TELEGRAMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 111, 11 May 1874, Page 2

TELEG R A M S .

INTERPROVINCI AL . Bluff , May 9. The Albion left Melbourne at 8.30 p.m. on , the.4tjh instant, and arrived at the Bluff at 2 ' p.m. 1 On the 9th, after a quick passage of four days and fifteen hours. She brings the English'mails, and 25 saloon and 35 steerage passengers, and 300 tons of cargo for all ports. ' , Auckland, May 9, 5 p.m. . ; In the Police Court to-day in the Macfarlane , case, ; Mr Reps, , Harris' counsel, objected to ]#r William Buckland, J.P., M.H.K., sitting v on the bench, on the ground that he had ex--1 pressed an opinion favorable to Macfarlane, and had been assisting bim in the Floatage Bill at Wellington. Mr Buckland denied having expressed any opinion, and insisted on rem-ining on the bench. : Warm words ensued, and the case proceeded. Craig and ■ Cross were examined at great length with t_e view. of 'showing animus against Macfarlane. The case was interrupted by repeated outbursts between the parties,engaged. • 7*lo p.m. The case against Macfarlane occupied the greater part of to-day, and was adjourned until . Monday for the evidence of Mr Keddell, the . Resident Magistrate at CoromandeL During the hearing of the case several scenes occurred between the parties engaged, particularly when Thomas Craig deposed that Miciarlaue . told him to "take armed men to Whangapoua and seize the logs, and if any resistance was offered to make sure of shooting young Harris," He replied that he did not care* . about shooting, but would fight for the logs, ' Macfarlane replied, v Take < bur father down i.^ and/ he will dp _ it. Shooting young Harris ;".-; wo^_,settl)B all tne lawsuits." He said thia. % <v J se-iously 'on three occasions. Witness-, went to seize the logs, but took no firearms.: A ffiw'days" after, when returning^ Macfarlane, 4said, *' You were a fool for,ndt^B66tlb^_i| ii* s;i 'when he drew his r tevolvl§^,}>_:]&r'>^||^ls! .evidence will close the case for the proßtscation.

Mr Saunders quotes sales of South British at 50s ; Old Whau, £6; Union Beach 19s Bank of New Zealand, £18 ss. Sellers: Imperial Crown, double, 80s; Caledonian, £10 sb; Thames, 70s. Wanganui, May 9. A destructive fire took place last night. The Red Lion Ho' el and Gordon's livery stables were total'y destroyed, and six horses burnt to death. The fire commenced in the hay-lolt, but the cause is not yet ascertained. The total insurances losses are : — New Zealand £500, Liverpool and London £500, and Victoria £550. Chbistchubch, May 9. Mr J. G. Hawkins held a sale of shares yesterday, when the following lots were disrosei of :— National Insurance, "100 at 31S; 220 at 335 ; 10 at 339 6d; National Bank, 38 at 675; South British, 78 at 60s. The Superintendent presented the medals and certificates for the recent interprovincial exhibition yesterday. Dunedin, May 9. The libel action of M'Cassey v. Bell, the proprietor of the Evening Star, was concluded to-night. The jury, after an hour's del Deration brought in a verdict for the defendant upon every iesue. Gbetmouth, May 9. In the Police Court to-day the chief officer of tbe stean tr Wallace was fined £10 ahd cists for refusing to deliver up goods in transit, seized by bailiffs under a warrant of distress. Three men, named Patrick and John Warren, who keep an accommodation house at the Ten Mile Creek, and James Fitzgerald, were arrested this morning on a charge of cattle stealing. Rehbton, May 11. At Anderson's mine, 360 tons yielded 311 ounces 10 dwts of melted gold. The Just-in-time has _ truck a rich solid reef, and shares have advanced frora 3s t ) 6s. ENGLISH CABLEGRAMS. London, May 1. Hostilities have been resumed in the Province of Biscay, and the Republicans are gradually advancidg. May 2. The wool sales are marke! by considerable languor, and 2000 bales have been withdrawn. The merchants have decided to have only four sales this serUß instead of five, and the next gales will commence on August 18 Balme and Co. report the decline on fleeces at a halfpenny to 2d; scoured and lambs at l_d; half-breds ld to 3d. Whe»t is unaltered. Arrived — Penihistler, from Melbourne. April 27. The Suez Canal difficulty is settled by the submission of Baron de Lesseps. It is probable that the several Powers will consider . the question of toll dues. April 28. The London colonial wool sales opened this evening. Upwards of 7500 bales were offered, the Port Phillip wools preponderating. The attendance of both home and foreign buyers was large, the foreign buyers especially being numerous. The usual eagerness observable on the opening day was absent, ani prices compared with last series show a decline. The arrivals to date ai c 290,000 bales. Arrived — Our Hope, G assmere, Merope, Zephyr, Columbus, Queen Bee, St. Hilda, Woodlark, Dunmore, Atalanta, Lochinvar. Sailed— Somersetshire. A letter from Count Arnim to Dr Bollinger criticises the Ecclesiastical policy of Germany, April 30. J. A. Youl of Tasmania has been created a C.M.G. The civic ball given yesterday by the Corporation of London in honor of the Duke nnd Due hess of Edinburgh was a . most brilliant affair. Tenders are invited for a South Australian loan of £180,000 at 4 per cent. The minimum fixed is 90.' Bank rate, 4 per cent. The second day's wool sales showed more animation on the part of buyers. Washed wools are a penny lower, and half-breds 2<L Cape wools remain unchanged. London, May 1. Mr Ward Hunt's representations in moving the navy estimates as to the unsatisfactory condition of the ironclad fleet occasioned much discussion iv tbe House ot C mmons, The su'ject was again debated yesterday, when Mr Childers defended the late administration. Mr Hunt maintained his ' previously expressed opinion,. and. said- that the supplementary estimates were a necessity, but a large expenditure was not contemplated. " The elections for Wakefield and Stroud have been annulled on petition. . MrE Green, a Conservative, had been elected for tho former, and Me«srs W. Stanton and S. Dickenson, Liberals, for the latter. New elections will be held in both placea. There is a serious famine in Asia Minor, aud hundreds of persons are dying daily. New Yobk,' May 1: The overflow of the Mississippi jjinundated 14,000 square miles in Louisiana, Arkansas, . and Mississippi, including a portion of the best cotton plantations.