LATEST VICTORIAN TELEGRAMS.

Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 285, 30 June 1868, Page 2

LATEST VICTORIAN TELEGRAMS.

(From the Weekly Age, June 12.) QUEENSLAND. Eockhampton, 9th June. ' The grave of the man Griffin, who suffered the full penalty of the law on the 2nd inst., for the murder of troopers Cahill and Power, who were in charge of the Clermont escort, has been opened by some unfeeling person or persons and a gross outrage upon the dead committed. A horrible odor arising from the grave attracted the attention of the authorities, and on proceeding to the spot they found that the grave was open, the coffin uncovered, and the body of the man lying in it. It was then the authorities became aware of the cause of the opening of the grave. Griffin's head was missing, having been cut off and carried away. Close beside the grave were found pieces of skin and hair, a sheet and a knife. The trustees of the cemetery have convened a meeting to consider what steps they should take in the matter. It is suggested that the person who has the head is anxious to see, whether its formation will indicate, how a man so generally respected and liked, and who was generous to a fault, could have been guilty of such a vile deed.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Adelaide, sth June. The last quarter's revenue returns show a decrease in the receipts. ~, i The bazaar in aid of the Draper Memorial Church, which it is proposed to erect in memory of the Rev. Mr Draper, who was drowned when the London went down, was a great success. 6th June. Madame Anna Bishop gave a concert last night for the benefit of Mr Loder, the well-known conductor. The house was crowded. The Royal Agricultural Society have got up a petition, to be presented to Parliament, praying for an increase in the parliamentary grant to the society. At the Riverton Mill one of the boilers burst to-day, lulling a Mr Schmucker,.one of the proprietors of the mill, on the spot, and injuring two other men. Bth June. The Rev. Mr Dowling, Roman Catholic clergyman at Mount Gambler, is dead. Cape papers received by the mail state that war is £oing on between the Damaras and Narnaquas; and also that three fully equipped parties had set out for the new goldfields in the interior. 9th June. Indignation is felt here that the Imperial Government should propose to send out Mr Pope Hennessy as Governor of this colony. Mr Henuessy is a young Irish gentleman who, not many years ago, was called to the bar. He afterwards held a seat in the House of Commons, but was soon after appointed Governor of Labuan. A public meeting is spoken of to protest against the appointment being made.