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Evening Star, Issue 3718, 22 January 1875, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

Th» A «3 -d n ■^■ UCR[ ' AND « January 91. The A. S. P. Company gave L 6.500 for the ead Ti, ha f be paid in tbe company’s shares. The company intend to increase their capital and extend their operations. The s.B. City of Melbourne arrived at eight o clock to-night. She left Sydney on the I6th mst., and had a fine passage.

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

m, „ , , Melbourne, January 16. The members of the Ministry are to proceed m the steamer Victoria to-morrow for a week’s tnp, and will probably visit Tasmania. wary Sheers has been committed for trial on UnskUful treat ment of a case of

, ln , co fnection with the Hospital, it has been resolved to elect honorary medical officers for nve years only. . sxt5 xt i QBlVe gO / d r obberies at Ballarat have re ß ted dlßCGVered ’ a&d tW ° “ en have been ar *

have sent relief to the men supposed to be on Logan’s Group. Biondm carried Mr Hill, musical conductor, over a rope at the Opera House last night. m, 0 T i .. Adelaide, January 16. he International Commissioners agree with the Victorian Commissioners as to the united action relarivo to the Philadelphia Exhibition. They affirm that one of the chief advantages to be obtained by this Colony will fc e a knowledge of labor-saving machinery, and that therefore it is uesmable to send agents to collect intormaoo. i i y , tbe Government for Li.OOO. 1 he balance-sheet of the Adelaide Marme As- ? 9 om P? n y k»t half-year shows over L 7,000 net profit, ihe directors recommend a dividend of Is 6d per share. * A stone found in Torrens Gorge is declared by a Melbourne lapidist to be a white sapphire. . , Brisbane, January 14. A meeting of subscribers to the school of Arts, resolved, by a largo majority, to continue opening the institution on Sunday afternoons. A missing case of silks, ex Flintshire (steamer dU»»er& Ll,oo °' “ r6porMl to

The survey of a railway from Bundabere to M ®nnt Parry is nearly completed. The Government promise to support the obstruction of a line to Brisbane. ' Ihe fan oi e received at Warwick for the week amounts to ninety tons. 1,1 f

i. T™ #jSS&SSS* la reported. Emma Fielder, the victim lived to o^e a dnnr nS * atU j da3 l a man unkn °wn rode up to the_door, Bitzed the woman, and violated her. He rode off, and is not yet captured.

LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

. {Per City of Melbourne.) ip, London, January 12. The report that Germany had recognised Don Alphonso as King of Spain is found to have been premature. The recognition has been deferred until a decree by the Spanish Government, suspending two Protestant journals and dosing a Protestant chapel in Gidiz. shall have been rescinded. r * T* The German gunboats have returned to San. tanaer. £ - I^ es i ff i e Grant’s policy with regard to affairs 3 & *"•*« • The hauk rateo[ dhcraint is 4 percent 7 President Grant sent a message to the Congross to-day in relation to the New Orleans pm broglio. He vindicates his intervention in the affair of the State of Louisiana on the gSund of the lawlessness which prevailed, and aglf« for instructions from the Congress. The Carlists attacked and pkmdercd a mlndlrf 1 G f-'T a f- W f° 1 ’ aud Germany has de“ SS3 JEST" tto

The Guicmvar a residing at Bamia, £, been daj^ ,ta P "““

ADDITIONAL CABLE HEWS.

S ui.*” 4 Wsre dd * vered «“ “i” cenXsthh,st de Ti, d .°<T rem .* i ?°P“ «11 tha iom mat. Ihe Sydney loan minimum is at com market is drooping. r A h ® Cosnatrick relieffund has reached SS um NW Zoal “ d -2: t t

Upwards of hall a million of the No%Sth tUo hiiSS Tim balance was taken by the Stock ExcWS

reeetocfeih 6 n a The Adelaide loan was a failure onlv Too nnh for ’ at a discount e iJS? 6 Produce telegrams were, received hv nLfr Mercantile Company daki-d Dy L<?an ***■

aa trade in the manufacturing districts is slichtly better. Tal’oHv tto i, 45s per cwt. ; beef, 435. Leather—l.s . .:et firm ; 2,000 hides of A ustralasiau e v e sokl since last report. Wheat—New Zealand worth 50s per 496 lbs. Market quiet. The Edwin, bound for Adel tide, was lost on the coast of Vancouver Island. The Crpisalnmes, from Brisbane to California, struck on a coral reef, but the crew were SRVfid. The Star of Wales, loaded with Australian flour, was wrecked at Natal. Three persons were drowned. . , The embrnglio in New Orleans induced separate legislation and intervention. General Sheridan, Conservative, constituted a separate Legislature. Sheridan recommends that the white leaguers he declared banditti. Lhe intervention of General Sheridan in the * e '* r embroglio caused great mdignation. / American Senate requested Preside furnish explanations. The ship Jason had to discharge cargo, as she had received considerable damage. Cargo was being sold on account of whom it might concern. _________ THE SUMNER ACCIDENT. [From our mon Correspondent) Christchurch, January 22, \ n inquest was held yesterday afternoon on the body of Hector Bohn, one of the victims ef the late boat accident at Sumner. Joseph Day gave evidence of the accident, and said he saw the deceased sink. The witness was examined as to his competency to’manage a boat, and fully satisfied the Coroner and jury on that point. A verdict was eventually returned of “ accidentally drowned.”