AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 52, 13 January 1864, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

MELBOURNE. _ December 'if. Business closed for holidays. Tho Sydney Albeit Eleven are playing on the Melbourne ground. They are much ]>i-ais'ed by the All-England Eleven. AH'traces of a sea voyage'have disappeared. The Melbourne Club Eleven are fixed, viz.:—(Jonway, Cameron, Frazer, Handheld, Hope, Kelby, Costick, Elliott, Greaves, It. W. Wardill, and I O'Brien. The twenty-two for tho first match with England j included all tho above, oxcopt Wardill, who is unable to play on the days named. The choice has Imvu i made of the following, in addition to the al-'w, j Bryant, Huddlestone, Sweeney, Wilson, Wray, ."or- j timer, Butterworth, B. Wardill, Hewitt, Ilop'kinson, | Marshall, Greeves, Tail, Hamilton. I The English Eleven huvu .jxpros.-ed to the '■ Eleven, their strong desire to visit Sydney. Hiring . : on the Intercolonial Match even, Sydney liHviiig the CaU. ' December 2Q. On the close of tho Melbourno and Albert Club

| match, a mixed practice match came olf with tie . plavers in the held against amateurs at the wickets , I Good lidding and batting were shown. All tin 1 Albert team iook part in tin- match. | Tl»> result of tin; great match between the tw, I clubs—the Alberts winning in one inning:.—reflect | I great credit on that team, ami the victory is ascribed , I to their careful play and much improved 'lidding. ■ j Business has partially re-opened. A cargo of outs . j ex ' Kosetyn,' from San Francisco, 'chanced bauds a! | ss. ;>d. in the Hay, f..r despatch to Dnnediu. I,'ici . I nominally advanced to .£27, all -in one hand. Sugar : by auction have maintained, late advances : Mauritius. I brown, .£3l : medium to good counters, Clio to .t"!fi : vellow crvstals, Cll. Deals, bv auction, brought ."d. to-I.UI. An-ived.—•Swiftsure.' from London : 'Storm Bird,' from Sydney; ' Thillis,' from Xoweustlc. Sailed.—'Johannes,' for Xewcastle; ' Cullender," from I'risbane. Dee. :10. Tho Albert Club Kleven entertained the Fnglish F.leven at dinner, last night. The opportunity was availed of to present Thompson with a silver enp, in acknowledgment of his services as top scorer in the j recent match. George I'arr olliciated as spokes- j man. Later news from America published this morning, 1 as coming from Captain Turner, of the Koslyn, to the | American consul. The dates are not litter than those j received bv I'.nglantl, and tl utbenticitv is doubted j by Americans, who suspect Caiif'oriiiau exaggeration. ; The Great Victoria cleared for Liverpool with a . eiirgn of w0..l and IS. 1 -»:1 ounces of gold. The i Glencoi; cleared for Hongkong with fVlGt'i ounces of ! gold. ; The shipments of gold for the current year nearly ! equal those of last. Wool sales less animated, but j full rates obtained. i'.OO bales sold of -211)11 offered. I ■ Am:ivi-.ii. —Otto, from Mauritius; Vorick, from I London; General llavelock, from Marseilles; Squaw, | from Xewcastle. I iS.ili.rn.—Harv anil l.'ose, for Svdnov: Mousse de | ! Xantes fur Bourbon. DecemberSl. ; '; The Escorts have br.uurlit .Vi.fil;! ounces. . The shipments of gold Cor I lie current year arc , within "id,(UK) ounces of last year. j 'f'he pastoral occupation nf six runs on Crown lands - ! brought by auction Cl:!i:i premium on Government ' j upset rental, notwithstanding a protest entered at the ' sale. At the wool sales, full prices were obtained ; but j j generally growers' limits were above buyers' views. ] Patna rice selling at .Clio for country supply. ! Arrived—.Klin uoiue, from Liverpool. i ' Jan. 1. General lioltdiiv to-dav. There was n grand musi ter of Volunteers at Kiiierald Hill. -1000 rank aid | file wire on parade. Mis Kxocllcney the Governor ; was present. The Bullai-.it and Geelong corps ex- : hibited great ellicieni-v. A large numlier of specta- | tors were on tlie ground. I Altlttvti'.—Mavetto, from Singapore; Jan Hen- ; i drick from .Manila ; I'.Ue-m.re, from Mauritius ; Citv i ; of Melbourne is.), from Sydney. ' | ! S.ui.t.n.- Great Victoria, for Liverpool. I

