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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 51, 28 February 1874, Page 2

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! ' ; Melboune, February 21. Tho date of the dissolution will be decided on Monday. A number of candidates are announcing themselves for the various constituencies. A ' testimonial is being raucl to Bishop Perry on his departure for Europe, after 28 years episcopate. The inquest on the body of Mr Reynolds is again arfj lurned. The detectives believe the? have come clue as to who sent the box containing the explosive compound. The Buokley will case ia concluded for the Crown. The Attorney-General undertook to show that the wilt was a forgery and that the claimant Maher, forged it. The evidence goes a great way to support it. Tho Nelson is to be docked on Friday next. She will- be-the -first vessel taken in. The stock exchange has been dissolved. It is stated that Judge Williams of the Supreme Court goes home in June. Negotiations are still proceeding between the Victorian and South Australian Governments for the reduction of the charges for cable messages. Mr Todd suggests ten words for ,£3, and five shillings for each additional word. The will of the late William Robertson, squatter, has been prove i at .£294,000. A meeting has been held to form a settlement; ia New Guinea. Several cases of drowning:are reported, and two attempted suicides. The tide of fortune has turned in fivor of the English cricketers, who now have victory on their side in every match True, their opponents are rcostly . local players, an at Sandhurst and Castlemaine.' The match just now concluding on ihe Melbourne ground against a scratch team of fifteen players will •give another victory to the Elevm. The fifteen in their first inn : ngs only score! 110, while the eleven' made 188. Amongst the scores were W. G. Grace, 8; G P.. Grace, 40; Lilly white, 40; Humphrey, 29 ; M'lntyre, 27; Jupp, 17. In the eecbnd inninga the wickets of the fifteen fell fast, several of their beet players making but small scores, tut the team did even better than was expected, as th»y were only got together at the last moment. SHIPPING^ Melbourne. — Arrived; Tady Jocelyn, from Port Chalmers Sailed : Dallam Tower, for Dunedin Stdnby.— Sailed : W. C. Wentworth, for Auckland. Newcastle.— Arrived : Princess Alice from Lyttelton, Duke of Edinburgh from Dunedin, Joliba and Mend^za from Lyttelton, Ann and Jane from Wellington, Caller Ou and William Ackers from Dunedin. Sailed : Moa for Timaru, Kohi r oor for Dunedin. COMMERCIAL Business is rather dull. Of wheat little is offering at 6s Id to 6s 3d; oats, New Zealand prime, 5s 6d, The agents for Tennent'B bottled ale announce a reduction, and considerable, sales have been made. Large sales of Hennessy's brandy in case. Sugars are in good demand. The latest cable dates to Feb. 6th from Mauritius state that the crop is finished, and holders are fi m. Finest whites, 7dols SOceats; finest yellows, 7dols 15cent8. ;..._, \Eyjdnby, February 21: The Hume story of..h&vjpg discovered relics of Le/chajcdtisallajsham and he has in reality done nothing. The whole affair is a barefaced imposture. : The gold returns Bhow a falliog off.

The government have decided- to improve the circuit! r quay 'on Selfes plan and not on Mr MorLirty's. The population of tho Palmer river is 2003. Provisions ac very scarce- and the rivers flooded nnd impassable. '. . „...'-. yealey a member - of the Upper House is dead. . Tasmania, February 21, The boiler of the river steamer Little Nell exploded, a* d eight lives, wore lost. Three o hers who wore<on board were severely injured The eteatner was riinniug between l-auheostou and Georgetown. The Barque Wynnud loaded for London became a total wreck on the 16th, half a mile from Kddj stodu point. The crew were saved but the cargo which was mostly uninsured, was all lost. Adelaide, February 21. Major Warburton and party reached Western Australia safely having travelled overland from South Australia. They passed over 300 miles of unexplored country. They arrived without any provisions and had eaten all their camels but three, No further particulars arc at hind.