ARRIVAL OF THE CALIFORNIAN MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 205, 28 August 1872, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE CALIFORNIAN MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

Auckland, August 28. , The Nevada has arrived with English dates to July 15.' : : • '■■ . .; : London, July 1 5 .-^-The Fnglish representatives have arrived at Geneva. The proceedings will be conducted in secret. Chief Justice Cockburn is to be crated an Earl for his services in connection with the Alabama arbitration. ; . .' Fearful storms have occurred throughout England, most destructive m the, Midland and Southern counties. Several people were killed by lightning. ' • . . ;. The' r.ace between the , Sappho .and Layonia,. was won by the forme? by 90 minute^. - The Cityof Southamptonisaboufcto'giveagrand banquet to Admiral Ahlen, and officers of the American fleet. \ ■ ■ ■-. • The Archbishop of Madrid is dead. Cabecilla's band of insurgents have been de-v feated, and a great many wounded and captured. ThcEpoco energetically scorns the idea ofSpain parting with any of her colonies. : ' • . . The Hon. Edward Stanley died of .paralysis, in San Eraneisco, on July 10. . . English shipping : . arrived, Kapirto from Napier.'^ Sailed, Bolleno for Napier, June 13 ; Sfc". Leonards for Canterbury, June 20 -, Hydaspes for Otago,,June 21 ; llobert Henderson, for Auckland", June 23. ' ' . Commercial: Wool. The' latest public sales., 'showed considerable animation; greasy wool one half-penny to penny' cheaper. . Large supplies are offering... Jacob & Co. have, sold 4400 bales, 2228' being from New South' Wales and Queensland. ' ; • -' • Tallow and cotton dull ; wheat inactive. Australians 62 to 65 cents. In the iron trtide the. last higli prices are continued, and but little change is shown in the foreign demand. Russian, orders are being secured. Kauri gum, ordinary 265. ; fine cleatr, 325. 6d. ; low and middling, 335. Hides" in good demand at Australian extreme prices. . New Yokk Shipi'lNG- : Sailed— Mercury, for Dunedin and Wellington,- June 10;' ' Polar Star,' for Auckland, Loading — Dacotah, for Melbourne., „ . . , Boston : Loading— Velocidade for New Zealand. . . - . ■ . ; ■ The wool sales' included 30,0001bs New Zealand, at:37£ cents; 30,0001bs Australian, at 60 to 65 cents; 95 000lbs on private terms. The Boston market is . firmer, in consequence of favorable telegrams relating to .the. London salesSaw Eka^cisoq, July 17. New Zealand Flax, 12^ cents, retail lots 13| cents. , . 3S t ew Yoek. In the trial of Stokes for the murder of Eisk, the jury .were unable to agree upon a verdict. The jury were discharged, and Stokes returned to . prison. ... ■ Three thousand Alsatians and natives of Lorraine, headed by a band, marched to the office of the French Consul and signed papers ofallegiance to Erance. Grant's return as President is considered certain. Forty persons were 'killed from sunstroke in one day in London. , . , . The ship Oahama was wrecked on the Hoogley river, • ■ The ship Lapwing, from Liverpool to Rotterdam, collided with an unknown vessel in the English Channel,and 120 lives were lost. The International Prison lieform Congress has • commenced. Kepresentatiyes were present from every civilised couatry in. the world. Earl Carnarvon presided. In the night express "train from Belville, Canada, the engine jmriped'off the track," causing death and .fearful torture to scores. of -passengers ;- -35 were killed and C 5 injured;, very.tew are. ex-. pected : to "recover. . ' ' ' ■ .-■''■' A Spanish war vessel have been instructed to seize and fcink the American" steamers Virginian andEdgan. . ;.. Passengers by Nevada: — Auckland— Captain Brindall, Biffie, Saundler, Blackie,Kneebond,and Bland; Wellington— C. B. Shocker, Eev IT. Booth, W. Strange and wife ; Dunedin— W. Inglis, T. M;Kellar,,N. Kelly. . t, , , ' ,