VICTORIA.

West Coast Times, Issue 573, 26 July 1867, Page 2

VICTORIA.

Datlesfobd, July 10. A crowded meeting was held on Tuesday night in the theatre, in connection with the lost children. No tidings of .them have yet been obtained. Footprints havo been discovered ncr Moorabool, sup. posed to be those of the children. A party with the black trackers went there to-day, A reward of L2OO is nowoffered for their .discovery, living or dead.

July U. The children's footprints noticed on Tuesday, near the Moorabool were examined by the blaqk trackers late yesterday afternoon. The party camped out all night, and intend following up the tracks to-day.

Belfast, July 12. At a meeting of the members of the Church of England, last night, a farewell address and a purse of seventy sovereigns were presented to the Bey. Mr Hutchinson, who sailed by the steamer to-day.

Melbofbnb, July 16. A collision took place to-day, in Hobson's Bay. The new screw steamer Luna, which arrived from America some time - ago, where she had Tjeen engaged as a blockade runner, was coming down the harbor from Geelong, and while rounding the pier at Williamstown ran into the. Taßmaman Steam Navigation Company's" steamer Black Swan, outward bound from Launceston. The force of the collision was so great that the Black Swan sank almost immediately, and time was barely allowed to save the crew and passengeTa. One of the passengers had his leg broken. The Luna's bows were smashed in two, and the pumps had to. be kept going to prevent her sinking while unloading at the wharf. It • has not been ascertained at present how the collision occurred, but an inquiry into tho accident is to take place immediately. The barque 'Atlantic, from Sydney to Melbourne, confirms the report of the Coorong, steamer, relative to sighting a vessel side up, off Cane Otway. Captain Kelly, of tho Atlantic, states that on Sunday last he sighted a vessel, about sixty feet long, drifting side up between King's Island and Cape Otway. He afterwards noticed a number of spars or logs floating about, but the weather was too dirty to ascertain any particulars.^ * MrCollini, the celebrated Irish ij&pmedian, has been engaged by Mr. Coppui to play at the Prince of Wales Theatre. He will leave for Sydney next yreek. Willis, tho fraudulent bank manager, at Tarnagulla, was charged at the Criminal Sessions of the Supreme Court today,'with embezzlement. He pleaded not guilty, and was remanded 'for sentence.

Messrs. G-reig and Murray sold' by auction at their rooms, Collins street, today, very large parcels of 'candles, groceries, Vinegrowers brandies, and OfHev's port wines, at fair prices. '^f^S^^July 17. Mendelssohn's "Athalie" was produced last night by the Melbourne Philhar- i monic Society, with great success. A middle-aged man, name unknown, hanged himself at the Crystal Tavern, Swanson street.

Encouraging accounts have been received from the Alexandra diggings. The new rush to Myers's Creek, near Sandhurst, is also stated to be turning out well.

The children lost at Daylesford have not yet been found.

A nugget, weighing fifty 'ounces, has been found a Taradde.

Willis, who pleaded guilty to stealing L2OOO, the property of the Colonial Bank, has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment, with hard labor.

Mr Syme, of the "Age" and Mr Hargraves, having been summoned to the bar • of the House, in connection with the scandal current respecting the claim of the latter, has caused considerable interest. The correspondence between Mr Verdon and Mr Parkes was laid before the Assembly to-day, and Mr M'Mahon has given notice to move, to-morrow, that the House declines to ratify any postal arrangements which do not provide for Melbourne being the torminus of the line via Suez.

The Great Britain (s.), with 450 passengers, including Mr Walter Montgomery, the tragedian, and the Hon. Mr O'Shanassy, arrived to-day from Liverpool, fifty-eight days out. - Mr O Shanassy, on landing, wa& -met and welcomed by a number of his political and personal friends. ... v _ Business very quiet. Safls*of coffee fit lOJd. Flour easier, sales at LI 2 ; maize, 3s 7d.

July 18. The Assembly havo appointed a Committee to inquire into the alleged bribery in relation te the claim of Mr Hargraves, and the Committoe met to-day, when Mr Symo and Mr Hargraves were examined. The proceedings are unfinished. The Opposition intend another attack on tho Ministry relative to the PostalConferonce, as Mr verdon's explanations were not considered satisfactory. Baker and Searle's trial is likely to last till Saturday. Business is quiet. There has been some speculative movement in whisky. 300 cases, chiefly Kirkliston having changed hands up to 9s 6d ; kerosene has been quitted at 2s 6d. There is nothing doing in breadstuffs. Messrs 3). Campbell and Co report a full supply of fat cattle ; prices are much lower. The sheep market is also fully supplied, and late rates are hardly maintained.

Aebived. — Alhambra (s.), from NewZealand.

During the night the barque Monarch, for Newcastle, ran on a- bank between the West and Cole's Channels. At noon she had about five fe*et of water in her hold. The steam-tug Eesolute has gone to Melbourne for men and pumps to endeavor to get her off.

July 19. The decision of the Board on the investigation of the collision between the Black Swan and Luna, steamers, has after two days' sitting, been given : they are of opinion that the collision was caused by Webb, the master of the latter vessel, and his certificate has been suspended for nine months. It is rumored that • L3OOO was sent to Melbourne from Ballarat for the purpose , of bribing members of Parliament, to vote in a particular way on the Royal

Commission's recommendations on mining reserves. Nicholls has been found guilty of the niurder of Brown at Collencuna, by driving a pick through his .body, and is sentenced to death. The trial of Searle and Ballan for the murder of Mr Burke has not yet concluded. Mr Aspinall has objected to the admission of Searle's confession as endence. "~ "^TneTasmanian papers say that it is expected that the submarine telegraph from Cane Schanck to Tamar Heads will be, laid by January next ; it is estimated the outlay will be LIOO.OOO. A fair business is doing ; there is a good demand for hops, 40 pockets Tasmanian sold at 2s 8d ; common to medium port sold at L 23 to L4O in bond; 700 cases JDKZ geneva, 10s; Hennessey's pale brandy, in bulk and case, at 25s 3d ; shipments of Renault's bale brandy, in bulk, at 5s 9d. The lumber per Lawrence Brown brought rates equal to last week. The cargo of Mauritius sugars ex Ben Nevis was sold at auction; 3530 bags were offered — good to fine brown, 30s 6d to 325 ; medium counters, 35s ; good to • fine counter, 355 ; finest, 365 ; yellow crystals, 34s to- 355 ; middling to good white, 37s 6d to 38s 6d. Shaw's creditors have resolved on a compulsory sequestration of the estate. There has oeen a meeting of the creditors of E. Herman, storekeeper, of Echuca : liabilities, L 10,20 0; assets, L 7300. There has been an assignment in favor of Mr Service and Messrs Lyall, Frazer, and Co.