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Evening Star, Issue 4319, 30 December 1876, Page 3

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[Pee Submarine Cable.] The All-England Eleven. Sydney, Dt cember 29.—The Englishmen scored ■ 135 in their first innings. Selby was top scorer with 32. The Victorians, in their Fecond innings, have their five fce*t wickets down for 8 runs. Sydney, December 30.—When the stumps were drawn yesterday eight of the Victorian wickets were down for twenty-seven. The boiling and field-ne of the English men is magnificent. The Easby Bails for Wellington to-night. CPeob our own Correspondents.] The County Elections. *&? E £' s*»mber 29.—The Hon. H. E. Russell and Mr P. Sutton both purpose petitioning the Go vempr as to alleged illegal proceedings 01 the tterunung Officers m the ridings, praying that in consequence the elections may bo declared void. A fierce controversy is going on in the ' Herald' 85. '.T^tegraph' ve the Provincial advertisements. The Herald' is wroth at not obtaining the contract, although supporting the Government, and therefore looking on it as a right. It also charges toe' Telegraph* with overstating its circulation. The public are exceedingly amused, bntthey lament that the newspapers should be bringing their private matters before the public. Sir 1). M'Lean is very ill. Last night the doctors were in constant attendance. His state causes very great anxiety te his friends. Dr Spence publishes in the ' Telegraph * the full correspondence with the Primate on Church mat. ters, showing that information sent by the Primate to a section of the clergy here had been kept back trom the parishioners against the Primate's wish. Colonial Prize Firing. Auckland, December 29.- The following are the names of the Auckland and Waiuku representatives at the Colonial prize firing :—Gunner Eose, Artiilery, 160; Trooper "Walters, Waiuku, 180: extra men: Gunner Zearns, Artillery, 186; Volunteer MlLean, Navals, 152. The City Council have reduced the cost of renioving the public dust box. s from Ll2 a mouth to iji t ana Eave about half on the cost of supplying sooria by submitting it to public tender. The American and Chilian consular agents officially visited the German war ship Bertha to-day, aria received the usual salute on leaving.

A Strange Case. Auckland, December 29.—A physiological phenomenon of an unprecedented character has attracted notice to tae Botorua country. It is the outlet of a small warm stream flowing from Lake Botomanana into Taramea. Several hot water springsin both overflow. In one of these springs a Maori boy, about thirteen years old lived uninterruptedly for eleven months, the whole of his body up to the neck being immersed. He was snffering from disease of the knee, attended with acute pain. He was brought to the baths by his parents in the hope of effecting a care. He found almost instant relief, but upon leaving the pains returned with greater intensity. The boy then exhibited the strongest reluctance to get out of the water, and was permitted to remain In it continuously. After a month or two the lad was taken out of the bath, when he suffered most excruciating agony, and became rigid, but upon returning to the bath the pains ceased, and he was able to move about in the water with freedom and ease. He now has remained in this position for eleven monthß, with a roof of thatch over him His parents supply food, and he speiks a few words of broken English, and asks visitors for Bread. He has wasted away until his body is reduced to a living skeleton, though his face still presents fair proportion*.. The skin of the boy's Hands and otter portions of his body have turned wmtisn,and bear a water-worn hue resembling that produced by soda ia warm water. At a meeting of the Harbor Board to-day a letter wasreceived from Messrs Lodder, C.E., and £t£!K' C 'E-, stating that one part of the harbor nad silted up 4ft in a few years.

Flood at the Sbotover. Queehstown, December 30.-It has been raining lieayily here during the last forty-eight hours. Tho w te £L ftpproac ? e8 of the lower Shotover bridge 661 * "weept away, and traffic is suspended in consequence. This accident has been predicted f.° many months, but the Provincial Government would not erect three cheap weirs. The County thus inherits two expensive legacies. A slip at the Arrow bluff is now in course of repair. Mr Powell, tospecter of roads, requires authority temporarily to open communication with the bridge. Rain ottierwise has done no harm. The mails proceed meanwhile via Arthur's Point. The holidays have proved wretchedly dull, as no money is in circulation.

The Tuapeka Railway. IAVTREucfi, December 30.-Cobb and Co. run a spwad coach from here at 3.30 to Havelock, wliere Y*S£L» a * C °m^ ll bav , e a s P ecial eni *"> to take passengers to Tokomairiro in time for the last Dunedm train. This will be the first occasion on which the line is used for passenger traffic. The weather is threatening. UPer Pbess Aeiatcr.] Auckland Newspapers. on G fSw?i »eoember29.-It is stated here, ?£> * v Wy g 2°° authority, that important changes £»™«i™m•■£ ™»»afrtely in the daily morning journal published in Auckland. Monday next will see the amalgamation of the 'Cross' and • Herald,' wT,^ e .^S? ulßlmient of tbo former. Mrflorton MaSmSroS- 7 P ur <*as ed tlifl ' Cross/ has joined messrs Wilson in partnership, and the ' Cross • will Ithe 1 t he •Hendd' enlarged, and the rtIZZ . y i£. era ? d "»°orporated with the « Week'y •Vw," » e ldea once entertained to mab the Thl li*J^ V * n « g .?£ perhaß been abandoned, ihe literary staff of the enlarged 'Herald' will .^ aßg S entod by tbe accession of Mr Luckie and the staff of the uross will be mostly taken on the 'Herald.* Iti ßC S^^ in \ MeßßTS , WilsOHaß a fall partner, il . at , the amalgamation has been urged °LP™^ en t advertisers, wbo have given a bond 4w*?2 advertise in any other morning paper for hE^T 1 * 8 - These are the main features of a£ a £aX? e Z* ne(>ment : . The two P a Pe« have been Z Bame Pwpnetaryfor sometime. They ra?J£ *^ e same size as tbe Otago SEE?'«>?"** ° f * he -leading advertisers have signed a bond not to advertise in any other morn35SS rfW \ he ' H i rald '' a * 3 tbey TO lonSJjJJ °* tbe hea vy charges for advertising in two

