AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LIX, Issue 6869, 6 March 1883, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[PS* *»«» AMOOIAMOK/J (Per 1.8. Botomahan*, via the Bluff.) VICTORIA. Mvlwvuhb, Feb. *B. A young "mm* naH Ohwrlei M'lmodi baa been arrested 00 a charge of attempting to noison ft whole family at «t Arnaud, of which bwu eldest eon, by putting stryohnlne in a flour bag. It fortunately was discovered by its bitter taste on being cooked. It is eJkged that the prisoner i* on bed tern with Tii* of I<ord Charles Scott, captain of the Bacchante, the ship »n wMeh the Princes visited Australian* Mtießyan,of Bunbur/, cousin of Clarke.took place at Buner/a Wood, the Mat of Sir W. J. Clarke. £be feiUritiei wers charwterteed by great #cia<. At the bell ia tho evening tho eW« of Tiotoria were preieut, and alio the amateur members of the English Eleven. The trial of the tiro women, Elizabeth Taylor and Jeanne Moniehon, for unlawfally procuring abortion, was concluded by the lory beisg usable to agree. She prisoner* tUl the next sitting of the Court. The oa»e attracted a good deal of at* tention* at the practice is believed to be very frequent in Melbourne. Oreat interest has been taken is toe one of Moul t. Moore for assault. At the trial the

ttattstratee expressed a strong inoUnation to commit Mooreto prise*, but afoul, the plain* tiff, wpreeiiog his unwilH»|tiess to proceed to lueh strong measures, the Bench lined soouied 10 guineas and 10 guineas easts. On Sunday, Feb. 88, the Bev Charles Strong, Presbyterian, and Dean Bromby ex* changed pulpits, Dr Strong preaching in the Cathedral and Dr Bromby in the Scotch Charon. Before the eommsneement of the service ia the cathedral the Kev Mr Gregory, incumbent of All Saints, St Kilda, and Bev J. Warrington Bogers, Chancellor of the Diocese of Bellarat. read a protest from the ohanoel against any other pemon than an Episcopalian preaching in the Mthodrat. The subject is exoitbg muoh interest, and has provoked a long correspondence in the journals. NEW So"siif WALES. The visit of Mr Bedimond, M.E, has caused a good deal of excitement. He applied for the use of the Freemasons' Hsll, but the leading Masons protested and the hall was refused. He then offered Mr Towers, sub. lessee of tbe'GUioty Theatre, a considerable sum for the theatre, but Mr Baylets, original lessee, interposed, and forbade its use. Even* tuatly a meeting wan held in the Victoria Hall, which, contrary to expectation, went off without disturbance. The leading Irishmen of Sydney were conspicuous by their absence. Mr Bedmond denies the complicity of the Land League with the Irish outrages, but his explanation is generally regarded aa uasatis* factory. The skeleton of a man was found at the foot of Ketoomba Falls, Blue Mountains. Deceased mutti have jumped or fallen 1200 feet.

Dr Quinn, Roman Catholic Bishop, of Bathurst, was robbed of valuable articles of ecclesiastical furniture while staying at Sydney. The robber wae captured and the articles restored. Dr M'Kellar has drawn the attention of Government to supported rabies in dogs, and proposes to quarantine imported dogs, with a view to prevent the introduction of hydro* phobia.