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(from grevillk’s telegram company, keuter’s agents.) Auckland, March 3. The Nebraska arrived at 3.30 p.m,, left Honolulu on February 17. The Moses Taylor left San Francisco on February 6, and brought no mail of any consequence. Snow blockaded the road, but it was expected to be cleared in a few days. The run was made from Honolulu in 14 days 8 hours. Passenger for Wellington';—Mr J. Corcoran. Cargo.—For!|Wellington, 1 {package ; for Port Chalmers, 3 packages, GENERAL SUMMARY. February 3, The claims of the United States, laid befoi'e the Geneva arbitration, have caused great excitement throughout Great Britain. England is charged with a knowledge of the character of the Alabama, and that it should he regarded as a hostile expedition from a British port against the United States, as Britain did not use diligence to prevent her departure from Liverpool to Jamaica and other English ports, and that the Alabama received special hospitality at the Cape. Similar charges are made respecting the Retribution, Georgia, Tallahasse, Olustee, Ghickancey, and Shenandoah, and it is demanded that in making the award, not only the losses of individuals for the destruction of vessels and cargoes by the Florida and its tenders should be considered, but the expenses of the United States in pursuing the vessels should be also taken into account. London, February 3. The Times declares England must give immediate notice ta the Geneva arbitrators and also to the Government, that if the American course is as reported, efforts at arbitration may as well cease. The Daily Telegraph reports that negotiations to that end have been opened between England and America, and that the British representatives were not received in a friendly manner. Other journals criticised the American case ■with great severity, urging the Government to declare an opinion with regard to it, and to make a demand for indirect damages. Chief Justice Cockburn has officially counselled the Cabinet that England must recede immediately fiom the treaty of Washington, leaving America to decide between the New Treaty or war. The Council are now discussing the terms in which this resolution shall appear in the Queen’s speech at the opening of Parliament. The Advertiser asserts that Chief Justice Cockburn will withdraw from the arbitration, and the Government will repudiate the Washington Treaty. The Daily News says the position of the Government is backed by the sentiment of the country. The Prince of Wales will embark for a cruise in the Mediterranean during April. An extraordinary storm visited the south of England. Streams overflowed, and whole villages were deluged, damage being done to property in the Valley of the Severn.. Windsor suffered severely. The upper portion of London on the river was flooded.

Mr Otway, M.P. for Chatham, addressed ' his constituents on political affairs, expressing his opinion that the state of Europe was pregnant with complications which might lead to war. He said if the claims of the United States were not allowed in the Alabama question, war between the two countries would become necessar}’. The African mail steam packet M ‘Gregor en route from the Cape for England, was wrecked on the Guinea coast. The passengers and crew were saved. In the Tichborne case, the defence say they have three hundred witnesses. The claimant’s chances are considered weakening. In answer to representations by the AntiSlave Trade Society, regarding the nonfulfilment of the treaty for suppression of the slave trade, Lord Granville said that undoubtedly Spain had infringed the treaty, but the matter was too intricate for the interference of England at the present time when Spain had an insurrection on hand. Lady Franklyn offers a reward of L‘2ooo for the recovery of the records of the ships Erebus and Terror. Upon the nomination of Mr Nolan, the Home Rule candidate for the House of Commons in Galway, Ireland, serious riots ensued. Many persons were wounded. Election excitement in Kerry runs dangerously high. It is reported that the Fenians are organising mobs to support Messrs Blenner and Bassett (Home Rule candidates), and that the priests are threatened with violence. John B.ight has written a letter to the O’Donoghue, denouncing Home Rule.

