ARRIVAL OF THE "ALDINGA."

Otago Daily Times, Issue 86, 24 February 1862, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE "ALDINGA."

FIVE DAYS LATER NEWS. FROM ij£ MELBOURNE. j^ — . jp. Tlw s. s. " Akiinga " arrived at Port Chalmers at. j£ two o'clock yesterday morning, having left Melbourne ] r on the 17th instant. We extract the following from the Victorian papers: — I Tun Gkkat Umiokkt Match. —The Great Cricket 17\Iflteh between the Eleven of England and a united Twenty-two of .Melbourne and Sydney, was concluded t on the'lSth. The following is the result of the watch, i All England, firai innings, CO ; second inning's, 75 ; j total, ISo. United Elevens, first innings, 101 ; second ~ innings, 85 ; total, 136. The United Elevens won_by ■ twelve wickets. The A rijtis remarks : —The fielding n on the part of the Eleven must have been good, for | tan -wickets went down for only thirty-six runs. On \ the other hand, the small .scores made by tliam have 0 been the subject of much speculation, and those whu f heavily backed the Englishmen to win every match \ they played, appear inclined to say that they " gave '' j the match. It must be recollected, however, that the c 1 Eleven have been working very hard since their arrival i in the colonies, that they have hardly had one day's t 1 rest, and that chanp; of climate must affect them con- j ; yiderably.- In adiiion to that, the team sent from „ [ Melbourne, notwithstanding it did not include some ;' of the "old players," has proved to he good, for in the J ' second innings,"six Sydney men made twelve, and live v Victorians eighteen. { Volunteer Rkvikw —.Tlic review of the Volun- , ' teers on the Melbourne nice-course, on Saturday, j " was in every respect successful. At. the appointed j i hour nearly "2000 men mustered on the ground, and ] l passsd in review order before Major-Genoral Pratt, c after which they went through the umal field move- j mimts with a precision which'would have been credit- j able to troops of the line. There were altogether £ ' about 7000 of 8000 persons present, the greater mini- i ', bsr of whom reached the ptround by train. As evinc- ~ ing the greatly increased efficiency of the volunteer i ' force in field exorcises, the review was certainly most f gratifying, interesting, and useful. \ 1 Pleuro-Pxkumonia. — Several of the stock, t owners near Albury whoso runs have been infected t ■ with plouro-pncumonia are making preparations to ( ' place sheep on their runs. Messrs. M'Laurin arc 1 ) about to commence by placing 17,000 sheep on the j YarraYarra. . , ] A clever capture of a desperate and notorious rob- < her was effected by mounted constable Burke. His j name U Michael Ryan, and he is evidently an adept, , in crime. He is a tall, muscular, dark-complexioned, and very strong man. Tlie constable was dismounted j . at. the time he caught sight of Ryan, who appeared j '< bent on makintr tracks, and ho called on him tostand , still, or he would shoot him. He appeared to stop, s ", and was again cautioned, but immediately darted oti. j The constable fired low with his pistol, but thought , !i ha had missed him. At length he succeeded in , p coming up to him. and Ryan surrendered. Making , t an excuse to pick up his swag, ha dashed oft a j f. second time, with the constable in full chase at his ; heels, and was soon overtaken, when a violent " striisrsle ensued, in which Ryan succeeded in wrest- ; '' hi"- the whip out of Constable Burkes hand, and extricating himself, stood at bay with the constable s " revolver presented at his head. Burke, not wishing ~ to take hi.? life, and afraid to enter upon an engagement, at close quarters with the pistol in his hand, as " he might succeed in laying hold of it and taking his ~ life, threw the pistol as far behind him as he could. This disconcerted Ryan, who had the uplifted whip in !" his hand, and the "constable rushed in upon him, „ tripped him, and succeeded in hand-cuffing him. It r , was then found-that Ryan had been shot through the fleshy part of the thigh," but apparently without imi-n '<■ harm. Assistance was procured, and the wound, , which bled very little, was bandaged, and the pri■fi soner was speedily conveyed into Kyneton, where Ins , wounds were speedily dressed by the doctor, who pvo- ,_ nounced them in no wise dangerous.