(From the Daily Southern-Cross). Bluff, Sunday.

Waikato Times, Volume V, Issue 415, 12 January 1875, Page 2

(From the Daily Southern-Cross). Bluff, Sunday.

The 8-s. Oraeo, Captain Calder. left Melbourne at 3 p.m. on the 4lh January, urrived off the Bluff at 830 p.m. on the 9th instant. Brought 35 saloon and 30 steerage passengers, 390 tons cargo, and M 6 horsei. for ali porti. Sails for Dunedin at 2 p.m. on the 11th. fc

London, December 26. The death is announced of Lord Romilly, Mastsr sf the Rolls. Tbe corn market firm, no additional wheat in the inaaket ; wool steady and stocks low, with moderate consumpaion. Next sales are fixed for the 23rd February. Hemp is innctive, prices remain steady. Arrived: Hampshire, from Melbourne, Wennington, from Dunedin. There has been a Railway accident at Sbiplon, unparallelled in the history of railwry disustera. The train consisted of two engines and sixteen corriages attached, and was proceeding at the rate of forty miles an hour when the axle of the third class carriage next the engine broke. After running thirty yards and tearing up the track, part of the train waa precipitated over tie embnnfcroent into a meadow, and part into a canal. The actnhl number of deaths is reported a 9 31, and 50 persona are in liaapital at Oxford, suffering from various lnjurn c. Another railway accident occurred yes> tenlay. 'ihe express tram on tue North-Western Railway dashed into a covl train at Wigan. One person was killed on the spot and twenty injured.

December 28. A New South Wales loan of a million sterling was- announced on Saturday ami an Adelaide loanfor six hundred thousand. 13 annonuoed to«day. Both at 4"per cent. The minimum beiug 90«

January 1 Fifty thousand miners struck in various parts of Wales

January 2" Sir Hercules Robinson has been gazetted Knight Gran d Cross of St. Michael and St. Ge->tiie, and. Mr James, Attorney G-eneral, is knighted for services in connection with the annexation ot Fiji The Queensland mtiil via Torres Straits has been delivered. The death is announced of Ledru BolKn, the French statesman, and the Duke of Montrost. Sailed: Whampoa sfcjamship, for Sydney. Berlin, December 30. The appeal is being passed against judgement in the Amim case.

Paris Dec. 31~ At the conference of party leaders convened by Marshall MacMahon, it was unanimously resolved to discuss the constitutional laws as a whole, but a divergence of apinion exists oonceriiiug the transmission of poweis.

Madrid, January 2. Don Alphonso arrived in Spain Everywhere peaceably recognised, and monaichial movements effected without blnoodshed. The pronunciamf nto s generally acquisacd. in and a new Federal Ministry formed.

Bombay, January 2. The supposed Nana Sahib, arrested by Sciudia, has been declared au impostor.

Speaking at a luncheon, after the reopening of a church at Stanbourne, Essex, the Bishop of .Rochester said that though this was an anxious time for them, though they were rent asunder by divisions, and though there were many outside who did not wish them well, he verily believed the old ship would weather the storm. He assured them that after considerable experience an a parish minister for a length of years, and as a bishop for a few years, let people say wh\t they would, the clergy and laity were beginning to be more and more of one heart in matters appertaining to the Churoh. He knew thore were things outside which made it apearthis was not so. Speeches i i Parliament and controversies mdi cated this, but he found the laymen of the parish and the clergy bound up together, and working together to do God's work ; and as long as he saw this, no matter what he read in public prints, or in speeches in Parliament, be should hare no fear for tht> safety of the Church.

Robert Ke^whaw being wrorn, deposed : I am a privates thfei^infflneftr*Tolttnteep Militia, and was for abouft a wedcjjaokjng sifter &c deceased, Mr RussellJ I'wqni lastifeht, about a quarter to 10, to make 'Mr Russell's bad ; he .then said that he had rheumatism in his leg 4 and that if he was not fetter in the moaning I wag to report the matter to Sergeant Craig. I then left him at 10 ojclock. Deceased had not been in good health lately ; h© appeared to be perfectly sober when going to bed. James George Cook, deposed : I am a sergeant in the E.V.M., and ' Stationed at Taupiri. I was at work about 6 o'clock this morning, when Lieut. Eyre came up on horseback and requested me to go to- deceased's tent for a clothes brush. I called several times, but received no answer. Lieut. Eyre told me to go in: I did so, and saw deceased lying on his bed. I went close up, and then thought lie was dead. I placed my hand on his forehead, and found it stone cold. He was quite dead. I reported the fact to Lieut. Eyre at once. The body was lying on its back with the left side slightly raised, the eyes clobed; and mouth open ; his arms and legs were lying quite naturally, and the bed clothes were not disturbed. The features were quite calm. I have known deceased for about 12 months. He had been complaining for some time of being unwell. Michael Sheahy, deposed : I am quarter-master-sergeant in the E.V.M., and stationed at Newcastle. I have examined the body of Lieut. Russell. lam of opinion from its appearance that congestion of the liver and brain has been the cause of death, brought on from a long standing habit of drinking alcohol. I was fifteen years hospital quarter-master-sergeant in JELM.'s service. From the general appearance of the body and countenance, I am of opinion that Lieut. Russell died from a convulsive fit during his sleep. There are no marks of external violence on the body, I have known for some time that Lieut. Russell had been suffering from congestion of the liver, and had been treated for that complaint. Deceased was in the habit of drinking " square" gin to alleviate the pain arising from the diseased state of his kidneys. Lieut. Eyre corroborated the evidence of Sergeant Cook as regards the finding of the body. He had seen deceased in great agony frequently. He waa in the habit of taking " square" gin to relieve the pain. He took it frequently. He considered that deceased was intemperate in his habits. The jury returned a verdict, "That the said Henry Eyre Russell came to his death from natural causes, but accelerated by the too frequent use of alcohol."