NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2172, 23 April 1870, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

A Welsh gentleman has left property to the amount of L 200,000 to the Marquis of Bute, It is saiil that Lord Hatherley will shortly resign the Lord Chancellorship, and be succeeded by Sir Eoundell Palmer. Anglo Australian writes ; —Since the last mail the position of New Zealand flax in the market here has been all in favour of buyers, and they, as well as sellers, arc now fully assured that no more high prices will be see n, at any rate, for some time to come. Present quotations run as follows :—Part dressed, 19s ; fair, 255; fine, 31s. I may mention thct there ai'e to be found a few large importers, who, ever sanguine as it seems to me, hold out for former high figures, or nearly so. There is before me the report of one of the largest firms of ropemakers in the north, and they consider the article a failure as an untarred rope, but when tarred think it will command a limited market at a low price. This verdict must be taken for what it is worth, since they are large buyers, and have consumed to my certain knowledge over 100 tons. The best thing that can be hoped for the article is a temporary cea nation qf shipments ; for the market is now flooded with the flax, and time is wanted to look round, and to sell the mauufactured article. The turret ship Cerberus, is now in an advanced state of readiness but she will not sail in any case until the bad weather of winter is over. The Imperial Government has conceded to his representations that the Cerberus shall be handed over to the Colony free qf the qopdjtiqns tq which objection was taken in Victoria. Amongst the Melbourne publications that have lately reached me, a little pamphlet entitled “The Washerwoman of Melbourne to Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria,” by Mr Thomas Parsons, barrister-at-law, has created some amusement amongst my friends. He draws a pretty picture indeed of the Victorian Bar in the pathetic declamation : “Here I can earn nothing, because I will not be a rogue. Two of my friends of the English Bar have here sought relief in selfr