EUROPEAN NEWS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 219, 4 November 1874, Page 2

EUROPEAN NEWS.

Auckland, October 25. The s.s. Hero arrived to-day at half-past 4 o’clock. She left Sydney on the 19th instant, and brings the Suez mail for this port, and the following news : — London, October 15.

The ship Kingsbridge, bound to Sydney, was in collision with the ship Caudahar, for Melbourne, off Lizard Point, and foundered. Ten of those on board were drowned. The Candahar returned to Falmouth damaged.

The ship Windsor Castle has put in to Bahia, under jury masts and leaky. Arrived : Scimitar, from New Zealand. Discount is at 4 per cent. The Duchess of Edinburgh has been delivered of a son. The Middlepark Stakes were won by Plebeian. Sydney, October 17. Admiral Richerie, the ex-Governor of New Caledonia, has arrived here, on his way to France. Has been recalled. Messrs. Russell and Samuel are still negotiating with regard to the Californian mail, but the matter is almost closed. They have resolved to continue joint action. The Pacific and Sydney oifices lose £5OOO each by the sinking of the ship Kingsbridge. The new wool is arriving slowly, and only one cargo has as yet been cleared. The Governor is expected to return from Fiji during the week. Melbouene, October 17. Shannon, charged with the murder of his mate at Schnapper Point, has been acquitted. G-oldsborough and Break o’ Day are in favor for the Melbourne Cup. The latter won the Ballarat Cup easily. Harricot won the handicap. Tobaccos are rising. A shipment of galvanised iron, cross brand, has been sold at £35 10s. Maize has been sold at close on as 6d. Bbisbane, October 17. Advices from the Palmer diggings are to the effect that the miners, starved out, are leaving by the hundred. A famine is feared next winter, unless the Government opens up communication.