AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 224, 24 February 1874, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(Perfhcebe.) • : • The, cricket match between the All-Eng-land Eloveri and the Combined Fifteen isnot concluded. ' The first innings of the All-Eng-land was finished for 170-runs... The-chief scores were-,M < [ntyre, 65; G.F. Grace; 26; Greenwood, 28 ; Jnpp, 24. The .Combined team made 98 in their first innings." B. B, Cooper -was the chief scorer, with : 18."- In tlie second innings,—W. G. Grace,; hot out,. 56.; Greenwood, 20; Jupp, .12. Three wickets down for 91 runs. The' English Eleven won the match against Bathurst easily^. Mr Stephenson, the editor of the Wagga Wagga Advertiser, has been horsewhipped by a gentleman named VVill'an, a solicitor, for a scurrilous article which appeared in the above journal. The floods of New South Wales are subsiding.; but they have occasioned immense damage to the crops, and also in live stock.' The news from northwards of Brisbane shows immense losses by the late hurricane. Andrew Hume, who was despatched by the Sydney Government in 1872 to search for traces of Leichardt, .and to recover relics of the expedition, has arrived at Brisbane by the steamer Boomerang. He reports that ho found Clapan, Leichardt's second in command, with the blacks at the head waters of. Stewart's Creek. Clapan was getting very decrepid, and anxious to return to civilised' life, but was prevented by the:blacks. Clapan wrote an account of the failure of the Leichardt expedition. It -appears that Leichardt's party, altera struggle with the leader, left him, when pushing oh to the north-west coast.- Clapan at the time was searching for water, and,when he returned he found. Leichart insensible,' and the' camp brokeil up. The-horses and most of the equipments were carried off by the men; Leichardt died five days after meeting Clapan, who can point out where Leichardt's remains are. The blacks Say that Leichardt's men made for the settled districts in South Australia, but were killed, on the way by the Natives, flumo has in his possession Leichardt's quadrant, a watch, and about seventy-five pages of Leichardt's records. .. ■ Todd, the Union Bank defaulter at Melbourne, and his paramor". have been convicted of embezzlement, and the former sentenced to four years' imprisonment. A jury have-returned a verdict, and £lO damages, against Archdeacon Slattery, of Geelong, for assault.

(PerOlago.) Governor Bowen, after an absence of more than a week, has returned to town, having explored the Gippsland district, in company with the Minister of Lands. Bishop Perry proceeds to England by the next mail, and intends to resign the ■Episcopate. The Church Assembly has constituted the Colony a Province, and raised the Bishop's stipend to £2OOO a year. Terrible murders have occurred near Avo'ca. A boot and shoemaker, named..Porter, cut. the throat of three of his children, and afterwards hung himself to a rafter in the house. : Owing to the riots in Launceston, Governor Du Cane will probably postpone visiting New .Zealand. The late W. J. T. Clarke's will has been proved ; the Victorian properties are valued' at over a million and a half. Joseph Clarke has been left the New Zealand properties. Armstrong, the paramor of Todd, the Union Bank teller, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for receiving. Mr John Hunter Kerr, an old Victorian, colonist,, is dead. Mr Tait's M'Callum Mohr won the Geelong gold cup, after a splendid race. The steamer Great Britain took. to England over GOO passengers. Mr Hume reports seeing fifteen camels near the telegraph line five months ago. He supposes they belonged to Major WarburtOn's party. He believes the latter to be lost. The Tasmanian Government is arranging to quell the Launceston riots. The mob' perambulated the town, and broke windows and fences. Special constables have beensworn in, and 109 eent from Hobart Town.

(Per Hero.) 1431| tons of tin have been received in Brisbane from Warwick during the week. A splendid shipment of valuable greyhounds has arrived in Tasmania. Dr Valentine applied for a manilanvis to compelßishop Bromby to prosecute the Rev. Mr Barkvvay for ritualistic practices. The Court took time to consider. A hundred men will be tried for the Launcest.on riots. Dr Schomberg has shipped a. quantity of blue gum plants to the Northern Territory, they being a specific for fever. In the cricket match All England v. Combined Teams, the English players in their second innings made the splendid total of 236 runs. The Australians only scoring 90, the All England eleven won by 217 runs to spare. The crowd crossed the ground, coming in front of the Pavilion, and gave hearty cheers for the players. : The English players left at 10 p.m. for Melbourne, but previous to their departure a number of their personal friends met at the Metropolitan Hotel, where they were staying, and wished them good speed in brimming cups until the time camo for going on board.