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Evening Star, Issue 3638, 20 October 1874, Page 2

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ARRIVAL OF THE ALBION AT THE BLUFF WITH THE ENGLISH MAIL.

. B'.upi, October 20. The s.B. Albion arrived at the Bluff at 5 a.m. to day, having left Melbourne at 7.30 p,m. on the 15fch, making a quick passage of four days and eight hours. She-brings twenty saloon and twenty-five passengers, and thirty tons of cargo for all ports. She sails for Dunedin at 4 p.m. The Tararua left Melbourne for Hokitika three hours before the Albion. Passenger List,—Mrs Burns, Misses Worthington, Cargill, and Jones, Messrs D. Brown, Afford Aynsloy, J. Aynsley, Evans, Jamieson, Mitchell, and Thomson, Mr and Mrs R. S. Smythe (Miss Bailey), Captain Petherbridge, and fifteen steerage. REUTER’S SPECIAL TELEGRAM. London, October 10. The monetary position is improved. The Hungarian loan was trebly subscribed. Wheat is still falling, and foreign arrivals abundant. The Queensland mail has been delirered The ship Duchess of Edinburgh, from London to Melbourne, was towed into Corunna, dismasted. ’ Arrived Superb, from Melbourne; Rakaia, from New Zealand. ’ in?" y ictorian loan “ only partially successful; 1 tenders were sent in, the total applicaMiiiim 6111 ®' B kgbtly under one million. E314,300 was- taken at and above the sealed mmmum; 91$. The balance will bo offered on the Minimum, fixed at 90 in Victoria. a I®, esare witch Stakes wqye won by Lord Aylesbury’s AventuriiSre; the Truth gelding, 2nd; Gamecock. 3rd. Obituary.—Duke of Leinster. President Grant not seek re-election. I

The Spanish ambOsssiftor In Parjp has preseated,* note to Duke DecazM, strongly against Fraoooaiding the Colitis. The insurgents at Boesos Ayresate preparing tor strenuous action. ’ •Japan**'*" * rU * n ° r

■ A • »MKLBoujuii, Octolier 16. , was. telegraphed at Adelaide oG * r , w bich necessitated tha Albion leaving fbr the Bluff S®. Bam ® da 7 « Tararua for Hokitika. vogel at oboe arranged with Messrs M Meekan, Blaokwoed, and Co. who offered every facUity-that the Tararua ahould teke the Westland, Kelson, Wellington. Taranaki, Marlborough, and liawke’e Bay mails; and those for Ot*g* and Canterbury should go by the Albion. Mr Vogel ata applied to Messrs Bright Bros., who courteously agreed to detain the “Hero at Sydney to allow time fdr the Wentvierth to carry the Auckland mails. The Hero will probably leave Sydney with thbie f**, on Saturday evening. Although Mr Russell has coma-to an understanding with the New South, Wales Government as to the Californian eei*soe t it has not yot boen reduced, to writing Mr Russell returns to New Zealand by the Hjere, The Macgregor has bhsn eharterod for tho Californian service, and it is arranged she call at Auckland for irmilf, Mr Vogel remains in Melbourne until the departure of the next mail for Europe, On Tuosi&iT* Vlßl^®( * the Assembly during its sitting. ihe new steamer Somerset, with the Torres Stmts mad, arrived five days before her time. Miss Isabella Carandini was married to Mr L-ottereil at bydney yesterday. mare, Lurline, is stil much fancied.' She is doing good work, and is well backed for the Cup. Owing to the difficulty of obtaining a suitable site it is unbkely that Blondiu wUI perform here, but he will proceed to New Zealand and California. A number of American wool buyers arrived P®r Peru,- having left Boston- only fiftv-three days ago. J Messrs M‘Meckan, Blackwood, and Co. are building for the intercolonial trade two new steamers of 1,200 tons, on the Clyde, with a guaranteed speed of thirteen knots Madame Arabella Goddard, who is being enthusiastically received in the large inland towns of Victoria, Jeave for New Zealand on the 24th agent, Mr R. S. bmythe, is a passenger by the Albion. dai ?» B M'Culloch’s amendment on the Customs Duties BiU was disposed of after one night s debate, being rejected by a majority of twenty. Dunng the discussion Mr Francis expressed himself as opposed to the 20 per cent, duties. Mr Francis has resolved to resign his seat for Richmond, and it is stated that Mr Cohen Commissioner of Customs, will shortly retim from political life. The agitation for opening museums and pubhc picture galleries onSunday is progressing. The subscribers to the Athenaeum have resold • £, la fK e majont y against the opening of that institution. Councillor James Gatehouse has been elected Mayor of Melbourne for the ensuing yeax*. Joseph Husler has been committed for trial for the murder of his wife. '■ • • "weather is being experienced m all the Colonies. By a coach accident near Wamambool several passengers were injured—one severely. Ihe wool sales opened satisfactorily. A shipment of pure Xlotswold sheep for Messrs Bushy, and Co'., of Auckland, has been made per Hero. The Coete Logon, French corvette, arrived yesterday en route for New Caledonia,

BETTING MARKET. The following are the latest Cup odds Goldsborough, 4to 1; King Tom, 100 to 4: Gloom, 1,000 to 30; Mountaineer. 100 to 6 • Fugteman and Lurline, 100 to 6; Fitz-Yatten* don, 100 to o.

Governor Robinson has reached state that his interview with Cakabau was likely to result satisfactorily, Joseph George, a blind man, has been murdered at Bathurst, and a man named murderer Comnnttw£ £or trial *» the supposed , , Tlle kst washed California two days late The saibug of the City nf Melbourne has been postponed till the 12th. mi « , V Adelaide. Ibe Governors only daughter, aged three years, has died from the effects of accidental scalding. The Government scheme for a Murray roil, way has been, carried. . , J [from our won, Correspondent.) r u " , ' Wellington, October 20. in banco to-day, Mr Hutchison, juMor, ftp. plied for a rule nisi for a noMuk in the libel cases of Steele v. the ‘ Tribmm* and Keogh v. the Tribune, on < the gronxßl of the judge's misdirection, and _ou points of law reserved at the rial The judge, calling on Mr i ravers, for the defendants, refused the rul«^