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Evening Star, Issue 3626, 6 October 1874, Page 3

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rm. n V' , Bluff, October 6. J ? h ?fe°“ ll ?s bur s amved here at 6 o’clock,,this aornltljl, having -left Melbourne at 4 p:m. ori ™rw»wi; 3Q. 1 She brings' seVen salooU ahH 27: «teeragepaaaenfem2so-t<aie-ports. for Dunedin * Bromwa andHylarid, and 20 in the .rtwragerj H2ftObs *nd 70 rams also fer DuneJfß'* .The Qotkgnfiarg sail*,at 4 - ™

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L., '{ London geptemher 25. Mr Disraeli's contemplated visit to Ireland is indefinitely, postponed, as ho is suffering from bronchial affection.

. . ■. ." “September 26. , _ The Pnnce of Wales has accepted the Grand Mastership of Freemasons. -; _ . , September 28. The Australian mail via Brindisi was delivered to-day.

Paris, September 25. 1 In a speech recently, delivered, M. Thiers said, with the help of M. Casimir Perier. he will found the Republic.

Dr Conrad Marten, Bishop of Paderhorn, has been condemned to three months’ imprisonment for the pastoral he issued last March.

_ V September 28. It is denied at Berlin that Denmark remonstrated concerning the expulsion of Danish agitators from Schleswig, and it is declared - that tho expulsion of 'foreigners .from German territory cannot occasion diplomatic action. ...T Hong Kong, September 29 An awful typhoon broke Over Hong Kong and Macao. Two steamers and eight ships foundered, or were wrecked, andmany vessels are missing, to property* is immense, K andf.the loss of life estimated at 1000. M , ,Gais.e, September 28. PeraJeft on the three days before

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L ’ / MMißotniNT!, September 30. ‘ Hospital Sunday, unfortunately, was very . and the .collections at the churches'and elsewhere were sadly interfered with. ■ All the amounts were below the average, and, the . aggregate will probably not be much over L 3,000. ; A fire last Saturday at the "Carron timber ’ yard destroyed property valued at about L 2,500, wmcb is' covered by insurance. George Butchart has petitioned the Govern--“ent for his release, on the ground that he is now sane. ilkast month the Californian mail reached Ban /ffSPJjNd three days ahead of her time. . #7 miul the Government received intimation that an Act had been passed by the Imperial Parliament remedying the difficulty experienced in the Mount-Morris case. The Act confers on Colonial Courts the same juris- . diction over* offences committed on the Wb - »ea» as if committed in the Colonies. .The Assembly is making progress with the . estimates.. -

r an explosion of gas occurred in the Queens Theatrej Sydney, which was ; The machinist and his assistant were burnt—the former severely, and the latter slighter. TheGerardßrothers were also slightly

the Pera, with the inward mail, left r**",? 11 the 26th, three days before her conOctobp^ie Bbe P robaWy arriv * tere » bout ~ The Postal and Cable Conference commences '•iSjSSf lB ? n Thursday (to-morrow); Queens? , l»nd delegates are to be present, * -j . ™ Cyphreß.es sailed for California on Saturday. Gig Eace between New South Wales Mid Victoria was won easily by the former. # The distance of four miles was rowed in 20mm 59sec. Bishop Tufnel has resigned the Bishopric of Brisbane, having accepted a living in Essex England. ’ • , Adelaide. Mr -Leiyu has started on an expedition to ex- ' plore Lake Eyre, and the adjacent country. He has two Affghans’and twenty-one camels with him. J A Funeral Reform Association has been lormed. The Association resolved to abolish • scarfs, hearses, mourning coaches, and refreshments at funerals, ■ . Auckland, October 5. opening of the Criminal Sessions this Judge Arney delivered' a charge, and Congratulated the. Jury on the fact that only ten. cases were on the calendar. He lamented .that there wjw a charge of murder, and a preponderance of offences against the person. Few cases demanded special directions from the rS? AfS* five offences against proP« r % - Of these, kwo were committed- by persons not belonging to the regular hodfof r settlers, and the circumstances of the other three did not warrant the conclusion that there ,-was to crime amongst the settlers. ; Thq yes* of the charge was occupied by the deVP 68 obarges and special directions lYhea maog 'fritaeww to sjrok «p, fee Chief

Justice said that a juryman had asked to be excused on the ground of deafness, but he had not granted his request, nor had he himself thought it necessary to resign his position because somewhat hard of .hearing. The remark is taken by some as a contradiction of reports current about Judge Arney’s intended resignation. Christchurch, October 5. The Criminal Sessions of the Supreme Court opened this morning. There were seventeen cases, all of an ordinary character, except three against Captain Crawford, of the ship Cathcart, for shooting two seamen during a disturbance on the voyage out. The only case heard to-day was a charge of forgery and uttering against Thomas Thomson, who was sentenced to one year’s hard labor. Wellington, October 5. A petition is in course of signature at Wangauui praying for the pardon of Alexander M Donald, of Auckland. _The Luna is detained to take the Mikado’s taails South on the arrival of that steamer from San Francisco. She is dne about the Bth instant. At the Criminal Sitting of the Supreme Court to-day there were very few cases. The Judge’s charge contained nothing of public interest. ■ * __ Queenstown, Octobers. Ihe yield from the Shotover claims is very satisfactory for the week, amounting to 750z5., which includes heavy nuggety gold. The prospects continue good. Attention is being mure freely paid to quartz claims, • Lawrence, October 6. The damage done to the Waipori channel is not so great as at first supposed. The flood water ran over the side, and silted it up in places. The Government will need make a wall to protect the works, otherwise a big flood will fill it in. The weather is still stormy.