AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 115, 6 May 1876, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne, May 1. Governor Bowen, accompanied by four Ministers, has been paying a visit to the Western district, for the purpo-e of turning the first sod of the Prolan*! railway, and met with a most enthusiastic reception Political matters will re-mam in abeyance, but there aro signs of a coming storm when Parliament meets on June 20th. The Agent-Generalship has been decided by the re-anpointment of Mr Michie. The Stevenson embrogiqs have, only for a time, been settled 'i hi Government, after detaining the letters pf the firm for three weeks, returned them unopened, but accompanied by a letter stating that the refusal of Sievensons to allow their letters to be oppned in the presence of witnesses was prima facie cvi ience of their guilt, as they must have something to conceal, and at the same time threatening to examine packages of their importation, with the view of personally verifyiug ihe correctness of their entries. There has been a great' disDUta over the will of David Nesbitt, better known as Scot- h Jcck, and a'ter some equity proceedings the matter will go io a jury tor decision The settling over the Randwick rices has resulted so far sa t is 'actor iiy. One section of the ring* are losers to tbe tune, it is said, of several thousands, having manfully stood to Kichmond all through. AT., the winner of the Cup, is said to have drawn .£20,000 in winning for hii backers. When Sullivan, tbe murderer was brought up, he stcted on affidavit that he was possessed of one acre of town, and tvunty acres of country lands in We Iderburn. and that he bad been domiciled in Victoria since 1845. He state* that for private reasons he does not intend to reside in Viotoria Cable communication vith Australia is now completely cut off by the breaking of no less than two of the cable* forming the submirine line, and as the repairing vessel is at present at Penang, there is no vessel available for the Port Darwin and Java section, it may perhaps be two or throe weeks and more before through communication will be restored. The wheat market still continues firm, but the absence of English telegrams stop? business. Audley Coote hBB made an offer to the Queensland Government to duplicate all the cables east of Singapore, also the land lines. Tlrs will probably have to be done, and at do very distant date.