LATEST FROM EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA.

Globe, Volume III, Issue 242, 19 March 1875, Page 2

LATEST FROM EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. ♦ (Press Telegraph Agency.') ♦ :

Auckland, March 18. The Mikado has arrived. She left Sydney on the 13th, and brings the largest number of passengers who ever went from Australia via San Francisco. London, March Bth. The Archbishops and twenty-four Bishops have issued an address to the clergy and laity concerning the course taken by the Government in relation to the Church, and urge discipline, charity, and forbearance. The New Zealand loan has been allotted, and there are dealings at a quarter per cent premium. In wool there has not been any perceptible change since the opening of the sales. The competition is keen, Scoured is in good demand. The wheat market Is to 11s 6d (?) dearer. Archbishop Manning has been summoned to Rome to receive the Oardinate. A Bill has been introduced by the Government into the Prussian Parliament to withdraw State endowments from the clergy who refuse to acknowledge the supremacy of the State, The endowment will be restored whenever the supremacy of the State is acknowledged. The Government has prohibited the exportation of horses from Germany. Sir James Hope Grant and Sir Arthur Helps are dead. The mails via San Francisco were delivered on the Bth, and the mails by the Torres Straits route on the Ist inst. Lord Cairns’s Judicature Bill is withdrawn. March 12. The new French Ministry has been formed. Buffet is Minister of Interior; Dufaure, Minister of Justice ; Say, Minister. The other offices are unchanged. The Emperor William of Germany is ill. The London correspondent of the Sydney Herald , writing via Suez on the 22nd of January, says Speaking of a visitor to England, I am reminded to mention the arrival of the Hon Julius Vogel, the energetic Premier of New Zealand. He arrived at Brindisi with his family by the last overland mail. I was in Italy, and met him and his family, who were travelling in a sleeping carriage from Bologna to Turin, and were involved in a collision at the Asti station, which would have been very serious had not the train been slackening speed. I was in the next carriage, and was suddenly awakened at seven o’clock in the morning by finding myself flung upon the floor amid the crashing of timber and broken glass. Though the compartment was crushed in, nobody was hurt. Indeed the injury was confined to the guard and the rolling stock. Mr Vogel and family, with myself and others, were detained at Turin in consequence of the accident. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Sydney, March 12. The Mikado takes the largest number of passengers that have yet left via California. The brig Annie Ogle, from Sydney, wrecked near Smoky Cape. Portions of her hull and the boats were washed ashore. She was insured for £4,500. The schooner Sarah Nicol was lost near the same place. Both crews are supposed to have perished. A Greek named Gatsos has been committed to trial for murdering a Chinaman at Gulgong. Tracey, a railway guard, has been crushed to death. Six candidates are contesting the seat of the late Speaker at Newcastle. The steamer Helen McGregor, 300 tons, was wrecked, bound from Sydney to Grafton, by running on a reef. The passengers and crew were taken off, but one boat was capsised and eight occupants drowned. The Premier promises £SOOO towards a representative at Philadelphia. Queensland will act in concert. The cricket match Sydney v Victoria has resulted in favour of Sydney by seventyseven runs. McCay, of Sydney, is fitting out a scientific exploring expedition to New Guinea at his own cost, Melbourne. There was a great demonstration at the turning of the first sod of the Gippsland railway. The Otago city loan tenders were all below the minimum, and none were accepted. A meeting convened by circular has decided in favour of a graduated land tax for revenue purposes upon all holdings over a 1000 acres. A public meeting in the Town Hall has decided on a Gothenburg relief fund. Twenty-six families are said to be left destitute. Messrs McMeckan, Blackwood, and Co. have headed the list with £IOO, The Government has promised Mr McClean, a South Australian squatter, consideration to his application for a grazing lease of two million acres of land in mallee country accessible at present. The Bishop of Sandhurst has left by the Californian mail for New York. He brings a community of nuns. There have been fair entries for the Ballarat races, there being fourteen acceptances for the Grand National Steeplechase. The Postmaster-General of New South Wales has made an agreement with the Post-master-General of Victoria, subject to ratification by the two Governments, respecting the mail services, They propose to make the Suez and San Francisco service alternate as soon as possible. ‘Victoria will give every facility in her power for the rapid transmission of the Suez mails from Melbourne to Sydney overland or coastwise, as New South Wales may choose, and corresponding facilities are to be afforded to Victoria by New South Wales, The postmasters further agree to establish a telegraphic money order system between the colonies. Mrs Black, wife of the bailiff at Wentworth, has obtained a verdict for £450 against the Government for injuries sustained by her at the Spencer-street railway station. Adelaide, March 12. At a large representative meeting in aid of the Gothenburg Relief Fund, £SOO was promised. G. F. Wrons gives £2OO. Wheat has been sold at 3s lid to 4s. The market is firm and unchanged. Flour, £lO 10s to £lO 12s 6d. It is proposed that each of the colonies should appoint a competent representative

