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Evening Star, Issue 3168, 16 April 1873, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

[From the New Zealand Press Association.)

April 1(|, 8.15 a.m.

The Albion has arrived. She left He}* bourne on the 10th. She brings the Sue* mail, and sails for Dunedin to-night. Passengers : For Dunedin—Messrs Walker, Coates, Campbell, Mowatt, Lauchlan M'Gowan, Misses Brown and Foster, Mea dames Campbell, Mowatt, L. M‘Gowan, Rev. G. Smith.

Melbourne, April 10. Overland communication has been interrupted since Monday between Catherine and Yam Creek. Parliament meets op tl;e 13th of May, Governor .Vowon encamps with the'Tolunteers from Saturday to Monday. " Mr Felix Eubat, a well-known sharebroker, has been arrrsted on a charge of having coimnitted large frauds. A writ of ca. re has been issued against Butters at the suit of the Polynesia Company. Butter? was ordered to find security to the extent of L 5,000, H.M.S. Blanche arrived yesterday. She awaits the steamship Northumberland with four officers and sixty sailors for war schooners. Afternoon. The Full Court gave judgment ip Mount and Morris’s case this morning, to the effect that they, as judges, will advise the judge who tried the case. It is rumored that the judgment determines that penal servitude can be given. Felix Eubat, brought up before the Court, was remanded for seven days. Melbourne is full of volunte*rs en route to the <^mp. The overland line is still interrupted. Commercial.— Mail news unsatisfactory j f bowing an advance on nearly every article : orders remain unexecuted. Baltic timber has advanced considerably ; flooring deals and logs are much dearer. Wheat, 5s 7d to 5s 8d ; oats, 3s 9d to 4s. Kerosene in mode* rate request; Devoe’s, Is B£d. Sugars very firm. Kauri gum dull and easier; fine trains, parent, 100s; pale clear, §7s to 77». Hemp quiet, with a decline of L2 per ton. and scarcely any demand,

