(From the Daily Southern Cross.)

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 420, 23 January 1875, Page 2

(From the Daily Southern Cross.)

: U aupo, Thursday. The weather is settled. The natives are cutting their wheat. Yesterday a flock of sheep passed through here for Tauranga. Captain Morris will send another two thousand to-day for Mr Alley, of Hikutaia, Thames.

New Plymouth, Thursday. The Council adjourned for a month on Friday. The estimates are passed, also the Harbour Bill, and the Fencing Bill. While entering the Waitara river yesterday, the .schooner Clio struck on a spit inside the position of the wreck of the Paterson, but has sustained no damage. It wtw expected she ' would float with the evening .tide. • / . . •

Wellington, Thursday. The General Government, it is reported here have offered to Major Palmer, of the Royal Engineers, the position of Inspector of Surveys throughout the colony, and that Major Palmer has signified his acceptation of the appointment ; the object of the Government being that he shall assist them in the introduction of a general system of surveys throughout the colony. As showing th- favor in which the trans-Pacific m,il lino is held, 3893 letters and 2790 newspapers were forwarded by the Wellington ; while the Suez rotzte, per Tciranaki only carried 696 letters and 377 newspapers. ■ " • On the occasion of a soiree on board the Soucar on Anniversary Day, the 'tween decks will be lighted with gis.

Lyttelton, Thursday. Over 2000 persons were present at the Borough School picnic, which was a great success! Three men have been drowned by the upsetting of the pilot boat while entering the harbour.

OJii'iatohurcb, Thursday. The arrangements for the Regatta at Sumner, are vevv satisfactory, and a successful day is looked forward to. The export prices f.o/b- ave'^Kew oats for immediate shipment 3* 6d to 3s 9d. No new wheat is in the market as yet. Reports' respecting the harvest continue, very satisfactory. Flour is £12 10d to .£l3 10s : bran M : sharps Ku 10b.

! London, January 6. Later advices from the Cape of Good Hope give further particulars of the burning of the Cospatrick. The Edwin bound for Adelaide, Was lost on the const of Vancouver ; the Capibalames from Brisbane | to California, struck o.i a coral reef ; the crew were saved. The Star of Wales with Australian flour, was wiccked at Natal. Three persons were drowned. of half a million of the New South Waies loan has been, taken up at and above the minimum,; and the balance. has been taken up by | the Stock Exch mge at 90. The Adelaide loan was ; a failure ; only .£28,000 were tendered for. The embroglio in New Orleans-has induced sepa- c rate legislation and the intervention of 6eneral Sheridan. The Conservatives have constituted a separate Legislature, and Sheridan recommends that the w Into leagues be declared banditti. The Bank rate of discuunt is 5 pc cent, Thy following produce telegram shave been reemedby the New Zealand Loan Mercantile Company, dated, London January 7 :—: — The next wool sales will commence on 23rd February. to this date only 37,000 bales have armed. There has boen a little private ing ihy, as the trado in manufacturing districts is slightly bettor. Tallow, mutton osper cwt; beef, 43s. Leather— Mirket iiun ; •> m ' sides of Austialian were sold since last h\ „,, J >>>|>er— The market qui»t. The supplies a< . •'/. ! „• the United Cinglom are 37,000 ton Val'n'oo is worth £93. WheatNew Z'viland i, woah 50^, per 49(31b5, ' Tiio Au^trali in nulls via San Francisco arrived here yesterday, and wpre delivered tiiis morning, one (\\y under contract time. Tho A-lolaido Ij,ui will remain open till the 15th* inst. The ovduoy loa.i is at 90. The corn mnrket is drooping. The coppor market is without notico<ible alteration. The tin m-irket is active ; Straits is worth -£9G ; Australasian, £94. The Cospatrick Jiclief Fund has reached £2,575. -The Now Zealand Govornmeut oubscribed £1,000. Tiie report tliat fteniany had socogriiSed Don Alphoufeo a'vKiug of Spain is found to have heen premauire. r i'he recognition has been deferred until a jioem> by the Spanish Government suspending two; LYoW,int iounwls and closing a Protestant chapef* in Cadiz hh til have lean rescinded. The German . 'guuboa'i, htve loturned toSanUndcr. ' " «.-, lS President policy with regard to affairs in chc '6zat? ol Lo'inhm threaten* a disruption of tlie Cabinet. i

The 6rA^|Wit|^SWprbTteSctsa" 'iMgahi'atta prince lesiding at j|srodi, Jf^sid^^ Grin^fißMV an^aa^^^o the Congres^ •"to-S&y in fmibioptty! t^ ,if#/ Hj cans embrogliO.S He^vindic^Bfe hi^teif||tit^ iffie affairs of the" 1 'Stfi^e of libUaiana":Oti t^ gromicS'" the lawlessness %w|q[si % w|q[$i pr^pled] andj^s |foi^jy^ructions from the Cii|m-esB.\/ -.^^ v».J^ **---* The Carlists attacked and plundered a stranded German vessel, and Germany has demanded satisfaction from the Spanish Government^Jtf atk««fc—-~

, .Paps, January 12. f Ttyfe s at^efegts of to obtain a hew Ministry havo tailed, but the Cabinet haveagreed^ remain in QiSSce ppo^viisionall/.* Ther^risis Btill#odntinwfes. * -' ' -• • " v ' 6i/ - " "

, . . . lsacjri<j, January 6.< Prince Alphonso landed at Barcelona," and was received with .<sh#»e was an im- | posing religious procession in honour of the accasion. Russia, Germany, anclhAttBtiri#fiave agreed to re-

I ' r£»yigapore, January 14? J | The intewen^onrpf tlie New j Orleans embroglio has cansed, great, indigpaj^ion. ; jand'th^ Amercian Senate barf ',r"e'<jties ted President Gi'^nt 1 to furnish exjjlanatioiiEl./ ', ( . J tf ," '- , f! ' \ ." r