BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 241, 12 September 1872, Page 5

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

(FROM GREVILMt'B TELEGRAM COMPANY.) .

Bwrv, September 2. The Albion, Captain M'Lean, left Melbourne at 8 p.m. on the 2Sfch, and arrived off the Bluff at 8 p.m. to-day.' She brings the English mail, aud leaves the' Bluff for Dunedin at 3 p.m. to-morrow. Passengers : Saloon — AJessrs Seward, Scholfield, J. B. Scholtield, i/.\rcy Haagitt, M'Landress, Allen, Mrs Allen, Miss Anderson, Mrs Maidmann, and thirty steerage. The Albien has 163 tons of cargo for Dunedin. •

Melbourne, August 28. The branch steamer Governor Biackall arrived at Adelaide on the 22nd, and brings dates — London, July 12 ; Galle, August 3. .She brought very few passengers, and none for New Zealand.

xne exports to JNew Zealand snow a aecrease of L 59,000. Money is quiet, and tn« Bank rate of discount is 3 per cent. Germany hag with* drawn a million, but large supplies of gold are arriving. Depression exists on the Stock Exchange. The Union Bank declared a dividend of 13 per cent. The revenue and trade returns are satisfactory. New Zealand Consolidated Fives, January and April, July and October, 104 ; ditto Sixes, 1891, March aud September, 112 ; half ditto Sixes, June and December, 111. A late telegram says New Zealand securities have advanced LI. Commercial — Since the opening wool sales 130,500 bales were sold by auction, and the sales have given way to steadiness. Most sorts command prices equal to th^ average April quotations. Interior greasy sorts are neglected. Four thousand bales were withdrawn for sale at the opening sales on September 12. Tallow, owing to the sudden fall in Russian, and the large supply of Home and Colonial, has declined Is. ctales of 6000 casks have been made, and there a c 10,000 casks in stock. The imports include 30,000 casks from Sydney. Oil, L32t0L36; sperm, LB6 to LB7. Hides are in demand. Leather has receded. Average Adelaide wheat per quarter, 60s to 62?. New Zealand flax : 2(50 bales sold at full prices. A late telegram says consols, on July 31st were ninety-two and a half. Arrived from New Zealand : Queen Bee, City of Dunedia, Imperial, Ferndtde, Warrior Queen Sailed for ew Zealand : Asterone, Bedington, Glenhuntly, E. r*. Bouverie, Peter Denny. Loading for New Zealand : twelve. GENERAL SUMMARY. The treaty of evacuation of the occupied districts passed the French Assembly without discussion. The Ludget debates in the French Assembly werej remarkable for scandalous scenes of violence. The Protestant Synod voted the orthodox creed by sixty-one to foity-tive. The Pops threatens agitation and mischief if his temporal power be not restored. Orilers have been given t> the Romish priests to take an active part in the elections. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Deecanwon the tea race Home by a few hours The famine in Persia has subsided. A terrible hurricane occurred at the mouth of the Hootjley on July first. Several vessels and many lives were lost. At Calcutta business is dull, and freights are rising in consequence. The Japanese have commenced exporting coal to Shanghai. LATE TELEGRAMS. Parliament is to be prorogued on the 10th August. Mr Stanley aud Dr Livingstone's son reached Paris on July 20. Two letters from Livingstone have been published, detailing his discoveries and sufferings and meeting with Stanley. The new French loan is a great success. The Press is discussing the probabilities of a future coal famine. Wallsend coals are now quoted at 36s a ton. The Lords are discussing the suppression of the slave trad© on the east coaab of Africa. The Goodwood Cup was won by Baron Rothschild's Favonius, Albert Victor being second, aud Verduie third. An emigrant vessel sailed for Wellington on August 1. New Zealand hemp is inactive. Adelaide wheat easier. Dividends : New Zealand Trust and Loan ten per cent. Bank of Otago, two per cent. The French loan, L 1,600,000,000,, 600, 000, 000, has been subscribed at 4 per cent, premium. M. Goulard said the result was prodigious, and showed the confidence of the public in the Conservative Republic of France. The Czar of Russia projects a vipit to Berlin. The American Government anticipates a favorable decision of the Geneva Tribunal. Dr Livingstone's diary his been forwarded to Miss Livingstone, prohibiting its publication till his death has been ascertained. England denies three of the four cases before the Geneva Arbitration. Parliament voted pensions of LIOOO for Lady Mayo. Earl Granard, after declining to retract or modify his letter on Judge Keegh's judgment, resigned the Lord Lieutenancy of Leitrim. The Government has decided to prosecute the Bishop of Clonfer, Captain Nolan (his brother), and nineteen priests, mentioned in Judge Keogh's report. In the House of Commons, the Abolition of Capital Punishment Bill was rejected. At a Ministerial dinner at the Mansion House, Mr Gladstone said the American controversy was practically settled. ,''• Mr Stanley, with Dr Livingstone's son, has arrived in London. ' The Duke de Guise, only son of the Duke ' D'Aumale, is dead. ' Four Communists were shot on July 25. In the Commons, Mr Butt moved a vote of censure on Mr Justice Keogb. Sir John' Coleridge defended the Judge. The debate was adjourned. The French National Assembly adopted the new tariff on raw materials A miners' strike occurred at Tours, with , disturbances, which were repressed by the troops. Juarez, President of Mexico, died of apoplexy. The Commons voted Governor Eyre's (expenses, despite the opposition of the Radicals. The London builders' lockout has terminated. The carpenters still hold out. ' The Scotch Education Bill has been read a 'second time. Thiers reiterates that he will uphold a Conservative republic. The Queen has allowed the Prince Imperial to. enter Woolwich Military Academy. King Amadeus and his Queen were shot at at Madrid T)y five men. One of the would-be assasins was killed, and two captured. Their Majesties were not hurt. ' Cholera rages at St. Petersburg. The heat in England is very great. ' Latest Commercial. — 'Wheat easier; copper LIOB. ;•■ The wool sales have closed, at firm prices, equalling the highest- quotations of 1 April Mid May, The prospects are taood. .

