BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2572, 16 May 1871, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

(from greville’s telegram company, keuter’s agents.)

Bluff, May loth

The s.s. Gothenburg arrived here this aiternoon, from Melbourne, and sails for Port Chalmers to-morrow. The Maori sails to night, Passenger list:—For Dunedin : Mrs Gregg, Messrs C. Burke, Dixon, Dalrymple, Rev. Mr Nevill, Master W, Kitts, and 20 in the steerage. For Lyttelton : Mr 0. Acland.

Melbourne, May sth,

It was expected that the English mail telegrams via Suez would roach Melbourne the day after the Gothenburg left. The Assembly has adopted the Address in reply. The budget will be delivered on Tuesday next. An extensive tire lias taken place in the Victoria Meat Preserving Company’s works. The damage is estimated at L3OOO, which is covered by insurance.

Mr M'Kean, late M.L.A., has mot with an accident by being tin-own from his horse, and is in a very precarious state.

A preliminary meeting was held today for the formation for a company preserving meat by the vacuum process, but it was not well attended. Arrived.—Bangitoto, s.s., and Mary Ann, from the Bluff • Centaur, from Lyttelton. Commercial.—Flour has advanced ; trade sales have been effected at LIS 10s to LI 6. Port M‘Donnell wheat is at 6s lid to 7s Id, and New Zealand at Gs to Gs Gd. Speculative purchases have been made in oats. 20,000 bushels including 3500 bushels of New Zealand, changed hands yesterday at 3s 3d to 3s 6R

Sydney.

Rain continued to fall very heavily until Tuesday, and the floods caused by it have been very destructive to the crops, but no lives have been lost. At the Araluen diggings a number of claims were swamped, the damage being estimated at LIO,OOO.

The Rand wick race meeting commences to-day. The betting is even on Lady Clifden for the Leger, and 3 and ito 1 against the rest. Titus and Blaithwaite are much fancied for the Gold Cup.

The German Association has held a dinner to celebrate the restoration of peace.

The City of Melbourne sailed punctually on Thursday for San Francisco, with a full complement of passengers, Lloyd, late managing clerk for Mr Brackenhridge, Newcastle, was arrested on board of her on a charge of forgery. The schooner Black Dog has been lost in Torres Strait.

Ariveed.—Hero, s.s., from Auckland, on Thursday ; Novelty, barque, from Auckland,

Adelaide. Captain Le Conteur, of the ship Cceur-de-Lion, has offered to convoy to England, free of charge, all wheat collected for the French Relief Fund. Flour is at LI3 10s. Wheat is firm at 5s lOd. Hobart Town. The tenders for Tasmanian debentures have been opened, and L4IOO worth taken up at prices equal to LIOG 14s. Clyde, May 16. A young man named Honey man was thrown from his horse on to a post in Butcher’s Gully, on Saturday, and killed.