ADDITIONAL SUMMARY. MELBOURNE, August 11th.

Otago Witness, Issue 1029, 19 August 1871, Page 14

ADDITIONAL SUMMARY. MELBOURNE, August 11th.

A solemn mass was held in St. Francis's Cathedral on Sunday last for the murdered Archbishop of Paris.

A luggage train ran off the line near Castlemaine. The driver was bruised, and the stoker had one of his arms broken.

A Literary Fund will probably be established.

Tookoy's stock fell to £17 10s, but has gone up again to £30 to £30 JOs.

News from Fiji reports that two planters, named Mclntosh and Steirs, have been murdered by the natives, and that a sailor has been killed by a Kanaka.

The Marquis of Normanby spoke in terms of eulogy of Melbourne and Ballarat as being largely beyond his anticipations.

An .agitation is going on in the provinces in favour of railways.

The merchants are petitioning Parliament to return to measurement duties.

Business generally is unsettled until the definite settlement of fiscal matters.

Sydney.

6000 ounces of gold have been received from Gulgong. 14,000 cases of preserved meats have been sent to London.

Captain Longmuir has been found guilty on two charges of kidnapping, and is remanded for sentence.

Sir James Martin informed the deputa= tion from the Chamber of Commerce that the Government were considering the ex° pediency of giving to Mr Hall the subsidy voted for a line of steamers to California.

At the wool sales, extreme prices were realised.

Adelaide.

The Intercolonial Free Trade Bill empowers the Governor to arrange with the other colonies for reciprocal free trade, terminable on one year's notice.

A lad, named Smith, son of the In» spector of the Bank of South Australia, was drowned yesterday by the upsetting of a boat.

The Marine Insurance Company are endeavouring to effect amalgamation with some other company.

Mr Gale's balloon ascent was a failure. His balloon b\irst by striking against a wall.