By Electric Telegraph

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 210, 7 March 1873, Page 5

By Electric Telegraph

(From our own correspondent.) + Dunedin, Thursday Afternoon. The Dacotah arrived in Auckland on Tuesday morning last with the English mail. In the American Senate a motion for the delay of Webb's Subsidy Bill was carried by 33 to 31. JBumside's offer, admittedly on the - part of British capitalists, was rejected by 5 to 1.. American bankers in London loaned Napoleon 200,000 dols. to aid in a coup. Money returned on death. A terrible-earthquake Las occurred" in the Island oi Sumo*.-- Great loss of life. A fearful earthquake has taken place on the Indian coast. Five hundred lives lost. Terrible boiler explosions have occurred in America. The British Isles wre visited in February by the most violent storms ever experienced. Snow fell to an extraordinary depth i: town and country. Six inches of.snow in the City

entirely suspended the traffic. Great gales on the coast, and the loss-'of life through, wrecks is enormous Bluespur Mining case fiuisßed, verdict substantially for plaintiff's 'Jury increased the damages frtfm £625 (?) to £2375. A young man named .Gibb is arrested for a criminal assault on a thill. Brogden commences Waitaki line in ten. daTS. A man named James Lyons was drowned in Oamaru Lagoon. The total amount of the escort is 8580 ozs. Colonial prize firing commenced yesterday. Judging distances: Thomson of the Thames, Wilson of Port Chalmers, Boardihari of Auckland Jamieson of Dunedin, M'Lean of Auckland : tied at 19 out of a possible 20. On fii'ing off, Bourdman won the first prize. JSTot being able to understand that portionof our telegram referring to the second inatch> in the prize firing, we omit it. Hoskins andStone, however, appear to be the winners. Third match: Hay, Auckland, 17; Richardson, Otago, 16; Sutton, M'Leod, Thames, 15; Wales, Otago-, 15. Thechampionship is to be decided to-morrow: Fourth match: Ro3s, Westland, 16;. Richardson, Otago, 16; Douglas, Otago, 15;. Hoskins, Thames, 15; Wilson, Port Chalmers,. 15. Aggregates: Hoskins, 111; Stone, 107;; Thompson, 106; Richardson, 104; Wilson*: 103.

.1 nfcercolonial regatta at Wellington, was a. great success. A four-oared gig won the firstprize. The Christchurch boatSabrina, won£lso. Wellington was second. There was a splendid race by pair oared boats, prize £2O. Kaipoi's boat Kiwi won. Mail news says that the action of the senate wiil be a death blow to Webb's line. JN T ews by the last steamer, the : Alta; says that the rejection of the Bill is a severe blow to the American interest on the Pacific, throwing the trade into English hands. On the 01 her hand, Henderson and Macfarlane received private intelligence that Webb in.--tended to "carry on the service notwithstanding. A Calcutta despatch says that the City of Hohuree, in the Scinde territory, has been nearly destroyed by an earthquake. The occurred so suddenly as to make' escape impossible. In the first alarm the in-. habitants rushed into the streets, only to- be killed by the falling timber from the Upwards of 500 peoisle perished. American advices state that manufacturers have to defend the introduction, at a reduced rate, of Colonial wool, oximport di-' rect, to.keep.,their..;machines- in? work ;.. the consumption of fine wools* largely exceeding the local production. The Durham has arrived at Auckland with I sixty-two passengers. The Whangamata Goldfield is a duffer. The ' Star' publishes the full text of the official correspondence in reference to the crisis. Bathgate, Kichardson, and O'Rourke's letter to Waterhouse implies a denial of any fresh policy being brought They J say—"We may observe, should any uhfprj seen differences arise on the subject of your colleagues' have no intention nor right |to oppose your views. Should important irreconcilable differences arise, those who differ may retire ; but it will not bear a consitutional interpretation that it is your duty in the pre- . sent instance." They urged a variety of reaI sons against his resignation. Fox consented to become Premier, on the express understanding that he should resign soon after VogelV return.

The conditions under which. Fox took office are:— That,the Governor, on Vogel's^return, ask him to become Premier. If he declines, Fox retains office conditionally on the Parliament being summoned as soon as possible, which cannot be till May, as it now stands prorogued to April 15th, and all the. Provincial Councils meet in that month. Oamaru, Thursday afternoon. The first batch of Brogden's nayyies have.; just landed, and more are expected to-mor-row. -''_.;, , .' The railway works are to commence next Monday. ..'".-'. There are a number of the harvesting' people returning to ISTaseby.