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Evening Star, Issue 3045, 21 November 1872, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

{From the New Zealand Press Association.) Bluff, November 20. The s.s. Rangitoto, ('apt. Mackie, arrived here at 6. .SO this evening. She left Melbourne at (3 pm, on the 14th inst, and encountered a heavy 88. \\ T . gale, with terrific sea, which lasted till the morning of the 18th, Bhe sails for Dunedin at 4 p.m. to-morrow. Passenger List For Dunedin : Miss Holmes, Mrs Roberts, Mrs Guthrie and child, Messrs Marryatt. Moody, JBlytb, Hughes, Holland, Captain Hutchison, and tAventy in the steerage. For Lyttelton : Mr and Mrs Langdown. For Wellington : Mrs Gibson and Mr Shepherd. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. ’ Melbourne, November 14. The debate in the Legislative Council on the Education Hill is not yet finished. It is anticipated that the Bill will be rejected, A Bill has been passed by the Assembly to increase the Agent-General’s salary to Laoou, and to limit the tenure of the office to three years. It is probable that the appointment will be conferred on Mr Langton. A Bill providing a fifth Judge of the Supreme Court has been passed by the Assembly. The Government have offered Mr Fellows a judicial appointment. The Polynesia Co, are agitating for the Victorian Government to assume the protectorate of Fiji, but there is little chance of their effoCs proving successful. The railway to Longwood has been opened. Twenty-four miles of the NorthEastern line are to be opened on the 18th. The Rev. W. Henderson, Ballarat, has been elected Moderator of the Presbyteiian Assembly. The Steeplechase at the race meeting of the V.R.C. was won by Brownie, and the Free Handicap by Foam. Daring the meeting L 7291 were paid in stakes, and the receipts amounted to nearly LGOOO. The settling was satisfactory. A strong feeling of antagonism prevails between the Governments of Sydney and Melbourne re garding the Border duties, and a settlement of the question is further off than ever. The antecedents of Sir George Bowen are favorably commented upon by the Press. The enquiry into the grounding of the ' Victoria has resulted in Lieutenant Tandy being censured and losing a mouth’s pay, while Captain Banter is censured only. The iuternaii: mil Exhibition is crowded with exhibits. The attendance daily is large. A large sperm whale has been harpooned in Hobson’s Bay. Mrs Holmes and Mr Alfred Reeves, two theatricals, have died--the former suddenly. Arrived'—l2th, Moa, from Hokianga; Aborigine, from Hokitika; Waratah, from Dunedin. Sailed.-10, for Grey mouth. At the avool sales, greasy fetched JOd to Is scoured, Is 9’ ( d to 2s Cjrt ; lioecc, Js 7d to 2i 2;,’d ; lambs, is 9jd to 2i 3d. The Boston fiie and the new French duties have tended considerably to raise the market. Breadstulfs are iuactiA’-e. Sales of flour have taken place at Ll9 to LIS Ids. Quotations for wheat are from 7s to Bs. Oats meet with good enquiry up to 3s .‘Rd, Sugars are steady, but sales are light. There is some speculation in tobaccos. Trade generally is satisfactory, though much has not been done this week, Tookey shares, paid, are obtainable at L 5 IDs; and do., new, at L 3 10s. SVDNEV. The Newspaper Postage Repeal Bill has been read a first time. A select committee has been appointed to report on the state of the wharf accommodation. The French transports Guerriere and Garonne have arrived at Aew Caledonia with 1250 Communist prisoners. The weights for Tattersall’s Cup ha ve been published. Duke heads the list with Bst 41bs. The Border Customs duties for three months reached nearly L 22.000. Ten months’ revenue from mineral leases amounted to L129,00i). The narrow gauge railway question is under discussion. Layton, the defaulting Treasury Accountant, lias been committed for trial. At Rockhampton, during a violent thunderstorm, a boat was capcized, and Mr Wildridge, b at builder, live children, and a sailor, were droAvned, The avool sales were dull, and the bulk of the avool offered was Avithdrawn. Neavcastle, Arrived—9bh, Ben Nevis, from Lyttelton ; 10th, Juliba, from Auckland. Sailed—Amherst, for Napier. Adelaide. Sir James Fergusson enters upon his duties in New Zealand in March next. It is not settled when he is to leave here. The Chief Justice will assume the Governorship after his departure, pending the arrival of his successor.

The Consolidated Loan Bill is not to be proceeded with until the English money market is easier, and the Victorian scheme has been tried. Meanwhile, Treasury bills, with two years’ currency, will be issued. Bird, the pedestrian, has boon sentenced to 21 days’ imprisonment, on an unsatisfied judgment. 'i ho Todd banquet takes place to-morrow. The Omeo, with the Telegraph construction party on board, has arrived. 2(3Ut) bushels of wheat have been sold at Gs 3d. Flour is quiet, at LI3 to LI4. Port Darwin. lOOoz. of gold from Wcstcott’s reef have been shipped for Adelaide. Fifty miners return to Victoria in the Strathmore. UNPUBLISHED TELEGRAMS. Melbourne, November 14. The Ballarat Hospital Committee severely censure Dr Owen for inhumanly treating exConstable Gannon, who committed suicide. The matches of the Victorian Rifle Association open to-day. The entries are very numerous, and the weather splendid for shooting. it is rumored in town that Mr Fellows has informed the Government of his acceptance of the Judgeship ollered him. Mr Brogden is in Melbourne. Parliament will not he prorogued till the end of December’, before which time a collision between the Houses is imminent. Arrived. —Mary Gumming, from Dunedinj Albion, from Hokitika.

