AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Evening Star, Issue 4174, 13 July 1876, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(From our Exchanges.)

Colonel Steinberger, the American, whoso has of late been so unpleasantly prominent in connection wfoh the affairs of the Ssmoan group of- ■ islands, arrived; in Mel-, bourne en. the 4th inst., and isnow staying/ $t Mfcnjsles?llojkel., Soon after his .arrival thseoloaet waft waited upon by an ' Age' reporter, with whom he conversed at some, length. From: a report of the interview we learn ho is now on his ; way-to London to l bring bis case tinder the notice of the British fjovemment. ■ . .

The Melbourne .Princess Theatre vpas opened on-the I '4th* for ,n the purpose ;of a disgraceful boxing exhibition. snd it is almost needless say, ..that xh,e van crowded*.by.a.. very c ,mixec( andience ; in fact, the pit apparently contained /all the roughs and ,larrikins of the; city, whilst thej circle enjoyed the- patronage of the sporting orobook-making") Tke firafcu portion' of the proceedings .was tolerably harmlesß atal conexhibition of "the"hoble art of ■eld-defence," the principal encounTicr" being b«tween a jiThese two celebrities doligntea thVselcct assembly for 'tho space, ofj. j about twenty minutes, and then followed the disgraceful scene ofthfteyening, a colored man,, named - Albert White -being—pitted against a person named Peteri.Newton, in a ast-to with "skin gloves." These gloves are 80 constructed that-the blow is felt almost as much as if given with the^naked hand, .and aresimply worn in order that the combatants may remain within the. pale of the law. To all intentß and—purposes, however, the •acounter was ; nothing" more nor less than a prize - fight?—* the amount at sfiike, it was freely stated, being L4O-, or L2O a-side., For an hour. and fOrty minutes the encounter continued, fortyseven rounds being fought during that time, and the disgraceful scene was only then brought to a close in consequence of the interference of Superintendent -Winch, who intimated that the place would have to be cleared at twelvjeo'clpck., Mr Joseph Thompson, the bookmaker, enjoyed the honor of being port^;ibg\,,seconds, whose names did not transpire. Some coaaternation was caused at the dose-pfrthe proceedings by.theapjrearance of a polibeman oh the stage, and a wunberiof .spectators lost no tim Bin leaving tho theatre, which it is to be hoped ■ triaL-neTer—be opened for such a purpose again. ,'' : ;i, ; -,:r . - ».;''• ■ . J.r_. The murderer..SnlKvan seems to have

rather a lively time-of it, as he informed an acquaintance <sh& other #ay>that ho was continually boin£ interviewed by persons wh<» had no delicacy ; ''with their cariosity, and who asked him the~most searching craesA sad termination to an afternoon's aantsementi on the Ist inst. A Yaiiwaa far as the HafwHfcSrh bridge, and when that spot was rtached, they left the boat and Vent to an lwrtal.t|i>. obtain, some refreshment. ~ Upon swiitirhing; one of them, named William B. Jone#, aged forty ;Te*j», raiding ia Clarendon street, Emerald Hill, ran rapidly down titt rteepsbankVto/regain tb«» wjien suddenly hia feet slipped and he fell,''his leg doublmfl b;Sieath hun so. .rioleotly as to •nap thxotfgh the flesh an'd a pair" of thick tweed trousers The unfortunate man. was at once taken by to, the-, Melbourne, Boepital, where it was found that the,fraoHire was of ee serious a oharacter -that amputation had t» be resorted to! immediately. At a Jate hour last night he was progressing favprAt Warrnambool, on the sth inst., Roberto pkyed a billiard majfcph in the oirierly-pofcdMftt&a l local amateur;-%00 up. His score was made'-in the shortest time yet lai«g^Vbreak l hiB t Had made. Givin'g'his opnoMnjsSQO joints, .he.scoredout Jn- three quiftfers '6f an- L hbur," the amateur's 'score at 339, fiobepfes's, .break fb W» ,&ss*&< r o i spqt jstrdkea. -He eching, giving him two balls, and winning moraott W fancy strokes with "the- Cue," and also of play with his hand's alone. s&s&*& %bjerts.,played r a hjm 600 points out.of him* *wUwinairig by 160;. .He also won fota&oftniiLtff-i five.- games' ofilpyranricU with jßeauregard, of Hamilton, giving him two Datlßt<r ■•■') sriiiwi \ ■ ;-.'i\ • ■•'■ ,- in -. ' Star' learn* thatarlady retfoaMata*,:• a Country woman- of Mdll«;iae-JMnrslaj"has received intelligence from Hungary that that distinguished yodakst, who,, at her recent marriage in New Zealand, with' Mr John Hill, declared herself twenty-right years old, is really either :tbrrty-eight br fotty years of ]??Qta -.the same source, the 'Star' lerras Mdlle. de Murska, ,before she apSeared.pn,tbe was married, to an army eotenant»; : being the, result. of the n.olw twenty year's old, and « daughter seventeen. Not fcng after her marriage the-;talented singer went on the Bttfge,»,and subsequently M. de Vivo engaged to. round the world and give a eB orcohoerts under his management £ A* aCtita for XI.OOO damages was heard in the County Court last week by a iurv of feA pUint l ff was a stevedore's man ™§ Thomasi James Macguive, and the defendant was Captain OgUvie.of the ship AUanshaw. /Oh the 13ti November last plaintiff was engaged on board that vessel discharging and his particular duty' was to hook on goods to ropes connected with a donkey-engine which was being driven by the chwf officer on the main deck. The understanding was that when, tie plaintiff shouted "aye" the mate was to stop the engine, and plaintiff alleged that that officer neglected to do so when a quantity of iron pipes-Had been raised to the blocks, an* * I had shouted "aye," not once, bn 4 - f^ flt times in quick succession, as the -* W e 9 tinned to s^ain : tho rope, b' - e'fi&bje «onaiid he realised the dam- i Q Motion, of the m ite not sttf- <jet. Iti consequence suajged, ~and " t'ffng she engine the rope ywptfjfsfr • chrtt portion of ft which I*CS -f" ' pV' *d6. Caught his left foot, tearing it cemetery from the ankle. .The jury, after.a ehort. awarded the plaintiff jdamagfiß to the amount of L2BO 16s. IvirHojlft patentee of the "Pacific Vegetable" \Voiiajr," on the 2nd Instant, visited the lepers located near the rifle butts at Ballarat. ~The 'Star.' saya.:—These unfortu'jtykte dfeatures;' who at first looked with . of eaapicion on Mr Hoyle's treatJmeatof thels disease, now come out of their hnta as soon as they are aware of hia pre-

