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Intercolonial Telegrams!
[BY SUBMARINE CABLE].
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.]
VICTORIA.
MELBOURNE, MONDAY.
Rule nisi for dissolution of marriage
against Dr. Eakin, of Echuca, has been ob-
tained by his wife, Augusta Marguenite.
Abraham Simmonds, a commercial traveller
has obtained a decree nisi for divorce agaomst
his wife for immoral conduct with Ju
Rusden in Launceston.
A «pcoial mooting of the Councilof the 1|£
hournoCliambor of Oommorco washcld to-di
forllie purposo pf expressing sympathy w
the dook labourers on strike in Londos/ft
Press was excluded, but it was docij,
before taking uction that tho Loudon Chan
ber of Coinmoroe bIioiiIiI I» comitum
catcd , wipi. ' Tho following cable »i
lordered to bo sent :-" London Chambao
Commorce.- Molbourno Chuinbcr Comrie^
wish to show practical sympathy willi fe]
labourers if not injudicious. I'loasoreplj
On receipt of a cubic in roply, a speen
meeting of tho Council will ho called to tit
further action, , , ,r,\
About a. fortnight ago tho body of P4
J. Sherlock, civil engineer, was found in U,
bush at Ringwood In an advanced state t
decomposition, con trod with bushes, %
inquost, which waa only foinmlly opeiil
disclosed tho fact that deceased carno til!
death by violenco, and the other1 day |
came to light that a gun w hich deces*
owned when auiveying in' Biagw«!
had beou/ found at Beaufort. î\
detectives traced the gun, to Roi*,
Landell, Civil Engineer, of Victoria Pan^
East Melbourne, with whom Sherlock h
been boarding previous to his duapptt;
ance. Landell has stated that the gan k
been left behind by Sherlock in part pt
ment of rent, and that he, Landell. k
sold it to a gentleman ni Beaufort, Ti
detectives disci edited this, as it was «non
Sherlock had tho gun with bim at Ring*»,
when last seen alive. Landell, ia evidtw
at tho inquest, said Sherlock wu 1
straightened ciieumstancos, and very ii
pressed, and likely to commit «mai
The detectives discovered this «táleme
to be false, as they found Sherlotl
had £200 iii tho bunk. They also discoure
that Landell had oushod some of Sherlock)
choquas shortly after the letter's dlsf
pearance. ' As Landell could not »atuti»
torily ¡account for this, Detective CotuidoS
who has woiked up tho cuso, arrested ki
in his reaidonce to day, at the «aim tlnl
charging him with murder. At fintUil
dell denied all knowledge of the affair,U|l
eventually stated ho had shot Suerkckl
accidentally, nndi being too frigbtuam
! to confess to tho fact, covernl till
body with boughs an i left it Hi
has now made n> written Btattincnl li
theeffoct that lie und Sherlock were I«
%oying in connection wtth'a wator mppij
contract thoy intended tendering for Shit
lock had the gun with him, and sat ¿ni
on a log tired, handing the guu to k
(Landell), and whilo ho {Laiulell) was sbdi
ing the gun from across1 bia knees It«
ploded, the chai go cntoiing Sherlock i lu
and killing him on the sj>o| AttuejiM
mortem examination i f the body tho raed ti
evidence went to show that death rciultj
from a blow from a blunt instrument, u
not from a gunshot wound lliodotoctitt
subsequently found aiiiuli shot in the htxi
The arrest of Landell has caused gmi
excitement in tho city ¡
i A publio meet ug was hold at the fe
perance Hall to night for tho purple of«
pressing sympathy with theLondondocUoíi
on Btnko, and attracted an immense »ttctJ
ance, the holding capacity of tho Hall l«ic|
taxed to tho uttermost, and hundred« win
unable to gain admission 'J hua an ovcríoi
meeting hud to bo hold in tho independen!
