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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2717, 1 November 1871, Page 2

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(from of willk’s telegram COMP AN V, reuter’s agents.) ■ ARRIVAL OP TEE RANGTTOTO AT HOKITIKA . WITH THE SUEZ MAIL, The R.M.S; Geelong arrived at King George’s Sound on the 19th. The Alexahdra took the mails to Adelaide, arriving there on the night of the 23rd. The dates from London arc to Bth September, and from Galle to 2nd October. The Geelong arrived at Melbourne parly on the 25th, bringing Captains Sampson and Henderson, R.N., for Sydney; and Captains Roxby and Hazlewood, R.N., for Melbourne. BRIEF SUMMARY. The Queen is at Balmoral. Her health is improving. An agitation is arising for the reform of the House of Lords. The troops in Canada are to be withdrawn at the end of; O.ctoh n ' i r. *■ Rumors are current of the amalgamation bf the Hall and Webb lines. If they are not amalgamated, both will be sold to an Engliph company, • Lord Bury will probably be the next Governor of New Zealand. Bonrges is to become the military centre of France, with an arsenal and .military school. The French relations with Italy are‘unfriendly. The L’ominisaion.app ointed to examine into the new treaty with Prussia’ reported unfavorably regarding it, hilt the Assembly adopted it with slight changes by 533 to 31, Serious difficulties are threatened about the treaty from Berlin,

The French Government are preparing for the early payment of the fourth half-inilliaid to the Germans itt;Treasury bbnds, endorsed by the first houses iti Europe, and payable in April and’May next. 1 The subscriptions to the Paris loan exceed the amount required. < The reduction of the German army of occupation to 50,000 has been agreed to between France and Germany. Count trust’s circular confirms tfye statin ment that no treaty was signed at Gasteih or Salzburg. It was only agreed between tier* many and Austria that they shall act together in the event of any question arising. A telegram from Berlin States that Germany has not yet accepted M. Thiers’s proposed form of treaty. The Bavarian Government openly resist •the pretensions of the Clerical party. A society has been established at Turin to discourage the use of the knife. , Garibaldi’s health is better. : '‘' '

The bed'of the Tiber is being explored for valuables, and the river is diverted.

The Municipal Government of Rome has voted a monument to comaiqjnorate the unification of Italy.

A typhoon at Yokohama jn August, which destroyed a number of building knd much property. rt . A typhoon at Hong Kong on September 2nd did immense damage to shipping and property ashore, and also caused loss of life. Messrs Jarcliuc, Matheson, and Co.’s steamers Madras and Ottawa were injured. Many other ships were lost, also native craft, and lives by hundreds. The son of a Rajah has been sentenced to thfee years’ 'imprisonrnent and' L3OQ fine fop hanging a native man and woman by the heels, and hogging the former to death. Montore Lejaket AH, the most;.notorious mutineer of 1857, has been captured after spreading sedition for several years. He awaits his trial at Allahabad. • A DDrriO^ALSUM^IARY. , London,, September 30th. For several weeks the Queen has been suffering fxom headache, neuralgia, and lassitude. The strikes are .assuming alarming proportions, and the principal industries ape deranged. The disputes in the engine trade has been greatly aggravated by the foreign workmen striking. Some of them returned home under police protection. The Marquis of Normauby, .Governor of Queensland, will probably be the successor of Earl Belmore in the governorship of New. South Wales. A gun cqtton explosion at Stowmarjjet jn» volvcd the death an 1 injury of 100 persons. It created a protound sensation. The shock was felt 20 miles, and great destruction was caused iu the town. I he Rev W Church, rector of Whatley, Somersetshire, has been, appointed to the vacant Deanery of St Paul’s. England is free from Asiatic cholera. Only the English type of the disease exists, Great military manoeuvres have taken 'placeJiear.St Petersburg... The Czar has, left for the Caucasus, and the Empress for the Crimea. Thousands are dying of cholera iu Russia and in north eastern Germany. The Times wishes. cerdial success to the New Zealand Gov* hiriient scheme for settling assisted emigrants along the contemplated railway routes'. ' The loss of the Megafera is occupying attention. Captain Thrupp has been complimented o» makipg St Paul’s so readily.

