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NEW INSOLVENTS.
Louis Vince, of Ballarat, cigar manufacturer.
Liabilities, £200 16s. 8d. ; assets, £56 7s. 6d.
John Brewer, of South Yarra, bootmaker.
Liabilities, 138 6s. 6d. ; assets, £5.
Angus M'Intosh, of Lake Leaghur station,
near Kerang, boundary rider. Liabilities, £76
7s. 8d. ; assets, £7.
Samuel Leigh, Drummond street, Carlton,
journeyman blacksmith. Liabilities, £60 10s. ;
assets. £4.
Henry Colin, Melbourne, hotelkeeper. Lia
bilities, £4416 16s. 9d. ; assets, £2562 10s.
THE Alliambra, s.s., arrived yesterday from
Fiji via Newcastle. A few well-known citizens,
including Messrs. R. C. Bagot and J. A. Pantou,
have returned by her. <
THE aboriginals predict a second great flood,
but it is to be hoped that our sable brethren
have not the gift of prophecy.
THE members of the central and suburban
lodges of the I.A.C.B.S. are requested to meet
at St. Francis' Church to-morrow (Sunday)
morning preparatory to taking part in the ceremony
of solemnly opening St. Augustine's
Church, Bourke street west..
INFORMATION has been lodged at the Russell
street Police Barracks that a boy aged thirteen,
and named Michael Heffernan, was sent on a message
on Thursday morning by his mother, residing
at No. 1 Rodney-place, off Pelliam street,
Carlton, and has not returned. He had on
black tweed trousers with patched knees, blue
vest, and drab wide-awake. The anxiety of his
friends is increased from the fact that he bears
a very good character, and has never been
known to say away from home before.
JOSEPH HOPE, alias Jones, was charged at
the City Police Court on Thursday with being
concerned in a burglary committed at the shop
of Mr. Bernard King, tailor, Collins street, on
the night of June 10th. The prisoner made no
defence, and was committed for trial.
THE match arranged for to-day between the
Albert Park and Melbourne Clubs is off in consequence
of the Parkites being unable to play.
The Carlton and Melbourne clubs meet.
THE sittings of the Criminal Sessions for Sep
tember were brought to a close on Thursday*
when the last case on the list was disposed of -
James Montgomery waa accused of having committed
perjury at Kyneton on the 9th inst
The accused was defended by Mr. Aspinall and
Mr. Byrne. The jury, after a retirement of
about half an hour, returned into court with a
verdict of acquittal, and the accused was discharged.
On the application of Mr. Aspinall,
there being no opposition on the part of the
Crown, Jabez James, charged with rape, was
released from custody, there not being a sufficient
case against him. ' The Court then adjourned
sine die.
THE Ballarat Evening Mail gives the following
particulars, received by telegram, of a shocking
murder at Bairnsdale :—" A frightful murder
was committed on Friday, the 16th inst.,
and has caused considerable excitement in the
locality. The scene was the junction of the.
Good-luck Creek and Crooked River, and the
victim a miner named Charles Deptford, who
was killed, in what manner is . not known, 1 by
another miner named James Secris, who 1 has
only lately been discharged from a lunatic asylum.
The cause of the terrible crime is not
-known, but the murderer diabolically disfigured
the corpse of the victim, as is presumed, for the
purpose of destroying all means of identification.
He cut off the head, stripped the body naked,
and burned it, .and "then endeavonrned to burn
the head. , ,The madman then, set fire to the
victim's, hut. It is stated that Deptford leaves
a wife and family unprovided for'm Adelaide.
Secris is in custody, and there can be but little"
doubt of his insanity."
IN the Probate and Ecclesiastical jurisdiction',
of' the County Gdhrt - oil Thursday, probate : of :
the -will of James Smith, formerly of Melbourne,
and latterly of 13 Cavendish-place, Bath, England,
was granted to J. B. Watson. Letters of
administration of the goods of the late Samuel
WardeH, of Little Bourke-strcet, chimney-sweep,
were granted to Frances Glaister ; and a rule to
administer the freehold property of William
Sharp, of Tullamarine, yeoman, was granted to
Harriet Sharp, who also obtained letters of administration
of the goods of the same deceased
person.
THE third lecture of the course arranged some
time ago to be given in connection with the
Technological Museum was delivered on Thursday
evening by ProfessorHalford, on "The Circulation
of the Blood." Sir Redmond Barry
occupied the chair, and the theatre of the institute
was crowded.
