ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4565, 6 November 1875, Page 3

ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ALHAMBRA AT THE BLUFF. * Bluff, Friday. The Alhambra arrived at 7 a.m. She left Melbourne at 2.30 p.m. on the 30th ult., and experienced rough weather. She brings 38 saloon and 87 steerage passengers and 25S tons of cargo for all ports. KEUTEK'S SPECIAL CABLE MESSAGES. London, October 21. A Canadian loan of a million and a half is announced. The Broderick Castle, with emigrants, ound for Auckland, was towed into Falmouth dismasted. Arrived. —s.s. Somersetshire. October 22. _ England and Kussia have declined to join in the°representations of the European Powers to Turkey, protesting against default in paying coupons. . Obituary.—Sir Charles "Wheatstone, electrician, and Dr. Hook, Dean of Chicester. October 23. The tenders for the South Australian loan amounted to nearly two million?, and £400,000 •was alloted at an average of £93 9s. 2d. Germany is legislating against the abuses of the Polynesian labor traffic. The value of nearly all cereal produce is enhanced by continued rains; Adelaide wheat, 545. to 555. -Arrived.—H.M.S. Blanche. October 26. The Prince of Wales has left Cairo, where he was splendidly received. The Cambridgeshire Stakes—Sutton, 1 ; Lord Gowran, 2 ; Grey Palmer, 3. There have been serious destructive floods in England, but they are partially subsiding. October 28. The Canadian i per cent, loan of a million and a-half was subscribed for to over two millions and a-half. The average allotment ; ■was at 99. Arrived. —Ocean Beauty. Gaixe, October 26. The R.M.S. China, for Australia, left on lie 23rd. AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. Melbourne, October 30.

The -week generally has been barren of events of interest. The political excitement is growing stronger as the day of battle draws near. Sir J. McCulloch unfolds the Government policy at Warrnambool to-night. It is generally believed that it -will embracer land tax as well as taxation on other descriptions of property, and that various anomalies of Customs duties will be removed without interfering with the present protection system. Drylass, a working man's candidate and general agitator, has come forward to oppose the Premier, but it is thought he will have no chance. The seat of the Commissioner of Railways at Ballarat looks anything but secure, and there are grounds for apprehension in West Bourke, wheTe the Minister for Justice seeks re-elec-tion. The Minister for Education has also an opponent in the field in the person of Mirams, a prominent member of the Protection League. The population of Australasia, including New Zealand, is 2,233,100. There are thirty-one horses left for the Melbourne Cup, but reports of two or three of these are not very favorable. The weather has been altogether against training. Sir Hercules Robinson will be present, to arrive in Melbourne on Thursday (fourth) night. A filthy publication called the Police News on Saturday last overstepped the bounds of decency by presenting a nasty picture, accompanied by still nastier letter-press matter. The proprietor, K. E. Lee, was immediately summoned, and has been committed for trial. The Acting-Governor has been actively performing public duties during the past few days. Last Thursday he laid the foundation stone of the new almshouses for the Licensed Victuallers' Association. Yesterday he was present at the National Agricultural Show at Talbot, and to-day he is opening the Horticultural Exhibition at Brighton. The statements of Captain Logan, of the steamer Hero, respecting the Marquis of Normanby, have been a good deal commented on • but a letter from a passenger by the Hero on that occasion tells a plain unvarnished tale. It is published in yesterday's Argus, and'as an act of simple justice to the Marquis, should be republished in New Zealand. The convict Tom Page, who murdered Mary Buchanan at Mount Gambier, was executed last Wednesday. He left a confession stating that the crime was unpremeditated, and that he never made -any attempt against the girl's chastity. Mauritious advices state the Garonne was loadinf for Lyttelton; also, for ports in New Zealand, LochieL May Flower, and John Iverdrup. Shipments of new crop were smaller than on any previous year. The scarlet fever epidemic still continues, several deaths of children are reported. Mr. Berry delivered a lecture on protection at Eaglehawk last night. He stated that the Opposition would not-allow business to proceed until there was a dissolution. The exhibits for Philadelphia from Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania will leave direct for New York on the 30th November. No steamer leaves for New Zealand from here till the 11th November, for Hokitika. Breadstuffs very firm. Wheat scarce, none offering. Up to 6s. Bd. paid. New Zealand otas, 3s. 10d., large sales. Kerosene—Devoe's, Is. 3d.; diamond, Is. 2d. Candles in request at'BJ(L tolOJd. ' ,„ Evans and Co., millers, Wangaratta, filed (schedule. Liabilities, £IB,OOO. Arrived. Eleur de Maurice, from Dunedin. 29th, Eliza Eirth, from Greymouth. Sailed : 26th, Nil Desperandum, for Auckland. Newcastle. —Arrived: 25th, AndelkfromDunedin • Especulador and Queensland, from Lyttelton- Melrose, from Nekon; Byron, from Lyttelton.' 27th, Signal, from Dunedin. 28th, Maggie, from Napier; Edwin Bassett, from Wellington; Alary Webster, from New Zealand. Sailed : 25th Robin Hood, for Wellington ; Bobycito, for Dunedin, Thames, for Auckland ; Czarewicch, for Timaru. Sydney, October 30. One of the banks received information of the circulation of forged credits on the Bank of British North America in New York. A shepherd named Brukhouse was found m a hut near Gunnedah with his skull smashed in. An axe was found close by. The Bank of New South Wales dividend was 15 per cent., and a bonus of 2J per cent. £6OOO was carried to the reserve fund, which amounts to £400,000. The Marquis of Norrnanby has given £IOO to the National Agricultural Association of Queensland. The blacks are very troublesome on the road to the Palmer. There have been several murders. Encouraging accounts continue to be received from the goldfields. Adelaide, October 28. Several meetings have been held in support of the Government policy. Arrangements are being made for a shipment of Government immigrants from Hamburg early next year. The export of breadstuffs for the year to date is 150,000 tons.

Tasmania, October 28. The second session of Parliament has begun. The opening speech was confined to a recommendation to pass the public works scheme. The addresses in reply were earned in both Houses.