ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 227, 22 January 1876, Page 9

ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA.

Bluff, Saturday. The s.s. Ringarooma left Hobson’s Bay on the 11th inst. at 11 a.m. Passed Swan Island at 9 a.m. next day, and arrived at the Bluff at 9 a.m. on the 16th. She experienced strong easterly winds, and a cross sea on the passage. She transhipped the mails and passengers from the Mongolia on the morning of the 11th. She brings 355 tons of cargo, seventyseven saloon, and fifty-eight steerage passengers for all ports. She sails for Dunedin at four this afternoon. (reuter’s special cable messages.) . London, January 5. The New South Wales 4 per cent, loan of £901,500 was subscribed for to-day. The tenders were for nearly a million and a half; the minimum was 92J ; two-thirds of the loan realised £92 13s. "Yesterday a 44 per cent, loan of a million partly failed, as only £390,000 was tendered for at and above the sealed mini mum of 984. January 6. The schemes of reform in Turkey announced on the 3rd inst. do not involve the tutelage of the Powers. England has not yet replied, but France agrees to the scheme. France has sent a special. envoy to Egypt in connection with the Suez Canal question. January 8. The bank rate has been raised to 5 per cent. There have been large withdrawals of goid for the Continent. Wheat is dull. Australian, 525. to 535.; New Zealand, 495. to 51s. The Queensland mail was delivered on the 3rd. At a sugar sale yesterday whites were rather lower. Markets are dull. (per java cable.) London, January 11. The Times was premature in announcing that France adhered to the Austrian scheme for reform in Turkey. Zichy informally announced the scheme to the Grand Vizier, who objected to foreign mediation. A cabinet crisis has occurred in France. Viscount Amberley, son of Earl Russell, is dead. The Australian mails, via San Francisco were delivered in London on January 10.

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. Melbourne, January 11. There is quite a rush of candidates for the vacant seat in the Assembly. The Minister of Railways is amongst the number. Parliament meets to-morrow, when it is stated the Opposition will commence their policy of obstructing business ; but nothing definite as to their intentions is yet known. Mason has met his constituents in South Gipps Land, and after a statement of his betting transactions, has received votes of confidence and sympathy. The Jessie Black, a coaster in the Newcastle trade, it is feared has been lost. The Government have sent out a vessel to Kent’s Group in search. The Hibernia, with the deep sea portion of the New Zealand cable, is expected in about three weeks. Several officers of the companyare now in Melbourne. De Murska leaves for New Zealand at the close of the month. . . , . < A Scarlet fever has broken out;at the Protestant Orphanage. The head teacher died. All the State schools on .Emerald Hill in the vicinity of the institution remain closed. A match for £SOO a-side, a mile and a-half, over hurdles, between Cronstadt and Stranger,

came off on Saturday, on the Melbourne course, and was won easily by the former. , The sale of shorthorn cattle at Bobertson s, Colac, attracted about 700 persons from all parts and from adjoining colonies. The total realised was £30,826 ; the highest price paid was £2200 for the roan heifer Duchess, bamuel Gardiner purchased to the extent of over £7OOO. Competition for some of the stock was very keen and exciting. Melbourne, January 12. Elizabeth Bent, a married woman, has committed suicide by cutting her throat at HoGham, while of unsound mind. Captain Eerinaner has returned from the Straits, bringing a portion of the wreck of the Esßie Black, found on Deal Island. The searc i for the crew has been unsuccessful. All have perished. _ , Sydney, January 11. The Torres Strait mail steamer Brisbane Couched on the Anglica Beef in Torres Strait, but will get off. The mails, passengers, and specie were conveyed to Sourabayd. The coals were jettisomed. On the morning of the 6th. there was the lowest temperature in January for the last eighteen years. It is still very cold and unsettled. , , The City of San Francisco has been docked in Sydney, and sails with the mails on the 14th. . The cable has been laid at New Caledonia from Noumea Peninsula to the Island of IN on. Thirty-six entries were made for the Australian Cup, and forty for the Newmarket Handicap, to be run at the autumn meeting at Elemington. A fire at Vaughan's steam sawmills, at Grenfell, destroyed the whole of the buildings and stock, inflicting great loss. The whole was uninsured. . , The revenue returns published show tne revenue for the past year at £4,215,524, being an increase on the previous year of £161,660. The Tasmanian year’s revenue shows a surplus of nearly £250,000. Heavy rains for the last few days have caused floods, and done considerable damage to fclie main line of railway between Hoss and Campbelltown. Several persons were drowned in attempting to cross the river. Sydney, January 12. In consequence of the departure of the Bingarooma for New Zealand yesterday, there is only one day’s later news. The Secretary to the Philadelphia Commis..sion leaves on Friday by the City of ban Francisco for Philadelphia. The drought continues, and much distress is anticipated. Maize and flour is rising.

Brisbane, January 12. A fearful gale has occurred at Gympie. The local courthouse and Varieties Theatre were levelled with the ground, and several other buildings destroyed.