LATEST AUSTRALIAN.

Evening Star, Issue 3881, 2 August 1875, Page 3

LATEST AUSTRALIAN.

(Per Hero, at Auckland.) Sydney, July 27, A great scandal has been caused by a charge of corruption made against the Minister of Lands by the ex-Premier, Mr Parkes. The Macgregor left for San Francisco with the mails on the 19th inst. The San Francisco mails were delivered several days in advance of the Suez mails. Madame llistori has commenced her season. Her impersonation of Medea has caused her to be pronounced a brilliant actress. Edward White has been remanded on a charge of attempted bribery of a member of Parliament, Letters received from the New Guinea Expedition, dated Cape Somerset, North Australia, report all well. The Torres Straits mail steamer Bowen left Singapore for Australia on the 22nd inst. Melbourne, July 26. The new barque Eliza Kamsden was wrecked on Point Nepean, on Saturday. Her crew were saved. She is insured iu the Victoria Company for LIO,OOO, part of which is reinsured. The South British loss is LI,OOO ; the New Zealand, LSOO, The ship was abandoned at sea. Frank Stephen starts in his lifeboat to-mor-row for Sydney. Great interest is felt, but it is thought tho voyage is perilous iu such boats. Strong opposition inside and outside the Assembly is shown to the tariff. It is likely that tho ■Government will abandon the new 20 percent. ad valorem duties and return to the old scale. Carrol, an ex-raomhor, has been sentenced to fourteen years’, for forgery Adelaide, July 26. i)r. Goldsmith, one of the first Northern Territory expedition, died of an overdose of chlorodyne.