SYDNEY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 2050, 31 August 1868, Page 3

SYDNEY.

■■' : ..-.; ■: .-■ < ;--^ •■-;/•.. :'~ ■;,l.': : ' '■ ■' 64h Augusts -• A special train started this morning •with a select^ party of Ministers, andthjeir ;.'friends, to iaaugW-ate the latest extension |on the line of the Greai Southern 'Railway, . /which ; will now be opened to: ;Marulan. This extension brings the line ; witbin a few miles of the intended terminus at Goulbura. .The day has been observed as a public holiday at Gbulburn and the towns along the line. ; The celebrated ShorfcftorcTbuii Grand Prince, whioh. has been pu^ased by Mr; Dangear for L4OO, from. Mr.'&"H'lWgall, of Essendon, arrived; isaiely v by the . You Yangs from. Melbourne, and fosbeen

the admiration of the visitors Interested in grazing and agriculture. Intelligence hasbeen received from Port Denison of-the capture of two men snnMessrs Gzbbie and Bell, whose bodies were found in a horribly mnfßated condition at Conway. The police, on maW the discovery commenced to* follow «S the tracks of the murderers, and after several aays pursuit, came upon them at Byerwen, Black Jack Mountain' The troopers,were fired, oh by the mtriflereft ■" who were runaway South Sea Islander/ formerly employed on the station! and who had taken wijlh them firearms-and ammunition for their defence. The police " have the axe with which the horrible deed appears to have been perpetrated. It waa expected that some of the runaways would; not be taken alive. ' ' -\ir t &fck August. Mr Isaacs, the Solicitor-General, has so:far recovered from.his late illness that h& .. has resumed, the practice of his profession. ■ , Mr George Faircloth, formerly of the. ±sank of Australasia at Sydney and Maifraand, has been appointed. : by the Queensland Government as Police Magistrate at Gympie.. , y: . ; • u - ; .. : r, ~,.,,•, .7. ; • ~,.-- --\ Mr j£.ltW. : Smart has purchased thM. stations of Mr Enoch Cobcroft in: the • GUvydir district: ' :> :i; ■ : ;- " ■ ; ~. The Protestant Political >~ Association. h,eld-a meeting last night, at which 100 new members were enrolled! ' ' ' i His Excellfncy^he'Earrofßelniore and party*, arid Mr/Martin, Attorney-General * and Premier; landed immediately, pit 4he arrival of the steamer. 'There was, no demonstration by th"e cpublic.' ' : JNews have been received by the mail^ that Her Majesty the Queen has settled. : anmi 4y-o^Mo;up^-the-m6tlffi^ of !&■■" Tial, who seized the J assassin5 O'Farrell a|Clontarf. Mr ViaFs' mother lives at Ohasewater, in Cornwall— Age. , An Imperial despatch has been received by His Excellency the-Governor, replying t(> -% c l loyal -. addresses sent -: from" this r Cplor*y ; after the attempt on the life'of^i H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. It ' states, "I am to inform you that not only does the Queen'apprepia% in tha fullest manner the "expressions" of Tinbounded loyalty and attachment" to the Pnbyal family which' this' event called, forth from the inhabitants of New South Wales, but" :Her-'Majesty feels m a peculiar degree—on their behalf tKe indignation which" they have displayed that" iTOolpny^'^ affec- ~~ tipn to the-person-:o^pe r;S6vereiirnsliould be the scene of a traitorous attempt on the/ life of one, of Her Majesty's.sons. Her • Majesty is'desirbiis that her sentiments"on. this point shoujd.be made known to the people of New South Wales; and com*nfad§i yp.u^th'e .Governor) to'-takelat bricel /" tKe: most fitting and; efl^ctual means for*: - th^purpOSie.^ . "/':' ■'""/ ;;-;r^ 7;:; <' -;' '••;'- "r; ■■■-. |Mr" John Dicksbn," a:well-known store-' i keeper, was-.accidentally: killed attL& Mudgeerace&v '.':'■ ■''''■'■'■'■■': "'; :'; ■■'■■••.•-■ ' ;v-: $. charge^ of; \ jshooting at,Mr Gray, near Kaama-j Has broken down, and; they hava beenTdiscH&rged: ' ■"'; ■'■'" ; ":: ' ::. "■; ; •,■,..-;. ,-■ :'■■, '■:■:■.: , =• lOthAugust. :The Grpveminent'ar^' likely B m;ake the Opllectorship^of Customs a political office.At the: Criminal Session" tb-day^ the following cases were disposed of -—Hurst, the cashier, pleaded guilty io embezzling the .moneys of his employers, and was remanded for sentence/ * Thomas Gibsoa Anderson, surgeon, was convicted of stealing diamond rings, and; senten9gd to " three yearsfumprißoninent.. . : . ..