ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4400, 27 April 1875, Page 2

ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA.

ARRIVAL OB' THE HEBO. [Per Press Agency.] Auckland, Monday. The Hero has arrived from Sydney, whence she sailed on the 20th instant. She brings the following later English and Australian news : [Redter’s Telegrams.] London, April 17. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Northoote, brought up the Budget in the House "’of Commons. The estimated revenue for the coming year is £75,685,000 ; estimated expenditure, £75,268,000 ; leaving a- surplus of £417,000. He proposes the readjustment of brewers* licenses and stamp taxes, which -will reduce the surplus by £357,000. An excited debate took place in the House of Commons yesterday, on the motion of Mr. Disraeli to reject the petition from some residents at Prestwell, accusing the Judges who tried Arthur Orton of unfairness, and demanding their impeachment. The petition was rejected. Mr. Bright condemned the agitation tactics of Dr. Kennealy, and requested him to substantiate the charges made. A second note has been sent by Germany to Belgium, in which the former Power disclaims any desire to interfere with the press laws of the latter. The Prussian Parliament has voted a measure which abrogates the privileges of the Roman Catholic bishops, and others of that faith, who decline to conform to the civil law. The debate on the charges made by Dr Kennealy, and his position in connection with the petition from Prestwell, has been renewed. Apiil 18. The political uneasiness, consequent on warlike reports, is subsiding. In the House of Commons, Mr. Disraeli stated that the Belgian difficulty had been settled, but if the independence or neutrality of Belgium was threatened, the Government would know' their duty, and would not fear to meet Parliament. Messrs. Rothschilds have issued a Russian loan of fifteen millions. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. VICTORIA. Melbourne, April 20. Bickers, a free selector, has been murdered at Berwick by a neighbor named Morton, who had a quarrel with him, and stabbed him to the heart. Morton has been committed for trial. South Melbourne lost the cricket match. There were 6000 spectators present, and great excitement. The scores were —Slight, 26 ; Cooper, 0 ; Blackham, 43 ; Allan, 36 ; Midwinter, 19 ; English, 0; Conway, 13 ; McGann, 9, not out ; Heather, 1 ; Linsley, 3 ; Woolf, 3. Louisa Kengleman and Ah Kat have been committed by a coroner’s jury for the wilful murder of Kengleman, near Maryborough. It is intended to form a permanent fund for the purpose of assisting shipwrecked seamen and their widows. O’PerraU’s trial is not concluded. The captain of the P. and O. steamer Ellora went mad on her voyage round from Sydney, and would insist on steering for Western Port as a short cut to Melbourne. Eventually Captain Standish, Chief Commissioner of the Victorian Police Force, who was a passenger, had him arrested and confined. Four revolvers were found in his cabin. Mauritius white sugars are in better demand ; sales, £34 to £35. Oats, lower, 3s. 9d. to 4s. 3d. Madame Rastoul has written to the Argus, and states that the reason her husband and other prisoners escaped was to make known to the world the treatment they received in New Caledonia, where, by a process of starvation, they were condemned to slow death. An effort will be made to float the Blencathra, winch is ashore at King’s Island. NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, April 20. A telegram, received here, states that the Mikado reached San Francisco four days under contract time. Maize is plentiful, at- 4s. to 4s. 3d., on long terms. QUEENSLAND. Brisbane, April 19. The Brisbane Marine Board, in the matter of the wreck of the, Gothenburg, attributes the loss of the vessel in a great measure to the unexpected set seawards, caused by the heavy floods in the Burdekin and other rivers. The members also consider that due caution was not observed in the navigation, as no attempt, apparently, had been made to sight Cape Bowling Green Lighthouse or Cape Upstart. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Adelaide, April 19. The immigration authorities in England report that the burning of the Cospatrick has had great influence in checking emigration. £7OOO has been collected here for the Gothenburg fund. Wheat, 4s. Galle, April 13. The Goloonda left Galle for Australia on the 11th. Mails via San Francisco have been delivered.