AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 807, 12 November 1878, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

I'EK AHAWATA AT THE TiT-UFF. Melbourne, November 0. The Ministry have decided upon sending delegatp,s to England, consisting probably of Mr. Berry, Professor Pearson, and Sir C. G. Duffy. LSOOO, it is said, will be asked for "expenses. A dissolution is talked of. According to present arrangement, the delegates will leave by the December mail, and will be absent five months. The bushranging business still occupies much attention. The ruffians are still at large, and parties of police are out in various directions in the ranges. If Kelly fails to surrender by the 12th inst., they will be liable to be shot down. Mr. C. B. Fisher's sale of stud horses was not successful. Such low prices were obtained for really first-class animals that the sale had to be stopped. The races gathered to Melbourne an immense concourse from all parts, the crowd at Flemington being larger than on any previous occasion, and the receipts exceeded last year's by L2OOO. The spectacle was most brilliant, the Stand and lawn being filled with elegantly attired ladies reflecting every shade of color. The hill contained a dense mass of human beings, and all other parts of the course were crowded. The race for the Cup was very pretty. The horses, thirty in number, were paraded on the lawn in front of the stand. When the start was made, it was a splendid sight. Rapidity' made the running for nearly a mile and a ; half, when Calamia came out, and after a good race home, won easily by two lengths. The great favorite Melita got an outside chance, and although she once made an effort, was never seen at the finish. Firebell ran well, but was not in the foremost rank at the end. The time—3mins. Ss|secs. — was not so good as last year. The bookmakers had a good time of it, especially as in the boil over of His Lordship for the Derby all the doubles were destroyed.

Wellington's victory in the Derby brought him into favor for the Cup, and lie. ran well for a mile and a half, and was amongst the leading division at the finish. The race, taken as a whole, was an easy victory, as Calamia •was never called upon to exert himself, or the time could have been shortened if necessary. The public have dropped their money on the favorite —Melita—who started at 0 to 1, but the race was regarded as very open, as some eight or nine were believed to be in it.