senoe, and are eager to bo painted all bVer ■with hia Boemingly wonderful lotion. On

Thursday they were all over with rthd'rt&hdn&.nndL the result of Mr Hoylo's laboro ginoe he firot appjied hia remedy to their is> that, what, were loaAheoino soree arc now In Bdme" caipes entirely healed, while others are nearly so. tiff fingers hare been loosened by the application of *tho vegetable wonder, and toea bent °doußle' Htcyo been sore eyes have been • more or less miule strong, a#d a diwolored akin is gradually being made to assume ite normal color, Co would Beejmj'as far na leprosy is concerned, Mr Hoyle r lras invented amedkino' which will ceroinly ease the afflicted per-

sons, and restore them the use of their stif- } fened joints, but the inventor is strongly convinced that he Vill also he able to cure the disease thoroughly in its early stages. Two of the lepers in tho lazaretto are doing very well indeed, and Mr. Etoyle soon to have them so far recovered as to bo able to take them to Melbourne and elsewhere, .and exhibit them as proofs of the effio icy of his invention. He has supplied some, of tho cibthihff and. slippers* which they hailed with delight,, and the ono .diseased the most, who some little time ago only wanted to die out of his misery, and that quickly, now thinka but of living. Mr Hoyle jntends going to China and other parts of Asia in about three months, so as to give the vast number of-diseased persons in them the benefit of the " Pacific Vegetable Wonder." : '' , : , The Aramac correspondent'of the 'Copperfield Miner' writes :—I notice that the Wheeler tragedy has at length brought to Eght the abuse of, our sable brethren and sisters, and from a'"report current h'Te it is high time investigations were held' into the frightful proceedings of one of the western police officers ; <jh« public rumor is that one tropper. was shot art camp, and then burnt, and another literally floggedto death, whilst being suspended in mid-air, and that he actually died whilst the officer in charge was flogging him with fencing wire, the alleged cause of execution being that these troopers were becoming too familiar with a favorite gin of the said officer. At first I was inclined to disbelieve that a white man, and one holding a responsible position, would or could descend to such barbarous, brutal, and such inhuman treatment ; but from the following statement made by an eye-witness, I am at last relhcI tantly constrained to believe that such a state of things does actually exist. My in formant visited the polioo camp referred tc, and there saw a gin with a pair of handcuffs on her ankles—the handcuffs eating into the flesh of her legs —and the poor gin in a frightful state ; and upon inquiring of the gin why she was so much punished, she replied, "Mama jealous long mine." It further transpired that the man had been away on patrol for a month, and the unfortnnate gin has had her legs locked together during the whole of the time, as the offioer had taken all the keys of the irons.