Captain Thrupp’s successors met him at Galle on their way out. A thorough investigation into the matter will take place next session. The English journals foresee the abolition of the law.prohibiting marriage a'deceased wife’s sister. Its abolition in Souto Australia has dealt a blow to tho Imperial law, because two opposing statutes cannot be maintained iu the Empire. The expenses of the trips of the legal gentlemen to Australia in the Tichborne case are estimated at LISOO. _ A Ministerial crisis iu Austria is-reported imminent. Count Lingenau proceeds •to St. Petersburg as Ambassador Extrordihary.' The German Parliament meets on the 15tn October. The existence of, a crisis is denied. ■ ■ M. Thiers was elected of the Republic, so long as the Assembly exists, by a majority of 40S to OH, about .11)0 deputies abstaining from voting. M. Thiers'appoints Ministers ; and all arc responsible to the sovereign Assembly which dissolves itself. General Faidhorhe m the previous ".sscmbly declared that the minority threatened to force a dissolution, or to make the .members resign iu a body. Scandalous disturbances nave occurred in the Assomblj', all the members. losing their tempers. M. Dnfaure is is appointed Vice President of the Council. ' Measures arc being adopted for making the burden of the losses of the war fall-on the whole nation. According to the Budget,: it will require L 20,000,000 to make both ends meet. •' The trial of the first batch of 17. Communists resulted in Ferre and Lullier being condemned to death, Tareut and Dcaemps being acquitted,: Courbet sentenced to six mouths’ imprisonment, Urbian and Trinquit to imprisonment with hard labor for life, Assi, Billioray, Jourde, Chamy, FvCgerc, Rastoul, Gironsscr, Ferrat, and Verdure, to transportation. . Four women, petrolcuscs, are sentenced to death, one to transportation to a fortress, and one to ten years solitary confinement. The prisoners sentenced to death will be transported to New Caledonia. The freedom cf the city of Aberdeen has been conferred on Mr Gladstone. The following German Consuls have been gazetted Mr Brahe, for Melbourne; Mr" Trewer, for Adelaide ; Mr Franck, for Sydney. Sheriff-Substitute Thomson, of Inverness, has been found guilty of foigery, and sentenced, to five years penal servitude. Considerable business has been done in teas. The tendency;©! prices in downward for lower kinds, andaipward for better. The export of teas to Australia to date is 8,046,000 lbs. ■' It is understood that the command of the Australian Telegraph {Cable expedition will be confided to Captain Hal pin. Captain Gordon Douglas takes command of the Cossack at the Gape, and proceeds to Australia. : '

Captain Vivian has succeeded Sir Edward Lngard as permanent Under Secretary for War. :

LATE TELEGRAMS. September 80. The whole of the Paris forts were officially surrendtred on the 20th by the Germans. The evacuation of the four Departments adjacent to Paris terminates on the 25th. .. . , _ -i ' In consequence of certain modification's in the Commercial ' Treaty by the. French Parliament, the German plenipotentiaries declined to'ratify it. It is stated that an understanding exists between M. Thiers and Count Aruipi, the German Ambassador, on all the essential points of the treaty. It is stated that serious difficulties have arisen in Berlin iu consequence of these modifications, hut Paris advices say that matters may soon be settled. The National Guards of Lyons and St Etienne have been ordered to surrender their arms. Tranquility prevails. i Piochfort has been sentenced to imprisonment in a fort, and Colonel Eossel to death, with military degradation. It is intended to make Yersaillcs the Government head-quarters. A Russian squadron has arrived at Falmouth en route ior America. The Autumn Campaign in Berkshire lasted from the fourth to the twentieth September. The troops behaved admirably, and some splendid manoeuvring was done in front of London. : ‘ The Newcastle coal masters have imported 3000 foreign workmeh. Latest. The wool sales opened with great animation. 139,347 bales were catalogued.- '1 here was a large attendance of home and f reign buyers. The wheat market is firm. Messrs Keep, Parsons, and Co. have. There liabilities amount to 1.120,009. * Victorian debentures, sixes, ,vc quoted at 114. 1 ,, Queensland, at 108], Tasmania, at at 103 1, and Adelaide from 107 to 110 to 114. The exports exhibit a considerable ■ improvement on the total values for the four weeks over the corresponding period of last year, but the operations for the two mouths collectively are not more than a fair average. The gross total is 1.863,600, against L63S, 700. The total for Victoria is L374,8U0, increase, Ll 34,300; Sydney, L 159.600, decrease, L 33.800; Queensland, L66,20(1, increase, L 56.100 : Adelaide, 1.91,100, decrease, L 3200; Swan River, increase, L‘23,400; Tasmania, decrease, Ll 1,400; New Zealand, L 65,000. i.

SHIPPING. Arrived fro,m New Zealand.—Otago, Albertine, Caducous, Charlotte Gladstone, Celaeno, Harvest Home, Malay,' and Aguc;s Mpir. ■ Sailed lor New Zealand, —Chile, E P. Pouyene, Glenhuntly, May Queen, Kobert Henderson, and Zealandi). Loading for New Zealand. Fifteen vessels. Freights from Glasgow to Otago are 39s to 40s for bale and box goods ; Liverpool to Auckland, 30s to 4'is for general goods. Owing to the U> avy demand lor money, the Bank of England has raised the rate of discount to four per cent. There is nothing later about wool. Wheat is Is to 2s dearer.

The Mont Cenis tunnel was'opened successfully. Intel national festivities have taken place at Turin.

