By Electric Telegraph

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 266, 10 April 1874, Page 3

By Electric Telegraph

(From our own correspondent.)

[ ' 'Duns lin, Thursday ev.ninj. Patrick Long an 1 V""'T'i<'i<;li «.rn f-n he '-ie~ by special juries, the former mi thw 22iin.,rhi» latter on the'l'7't.h.' 'The'G-muH'Ji's-y'd.iVV'rl-" turned true bills in all cases except T-me=. f o r horse stealing. The followng i-aaes have been dealt with:—Henry King, larceny at Waimate, two years ; George Crosby, stealing at Alexandra, five years ; Joseph .London, robbery from the person at* Cromwell, eighteen mont,h« ; J.-ihn "Blm'r. Inrcenv, twelve montlu- ; Jane G-la-.-, r.ibbm. Dunedin; George Sturrocks, at Tokotnai-, riro ;■< .and Henry Campbell, perjury at Outram,'acquitted. Rieli.irU. Triad. v"-a"in<* gold a*-. Switzera, sit months: Ongnv. oh'nining goods uniler false pretrnce-. four years On the reiuin of the; veraicr lii fctan'oeis case there was so6ie n'-plsmec.' . Two young men we're "sent to prison for twenty-four hours for •e'-iVifempt"" of the O-o vernmt-ntagent wlien taking over the Hutt rail wa 7 \ The bov Anderson, injured'in > the"accident to Cobb's coach, near the Beaumont, died last "ight

.At'"O "nam the second dnv'-« mors wpre more successful tuul sutiMactury. Tue opectntors wero liuojeiMUo. The folio wiug were the 'results:—Handir-ap FTunlle R-ice—Banjo, 1; Maid of the Mill, 2 Hack Hurdle Eace— Falcon,-1. Flying Handicap—Ringleader, 1; Border Lad, 2. Novel Race—Poorboy walked over. Consolation—Alnrven. " ' Balclutha R>ices.—The' weather wns fine, and the attendance good. The Hurdle liace was -not'run, as only, two horses-accepted. The Ada colt,won the Publican's Handicap, I,Nelly Kins the District Ifnndicip. Color Scr'srpjint. the Selling Rn-e, Novice the Consola tion. ~,, ,\ -, i . v , .■WEi.LTvo.rpy. At the Criminal sittings there' were only 'five casps, three of which were .tor .indecent, assault. Vr-ilv w"vi" tWi-bwii out by the grand ljury, and in Hie other case a Maori was cliarged with cutting and wouiicliugi but was' acquitted on the ground that it was done accidentally. - ' "awkuvb. ~- The Inspector of Police aenies the reported ' ' departure of Sullivan «o Sydney. ' > - The wharf laborer* demand 10s. a day of-1 eight hours fur discharging vessels The Ciiief Justice,,ou op.-ning the. criminal session*, co'nniented op the smallnes* of the calendar, and sa d th-it. it was not more «-}inn a qutir er of the cases he ha't tried in one ses-:-' sion. ...v",% MELBOURNE. ' '. ! . March 31. ' The startling intelligence was received on Friday evening that six of the principal Communist prisoners had escaped from. New Cale- . donia and landed at Newcastle. Their names are—Henry' Roehefort, ex editor of 'La Lanterns;' Paschall Groussert, ex Minister for Foreign Affairs; M. Jourde, late Minister of Finance; Ollivier Pain, ex Secretary for Foreign Affairs, M Balliore, ex aide-de-camp to General Powell; and M. Dhillien. ex Commandant of the National Guards, all of whom occupied several positions in the Government of the Commune. , They have arrived at Sydney, but how they contrived to escape and all othi r particulars at present remain a mystery. 1 hey are reserved, and give no information for fear of implicatingthe friends who aided their escape. No doubt the whole affair was well planned. On British soil they are safe, as political refugees. • ...

The first baton of elections (twenty-four members) resulted in a majority against the Government on the constitutional ques f inn. Four new members were returned iii tht pLico ut four oth-rs previously in the House; the rest were re-elected.

Jucl<;e Williams has sent in his resignation, •iiid a pension of Xi, ooo d,-year, bem ' iia, f ailarv.

It is believed that, Attorney-General Stephen will be elevated to the Bench, but there is souk: doubt as to tlie retirement at the ur s"nt time, so as not to complicate the

. .j.: liiigusa iClttveu have finally left for Wn^'-m -1 i" Hie Nubia Gwp entered into, ■imingi'mouts, and played n mtfli with Ade- ! lide, ul'liougli he h:ia given his word ofhonor not to break the agreement e..Ler d into with the Mnoifa Association , Thi" Inst apt of vtrace's has disgusted even his closest friends and best admirers. ' - The Alhambra is at Nelson. •' '" ; '-'- " liuiidoii, Miirch 25.' . •' 'l'lie body of" Livingstone' has'-' arrived f afc\ V v- on unite to Eniilnnd. ""' - '- "". ''-•-' ' . ■ oi'.tliellriahsmembers-. waited i'ii the L'rimier, asking him to release, the I'l'-nai) prisoners. \ Disraeli'declined to grant tlie request, .-.'<, , *

M arciTzij. " The Liverpool Grand National resulted as follows: -Reugny, Ist; Chimney -Sweep, 2nd; Berlin, 3rd. . ... : -i

March 28 The boatrace between Oxford and Cambridge ■"' waa rowed to-day over the u.-ual course, result-" ing in another._victory to Cambridge, which, "" won by two leng'hs. ■ ■ «-An Australian-American steamship Com- ■■ pany has been registered, -with a capital of £600,000, to take-over the new line of steam— •"■ ets i-uii.uiug boiweeh San -Francisco and-Syd- — - YIEXXA. Thirty-two Austrian Bishops have - denounced" the iicclesiastioaj laws as Tyranni-* eal. . - " - [The following appeared, in our edition /of Saturday last : —J . •".. ' • Two more deaths have taken place in the Cromwell district. " ■ * - ">s . *-'.T' The schoolmaster at Blacks (-Mr.''"Dixon) , has resigned his appointment. .'. -."" G-ood Feedav,,-being,observed as; a ,close,/ \ holiday, our usual telegraphic ue&patches have not; come to hand. ■ - _. ■ Tite inhabitants of Roxburgh nre petitioning the Government to have the township declared a Municipality. ' • - ' The ' Tuapeka Times' is informed that the -. inhabitants nf Blacks - hayp .petitioned the Government to app >inr. Mr. W. CT. Burke a. Justice of the Peace.

As many as'sixty bushels to'the-acre have'been reaped in places in "the Blacks district, and little of the ground cropped realised less x'a&ii forty bushels. "

The Ada colt, which won the Consolation St-dies et the Dunedin races, was sold by public auction shortlu afterwards for'£l6o., - It, has iUioe changed hanJs a« a good round ~ figuri. ..:. ■ -i ••

A fifth share-in the XL "Water "Ra.ee aTid ckiru3, situated <m. Xiukert, Guily," was aoid for £•)!)(); an-1 a twelfth shaa-e iiDtlie- !ilue~ Duck for £2BO. "Both shares were- the proparty of Air.' James iiilL - -- ;