BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 219, 11 April 1872, Page 5

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

(from greville's telegram company, beuter's agency.)

Bluff, April 3.

The Albion arrived at the Bluff this morning. She left Melbourne on the 28th ult., and sails for Dunedin to-night.

Passenger List. — For Dunedin : Mesdames Flanagan and Kendall, Miss Flanagan, Messrs Israel, Kendall. Curran, Coventry, Naylor, Howorth, Kaye, Mr and Mrs Duthie. For Lyttelton : Mrs Prince, Mr Bell. For Wellington: Mrs Yogel, two children and servant, Miss Yogel, Miss Clayton, Messrs Tyler Oshea, Moss, Gray, Anderson, Miss Harvey, Mrs Oakley, Mr and Mrs Zinn.

Melbourne, Mavch 28th.

A banquet was given to the Ministers at Castlemaine, which was a great success. Mr Yogel was a guest.

The Mayor gave a dejeuner to the officers of the Russian corvette, Izambrood. Mr ■Yogel was a guest. In his speech he foreshadowed a repeal by the Imperial Government of the clauses of the Australian Constitution Acts, preventing colonies making special tariff arrangement with one another. Mr Yogel is visiting Geeloug, Ballarat, and other places. In the case of Joske v. Cassins of Hokitika, a verdict was given for the plaintiff for L 333.

The cofferdam of the Alfred- Victoria Dock burst in high tide. Mr Millers rope-works have been destroyed by fire. The loss amounted to L 12.000. He was only insured for L 4,000. The markets are generally quiet. Flour from Ll2 103 to Ll2 15s ; wheat, 5s sd ; oats, 3s to 3s 3d. Sugars command fair rates. Tookeys improving : wanted at LB, offered at L 9 10s.

Sailed : Great Britain and Northumberland, for England.

Sydney.

More damaging developments have been made against Nicholls and Lester, with reference to the Paramatta murders. It is rumored that Lester has confessed. At the coroner's inquest, they were both found guilty of murder. Walker's evidence was almost conclusive against them. Wool Sales.— Fleeces, Is 6£d to Is 9£d ; scoured, Is 4d to Is lOd. Arrived : John King and Magellan Cloud, from Lyttelton. Sailed : Australia, for Auckland ; Amateur, for Lyttelton.

Newcastle. Sailed : Amherst, for Lyttelton ; Eleanor, for Dunedin.

Adelaide. Country flour, Ll2 ss. Wheat, 5s 6d, firm. Sailed : Lady Emma, for Auckland.

Belfast. Sailed : Mary Stewart, for New Zealand.

Auckland, April 3.

The- Herald professes to have obtained from Mr Webb personally, information of the main features of the San Francisco Mail Contract, which are thus stated :—l.: — 1. Melbourne is to be the terminus of the line. 2. Auckland is to be the first port of arrival and the last of departure of the steamers from New Zealand. 3. The mail steamer, after arrival at Auckland, to proceed direct to Melbourne, but on its return voyage it shall call at Port Chalmers, and collect the mails along the coast, finally leaving New Zealand from Auckland. 4. The Victorian Government to contribute a subsidy of L 25,000.

Wa\gandi, via Wellington, 3rd April. The body of a woman was found near the bridge. Apparently she had been strangled. Robert Rodgers hanged himself in Turakina Gaol. He is supposed to have been suffering from delirum tremens.

Wellington.

Ah Took, for stabbing a Chinaman, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment.

Wellington, April 4. The police are vigorously prosecuting enquiries respecting the alleged existence of an organised band of highwaymen. The Otaki party had prepared arms and disguises on a large scale, and planned the robbery and probably murder of several leading settlers. Owing to a quarrel one Of the party divulged the plot. In the case of Wi Noka, charged with cattle stealing, the prosecutor failed to appear, and his recognisance LSO, was forfeited. The prosecutor was apprehended for contempt of Court.

ChbistchuecHj April 4. Eugene Beda broke his leg while performing in Murray's Circus.