Shipping. Departures, from London : January 26, Edinburgh Castle, for Auckland ; January 30, Lucerne, for Wellington ; February 8, William Davie, for Otago ; February 9, Wild Duck, for Wellington ; Geo. A. Holt, for Wellington. Sydney. Wallis, the Melbourne bookmaker, has been disqualified by the Sydney Tatteraall’s. The population of New South Wales has increased by 12,000 during the last half yetr. The last quarter’s yield of gold shows 3,500 ozs. decrease. The Funded Debts Bill passed through Committee in the Assembly. Adelaide. Boothby’s harvest statistics show' a total yield of 8,735,912 bushels, showing an increase of 4,768.843 bushels ; average yield, 114 bushels per acre ; estimated overplus for export, 180,000 tons. The Governor of Tasmania has proceeded on a visit to the Governor, Leonard Bros.’s tender for one section of the South-Eastern Railway has been accepted at 1,16.000. Wheat firm at 5s Id to 5s 2d. London, March 31. The Oxford and Cambridge boat race was rowed over the usual course on the Thames on the 29th. Cambridge won by three lengths. A large concourse of persons witnessed the race. The Grand National was won by Disturbance, Rhysworth second, Columbine third. Colonel Andrew Clarke, of the Royal Engineers, has been gazetted K.C.B Sir James Fergnsson W’as entertained at dinner by his Ayrshire friends, April 1. The commission of inquiry into the condition of the Mercantile Marine, moved for in the Commons by Mr Plimsfill, has been appointed. The Imperial Government, previous to the receipt of the memorial from Fiji, decided on the removal of Mr Consul March. At the sale of wool, 1,500 bales of Adelaide greasy were sold for export. Arrived—Ballarat, from Napier. The steamer At’antic, of the United States mail line, and one of the finest ships on the line, was totally lost while proceeding from Liverpool to New York. During thick foggy weather she was stranded at Halifax. She was crowded with passengers, and the cumber drowned was 738. Details of the wreck, as published, are harrowing, and the news caused a great sensation. The revenue for the year amounted to L 77.650.870, showing a decrease of L 1,900,456. Professor Fawcett has withdrawn his University Bill, and moved for leave to introduce another, simply abolishing University tests in Ireland. 3he Government promised to support the measure, but at six o’clock in the evening the House adjourned without any result being arrived at. 'ipe Bill tq establish a Supreme Court of Judicature has leen referred to a Select Committee of the House of Lords to report upon Money is easier; discount, 4 per cent. New Zealand Consolidated Fives, 103|; do, Sixes, 111. Commercial.— Large withdrawals of gold are expected. The Oriental Bank Ins declared a dividend of 12 per cent. Tallow, steady. Copper, steady. Hides, unaltered. There is a full supply of leather, and prices have declined one half-penny. New Zealand hemp, L 23 to L2G. Wheat, dull. Preserved meats dearer. Butter sold at 90s per cwt. April 3. Mr Knatchbull-Hugessen, Under-Secre-tary for the Colonies, has introduced into the House of Commons an amending Customs Bi ; l, in accordance with the promise made by Earl Kimberley. Under the Bill power is given to the Victorian Legislature to enact laws remitting and imposing import duties as regards other Colonics, ouch power being impartially exercised infercolonially. The aufres not t b be at variance with existing treaties between England and foreign powers, nor are duties to be levied on articles for supply of the Imperial land and *ca forces. Australian Agricultural Company’s shares have advanced from L 75 to 1 89. Arrived: Ships Sir John Lawrence; Asterope, from Lyttleton. April 4. The latest accounts reduce the loss of life by the stranding of the Atlantic to 560 persons, including 350 women and children. The House of Commons rejected a motion favoring the Euphrates Valley railway scheme. Professor Fawcett’s Irish University Tests Bill has been introduced. The Queen visited East London yesterday. The Bill passed by the Victorian Legislature legalising marriage with deceased wife’s sister, has received the royal assent. The new war sloop Barracouta has sailed for the Australian station. April 5. 'The Australian Customs Bill was read a peegnd time in the Hon-e of Commons. M Sir Jfames t'ergiisson leaves for New Zealand by the April mail steamer. Madame Arabella Goddard, pianist, is en route for Australia. The Queen sent a letter expressing gratification at the reception accorded her at the Victoria Park, East London. The letter was addressed to Mr Reed, member for Hackney. The wpollea manufacturers are busy, and stocks low. The total arrivals are upwards of 100, bOO bales. Money, inactive jin dcteand. Discount, 3Stocks are depressed, owing to the apprehension that money will be dearer. New Zealand Consolidated lives, 104. A spirited advance has taken place in Colonial land shares. The Australian Agricultural Company’s have risen from 75 to 79 ; Peel River, 77 to 84. Mutton tallow, L 43 to L 44 ; beef, L4l to L 42. Leather, quiet. Hides, inactive; Californian; 58s. 1 !• . ’■ T>...... A 1

' • ’’ Paris, April 1. A most excited debate took place in the National Assembly on Prince Napoleon’s petition against his expulsion from France. M. Dufaure, Minister of Justice, refused to receive the Committee’s report, expressing the views of the Conservatives, and easting censure on the Government. M. Dufaure then submitted a Bill excluding the whole of the Bonaparte family, and asked that it be considered as a simple order of the day, which was subsequently voted. April 2. M. Gfpvy has resigned the presidency of jibe trench Assembly It is rimv'red that the Khan of Khiva has become alarmed, and that he will send back the Russian prisoners as soon as the Russians enter Khiva. Stain, April 2. The inhabitants of Barcelona arc exasperated at the Carlists who attacked the churches. Ten thousand citizens govern Malaga, and refuse to admit the troops. The Internationalists are active at Barcelona. A Federal Republic has been proclaimed in Malaga. Aruowtown, April 16. A large public meeting was held here last night, protesting against a bridge being built at Frankton Fads. A strong petition was prepared in favor of the bridge being built at Morveu Ferry. The action of the representatives in the matter was condemned. A vote of want of confidence in Mr Halleustein, M.H.R., was carried.