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Grey River Argus, Volume VII, Issue 498, 25 March 1869, Page 3

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*^ = [Br Electric Telegraph.] (From the West Coast Times.) Bluff Harbor, March 22. The Tararna arrived at 8 o'clock this morning. She brings English news to February 19. She left Melbourne on the 17th, and has made a four days eighteen hours' run. She brings twelve saloon and forty-six steerage passengers, and 307 tons cargo for all ports. The* mail steamel? was not expected in Melbourne before the 19th"or 20th, owing to some derangement of her steering apparatus, which would detain her at the Sound, or the Tararua would have waited for the mails. Adelaide, March 16. The branch mail steamer was sighted off Glenelg at six a.m. to-day, and the Marseilles portion of her mails was delivered, at about nine a.m. London, Jan. 29. Australian November mails, via, Marseilles, arrived in London on the 25th of January, and via Southampton, to-day. . The Queen and Royal family are still aifOsborne. It is not certain whether Her Majesty will return to town to open Parliament. The Prince and Princess of W^les visited Vienna, and proceeded to Trieste for Alexandra; The Prince Royal of Belgium died on the 21st. The Lord Mayor has committed the directors of 0 verend, Gurney and Company to take their trial on the 27th inst. The examination of the cases lasted nine days, and most astonishing disclosures wore made as to the way in which business was conducted. Great excitement prevails throughout England concerning this case. A conference on the Greco-Turkigh Question met at Paris on the 9th. It was resolved that Greece should be permitted to have only a consultative voice, but no vote, whereupon Rangate, the Greek representative, withdrew. The sitting nevertheless continued, and a protocol has been drawn up and despatched to Greece, containing the declaration of the Powers as to illegality. The answer of Greece is expected either to-morrow or • Sunday 1 . A complimentary dinner was given on Wednesday last at St. James' Hall to the Hon. W. Fitzherbert, in recognition of his services as Financial Representative of New Zealand in England: He was also presented with a tea and coffee service. Sir George Grey, Lord Granville, and many gentlemen connected with the Australian Colonies were present. Capt. Wilmshurst, Governor of the Island of Ascension, has been tried by Court-martial for alleged misconduct in the matter of the barque Bremins, wrecked on that island. He was honorably ac-. quitted. . H.M.S. Brisk has arrived at Plymouth from the Australian station. Post Office authorities have notified that no mail will be made up for Sydney and New Zealand via Panama in consequence of the inability of the Panama Company to furnish a steamer. A Representatives' meeting was held on the 19th, of artisans and their wives, at the stores of the Australian Meat Preserving Company. MrW. B. .Richardson presided. The object of the meeting was to bring under the notice of the working men the value of imported meats. Lord Monck, formerly the GovernorGeneral of Canada, has accepted office as Chairman of the French Transatlantique Cable Company, which office was vacated by Mr Lowe when he accepted office as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir R. Glass has been unseated for Bewdley, and Sir H. S. Tracey for Norwich. They are both Conservatives. . Also, Mr Rifley, for Bradford, and Mi Whiteworth, for Drogheda, who are Liberals. In consequence of a recent intimation * at Manchester, it was determined; to test the ballot by an experiment, and try to determine whether .the Liberals of that city should support Milner Gibson or Ernest Jones, should Brierly be unseated. Ernest Jones was selected, but died of pleurisy two days after the conclusion of the ballot. Earl Russell has published his letter to the Hon. Chichester Fortescue on the Irish Church question, in order to obtain office. He therein advocates the disesta- • blishment of the Church, and urges the maintenance of the present system of national education. A large meeting of .Ritualists was held on. the 12th of January, when, after much discussion, they admitted it to be their duty to obey the law of the Church, but refused to go further. The scandal between John Bay, the trainer, and Admiral Rous has been hushed up, in consequence of Lord Hastings death. In the difference between England and United States, the Lord Chancellor resigned some ratification of the Acts of the American Legislature. Great sympathy has been expressed throughout England on account of the New Zealand massacres. Judgment has been given in the Court of Queen's Bench in the case of Phillips y. Eyre. It was an action of assault and imprisonment alleged to have been committed by defendant while Governor of Jamaica. Judgment was given in favor of the defendant. * „ The Emperor of the French opened the Legislative Assembly with a speech peaceful in its character.