ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4256, 10 November 1874, Page 2

ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA.

By the brig Robin Hood, which arrived from Newcastle yesterday, we have papei'3 from that port to the 31st of October, from which we make the following extracts : London, October 28. Count Amim has been admitted to bail. Cambridgeshire Stakes ; Prentice, 1 ; Chieftain, 2 ; Lord Conran, 3. Forty-six horses ran, October 26. The Brindisi portion of the Australian September mails was delivered yesterday. The bulk of the Sydney letters are missing, but are expected via Southampton. Paris, October 28. The Due Decazes, in a speech made at Bordeaux, said he was specially instructed by President - MacMahon to watch all circumstances for the preservation of peace, and in fulfilment of that duty, he would claim a strict observance and loyalty of the executive conventions with other powers. Singapore, October 26. It is represented that Nana Sahib had been wandering .in -the. North-eastem-provinooti-of-Bhotan and Assam, and that he crossed over to Barreilly (a district in the North-western provinces) ; but it is denied that he went to Nepaul. A difference of opinion has arisen amongst medical men as to his age, and the question of identity is causing deep interest. Mr. Tressider, a surgeon, who was at Cawnpore in 1857, the year in which Nana Sahib perpetrated his horrible atrocities, fails to recognise him. Other witnesses have, however, been called, including Messrs. Mowbray and Thompson. The Scindia who arrested him is convinced that the prisoner is none other than Nana Sahib. Melbourne, October 28. Mr. Wood’s motion in. favor of opening the public institutions on Sunday has been negatived by 39 to 25. The strike at Pulton's Foundry has terminated by the submission of the men. October 29. The Education vote, amounting to something like half-a-million, has been passed. In the Assembly, the Premier has stated that though Butchart has been declared sane> the Government had no power to discharge him from custody. A young woman named Watson, recently married, has been burned to death at Inglewood by the accidental burning of the house in which she lived. An action has been commenced in the Supreme Court by Moore and Co. against McCulloch, a carrier, to recover £15,000 for the value of wool lost from a barge in the Murray river. Richmond, in Wilson’s stables, is heavily backed for the Maribyrnong Plate. A telegram from Calcutta contains advices of the loss of 140- horses, shipped hence per Udstone, Giving to stormy weather. * Hobarton, October 27. On tho morning of the 13th a tidal wave occurred at Point Davey ; and in .the afternoon there was a severe earthquake, which shook tho houses distinctly, and was felt on board the vessels some distance from tho shore. Brisbane, October 28. Mr. Macalister has consented to take tho portfolio of Works and Mines. A large number of passengers are booked for the steamer Somerset, which will be sailing on tho 11th. The Florence Irving (s.) has sailed for Cooktown with a full cargo and over fifty horses. . Port Chalmers, Monday. The brigantine Stranger arriyed from Melbourne last night, bringing three days’ later - news from Australia. Some of the intelligence, however, has been anticipated by way of Sydney. We select the following from tho telegrams to hand ; Melbourne, October 26. A thunderstorm at Wodonga caused great damage to tho crops. Tho flood-waters have washed away a portion of the railway line. The rivers are very high, but no heavier floods are anticipated. Sydney, October 26. H.M.S. Pearl has arrived from Fiji. Tho Victorian Rifle team, on the arrival of the b.h. Rangatira, wore escorted by a number of volunteers to the Victoria barracks. During a thunderstorm Inst night tho lightning struck tho spire of the Wesleyan Church at the glebo, and also two houses. Tho coachbuildors are agitating for the eight hours' movement.

The ship Leicester, from Loudon, reports sighting a ship, apparently an American of a thousand tons burden, burning, in long. 2° 10", lat. 37° S., on the 11th of September. There was no sign of the crew. The import markets have opened dull. An influential public meeting, held at the Chamber of Commerce, has passed resolutions urging upon the Government to establish a direct Californian mail service, irrespective of New Zealand. The son of Mr. Smyth, the auctioneer, was killed by lightning at Woolongong yesterday. Maize is lower. Arrived ; Christina Thompson and Leicester, from London. Adelaide, October 26. The deaths for the last quarter were greater than the average of the same period for the last five years. The foundations of a glass-bottle factory were laid to-day. Breadstuffs are firm and unchanged.