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Evening Star, Issue 3656, 10 November 1874, Page 2

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LATEST ENGLISH NEWS. {Per Robin Hood , via Newcastle and Wellington.) „ . , . , London, October 28. ‘ Count Armm lias been admitted to bail The result of the Cambridgeshire Stakes is as follows-- Prentice, 1; Chieftain, 2; Lord uowan, o. Forty-six horses ran. mv x> • v • .. „ , October 26. ihe Brindisi portion of the Australian Sentember mails was delivered yesterday. The bulk of the Sydney letters were missing, but are expected via Southampton. ■p. -p, . Paris, October 28. Due Decazes, m a speech at Bordeaux, said T Clllly , instructed by President M Mahon to watch all circumstances for the preservation of peace, and in fulfilment of that duty he would claim the strict observance of the Loyalty of Executive Conventions with other powers. T . Singapore, October 26. it is represented that Nana Sahib had been wandering in the north-eastern Provinces of Bhootau, and the assumption is that lie crossed over to Barreilly (a district in the northwestern provinces), but it is denied that he went to Nepaul, A difference of opinion has

arisen amongst medical men as to bis age ; and the question of his identity is causing deep interest. Mr Tressider, a surgeon, who was at Cawupore in 1857 -the year in which Nana oalnb perpetrated his horrible atrocities—fails to recognise him. Other witnesses have, however s J?. een willed, including Messrs Mowbray and Thompson. The Scindia, who arrested him, is convinced that the prisoner Is none other than Nana. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Melbourne, October 28. Mr \\ oods’s motion in favor of opening the public institutions on ‘Sunday, hus tived by 39 to 25. The strike at Fulton’s foundry has terminated by the submission of the men. The education vote, amounting to something like half-a-million, has been passed. In ihe Assembly, the Premier stated that though Mr Butchart had been declared sane, the Government had no power to discharge him from custody. A young woman named Watson, recentlymarried, has been burned to death at Inglewood by the accidental burning of the house iu which she lived. An action has been commenced in the Supreme Court by Moore and Co. against M‘Cullocb, a carrier, to recover L 1,500 for the Value - a barge in the Murray River. T Richmond, in Mr Wilson’s stable, is heavily backed for the Maribyrnong Plate. -A- telegram from Calcutta contains advices of the loss of 140 horses, shipped hence per U dstone, owing to stormy weather. Hobart Town, October 27. On the morning of the 13th a tidal wave occm red at Point Davey, and in the afternoon, there was a severe earthquake, which shook houses distinctly, and was felt on board vessels at some distance from the shore, • Brisbane, October 28. . Mr Macahster has consented to take the portfolio of Works and Mines. . Grah.vmstown, November 9. ihe opening of the Ohinemuri is now almost a settled thing. A meeting was held there today, and it was expected to settle final arrangements. Ie Hira and other leading men have consented to the opening, , r . New Plymouth, November 9. Mr Parris has made arrangements with the Natives for the purchase of four hundred thousand acres of land, consisting of five blocks. The land stretches from Waitotara to that already acquired at the back of the mountain. It is spoken of as being splendid soil. * boundarie U ° W en " a ° surveying the m, t. - Wellington, November 10. - 16 business before the Court of Appeal is unusually heavy. Lie object of Sir George Arney going to Auckland is to swear in the new Governor, who 18 1°. arnve alj °ut the 20th instant. The Stratlmaver case comes ou next week. The vessel is meauvyhile detained, at a cost of LlO a day demurrage.