It is expected the Government wiU'con- I tinue former wages to the railway em- J ployes. . j

Napier. The cutter Maria, from Napier to Wairoa, has been wrecked. The cargo i 8 lost. The crew and passengers saved. \ The Governor has arrived.

Auckland. 3rd. The race meeting on Easter Monday was successful.

Manuhiri, a leading Kingite, has written an important letter to Major Mair, stating that the land question requires settlement before peace Gan be permanent. The acquition of land is regarded as the cause of disagreement. He argues that Europeans are intruders, and that the murders committed in resisting their progress -were justifiable. Rewi haa gone to Tahua, in consequence of the gold discoveries.

A bag of alluvial gold is said to have been brought from Tokangamutu. Coromandel stock is still in request, Bisinark, L 2; Pride of Tokatea, 9s ; Siege of Paris, 12s 6d. Moanatairi has had a splendid crushing ; dividend, ss ; selling at 7s 6d. Nonpareil, L3ss ; Shokover, 6s 6d ; Caledonians, L2O.

Wellington, April 5. At Wanganui, the body of Richard Crossling was found. An inquest on that of the woman showed that suicide has been long contemplated. '

' Napier. The Governor proceeds to-morrow, per Cobb's coach, to Taupo.

Wellington, April 6. The Provincial Government intend introducing a Bill to abolish tolls fiom footpassengers on bridges. Private telegrams from Auckland report a meeting of Mr Wormall's creditors. His liabilities are stated to be L 13.400. Arrangements with his creditors are probable. Knox and Creighton, two of the Otaki highwaymen, have been brought in. They had planned the murder of several settlers, who were to have been tomahawked and thrown down a deep wooded ravine.

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

The Nevada, with the English mail via San Francisco, arrived at 6 p.m. this evening. Her detention is attributed to another snow blockade on the Union Pacific Railway. Such a fall of snow had not been experienced for the past thirty years. She left Honolulu on March 19 in connection with the fine a s. Montana. On the 30th March she met the Nebraska, and was boarded by Mr Webb, who stayed three-quarters of an hour, bhe brings 401 bags mails, and 608 packages freight. Passengers J Saloon — Messrs Wilkin, Buchanan, Quint, Cruickshank, Pierce, ratty, Beaumont, Hoyles, Mr and Mrs Greenfield, Mrs Bray, and 9 in the steerage. Carga for the South — 13 packages,

GENERAL SUMMARY.

The celebration in honor of the recovery of the Prince of Wales, which took place on the 27th February, was of the grandest character. It is estimated that four million people ■witnessed the proceedings, from all parts of the Kingdom. The procession was seven miles long, and the streets through which it passed were most elaborately decorated during the day and illuminated at night. Twelve thousand soldiers and almost the entire police force of London guarded the line's. The day was observed as a strict holiday throughout the Kingdom. The Prince looked stronger than was expected. The procession moved forward amid the ringing of bells, . and a chorus of thirty thousand children. Immense cheering greeted the appearanoe of Her Majesty. The entire assemblage rose on hor entrance into the Cathedral, and remained standing till she took her seat on the throne. The Te Deum was sung by a monster chorus, after which His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury delivered a sermon. After the religious services were over the procession moved westward without interruption. The entire route was strongly fenced. The Prince occupied the same carriage as the Queen. The decorations surpassed anything ever before known. Every shop and house along the route brought fabulous rentals. Some four-storey buildings were let for LIOO each for the day. One vacant space brought L4OO. The Emperor Napoleon declined an invitation to witness the departure of the Royal party from Buckingham Palace. Thanksgivings took place in all the principal cities in Ireland. A despatch from Bombay states that the Governor and officials attended the cathedral, Parsees assembled in their fire temples, Jews in their synagogues, Hindoos in their temples, Mahomedans, and other religious sects in their several places of worship, and offered up thanks for the recovery of the Prince. At night the western front of the entire dome of St. Paul's was illuminated. The streets through which the procession passed were festooned with particolored lanterns along the entire route. A statement of the case submitted to the Geneva Arbitration Commission has been laid before Parliament. Her Majesty's Government complain they have had to reply to an argument not presented when the treaty was concluded, and reserve the right under the treaty, when the claims are defined, to give an additional statement of facts. The Government regret that ships were obtained in British porfcs for war purposes. Vessels without armaments were obtained by clandestine means, through the instrumentality of recognized American citizens, which baffled the Government. They cannot, therefore, admit the justice of pecuniary indemnity for the operations of warlike vessels. It devolves upon the United States Government to establish the propositions it has advanced, to state clearly the international duties on which they are based, and to demonstrate where a violation of them haa occurred. The American Government are charged with culpable negligence, and the charge is sustained by solid reasons. It is pointed out that nations should not be held responsible for omissions or delays, or through simple accident. It must be proved that Governments failed to exercise the usual care observed in international affairs and reserves the question of the extent of responsibility, for if the tribunal should decide that Great Britain has incurred any responsibility, the United States Go- \ eminent evinced extraordinary tardiness in employing naval forces to capture the vessels complained of. Great Britain will yield to the decision of the tribunal. She has only one wish — that it be just. She wishes only that it should be. founded on a faithful and equitable interpretation of the rights of man, and on principles which she herself and ot er Powers will not repent of recognising, either as neutrals or belligerents in all time

