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Evening Star, Issue 3098, 23 January 1873, Page 2

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[From the New Zealand Press Association.

Bluff, January 23. The Albion arrived at the Bluff this morning. Passengers for Dunedin—Messrs Hewitt, Bush, Leathes, Davis, .Macredie, Dennislown, Johnson, Towsey, Hayman, Staite, Bothwick, De Beer, Frown, Bunn, Fulton, Bobinson, Rev. Mr Peebles, Mesdam s M‘Lean, Brotherson, Bush, Davis, Misses Wald, Oliver, and Jones. The Albion leaves for Dunedin to-night. London, January 15. The remains of Napoleon were interred to-day at Chi-lehurst. Everything passed off quietly. A deputation of Paris workmen headul the procession, and the leading Buonapartists and those who were personally attach d to the Emperor, followed, The funaul proceedings were witnessed by an immense crowd of spectators, the number being estimated at fifty thousand. Previous to the funeral, the remains were viewed at Camden House by upwards of ten thousand persons. M. Thiers authorised Admiral Rigault de Genonilly, Marshal Canrobert, the Hue de Palikao and General Froissard to attend the funeral obsequies. Italy was represented by four officers. Barcn Schonwaloff has been presented to the Queen. The Cabinet will send communications this week to Petersburg in reply to Russian represent vtions. Pauls, January 15. The Snib-Committee has presented to the Committee of Thirty proposals greatly restricting M. Thiers’s privilege of speaking in the Assembly, and also empowering the President on certain occasions to suspend the promulgation of laws, but requiring from M. Thiers the reconsideration of the proposal to establish two Chambeis. The Spanish and American difference has been officially declared to be exaggerated. I ondon, January 16. The Auckland mails via California were deliveied to-day. The shipments for Australia are decreasing, The exports to Melbourne in December were L6'JO,OOJ ; to Sydney, L3U0,000. The Peel Diver Laud and Mineral Com* pauy declared a divi lend of four per cent. Petroleum, Is lOd. Paris, January 16. It is confidently believed that an amicable agreement will be arrived at between M. Thiers and the Committee of Thirty, on the constitutional pr posals submitted. General Trochu has resigned his seat in the National Assembly.

The Spanish Government denies viewing Secretary Fisk’s despatch, but nevertheless it has been officially published iu America.

Melbourne, Saturday 18th

The new Education Act is working admirably, and nearly all the schools under the old Board have come under its operations. The schools are filled to overflowing. Tenders are invited for half-a-million, at four per cent. Government stock. The bauks have adopted a new scale of discounts. The minimum is now three ptr cent. The Government have reduced the interest bn deposits in savings banks from four to three per cent. The Exhibition has been a great success in regard to attendance. It closes this evening Mr Levy proceeds to England as agent for the Colony, The crime of infanticide is very prevalent iu the Colony, Henry Gritten, the artist, is dead. Wallis, the well-known bookmaker, has been convicted of offering a bribe to a jockey, and has been disqualified by the Croxton Park stewards. Other clubs will follow suit.

Toe Intercolonial delegates are still in Melbourne. They will proceed to Sydney by the mail steamer. Sugars meet with good enquiry at full rates. Wheat steady at 5s 3d to 5s 4d, and of uew Victorian there are very small supplies. Oats, 3s Id to 3j 4d; kerosene, la 11 Three vessels it is notified sailed from Calcutta early in January with new rice. A late London telegram states that an advance has taken jfiace iu bar and rod iron and all kinds of hardware. Shirring. Arrived—Melbourne Gleaner, from Greymoutb, 17th. Sailed— Moa, for Auckland; Fiery Cross, for Port Wakefield. Tookeys full shares are offered at Lls.

