Telegraphic Despatches.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 328, 7 February 1874, Page 2

Telegraphic Despatches.

(From our own Correspondent.) Dunedin, February 6,9.85. The Alhambm arrived at the Bluff at 5 p.m. yesterday) from Melbourne, with English cable news. ' ' LONDON, January 25. Parliament lias been dissolred, aad new elections are to. take place immediately. Mr. Gladstone, in addressing his constituents, said he was enabled, as Chancellor of th» Exchequorpto promise a surplus of £5,000,000, Dr. Fgatherstone has received the dacOrft' tion of Si- Michael and St. George. Dr. Livingston, the great explorer, died ia June last from dysentery, at Lake Bemb», after wading through water for four days. His body was preserved in salt by the native" servants, who -were proceeding to Zanzibar with it. At a meeting of the Royal Society,, strong doubts were thrown on the authenticity of the report by Sir Bartle Frere and Dr. Kirk, Consul General at Zanzibar ; bat the English Government received & telegram confirming Dr. Livingston's death-. Dtoedin, February 6, 7.59 i Tuesday, the 10th March, is fixed for the Colonial Prize Firing, at Napier. Mr. Monarty, the Sydney Government . Engineer, reports favorably of the proposed water supply at Auckland. He estimates fcha coat at £66,714. February 7, 9.5 a.m. Yesterday evening, about eight o'clock, *■ man named Affleck fell dfcwn in a fit in Walker-street, and almost immediately ex* pired. The Alhambra, instead of proceeding to Melbourne via West Coast, will return her* "^ from Wellington and take the outwjurdSknV-v mail. The total export of gold for the year 1873 is stated in the last New Zealand " Gazette'" to be 535,337 ounces, of the value of £1,970,141; and that of 1872, 445,370 ounces. Cltdb, February's. At the Duns tan races the first day of the meeting was not up to expectations in point of attendance, and from a racing point of view much behind former years. The resultsare as follows : — Maiden Plate : Earl of Lynne, 1 ; Port Philip Buck, 2. Grand Stand Handicap : Brunette, 1 ; .Fenian^ 2 ; Butterfly, 3. The Member's Handicap was a walk-over forBrunette. The Trotting Bace, for which itliere were ten entries, was won by Mr. Low's Tapiooa. Clyde, February 7th. The following are the results of the second day's races :— Alexandra Stakes, Fenian, 1 j Taffrail, 2; Phillip Buck, 3. Jockey Club Handicap — Atlas, Brunette, and Butterfly started. Hazlett declared and won witi Brunette. Hack Race, Swindle, 1. Five started. Selling Race, no entries. Consolation Handicap, Taffrail, 1 ; Butterfly, 2. Invebcabgixl, Feb. 6> The following are the results of Thursday's races ?— Flying Handicap: Malabar, 1. Town Plate: Tambourini walked over. Ladies' Purse 5 Sir Tatton> 1. District Handicap : Stackpole, 1. ~ , .- .