' Melbourne, August" 287 " , ; The cable is still intetrupted. Communication between Port Darwin and Adelaide is complete nn<^ effective. R.^ C. Evatt hai been forwarded, under ex- . tradi. ion order, to Duoedin ou a charge of I larceny, as a baillie, of L2OO, the property of , his employers, Messrs Murray, Roberts, and • Co. Inquiries are being prosecuted in reference to the appointment as health officer over the small-pox patients at Sandhurst of the notorious Dr Murray, supercargo of the brig Carl during her atrocities in Melanesia. Notice las been given in the Assembly to introduce a Bill to legalise marriage with a Deceased Wife's lister. Commercial. — Tookeys, new issue, have been placed at 38s, and are obtai uible at 36s j buyers offer 345. Flour, Ll6 10s to Ll6 15s. Wheat, 7s to 7s 6d. Oats, 3s 41 to 3s 6d. Sugars are firmer. Full rates for teas are maintained. K^wri timber, ex Wentworth, realised 13a 9d to 17s 6d. SVDKEV. Advertisements by the Post Office authorities call for tenders for a postal service with San Francisco. The departure of the Californian mail b^at has been postponed till the 3 1st. The Kthel, war schooner, to prevent Polynesian kidnapping, is receiving her armament. There have been heavy gales on the coast. Clauey, one of the crew of the brig Carl, has been committed for trial for the murder of a Native unknown. The markets are stagnant. Queensland. There is intense excitement here on account of the discovery of rich alluvial goldfields, which give six ounces to the load. Adelaide. Reports from Port Darwin say }that goldfields have been discovered there. The Commissioner of Crown Lands proceeds to examine the Northern Territory. It is said the goldfields there are payable, if provisions can be had at fair prices. Flour Ll2 to Ll4. Wheat 5s lid to 6s. Auckland, September 3. Arrived, Hokitika, barque, from Melbourne. The ship City of Auckland, from London, with 200 emigrants, has been signalled, ninety days out. Hokitika, September 4. Barbor, late postmaster at Hokitika, was found guilty on one charge of embezzlement, the jury recommending him to mercy. Another charge is now proceeding against him. 2.40 p.m. The second charge against Barbor has been withdrawn by instructions of the General Gevernment. Sentence will be passed to-morrow. Wr.LMNUTON, September 4. The House to-day decided that Mr John Martin was guilty of a breach of privilege for threatening to make Mr Andrew, member for Wairarapa, pay LSOO for his vote last session on the Ma< tin claims. Mr Martin has been ord -red to appear at the bar of the House on Tuesday. Auckland, September 6. The Alexander arrived this morning. She left Sydney on the 30th ult , aud brings 40 passengers, including Harry Rickards, who goes south after a short stay here. Sydney. Import markets very firm. Flour (Adelaide), Ll6 to LI 6 10s ; maize, good enquiry — sales are made at 2s 2d. Pere Garard, a Roman Catholic priest, has been fined 20s and costs for assaulting Dr Reid. James Oliver, for arson, has been sentenced to ten years' hard labor. A Mrs Munro was accidentally burned to death. Meat is very high, mutton being double the price it was two months since. The new alluvial diggings at Queensland are creating; great excitement. 1000 men are already on the ground. Disturbances arose in reference to a disputed claim, and one man was killed. The diggings are declared to be second only to Ballarat. Melbourne. Commercial. — Maize has sod largely. The latest advices from Mauritius says sugars are scarce, and vessels are leaving in ballast, being unable to obtain cargo. Prices are very high. The wheat market is a little easier ; New Zealand, 6s lOd. Flour quiet and steady. Quicksilver, 7s 6d per lb. 4000 bags sugar t,x Farningham, sold for brown counters, L 37 ; yellow counters, L 37 ; white do, L4O ; snow drop, L4l 10s. Gold has been found at West Maitlaud. The brig E. C. Bateson, which has arrived at Sydney, reports that H.M. Barossa was at Marshall Group, and the Basilisk at Nukefeeten, in search of man stealers. Arrived, 29th.— P.0. E., from Dunedin; Schiehallion, from Wellington ; Mary Ann, from Oamaru ; Helenslee, from Auckland ; Drover, from Lyttelton ; Eleanor, from Dunedin. Sa ; led. — Tell, for Auckland. Tnvekcargill, September 6. To-day has been as a holiday on turning the first sod of the Invercargill and Mataura Railway. There was a procession of Volunteers, public bodies, and school children, which inarched through the town with music and flags, amid salutes of musketry and artillery. The weather is magnificent, and the ceremony was most successful. Auckland, September 6. The Luna has only just been signalled The mail has been detained. The defeat of the Government has given general satisfaction. The prevailing opinion is that the Opposition is not likely to form popular Government, but a change of some kind, is considered indispensable. - Napier, Sept. 7. At auction cattle sold as follows: Fat steers, L 6 10a to L 9 5s ; two-y6ar old heifers, L 4 toL 5 ; cows, L6to L 8 per head ; draught horses, L2l and L 23;2 3; light ditto, L 8 to LlO. Hajks, L3to L 5.