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Evening Star, Issue 2889, 23 May 1872, Page 2

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(from oheville’s telegram company, rbuter’s agents.) Bluff, May 22. The Gothenburg left Melbourne on the 16th inst.. and arrived here to-day, She leaves for Port Chalmers this evening. Passengers: r and Mrs Whittingham, Messrs Davison, Coote, and Hallenstein. Melbourne, May 16. The debate on the Reply to the Governor’s Speech is not yet concluded, but a division will probably take place to-night Stormy discussions have taken place, and demonstrations have been made at meetings held in Melbourne, Ballarat, Gastlemaine, and Portland. at which resolutions supporting the Ministry were passed. The delay in the arrival of the Nebraska is being used os an argument against the proposed postal service via San Francisco. Feeny, before being executed, admitted having shot Marks, but indignantly denied the existence of any improper intimacy between them. A great Volunteer review is to bo held at Ballarat on the Queen’s birthdray. A meeting of the Jewish residents has been held to take steps to collcot subscriptions to relieve the distress of their brethren in Persia The proposed street tramways are much opposed. A fragas took place in the Benalla Shire Council, the councillors proceeding from words to blows. MrF. G. Duffy, son of the Premier, has been appointed Government Law Officer, over the heads of others in the department, and great dissatisfaction is felt, The appointment by Mr Duffy of Mr Hoey, ex-Editor of the Nation, to the office of Secretary to the Agent-General in England, is also deprecated. Mr Bent has tabled a motion in the Legislative Assembly to the effect that this exercise of patronage'rcnders it advisable that the Governor should dismiss his advisers. The Italian Opera season opened with tremendous houses. The new prima donna was well received. A new theatre is being built on the site of the Theatre Royal, and an arcade on the site of the Haymarket Theatre. Arrived.—Ceres, from Hokitika, Rachel Cohen, for Lyttelton ; liangitoto, s.s., from the Bluff. The barque Seagull was in company with the llachel Cohen in Banks Strait. Sailed.—Gleaner, for Greymouth. Flour is at Lls 10s to Ll6, and wheat at 6s. 6d. to 7s. New Zealand oats are at 2s Od to 3s. Sugars are improving. Sellers of Tookey’s shares ask L 6 16 ?, buyers offer only L 6. Sydney. Parliament has been adjourned for a mouth, to allow of the new Ministers being re-elected. Mr Hannaford, of Auckland, took the first prize at the exhibition of oil paintings. Newcastle. . Sailed.—Stranger, for Lyttelton ; Hercules, for Auckland ; He vers ham, for Wellington i Eleanor, for Port Chalmers. Adelaide. Wheat is firm at 6s. Flour is at LI 3 10s to Ll4 10s. The cultivation of flax is progressing. The Inverary, from New York, brought 8000 cases of kerosene, which were bought up iu one line at a price withheld It is said that the delay in connecting the ends of the telegraph line is due to an < rror in not selecting a proper base of operations. Two men have died from sickness, which is very prevalent. THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL. Auckland, May 22. The p.s. Nebraska arrived to-day at 4 30 p m. She left San Francisco on the evening of April 27th, aud Honolulu on the 6th of May. She brings 50 tous of freight for Auckland 25 tong for Southern ports, and 100 tous for Australia. Passenger List.—For Wellington : Mr Higginson. For Port Chalmers: Mr Gilbert James Garrar. Messrs Kaye and Andrews are in charge pf the mails, amounting to 426 bags. This includes both mopths’ mails'for New Zealand and Australia, Dates (by post) from London are to April 4th, and from Dublin to April sth. It was not the Moses Taylor that broke down, but the new steamer Moongo (?).

