BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 4178, 18 July 1876, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Wellington, July 17. The Minister ef Justice has acceeded to the request of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce that the civil jurisdiction of the Resident Magistrate’s Court in this city should be extended to cases involving amounts not exce.edsngLloo. Auckland, July 17. The special jury case, Jones v. Ware, subcontractors, involving claims amounting to about LG,OOO, came on to-day in the .Supreme Court. Mr Travers, for defendant, agr. Ed to the matter being settled by the arbitration of Captain Heeles. The Bebington passengers are doing well at the Quarantine Station. New Plymouth, July 17Owing to a rnmor in town that the smelting of hematite had been a failure, several shareholders went and interviewed Mr Whatton at work. He told them he had not succeeded in smelting the iron sand, and was blowing the furnace out. He refused to give further information either to shareholders or the public, as besayshe is only responsible to the directory.! The furnace will be left clear, in good condition for further trials. Mr Whatton will give no opinion: as to the future, saying he has done his best, but has n6t yet succeeded. • , a

Auckland, July 17. A telegram states that the ‘New York Herald ’ of June 7 is informed that the recent escape of Fenian convicts from Western Australia was planned in that city, and carried out by parties sent from thoro. The money to defray expenses was also raised in that city. '(he breaking of the cable between Java and Australia was part of the plan to prevent pursuit. The ‘Virginia (Yew) Chronicle’ says the escape of all the Fenian prisoners in Western Australia was the successful culmination of patriotic efforts of Irishmen in America, who kept their secret well, and did their work neatly. For some time past subscriptions have been quietly raised for the purpose of liberating these prisoners, transported from England. Virginia alone contributed 14,000d015. With those funds a vessel was fitted out as a whaler, and sailed ostensibly on a whaling voyage to the South Pacific. The deliverers had to wait till all the Fenian prisoners were concentrated upon one pari of the coast, and then swooped down and carried them off. Only one man, name yet unknown, was left behind—probably because he had not been able to reach that portion of the const. (From, our own Corre * on ) Napier, July 17. The City of New York has sailed for Wellington. Captain Beudall has been put on board as coast pilot, by order of tbe Government. Private advices state that tbe barque Inverness from Napier, has arrived at London, and is loading with immigrants for this port.