ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4359, 10 March 1875, Page 2

ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA.

ARRIVAL OF THE TARARUA [Per Press Agency.] Hokitika, .Tuesday. The 1 ararua arrived off port this morning, having, left .Melbourne on the 3rd instant. Experienced fine weather during the run across. She brings 200 tons of cargo,-and the following 1 passengers for Wellington —Misses Nichols and Genard, Captain Calquiht, Messrs. Armstrong, Anderson, and Storey; and 8 steerage. The Tararua also brings the following news ; ENGLISH AND; CONTINENTAL. - ' London, February 22. The Australian mails via San Francisco were delivered to-day. e t \ ~ - Mr. John Mitchell intends again to stand for Tipperary,. ; February 23. The London colonial wool .sales opened this evening. The total arrivals are upwards of 200,000 bales. Upwards of 8000 were offered, consisting of 4757 Victorian, 2710 Adelaide; and 1000 Cape, principally greasy sorts. The attendance of both home and foreign buyers was large. The prices, compared with the last series, show a decline of Id. to IJd. The death is announced of Sir Charles Lyell,the well known geologist. February 24. Tenders’ are invited for the conveyance of a monthly mail-via California for eight years. There is an excellent attendance at the wool sales, and competition has improved since the opening. Prices remain firm at reported reduction, and quotations are on a par with the lowest ,rates of last May sales. " • . Wheat is easier. ■ i The British Victory, from' Liverpool toSydney, has been stranded on the Irish coast. ' Arrived: Moravian, from Melbourne ; Darra, from Adelaide. February 27. The following appointments'are 1 announced : —Messrs. Ducane and McLeay (of New South Wales), as ICC.M.G.’s, ‘ Mr.' Gregory and Colonel Warburton, Companions of the Order ; William Henry Faucourt Mitchell,'President of the Legislative Council,- Victoria; Justice Cheeke, Senior Puisne. Judge, Supreme Court, Sydney; and Major Richardson, Speaker of the Legislative Council ■ of -New Zealand, are knighted. ; The New Zealand four and a ! half per cent, loan of four millions is announced by Messrs. : Rothschild at 93 net. ; - ; Pari?, February 22. After, a protracted negotiation, a Senate. Bill has been framed, so as to allow of departmeats electing 125 ihembers,.a third retiring every three years, and the Assembly to elect "the remaining 75 for life. President MacMahon waived his right to nomination. ..; i ' r - M 1 ' ■

. Gambetta’s warning against Bonapartism secured the votes of the Left,, and eventually the Bill was' voted by 422 to 261.

February 24.

Notwithstanding-the vigorous opposition of Legitimists and the .Assembly rejected all the l amendments proposed, and finally passed the Sehate Bill by 488 to 241, in the form already, telegraphed. ' ; - . 26th February.

The - Assembly-adopted, by 306 t0:262, a Bill organising public powers, which implies the the Republic. MaoMahon nominates the Councillors of State, 'and Mi Buffet, President of the Assembly, is forming a Cabinet: 'A note in the official journals declared that MacMahon is resolved to uphold Conservative-principles. - - . :Berlin, February 22.

. A Papal bull, issued to the German Bishops, prohibits their acceptance of benifitures from the State under pain of excommunication.

