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Evening Star, Issue 3699, 30 December 1874, Page 2

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ARRIVAL OF THE CYPHRENES FROM SYDNEY « , Auckland, December 30. V yphrene f at midnight, havimr left Sydney on the 23rd. She proceeds to San Frauwaco at 11 a.m. to-day. LATEST CABLEGRAMS, mi i-i . I'ON’oon, December 15 Parliament, has baeu arreted »od SnteM™to for offencs J h t e „“ •* Amim SaTrmllL. CountlmdaH? •RiTmn re i 1S wide-spread report that Princa Themfer reslgn - his as Ohanoelld* ln!f ! j lb e Cause 18 *“ e vote by the Parlial Emperor

December 19. _ The mails from Australia, via San Francisco, were delivered on October 16, and those via Brindisi to-day. Dr. Lang and Major Warburton are passengers by the steamer just left with the mails for Australia. The steamer Singapore, to be employed in the Torres Straits service, has left for Queensland. The transit of Venus was observed very successfully in Egypt, India, Russia, and Japan. Kalahama, King of the Hawaiian Islands, has arrived in Washington. The City was gaily decorated in honor of his visit, and he was cordially welcomed by the President. The Reichstag, on a division of 199 to 74, passed a vote of confidence in Bismarck, and the Emperor is opposed to the acceptance of his resignation of his office as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chancellor. In delivering judgment yesterday in the case of Count Arnim, the Court exonerated the accused from the charge of embezzlement. There was nothing to show that the ambassador bad acted maid fide, but the removal of despatches like those taken was punishable. The offence, however, had been some -vhat mitigated by the subsequent!estoration of the papers. Lt was also laid down that the retention of the documents claimed by Count Arnim after they had been demanded was a breach of the disciplinary regulations of the Foreign Office, but not a criminal offence. The Court expressed its opinion that the documents, which are still missing, will possibly be discovered in the archives of the Embassy at Paris. The ship Lyttelton has been wrecked at Algoa Bay. The crew were saved, and it is believed the cargo will be recovered. Paris, December 18. The Duke Decazes replies at length to the complaints of Spain in regard to French aid to the Carlists, and reiterates the friendliness of his Government towards that of Spain. Singap re. December 21. The mail steamer Pera left Galle on the 19th with the mails. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Sydney, December 23. Sullivan remains in gaol, the steamship proprietors refusing to convey him to New Zealand. The ship Appeal reports seeing a burning ship soon after leaving Calcutta. Her name is unknown. A boat was beached near Cape Moreton with two evident escapers from New Caledonia. They had only one oar, a make shift rudder, a spritsail, bagging jib, 11b of biscuits, and a pint of water aboard, and no compass. They steered by the sun. The names given by the men are Crone and Busnol. It has been decided to open advanced classes for girls in connection with the Brisbane Grammar School. The Victorian Appropriation Bill passed all its stages, and the prorogation has been fixed for Tuesday. Another woman has committed suicide in the Yarra. She left a note giving her watch and locket to whoever found her. A Commission has been appointed for the Intercolonial Exhibition to be held in Melbourne in August, prior to the Philadelphia Exhibition. Seventeen boxes of silk grain have been shipped from Brisbane to England. The schooner Isabella arrived at Mackay, Queensland, from the Solomon Islands, brings a report that the second mate of the brig James Birne and a - boat’s crew" had arrived there They state that the vessel was taken by the natives and all. hands massacred at Lord Howe’s Island. The moonlight concert in the Melbourne Botanical Gardens, in aid of the Orphan Asylum, was a great success. Simpson, manager-of the Epsom branch of the Bank of Victoria, has been arrested on a charge of forgery. Daily telegraphic communication with Singapore and Adelaide has been established by . eans of a floating station. The racehorse Protos has been sold for 260 guineas to Mr Clibbord. ARRIVAL OF THE OTAGO. Bluff, December 30, The Otago left Melbourne on the 23rd. called at Milford Sound on the 28th. landed passengers and stayed there until the 29th, and sailed for the Bluff, where she arrived this afternoon. Had fine -Sveatber all the passage. She brings forty-seven saloon and twenty-four steerage passengers, 250 tons of cargo for all ports, and sails for Port Chalmers to-night. Passenger list for Dunedin ;—Mrs and Misses Culling (2), Mrs and Mrs Quinlan (2), Mrs and Misses Hatton (2), Mrs Ferguson, Messrs Steel, Macredie, Dennistown, Moore, M Neil, Hodeon ; and thirty in the steerage. Also, 150 tons of cargo. . Wellington, December 29. Captain Wheeler "has resigned the command of the s.s. Taranaki. It is said that he goes Home to bxing out one of the new steamers for the Harbeur Company. Auckland, December 29. The * Star ’ states that Judge Gillies is to be Iscated at Auckland, visiting Nelson, and probably Taranaki. Judge Richmond is going Home, and will not probably return, Hokitika will probably be included in the Christchurch circuit. Chief Justice Jfrendergnst is to be located at Wellington, and will probably hold Courts at Napier and Wanganui. December 30. Hervey, steward of the Rosario, paid the fine, LIOO, inflicted on him for smuggling. {From our own Correspondent. ) Auckland, Decembe 29. A singular accident occurred to Dr Wright, of Parnell, who went out of his house with the intention of mounting Jus horse, and was found a short time after lying unconscious on the verandah, near where the horse was standing quietly. His collar bone was dislocated, and on recovering consciousness he had no recollection of how the accident occurred. It is supposed he was seized with a fainting fit while mounting, having been subject to them lately. The efforts being made by the Improvement Commissioners to plant trees along the new streets are resisted by unknown vandals who wilfully break them down. The miscreants remain undiscovered, notwithstanding the large rewards offered. It is impossible to keep the public buildings with any plantations or architectural design intact from the same cause. The Supreme Court is so disfigured, with the sculp tured heads being injured and obscene language scrawled over the buildings, that the Chief Justice has issued a notice threatening severe punishment of the offenders, who have taken the warning by knocking the Queen’s nose off the portico of the Post Office and burning it. The architect, in designing the new Post Office, has placed all the offending frail architectural ornaments out of reach. Two horsemen, on trying the mettle of thenrespective nags, knocked down four persons, breaking the collar bone of one and dislocating Idle jaw of another. Samuel Hervey, steward of the Rosario, who was fined LIOO for smuggling tobacco ashore, was convicted mainly on the testimony of Mis Conley, wife of the waterman who was fiped i for receiving. She was supported by her daughter. When her husband was sent to gaol the woman vowed she would have satisfaction, and therefore informed on Hervey. THE CROMWELL RACES. {From our own Correspondent) Cromwell, December 30. The races yesterday were largely attended. The weather was magnificent, being very warm. To-day it is windy and dull. There are good entries for to-day’s races. Maiden Plate, Jack the Flat ... 1 Port Philip Buck 2 Won easily. Grand Stand Handicap, of LOO. One mile and a-half. Waddeirs Brnnnet 1 Cottar’s Maid 2 Kathleen.. 3 were nowhere, and Brunette won

Flying Handicap of L3O. One mile. Brunette Kathleen

This was a splendid race, Brunnette winning by a head. The Selling Stakes of L3O was won by Waddell’s Mountain Hare.