LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 218, 2 May 1873, Page 3

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Melbourne, April 19-th. The Government are preparing measures for Parliament, which meets en the 13th May. Fresh Electoral and I?olice Bills are to be introduced. Governor Bowen is ob taining greait popularity. He has visited most of the public institutions, and was: present at; the Easter encampment for two days; The weather proved fjivorable for the Easter holidays, all of which passed off satisfactorily. Mount jind Morris, for the Carl murders, have been sentenced to fifteen years' penal servitude, where the Secretary of State direct s. Mr David Moore has- been elected President of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr Lord, the retiring President, advocated the Californian mail service with the terminus at Melbourne, as i being more advantageous to New Zea land and America. An accident occurred at Chiarini's circus on Easter Monday night. A portion of the seating gave waj ,r, and several persons were injured, but "none seriously. Felix Kabat, for forgery, has been committed for trial. Othej: cases are pending. The French Core ununist transport

I Lorme, with 650 prisoners, en route for New Caledonia, put in for, Jfresh provisions. She had 419 cases of- scurvy on board. ■ The German immigrant ship Alardus, from Hamburg, bound for Brisbane, with 340 immigrants, having had twenty-eight deaths during the voyage, put in here. The captain jumped overboard "on Thursday morning, and the mate has been incapacitated since January;■''■■■■■ 1 ■ Joseph Credit, steward of the Tararua, died yesterday from fracture of the skull, caused by a fall from the gangway. 1 " The ship Calcutta, just arrived, -reports, falling in with, an abandoned ship of about , 1,000 tons, in December last. ; Smith and Grady were sentenced to death in the Beech worth Court yesterday, for the Wooragee murder. The ship Atrato sailed: this morning for London, full of passengers. Sydney. The Assembly agreed to go into Committee on the Californian mail service. The Government wiir not grant a subsidy to the Suez line if Melbourne is made the terminus. The Hon. Capt. Towns is dead. The last 1 quarterns gold yield shows a decrease. The revenue' returns' for quarter show a large increase. ■ Anew colliery has been opened at Newcastle.

The Handwick races attracted great attention and caused great excitement. The Ledger was won by Commodore in 3min. 19 2 sees, and tlie Sydney G-old Cup by Vixen in 3min. 40secs.; Patriarch, and; Ace were second and third respectively. > Hobart Town, Sir [Robert Officer reports a large shoal of salmon in tlie Upper Derwent.