BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1941, 26 July 1869, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

[FROM OVR OWN CORKESFONDEN TS, ]

ALARMING NEWS FROM THE WAIKATO. Napier, Monday, 3.30 p.m. The Waikatos are arming. The Militia has been called out at Alexandra. Great uneasiness is felt. Te Kooti and Heu Heu were well received by the King party. A detachment of the 18th, stationed here, has been directed to be ready to proceed to Auckland on the 15th of August. It is the intention of Te Kooti to attack the Friendlies at Tauranga. The King has directed Te Kooti to return by way of Taupo. He refused to do so.

Bluff, Sunday. The Gothenburg left Hobson’s Bay at 4 p.m. on the 19 th ; passed the Heads at 6 o’clock, and the Schanck at 9 o’clock the same night, aad Kent’s group at 10 p.m. on the 20th ; experienced line weather during the passage ; passed the Solandersat 1 p.m. on the 24th ; arrived off the Bluff at 2 a.m on the 25th. She brings ten saloon and forty steerage passengers, and 250 tons of cargo for all ports. She leaves for Dunedin at 3 p.m. to-morrow. Melbourne, July 19. • The Tararua and Alhambra arrived on Saturday. Commercial: —Business dull. No change in bread-stuffs. Flour nominal at LI3 10s to LI i. Oats moving off:

New Zealand at 4s 3d, but stocks arc heavy. Maize dull of sale at 4s 3d. A movement in salt has taken place, the selling price being L 5 10s. Stocks are light. Large transactions have taken place in line teas, whicli are quoted at Is lid. Caudles are slightly improving at auction. The Malta sailed on Sunday, with L 273,000 in gold and specie. The Keliance, a paddle steamer, struck on a rock oft' Cape Schank on Saturday, and foundered. The crew wore saved.

A handsome central table piece of silver has been presented to Mr T. H. Fellowes by his political friends. The bicycle movement continues. A new machine to carry two persons has been constructed.

Kitson has been tried for the murder of the Rev. Mr Hill; he was defended by Mr Aspinall. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and he was sentenced to death.

Hugo Levinger has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment Avith hard labor.

Serious charges of corrupt practices arising from land transactions, have been made against Messrs Stutt, Davies, and Frazer, M.L.A.’s.

Captain Trumble, of the ship Explorer, has been found guilty of carelessness, in not saving the lives of the crew of the Bretagne, when the collision with that vessel occurred. His certificate Avas suspended for six months.

Adelaide,

The coni market continues dull. Wheat 4s 8d to 4s 9d. Flour LIO 10s for country brands. A fresh discovery of bismuth ore has been reported. A coal mine has been discovered in the Northern territory.

Sydney.

The Government purpose to abolish the penal establishment at Cockatoo Island. They also intend to reduce the expenditure in the penal department by L 30,000. The diamond company’s operations at Mudgee are considered unsatisfactory. Captain Hovell’s irons have been taken off. A large whale has been captured off Eden. Storm signals have been erected along the coast. W 00l sides dull.