MELBOURNE.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2031, 8 July 1875, Page 2

MELBOURNE.

July 2. \ A full Court sustained the conviction of defaulter O'Parrall, and confirmed'the sentence of nine years. Frank Stephen's life boat made a successful trial trip to QueensclifFe. The steamer St. Osyth arrived on Sunday after a passage of actual steaming under forty-three days~the fastest on record. "The actual,,time occupied was under forty-five days; She left-Plymouth' at midnight on the 12th May and wri,s twenty-seven hours at St. Vincent. She has 300 passengers and full cargo. Sir George Boweri is expected to arrive in Victoria on October 16th. The death of J. 0. Lambert tho actor is announced. . ■ . ; A tremendous flood in the Murray at Echuca; considerable damage done. The estate of Thomas Luke and Co^ shows liabilities at £36,000; the deficiency will probably be small. „ ; Fears are entertained for the safety of the ship Crown Prince which left London J in January last, and of which nothing has been heard. P The Land Bill passed its second reading without division. The creditors of McEwen's have agreed that the Bank be paid 6s in the pound on their claim, and that the estate be afterwards; wound up on behalf of other creditors. ; The barque Corrida, from Newcastle to Adelaide with coal, was wrecked at Swan Island. ' The crew .were saved. I All hope has been' abandoned of saving the Blencathra ashore at King's Island. The Bey. Charles Clark has been requested to lecture on behalf of the Tichr borne Claimant p.nd was promised the use of some fres'i documents, but he declined. ■ ' . •-..■■■'-{. BEISBANE. July 2. : McAlister, Premier, was seized with a fit of apoplexy at the beginning of the week, but is-recovering.,... ■ I The Legislative (Council has passed the the third reading of the Marriage with Deceased Wife's Sister Bill. -I Official reports from the Palmer goldfield are satisfactory.