LATEST MELBOURNE TELEGRAMS.
The following latest telngrams are published by the Otago Daily Times of the 24th inst. :—
The M'Culloeh Ministry resigned on the 12th, in consequence of Home despatches opposing- the Darling- Grant Act. Mr Fellows has been sent for. Parliament was opened by the Com-
mission on Friday, by the Chief Justice and Judge Barry. Sir Francis Murphy was elected speaker. The Assembly adjourned to the 14th. 1 Mr Fellows' has not yet formed a Ministry. He will have an interview wrh the Governor to-day, and submit a plan of administration. . Both Houses passed addresses expressing- deep sorrow and indignation at the ourra^e committed on the Duke. ; A large public meeting- passed an address. i
Meeting-s are being; held, and everywhere sympathy for the Prince, and honor at the outrage, are universally felt. March 16. Whelan, the murderer, was respited yesterday.
Special prayers were offered in all the churches for the Prince's recovery.
The general belief is that the Fenians, are • numerous here. A public demonstration is threatened on St Patrick's Day.
The Great Britain sailed yesterday
with a larg-e quantity of wool and 70,000 ozs of gold.
The Protestant Hall rioters are beingtried to-day.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume II, Issue 257, 28 March 1868, Page 2
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197LATEST MELBOURNE TELEGRAMS. Wanganui Herald, Volume II, Issue 257, 28 March 1868, Page 2
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