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and. spirit merchants, is reported with liabilities £5,900. Several other small failures are reported. A proclamation has been issued to quarantine all vessels from Lyttelton, in consequence of the small-pox. Sydney, June 20. The proposed release 'of Gardiner and other bushrangers has given rise to a warm discussion in the Assembly. The motion of protest was only rejected by the casting vote of the Speaker. The House sat till half-past eight yesterday morning. Several scenes took place, but no result was achieved. Twelve convicts have been exiled during the year by the Californian mail steamers. • ARRIVAL 01? THE CITY OF ADELAIDE AT AUCKLAND WITH ETJROPE AN AND AMERICAN NEWS. AUCKLAND. . June 27The city of Adelaide arrived at 10 o'clock last night with the San Francisco mail. The Mikado did not arrive at Kandavau until 10 a.m. on the 21st. She was detained four days at San Francisco, through the non-arrival of the Atlantic steamer ; then lost fifty-one hours between Honolulu and Kandavau repair-, ing tubes. For the last three days out she was under easy steam. The City of Adelaide received the New? Zealand portion of the mails and cargo, and left on the morning of the 22nd.' LONDON. A violent thunderstorm passed over: London and the Midland Counties, and caused loss of life and great damage. The troop steamship Siberia, from London to Maidera, is supposed to be lost, with all crew and passengers. . Ten persons have been arrested at Cork in connection with the mysterious disappearance of arms and ammunition from the barracks. It is reported that the British frigates Narcissus and Endymion are ashore at Palermo; also the corvette Racoon, at Bermuda. Fire in Paris, near the Castl(e?). 200 persons rendered homeless, and several killed. The Durham election has been annulled, on account of bribery. The Galway election has been annulled on account of intimidation. and Schrader, merchants, have failed ; liabilities, 30750,000. The Czar of Russia has issued instructions granting permission to all exiled Poles to return home, except those guilty of assassination. ■ ' , ■ A collision of coal and passenger trains occurred at Merthyr Tydvil, and seriously injured forty persons. President M'Mahon, when receiving the German Ambassador, expressed a hope that the present friendly relations between France and Germany might long be continued. Reported bitterness has arisen between the Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Edinburgh regarding the question of rank. The nephew of the Emperor of Russia has been' arrested at St. Petersburg for stealing his. mothor's diamonds. The Czar ordered legal proceedings to take their course. A conspiracy has been discovered at Kedokan, Russia, and sixteen persons implicated have been executed. The appropriation of church property; for State purposes in Italy continues. Ecclesiastical property, valued at over 5620,000,000, has been sold, and the proceeds have gone into the public treasury. Additional miners' strikes caused a rise in coal. Mr. Sotbern the actor, is playing at Chicago, but goes to Australia under an engagement of eight weeks at l,ooodols. a night. In the House of Lords on May 4, Lord John Russell, in view of an embittered feeling between France and Germany, moved for copies of all correspondence with those Powers, and asked what course the British Government would take in the event of a rupture between them. Lord Derby believed that peace for the immediate future was safe. Pie trusted England would do everything to maintain peace short of embroiling herself in a struggle. Additional strikes of miners are announced. Coal and iron have advanced in consequence. A famine is prevailing in Asia Minor. It is said that 100 deaths from starvation occur daily. There appears to be no prospect of a settlement with the strikes in the Durham collieries. 70,000 miners and laborers, are now idle. Great distress prevails. Many are emigrating A Congregation held at Cambridge admitted the Rev. Mr. Hare, the Governor's Secretary, to M.A. degree The fine composite ship Columbus arrived on the 20th April from Canterbury. She will be the next Auckland vessel. Owing to a strike among the carpenters and joiners in the North of England, which commenced about. Good Friday and ended 011 the 3rd of May, the Shipping Company's new steamer Waitangi will not be launched until the J 4th of June. Once more the working men have gained a victory over their masters. The men have gone on at increased wages. The ' South Canterbury Times' states that a "sober doctor" for the Tuapeka district is among the things advertised for in the local journal as wanted. 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