BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. (FROM GREVILLE'S TELEGRAM COMPANY, REUTER'S AGENCY.)

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 229, 20 June 1872, Page 5

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. (FROM GREVILLE'S TELEGRAM COMPANY, REUTER'S AGENCY.)

Napier, June 10. The Herald of this morning contains a report of the Hon. H. Russell's meeting at Pakipaki. Mr Russell said he had engaged a lawyer and an interpreter, unconnected with the Europeans in Hawke's Bay, who would investigate the past land transactions of the Province. Those in which insufficient consideration had been given would be repudiated. Henare Tomoana denounced Mr Russell, and recommended the Natives to have nothing to do with him. Much mischief is anticipated from the agitation, both in .Hawke's Bay and elsewhere. Mr Purvis Russell has withdrawn his action for libel against the Herald. Bltjfp, June 10. When the Rangitoto was leaving, a man was found hanging by a rope from the gangway. He was quite dead. On him was found a pocket-book, in which was a draft in favor of John Roddon for L 294. The man was unknown aboard the steamer. Wellington June 10. Bishop Viard's funeral yesterday was largely attended. The procession included a band, the fire brigades, schools, the Young Men's Christian Association, ladies and girls in mourning, the Sisters of Mercy, sixty' girltf in half -mourning, priests -as" the Bishop's pall bearers, 100 mourners, the Mayor and City Council, citizens, Maories, and, the Governor's carriage. Dr Moran preached the funeral oration. 1500 people were in the cathedral, during the funeral service. Wellington, June 11. The Independent to-day says the despatches from the Agent-General, received via Suez, state that the order for the piles and girders for theZ^ifoki bridge has been completed, whole of the remaining material will be sflupped in the Napier for Dunedin. The ship also brings out a considerable quantity of rails, and other materials for the Canterbury railways. The ship Ben More sailed for Lyttelton with a cargo of rails and other iron works ; and the ship William Davie sailed on the 10th April for Dunedin with a number of assisted immigrants. The English laborers for Messrs Brogden are to be employed on the Picton and Blenheim railway. The Celestial Queen, with ninety immigrants for Auckland, sailed on the 19th ApriL Dr Featherston has forwarded to Wellington 500 rooted vines, selected front some of the vineyards on the Rhine, with special reference to the climate of New Zealand, with a view to facilitating a small settlement of vine growers, proposed by Mr Ormond to be established at Ruataniwha. The Agent-General hopes to be able to send out a dozen families of .experienced vine dressers from the Rhine, and a similar number from the vine districts of Bordeaux and Bazaire. The Independent to-day states that there was no minister of the Protestant denomination present at the funeral ©f Bishop Viard. At the inquest on the body of the man Manson, who was found dead in the harbor, a verdict of "found drowned" was returned. Clyde, June 14. The Queenstown Goach last night, half, way between Cromwell and Clyde, ran over a bank iaio.the Molyneux. The coach and horses are in deep water, but no lives were lost. Five mail bags were lost. Snow falling' heavily this morning with the prospect of continuing. Hokitika, June 14. The s.s. Tararua, Captain Pearce, arrived £^toleven o'clock yesterday morning from Itjjpsurne, after a splendid passage of four days nineteen hours. She left Hobson's Bay at 2 p.m. on the Bth. 7 , Passenger list. — Saloon: Messrs Green, Plaisted, Taylor, Allison, Snow; and 27 in the steerage. Melbourne, June 8. TheJkuffy Ministry have resigned. They askedT^r a dissolution, which was refused by the Governor. A new Ministry has been formed, consisting of :— Mr J. G. Francis, Premier ; Mr E. Langton, Treasurer ; W. Ramsay, Railways and Works ; D. Gillies, Lands ; A. Mackay, Mines; E. Cohen, Customs; J. W. Stephens, Attorney-General; and H. R. Kerferd, Soli-citor-General. The Hon. R,. S. Anderson will represent the Government in the Legislative Council. Mr Duffy submitted a lengthy [manifesto to the Governor in support of the dissolution, which was ably replied to by his Excellency. Mr Garratt's complaint in re the impeachment of Mr Graham Berry, the late Treasury, has been proved. Mr Garratt will ask for the evidence to be printed, and delicate family disclosures are likely to be involved. The mint operations were commenced in the presence of the Governor. Mr Arthur Hunt, son of a chemist at Brunswick, was killed while hunting. The new Ministry will probafely be strongly opposed in seeking re-election. Mr Raworth's water-color collection of New Zealand scenery is now open, and is attracting attention. ' ' The Government have received overtures from New South Wales for arranging the Border Customs question mutually with Adelaide. The opera continues to be very popular and successful. , , The subscription for the family of the late Rev. George Mackie, amounts L 1,788,, 788, the interest on which is to be enjoyed by the widow during her life, and the principal is then to gOijbo her two daughters. Preshaw and Westley, two clerks in the Victorian Railway department, have been dismissed for irregular conduct. A valuable discovery of native copper has been made at Footscray, Tasmania. The proprietors of the Hobart Town Mercury have been mulcted in damages to the amount of Ll5O for libel on Mr Rocke, M.P. Commercial :— Wheat, 6s to 7s 2d. Flour, Ll6 to |Ll6 10s ; New Zealand wheat, 6s 6d to 6s 7d ; oats, 3s to 3s 2d ; sugar, firmly held. Tookeys ate offered at L 6 15s ; nominal price, L 5 ss. Arrived. — Byron, from Hokianga ; Hero, from Auckland ; Tower Bill, from Wangaloa ; Omeo and Ottawa, from Bluff: Alhambra, from Wellington; 10, from Grey, month. Sailed.— Albion and Wonga Wonga, for Auckland- -