;o come.

M. Thiers has summoned the Generals of France to give an account of the state of feeling of the army.

M. Thiers and his party have broken with the Orleanists, but are in accord with the Legitimists.

The leading Paris journals assert that a conspiracy has been detected by the Thiers's Government, in which the leading Bonapartist generals were the chiefs. The plan was to break up the Assembly by force, and reinstate Napo eon. ' The Government has set armies to guard the northern frontier against the conspirators, who have their head quarters in Belgium. A movement has been started by the members of the Left Centre of the French Assembly, to make M. Thiers President for life, and the Assembly elective yearly.

It is reported that the Comte de Chambord is backed by the Pope in negotiating with the Bishops for the establishment of his rule in France. The Count had received large and influential deputations.

The Patrie asserts that the mission of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia, who is now in Rome, is to bring- about an alliance between Germany, Austria, and Italy

Germany. In consequence of the great activity of political parties in Versailles, and a possible change of Government in France, the Germans are again arming. Two corps are ordered to be in readiness. Germany reserves to herself the right to decide upon any new form of Fovernment in France ; and should she conclude that such Government would be disinclined to execute the Paris treaty, there will be another invasion.

Prince Bismarck is about to issue a call for an International Congress to devise a uniform system of postage. American bonds have declined in the Frankfort market since the Alabama claims have been discussed. A plot to assassinate Prince Bismarck has been discovered.

Belgium.

A gathering of Legitimists at Antwerp resulted in a serious demonstration by the people.

Austria and Italy.

The Pope has issued a decree calling another Oecumenical Council, to meet either in Malta, Ireland, or the Tyrol. A fire at Florence has rendered two hundred families houseless.

A Russian spy, who was detected in sketching the fortifications of Lemberg (Austrian Poland), was captured and imprisoned. The International Society is organising strikes. They have issuad an international exposition at Vienna.

A New Spanish Cabinet has been formed with Sargosta at its head. He is associated with five Unionists members. Admiral Topite declined the position.

King Amadeus, disgusted with the sitnation of affaias, has asked his father's consent to abdicate.

The Carlists and Republicans have formed a coalition for the election of the members of a new Cortes.

Russia.

The Government profess a desire to conciliate the Poles by allowing them a certain amount of national representation and independence.

America. The epidemic of small pox is increasing at a fearful rate in the Northern cities.

Senator Sumner introduced into Congress a resolution to investigate the sale of arms to the French during the Franco-Prussian war. The motion is causing lengthy and bitter debates.

Archbishop M'Clusky takes the American (Roman Catholic) Primacy held by the late Archbishop Spandling. The Fenians are excited over the prospect of war with Great Britain, and boast that they can raise 100,000 men in sixty days. A war steamer has gone to the Navigator Islands to establish a coaling depot for the Australian line. The steamer will put the Islands under American protection. The revolutionists have possession of all the northern states of Mexico. The Juarist Government are calling on the United States for aid. The City of Toronto, Canada, has lost half a million dollars by fire. The reply of Secretary Fish to Earl Granville's note is not yet completed, but the points agreed on in the American statement of the case are not to be altered.

