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Evening Star, Issue 2879, 11 May 1872, Page 2

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(FROM GBEVILLE’S TELEGRAM COMPANY, REUTER’S AGENCY.) ARRIVAL OF THE “ OMEO,” AT THE BLUFF, WITH THE SUEZ MAIL. [A portion of the following appeared as an “ Extra” this morning : Bluff, May 11. The Rangatira was off Glenelg at four on the morning of May 4th. The Baroda left the Sound for Melbourne at eight on the morning of the 29tb. Dates : London, 22nd March; Telegrams, 10th April; Galle, 13th. Passengers,—For Australia : Sir Valentine Fleming,' Sir George Verdon, and Mr Gordon, water engineer for Victoria. Wool sales terminated Ist March, and were characterised by almost unexampled animation, prices reaching higher than ever known in this generation Prospects of next sales excellent. One thousand bales of New Zealand hemp auctioned at full prices. Tallow sells freely ; mutton, 425, to 42s 6d ; beef, 41s fid to 42s 3d ; mixed, 42s 6d. Hides sold freely at an advance of one farthing per pound. Leather less active; 13,000 sides sold. Sydney oil, 34s|to 38s ; sperm cleared at LOS. Australian wheat, 48s to 61s. Preserved meats considerably lower. New Zealand consolidated fives, January, April. July, October, 103 to 103J ; ditto sixes, 1891, March and September, 112 ; ditto January and July, 111 ; Consols, 92 7-Sths ; money abundant; discount moderate, at bank rata. General rise in stock markets; joint-stock undertakings very numerous. SHIPPING. Arrivals from > ew Zealand.—Beth Shun, Countess of Kintore, Halcyon ; Mercop ; Otago. Sailed for New Zealand.—Agamemnon, Bu’wer, Ironsides, and May Queen. Ten vessels are loading for New Zealand. COMMERCIAL. The exports for February and March show a moderate increase. To New Zealand the increase over the previous month is L 22.300. A supplement to Stables’s circular reports three more departures for New Zealand. GENERAL SUMMARY. Chaffers, an attorney, by statutory declarations published infamous details of the early life of Sir Travers and Lady Twiss. Chaffers was prosecuted for libel, and in court be tortured Lady Twiss by putting filthy questions. The libellous statements were disproved, but Lady Twiss suddenly left London, and the case collapsed. Sir Travers has since resigned his position as Queen’s Advocate.

. from the United Kingdom aidon the Chicago Relief Fund, amounted tol465?,0OO. It isieifpected that the Lords will pass the Ballot BiR. The French military expenditure has been reduced by twenty-eight million francs. The protracted visit of Prince Frederick and Count Moltke to Italy alarms and irritates France. Publicity ha° been given to the attempt of the Commissioners of Sewers to seize two thousand cans of Australian meat, which has seriously prejudiced sales. Mr Macarthur will move an address to the Queen for the establishment of British protectorate over Fiji. A great meeting was held at Oxford to honor the memory of Bishop Patteson. Eleven thousand bauds engaged in the flax mills at Leeds are out on strike. Four thousand silk weavers are locked out Mazzini died suddenly at Pisa, and was buried at Geneva. Hisjfuneral wai attended by 80,000 persons. The Russian Government has determined to reopen Sebastopol as a military and commercial harbor. An influential committee has been formed at Bombay to raise funds for a memorial to Lord Mayo. LATE TELEGRAMS. April 10. In replying to Earl Derby (?), Mr Gladstone said the Ministry would fully maintain its position on the Alabama case. Mr Lowe hasjmade his financial statement. Last year’s expenditure was one million less than the money voted, while the estimated expenditure for the coming year was seventyone millions odd. The estimated revenue was .nearly seventy-five millions. He proposed amongst other things to reduce the income tax to L6O, and apply the abatement to incomes of L3OO ; to abolish the tax on warehouses, &c., where rentals are under L2O, retaining the remaining surplus, L362,000a5a reserve. The National debt has been reduced since 1869 by L12,742;000. Lord Dufferin succeeds Lord Lismore in the Governor-Generalship of Canada * ambridge wou the University Boat Race by one and a-half lengths. The Queen is at Baden-Baden, and is in strict privacy. The Prince and Princess of Wales and family have arrived at Rome. The Prince had a lengthy audience with the Pope, who congratulated him upon his recovery, and expressed his thanks to Queen Victoria for .her constant evidences of her sympathy with him, and also praised the religious fee ing of the British nation. The Easter Monday review at Brighton is considered a success, notwithstanding the wet weather. By a colliery explosion at Atherton twenty* eight persons were killed. The laborers in Warwickshire have struck, and formed a anion. The Tichborixe claimant remains at Newgate. He has published a letter appealing to the public for subscriptions to aid bis defence, solemnly asserting that he is the real Sir Roger. Mr Disraeli was enthusiastically received at Manchester. Numerous addresses were presented to him by the Conservatives throughout Lancashire. At a monster meeting, Mr Disraeli defended the throne as the source of all blessings which the British en? joy, demonstrated its cheapness, and also spoke in defence of the House of Lords. M. Thiers, on the occasion of closing the s ssembly for the Easter recess, said, “Order : n the interior and peace abroad, assured to France that Europe was well disposed towards us. True revenge would be to reconstitute France, with a regard to alliances with Europe, bolding itself in reserve should no power wish to bind itself.” Washington, April 2. The Republicans have carried the State elections, thereby increasing the chances of Grant’s re-election. The republicans carried the l Rhodes Island elections. ' LATEST. The House of Commons rejected Mr Vernon Harcourt’s motion to reduce the national expenditure. The English Press comment on the absence of any programme in Mr Disraeli’s speech at Manchester

