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LATER NEWS.

• SJ • The s.s. Claud Hamilton, which arrived at the Bluff on Friday, brings the following English and Australian news:— CABLE MESSAGES. London, 15th November. There were 23 Englishmen on board the filibustering expedition ship Virginius, which proceeded to Cuba, and of this number 16 were shot. The British Government has telegraphed to the authorities, that, while reserving the question of the men who have been dealt with, they will hold the Spanish Government responsible if the remainder are executed. 16th November. Sir Henry James has been appointed AttorneyGeneral, and Mr. Vernon Harcourt, member for Oxford city, Solicitor-General, the changes having been made through the appointment of Sir J. D. Coleridge to the Chief Justiceship of Common Pleaa. Dr. Lyon Playfair, member for Edinburgh and St. Andrew’s universities, has accepted the office of Postmaster-General, vice Mr. Monsell, resigned. 17th November. The English troops at Elmina have defeated the Ashantees after a brisk skirmish. They have burned five native villages. The casualties amongst the English amounted to twenty-eight wounded. 19tli November. The British squadron has been ordered to Cuba for the protection of British interests. Seuor Castelar, the President of the Spanish Republic, whilst maintaining the honour of the nation in its entirety, has promised to England and America the satisfaction required by international laws in respect to the recent summary execution of British and American subjects in Cuba. Major-General Sir Garnet Wolsley is advancing in pursuit of the Ashantee forces towards Coomassie. Paris, 15th November. The Committee of Fifteen have arrived at a resolution prolonging Marshal M'Mahon’s powers as President for a period of five years. A Colonel in the French army has been sentenced to be imprisoned for three months for contempt of Court at the trial of Marshal Bazaiue. 17 th November. The Committee propose that Marshal MacMahon’s title shall be President of the French Republic. 19th November. Marshal MaeMahon demands seven years’ unconditional prolongation of his powers as President of the Republic as the terms of his reelection. i New York, 19th November. The Cubans have shot 57 more of the filibustering Virginians, and America has demanded retribution, otherwise extreme measures will be resorted to by the United States Government. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. London, 15th November. Money is easier; and the Bank of England reserve is stronger, owing to arrivals of gold. The wheat market is firm. Adelaide is quoted at 655. to 665. per quarter for the finer qualities. There has been a recovery in the copper market, and prices are at £93 to £94. The tin market is excited, and prices fluctuate from day to day. Australian is worth £ll7, for cash. Tallow has improved. AUSTRALIA. 22nd November. The Legislative Council of Victoria has passed the Land Bill with numerous amendments. The powers of the Minister of Lands have been abolished, and a Board appointed to deal with applications. The Minister of Lands was attacked principally by the President, owing to his having taken up land at Nepean some time ago. The Assembly has altogether declined to deal with these charges, and disagreed with the Council’s amendments. They were to come on for., discussion on the 24th, and it was thought prpbable the bill would'not pass, the being fixed for next week. ,5 The recent case of Armitage v. Smith has | strongly- commented upon in the Melbourne papers, and urged to be brought before the Assembly, with the view to the House taking action against the defendant, L. L. Smith, M.L.A., who obtained £SOO through means 'characterised as bribery and corruption. The Government decline to interfere, owing to the early closing of the session. Dr. Lang, of Sydney, and the Bishop of Melbourne,/have been engaged in lengthy correspondence with reference to the New Zealand missionaries. Bishop Perry goes home in March next, and is not likely to return to Melbourne. The North-Eastern railway line, to the Murray, a distance of 175 miles, was opened by Governor Bowen on the 19th. 1,200 guests lunched at Wodonga. The Victorian Council has passed a resolution that the present system of administering the Land Act is contrary to law and demoralising to the people. In the case of the Colonial Bank v. Ettershank (Melbourne), for the recovery of £6,500, judgment was given for the defendant. The first steamer, of the new mail service, the Macgregor, left Java on the 18th instant. She leaves Sydney for California on the 20th December, and goes right through to San Francisco. A fire has occurred in Bourke-street, Melbourne, destroying four wooden shops, which were insured. A fire was discovered on board the ship Penthesdia, lying alongside the Williamstown pier, loading for London ; but was extinguished before it reached the cargo. The ship’s stores and a portion of the deck were destroyed. The s.s. Northumberland has arrived at Melbourne after a passage of 53 days from London,