A DEPUTATION from the borough councils of
Sandridge and Williamstown, introduced by Mr.
Mason, M.P., on Thursday had an interview with
the Minister of Public Works in reference to the
completion of the abutments of the military
road at the mouth of the Yarra. After some
conversation the Commissioner promised that
if the Sandridge Council would pledge themselves
to go on with the approaches and construct
the connecting road as soon as the abutment
on their side was finished, a sum of money
for the completion of the abutment should be
placed on the Estimates for the present year.
A CONFERENCE was held on Thursday at the
late Hummums Hotel, at which delegates from
the various fire brigades in the colony were present.
Their principal object was to press upon
the Government their claims to be exempt from
serving on juries and in the militia, to secure
free passes on the Government lines of railway, i
and grants of land after a certain period of ser- I
vice. With one exception, resolutions in support
of this movement were adopted. With one 1
accord the resolution claiming exemption from
militia service was rejected.
THE Vice-President of the Board of Land and
Works announced at the Land Office on Tliurs- I
day, that the lowest tender for the whole of j
the works in connection with the construction
of a jetty at Cowes was that of Messrs. Turnbulland
Carter for £1,253.
THE Police Gazette calls for information which ]
will lead to the apprehension and conviction
of the person or persons who on the 15th
inst., between 330 and 5.16 p.m., introduced
fire into a letter-pillar at the corner of Latrobe
street and Russell street, Melbourne, by which
about* thirty letters were wholly or partially
SOME time back, it will be remembered, a disturbance
took place on a Sunday afternoon, at
Kelly's Hotel, Flinders-street. The landlord
had served four men with drinks, but, having
the fear of the law before, him, he declined to
serve them again, and they then created a most
disgraceful disturbance. Three of them were
arrested at the time and were severely dealt
with, but the fourth escaped. On Wednesday
Detective Brown, succeeded in arresting this
man, whose name is Thomas Loftus, and he
was on Thursday fined £5, or in default two
months, for his share in the assault on the
police.
WE regret to learn that intimation has been
conveyed to several of the members of the late
Emerald Hill Corps that their offers of service
have been rejected. It is a suspicious thing to
find that the men so insulted are non-commissioned
officers and others who had the confidence
of the men, and had been elected by
them to represent their case at the late inquiry.
It is difficult to predict what the end of this
will be.
THE Health Committee of the City Council
are taking active measures to carry out the recommendations
of the Noxious Trades Commission
for the sweetening of the City Abattoirs. It
is proposed that the occupiers of allotments of
land upon the abattoirs reserve for boilingdown
or other purposes shall at once provide
sufficient drainage, and construct pools for its
reception and deodorisation. The lane inside
the north boundary-wall is to be pitched, and
deodorising tanks are to be constructed in the
outlet drains with a carbolic acid drip to each.
As some occupiers of allotments of land upon
the abattoirs reserve are in arrear of rent, it is
recommended that the permission to occupy be
withdrawn, and the materials thereon be disposed
of in manner provided by such undertaking.
THOMAS HENRY TIEENEY, a contractor-from
Ballarat, arrested by Dtective Lomax on a
charge of obtaining money by means of false
pretences from Mr. Byrne, of the Railway hotel,
was brought up at the City Court on Thursday
and remanded for seven days.
A PLAN has been prepared for the erection of
baths on the bank of the river Yarra, eastward
of Prince's Bridge. The estimated cost is
£l,50o, which will be defrayed by the City
Council.
AT the last meeting of the Castlemaine Agricultural
Society it was finally decided that the
autumn show should take place on Wednesday,
9th November. A schedule of prizes, amounting
to £'300, will be submitted for competition
in the various classes of exhibits.
THEStar notes the following matters chronological
:—"This is a.week commemorating one
local and two colonial events. On the 19th was
the anniversary of tha burial of Wills, the explorer,
in the Australian desert in 1861. On the
21st was the anniversary of the discovery of his
chiefs dead body in the same inhospitable region.
King was discovered on the 15th September.
On the 24th will be the anniversary
of the great fire in the Main road, Ballarat, in
1859, when both-sides of the street were, destroyed;
and on the south side, for a considerable
idistance." .
MB, JUSTICE MOLESWORTH on Thursday ordered
an insolvent namedLazarns Berlowitz,
who bad been reportod for punishment by, £he
Chief Commissioner for fraudulent' insolvency,
to be imprisoned for a period of eleven moiitns.'
