LATEST THAMES NEWS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Monday.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 4063, 30 August 1870, Page 2

LATEST THAMES NEWS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Monday.

The Whau Tarring Case, — Prisoners Committed for Trial.— Michael Hogan, James Donnelly, John Sutton, James Kinton, and James Craig appeared on remand to answer a charge or malicious assault upon John Preston, by knocking him down and pouring tar and pitch over him.— Mr. Beveridge appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Shapter for the defence.— The case excited great interest.— Mi*. Beveridge in. formed the Court that he abandoned the case against James Craig, who accordingly withdrew.- John Preston, who was led into Couit, withhis eyes bandaged, wa9 then called, and gave evidence at considerable len g*h> being corroborated "by other witness*^ — Mr. Shapter, after addressing the Court!;, was oa the point of calling witnesses for tne defence, when his Worship interrupted him, and said that, the question, of cony mittal for a higher Court having been submitted to him, he thought that his opinion had better be given at this stage of the proceedings. ' -That opinion was in favour of committal. There had evidently been organisation that led to the assault, which according to the evidence was bothbrutal and premeditated. Taking all thefacts into consideration, he considered it would be beneficial to all parties concerned for the case to be sent to a higher Court. Ho should therefore commit the prisoners to take their trial at the next sessions of the Supreme Court • bail to be allowed, in each case £50 and two sureties in £25 each.

MINING Inverness Company. — The fortnightly cleaning-up for this company was completed on Saturday night at Iroodall's machine. The gold, G6oz. melted, was treated at the Bank of New Zealand, and was th 3 produce of 140 tons of stone.

Jut>T in Time. — Another crushing of between 50 and GO tons has been finished at the Tramway battery, to a return of 340z. retorted gold.

HvrE Creek Machine —The crushing for the Pretty Nelly ig turning out much better than waa anticipated. l'2ooz. of hardsqueezed amalgam were on hand on Saturday night., and a return of ISdvvt. or loz. to the ton is looked for. The general cleaning up will take place to-morrow or the day after. A trial lot of six tons from the Prussian Claim, Gibraltar Hill, will then be put through, and a 10-tom lot from the Mount Vernon Claim. Arrangements have also been made to crush 40 tons for the Murphy Hill Claim.

Halcyon Machine. — The crushing of Star of Fermanagh quartz had to be suspended on Saturday on account of the bad roads, but the portion of the lot that went through the battery yielded 13dwt. the ton. Quartz from the Claremont Claim, Alabama Ureek, is now being treated, and looks very well indeed for a 3oz. -the-ton return.

Bull's Machine is crushing stone from the clairas Kerry, Band of Hope, and Town of Napier.

Twjexty-thied of June (late Tradesman's), Moanataiari Creek.— An excellent crushing ior this claim was finished to-day at the Tramway machine. Ten tons of stone were put through, which yielded 7Soz. 7d\vt. of retorted amalgam, nhich was melted at the Bank of New South Wales, and came out an ingot weighing 750z. 13dwt. 7gr, This is at the rate ot 7ioz. and a fraction per ton. The leader this good stone came from strikes out of Madman's Gully through the whole length of the claim (300 ft.), and is the same, I believe, that is in hand in the No Surrender.

Caledonian Company. — News of the amalgamation of the above claim with the Young American has been disseminated in Grahamstown to-day. The position of tha two pieces of ground has long suggested such a consummation. Together they constitute a magnificent property. [Owing to the lateness of the hour at which our correspondent's letter reached us, and the pressure of other important matters, we are only enabled to give merely the heada of it.— E».]