By Electric Telegraph

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 291, 26 September 1874, Page 3

By Electric Telegraph

(Prom our own correspondent.)

Dunedin, Thursday Evening.

It has been agreed to submit the Maerewhenua case to the decision of the Appeal

The ' Lyttelton Times ' of this morning says that-Mr.Bowen, R.'M";, of Christchurch, has been offered a portfolio and a seat in the Upper House. The department offered to Bowen is that of Justice.

The programme of the March meeting'has been'published. First day: Maiden Plate, ■ 80 T sovs.; Dunedin Cup, ——; Newmarket Stakes, 60 sovs.; Publicans' Handicap, 100 sov,s. ; Selling Race, 50 sovs.—Second Day: Handicap Hurdle Race, 80 sovs.; Jockey .Club Handicap, 500'sbvs., with five guineas s sweep; Rous sNsovs;5 N sovs; Novel Race, c IOO sovs.—Third Day: Steeplechase, 100 4sovs., with 5 sovs. sweep; Town Plate, 100 'sovs., with same sweep; Master Rowe Produce Stakes, for sweep and Cup; Forbury Handicap; 150 sovs., with five sovs. sweep; Plying Handicap, 60 sovs; Consolation Stakes, 80 sovs. The Cup nomination will be on October ,21st; weights declared, November 26th; and .acceptances on January 21st. A visit from the Victorian cricketing team this summer is certain. A resident here offers to bring them oyer himself, and supply necessary funds. Beal, as representing three gentlemen, has already taken the matter up. •He is now in Melbourne negotiating. .. Bass, the Chief Assistant of the American expedition for observing the transit of Venus, with .Thomson arid M'Kerro-yv, leave for plyde on Saturday, to select the station. The .war.sloop Swatara, witli the rest of the expedition, is expected at the Bluff early next month. The Council of the. Otago Institute recommend Clyde, but Bass ia likely to select'further south.

-At the "Waste Land Board meeting yesterday Bell's right of pre-emption over a block; of land in Shag Valley was considered. After .consultation in private, following upon the minuted receipt of applications,- which had been-held in abeyance, -pending the obtaining the Attorney-G-eneral's opinion on certain points, and the application being for land situate within the G-oldfields, it was". resolved that applications already made should be refused, and that land_be opened for sale on-Oc-tober 27, unless it be shewn to be auriferous. Bell remarked that he was qu'te satisfied. The Victoria is at Auckland. LONDON.

September 15th. MacMahon has been visiting the Northern Departments. In replying to an address presented to him, he expressed his determination.to discharge the duties of-his position with.firmness, at the same.time with due regard tp?the opinions and. interests of the maderate men-of all parties. - , ... '< . , The ' Journal des DebatS-' has-been warned for having said that whoever was not a Republican was an adherent to the Empire. The G-ermau and Austrian ambassadors have presented credentials' to Serrano as 'Chief-of the "Spanish enexpression of cordial good wishes and'"asßu-" ranees.

Q-uizot, the eminent French statesman, is dead.

AtTSTBAIIAN. - •""" ■ '. - * Sydney. Gilchrist, Watt, and Co., agents for the San Francisco mail steamers, have chartered the Cyphrenes to the A.S.N." Company, and have made an offer of the Macgregor and the Mijkado. The Cyphrenes has undergone a thorough overhaul during her stay in Port. Bussell'B arrival from Auckland is anxiously looked for, both in this Colony and .Victoria. The Mikado leftJßan Francisco to date on the 13th, that is our'l2th. Melbourne. After a strong opposition to the Tariff Bill,the clause increasing duties on. some-articles, from ten to twenty per cent, was carried. % • " Tait was offered, and he has refused, 4500 guineas for Groldsborough. > WELLINGTON. Messrs. Pearce and Hunter addressed their constituents at "Wellington, both being well received. Pearce said he never was a warm Provincialist; but he felt confident-that the abolition of Provincialism would not necessarily reduce taxation. , But," whatever good they did in the past, the time: had gone by for, rendering Provinces necessary. -He held himself thoroughly free to vote for the Bill when it was brought down. .

Hunter said that, while holding very decided 'views against the abolition of the Provinces, he.would also give any measure brought down for that object his most careful consideration, and, if he was convinced it would be an improvement, he would support the change. not consider the Colony was reduced-to the,extent of its borrowing power so long as the revenue had increased. The compact of .1856 was an unimportant matter; for; in a few years, the North Island would have afar more valuable landed estate than the South. \4 S . i

Votes of thankfc were given to both gentle men.