London, February 5 The tone of the Press on the Alabama claims is slightly moderated, and they look forward to the Queen’s Speech to-morrow for a positive announcement of the stand taken by the Government with regard to the American case. The Times of Saturday has the following language ;—“ We repudiate the construction that has been put on the treaty of Washington in the American case, «& I must withdraw from arbitration if this construction is insisted, but this point rectified, we are ready to stand loyally by the treaty.” Tlie Times of to day is afraid the attempt to solve the Alabama difficulty may prove abortive, but hopes the failure will not excite bitter feeling in America. The Saturday Review thinks the United States prefers io'have no settlement but wishes to hold the Alabama claims as a perpetual menace for political uses. The Pall Mall Gazette claims to have seen an early copy of the Queen’s speech to be delivered on the open ing of Parliament to morrow, and gives the following abstract : —“ The Queen congratulates Parliament and the country that relations with all the nations of Europe are of the most friendly character. Considerable space is devoted to the subject of the Alabama claims, on which the Queen says : “To uphold the extent of my national ob'igations I have concluded a treaty with the United States for settlement of questions discussed for several years, it having become obvious that the horrors of war are avoidable by peaceful arbitration instead of the arbitrament of the sword. I have given consent to the reference of the Alabama claims to an international tribunal, the highest authority to which their decision could be entrusted, Through a pardonable oversight on the pirt of the negotiators, the claim was not explicitly limited to direct losses, and therefore the President of the United States preferred a considerable amount of indirect claims, to many of which my Government has demurred. 1 hope the amount to be ultimately defrayed will not exceed the French payment to Germany. The Queen deplores the trouble in India, and congratulates Parliament upon the condition of the finances of the country and the collection of unprecedented revenues. She refers to the peaceable state of Ireland, and promises the introduction of Bills in relation to ballot, for regulation modes, acquisition of railways for he State, and for the regulation of licenses for the sale of liquors. Sir Charles Dilke organised a large meeting in Trafalgar Square to night. Fully 10,000 persons attended. The Prince of Wales’attended Church at Sandringham yesterday . The Times complains that the American case has been translated into Continental languages, and scattered broadcast over Europe, as if with the intention to make retraction impossible. No method could be more effective. New York, Feb. 6. In America there is great excitement amongst the Washington officials consequent upon the relations with England ; and there have been constant conferences between the representatives of English and American Governments. The English legation represents that the situation is of the gravest character. President Grant is firm, and says the case as presented by the United States should not be amended or withdrawn, regarding the Geneva Commission as a Court leaving the question to its decision. Despatches from the American Minister are to the effect that the excitement in London is intense, but no recommendations are made. The English Minister argues that the Geneva Commission should be treated as an amicable conference.

LATEST TELEGRAMS. Continental Bonapartist agents are actively distributing pamphlets, urging the restoration of the Empire. The proposition to confiscate the Napoleon family property was received with shouts of derision by the Assembly. The French Government entertain the idea of ceding the monopoly of the sale of tobacco to the Rothschilds and other bankers for thirty years, on condition they furnish funds for immediately paying the German war indemnity. The Emperor of Germany ha« knighted and conferred the Oraer of Merit upon Sir Edwin Landseer. The Radical party in Madrid denounce the outrages perpetrated by the Spanish authorities in Cuba. The French Assembly by an overwhelming majority has authorised the Government to terminate the commercial treaties with England and Belgium. Some Spanish gunboats captured an English schooner for landing goods contraband of war in Cuba. A strong religious excitement has been raised in Europe between the old and new Catholics. Bavaria is agitated, and the old Catholic movement is spreading in Germany under the leadership of Dr Dollinger. A plan for a republican revolutionary uprising has been organised over the whole south of France. The Pope granted an audience to the Grand Duke Michael, brother to the Czar of Russia, indicative of a reconciliation. investigation shows that the disturbances

in Barcelona were fomented by an International Society, many of the members of which organisation are now under arrest. The Captain-Gen* ral of Cuba sends a reassuring despatch to the Government. He has just made a journey through the disaffected districts, and declares from personal observations, he is certain the insurrection will he ended in March or April. He makes requisition for 2COO fresh troops from Spain, with which he promises to bring the war to a conclusion. Calcutta, Feb. 5. The Deputy Commissioner Cowan ordered fifty Kooka mutine. rs to be blown from the mouth of cannons. America. The Congress proposes to increase the mail subsidy to Japan to 1,000,000 dols., which is double the present amount. The serv.co is to be fortnightly instead of monthly. 7,400,000 pounds of tea have been imported by that route during the past year. The Grand Jury of New York have found indictments against the Tammany Ring. Mayor Hall is reported to be among those indicted. Small pox is raging in New York and Philadelphia. The cashier of the Rhode Island National Bank is under arrest for embezzling 200,000 dollars. The winter is unusually severe throughout the Northern and Western States, A series of heavy snow storms occurred on the plains between Salt Lake and the Missouri River, completely blocking up the Trans-continental Kailway track. No mails have been received between the East and West for several weeks, the trains being snowed in at various points on the route. The passengers are reported to be suffering greatly from want of provisions and the intense cold. Great efforts are being made to clear the road. The blockade has given a new impetus to another and more southern road across this continent.