Mr, Lawes appeared lor the official assignee. A
rule -was granted for the compulsory ueauestration
of the estate of Roberl Russet Lanoale, on'
the motion of Mr. Lawes.
A NEW lodge of the Irish-Australian Catholic
Benefit Society, to be known as St. Marv's, No.
18, was opcuel .it Williamstown oa the"eveniii'»
of the Sth iust. The resilient pastor, the Re\£
J. J. McGillicuddy, was present, and urged
the advantages to be derived from such a society.
As the report of the meeting was not
sent in till yesterday we are unable to publish
it.
SOME little time since, a number of gentlemen
formed themselves into a society with the object
of encouraging the breeding and importation of
the best strains of canaries and British songbirds.
A meeting was convened for Thursday
eveuiug to adopt a code of rules ; but the attendance
being limited, in consequence of the
inclement weather, it was deemed advisable to
postpone the consideration of the rules, and
the meeting adjourned until next Wednesday
evening.
THERE seems to be no chance of the arrest of
Farrell, the absconding accountant of the National
Bank at Geelong. It has been discovered
that, after his suspension, he went to Melbourne
on the next Saturday, and on the following
Monday he, with his wife and child, sailed
for New Zealand in the Rangitoto. It is therefore
surmised, and probably correctly, that ere
tliis be has again shipped for San Francisco.
THE Oedomj Advertiser says :—" The news of
the rise in the price of wheat, wool, and other
produce reported by the mail just to hand has
been received with satisfaction. Shippers of
wheat would now have a good chance by availing
themselves of the first clippers for London,
as it appears to be more than probable that the
prices of grain must remain hiyh for months to
come. The exact character of the harvest, both
at home and in California, must have been
known when the mail left San Francisco."
THAT unfortunate Schaffer, the German
traveller, who made himself so notorious among
the Maoiies a short tiiue ago, was on Thursday
admitted to the Benevolent Asylum, as he is
helpless, and suffering from chronic rheumatism.
• \VE understand that at the civic elections
which are to take place on the 1st November,
in the several wards |of the city, Councillor A.
K. Smith is to be opposed by Mr. Ford, chemist,
of Swanston street, as a test of the opinions of
the ratepayers of the conduct of their present
representative iu throwing open Carlton Gardens.
Mr. Ford is nominated in the interests
of those who are averse 'to the action taken by
the late Minister of Lands. Mr. Oldfield retires
from the council on account of pressure
of business. Nothing is positively known respecting
other vacancies, except that the majority
of the retiring councillors will offer themselves
for re-election. The choice of mayor
appears to be confined to Councillor M'Pherson,
who is next in rotation. No opposition to the
retiring aldermen is spoken of, and to one of
them at least, opposition would be fruitless.
Alderman O'Grady's seat should be, and is, we
believe, secure.
A NUMBER of the publicans of Williamstown
have held a meeting for the purpose of organising
a branch of the Licensed Victuallers*
Society there. The Publicans' Bill was discussed,
and the meetina wished a clause introduced
which would enable them to supply excursionists
from the city with refreshments on
Sunday afternoons. It was ultimately resolved
to adjourn the meeting till Tuesday next. Mr,
Fowler occupied the chair.
THE Melbourne Hounds met on Thursday
afternoon at the kennels, when a fallow deer
was turned out. About sixty persons, amongst
whom were three ladies, joined in the chase.
The deer headed towards Keilor, and was cap«
tured alive about eight miles from that placp g
and about nineteen miles from Melbourne,
About ten of the field were up at the fhiisb.
Only one spill occurred, but the gentleman who
came to grief, despite sundry cuts and bruises,
was soon mounted and away again.
THE premises of Mrs. Walshe, Star of the
East Hotel, Lonsdale street, were entered before
daylight on the 17th inst., and £3 15s. and
a half-pint measure engraved " Walshe," with
the address, stolen therefrom.
FREDERICK CHARLES COPE, late clerk of the
court, &c., at Heathcote, was brought up at the
Criminal Sessions on Thursday, and tried for
having, while performing the duties of his office,
embezzled a sum of £65 lis. belonging to
the Government. The jury seemed to be of
opinion that the accused had not fraudulently
converted to his own use the money found to
be deficient, and the irregularities in his accounts
arose from his having more work thrust
upon him than he could be reasonably expected
to perform, and they acquitted hi™,
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