The overland snow blockade was forced through on the 16 th of February, and the trains are now running to time. Continued rain storms in California have injured the crops. In Congress, the House of Representatives, in Committee on the commerce of the country, agreed to the introduction of a Bill providing a Board of Commissioners authorised to contract for seven steamship lines, including one from San Francisco to Australia, paying a subsidy of ten dollars per ton per annum for five years. It is believed that the Bill will pas 9. The Moses Taylor arrived in San Francisco on February 20th.

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

London, February 29. It is reported that the Queen is going to Germany to visit her daughter (the Princess Royal) and her husband the Prince Imperial.

The Lord Mayor to-day presented an address to the Prince of Wales.

A riot took place at Killarney yesterday on the arrival of the members of Parliament for Kerry. The police dispersed the crowd.

Earl Granville sent a note to the American Government on the Alabama question. It is believed that an amicable settlement will be arrived at.

The British Government have exchanged communications with foreign Governments in regard to the International Society. Lord Northbrook, Under-Secretary of State for India, is to be appointed Viceroy of that dependence

In the House of Commons, on a motion of censure on the Ministry, for obnoxious appointments made by them, Ministers only escaped censure by a majority of 27 out of 509 votes.

Heavy floods have occurred in the valley of the river Tay, asd much property has been destroyed in the town of Dundee and the surrounding country. Small pox prevails in Edinburgh.

COMMERCIAL.

London, February 15. The markets have been affected by the Alabama question, but a more confident feeling prevailed at the close.

The first series of wool sales commenced on the Bth. There was a crowded attendance of home and foreign buyers. Prices for Australian'wool, compared with" the closing rates at the last December sales, were fully 10 per cent, higher. The arrivals for the series include 80,700 bales Australian.

Hide 3 are active. Heavy _ Australian brought full previous prices. Light advanced Is 2d to Is 4d. In leather, the whole of the Australian offering was sold at 13id to 15Jd.

New York, February 29. Kerosene is firmer at 31 cents. The barque Frances Milly brought 250,000 pounds wool, which sold at 60 to 62£ cents per lb. Gould had 100,000 pounds more, which he held for 70 cents, refusing 62| cents. New Zealand flax is firm.

San Francisco. The wheat market is inactive at 2 dollars to 2 dol. 20 cents per lOOlbs. Liverpool quotations on February 29th were 12s 3d per cental, being a decline. Australian coal 13 dols. to 13£ dols. per ton. SHIPPING. London, February 29th. Entered. — For Auckland: Coronella. For Otago : Wave Queen. Sailed.— On February 3rd, SirW. Wailace, for Otago. New York, February 29th. Arrived on February 21st, Alice, from Auckland. The Brunnette, for Dunedin, has commenced loading. Bluff, April 8. The Omeo, Captain Calder, arrived at daylight. She left Melbourne on the 2nd inst., and has thirteen passengers for the NevadaShe returns from Lyttelton to Melbourne, via the Bluff.

Passengers— For Dunedin : Messrs Chapman, Hodgkinson, Lilly, Nelson, Haines, Mr and Mrs Invrie and two children; and 26 in steerage.

Melbourne, April 2.

Arrived. — Florence. Sailed. — Prosperity, for Hokitika. Flour, Ll2 10s to Ll2 15s ; wheat, 5a 6d to 5s 74d. Other grain unchanged. Tookeys are offered at L 7 15s ; buyers only offer L7 as : business QomiDal.

Race 3. — At the Trial Stakes, the horses- were placed as follows: — J Kingston ; 2 Ambassador ; 3 Cumberland ; 4 Whiffler; 5 Warrior. For the Ledger. —1 Hamlet ; 2 Javelin.

Adelaide. The weather is fine and the people keeping holiday. Little business is doing. Greymouth, April Bth. During a terrific gale at midnight, a whirlwind swept over a portion of the town, injuring every building. Boats, buildings, and veranbahs ; sheds and fences were levelled.