NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA

Otago Daily Times, Issue 2051, 1 September 1868, Page 3

NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA

(From Telegrams in Sydney and Melbourne Papers.) SrDNEIT. T , ' .':, 11th August, lntormation has been received by the mail that m London several thousands of pounds have been subscribed for the Alfred Memorial-Hospital. . Parliament ha 3 been further prorogued to 15th September, and will probably meet for the despatch, of business towards fche end of the same month. 12th August Major Blaokall left by the steamer today for Brisbane. The Government intend enforcing the provisions of the Treason Felony Act, pending the, action of the Imperial Government thereon.— -Argus. 13th August;. An old woman named Ellen MTDougall was accidentally burned to death a day or two ago at Singleton; It was a shocking termination of a miserable career. This woman was sent out to the colony many years ago, having been the paramour of the notorious Burke, the murderer, at Edinburgh, and was supposed to be cognisant of the series of atrocious murders committed by him, in conjunction with Hare, and for "which. Burke suffered death. — Age. 14th August. A valuable addition to the mineral wealth of the Colony is likely to be soon made. Large quantities of red oxide of mercury have been discovered near Cudgegong, and application has been made to the Government for a grant of land, or to let it on a mining lease. At the Anglican Church meeting last night (His Excellency in the chair) it was resolved to clear the debt off the cathedral before it was consecrated. A .collection was made before the termination of the proceedings, and. the handsome sum of L3OO was contributed. " ; ; White, lately schoolmaster of -the Reformatory ship "Vernon, has been convicted of forgery, and sentenced to imprisonment for four years. Hurst, for embezzlement, has received a" sentence of six years' imprisonment. ' The silk robbery case is unfinished. : . Mr Williams. has been the successful tenderer for section 7 of the Western Railway, at a sum,- of L 203,000. Mr Farrell got section 8, at L 127,000. The Gazette notifies the extensipn of the prohibition against.Victorian sheep entering the Colony. • Sailed—Dandenong, for Melbourne, full of passengers, returning diggers.— Argus. - . j -, . The Government intends closing the oyster fisheries, both at the Hunter and CJarance rivers, for a term of three years^ This step has become -necessary in-ceii--sequence of the great drain on. these fisheries during the past few years. ' 17th August. At the Criminal Sessions, shortly before midnight on Saturday,, the jury oh the' silk robbery case brought in a verdict of acquittal in favor of the prisoner, Ingram.,. The other prisoners, Archbold, Liddy, and Jones, were found guilty, and each sentenced to three years' imprisonment, with hard labor. Mr Fairfax has commenced an action ngainst Mr Lee, broker, for defamation of character. • ', ■ -. ■','■ '■'.'.'.-. ' ■'■" ' Business is rather depressed, and quotations a shade lower.— Argus. ■----■■ -- 21st August. - . Messrs R, F. Stubbs and Co. sold by auction yesterday afternoon large parcels of Adelaide flour, .slightly damaged, at Ll7 10s net cash. The same firm to-day offered by auction, under instructions from Messrs R. Towns and Co., the importers, the entire cargoes of flour, ex Japan and M!exicana, and sold a large portion at LIT net cash; ' •■:■■ The weather was very stormy at Newcastle yesterday, and some, of the ship* in the harbour were slightly damaged; but during the night the severity of the wind subsided, and to-day it has been fine., ;. .. •- ••■ ,".--., . r .; : ■;-•;.--■ ;

The Hon. George Henry Cox, M.L:C, a squatter in the Mulgoa district, is dead. He was a manniuchrespeoted byi.a large circle. ■

• The Synod of the English Church has closed Its sittings.— rAg&. .