LATEST NEWS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXI, Issue 2309, 13 January 1866, Page 6

LATEST NEWS.

THE CHAMPION RACK AT MELBOURNE I WON BY TARRAGON. CAPTURE OL' 1 DUNN THE BUSHRANGER, Wk are indebted to the courtesy of the purser of the Albion for our latest files from Melbourne. The Argus of the 3rd instant says : — " In the imp >rt markets business for the year opens out J briskly. Although it is generally anticipated that j nn increased trade must; be done when weave once beyond the influence of holiday-making, no ( si"ns of an improvement have as yet been pro-' seated. In the market for brcadstutl'a there has boon more animation, well on to 5,000 bushels of | Chilian wheat having changed bands, in parcels, , at 9s. 7icl., ancliU 9d. for export. No transac- j tions in Californian wheat have transpired. , Adelaide flour goes steadily into the hands of the J trade at :C2 L to £21 IDs. Chilian (lour brings £21, and trade sales of Californian arc made at I £22 to £22 10s. Maize is offering at ss. 4d., but | Bali* are trifling." The same journal of the 2nd inst. contains an account of the Melbourne Champion Meeting, the Derby of Victoria, which came ofl' on New Year's Day. Tho Champion Race was well contested. There had been originally 2S entries, re- j duced at last to eight actual starters. j The following is the Argus report of tho race : — THK CHAMPION BA.CE, A sweepstakes of 50 novs., half forfeit, with 1,500 sova. added. Three-year-olds, Vst. lib. ; four- | years, 9st. ; five-years, 9st. 91b. ; six-years and aged, 9st. 131b. ; marcs and geldings allowed 31b. Second horse to receive 100 sovs., and the third to save his stake. Three miles. Value of the stake, £2,450. Mr. W. Towns's b h Tarragon, aged (Higger--801)) ... ••• ••• ■■ ••• t1 j Mr. J". Tait's br h Volunteer, aged (Ash- ; worth) t 2 1 Mr. Blackwollns br li Panic, aged (Morrison) i Mr. C. C. Skav.itt's br g 0.K., G yrs., (Lang) I Mr. W. Field's br g Cadland, 4 yrs (Waldoek) j Mr W 0. Yuillo's br c Day and Martin, 3 yrs ' ' (A. Hill). | Mr. Hurtle Fisher's b f Lad;' Heron, 3 yrs (Green). Mr. .T. Tait's br f Clove, 3 yrs (carried 31b. over) ' (Chilltoy). Uetting.— s to 2 agsl Panic ;sto 2 agst Tarragon ; 4 to 1 agst Volunteer^; 7 to 1 ugsfc Lady j Heron j and 1.0 to 1 each against 0.K., Day and Martin, and Glove. The start took place at 10 minutes lo 3 o'clock. | Caillaml led off at a good pace for more than half of a milt, 0.K., running second, Day and Martin third, Clove fourth, Volunteer fifth, and Lady Heron sixth, Tarragon and Panic bringing up the roar. Mr. Dowling's horso did not get off well at the start. At the abattoirs, Clove took up the running, and Cacllantl gave way to Day and Martin" who went on second, with O.K. third, and presently Volunteer took fourth place. O.K. joined issue with Clove on coming into the straight in the first round, and the filly was scarcely leading past the Grand Stand, with Lady Heron for the next follower of the two in front ; but all the horses except Cadland were going well in the race, and with, winning chances. After passing round the river-eido turn, Day and Martin rushed to the front, and O.K. fell back into the third place. In the meantime, tho favorites had been gradually improving their position, and the leaders bean to come back to them, so that opposite the abattoirs', Tarragon reached them, upon which Dav and Martin retired, and left Lady Heron in company with the Sydney crack. Presently, Panic was 3ecn to go up, and Volunteer also followed suit. The English horse's eflbrt was, however, quite ineffectual to keep him on equal terras \yiUi the New Soufcli Wules horses, and from the ia;>L turn the race was left entiroly to Tarragon and Volunteer. The two made a splendid finish of the great race, as they came along alternately leading bv a- head, or running neck-and-neck together. " From the distance to the Avinning-post the struggle was sharp and close, and uncertain down to tlie very la3t stride. Two lengths from the judge's box, Volunteer's head was almost clear in front" but, with a moment to spare, Tarragon answered in the gamesfc manner to Higgcrson's v< last appoal," and made it a dead heat on tho n-jst. Panic was a bad third, Lady Heron fourth, and O.K. fifth. Time, 5 min. 47 seo. The deciding heafc was run after the lost race • of the day, and Tarragon was made the favorite

at the odds of 2to 1 and 5t02 on him. Volunteer led by half a length for » mile, wlieji Tarragon ran up alongside, and tho two raced together . within a neck of each other fov the greater purt 1 of the journey, the pace being first-rate all the : way. 'It was a close and most exciting race to the last turn, when Tarragon gradually crept away m advance, and, having established a lead of three leiK'His at the distance, galloped in the winner amidst great cheering. The time of the deciding heat was almost or quite as good as in the dead licafc, but in the hurry and bustle of leaving the crowded coin-so the ofiieial time was not ascertained. , __ -, .. , , The hurdle race was won by Mr. Raleigh a Fnrnhnm ; the New Year's Gift by Mr. Hurtle. Fisher's Smuggler; the Essenckm Stakes by I'ishhook, one of Fisherman's family, the property of tho «;\iuc "(Mit.lom.Mi ; the Grand National Sweepstake fell to Mr. Evan's Firctail ; and the Flying Handicap was won by Mr. Dowling s idly, Mary «Tanc. Svdncy telegrams of the Ist inst., which appear in the Arqm of the 2nd, announce tho capture, by Constable M'Halc, of the notorious bushranger Dunn. A desperate fight ensuwl. Dunn shot M'llalo through the t-iigh. Dunn was shot through the loins nnd shoulders. ! Another telegram of the 2nd inst. says :— " A man named M'Enroe, nephew of Archdeacon M'Enroc, has surrendered himself to the Yass police, and confessed having set lire to St. Mary's Cathedral, and attempted to burn down St. Patrick's on the same day. Inquiries made horc by the detective police prove the truth of his confession."