fine wea—Solanders at eight p.m* on-the 22nd, f; and?arrived ati daylight this, morning. ■■■ saloon?"and XlOisteerage tons ? eargp for all. ;^6rt?.:::^ i . ; ;; 1 :' i 7' ,L ..' i ■"•:. •■■■/ yyi. : ? , :: .., : ;. IJjitßpimNE,.August J. 7. I : j * - wheat, 6s *~2d?to;8s s ' 3d f oats, :4s 4dj barley, 5s "Ifd/malt deeKned (id- candles neg- . l e fte<f i Hen v r ibnjk, 7s 6d }.npe scarce^At -$a-8d..-o .-.;-■. ~; iv-,- -, ,-..-. --,-) r , : Mrinelry, the lonian,/s?aSordered iJlofind sureties on thelijtttf» .^-9„^" part from the colony in one week. t %.-,. "Walker, a, ( on board &t £ on the Jlthlnst* ;.■■ <■} y->: '"i ! Robert Mcintosh, bookkeeper: at McGegin's, has poisoned himself t>y strychnine. -■- ::i: ~ :1C \' .It ifif supposed" that the, Armidale diamond is a sham. .','"" £ 1 s Captain Cojgih, of the barque Harr died -suddenly - through fm. ,„_ . ■ t'£\ [ , Parliament has toted dB6QO,<)QQ as a * payment of salaries to the end bf October.. c :> -" y " <*' z j have been offered knighthood.

McCrae has ass'timed control of the Customs. . The right of members ordering strangers to withdraw has been referred to the Standing Orders Committee. There is a reported discovery of diamonds by Ferres, of Prahran ; locality unknown. The prosecution of the Swamp murder is likely to be abandoned through deficient evidence. Sidney. D'Arcy "Wentworth Murray has commenced an action for libel against the Hon. Mr Parkes ; damages laid at j £2000. Lord Bertram Gordon died on the 11th. The Sydney Admiralty Court demands £15,000 from the owners of the J)aphne as penalty for captiye slaves. Clarke, the owner of The Varieties, is charged with wife murder. . Archbishop Polding leaves for Rome next mail. Maize, 3s 4d. Bea, of Eockhampton, is recovering.; ~ .;The absconding South Sea Islanders! have committed several depredations. ' Adelaide. ; Wheat, 4s lOd. ■'■■'• ;/ ; Government has.consented to give: the unemployed:work.' - Governor Weld sailed on 16th. '. Corn market firm.