f AUSTRALIAN INTELLIGENCE, WRECK OF THE S.S?GOTHENBURG. ;•••••’« • •• •• Adelaide, March 3. " The steamer Gothenburg was Wrecked during a cyclonei'bn'Flinders’ Island;'on-25th • February. .The (steamer Leichardt picked up, near-Port Denison,- a boat-containing-fout-of the crew; namely, theengmier, the fore-.cabin steward; a.trimmaaLaiid a teaman!: They .were blown away'frdm the ship as soonSas the'boat was lowered.' The other three boats were on the-' davits when the first was .blown away/ ( They, with-ninety passengers, are supposed to !be fitillf! adrift, the first boat,. haying i gone ; ;bact next ’day, and the-others: gpneDiTheyt-j would make Cleveland,-Bay, if ;ppssible;L\The-. -. Gothenburg’s passengers included Judge Wear,ing, and, the, Hon. Thomas,.Reynolds./ .The: , wires are.down,,and;the telegiaphic communi- : cation is indifferent. -iwV. !■•?-: . i-i.,•' ri;,YIOTORIA;'! f/l ■!. D i 7/- '’ / Melbourne, March 4 3. The ; Government, has'mtimatea'its willing- ’ ■' '■ ness to join Tasmania; in erecting.a,aecond light on also is favorable. .... -, , v ;; r-The7'st^meLWhampoa_haa„arrived-froi»— England after-; a-s passage of . fifty-two’(days. She brought a number of officers and 100 seaineh..for: the squadron.... '.Several : men de&rted -here! 1 ' •' J_ ''"jr'A , The United States sloop-Swatara faaajsailedr--direct for New York. -/.. -

The Volunteer imbroglio has resulted in the Government" remitting the censiire passed on ‘ Serjeant Empson for breaches of discipline.; . ■ It v is‘intended to appoint a-Commission to impure into the whole state M the Volunteer Force. : " : ' l, ‘' ‘ Annie Morgan,, a young woman,;committed/, suicide by jumping from a window of the JLying-in Hospital, a distance of twenty feet, , • The banks have raided tha ; i-ate of interest on six months’ deposit to .(j.per"cent".; for three :months, to 5 per cent./:; , A sharp shock of an. earthquake} was felt in the north-eastern portion of the colony early on the morning of the 2nd March. It wa& distinctly felt in several localities. The Autumn Race Meeting commenced on Saturday. , Diyer and Melbourne are the best favorites for the Australian Cup, and odds are offered on Melbourne for the St.'Leger. ... A vacancy has occured in the representation of North Gipps Land by the resignation of Mr, F. L. Smythe, who aspires to a County Court Judgeship likely soon, to be vacant. Nothing has as yet been decided by the Executive in reference to Hastier (lately of New Zealand) who has been sentenced to death for the murder of his wife. Wheat, 4s. Bd. to 4s. 9d., with less demand. New Zealand oats sold at 4s. Od.; Californian, 3s. 2d.; Tasmanian, 45., Victorian-made wool-, packs are in the market from the Footscray Jute Factory. A private telegram from New York reports kerosene strong and advancing ; large speculative purchases have been made. New Zealand 4 per cents, are offered at £BS. NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, March S. Very heavy floods have been experienced in New South Wales and Queensland. Incessant rain fell from Saturday morning till Monday night, accompanied by an easterly gale. The town of Maitland was partly submerged, and hundreds have been rendered homeless. They occupy the Government buildings. All the rivers have risen considerably, the Paterson being fifty-nine feet above the ordinary level. Vessels have been unable.. , to leave port for days, and inland comtnunication is interrupted. The floods everywhere are higher than previously known, and the loss to property is frightful in Queensland. Nine inches of rain are reported to have fallen on Wednesday night, and twenty-three inches in twenty-four days. All communication has been stopped with the northern parts. The Government intend to oppose Norfolk Island being placed under the Government of New Zealand. The prohibition on the importation of stock is extended for another year. -The Bank of New Zealand has taken premises in Pitt-street, at a cost of £Booo.' Mr. Arnold, Speaker of the Assembly, was drowned during, the late floods, by the capsizing of a boat, near his residence, on the Paterson River. A letter from Noumea says that two Communists, being supposed to have escaped from

Ducos Peninsula because they were asleep at muster time, the Government sent out a war steamer and towed back all vessels to port, then unceremoniously'searched them. These vessels were more. than three miles from land when boarded. ■ ‘‘"' i’r-li'rived at Sydney, on the 25th : H.M.S. ■Roterio, from'Wellington. . Arrived at Newcastle, on the 25th: William Ackers, from Wellington. Judgment has been giveu against the barque Sierra Nevada, for sinking the brig G. H. Peak: .