BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

Evening Star, Issue 3062, 11 December 1872, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

[From the New Zealand Freys Association.) Wkllim.TON, December 10. The Government received a telegram today from the Agent-General, dated, Nov. 28, in answer to a telegram Iron; the Go 'eminent. dated Nov. 2. Dr Featlmrston states iu his telegram that 1,866 souls have hj ft the United Kingdom since Sept. HI. He further states that the regulations are working, that he is relaxing them wherever necessary, and that he is in a position to send to Otago 1820 immigrants ;to Canterbury, IGDO ;to Marlborough, 140 ; to Auckland, 730; to x apier direct, 850 ; and to Wellington and the adjacent Provinces. 1450 ; making a total of 0516. of whom 8750 are English, 850 Irish. 570 Scotch, and 1840 foreigners. The Scotch agency, he says has never been interfered with, and Mr Auld will send the Otago immigrants from the Clyde. Irish immigrants are flow ng iu freely, and a central office, with a sub-agency, has been established under Mr Farnall, at Belfast, since June last.

December 11, Arrived—Tararua, from the West Coast. The Claud Hamilton saiis at noon.

A special sitting of the Court of Appeal was held.this morning. Jn r<‘ Maclean and others v, Macaudrew, the Court held that they had nothing to do but to give leave to appeal on the usual terms. The AttorneyGeneral said the appellants were willing to give security to refund costs if the appeal were allowed, which offer Mr Ollivier, for the respondents, accepted.