Sydney. Captain Witherington, and other prisoners connected with the Kate Grant kiduappmg case, have hern committed for trial. A case agaiust the steamer Wainui for kidnapping is being investigated. The Newcastle strike continues, and vessels are leaving in ballast. The Rev. Mr Cope is appointed Secretary to the Wesleyan Conference. The Legislative Assembly are discussing a motion qn Secular and h a Y® granted qne thousand’ pounds towards-the eost of the observation of the transit of Venus. Newcastle coal has been sold at 25s per ton by the cargo. Adelaide. The exports last year amounted to L 3,454,090, including cereals L 867,000. H M.S. Clio is at Hobartown, and the Cqssapk at Melboupnq. The Blanche; pro,: ceeds to Wellington to relieve 'the Dido, which is ordered to Fiji. -. , UNPUBLISHED TELEGRAMS. I Sydney, Saturday. Great floods prevail in Northern Queens, land. The neighborhood of Charters Towers is inundated. Flour is L6O per ton, and other provisions at almost famine prices. ■ > TllC ne Board has suspended the certificate of the captain of iue steamer Sir Charles Cow per fqr six months, for the collision with the schooiicr Tftaula. The secular education ! dfebjte was adjourned to Tuesday. Adelaide. Sales of wheat, 4s s.’d ailoatj'not much doing. ' Wellington, January 22The porlrait of Mr Francis Moleswortb, presented by his family to the Province was unveiled to-day by the Superintendent and Miss Lewis in the presence of a large assemblage of o'd Colonists. ' . The weather was excellent for the regatta. In tho ships’ gig race, Jessie Headman was first; in the Coasters’ Race, Falcon Yacht Race, Red Jacket; Champion Six-oar Race; Rua Lura; Fair-oared Race, Firefly ; Fouroared Race, Electric Spark. • ■ The old Colonists’ Association have arranged for a dinner to-uight. It is likely ; to be very largely attended. • 1 ENGLISH CABLEGRAMS. [Reuter to the Australian Press.] Auckland, January 22. London, January 7. The relations between France and the Vatican have become more uncertain; The discussion on the subject in the Assembly ie postponed on account of the indisposition of Remusat, the Minister for Foreign Affairs: The Sub-Committee appointed have settled the question as to the occasions on which Mi Thiers may speak in the Assembly, • Tenders were received for the JNew South Australian loan. The loan was all taken above par, . ; : The value of the exports of bullion are nearly a million over the imports. Several members of the International Society have been arrested in France. Austria officially denies the report that Count V on Beust has retired from the Secretaryship of oreign Affairs. Picard, being unable to obtain the majority required to secure the Chairmanship, left the Centre.

Count Schonwaloff is conferring with Earl Greuvil'e on a mission from the Czar, and brings most conciliatory assurances. Consols, 92 1 Discount, 4i per cent. An American expedition to Zanzibar will eo-operate with England to suppress slavery. Greece accepts the proposal to submit the Laurium mines question to arbitration.

January 11

The American ambassador to Spain has written that, abolition of slavery in Cuba having failed, America cannot but regard the situation of neutrality as dillicult, and that a change of policy will be forced on America if the Cubans’ grievances remain unredressed, and the promises made to them unfulfilled.

Bains in England are continuous. Wheat has advanced Is.

London, January 11

Count Beust, in reply to the Due de Grammont’s assertion that Austria was pledged to support France in the late war, says that Austria reserved the right of neutrality, and that France, after declaring war, asked for an alliance, which was refused. The Ticbborne trial is set down for the 23rd April. The Spanish reply to America is courteous and vague. M‘Mahon has assured the President of the loyalty of the French Army, and the absence of Bonapartism. Ninety-two officers of the French Army left their cards for 1 biers, as an expression of their devotion to the existing retfnrie. The’Bonapartist newspapers of Mi’an nave opened a subscription for a monument to the late Empiror. The English Court, has gone into .mourning for ten days for Napoleon. Sir James AUCulloch has accepted the Agency of Victoria only till the end of March, as he returns to the Colony in April. The Economist mentions as a rumor that Germany contemplates purchasing gold in Australia.

A collection of salmon ova for Australia is being made in America. Large silk failures are announced-Drake-ford Brokers for L 90.000, and Messrs Virauk, for L67.00P. Monetary.— Debentures : Victorian, to 114 ; New South Wales Fives, ]o4| ; New Zealand Consolidated, 1024 ; Queensland Sixes, 109 ; South Australian, long dated, 115; Tasmanian, 109. 'I he Union Bank dividend is declared of 6.J. per cent. Commercial.— -Tallow, dull, with a slight decline. Fine beef, 4ls to 42s ; medium, 40s to 41s. Petroleum is steady, Sydney cocoanut oil, L 22; sperm, 192 10s, Wallaroo copper, L9(i to L 97 for prompt cash. I ondon, January 13.

