QUEENSTOWN.

Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 187, 15 August 1870, Page 2

QUEENSTOWN.

T__T_ A uuiy _. The yachts Cambria and Dauntless started for the ocean race. They reached Dant's Rock at 2 p.m. in tow, where they were joined by the yachts Sappho and G avendaline. The weather was fine, with strong west by north breeze. At 2.30 the first gun was fired, and the Cambria and Dauntless shot ahead and kept the lead for two miles, when the Cambria tacked with the wind and seemed to get ahead. The wind had changed and then blew strong from the south-west. The general opinion is that, with a quiet sea and favoring winds, the American will win, but rough weather will insure a victory for the Cambria. Betting on the result is very active. Two heavy failures are reported in Liverpool ; one in the cotton business, liabilities £50,000, and the other prominent in the India shipping and produco trade ; liabilities not stated. The Court of Sessions at Edinburgh rendered a judgment requiring Forester Glasgow,ab'ookseller,topay£soodamages for selling an American edition of Ten-

nyson. Torcardero won the Alexandra plate in the Ascot race yesterday. The _>iniature steamer City of Ragusa has been repaired, and only awaits a fair wind to take a fresh start for New _!ork. She rides at anchor in Cork harbour.

A large meeting of Nonconformists was held at Liverpool last evening. Resolutions were passed sustaining the attitude taken by Gladstone and Forster on Kducation. There was also a meeting of Dissenters at Leeds, which was well attended. Resolutions expressing dissatisfaction with the Education Bill were passed. Chapman, the publisher of Dickens' works, publishes a statement that onehalf of Dickens' story of The Mysteiy of Edwin Drood has been written. The story will be published as far as written, and no one will be permitted to finish it.

Many people assembled yesterday to listen to the sermon of Dean Stanley, of Westminster Abbey, on the late Charles Dickens. Part of the last will of Dickens was read; in that he declines a monument, but rests his fame in his published works. He also urges his children to practice Christianity in a broad spirit, not accepting the narrow construction of any man or sect. The Dean closed with a glowing tribute to the illustrious dead.

An indignation meeting of ladies was held at Shields to protest against tbe Contagious Disease Act, which is denounced as being of an abominable nature. The daughter of Joseph Hume presided.

The death of Lord Arthur Clinton, on Saturday, has created a renewed interest in the case of tbe Boulton Masqueraders. His dying declaration that he was innocent of the crimes imputed to him is fully verified by his attendants and companions, who solemnly disclaim any criminal purpososs in the woman personation.

The funeral of Lord Arthur Clinton, one of the parties involved in tbe female masquerade scandal was strictly private ; only his attendants, Lord Newcastle, Lord Ihomas Clinton, and the physician of the deceased, were present. The place of burial was left unmarked.