! ALL-ENGLAND ELEVEN v. YICTnUIAX j T\VI)NTY-TWO. | Tin- grand cricket match was the great ivntu- of j | aGraction. ' 'vi-r twelve thousand pii.-oiis wen-on! ' the ground. ].:i(iv Darlimr and : uito \n re pusiMit. i ■ Til.; All Emrlaiid Eleven took the tic-Id, and the | , Victorians sent t" the wickets Marshall :in<l Swcon. v ! ito tin- bowiiu- of liny ward al.d Jackson. The score j ! was as follows : l '; VICTORIA. I ; Marshall c Huvward. Ii Carpenter S I ! Sv*.„y n .:i out 0 I ; Hewitt h Jackson 1-j I | (.in eves, c (V-ar, b Jackson .'i 1 | 1 Smith c Carpenter, li Jackson t) ; liryant h Tin ley ■> ! Wrav, c Tinlev 10 j Costick, c C:esiirl) J.-.rkson -1 | Tail s l.ockver, b Tinlev " \ | I Kdlev, c and b Tinlev " 2 j j Watson, e Lockyer h Tinley 2 ! O'Hrien, e Lockvcr h Jackvon o j Conway,, l.ockver ]:; \ I Hopkinson 1. Tinlev i:; j Waidol! 1. Tinley.: 1.-j(:-) j 1 Simmons h Tarrant 1!) ' \ j Wilkie c Lockyer, b Tarrant 1 j I Fntn-r. s Lockver y | ; Klliott, <• Havward, i. Tinlev 0 I ! Mortimer. <■ I'arr, b Tinley" '' l;; | Buttcrwoitli, not out 1 | Ml Jives •! | Leg byes 1 '; Total 14(; The Victorians made a good stand at the commencement, but tin- fielding of the English Eleven prevailed against all their play, not a chance being missed. Soon after i o'clock the All England sent (Vsar and Tinley to the wickets. Cesar was bowled by Costick for 2. Tinlev, not out, 0. Tnrrant, net out,::. r.yes, :;. Total, s. _ Croat excitement was felt at the close of the <l;iv. lictting was 2 to ! on All England winning in one iiiru'riira. ; ADELAIDE, i i Decern her UN. j j There v.as a. fiencral holiday to celebrate the 27th I j anniversary of the foundation of the colonv. An i j immciis.; crowd rolledcd at and a siliiW: of ! ] nineteen gui .-. was lived at 12 o'clock. j The Indus arrivi-d from London. ! December 2!). ; The Jockey Club Summer Meeting takes place tuI morrow. 'J'bcre are forty entries. ! The Commissioners of .Public- Works and Crown j IjiiiiN and the Chairman or Central Koud Hoard are I iibout to proceed to Wellington to see which is j the best, place to cross the Kircr Murrav ; and Mr. : Hart, the Treasurer, is eoiug to Melbourne to take ; part in ihc Confcrcmr on Coast Lighthouses. I ! Flour.-Sales ellceted at CI I ibr uu.rk dclWerv, ; but, "cm-rally, buyers are unwilling to gi V o M > lii-'h ! i:i price. " ~ ! ! „ , , Dec. ::o. i .. J>.V tin-hist mail, Government ordered from line, j ; land a plant- for the l'nrt Adelaide Water Works " • The folonial Tre„,„rer leaves bv the Aldinga on j Monday, for Melbourne. Ik- will' -o to fcvdm-v to ! I arrange tho Mtiivay Ca>ton.s dutic,. " ' ; ! J lis Exeollcuey the Governor has iriv.-n the Kovd ! ; Navy cudc.ts.liip to Muster George- Hawker, s uU ' ut - | I the Speaker o| the Lirislativo Assembly. ! At tbu Joe-key Club Summer Meeting, the Maiden I j I'late was won by (luicksilvcr, and the liarton Plate i by Mack. ! i Al:ur.i:n---Louisiana, iioni Fooehov.- with 2-ij I ! chests 10!) I half-chests and :i:!10 boxes tea ' ! i C'u..\i:i:i..~ Atlantic, for Sydnev, with 200 tons ! flour <M> bag., wheat ; and Armenian, troop-ship, i ,; lor Melhom ne. ' " ; ',„,.. . December ill. ! ; Ihe body ot a man named ,f. A. Saunders was | : found in the bush at- Vork.-'.s IVniusula: he bad I perished for want of food and water. The following ( was discovered, written on his canteen, " Without j water four days—despair, i'aniim;, miserv. Cod have j mercy on my soul." Tho whole of the foot police are on strike. The i Government have increased their hours on duty from ! (j a.m. to 8 p.m. A conference- was hold 'to-dav j between the men and the Government, the forme'r i I have determined to resign, in a budv, to-morrow, I unless the Government yield. Tho police found Xo'O'JU sccr-.1-d in tlu.> bouse of Goodman Hart, who had declared insolvi nt. Hurt and his wife have been arrested. Prices of wheat for immediate delivery, -Is. 3d. to -Is. -Ud. per bushel. Bran plentiful, hut dull of sale. ! * i