to proceed to the Philadelphia Exhibition and report upon the labor-saving machines and other inventions. Brisbane. A meeting of the representatives of the Marine Insurance offices have resolved to raise the intercolonial coasting risks. Newcastle. Sailed for Lyttelton, 6th : Emperor, brig, with 515 tons coal ; a brig, with 377 tons coal. Arrived, 11th : Corrido and Bspeculador. Cleared, 11th: Planter, barque, for Lyttelton, in ballast,, Hobart Town. Mr Fysh, Colonial Treasurer, has resigned. He retains his seat in the Cabinet. COMMERCIAL. Melbourne, March 12. 5000 cases of kerosene (Devoe’s) have been sold at Is 2d, and diamond at Is Id ; breadstuffs are unchanged. There has been a large sale of Congous, fancy teas, at good prices. A London telegram states that kerosene has risen in New York 4 cents per gallon. A cargo of sugar, &c, per Annabella, from Mauritius, has realised £29 10a to £3O 15s. LATEST RE THE GOTHENBURG. Telegrams from Townsville and Bowen, dated the 10th inst, have been received. They hold out no hopes of the recovery of the occupants of the missing boats of the Gothenburg. The starboard boat, when last seen, was in a very bad state, with the stern torn out, the’occupants naked, without sails, or oars, provisions, or water. It is concluded that they could not possibly have survived. The Gothenburg is lying in three fathoms of water, with a strong list to port. Her back is broken. It is expected she would break up if the weather became bad. A diver has recovered the gold on board, which has been claimed by the Collector of Customs as Receiver of Wrecks. The diver, when below, saw the bodies of two females from the hatchway of the cabin, but failed to approach them for want of sufficient air tubing. They caught two sharks; in the stomach of one were a human skull and some bones, in the stomach of the other were found bones and apparel. They have forwarded the bones to Brisbane. The crew of the Bunyip found £250 in a belt on a corpse floating near the wreck of the Gothenburg. The body was too decomposed to identify it. The money has been handed to the Collector of Customs, Townsville. MELBOURNE AUTUMN RACES. HURDLE RACE, A handicap sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added. About three miles. Mr Jellett’s Welshman 1 Mr W.Filgate’s Gunter 2 THE ASCOT VALE STAKES. A sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, h ft, with 200 added. For two-year-olds—Colts, Bst 101 b; fillies. Bst 71b. The winner of the Two-year-old Stakes to carry 51b extra. The second horse to receive 10 per cent of the stake. Three-quarters of a mile. Maid of All Work 1 Pointer 2 THE ST. LEGER STAKES. A sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, sft, with 200 added. For three-year-olds—Colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b. The second horse to receive 10 per cent of the stake. One mile and three-quarters and 132 yards. Melbourne 1 Stockbridge 2 visitors’ plate of £IOO. For 2 yrs old, 6st 101 b; 3 yrs, Bst 71b; 4 yrs, 6 yrs, 6 yrs, and aged, 9st. Entrance, 1 sov. The winner to be sold for £25, Half a mile. Cyclops 1 Sheriff 2 THE HOPEFUL STAKES. A sweepstakes of 6 sovs each with 100 added. For horses that have not won an advertised race of the value of 50 sovs—3 yrs old, 7st 111 b ; 4 yrs, 9st ; 5 yrs, 9st 61b ; 6 yrs, and aged, 9st 71b. One mile and a half and a distance. Edith 1 Caoutchouc . 2 sires’ produce stakes. The Y.R.O. (Sires’) Produce Stakes, of 10 sovs each, h ft, 2£ only if declared by Ist February, 1875, with 150 added, and 340 subscribed by owners of sires. For then two-year-olds—colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Sat 71b. No allowance to geldings. Second horse to receive 1.0 per cent on the gross amount of the stake. Threequarters of a mile. Maid-of-all-work 1 Canterbury 2 the hospital stakes. A sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, with 200 added. For 2 yrs old, sst 61b ; 3 yrs, 7st 131 b; 4 yrs, 9st; 5 yrs, 6 yrs, and aged, 9st 51b. The winner of any race of the value of 100 sovs (handicaps excepted) to carry 51b extra ; if of 200sovs, 71b extra ; if of 300 sovs, 101 b extra ; if of 400 sovs or over, 141 b extra. Ten per cent to be deducted from the whole stake for the funds of the Melbourne Hospital. One mile and a half. Newbold 1 Imperial 2 handicap hurdle race. A sweepstakes of 5 sovs, h ft, with 100 added Two miles. W.F 1 Sir William Don 2 PLATE of £IOO, For 2 yrs old, sst 6lb; 3 yrs, 7st 131 b; 4 yrs, 9st; 5 yrs, 6 yrs, and aged, 9st 51b. The winner to be sold for £SO. One mile. Poder (?) Poodle * Prince 2 BRUNSWICK STAKES, A handicap sweepstakes of 5 sovs, h ft, with 150 added. For three-year-olds and upwards. One mile and a quarter. Mr Ward’s ch m Calumny, 5 yrs, Bst ... 1 Mr S. Gardiner’s br m Lurline, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b 2 Eight others started. . KEILOR STAKES, A sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added. For 3 yrs old, 7st 111 b; 4 yrs, 9st; 5 yrs, 9st 61b; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 71b. The winner of any race of the value of 100 sovs (handicaps excepted) to carry 71b extra; of any such race of the value of 200 sovs, 141 b extra. One mile and a half. Mr Coldham’s b h Light of Day, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b 1 Mr 8. Gardiner’s br m’Lurline, 5 yrs, lOst This was a fine race, and was wou only by a head,