A Washington telegram, dated April 4, says that the Foreign Committre of Congress recommended the suspension of action in re the Fishery Bills, owing to the condition of the Washington Treaty. The University boat race was rowed during a snow storm. The ship Yatala, from Adelaide, was stranded near Boulogne. The crew and passengers were, saved. The masts had to be cut away to save the ship. The Nebraska’s mails were delivered in London on the 25th March.

'1 he Treaty of Commerce betweeh France and Belgium has been denounced by the Assembly. The proposed tax on raw materials has been abandoned for 1872. An ambassador from Khiva has been dispatched to Petersbnrgh to court the friendship of the Czar. Some municipalities in Spain are associating themselves to obtain the restitution of Gibraltar. There have been destructive earthquakes in California. Many people were killed and injured. London, 12th AprU. The Tichhome claimant was arraigned, and pleaded “ Not guilty.” He has been removed to the Queen’s Bench for trial, which commences in June. v '1 he boy O’Connor, who insulted the Queen, has been sentenced to ; one year’s hard labor and twenty lashes. Bluff, May 11. The Omeo left Melbourne on the sth, after waiting twenty-four hours for the mail, which arrived before she left. She will sail for Dunedin to-night. Passengers for Dunedin, etc :—Mrs Roberts and six children and two servants; Mrs Walker, two Sisters of Charity, Mr Hall, Mr Mackey, Mr Liggins, Mr Kirkpatrick, Mr Janverin, and twelve in the steerage. Melbourne, May 4. The debate on the reply to the Governor’s address has been adjourned till the seventh! The Opposition proposed an amendment, tantamount to a rote of want of confidence, because there was an omission in the address to any reference to public education. The Ministry will probably be defeated, and will ask for dissolution, if the amendment is carried.

A boat, believed to be the longboat of the brig Magnet, baa been picked up by the Mary Gumming, of Adelaide. Feeney’s sentence of death for shooting Marks has been confirmed by the ExecuThe Legislature has adopted a congratulatory address to Her Majesty on the lecovery of tne Prince of Wales. , Arrived.— Alhambra, from New Zealand. Commercial.— Tookeys are wanted at L 7. Flour is firm at Lid. Wheat, 6s vd to 7s. Oats, 2s 9<l to 3s. Sugars are very firm, especially whites; since advices per Kassa etate that two ships are loading at Mauritius for the Colonies. Iron is dearer.

Sydney. A statement was made in the Assembly that the ship Karl Belmore has gone home in having been detained in harbor, the Kail sent for a day’s pay, which the Treasurer Pl p d oto Sergeant Sullivan has been shot dead by two bushrangers at Cowra. The French transport Jura, with 70U Communist convicts, has arrived at New Bill has been introduced abolishing Newcastle tonnage dues. ~ r The Assembly has voted an address ot congratulation to the Queen on the recovery of the Prince of Wales. Newcastle. Arrived —Havcrsham, from Wellington, Maggie, from Nappicr; Gazelle, from Lyttelton ; Architect Benaud, from Dunedin. Sailed —Helen, for Lyttelton. Adelaide. An expedition has been formed to prospect the northern territory for goldfields. Wheat, 6s 2d, quiet. Flour, Ll3 10s to LUiOs- ________ Wellington, May 11. Arrived, the Albion and Taranto. The Albion leaves at 10 p.m , without the outward mail from here for Melbourne, and leaves Nelson on Tuesday.