ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4532, 29 September 1875, Page 2

ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA.

(PER PRESS AGENCY.) Auckland, Tuesday. The Hex'o having been notified on the coast, the Star chartered the small steamer Eclipse, which went out beyond the Tiri Tiri lighthouse to meet her, with carrier pigeon birds, which returned with the following messages : The Hero left Sydney on the 22nd, with eighteen saloon and thirty steerage passengers. Constable Axam, arrested for forgery in Auckland, is aboard. Lord Osborne is a passenger. CABLEGRAM. London, September 17. Captain Chapman is ordered to hoist his broad pennant as commodore commanding the Australian station until relieved. The Standard condemns Lieutenant Armitt’s scheme for the colonisation of New Guinea by 200 volunteers for that purpose. Drs. Corletti and Saphire have sailed for Australia. The wool sales have been marked by considerable languor, but prices remain without noticeable alteration. Sixteen thousand bales were withdrawn. Com market drooping and languid ; prices have fallen owing to largo foreign arrivalsAustralian, 545. ; New Zealand, 50s. to 52s' Copper, quiet. The tin market is firm, with hardening prices. At an interview between M. Thiers and Prince Gortschakolf at Revel, the latter expressed fears that the French Government would be affected by the clerical reaction. Gortschakoff also said that the solution of the Eastern question will for the moment be postponed, if the foreign autonomy of Bosnia and Herzegovina be secured, together with the ratification of the Montenegrin frontier. The Strathnaver, ship, which left Sydney on April 27, is supposed to be missing. Eighty guineas premium are offered for the insurance.

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS, PER HERO. {By Star Carrier Pigeons from the Vessel.) Sydney, September 22. The Hunt Club meeting was held on Saturday. The Hunt Club Cup resulted as follows: —Springbok, 1 ; Receipt, 2 ; Young William Tell, 3. Steeplechase:—Hotspur, X ; Prior, 2; Fisherman, 3. Madame Jauonschek’s engagement at the Queen’s Theatre terminated abruptly. Her husband has been arrested for a breach of contract. Shipping. —Arrivals at Sydney:—John Knox, from Lyttelton; Helena, from Wellington. Sailed;—Joliba, for Lyttelton. Arrived at Newcastle ; Aldergrove, from Dunedin. Sailed: —Lochnagar, for Auckland ; Star of the Mersey, for Timaru. Melbourne, September 22. Frederick Howard was sentenced to death for the Fraukstown murder. He maintained a stolid demeanor, and never uttered a word. Good entries are received for the Hunt Club races. Two hundred Martini-Henry rifles and a quantity of ammunition have arrived for the volunteers. A meeting of the Opposition was held to-day, and it was understood that the result of Sir James McCulloch’s motion will be adverse to the Government. The division will probably take place on Thursday. Should a change in the composition of the Ministry occur, it is likely that Kerferd will take the Department of Lauds, and the law officers be selected from G. P. Smith, Purvis, or Madden. At a meeting of protectionists at the Princess Theatre there was a large attendance. Resolutions were passed supporting the Government policy. The speakers abused Sir James McCulloch and Smith. A dinner was given to the Hon. John Robertson. There were sixty persons present. For the information of holders of drafts issued by the Bank of California, the following telegram was received by the Oriental Bank Corporation from the head office in Loudon, dated the 17th iust : “ The Bank of California are making great efforts to resume business, which it is believed will be a success.” Kingsborough is backed for the cup up to 100 to 10. He is also taken in doubles with Richmond and Maid of All Work. Octavious Matterain Baker for illegally procuring the celebration of a marriage was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. The wreck of the Cambridgeshire was sold for £2,850. _ An enquiry into the circumstances connected with the grounding of the Ceylon will be held. Sawyers, late teller of the Bank of Victoria, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. Candles are much sought after. Breadstuffs are unchanged. Considerable sales candles, 10|d. ; IOJd. asked. Large sales new teas. Oats, good demand ; have advanced Is. 3d. The Hon. J. Robertson in his speech last night pointed out the advantages derived by New South Wales from a free-trade policy, and satirically suggested that Victoria should continue, for the benefit of her neighbors, Jdie experiment of protection she was now pursuing