Further frauds on the part of O’Feml, late I* clerk in the lands department Melbourne, havo'S 0 been discovered. j An action against a Melbourne medical man, in : i|which damages were claimed fur giving a certifi- .i cate of lunacy in the case of a sane man, re- Usuited in a verdict for one farthing. The Dunedin'7 per cent, debentures have been 5 placed at £ll2. 1 Sir James Martin has been sworn in as Chief A\ > Justice of New South Wales. Mr. Innes has accepted the Attorney-Generalship. Mr. Parkca i intends abolishing the office of Solicitor-General, - and amalgamating the departments of Law and Education. The Attorney-General is also deprived of a seat in the Cabinet. Anew Tariff Bill has passed the Sydney Assembly. An omnibus accident occurred in the streets of ;f Paramatta, whereby three passengers wore.-sari- _ ously injured, one of them, Colonel White, late Attorney-General of Fiji, who had both thighs j and arms broken. Muggcridge, tried before the now Chief. Justice of New South Wales, has been guilty <>£ murder and sentenced to death. d A new Education Bill has passed * si Mr. lubes, the Premier of Tasm j; Only a small portion of the cent, loan has been taken up. ;ii. The rifle match, New Zealand eleven on each side, resulted in a former by 71 points. It is Zealand weapons are the best. larat men tried conclusions with five men, weapons changed. The _l_ l care of horses.: ; : lm | All horses must not bo fed in thhdaijteOTOt J . portions, without regard to ,V - constitutions, and their work. ~ s of such a practice is self-evident, y stantly done, and is the basis of disca^^^^wry Never use had hay on account of because there is no proper nourishm Damaged corn is exceedingly cause it brings on inflamation of d Mix chaff with com or beans, J the latter alone, because it 1 his food more and digest it Hay or grass alone will under hard work, because nutritive body in either. &■: When a horse is worked ", % be mostly oats; if not worked be chiefly hay ; because o»tit : f\ nourishment and flesh ; I other kind of food ; bay not (itbsj tufljal' V | For a saduif- or coach \ sound oats and 181 b. of the hay is not good add a quarter ’of ■■ oats. A horse which rather more of each ; one utauroUiu have less. - f Rack-feeding is wasteful. is J to feed with chopped hay the food is not then chewed and digested. ■ Oats should be bruised for ah not for a young one, because the fomgjppillbgh age and defective teeth, cannot perly; the young horse can do toe yl thus properly mixed with saliva 1 i wholesome nutriment. —■“ Logdq^pt^^^k.’ 1 { Bbazipian "enMg&sdh" turns an • awful swindle. Emperor of ; and festive country came over to &3 his own immigration agent some two ago, and the consequence of his :V seutations was that a large were induced to ship for the j>| They found an abominable to j j who trust to the tender mercies of j ! flyblown creatures as the Brazilde- iij serve to be let In.—“ Aucldand u A Chicago paper gets off the fiiwlipgat ri expense of New York society. It ’ 1 scene on a fashionable call made young lady: —“Finally, Miss J to give a taste of her musical is how she did it. Then Julia j|ip^fk' her ] panniers behind, coquettishly U P I to the piano, and sang: — \ 1 When ther moo-hoon is O’er ther ca-halm and It’s ra-dyunce so so-hoft-ly Oh! ther-hon, oh, I thee-liiuk l~." r I Hof I thco-hiii^HßnHnnßHMß ‘Beautiful, Miss J clapped our haud^H' VC'-V verse, —it’s }»» *• Eugene ‘ - '{ ’ K y golden (dyed) u y ' j,' 1 with her jewelle* 1 ; ; \ .y’> • When the r | O’er the Oh • '*j,y y/. . \ 1 t] m3v Betiulifw‘ r /:

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Western Star, Issue 4, 6 December 1873, Page 3

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LATER NEWS. Western Star, Issue 4, 6 December 1873, Page 3

LATER NEWS. Western Star, Issue 4, 6 December 1873, Page 3

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