urtW ,Al ?>\ :December 30.-The Auckland' Cross' SrThnik i d announce that in future they will be th« Cd M ? n( I V 0?^ 1 ' T^' Cross ' that fer2w m , ptm L los, l L 8 tha t there is no possit:3J?Dinlkinlltwo^pe^sP ,l y irking in opposi. StaSsh? ' he ,CroSß »' LaTe entered into

Cricket at Wanganui* Wanganui, December 30. - At a meeting of tether*" WaS decided to iuvite the All-England

I ARRIVAL OP THE 'FRISCO MAIL. De cember 30.-The Australia and City of Sydney both arrived this morniug. The Australia is quarantined, a passenger having died S«S"&°« y , eSterday ;. T i e Cit y of S y dne > will proceed to Sydney. After the mails from the Axisttaha have been transhipped, the Southern mails iTi„ K,ol enfc °5. by * be TttU P° t 0 The Australia has 139 bags of mails, twenty-eight cabin, and forty. roc steerage passengers, but thoir names are not fl™ i?- W - n - i Lady r Gor , a . on and famil y are Passengers fromFm,also Mr Kirby, agent for the Georgia rfe& e ¥ JP»e Australia Teft San rrfincißC ° "£ the Bth, Auckland time, having had to put back for a day through a collision with a ferry boat. Mail Summary. The Turkish commander of the Black Sea Fleet, addressing his men, said: " This year you are destined to fig-lit against enemies of our religion Remember that the sailors of the Black Sea gained glory at Sebastapol." By the inundation ef Adriauople 1,000 horses were washed away. The Eastern Question. Tbe »'kapiman,' aEoinan journal atvs the Marquis of Sahsbwry's declaration excludes the i.lea of England and Eussia going to war, but regards war between Eussia and Turkey a: inevitable." The Roumanian Government liave notified th.-ir £refect3 of tbe early arrival, on their way to tiic Danube, of 150,000 Eussian troops. A «Times' despatch says that Turkey Las withdrawn her troops from Besnia and Herzegovina, with the intention of not resisting the Austrian occupation of those provinces, ra event of a Biiwion invasion. Austria ordered the occupation of Ti ansylvania aud the Moldavian Passes the moment Eussia entered Moldavia. Eussia has placed tovpe<b>Ps at the entrance to its ports. The trade of Ru sia is in a perfect state of collapse and The 'Prisco Service. Sir J. Vogel was interviewed by a San reporter. Ho rbkl if the Colonial Govornjuent'lu'id negotiated for the American subsuiyit, wou!3 probably have be«n secured, but the aontrsotoTs insisted on rocoivinir it. He thought tbe Co'oiro'.; had not been well treated by America. Exfravagtnt prcnisos of a HHbs.'dy xnnde at the eutsr-r. bad never been fulfilled. Ir (he Australian trade was worth having, America should assist. If ti.e prosent oontract broko down he did not think the Coloaieflw««Wt4^fuitbetactioa,

The floor of Moore's Opera-house at Sacramento fell into a livery ui able below, and 700 people were p«eoipita t od to the ground beneath. Seven were killed and 100 wounded. The f hip Manchester was lost off Adyabd. All hands except the steward were drowned. She was bound from Liverpool to Calcutta. Thirty-two of the crew were lost. Tweiaty.one battalions of infantry and seven regiments ot cavalry, together with eighly guns, have been told off by the British Government far service in the East, if necsssary for tne protection of British inter, sts. Prince Bismarck hna visited London. In a speech on the 4th of December, at Berlin, he said that thanks to Germany England would probably allow the inevitable Turkish war to be localised. Austria was placed in a difficult position by recent events. Terrible Sea Wave. Three large islands, one 500 square miles in it* with a of 240,000, and a large extent of coast at the mouth of the Megna, in lud a, were completely submerged by a storm wave. People were in their beds when the wave came upon them, but many escaped by ascanding trees. It is believed that not one-third of the population survived. The stench from the bodies was insufferable. The cholera is fearful. Fearful Loss of Life. A hundred and twenty thousand persons perished in the cyclone which passed through Eastern Ben al. The Government is taking active measures for the relief of the survivors. The Cuban insurgents have gained another victory. The American and English extradition treaty has been re-arranged. Latest War News. Owing to the threatened insurrection, Poland has been declared in a state of siege.