— Kyneton Üb- , server. 2 The Land Bill.— The greater portion of Wedr nesdav was occupied in the Legislative Assembly j . by the furthar consideration in committee of the! ,„ Land Bill. No progress was, however,, made. The| clause under consideration was the tenth, what lauds ■ v should be opened for selection. Mr. Heales moved ~ au amendment upon the clause, which, he said, was ie preparatory to the proposition of others, which would t have the effect, if carried, of providing for free se- ,",. lection both before and after survey. This araendfj inent was, however, negatived by a majority of 37 to . IS, Mr. Aspinall and Mr. Humftray voting witii the f majority. Mr. Service then gave notice that he in■f tended "to move another aiaendineat wiiieh would 1S give tlie-public the right of immediate selection over j the whole ten million acres. This provoked some |i bitter remarks from members of the Government. | , c w!io complained that the lion, member for Ripou audj , c Hampdon, an avowed supporter of the Administration, was proposing amendments which in fact would, Z if carried, dcieat. the bill, and Mr. Duffy went so far „, as to threaten that there was a country belunu the ' House which should be appealed to, if necessary, ~ The debate on the clause was ultimately adjourned ,'t until Tuesday next, when Mr. Service will propose hi his amendments, which there is little doubt will bs carried by a large majority.— Agi; U Feb. • Mr. Diiffv stated on Wednesday, in the Legislative Assembly, iii reply to Dr. Owens, that the pastoral -ft licenses for the present year had been issued under I he 10 authority of certain regulations framed in tlie year ,- 1841. iu'accordance with an Imperial Act passed in ■_ 18-1-2. authorising the Governors of the Australian ni colonies to make such regulations. When the Co;i- ---' stitution Act was passed in 1855, an Act was passed „ in relation to the Crown Lands of the colony, which ,r directed that all regulations then legally in fore , should continue in force until the Legislature should ," otherwise provide, and no other provision had as yet ," been made. After receiving thi* reply, Dr. Owens \ cave notice that, on some day next week, he would ,f i move "that licenses issued by the Government for -,f pastoral occupation of the waste lands of the Crown „ for the present year, 180-2, are illegal, as being " without any authority from the Legislature, and )\ in contravention of the Crown Lands Act of the ,l, year 1800."— Ibid. ... ~ Ydblaidk Tiii.KGUAM.—In criminal proceedings a«-nin*;t the Northern Star, a country newspaper, t for having charged the Treasurer of the colony with n comnKio'n, tlio jury have returned a verdict of ne- ;" f|uitta!, on the ground of the libel being justifiable. •'! The Value of shares in some, of the large mining claims on Ballarat niav be estimated by the fact that £1000 wns refused on "Monday last by a shareholder v. iv the Prince of Wales' claim, Cobbler's L-ad, for a !" 64th share in the company. " The gutter has," says ' the Tribune, "jn.it been struck, and the prospects ,j have been eminently satisfactory.— lbid. Ie Our Qneenscliffe correspondent, writing yesterday, lo gays •_•' As a boy, named John Oonway was ndmg to through the bush searching for cattle on Wednesday •yiaftornoon, he came near the Grass Tree Hill on the •'c (Jeelong-road, on the charred remains of a man lying •o on liis back. The upper part of the body was almost •k eoiisamed, and nothing remained by which he cou.it ,'. Ibe identified. He appeared to have been about hvc d feet four inches in height, an. I about twenty-live 1 years of ase- The handle of his sheath kiuie was ( ■t. completely burnt, and a tin billy airl pannikin were j 1 lvin" near him. An inquest wa3 held this morning) " befoi-e Mr. J. D. Williams, coroner, and a verdict ,-t was returned of " Found burnt, the cause of the fire 7 unknown " A large fire had swept over tho bush a where the body was found, about three weeks ago, is and it is supposed he must have perished then. — '" * Tue/IjWM mentions tli3decea3o of Colonel'Wili liam Pitt Bobbins, well known and respected in \ ich toria as the accredited agent for the perchase.oi >c horses for the Indian Oovernment.