SYDNEY.

Timaru Herald, Volume VII, Issue 247, 9 October 1867, Page 3

SYDNEY.

September 14. Green is matched to pull Hickey on the 26th of October. . Madame Celeste had an immense benefit last night. The Governor and Lady Young were present. Murphy's case is undecided. Mr Dalley, for the defence, spoke over two hours. The Crown Solicitor spoke five hours. Eighteen sires, including Stockowner and Maribyrning, have entered for the Produce Stakes of 1871. j September 16. . Murphy has been sentenced to death. The jury were five hours deliberating. Sentence was passed after midnight on Saturday. Bertrand's sentence is to be commuted. The Governer sails for England by the November mail steamer. The order of St. Gregory has been conferred by the archbishop on the Spanish consul. Ex-Mayor Smith proceeds to Melbourne to-morrow, to arrange for an aboriginal cricket-match during the Prince's visit. . Mr Anderson's Coriolanus has been generally pronounced a brilliant success. The Jinden murder case is likely to be finished to-morrow. • The Mutual Improvement Society's Union was inaugurated last night. Mr Parkes presided. Messrs Graham and Badham delivered addresses. The -Assembly is debating- a, motion censuring the conduct of the Government towards Mr Moore, Commissioner at Paris, m connection with the Exhibition.

September 18. Government intends to' introduce & Municipalities Bill m a fortnight. Griflin has been sentenced to death for the Jinden murders.

Murphy's conviction is likely to be quashed, owing to mis-trial. The floods m the Murrumbidgee district are subsiding. Vanderdecken won the Wollongong maiden plate. The Queensland Parliament reassembled yesterday. September 21. Hickey goes by the November Panama mau to pull for the championship of Engand. The Barb, Fireworks, Falcon, Warwick, and Glencoe left to-day by the City of Adelaide, for Melbouvne. Nicholls, sentenced to death for the murder at Deniliquin, has been reprieved. A commutation of his sentence is probable. The Government has appointed a commission to inquire into the Sydney water supply. September 23. At the practice for the Intercolonial Match on Saturday, Lynch made 39 at the 900 yards range m ten shots. The Singleton mail was robbed on Saturday, near Lennon's Bridge, by armed bushrangers. , A deputationfrom the various steam companies waited on the Government to-day respecting the Prince's arrival. Capt. Dixson was appointed commodore of the flotilla, and Captain Trouton,Ticecommodore. The flotilla will meet the Galatea off Botany Bay. James Reynolds, son of the shipbuilder of that name, was drowned m the harbor yesterday. September 24-. A destructive fire occurred last night. Goulstone, the clothier's and Ways, the milliner's, adjoining Farmer and Painter's premises, m Pitt-street, were destroyed. Heavy rain and a calm atmosphere alone saved the Victorian Theatre and the adjacent buildings. The loss will amount to about £7000. The full court has granted a new trial m Murphy's case, on the grounds that the jury were improperly allowed to read the newspaper reports during the progress of the trial. In the Assembly, Mr Garrett has moved the repeal *of the Newspaper Postage Act. September 25. The sentence passed on Griffin has been commuted to imprisonment for life. The Assembly negatived the motion to repeal the Newspaper Postage Bill b} r a majority of six. There has been little business doing. The gale is still, blowing. The small coaster Mary Ann foundered off the Heads this afternoon. One man was drowned. An inquest is to be held as to the Pitt-street fire. In the Assembly to-day, the Treasurer acknowledged an error .of over £280,000 m his starement of the amount realised for the debentures. Fiji advices report that the Rev. Mr Baker Wesley an missionary at Novora, and a catechist and his students, have been murdered by a tribe of cannibals. Prompt measures were taken by the king to punish the murderers. Mrs Baker and family arrived to-day.