AUSTRALIAN CUR. A sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, or 5 if declared, with 300 added. For three-year-olds and upwards. The winner of any handicap of the value of 100 sovs after the declaration of the weights to carry 31b extra; of two or more such races 51b extra. The second horse to receive 50 sovs, and the third to save his stake. Two miles and a quarter. Mr S. Gardiner’s br m Lurline, 5 yrs, Bst 11b 1 Mr Arthur’s b h Wollomai, 5 yrs, 7st 71b 2 Mr King’s b h Benjiroo, 6 yrs, 7st ... 3 Lurline won easily by two lengths. Melbourne ran, and was a great favorite, but could not act in the heavy ground. Time, 4min 25sec.

We have received the following details of the various races at this meeting in which the New Zealand mares figured from our Auckland correspondent: For the Australian Cup Melbourne was a great favorite. A splendid start was effected, the lot leaving the post in a cluster, with Gloom at the head of affairs. The lastnamed conducted them past the stand, closely followed by Benjiroo, Light of Day, Lurline, and McCallum Mohr. The pace improved after passing the sheds under the hill, and the leader having had enough, Lurline took up the running, and led into the straight. A splendid race ensued, but all the way up the straight Lurline was drawing away, and she won very easily by two lengths, with Woolamai second, Benjiroo third, McCallum Mohr fourth, Diver fifth, Calaba sixth, and Melbourne, who could not get through the heavy ground, seventh. Time, 4mins. 25secs. The winner was loudly cheered on returning to scale. For the Brunswick Stakes, a handicap sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 150 sovs added; distance, one mile and quarter, the betting was 3 to 1 each against Calumny and Lurline, 5 and 6 to I against any others. Lurline, Calumny, and Newbold got away in front when the field were sent away, but before going far Zenobia rushed to the front, with Maid of Hawthorne well up and pulling double. As the horses passed the railway bridge Woolamai crept up towards the front and led for a short distance, when he was passed by Barmaid, who went away with a strong lead. As they came to the turn for home Barmaid’s condition began to fail and she fell back, and Calumny led into the straight running, with Lurline in close attendance. Calumny eventually' won easily by three lengths, Benjiroo made a rush and got third place, ten lengths behind Lurline who was second, Barmaid was fourth, and Latona fifth. Time, 2min 14sec. For the Keilor Stakes, a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 200 added; li miles, the betting was 6 to 4 on Light of Day. On the flag falling Gloom, Rory O More, and Edith showed in front, Lurline and Light of Day running together in the rear. As they came round the turn into the straight the horses got together, and up to the distance were all running abreast. Lurline and Light of Day then drew ahead, and after a very fine finish the New Zealand mare was beaten by a short head. Gloom was a close third. Time, 2min 55secs. INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET MATCH. [FROM OUR AUCKLAND CORRESPONDENT.] Auckland, March 18. In the Intercolonial cricket match of Victoria v. New South Wales, Victoria in the first innings made 71 ; second, 70. The New South Wales’ team in tlieir first innings made 116; second, 102. For Victoria the highest scorers in the first innings were Midwinter and W. Slight, 10 j Blackham, 15 ; and Loughnan, 10. In the second innings, Campbell, 18 ; Horan, 16 ; Cooper, 8; Cosstick, 7, There were no others who made higher scores than 5. For New