^. - .Major Bia'ckall,' the new Governor of • - - Queensland, has gone, to governmenthouse v .and,Js at.present -a -guest- ofe- Hia Excellency the.Earl:of;Belmore. ;s-; The last month's gold yield shows & slight increase as, rcotopaTed-wiih the corresponding month of last.year. • The markets..;are^dulL-i Small sales o£ the best Adelaide flour, have been made at Ll9 to Ll94os i¥ ; ; l)e Jtoubais candles^ / lC^dV ". 3""^[ ':l*':''■?.';*,t!".','-.'"' '".'"•-.".. '." '"" I h _ The Japan has amvedjfrom San Fran- - cisco, with a cargo- : ©£■ 440 tons o£ flour. She has Californian paperffto the 10th of June, the same date;as the papers by'-tSe; Panama mail The marketsMwere lower. Superfine flour, .was--quoted-at s£doL- to> ; wheat at 2dol; /30c; ;to 2dol. 50c. ; Parley, 2dol. ;y ; pats r . 2dolr• 40crv.; Shipments of wheat to Austaraliai were likely^ to be made when tHe new. crop came into, market. ' .... ■:, .... ~•„•,...... -, ; .t J- jThe Liberator has cleared for London^- • with ajnll cargo^,ot prodjUce,- and 22,00* c aoverdgni^lArgusC,,'. '-..: ;, V;'•:.'.. : :.,. ;." rf j • •'*.: : 10th August. H.M.ST'Briskhas arrived from a cruise> amongst "the' 'Fiji ''Isiandi^ She'l)r,ing& •'dates from 0 valau to the 24th July. The correspondent of *the;& J£. Herald x speaking of : thentreatys signedtrAy ;S2ng; Thakombau, by which, he ceded certaint.. lands and gave certain privileges to the. -proposed Melbourne and Fiji Banking Company; representl that Messrs Brewer * and Evans, who went from Melbourne on. ibehalfvdf the..said T eompany,ufindmg the .:•• agreement ,or treaty rwas/illegal, -aruLiJ. could bei-upset,- now propose to, omit the ■ right^Tvhich-they previously ,eM*ned of . levying taxes. JTothing final :iias, .however, been done as;yet, and itfi&:thought probaMe the whole thing: wiUicollapse. T The Rev. Mr formerly o£ -Adelaide, has-met with a seri@«&accident. On. Wednesday last h'e,^wa^thrown.froni. his horse wljilst out: ■ rMingr^near. Guyong, when his thigh was fractured.^ The-action for- slander •^brought-by - Mr^ ■- -■_ CJ E. Horsley^againstrS.eaEt (|owper waa heard to : day, wiien_ihp.p^nt]^.was_npDL-^. v __ suited. __:■'- ;! _ '■\ Maize is very, active^ JChe price to-day^ , -is 2s 8d per bushel., , ~ ■: . • <, _ The .SanFraiiGi^ca:,.!Eim.es, ireporta thafe sincere renewal .off shipments to Aus-" 7 tralia this season^-nine vessels have?, icleared out for Ksw. Zealand and Australia, with breadsiufis. . [Mght of these have»ar*wed^*th© one>'npw^to^(»me" in^^ b\it previously advise,di. ibeing-ithe North. -Staa^-^^.T4---Ca]--'^^^.!^tneß'goes on to> - - ;say, "Others, -wilP douMtess follow, but Thei;cdolweaihe^^a^^^h9w^6f^ra^n for..six: s '. ; weeks ptevwms^o^^&ydeparture of ths=:" • J^an, had..bi|.envpf::immense: advantage to.:, . whicli:w,er.4^ expected io matuiei. ' |e£^,and spje^dlfc(ly^ r .: hu ._...'_ v .-.,.. :;J:" nspk^ts werij easier.* ; . ; .. - :- .-'..'.:■..■ llthAugnsfe^ ' , The Government has resolved to returnf" tlie^-Treason. Felony Bill, which was^pasaedi;, '■' by the Legislature and sent home for theQueen's assent. \ This step will probably r the. bill to lapse, as it was at the' ; suggestion, of the/ Imperial^/Gptemaiwi^•"that".the bi^ was -passed. 4-^6./, V.- ': ,' His Exijellency the Governor .has. receive^a, despatch^.fr.pmithe^B|iti.st.consul _ at Fijj v stating that King T|>akoiiTibau repudiates the treaty entered : Avitli Mi- ■- - Brewer'^on "behalf of;^the .Fijii'aoa W~h; v" .bourne. Banking and^ -Trajaing obmpanyy - on tha grounds that he..\ did iiot understand tb.e .meaning of; thp.document which. . ne; jigiie'd ■■m,■ present afe.' t]je. .^geita. pit ' bpar-i the'AlHon. v"; " :r; :-; '"• - : ■ it the aiimlal meeting of tjie Churclt ~ Spciety;,ihe,repoit read sLosred %1 *^-' c receipts ; during year at&Quntedrtp .-..ijip L" surnpiLlO^Q.' ' 7 "7 '''....'■."7.7X"^. c The s^iip X#. Joshua nar^wly^scapc^ n .-wfeplc o» e?it§ymg:! K§¥Sa#P§ vegterday^ f