The steamers will run right through in future. ° . GENERAL SUMMARY. London, April 26. In Parliament, to-day, Earl Granville and Mr Gladstone stated that it was incompatible with the public interest to declare what were the intentions of the Government with regard to the further proceedings before the Geneva Board of Arbitrators. Mr Newdegate asked leave to introduce a Bill for the appointment of a commission to enquire into the character and rapid increase of monastic institutions in Great Britain. He declared that the priests impoverished their parishioners, and asserted that women had been forced into convents against their will. Mr Mayberry, member for Dungarvon, protested against the offensive language of Mr Newdegate, and represented him as endeavoring to excite religions strife. At the Epsom Races the City and Subur*ban Handicap was won by Digby Grand/ Lord Glasgow being second, and Hector third. The claim int in the late Tichborne case has been admitted to bail, and will soon be summoned to answer the charges of periurv and forgery. In the House of Commons, in Committee of the whole House on- the Ballot BiU, an amendment was offered by the Government, punishing voters for openly displaying their ballots at the poll, and defeated by 274 to 246. • ;o- . ; The Queen will'shortly visit Napoleon at Chiselhurst. The presentation of Lady Twiss at Court is officially cancelled. By the falling of the wall of a building in course of erection at Kirkcaldy,' nine men were buried and suffocated. In the House of Commons a motion by Mr Trevelyan, seconded by Mr Fawcett,' to ii#e householders outside Parliamentary boroughs the franchise, was opposed by Mr Gladstone, and defeated by 149 to 70 ' The obsequies of Earl Mayo took place at Dublin. The remains were interred at the family seat. The funeral procession was a mile long. 'I ke Marquis of Lome represented the Queen.

A long and acrimonious debate took place in the House of Commons on Hie course taken by the Government in regard to the Dublin University Test Bill. Mr Gladstone admitted that the Government pledge had been nnfultilled, alleging want of time as an excuse.

The British counter ease was presented to the Geneva. Arbitration Commission on the 15th. It refuses the discussion of the American imputations of hostile motives and in' sincere neutrality. No reference is made to the claim for indirect damages. It ~ assumes the claims are limited to the losses occasioned by the Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Shenandoah, and accepts the introduction of nine other rebel cruiser*’ claims. The mere sale of vessels adapted for war to belligerents was not a violation of neutrality. It complains of the American overstrained construction of the Treaty of Washington, and states that the losses which the arbitia 1 : rs may take into account are at the utmost those especially arising from the capture and destruction of ships and property. It hopes the frank open statement of facts will eventually remove every misunderstanding. The Times urges Parliament to adopt a motion Lord Bussell intends to introduce for an address to the Crown for the suspension of the proceedings, un'ess the indirect damage claims are withdrawn. The Daily News says the dissolution of the Gladstone Cabinet, and its succession by a Conservative Ministry, are probable before the close of the week, and that there will be a general election for members of Parliament in the latter part of the week. It thinks the Government will be defeated on the University Tests Bill, which is,made » Cabinet question. 1;.. The steamer Ispahan, from Bombay, via Suez, is supposed to have foundered off Brest and fifty persons to have thus been lost. The steamer Neva is reported to have been wrecked in the Malayan Archipelago. The teamer Kona was sunk in a collision off the China coast, and sixty persona are missing. It is reported that Prince Bismarck has presented an ultimatum to M. Thiers, demanding the immediate redaction of the French army to 22,500 men, and hinting that in case of refusal Germany \vill establish a new French Government, The report is discredited in Berlin and Versailles, The Daily Telegraph, however, asserts in decided terms that the statement of the precarious condition of relations between France and Germany is founded on undeniable facts.

The ship Derry Castle has been burned at sea.

Rear-Admiral Robert Coote succeeds RearAdmiral Farquhar in command of the Pacific fleet.

At the Epsom races the : Metropolitan Stakes handicap was won by Mr Lefeyre’a Dutch Skater, bred in France. Kingcraft was second, and St Aubyn third. Ten horses started. FRANCE. The. Constitutional contradicts positively the reports regarding the unfriendly difference between France-and Germany. The Arehbishop of Paris and other clergy, have issued decrees promulgating the. doctrine of infallibility. ; ’ A squadron is preparing to bombard T’amatave, on the coast of Madagascar, on account of the ill-treatment of the French residents there. Germany. The Princess Alice gave birth to a daughter on the 22nd. The North German Gazette and Berlin New positively deny the statement made by the London Daily Telegraph in regard to the relations between -France and-Germany. The Augsburg Gazette, on the other hand, affirms the correctness of these statements. , Spain. Carlist bands are increasing throughout the kingdom, with cries of V Live Charles Seventh 1 Death to the Liberals ! ” Gffeat excitement prevails. Senor Rosas, the Ministerial was elected President of the Cortes by a large majority. Ten thousand insurgents are said to be opder arras, and Don Carlos on his way to take command of th in. :”He will Be shot if found in Spain' under arms. The .Government are preparing to suppress the insurrection. Advices from the frontier state that Carlists have been victorious, apd have captured carabineers in two recent engagements with the Government troops, nesr Bflbap, in Biscay. ........ Italy. A fresh crater has been opened in Vesuvius, and a stream of lava from it threatens