The sham campaign was concluded with a review at Aldershot. Several battles were fought, and a great victory won in defe: ding the approaches to London against two invading forces under Generals Stavely and Carey. Many deficiencies were exposed, but the manccuvies were considered satisfactory. The ship Uudcrlcy, fer Melbourne, was

totally wrecked on the Isle of Wight. Tin steward was drowned, but the rest wer< saved. The strike at Newcastle continues. Th< masters have imported 3,000 foreign work men. Further explosions at Wigan have necessr tated the flooding of the mines. The Times has published detailsrpf .a proposal to make a railway from London to Kurrachee (India) at an estimated cost of forty millions, making it a pleasant journey of live days. The promoters un.idertake to complete the lino iu three years ou the joint guarantee of the countries traversed. Chief Justice Norman was assassinated by a Mahomedan, a native of Cabul, while entering the High Court in Calcutta. The affair has caused a profound sensation throughout India. The motive for the act can only be surmised. The assassin has been sentenced to death. The Times says the murder is a terrible blow struck at the majesty and sanctity of the law. The Daily Neios supposes the murder was instigated by the Wohabees. The English harvest has resulted in a yield of wheat fifteen per cent, below the average. advices from Washington state that the September corn crops are favorable. The Bishop of Calcutta' has applied for three additiouahßishops in bis diocese, without expense to the Government. The American cotton crop is estimated at three to three and a third million bales. Mr Mbntgbmery shot himself with a pistol, his newly-married wife being in tho next room at the time. At the inquest- the jury returned a verdict that he committed suicide during temporary insanity. COMMERCIAL. Wool is Id to lid higher than last closing rates. The fourth series of sales opens on the 14. The total arrivals arc 131,131 hales, including 36,445 bales from New Zealand. A further advance of Id to 3d is expected, as the consumption.continues on an augmented scale. The demand from abroad is small, but the home requirements are large, and high prices are likely to rule throughout the sales. At auction 1242 bales of Now Zealand flax were offered, and 950 were sold at dearer rates, from L2I to L 39 being obtained for superior well dressed. Australian hides, light, fetched 6jjd, and first heavy, 6Jd. Over 2000 casks of mutton tallow were sold at 43s 9d to 44s 3d, and beef at 42s to 42s 3d. The arrivals of foreign wheat and oats are larger, and prices for foreign wheat Is to 2s higher. The exports to New Zealand show how an iucrease of L 65.500. — Money is dear. New Zealand Consolidated Fives, 101 ,V; sixes, 113. Australian secnritios are in active demand, and foreign stoc;ks ; and railway shares buizant. Shares in the New Zealand Loan and Investment Cbm-, pany are at 3s 8d to 5s 8d prem.; in the New Zealand Trust and Loan Company, I.ld to li|d prem.; in the Otago and Southland Investment Company, j prem.

Hokitika, October 31

The s.s. Eangitoko, Capt. Mackie, arrived at 2 p.m. to-day. She left Hobson’s Bay at 3 p.m. on the 2Gth, and brings tlje English mail via Suez, .together with eight saloon and 20 steerage passengers, and 200 tons of cargo for all forts. Passenger list Saloon : Miss Kate Simpson, Capt, and Mrs T. Thomson, Mr John Manson, Miss Lucas. Mr W. M'Lean, Miss Allen, and Mr H, Orchard. Cargo list Nelson, 36 tons ; Wellington, 94 tons ; Lyttelton, 17 tons ; West Coast, 53 tons. Mklbouuxe, October 26. The Ministry are obtaining supplies from the House. The Legislative Council have rejected the Tariff Bill by a large majority, but it will probably lie reconsidered. Parliament will be prorogued on November 2nd. The Murphy pension question is postponed till to-day, to give an opportunity to test public opinion regarding it. Mr Cohen has given notice to introduce a Bill rendering captains and owners responsible for bringing destitute persons' from the other Colonies. The movement against closing places of respectable recreation oh Sunday continues. Mr Duffy’s health is improved. The Government proposes to subsidise the 'exclipse expedition. A mimb.r of private individuals are going. Sv’i)£'ey. I The dapfain and crew of the barque A. H. Badger arrived by the barque Alice Cameron, having been run down by the Nevada, which bore away without rendering any assistance, The water gaining, and the Alice heaving in sight, the. crew Icit the .4, If. Badger, which was fully insured iu Sydney offices. -An Admiralty suit has been instituted against Captain Bennett of the Aurora, who has been charged.with flogging seamen. The open a troupe sail for Auckland by the Nevada. Efforts are being made to procure an enquiry into the running down of the A. H. Badger by the Nevada. Adelaide. strong satisfaction is. expressed at the favorable nature of the English commercial nows. Telegraph stations have been opened 176 miles towards the Gulf of Carpentaria,.

H OBAlvr Town. Matthias Blpch has been remanded for a week.