South Wales, in the first innings, Coates made 14; Evans, 11 ; Gregory, 65 ; and Wood 9. In the second innings Evans made 31 ; E., Gregory, 18 ; Powell, 20 ; Spofforth, 13 ; and Thompson 13. None of the others made a higher score than 3. INTERPROVINCIAL. Napier, March 18, The immigrants ex the Fritz Reuter were landed to-day in good health. There had been some sickness on the voyage, and thirteen deaths. Wellington, March 18. The Dallam Tower’s immigrants were landed to-day. They are a suitable looking lot, healthy looking, and comfortably clad. There are few old persons, and a large proportion of very young people. The Isabella, from Lyttelton, bound to Wanganui, with 500 bags of oats for Andrew Young, put into harbor with her main shrouds started. She will, if a reasonable offer is accepted, tranship her cargo and refit here as a whaler. Wellington, March 19. The Aurora, from Pahau, East Coast, brings five cases skulls and bones of Maoris for the Museum, Five trains per day will be run between Wellington and the Hutt, instead of four as heretofore. The wharf water supply has been sold to the New Zealand Steam Shipping Company for ten months for £450. Grevmouth, March 19. The Goldfields Handicap was won by Guy Fawkes, Septimus being second. Yatterina was scratched. The Handicap Hurdle race was won by Tommy Dodd. The Borough Handicap by Yatterina, Guy Fawkes being scratched. The Stewards’ Handicap was wou by Guy Fawkes, with Yatterina second, Sandy third, The Consolation was wou by Magenta. [FROM OUR DUNEDIN CORRESPONDENT.] Dunedin, March IS. The City Council invites the Colonial Government to entertain a proposition to amalgamate the Town Hall and Civic Offices with the proposed new Supreme Court Visitors are pouring into the town for our Carnival, which commences with the races and concludes with the Caledonian gathering on Easter Monday, and the principal event of which will be a challenge wrestling match between Robertson, a half-caste, and Tyson, a Cornishman for £SO a side, and the society’s belt, valued at £25. The whaler Eliza Adams, thirty-four months out, has put in with 175 tons of sperm and ten tons, of black oil. On Sunday last she made fast to a large whale, when it came on to blow a gale from the north-west. On Monday a cable which was fast to the whale when towing parted with fifteen fathoms. An accident to one of the crew was attended with fatal results. It happened on the 2nd instant. Some whales were sighted ou the morning of that c ay, and the

boats were lowered in chase, the captain being in charge of one boat, which arrived first alongside the whales, made fast to one which dipped and came up immediately and attacked the boat, biting a piece clean out of the bottom. The other boats came to the assistance of the crew', and then gave chase to the whales and succeeded in making fast to another one. In the meantime the ship came came up to the disabled boat to take it on board. The man above referred to got over the side of the vessel to make a line fast to the boat, when the ship began to tow the boat under water. Those on board got frightened and cut the rope which was fastened to the boat, and the vessel drifted some distance away, leaving the man clinging to the boat. She was, however, soon rounded to and made for the boat again. The men on board told the man in the boat to swim towards the vessel, and threw ropes over, but before he succeeded in getting hold he was seized with cramp and drowned. The man shipped in Hobart Town under the name of Chas. Reeves, but the captain thinks this was an assumed name. He has friends in Christchurch.