— ~r- - Sydney. ; jSir.lJercules Bobinson, ,the new Governor, his arrived, ancl wak received with the usual ceremonials. The rumor of the murder of the Rev. Mr Gordon at Erromanga has been confirmed. He was fetched to visit sick children by a native, and both were found dead. The natives killed him, under the idea that he had bewitchhed them. News' has been brought of a destructive fire at Singapore, and the loss of the Colonial barque Ellen Lewis. The death warrants of Nichols and Lester, the Paramatta murderers, have been received by the sheriff. The former has admitted his guilt. There was a shocking occurrence at the execution of Conn, the Bathurst murderer. The head was separated from the body. j A rich copper mine has been found at Braidwood. A bottle has been found stating that the first mate and part of the crew of the Matoaka have reached New Guinea in a boat. Arrived: City of Adelaide, from Auckland. Sailed : Lady Emma, City of Melbourne, for Auckland. Newcastle — Arrived : Wild Duck, Moa, Australind, from Auckland ; Cyrus, from Wellington. Sailed: City of Newcastle, for Wellington; Frowning Beuty, for Auckland. The reports of an American subsidy in favor of Webb's line are contradicted. Commercial. — The iron dealers have advanced their prices L 2 per ton. The wool sales are dull. Adelaide. Mr Lewis, the publisher of the Protestant Advocate, has been charged with libelling Miss Woods, a Sister of St Joseph. He pleaded justification, and was sentenced to six months imprisonment, and a fine of LSO. J Wheat, 5s lOd. Encouraging news has been received from the Northern telegraphic party. Westcott's gold prospecting party speak favorably of the country. It is the intention of the Government to amend the law relating to the property of married women, and to assimilate it to that of England. Bayless, the lessee of the theatre, and the husband of Mrs Gladstane, the actress, quarrelled with the Press, and stopped the Press admissions. There have been large sales of wheat ; 20,000 bags sold at 5s 9d. Wellington, June 14. The licensed victuallers met last evening to consider a draft Bill prepared by the licensed victuallers of Otago. The principal features in the Bill are the suppression of gambling in licensed houses, and the imposition of penalties on publicans for supplying drink to men whilst in a state of intoxication. The Court of Appeal gave judgment against Whitaker and Lundon. The Independent to-day says that owing to the cost of the rolling stock and rails in England being uncertain, the Government found it impossible to fix the price, and therefore left it to Messrs Brogden and the Agent-General.