Hall Mi Hancock, President of the Trida
Hall, presided nt the big meeting, and amoDgit
those present wiro many inmibeis of Perin
mont, also the Rovs Or ' Strong and Dr
Bevan The Chairman, in opening the ¡ro
ccodingg, said ho sympathised deeply mi
the suffering now bciug uidurod Vi* ttoon
fortunato men on strike in Loudon III
commoncausoof humanity w ouldprompt mj
man to do everything in his powci to asiul
the atukera' Up to tho present the Irada
Hull in Melbourne hud ruscil £400 in «1
of tho atukera unsolicited, and »monjil
those who hud donated woro David Sjt.i
and Co ,piopriotbrsof tlio^igrc, £100,also£j)
each from the Pionuer (Mr Gillios) and I
W Hodflon, and ¿20 from the Chief Justin.
Mr. W. E. Murphy of the Trades Hall
moved the first resolution-" That Ihn
I mooting doplorcs tho pmutions uoh heq
I suffered Vy London dock luliourcn and
o til ora in their efforts to secure increased
remuneration foi thuir lubours ' Mr John
Woods, M L A , aocoudid this, and Di
Malonoy, M L A , warmly supported It
{and tho resolution was carried by acclama
?ion '
Mr. ,W.'T. .Carter, M.L.A., inoved
." That this meeting views with indignation
the attitude assumed by tho London dock
'owners in resisting tho jiisi and modérait
demands of their employees'." Mr. Daw!
Gaunsonin a vigorous speech (Seconded tbl
resolution, which was oarriod unauimomlj,
aftor Mr. J. Munro, M.L.A., and often
.hod spoken toiit. '
,t Tho'Rev. .Du 'Strong then moieil,
" That all seotions of flio community Ue «
quested to contribute to tho lund to bed«
voted to tho mitigation of the ap¿alunj
suflcibigguow.bi.iiig ondurodihy these op-
pressed luboureis andthoirdi3feiicelcisw»ti
and children." Tins was «ocouded by Mr,
Langridge, M.L.A., tho Rov. Dr. JknM,
and Mr, Trenwith, M.L.A., and carried.
, The'Chairman announced that the eollec
Uon of cash in tho room amounted to over
£7ö, and that with tho amounts promised io
tho room, and subscriptions which had been
received previously made a total of £1,6«
In tho overflow mooting similar resolutioti
to tho forogoing were passod, and about £w
was collected with moro to como.
The Chamber of Manufactures held a
meeting to-night, when great sympathy was
expressed with the London dockmen. As
there were no funds of the Chamber available
to assisi the strikers a collection was
made amongst individual members, £50
subscribed towarda the Strike Fund. The
following donations by the trades .©cletta
in Melbourne havo been given/'in aid ol'T
fund :-Seamen'»- Union, £600 (oí *b»
.£300 is to be cabled - at onot)'.
Operative Bricklayer», Operativo MaW».
and Tailors Trade Protection Society,
£100 each ; United Furniture Trsdet So-
ciety, £60; glass bottle makers of ?«*
Melbourne, £26. Numerous other «obleW
are husy collecting subscription«. *T
leaders of the Salvation Army have cabled
Home £100 to the fund, the money bel«
taken from the profit» arising from the «*»i
of War Cries. Sympathy with the dooktna
is universal, and, from present appearances,
thore will bo no lack of tontribution« from
all classes in this colony.
Sailed.-Flinders, s.S., foi Launceston
Passengers-Saloon :-Di. Champ, Mr. »ni
Mis. McDonald, Mr. and Mis. W. Be"«"1'
Misses Sohweek, ßtainbrough, , Whiting.
Woods ; Messrs. E. Deal,^ Carrick, W. ».
Farrer, E. T. Cross, Noonan, ' A. W. **8*'
Fraser, J. H. Jordan, 'j.. Boag, Allen, ?>.
Joy.'R. Castley, aWZs to the stoerage. j <
itymnieroiall-W,héát; firm. 6s, M.| &»>*
unchanged'; oàte>Wld. for NewZealW*

exports wheat, burley,, Victorian t malting,
to Bs. »d'. ¡'English, feed, to 4s.; prime Cap«,
3s. 10d.j peas'flfmi'fis: mr prime fecd¿

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