AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 154, 21 June 1876, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne, Tuesday. [pbr alhambra.] Tha Stephensou case still occupies the Court. _ The result Is regarded as a foregone conclusion, as the evidenc. as to valuations Is verp conflicting. The great Learmouth and Bailey case, which from tho start t. the finish has coit something like £.0,000 in law proceedings, has, so far finished iv favor of the defendant*. The pro .eed. obtained from the Eyrtown . mine hive, after paying working, expenses, been paid to a receiver. There ifl now something like £25 000 in hand. The Hawihorn mystery has been given up aud the police have abandon :d further active search after the missing Mrs Thompson. An old m tn named Day, a selector at Sale, his by the death of a relative come Infor £100,000 in England. Ministers are busy preparing : their meaBurei for meeting Parliament on the lith of July. The Electoral Act will bs the principal measure to be submitted. The Edinburgh is expected to repair the Darwin cable in about a month. Inquests on late fires have resulted in finding open verdictf. The prosecution against W. Simcock, late manager of tbe Land Mortgage Bank: for forgery, is at the instance of Mr Stewart, Maoager of the Bank of New Zealand. Hennessey's case brandy is very scarce; sales at 31s 6d; currants are selling, freely at s&d; sugar is also at full rates. Breadstuff's are unaltered.