The Grand Duke Alexis continues histoflr through the States, receiving public entertainment at each city. In company with army officers, he had a grand buffalo hunt on the plains.

Great excitement prevails amongst the Washington officials iu consequence of the relations existing with England, and there have been c nstant conferences between the representatives of the English and American Governments The Englis Legation represents that the situation is one of the gravest character.

President Grant is firm, and says that the case as presented by the United States should not be amended or withdrawn—regarding the Geneva Commission as a Court, and leaving the question to its decision. Despatches from the American Minister are to the effect that the excitement in London is intense, but no recommendations are made.

The English Minister agrees that the Geneva Commission should be treated as an amicable confereuce.

The New York Herald says that the fact of the British representatives at Washington “ being instructed to make proposals of accommodation, and for the compromise of the Alabama claims, is an insult to our nation from Britain. If Britain is liable for the loss of our commerce, and the prolongation of the civil war, the damages awarded must be paid peaceably, or they will be collected at the point of the bayonet.” The Times says that the action of the British Government will be a matter of surprise to Americans. The Tribune says that if popular clamour in England should compel a withdrawal from the Treaty of Washington, it is not the United States that wUI be the heaviest loser. The World says it looks as if the Administration had overstepped its work in trying to make capital out of the controversy; and if the Treaty is repudiated, the public verdict will be that the President and his advisers have bungled instead of settled it. Strong efforts are being made to make San Francisco a free port. Heavy rains last month caused the rivers to overflow, doing much damage to property. The prospects are good for a bountiful harvest this year. The Legislature is debating the question of the repeal of the Fence Law. The Japanese Embassy to the Treaty Powers, consisting of five of the principal Ministers of the Empire, accompanied by sixty secretaries, interpreters, and servants, visited San Francisco. They made a close examination of the various branches of Government and the manufactories, and were entertained at a grand banquet. They have left for Washington, en route for Europe.

COMMERCIAL. Londov, January 20th. There ia a strong enquiry made for wool, § rices being very firm, with an upward tenencp. Tallow ia active. There ia a speculative demand for Australian. Mutton ciosed at 49a 3d, being an advance of Id. New Zealand flax is in flood demand. A further rise bias taken place of 30a adper ton. Hides are active. Sales of Australian have been made at previous rates. is very active. All descriptions of Australian have advanced 3|d. Consols, 92.Wheat, 15s 4d. Paris, February sth. Rentes, 56f 50c. New York, February 3rd. Since the last mail, the barque Launcelot sailed for Sydney, with 4,056 cases of kerosene and a general cargo. Gold is more active. Sales have been made at 1104, and closed at 100|. 52,000 lbs of New Zealand wool were sold at Boston at 55c to 66c. SHIPPING. Loading—William Prood, for Nelson. Auckland, March 3. Edwai'd Boyle, a storekeeper, has been arrested and charged with stealing LIOO paid to him by one of the tellers of the Bank of New Zealand in mistake. The ground at Pukehinau has been rushed. The Fredericka schooner has been wrecked at the Manakau, and pillaged. Cattle fetches 30s per 100 lbs.; mutton in fair supply at 4£d. Caledonians, Lls ; Tokatea,4os; Thames, L 5 7s. Gkevmouth, March 5. A crushing from the Energetic Company yielded 43 ozs. from ten tons o stuff. Another rush has set into the reefs at Larry’s Cheek, a tributary the Inangahua The prospects are good.

Queenstown, March 5. Mr Hallenstein’s Queenstown meeting last sight was highly successful. The candidate refused to answer a question put by Mr Shepherd, who was hissed and put down Tbe meeting was unanimously in his favor. AH his meetings have be.n successful. Mr Maccassey was favorably n ceived at the Upper .Shotover. Mr Smith’s address is a perfect gem in its way. There will be a very keen contest between Messrs Macassey and Halleusteiu.

Wanganui, March 5. A man, named Patiick McLauchlan, shot himself this morning.