LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 249, 7 November 1872, Page 6

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

Auckland, October 31. The Wonga Wonga has arrived, and brings the Australian and Calif ornian' outward mails. SJie left Sydney on the. 2sth, andbrings a fair complement o£ pasaencera. London, October 23, • ' 2.22 p.m. It ia expecte4.iha,t Dr. Livingstone is now exploring Lake Victoria, and will return to Ujiji in about eight months. Consols, 02. 2.22 p.m. Admiral Stewart succeeds the late Admiral Cochrane as Admiral of the Fleet. The threatened lock-out of the colliers in Wales was averted by the submission of the men.

The signing of the French Treaty of Com* merce has been delayed in consequence of the effort to readjust the duties. The duty in cotton goods is more favorable to England. The Cambridgeshire Stake 3 were won by Playfair. Consols, 92J,jexchange rising. 4.40 p.m. Ballarat has been created a Bishopric. The Archbishop of Canterbury has nominated the first Bishop. The number of emigrants despatched to New Zealand during the quarter was 1,785. 115,000 tons of Californian wheat are en route to England. Preserved meats are scarce. Svduet. The Wonga takes a fair compliment of passengers for the Nevada. Breadstuff's are rising. Flour, Ll7; wheat, 7s 6d. The Princes Augustus and Philip of SaxeCoburg left by rail fa* the Western District. Mining matters are quiet. Copper shares have fallen considerably. Arrived : Strathdon, from London ; Pacific, from New York. Melbourne. The Education Bill passsed through Committe. Geography and drill are included in free education. The exhibits are being rapidly sent in to the Exhibition. Suburban land sold at Fitzroy at 48s a foot. Flour, Ll7 10s ; wheat, Ba, for prime. At the Bathurst Circuit Court, two half- j caste women have been arraigned for murder. Mellotte, for murderous assault, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment. Adelaide. Large sales of flour were made at Ll2 15s to Ll3. The Zanzibar's sugars sold — Snowdrop at L 39 10s, yellow L 36 15a. Lyttelton, November 1. The arrest of Payne, a ballastman, for scuttling the barque Mystsry in August last, causes great excitement. Hokitika, Nov. 1. Considerable damage has been done by floods to tho Christchurch road, between Taipo and Kangariri. The Taipo bridge has been destroyed. A public meeting last night decided to hold an exhibition of native produce, mineral and general products, at Christmas. Port Chalmers, Nov. 1. The experiments with Mr Douglas's boatdisengaging apparatus were not completed at 5 p.m. Tho first experiment was satisfactory, tho weight sustained with one suspender being 414 cw t. The Executive wore conveyed to Port and back to-day by special train. Avcklaxv, November 2, A man named Patrick Reardon, while suffering fiom a fit of delirium tremens, committed suicide by tying round his neck a rope with a lump of iron at the end of it, and jumping into the water. Samoan news reports the partial cessation of fighting, and a scarcity of provisions. Napier, Nov. 2. The llifle Volunteers gave a grand pic-nic yesterday, which was well attended, and was a gr<*at success. The charge against Josiah Hamlin, Native Interpreter, for robbery ef Native lands, for which the liceuse was cancelled, was not sustained. The license has been returned.