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Evening Star, Issue 3608, 15 September 1874, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

T , . , , Wellington, September 14. i i k l S £ U W OO( * at » before his Excellency be 'f* 11 the prerqgafive of mercy in the case of Alexander Mtsonald, now undergoing a sentence ‘of osnal i&> for sheeting a mail-coach horse. "\ T J * Creighton assumes the editorship of the New Zealand Times’ at the end of the month. T . ~ . , Auckland, September 14. Lne official scrutiny in connection with the Waitemata e.ection resulted in the striking off of eighteen double votes from Mr Von dfer ileyde, and twenty from Mr Macfarlane, leavx?B a majority f or Mr Von der Ueyde of sixty-two. ’ J VA mi, k i r ,, Napier, September 14. . „ e ™ ole °* the trout ova and young fish t 4 They arc supposed to have been maliciously destroyed. There ia strong suspicion as to where the guilt lies but no proof. . ?. ueB * vr „ ... , Naseby, September 14. Mr Rolhnsbaw, traveller for Messrs Saigood “ a^ e a determined attempt at nSvff 1 ® a P® nkn »fc this morning m the Victona Hotel stables. He arrived here {”“H Dunedin on Saturday afternoon. A boy a noise in the stable went in; and took th« wh ile he lay en the ground bleeding. Medical assistance watt immediately obtained, and the wounds sewed each of which 1 mu* rowly escaped the carotid artfery. buuatioa is dangerous, though his rfecevetyid AREIVA Mm ATAUCttA^ 01800 i“a. and , S?°^ u on the 28th August, agent The* 1 ! 18 *!’ and • at thews mail 80 000 nanow. 25,000 letters and Mis? r New Zealand ’ “ d 132 For Auckland - Dr and iton Siulw, and Ifiss Kenie. for Lyttelton-Mi

C. A. Post. For Port Chalmers—Mr and Mrs Hennan and family, Lieut; Buss, Mrs Becker, Mr and Mrs Shem. The mails have hot yet (9 a.m.) been landed. Captain Grainger refusing to give them up until the subsidy has been paid. _ ...... 11-a.m. The mail dispute is still unsettled. Negotiations are proceeding, but the Post Office authorities do not expect to receive the mails for two or three hours. The Customs authorities have ordered that no conls be put aboard the Macgrcgor pending a settlement. The A.S.P. Co. has served a writ on the Macgregor for L 267 for services rendered by - the Star of the South while the Macgrsgor was on the reef at Kandavau. ENGLISH AND FOREIGN NEWS. "The Duke Decazes, French Minister of foreign Affairs, has complained to the British Government that Germany is seeking a quarrel with France re the Carlists. He denies that Frances's conniving with the Carlists. The inquiry into the assassination of Marshal Prim has resulted in the indictment of fifty more persons. Advices from Ireland state that the reception of John Mitchell, the Fenian exile, on his return to Cork, was most enthusiastic. The streets were alive. There were bands of music, bonfires, and torchlight procession ; 500 (?50,000) persons participated. A riot occurred at Armagh during a parade of Orangemen. The military cleared the streets at the point of the bayonet, and many people were wounded. An immense Home rule demonstration was held at Glasgow. There was a procession a mile long, and 20,000 persons attended the mass meeting. Similar demonstrations have been made at Dunoannon. The Republican General has captured Vittona, and the ( 'arlists have suffered several reverses. The President of Spain has thanked Germany for first recognising the Government. The accounts of the famine in Asia Minor are of a very thrilling character. In one district 5,000 persons perished. Numbers subsisted _on grass for many weeks ; bodies lay nnburied many days, and many villages were deserted. Fifty thousand miners have been addressed by Mr Bradlaugh and others. Eight hundred and six persons, formerly connected withjthe Commune, have been arrested in Marseil’es, European reports are satisfactory respecting the war between China and Russia, The advices state that China has pushed forward 190,0Q3 picked trpopjj to the Kashgar frontier, also garrisoned the frontier towns, and intends attacking Kashgar, in which event Russia will assist that country, ADDITION AL ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. August 17. The Archbishop of Paris has published a pastoral offensive to Italy and King Victor Emmanuel, but President MacMahon made an apology to the Italian Consul for its appearance. Letters from Italy state that that country is completely bankrupt. The people are deeply attached to the King, and desire to leave the Church alone; but floods, malaria, and bandits harrass the Government. . Three Carlist officers, concerned in the execution of a German named Schmidt, have been arrested at Paris. Following Prince Bismarck’s attempted assassination, the German Government has ins'ituted more vigorous measures against the Catholics, and seized large numbers of documents. Don Carlos, when interviewed by a newspaper correspondent, professed great confidence in his ultimate success, and spoke of his intention to build uo Spain to her former national grandeur. AMERICAN NEWS. , . . August 17. Political nots, with the use of fire-arms, have occurred in South Carolina among the nesrro factions struggling for the control of the State. The negroes in Mississippi were repulsed by the white residents with several killed. Military assistance has been sent. Two railway accidents, with loss of life, have occurred. Extensive fires have taken place in various parts of the States. The Beecher scandal fills many columns of the papers. Mr Beecher has published a statement denying the charge of adultery with Mrs bilton, and says the accusation arose °ut of Mr Filton’s want of success, »nd insatiable desire for notoriety. "The ‘ Tribune on 1 the statement, says it shows Mr Beecher to have been the victim of a gigantic conspiracy, Some sections of the press reject the statement as unsatisfactory: oihe/rs l hupport it;' “A fire broke • out on board a (Cincinnati steamer,'and thirty-five'lives were lost. A great official seandal has occurred in Montreal, owing to the discovery of the exchange by three members of the Cabinet of a piece of Government land worth 230,000 dollars for a Siece of private property worth only 40.000 ollars. fl-he Cubans who have attacked and destroyed the plantations are arming the emancipated negroes.

The Pacific mail steamer Guatemala has been wjregfced, but no lives lost.