OUR OWN TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 590, 30 November 1871, Page 2

OUR OWN TELEGRAMS.

(FROM THE THAMES " KVBIUNG STAK.") I It was' confidently expected" th*C?the City of Adelaide, which arrived in Auckland harbour yesterday, would bring tlfeEii|fii»h>itelegram't» via Sutz. Expectation has been disappointed, and the tclegams have .not been brought. Under these circumstances we, as usu*l, present our readers, with telegrams of home manufacture, quite as good as any we are likely to get via auez or San EVaneisw). Lomdon, October 29.

Domestic news is in general dull,

There: has been a good deal of club gossip concerning the recent- fracas between Messrs. Kowe and Richards, , Ttie first intelligence el the affair created considerable excileiiieht in religious and financial circles. Very few ol the circumstances, attendant upon the actual collision were permitted to leak out.

Since resigning his position' as Manager of the Caledonian mine visitors of sympathy and condolence have been paid to Mr. Rowe by many distinguished personages. The list in eludes the Queen, ex-Emperor of the French, Prince of Wales, Crown Prince of Prussia, etc!

The discovery of the sovereigns and silver in the Sailor Prince crushing is agitating thy scientific world.

Prol'eesor Huiley .has, fallen back on the Darwi ian theory, and in a letter to the Mechanics' Magazine b»js that *' those whopui them there can alone account for their presence." >.. ... There was a stormy debate in the Oxford Senate on the question of conferring the bon orary degree of D.C.L. on the Rev. J) Williams for his lecture on Martin I uther, Ultimately, and after due explanation, the greatest unanimity prevailed. The unanimous opinion was that Mr. Wiliiams wo .Id have better left Luther alone.. . Mr. Williams has since written, to Dr. Dojlitiger, saying th it! they were brothers. Dr. Dollinger replied that; unfortunately in the face of Scripture assertion he could not deriy, the ftfnr, but he trusted t?bfti Mir.JWiiiiams'Would refraicf from preßsingf the; relationship.

A monster, excursion trip to the Thames! Goldfield is on'foot. The Great Eastern had been chartered and fitted up for the purpose. It is intended to arrive at Grahamstown in!

time for the performance of the Messiah and to leave the iollowing morning. There is' little doubt but that the excursionists will; have had quite enough of it by that time.

In the race for the 100 yards Amateur Championship and £500, between Colonel j Ashley, of the Guards, and Mr. Humphries, of the Thames Guardian, it is now positivelyj asserted that the New Zealand man was hocussed. This, combined with the sad rumours nflo, t. as to Kenforth's death, has, quite unsettled cauliience iv the sporting H?3fttfTß UZ^JiHX WSCfI j