the villages on the mountain side. The inhabitants are removing, and thousands are camped in the fields. The Bay of Naples is covered with boats filled with spectators. The scene is indescribably grand and terrible Flames sometimes shoot np to a great height, and masses of rock are ejected with the lava Earthquake shocks have been distinctly felt in Naples, and six tourists are reported to be killed. ~ , The Pope received a deputation of -.000 citizens at Rome, and thanked them for their devotion to the Holy See. It is reported that the Itahan Government are usurping the rights of the Church. AMERICA. The Senate Postal Committee reported in favor of subsidising the Australian steamship line to the extent of 500,000 dollars a ye The New York Tribum of 26th April says there is reason for the statement that the Administration has abandoned its attitude on the Alabama question, and that the Secretary of State has written to the American Minister at the Court of St. James s, expressing his regret at the misunderstanding which has arisen concerning the claims for indirect damages. Captain Hall’s Arctic expedition has been heard from in Greenland, on March 1. In Congress notice has been given of an amendment to the Postal Appropriation Bill, offering half a million dollars subsidy annually for tho American line of and silver mines have been discovered in Alaska. , . The Mexican revolution is crushed. Congress is considering a resolution for withdrawing the claims for indirect damages from the consideration of the Geneva tnbU(New Zealand?) wool is At 70 to 75 cents, per lb. for good. Port Phillip is at 67 to ?3 cents, for choice, and 60 to 78 cents, for good, Sydney unwash d choice is at 62 to 77 cents. „ . San Francisco, April 17. The wheat market is firm at 7s lid to 8s 4d cental. At Liverpool, quotations are 12s Id to 12s 4d. , , . . The Nebraska brought 1699 bales of wool. The market is at nominal ratas, pending later advices from London, and from the American manufacturers. The range is from 35 to 55 cents, per lb. The rains will ensure large grain crops. SHIPPING. Sailed from London.-Excelsior, for Wellington ; Halcione, for Wellington; Merope, for Lyttelton ; Otago, for Port ChalSailed from Liverpool.—Wave Queen, for Port Chalmers, March 12. Sailed from New 1 ork.- Burnett, for Port Chalmers, April 5. Nap kk, May 23. 200 Natives are expected to be feasted tomorrow by the Europeans. Wanganui, May 23. A son of Topia ;Tnria, chief of Upper Wanganui, was thrown from his trap and killed. Wellington, May 22. The Divorce Court has granted a degree absolute in the case of Thomas v. Thomson, and in that of Thomas v. Thomas. The case of Fairbank v, Fairhank and Behrens is now being heard. May 23. In the Divorce Court in the case of Fairhank v. Fairbank, of Christchurch and Behrens, after argument, the petiti ner was examined. The defence pleaded ivas that the petitioner had been guilty of acts c nducing to the wife’s infidelity. Judgment was reserved. In the case of Scager v. Segar the evidence showed a long course of infidelity on the part of the wife with the petitioner's brother, ranging over several years. The Court intimated that it was satisfied that the wife was guilty. Judgment was postponed. Latest London advices report that a calm followed the last sales in the wool market, qhe feeling is as of a wavering doubt, lest the supplies for ensuing sales should turn out smaller than anticipated. There seems to be every probability of the maintenance of prices at their present levels. Preserved meats, it is feared, will fall in price as the season advances. Mutton, 61b tins, 4*{d to 5d ; 41b tins, 6Ad to 6|d; 21 b tins, to 7j. Beef, 4jd, 5Jd, 6Ad, 6|, to 7d. There is a strong demaud for New Zealand hemp, with a further advance of 30s per t-«n ; 1000 hales have been sold. The improvement in cleaning is enhancing the pric’. Sales ex Halcione, from Wellington, ranged from LSI 15s to L3G 15s. Queenstown, May 23, A statement that Mr Macassey should threaten the Star with an action for libel re the Wakatip Mail causes surprise. The people here are determined to uphold the liberties of the press, and large subscriptions are promised. The Mail closes a bitter correspondence with Mr Barton, and throws it case upon a jury of the country with the utmost confidence. Of course this is the challenge direct. The Grace ▼. Eagar case has been referred by postponement to the Supreme Court. The bailiff is still in possession. The miners will not permit a forcible repossession, if attempted, to succeed. There have been heavy sittings in the District Court, but the cases possess no interest to Dunedin readers. Mr Hallenstein will take his seat in the Council, and is instructed to act rigorously. There was a great fight between the two rival companies of Chinese at Big Beach. Ugly wounds were inflicted, but there w’as no loss of life.