BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3036, 11 November 1872, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

(From the-New Zealand Press Association.) Bluff, November 9. The Tararua arrived from Melbourne at 5p m. She left on the sth, and passed the Rangitoto in Bass Straits the same day. She leaves for Dunedin at 4 p in. on Monday afternoon. Passengers for Dunedin ; Roy L. Mackie, Mrs Maokie, Mr and Mrs Watson, Miss and Master Watson, Mrs E. Davbury, Mrs Mackay, Miss Pascol, Messrs S. Brearley, C, Brearley, W. L. Lees, J. Scholiield, Hamilton, Gaisford. Trestrail, Cowell, Le Celere, Barnett, and forty-nine in the steerage. She brings 305 tons of cargo, 59 horses, and 157 rams.

LATER ENGLISH NEWS. London, October 31. The Australian Colonists in London are arranging a grand public banquet to inaugu--1 rate the connection of the Colonies with the mother country by telegraph, A charter is to be granted by the French Government to the Bank of New Caledonia. Copper has advanced to LH7, and there are indications of a further advance. The market is bare of Australian meats, owing to their rapidly extended sale throughout the kingdom. Wool maintains latest quotations. Thirty thousand horses in New York have been stricken with the new epidemic. November I. Lord Penzance, Judge of the Divorce Court, has resigned in consequence of illhealth. Baron Martin will probably be his successor. The Bishop of Winchester, in presenting the prizes at the London University School, expressed his opinion that the Oxford University local examinations will have a great effect upon the future moral history of the country, Obituary. —Lord Kinloch, one of the Scottish Lords of Session j Sir Alexander Duff Gordon. Mr Samuel Laiug, late Finance Minister of India, is a candidate for the representation of Orkney and Shetland. The conditions of the Anglo-French commercial treaty have been puhjisfyed, Tiip tariff of Rabins to'bo maintained, with the additi-n of compensatory duties, equivalent to French taxes on raw materials. Differen tial shipping dues are to be abolished by I‘ugland. In return, she obtains complete freedom respecting coal and other exports and imports. France may, with the assent of England, augment duties after six months’ notice. The treaty to remain operative until the expiration of the Austrian Treaty in 1877November 2. Admiral Randolph’s appointment to the Australian Naval Station is contradicted. The Australian Colonists’ Telegraph Banquet takes pbace on the 15th November. Lari Kimberley presides. The simultaneous exchange of messages is desired. The steamer Atrato is docked at Keyham. The emigrants will be detained at the depot for three wnel^. The steamer Bulli has cleared for Sydney. Wool is firm,' Arrived.—Somersetshire, Jane Court, City of Dublin, Lord Warden, Anna, and Damascus. •*,. The Australian September mail was delivered in London on the 28th October. The Auckland September mail was delivered two diiys latep, STILL LATER NEWS. The following telegram was received on board the Tararua at Queenscliff London, November 4. Consols, 02/,. Mr Roebuck, at Sheffield, eulogised the House of Lords as being the greatest safeguard the country possesses. Mr Baxter, in addressing his constituents, said that the ballot will net cure bribery. It was impossible to prevent voters announcing their votes. Seeing the efficiency of the army and navy, he asked whether the time had not arrived for a reduction of the armament. Sir James M'Cnlloch has declined the Victorian Agency. Lieut. Cameron accompanies Sir Bartle Frere to Zanzibar, to make a scientific exploration.

VERY LATEST. The following unpublished telegram, di* rect from London, was received in Melbourne on the forenoon of the 4th Govern* ber ; London, November 4. The Polynesian kidnapping atrocities excite indignation and horror. The Times insists that England should do her duty, and suppress the nefarious business by increasing the Australian naval squadron. Mr Forbes, Manager of the Food Company, has started for River Plate to purchase cattle. Mklbournk, November 4. The Assembly has adjourned to Tuesday week. The Debentures Conversion Bill has passed the Lower House. The Rev. Mr Peebles, the Spiritualist, has been welcomed at a soiree. The inquest on Pyke, who comihitted suicide, resulted in a verdiot of /do dc se. Spiers, who was sentenced to death at Beechworth, has had his sentence committed to ten years' penal servitude. A man named Richard Cooper killed his wife this morning in Little Lonsdale street. An extensive lire occurred at Alexandra this morning, A whole buildings, including the Union Bank, which was partially insur d, was destroyed. The Bank books were •saved. Ten thousand shares have been subscribed in the Victoria Finance Company. At the Victorian Spring meeting, on the Derby Day, the Melbourne Stakes were won by Contessa; Hamlet, second; Barbelle, third ; time, 2min. ISsec. Hotham tiandi* cap -Early Morn, first; Misty Mom, second ; Nirablefoot, third; time, 2min. 62sec. Maribyrnong Plate—Dagmar, first; My Leah, second; Misa Milly, third j time, Imiu. 6sec. The Derby—LoupGarou, first; King of the Ring, second; Patriarch, third; time, 2min. 46sec. Essendon Stakes —Bine Peter, first; Dolphin, second; Quack, third ; time, Bmin. 46sec. Footscray— Sir Hercules. Dagworth has receded in the betting for the Cup, The mail steamer Behar left Galle on October 28, and is expected to reach this port on November 18. The Bangalore, with the outward mail, arrived at Galle on Saturday last. Two young men were drowned in the Yarra on Saturday. Commercial.—New Zealand wheat, 7s fid. Bank of New Zealand shares are offered at L2I. Tookey’s, paid up, are wanted at 98s ; for new issue buyers offer 70s: sellers ask 755.

Sydney. The Telegraphic Celebration Banquet is 6xed for the 7th inst. Simultaneous messages w U be exchanged with London. The Police Magistrate has refused to accept the I'ijian depositions in the Nakalau kidnapping case. Over 11,000 dzs. were obtained Dora 400, tons of stuff from Hotterman’s claim at Tamboroora. The schooner West Hartley is supposed to have foundered during the late gales. Sarah Rill has been sentenced to death at Bathurst for murdering her child. The Sydney banks hold over three millions werth of gold. Adelaide. Wheat steady at 6s Gd, Tasmania, The Wilson Ministry has resigned. Mr Scott, Chairman of Committees, will probably succeed in forming a Ministry. Cromwell, November 11. The Heart of Oak crushing was 2!J907. Isdwt, from 212 tons of stone. A fire iu a Geneva cotton factory caused L 400,000 worth of damage, and threw 800 bauds out of employmentThe subscription for the restoration of Warwick Castle has been closed. The sum received is estimated at from L 20,000 to L 30.000. The want of coal has compelled the Great Western Railway Company to close their mills at SwindOn, and also the steam h?.uune* shop. Some SQO men are thus out of employ, Labor for the harvest is, however, so scarce that a ma jority of the men have gone to work for the farmers, 18a to 20s per acre being paid for cutting wheat. (For continuation of News see fourth page.)