LATEST INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume VI, Issue 416, 12 September 1868, Page 3

LATEST INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

Melbourne, August 28. The Assembly has granted LI2OO to the family of the late Mr Peter Snodgrass. The Assembly refused to appoint a joint Committee to alter and amend the Constitution. Proceedings have been instituted against Hugh Peek's lottery of freehold property. James Henry Kemis has been committed for trial f'*r bigamy. A Committee has been appointed to into the accusation against the Hon. C. E. Jones, Minister of Railways. There have been rich finds of gold at Whipstick, near Sandhurst. A writ has been issued for the election of a member for East Bourke, in the place of Mr James Balfour. Waurnambool, August 26. The Dart, brigantine, which came ashore here last week, and was sold on behalf of the insurers, was got off safely to-day, and is now anchored at her moorings. The brig is quite sound, having sustained no damage beyond the loss of her rudder. She is not leaking. Sydney, August 25. The lion. Henry Parkes, Colonial Secretary, addressed a very large meeting of his constituents at Kiama last night. He was received with great enthusiasm, and spoke at great length. In the course of his remarks he said that the Government was possessed of satisfactory evidence, to ! the effect that the attempted murder of the Duke of Edinburgh, which was attempted at Clontarf, by the would-be assassain O'Farrell, had been deliberately planned by a band of ruffians ; and, more than this, that the fidelity of one person, who was in the secret, and pledged to assist in carrying out the foxil deed, being suspected, lie was murdered by another of the gang. His (Mr Parkes) own life had also been threatened, in consequence of the action he had taken in the matter. Whilst touching more closely upon political matters, Mr Parkes promised that the Government would shortly introduce an amended Land Bill, which would be framed on most liberal principles. At the conclusion of the meeting a vote of thanks to Mr Parkes was passed almost unanimously. August 26. The lion. Mr Parkes affirms that the statement which he made the night before last at Kiama with regard to the plot which was laid for the assassination of H. R. Highness the Duke of Edinburgh can be verified by affidavits ; and that when Parliament meets he will lay these on the table of both Houses, and will cause them to be published.

A writer in the S. M. Herald writes thus forcibly on the subject of the evil of great cities : — "There must be many (he says) who must endeavour to live by their needle, and few too, I think, will deny that from these the numbers of the unfortunates are largely recruited. Will any one say that a woman can live on 2s. a day ? and 2s. is what is paid by shirtmakers for hand-made shirts — a shirt a day, as they will have them made, is a heavy day's work. Can any one live on Is. a day ! and Is. a day is being paid for day work, from Bto 8. Can any one say that any young woman can live on 7s. week ] And I know a milliner in Sydney where that price is paid to those who understand the trade. Here, Sir, we have a cause far more potent than novels or plays — and here we can all help. If men will spend less on the theatres, amusement, and drink, they may have the means of paying a price for their shirts, which will enable their fellow-beings to live respectably. If ladies will be content with a little less finery, that they may afford their fellow- worn en such a price for making it, so that they can sustain themselves honestly and respectably by the labour of their hands, we should soon have less need for Female Refuges."

A Scotchman, forty-three years of age, named George Brooks, accompanied by an Irishman, both being moulders by occupation, went into the Lamb Vaults, in Chapel street, Salford, and asked for a quart of beer. Mr Jones, the landlord, having apparently seen his customers before, supplied the order, and afterwards went out on some business, leaving them to consume the beer at leisure. During his absence^ which was not very long, there being no one paying particular attention to the business, Brooks and his companion helped themselves to a quantity of Irish whisky from a cask on the opposite side of the counter. It is said that each drank from a quart and a-half to two quarts. When Mr Jones returned, he found his customers rather jolly. Brooks, however, immediately afterwards became ill, and got worse so rapidly that it was thought necessary to take him to the Dis- ; pensary. He was conveyed there on a stretcher, but died immediately after being admitted. An inquest was held on the body, at the Angel Inn, Bank Parade, when a verdict of "died from the excessive drinking of raw whisky was returned. Whether or not the Irishman did not drink so much as was rumoured, he was able to go away, and is now wanted by the police on a charge of stealing the whisky. — Manchester Examiner.