LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1165, 7 April 1874, Page 2

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

MELBOURNE. March 25. The population of the Colony on 81st December was 790,1M5. The Government have it in contemplation to persecute Maker for perju. / in connection with the Buckley w 1 case.

The libel action, Walker v. George, publisher of the Australasian, in lvicrencc to pulling the horse Marquis of Lome in the Steeplechase, resulted in a verdict for plaintiff, cBoOJ damages, lhe verdict is much commented on, and it is likely an application for a new trial will be made. The full Court gave judgment for the defendant in Degravcs v. M'Mullen, Inspector of the Union Bank, where the jury had previously awarded Degr;>ves £IO,OOO. The steamer Cyphrencs. after discharging cargo, sailed for Sydney. She is superior to the Macgregor, but inferior to the Tartar. New Zealand four per cent, debentures sulci at 92. The English cricketers played a concluding match against 22 of Yorke's Peninsula, and won in one innings by u: ie runs. The scores were :—Peninsular, 42 and 13 j the Eleven, 64. Greenwood and Jupp on double figures The Englishmen leave Adelaide by the mail steamer on Saturday. Foster, a spirit medium, from California, has given seances, but has not been very successful. Miss .Juno and Mr Ireland leavo the

Australian stage and proceed to England. . , pulmiere, the new prima donna, is scarcely up to expectations. She has a fine well- cultivated voice, much sweetness, but nothing particularly great. A collision between two good trains occurred at Castlemaine station on Monday evening, but no one was injured. Three tracks and the engine were damaged. A representative of a London and Melbourne firm has absconded to California, leaving heavy liabilities. One Bank loses £OOOO. Victor, a gymnast (Lottie s husband) was drowned in a water-hole, while bathing at Benalla yesterday. The Garrison Artillery proceeded to the camp at Sunbury today. The volunteers go to the camp next week. Heavy rains are falling. SYDNEY. March 25. The agent for Messrs Siemen Bros, lias submitted to the Government an oiler to lay down the cable to New Zealand. The representatives of the lorres Straits line has offered to make Sydney the permanent terminus if subsidised. The Government will not prorogue before passing the Electoral Bill.