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Evening Star, Issue 3633, 14 October 1874, Page 2

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mt . _ October 13. 'SfT 6 ! P** Bo ’ °o a Wean, arrive* P- m ' S “° lett Melbourne on the Bth. She brings 280 tons of cargo, fortyfour horses, and eighty-four passengers, for idl ports. She experienced heavy weather. She Dunedin 3p, m, to-morrow. Passengers : Saloon—Messrs' Stronach, SteSomerville, DrisoolL Schofield. Mrs Wnght and five children and servant-Mrs Stevenson, Mrs Neil, Mrs Huttly, Mrs Phomson, Miss Thomson, and thirtyone in steerage, 150 tons of her cargo ig for Dunedin. Seven horses died on the passage.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

mu .... , Melbourne, October a Ihe political events of the last few days have been unimportant; Jbut when the second readl D ui Of A^ e Cust . oms Duties BiU is moved-pro-babiy this evening -Sir James M'Culioch W move an amendment that it be read that day months. If carried, it will cause a change of Ministry. Some progress has been madewifh the estimates, and strong opposition has been ottered to the large increased expenditure in the .Lands department. Mr Francis proceeds to England, per Renown, m about five weeks; he remains 6ne r ‘ «. ■ - tb ®, f equet?fc qf his constituents, he will not resign his seat. Sattem n£ ° reUCe buß^e ? s in Sydney on pabfo a«T h r?° ,r^ ment °p, en all public museums s “ nd * 78 “ meetill s HIL» y TS.A mss murdered his wife.in Richmond, and S tof k w ai 4 danum ' , 18 but not yet able to appear at the inquest. The parties occupied a respectable position, an§ nSt whLfw* i tec t IVe u Ll '. 000 from rfome, since W^£.? ÜBlß nt a 8 to excess. The Rev. Charles Clark, the popular Baptist P^ cher > his pastorate at the endpf th e ovl?L?OoJ ital Sunday eotteetions amounted to theA,dKdl£d™ C To^i 6 American Expedition is at Hobart o n Tb f i*Aftn° rs fancy hall was attended by about 1,000 persons. Further railway extension to Dunolly. thirte m. m^ es » was opened on Tuesday. 7 ' The late Hattie Shepparde’s mother did not long survive her daughter. She died yesterday, •l h ® garters revenue returns, issued last to a be M h a ? lC ? Unt reeved for the quarter to be Li 1,005,845, bemg an mcrease of L 3.923 otf the quarter, and‘L259,872 on the year 011 Interest is growing in the Melbourne Cun line is qnopM toXanTis a muAnciS She “ to “"**» ■£* • m®™ ?°phance of the Victorian Cricket* mg Team visiting New Zealand this season. enSL BUmmCr WCatber “ be “F oxperiThe Pera, with the English mails, is expected to reach here on the 16th or 17th inst. * P popMation of the Colony is ■hSSSftthT ‘“ lue “ n “" i .“>= rule Inspector-General of Police, is dead. Mr Posbery is hkely to succeed him. At Arreyton Regatta, Sydney' won the Gfo Race easily, and Rush the Champion Sculhm? Race, by a quarter of ft mUe. Five .tS" A letter from Noumea says that a German named Walknstine was arrested there for aiding in the escape of Rochefort. A shepherd named Wellington has been murdered on Warrogal Station. The body Was tembly mutilated. A man has been arrested as tee perpetrator. u -c . . Adelaide, October 8. Mr Forest, the Western Australian explorer - at ? eake Station > having cr from Champion Bay, and passed over 600 miles fF?J ched J eßert country. Water was scarce! and the natives numerous. He was three times attacked, but drove them off. All the party are in good health. v 1 tae The revenue for the quarter is L 260.000 Q n^ a fn am A ltary business has nearly closed ScedL he ApPr ° pnatlon BIU been introl

CABLE TELEGRAMS.

The * Timoo > • London, October Ito 6. i?® i i raes > m contradicting the rumors as to the embarrassments of the Prince ofwSi alt his income was insuffiV rZ’Jol y*fi dxtan could be mefc b y the f the propert * of the Duohyof fc&’f la ?. en Y ifch £ unpowder > exploded on the Regent s Canal Several lives were lost and several hundred houses injured. The o?the°2kd W 0 C f h h Pla<3e Rt 5 o’clock - on the 2nd October is unprecedented. The barge had five tons of gunpowder on board and When the explosion occurred blew up a bndtra and caused a great panic. Houses in olSfl' proximity were completely wrecked explosion was heard ten miLTff. k The • life was confined to three bargemen h.Tf^? destruction to property is b ?t the the house of ALa Sma. T)?f f’ *“? lttd “B teKSkT -a wfc^Si'fctta C(doniS* hon. secretary of thel interest i , wh i> - ***'?* took a deep Cw fiS affaire, died suddenly arranged to read a paper', SngrS. °° lomeß at th e Social sSeK;; Victoria.n 4 per cent, loan of a million •nd ajmß is juiflouiped. ......

Bek lin. Count Ariiheiro has been arrested at the instigation of Prince Bismarck for detaining documents. ■" . Paris. The elections to the Council show a general majority of Conservatives. _ , _ Madrid. The Right Hon. A. H. Layard, English Ambassador, and M. Chambordy, French Minister, have presented their credentials to Marshal Serrano, as President of the' Spanish Republic. ft is reported that Don Carlos has been wounded during a mutiny. .Rome. ine French frigate Orinoque, which for some time past has been placed at the disposal of the Pope, has been recalled from Civita vecchia. The Italian Parliament has been dissolved. ■ Berne. Phe International Postal Congress at Berne has adopted a postal convention fixing uniform rates. rm. t, . Vienna. The Hungarian loan of seven and a-half millions has been issued, A pastoral issued by Cardinal Ranscher, Archbishop of Vienna, accuses Prussia of attempting to extirpate Christianity, and compares the {Paris Commune to the revolution in Buenos Ayres in 1859, under the leadership of General Mitre. -v-r , . GALLE. The Nubia arrived on October 1. Cromwell, October 14. Mr Logan.brought down a cake of gold from the Cromwell Company (Bendigo) last night, weighing 1,196 ounces, being 30 ounces over the last cake. Welllinqton, October 14. In the libel case, Steele v. Hutchinson, of the Tribune,’ Mr Trarers appeared for the plaintiff, and the Attorney-General for the defendant. The action was founded on a certain report which appeared in the ‘Tribune,’ which was the first and last notice of the company which appeared in that paper. The jury, after retiring for half : an-hour, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, 20s. Mr Keogh having brought a similar action, the same verdict was taken by consent.