The Observer states that Count Schonwaloff is negotiating for the mavriage of an English Prince with a daughter of the Czar. Thiers will not permit any Bonapartisfc demonstration at the funeral of Napoleon on the assumption that the occasion might be taken advantage of for political manifestations. He .approved of the suggestion that M‘Mahon should writs a letter of condolence to the Empress, and advised his attendance at the funeral with several superior officers. The Court of Vienna has gone into mourning for Napoleon for twelve days. Bekijx. Public opinion here is that the death of JJapoleop has improved the prospects of the but will create iwo factions, one headed by the Empress Eugenie, the other by Prince Napoleon, Consols, 92g.

London’, January 14. A large force of police has been sent to Chislehurst to prevent any disturbance. Communist demonstrations at Napoleon’s funeral are apprehended. A deputation waited on the Government, urging it no longer to tolerate the violence of the Bonapavtist press. Schonwaloff has explained that the Russian expedition to Khiva resembles the Abyssinian expedition, having for its object the release of captives. The officers of the expedition have strict orders to return when they accomplish the object. Mr Lowe has declared the abolition of the malt duty as impossible, and that there is no reason to expect there will be any surplus of revenue next year. Coal and iron are advancing in price in conmquence of a strike in Wales.

SVDNEV. The first Wesleyan Conference commenced its sittings to-day. Mr H. H. Hall’s tender for a direct Californian mail service for LSB 0 0 is likely to be signed during the present month. The Fiji Government guarantees L 3.000 if the steamers will call at Kandaro. The steam collier Bullie arrived, 63 days out from England, The schooner Helen was totally wrecked at Lake Macquarrie, and the barque Snrcouf Idst off New Caledonia. Both crews were saved.

. The Newcastle miners are still on strike, ftn'A ' riots are feared, and numbers of the police force are there. No vessels arc loadfug. The money excitement has died out, and the share market is depressed. The import market is dull. Late Mauritius advices report a further rise in sugar. There have been great, unprecedented, and almost general floods lately, doing great damage to the crops and mines. Several Pprsqns were downed. ■A pompany fs fqrnpng tq construct a railway from Moama to Deniliqnin, ■ An imperial despatch received by the last mad deniesCfreat Britain’s having recognised tha Government of Fiji or having sanctioned Captain DouglasV of the Cossack, aetpn in that matter,

Melrocrne,

Young, the Castlemaine bank manager, has-been committed for trial on a trial of embezzlement.

> The sentencing of Mount and Mon is has been postponed till the April term.

< The mint has been idle for weeks, the refusing tq n?|y ffie high rates eoimdg. • A large number of educational schools have sent jn thgir adhesion to the new education uystevh. ’ The combination between the banks is breaking up, and reduced rates of discount is the result.

The dividends paid by the Sandhurst public companies during the ■ past year was L 565,00().

The land in Collins street known as Hqwick’s was sold fqrL2O,UOO, ■A deficiency of L'f.OOO has been discovered in themocoupts of a Government laud officer at Geelong, lately deceasedrJ he Trans-Continental Railway scheme Was brought under the notice of the dt legates. Who premised to give it consideration, ■ Another case of infanticide has occurred at Fitzroy, The Secretary of the Polynesian Company interviewed Mr V'ogel, and requested that Webb’s steamers might be permitted to call fit -Fiji. Mr Vogel replied that he considered the route too dangerous at present. Commercial—Sugars are selling readily at L 36 for yellows, and at 1.39 JOs for fine Whites. A London telegram states that bar iron is at U3, and sheet iron at LI7. Tin plates and hardware have advanced from ten to fitteen per cent per ton. There have been considerable sales of barley at from 4s to 6s; wheat, os 7d to 5s 9d ; oats, 3s Id to 3s 2d.

The Melbourne regatta is fixed for the 4th and sth of April. Twelve jurymen entered a jury-box at Geehng recently, and six of the number affixed their signs manual to a document submitted to them in the form of the letter X. Imagine this infallible half-dozen empanelled to try l a case of a forgery, in which the evidence turned upon a comparison of signatures. It might be very awkward for the accused, if innocent, very pleasant for him if guilty.