Adelaide, November 14 The session of Parliament is to bo piorogued next week, to enable Sir .lames ' ergusaon to visit England before proceeding to New Zealand. The toasts at the Todd banquet will include “The British Australian Telegraph Co. •” “The Commercial Interests ot the Colonies and “The Unity of the World. ’ The Rev. Mr Scott, Episcopalian clergyman, brought an action against Mr Styles, one of his parishioners, for saying that he preached to an immaculate congregation (?), A verdict was given for the defendant, each party paying his own costs. Mr Boucaut’s Juvenile Offenders Bill, introducing whipping as a punishment, has been passed. Brcadstuffs arc unchanged. favourable reports, dated to-day, have been received from Westcotb’s party, Yam Creek (Fort Darwin rush); but groat distress is likely to prevail among the miners through want of provisions. LAT Eli ENGLISH NEWS. (By Anylo-An*tr"liaa I floji'nph.) THE BOSTON FILE. London’, November 10. 0 p.m. T Boston, C.S., was partially destroyed by tire to-day. The lire raged unchecked with great fury, and many of the principal buildings were destroyed. The military authorities were appealed to to blow up large buildings to arrest the progress of the flames The chief seat of the lire was in Commercial and Centre streets in North Boston, between the Bay and Charles River. 4 hero were 700 firemen on the ground. November 11. 11.22 p.m. The ravages of the tire exceed the worst anticipations. The district destroyed co\ ers 100 acres, and includes the establishments of all the principal hide and wool merchants in the city. The buildings burned were chiefly new, and of granite. They comprised O.TJ business premises, and 00 dwelling-houses. The progress of the lire was arrested by blowing up buildings. A panic is apprehended in Wall street. November 12. A semi-panic, caused by the tire, prevailed upon the New \ork Stock Exchange yesterday, but the excitement 1m now calmed down. Secretary Boutv.ell, of the United States Treasury, in order as much as possible to prevent a panic and alleviate the distress, will aid by selling gold largely. The latest return states the loss at 80,000,000 dols. (about L 10,000,000). The Lopdou Insurance Companies suffer severely, as also do the Equitable Safety L suiancc Co. of Massachusetts, the Mutual, the Globe, the Boston Jnsu auco, and Frcscott Fire offices, as well as Continental offices. GENERAL SUMMARY. London, November 12. The City Flour Mills, Bl.ckfriara, have been destroyed by fire, and 200,000 quarters of grain burned. Sir Henry Rawlinson, in his inaugural address to the Royal Geographical Society, declared that Mr Stanley had well earned the Society’s medal. He also announced that the friends of Dr. Livingstone had organised a reli' f expedition, to start fiom the West Coast of Africa, and proceed up the Congo River. Some excitement has been caused in political circles by the absence of Mr Gladstone from the I ord Mayor’s dinner, as a Ministerial deliverance on that occasion was look'd for. Rumors are rile of distensions in the Cabinet, Money is stringent. Victorian sixes, April to October, arc at 111J ; Queensland Sixes at 110 ; New South Wales Sixes at 104.) ; and Tasmanian Sixes at IU4A. Copper is falling. Straits tm is at LbF).

UNPUBLISHED TELEGRAM. London, November 13. 3.35 pm. The Russian Chambers Lave been reopened. The me'sa.e from the Emperor announces the introduction of a modified system of shipbuilding (queried in original), tLe re-organisation of counties, and administration by curtailing the fembl privileges of the nobles. The tit. Petersburg Gazette publishes the commc.'cial treaties entered into by Russia with Bokhara, Khokan, and Kashgar. It declares the attitude of Russia towards Khiva to be untenable, because the security of Orenburg is dependent on its relations ■with Khiva. Tjmauu, November 21. Murdock M‘Lean, the shepherd who has been miss ng for some days, was found this morning drowned in Waslidyke Creek. A heavy piece of stone was tic 1 round his nock, and he bad in his pocket all his money, with the exception of some sixty pounds which was gone. The inquest was to be held this afternoon. Whom noton, November 21. The commission of enquiry into the mortality amongst the children by the ship Bebington and the complaints of the passengers, say that the ship was not well adapted for the conveyance of passengers in large numbers, and that greater discretion should be exercised in selecting ships for that purpose. , Mr IjCiuuu litis forwarded butteries and other telegraphic implements to Auckland. There is every probability of floating the New Zealand ( harcoal, Titanic Steel and Iron Company. Nearly 1000 shares have been applied for in Wellington, _ A public meeting to discuss the matter will be henl shortly. An inexliaustablc supply of limestone has been found in the Manawatn district.