PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS TO ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND SIR GEORGE.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4007, 26 May 1884, Page 3

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS TO ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND SIR GEORGE.

CRUSHING DEFEAT OF THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS BY THE M.C.C. THE ADVANCE OF MAHDI. SUICIDE OF A CLERGYMAN. TENDERS INVITED FOR QUEENSLAND LOAN. FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT. (Received May 25, 10.45 a.m.) LONDON. May 23. Tho London Gazette to-day announces sundry promotions in and appointments to the Order of St. Michael and St. _ George, including the following- :—Hon. Sic Alfred Stephen, K.C.M.G., Lieut.-Governor of New South Wales, to be a Knight of the Grand Cross, and Frederick Napier Broome, C.M.G., Governor of Western Australia, to be a Knight Commander of the said Order. The Gazette also announces thot the honor of Knighthood has been conferred on Mr Samuel Davenport, of South Australia, The cricket match between the Australian team and an eleven of the Marylebone Club and Ground was continued to-day at Lord's. The weather was splendid, and there was an enormous attendance. The home team, with nine wickets down for 465 runs to their credit, continued their first innings, Barnes and Sherwin, the not outs of the previous day, resuming their places at the wickets. Barnes added ten to his score (making it

105), and Sherwin added 6, when the latter was bowled, and the innings closed for a total of 481 runs. Bowling analysis:— Palmer, 1 wicket for 80 runs ; Cooper, 1 for 100 ; Spofforth, 4 for 100 ; Giffen, 3 for 80. The Australians went iv for their first innings, and succeeded in putting together 184 runs. The highest scorers were Bannerman bowled 32, McDonnell stumped 64, Murdoch caught 25, Blackham caught 57. McDonnell was badly missed early in his innings. The fielding of the home team was on tho whole pronounced rather weak. Tho Australians, being 297 behind their opponents, had to follow on, but in the second innings were only able to add 182 to their score, the highest contributors being Bannerman caught 22, Giffen caught 26, Murdoch not out 42, and Spofforth caught 37. The Marylebone Club thus won the match in one innings with 115 runs to spare. The Australians lost the services of Midwinter, who injured his hand and was unable to bat. (Received May 26, 0.50 a.m.) May 24.

A telegram has been received by the Government from Sir R. E. Egerton, British Minister at Cairo, " stating that Mudir, the Governor of Dongola, has reported the receipt of reliable intelligence to the effect that El Mahdi is now at Abraham, in Kordofan. The frozen mutton ex steamship Chimborazo is realising s£d per lb. The Very Rev. H. T. Edward, Dean of Bangor, committed suicide to-day by hanging. Tenders are invited up to the 30th instant for the Queensland Government loan of £2,670,000, bearing interest at 4 per cent. Tho minimum is fixed at 98. A fatal colliery accident has occurred at Portobello. The coal took fire, and before the miners could be rescued seven of them were suffocated.

CAIRO.

May 23. Great efforts are now being made to secure the southern frontier of Egypt proper against invasion by the followers of El Mahdi. A large force of Egyptian troops has arrived at Wady Haifa under command of British officers, and will at once commence to fortify the place.