AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 242, 3 October 1876, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

[I'er Otagu.] Meli!oi;knk, September 2G. _ The Government havo concluded negotiations for the Cape service, subject to ratification by the Parliament. Sentence of death has been passed on Ellen Francis for the Emerald Hill murder

but ifc was commuted to twenty-one years imprisonment. The barque Elmgrove, with Capt. Leddra and ten men on board, from Newcastle to Adelaide, was totally wrecked on Rabbit Island. Captain Leddra states that when the l_lmgrove went ashore the crew took to the rigging and were washed off or crushed to death. lie and a man named Hoyle got on a plank and were washed ashore, and lived on limpets and crabs. They were reduced to the last extremity when rescued, xhe beach was strewed with the wreckage. Only two bodies have been found, and ifc is supposed that the others have been sanded up. She was insured for £2200 in the Mercantile Marine Company. During the gale the schooner Carlindan lost two men and her deckhouse. The insurance enquiry into the loss of the Dandenong concluded on the 27th. The Board reserved its decision. The steamer St. Osyth left London on the 19 th ult. Brisbane, September 26. Ihe Wenfcworth shipped 12,000 ounces of gold at Cooktown, and 11,000 ounces at Towusville. The Chinese at Cooktown have petitioned the Governor to refuse his assent to the Goldfields Amendment Bill. There was also a petition from the Emperor of China calling attention to the breach of treaty by England. , Newcastle, Sept. 26. Captain Harlcss of the barque King Oscar reports passing the body of a female off Jervis Bay in dark clothes. The sea-gulls settled on it and had eaten the face away. The weather was so bad that he did not pick up the body.