LATEST INTERCOLONIAL

Otago Witness, Issue 697, 8 April 1865, Page 9

LATEST INTERCOLONIAL

We extract the following further items of intelligence from our files by the Sus'innah Booth. Melbourne papers had been received in Sydney to tho 18th ult., two days later than the last advices received via Mobart Town. Our latest news direct from Melbourne is to the 15th, brought by the Hero. VICTOR I v. ( r iora tlie Argus, 18lh ?rirch.) An Artilleryman, on duty at the Governor's residence at Toorak, attempted to murder Mr Wight, a director of the Bank of Victoria The Artilleryman fired at him twice, and was following him and in the act ol - reloading, when his comrades arrested him. The man is supposed to be insane. The Attorney-Gjneral, the Crown Prosecutor, and Mr M'Donell, prosecuted in the cas. 1 a^aiust the stow-aways aboard the Shenandoah. Messrs Aipinall and Wrixon for the defence. The evidence was very amusing. It is expected the prisoners will be acquitted. Roberts, the famous billiard champion, is in Melbourne once more, on the eve of his departure by the next mail. lie has fairly goue the round of the colonies. A conference between the Houses of P.irli imeat, ou the subject of the Land Bill, took place on the evening of the 16th. It occupied between two and three hours, and resulted in the abandonment by the Legislative Council of all their important amendments in the measure, with the exception of that repealing the 47th (novel industries) section of the Laud Act of 186-2.

The body of a woman, named Anne Langshaw, who had been four days missing from her home on Young's Creek, was found in the bush, near the Rising Sun Hotel. A bottle half-filled with lum was discovered by her side, and she was drunk when hbt seen alive. A man, who gave his name as Patrick Maloney, surrendered himself at the North Geelong lock-up on Wednesday night, as a deserter from the 40th Regiment since the 17th September, 1856.